Wade H. Knight Cemetery

Humphreys County, Tennessee

Turkey Creek

By Robert Knight

Revised 07-10-08

The Wade H. Knight Cemetery is located in Humphreys County, Tennessee approximately ten miles north of Waverly, on the headwaters of Turkey Creek. It was established in 1867on a portion of a 200 acre Land Grant received in 1841 by Wade H. Knight.

Bigham Robert Cecil

3-14-1913

4-21-1988

double Verlene

Bigham, Dossie Albert

6-28-1916

7-22-1991

one Stone

Bigham, Jessie Thomas

1-22-1882

12-2-1979

double with Maggie

Bigham, M Aslee

8-2-1920

7-7-2007

 

Bigham, Maggie Ann

2-18-1883

7-20-1977

double with Thomas

Bigham, Rodney Loyal

3-13-1965

11-28-2007

 

Bigham, Verlene Box

6-22-1918

 

double with Cecil

Binkley, Carlos Hubert

2-13-1905

5-8-1968

double with Lorene

Binkley, Lorene Carter

8-2-1907

7-24-1996

double with Carlos

Brack, Nettie C.

10-2-1922

8-12-1956

 

Carter Horace L.

1-25-1877

2-18-1957

double with Florence

Carter, Florence J,

3-30-1883

9-2-1972

double with Horace

Carter, Ila Tennie

9-26-1898

1-31-1946

one stone

Carter, Robert D.

11-17-1899

9-13-1983

one stone

Carter, Sue

1947

2005

 

Cash, Arzell Lewies

5-2-1906

8-11-1983

one Stone

Cash, Rachel Johnson

7-24-1925

12-22-2002

one Stone

Damesworth, Martin

8-14-1907

1-11-1977

double with Thelma

Damesworth, Thelma

4-24-1910

6-10-1993

double with Martin

Deal, Ira

 

195-

undertaker marker

Deal, James Earl

1-14-1891

3-29-1964

double stone with Mary

Deal, Mary Box

7-29-1883

9-26-1978

double stone with Earl

Durham, Atrie M.

1851

1924

 

Durham, Audry A.

8-3-1939

8-3-1939

one stone

Durham, Beulah D.

1895

1938

double with Clyde

Durham, Charlie W.

1848

1931

 

Durham, Claude

5-23-1893

6-1-1975

 

Durham, Clyde Durham

1889

1974

double with Beulah

Durham, Elizabeth

1821

1892

double with William

Durham, H. W.

6-4-1945

6-6-1945

 

Durham, Ida Madden

1881

1968

 

Durham, Iris Earl

6-28-1916

2-13-1990

double with Rosezella

Durham, James A.

1877

1906

 

Durham, L. M.

6-15-1941

6-15-1941

 

Durham, Paul S.

6-18-1919

11-22-1921

one stone

Durham, Rosezella J.

3-9-1932

 

double with Iris

Durham, William

1818

1900

double with Elizabeth

George, Ira Dale LaMar

5-15-1985

1-4-1989

triple stone

George, Ruby Geraldine Durham

2-12-1941

 

triple stone

George, Val Scott

8-26-1977

1-4-1989

Sp4 U.S. Army Vietnam

Gill Clifford E. (Buddy)

 

 

Double with Mickey

Gill, Herbert R.

5-25-1896

10-5-1987

double with Martha

Gill, Larry D.

7-11-1951

7-11-1951

 

Gill, Martha Ann

4-19-1900

5-19-1991

double with Herbert

Gill, Mary B (Mickey)

1939

2006

Wife of Buddy Gill

Gill, Sarah Daniel

1852

1946

double with Thomas

Gill, Thomas Patton

1853

1943

double with Sarah

Hart, Pearl A.

6-28-1924

9-29-1987

single stone

Holtzinger, Gayle Griffith

9-13-1940

 

 

Holtzinger, Paul Lloyd

7-3-1943

 

 

Hooper, James Dillard

6-17-1913

7-14-1994

double with Pauline

Hooper, Pauline M.

11-24-1918

 

double with Dillard

Hughey, Minnie Knight

10-13-1879

3-7-1958

double with William

Hughey, William Thomas

7-11-1885

9-3-1974

double with Minnie

Irwin, Gloria Jean

9-8-1930

7-28-1995

one stone

Irwin, Nell A.

9-24-1906

2-20-1994

double with Orin

Irwin, Orin G.

4-29-1903

9-8-1977

double with Nell

Jamison, Lee Edward

3-8-1923

10-13-1993

one stone-Spc-4 US Army WWII

Jones, Hester Belle

7-4-1885

6-29-1937

double with John

Jones, John Robert

9-20-1866

5-1-1946

double with Hester

Keen, Vera

10-5-1919

6-2-1990

one stone

Knight, Caroline Aslesa

 1837

1898

Exact Burial Cemetery ???

Knight, Elizabeth

1798

1867

Wife of Wade H.

Knight, Joshua J.

 1827

1857

Husband of Caroline Aslesa

Knight, Rev. J. R.

1849

1914

Confederate army

Knight, Wade H.

1798

1869

Capt. in war 1812

Lashlee, Bula Appleby

8-3-1922

7-7-1997

one Stone

Lashlee, Charlie

11-17-1945

 

Double with Gloria Jean

Lashlee, Gerald D.

5-16-1950

2-21-1995

one Stone

Lashlee, Gloria Jean

6-16-1945

5-7-2007

Double with Charlie

Lashlee, Robert Reese

4-26-1886

10-13-1963

one Stone

Ligon, Jerry R.

6-11-1935

 

double with Opal

Ligon, Opal V

10-8-1924

 

double with Jerry

McMillan, Guy

1898

1948

double with Ora

McMillan, Ora Gill

1896

1973

double with Guy

Morris, Albert A.

3-24-1946

1-19-1957

one Stone

Morris, Mamie Lew

12-20-1915

11-5-1985

one Stone

Mosley, Stella Hooper

3-16-1920

3-2-1996

one stone

Mosley, Woodrow Wilson

11-20-1916

11-24-1983

one stone/ USN WWII

O,Guin, Joseph C.

6-7-1890

8-19-1956

Pvt. 45th Inf. W.W.I.

Perrigo, Doris Taylor

9-24-1910

9-18-1999

one Stone

Petty, Lula M.

4-16-1902

2-13-1985

double with Rip

Petty, R. I. (Rip)

12-22-1908

2-26-1984

double with Lula

Rion, Charles M. Jr.

 

3-5-1964

undertaker marker

Robbins, James

 

11-195----

undertaker marker

Robbins, John D.

1863

1947

double with Mary

Robbins, Mary J.

1867

1950

double with John

Schmidt, Nancy Ann

6-26-1937

5-12-1998

one Stone

Smith, Allie E. Curtis

8-7-1890

8-10-1964

one stone

Smith, Arthur Carrol

7-12-1922

6-5-2004

no marker

Smith, Enoch Albert

10-31-1914

7-7-1981

one stone/ PFC US Army WWII

Smith, Flora Fraser

1-21-1917

9-21-1996

double with Lelon

Smith, John Leroy

4-4-1910

1-22-1963

one stone

Smith, Lelon A.

12-19-1908

9-6-2002

M-Sgt. US Army WWII-Korea

Smith, Maggie J.

3-7-1913

4-27-1983

one stone

Smith, Sarah Catherin

12-27-1917

3-31-2002

no marker

Smith, Willie Russell

4-24-1925

8-16-1989

one stone/ 1SGT US Army Korea

Summers, Audrey Mae

1-27-1932

3-10-1935

one stone

Summers, Bertha F.

1906

1999

double with Jack

Summers, Charles Albert

9-3-1873

9-7-1958

one stone

Summers, Evie Myrtle

7-14-1884

9-30-1934

one stone

Summers, Janet (Jasmine)

7-20-1954

12-15-1993

one stone

Summers, L. O. (Jack)

1904

1980

double with Bertha

Summers, Virginia Daphne

8-31-1918

 

double with Russell

Summers, William Russell

5-17-1918

5-5-1974

double with Virginia

Sykes, Callie H.

4-29-1907

11-11-1993

double with Homer

Sykes, Homer A.

2-6-1906

11-23-1971

double with Callie

Thomas, Arthur Deck (A.D.)

7-30-1916

12-13-1991

double with Carline, PVT US Army

Thomas, Carlene V.

5-6-1916

10-29-1981

double with A. D.

Thomason, Walter

2-24-1907

2-3-1908

son of W. C. & D. C.

Tumm, Pauline J.

5-6-1916

1-15-1964

one Stone

Wall, Ivan Leon

4-20-1918

5-25-1951

Cpl.  AAF WII

Wall, Odean M.

2-10-1902

5-7-1988

double with Orbra

Wall, Orbra W.

8-1-1897

2-23-1978

double with Odean

Wanamaker, Gail

11-4-1946

 

double with James

Wanamaker, James

1-4-1930

8-23-1998

double with Gail

Wanamaker, William C

1935

2005

U.S. Army

Wilber, Amanda L. Box

8-13-1889

12-5-1973

double stone with Ira

Wilber, Ira Sylvister

6-2-1890

2-12-1961

double stone with Amanda

Wilson, Mary E.

8-22-1903

2-3-1908

double with Otho

Wilson, Otho M.

7-7-1896

6-30-1987

double with Mary

Yates, Earl D.

11-6-1927

9-26-1989

double with Josephine

Yates, Josephine Wall

2-14-1936

11-14-1953

double with Earl

Yochum, Bessie Durham

1891

1923

wife of Ed, mother of Paul

Yochum, Cora Bell

2-27-1896

12-20-1980

Mother of Earl

Yochum, Earl C.

1925

1976

Son of Cora, PFC US Army WWII

Yochum, William Ed.

1884

5-19-1958

undertaker marker

                                                                                                                           

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