Varner
Cemetery
Mowbray
Mountain
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Varner Cemetery is a small active cemetery located in the Mowbray Community on Mowbray Mountain. The cemetery is well maintained. Take Highway 27 North to the Highway 153/Dayton Pike exit and turn left. Go 3.0 miles and turn left on Montlake Road. Take Montlake Road 5.1 miles to Mowbray Pike and turn left. Travel 2.4 miles and turn right on Grant Road. Go 8/10 of a mile to Welch Road and turn left. The cemetery is 6/10 of a mile on the right.
Survey and Digital Photos by Dennis C.
Wilson
November 11, 2004
DWilson215@aol.com
Names of individuals in this cemetery were recorded as they appeared on the tombstones. No attempt was made to correct obvious errors or differences in spelling. Every attempt has been made to record this information correctly. However, mistakes are possible. The information on this page may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other person or organization without the written consent of the contributor, the legal representative of the submitter, or The Hamilton County Tennessee Genealogy Society.
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| DECEASED | BORN | DIED | MARRIED | NOTES |
| Ables, Aldenia G | 1901 | 1990 | ||
| Ables, Claude Winford | 06/12/1942 | 04/16/1967 | TN SP4 TRP D 1 Cav 2 Armd Div | |
| Ables, Clifford H, Sr | 06/04/1921 | 09/28/1992 | S1 US Navy WWII | |
| Ables, Mae G | 02/15/1910 | 11/30/1985 | 57 yrs | |
| Ables, Mary Willie | 10/23/1926 | 7 wks old | ||
| Ables, O'Dell | 12/27/1938 | 15 Mo old | ||
| Ables, Reginald R "Skinney" | 02/01/1908 | 02/06/1985 | 57 yrs | |
| Ables, Rosalie | 03/29/1943 | 04/19/1943 | ||
| Bryant, Jack | 1787 | 1872 | ||
| Burnett, Juanita S | 04/11/1979 | 05/25/1927 | DOB probably 1879 | |
| Burnett, William L | 1957 | |||
| Burnette, J D Burnie | 1952 | 1980 | ||
| Burnette, Nedra Nickey | 1954 | |||
| Burnette, William | 01/15/1956 | ? | Age 41; Whitwell Memorial Funeral Home Marker | |
| Carr, Ina Ruth | 01/30/1928 | 03/20/1948 | ||
| Carr, Jesse B | 06/18/1927 | 01/02/2001 | 03/20/1948 | |
| Chastain, Barbara Grant Sims | 1884 | 1982 | ||
| Clark, Slodis Eugene | 07/15/1944 | 07/15/1944 | ||
| Coleman, Adaline | 09/15/1890 | 10/12/1890 | ||
| Coleman, Elizabeth Adaline | 03/27/1846 | 09/25/1890 | W/O B C Coleman | |
| Frederick, C Alex | 05/30/1917 | 04/27/1987 | 04/27/1940 | |
| Frederick, Naoma G | 09/30/1921 | 04/27/1940 | ||
| Graham, Daniel A | 01/20/1901 | 03/15/1901 | ||
| Grant, Albert A | 08/11/1878 | 10/06/1959 | ||
| Grant, Alice J | 11/05/1897 | 03/31/1987 | ||
| Grant, Arley H | 07/30/1930 | 08/30/1930 | ||
| Grant, Claude W | 07/19/1913 | 09/22/1945 | PFC 8 Cav WWII | |
| Grant, Cleo E | 02/16/1935 | 04/24/1985 | 02/03/1951 | |
| Grant, Colonel E | 06/07/1908 | 04/19/1999 | 11/19/1928 | |
| Grant, Edna R | 12/05/1913 | 11/22/1927 | ||
| Grant, Elva M | 09/28/1913 | 07/26/1980 | ||
| Grant, Emma M | 08/02/1883 | 07/27/1979 | ||
| Grant, Etta S | 09/28/1910 | 01/05/2001 | 08/21/1926 | |
| Grant, Gailie Bates | 10/21/1892 | 03/03/1935 | ||
| Grant, George A, Jr | 10/13/1925 | 06/11/1983 | ||
| Grant, George A, Sr | 09/13/1889 | 12/23/1959 | ||
| Grant, Gracie | 01/24/1900 | 01/25/1900 | ||
| Grant, Harry R | 03/13/1916 | 08/21/1997 | ||
| Grant, Hazel | 09/15/1901 | 02/13/1983 | ||
| Grant, J H "Jim" | 06/15/1874 | 08/04/1948 | ||
| Grant, James Bernard | 06/25/1922 | 09/05/1997 | Decorated WWII US Army | |
| Grant, James Freeman | 08/08/1937 | 07/02/1990 | ||
| Grant, Joe P | 08/19/1900 | 07/02/1966 | ||
| Grant, John Pierce | 10/19/1871 | 09/20/1971 | ||
| Grant, Lawrence | 12/17/1891 | 07/23/1920 | S/O T R & L E Grant | |
| Grant, Lester | 03/05/1923 | 12/22/1951 | TN S Sgt 6550 AF COMM SQ WWII | |
| Grant, Luretta E | 02/20/1854 | 01/17/1925 | ||
| Grant, Marvin T | 02/08/1911 | 05/06/1993 | 11/22/1927 | |
| Grant, Mary Ellen Drew | 1809 | 1897 | W/O Perry W Grant | |
| Grant, Mary Lellah | 08/03/1879 | 06/26/1966 | ||
| Grant, Ollie | 09/02/1899 | 03/11/1997 | ||
| Grant, Ollie B | 08/23/1912 | 03/11/1981 | 11/19/1928 | |
| Grant, Priscilla | 01/20/1883 | 09/03/1951 | ||
| Grant, Ray Evans | 03/09/1902 | 12/14/1961 | ||
| Grant, Rebecca | 02/20/1876 | 07/05/1925 | ||
| Grant, Reynolds R | 09/15/1931 | 02/03/1951 | ||
| Grant, Robert A | 07/17/1894 | 03/13/1960 | ||
| Grant, Russell | 11/11/1908 | 08/07/1975 | ||
| Grant, Sherman E | 04/24/1930 | 06/20/1959 | ||
| Grant, Standifer F | 07/23/1903 | 08/27/1995 | 08/21/1926 | |
| Grant, Theodore R | 07/01/1916 | 07/20/1930 | ||
| Grant, Thomas R | 07/14/1845 | 01/11/1928 | ||
| Grant, Thomas R | Co B 17 Vet. Res. Corps | |||
| Grant, Wade T | 10/07/1933 | 12/24/1933 | ||
| Grant, William McKinley | 11/14/1929 | 11/14/2003 | S/O Standifer & Etta Grant; SN US Navy | |
| Grant, William Thomas | 11/09/1880 | 01/10/1964 | ||
| Grant, Winford Curtis | 01/08/1946 | 05/21/1996 | ||
| Harris, Oleda | 04/09/1966 | 03/01/1967 | D/O Mr & Mrs Andy Harris | |
| Hatfield, Sarah P | 1860 | 1879 | Unmarked; Information from WPA Survey 1939 | |
| Huffaker, Frank David, Sr | 03/17/1913 | 05/21/1994 | 11/04/1938 | |
| Huffaker, Vivian Grant | 01/22/1919 | 11/04/1938 | ||
| Johnson, Felicia Ann | 05/05/1981 | 05/05/1981 | D/O Randy & Patsy Johnson | |
| Johnson, Gladys J | 1926 | 1927 | ||
| Johnson, Jasper Ephriam | 10/20/1915 | 12/21/1997 | 05/12/1941 | |
| Johnson, John I | 02/26/1847 | 07/25/1933 | Co E 6 Tenn MTD INF | |
| Johnson, Lewis F | 04/24/1881 | 12/07/1962 | 60 yrs | |
| Johnson, Penelope | 02/22/1850 | 07/18/1906 | ||
| Johnson, Sarah L | 03/21/1884 | 07/03/1981 | 60 yrs | |
| Johnson, Virgle | 07/01/1903 | |||
| Johnson, Viva Lewis | 10/11/1915 | 05/12/1941 | ||
| Johnson-Sims, Lora Marie | 1912 | 1997 | ||
| Ledford, Carolyn Edna | 03/09/1934 | 12/29/2002 | ||
| Ledford, Donald Ray | 09/16/1932 | 10/14/1986 | ||
| Lewis, Albert A | 04/05/1909 | 07/19/1998 | 06/26/1932 | |
| Lewis, Charles Robert | 12/12/1916 | 09/21/1998 | 07/03/1948 | TEC 4 US Army |
| Lewis, Ella Mae | 09/12/1907 | 08/21/1998 | ||
| Lewis, Estel V | 05/27/1913 | 06/26/1932 | ||
| Lewis, Irene B | 1918 | 1991 | ||
| Lewis, John Chester | 10/04/1904 | 03/20/1995 | ||
| Lewis, Kenneth Vance | 09/11/1937 | 11/14/1938 | ||
| Lewis, Lester | 05/19/1902 | 08/24/1981 | ||
| Lewis, Martha | 11/02/1882 | 02/03/1972 | ||
| Lewis, Nathan | 09/16/1869 | 06/03/1946 | ||
| Lewis, Thomas A | 05/28/1912 | 02/22/2001 | ||
| Lewis, Van | 07/30/1936 | 07/03/2000 | ||
| Lewis, Viva M | 09/02/1928 | 07/03/1948 | ||
| Lockwood, Janet Welch | 1891 | 1968 | ||
| Lockwood, William Pearson | 1888 | 1960 | ||
| McAfee, Ruby G | 09/10/1917 | 03/23/1987 | ||
| McClendon, Clifford | 04/18/1920 | 10/07/1960 | ||
| McClendon, Clyde | 05/23/1924 | 11/17/1941 | ||
| McClendon, David R | 11/06/1943 | |||
| McClendon, Florence S | 10/24/1897 | 09/13/1978 | ||
| McClendon, Freda Jo | 04/04/1936 | 03/02/1937 | ||
| McClendon, Joe | 07/15/1925 | 09/20/1941 | ||
| McClendon, John L | 05/01/1893 | 10/09/1968 | ||
| McClendon, John L, Jr | 03/11/1938 | 07/16/1938 | ||
| McClendon, Judy C | 07/20/1944 | 08/17/1998 | ||
| McGill, Michael Jason | 05/29/1982 | 11/08/1999 | ||
| Price, Molly Chelsea | 11/27/1985 | |||
| Ritchie, Robin C | 06/30/1956 | 03/08/1994 | ||
| Roberts, Julia Lewis | 03/07/1914 | 10/25/1972 | ||
| Sims, Clarence Thomas | 1905 | 1989 | ||
| Skiles, Eloise L | 02/16/1879 | 01/13/1912 | ||
| Skiles, Ephraim J | 01/06/1868 | 04/17/1947 | ||
| Skiles, Ethel | 09/15/1895 | 09/15/1895 | ||
| Skiles, Gracie | 06/20/1897 | 09/20/1897 | ||
| Skiles, Lillie | 02/14/1879 | 04/26/1898 | ||
| Smith, Annie B | 12/25/1907 | 04/05/1965 | ||
| Smith, Barry Don | 01/05/1961 | 01/06/1961 | ||
| Smith, Beulah | 1933 | D/O Toney & Edna Johnson Smith | ||
| Smith, Charles Henry | 1941 | S/O Toney & Edna Johnson Smith | ||
| Smith, Cleo | 1919 | 1997 | S/O Toney & Edna Johnson Smith | |
| Smith, Denton | 1926 | S/O Toney & Edna Johnson Smith | ||
| Smith, Edna Johnson | 11/10/1900 | 09/23/1959 | ||
| Smith, James "Andy" | 01/08/1931 | 08/20/1999 | S/O Toney & Edna Johnson Smith | |
| Smith, Jennifer Sue | 06/30/1958 | 06/30/1958 | ||
| Smith, Larry Jon | 01/05/1961 | 01/06/1961 | ||
| Smith, Leonard Allen | 1938 | 1995 | S/O Toney & Edna Johnson Smith | |
| Smith, Lizzie Mae | 1917 | 2003 | D/O Toney & Edna Johnson Smith | |
| Smith, Louis Arthur | 1936 | 1990 | S/O Toney & Edna Johnson Smith | |
| Smith, Luther J | 06/22/1903 | 08/15/1964 | ||
| Smith, Oldake | 1928 | S/O Toney & Edna Johnson Smith | ||
| Smith, Pearlie | 1924 | D/O Toney & Edna Johnson Smith | ||
| Smith, Sue Jane | 1921 | 1994 | D/O Toney & Edna Johnson Smith | |
| Smith, Toney | 02/29/1896 | 11/06/1978 | ||
| Smith, Una | 09/11/1933 | 09/11/1933 | Twin D/O Mr & Mrs Toney Smith | |
| Starnes, Lorie V | 10/24/1963 | 09/18/1998 | ||
| Stephenson, Casey | 10/13/1960 | 06/24/1995 | 02/18/1978 | |
| Stephenson, Joy Grant | 08/25/1961 | 02/18/1978 | ||
| Varner, Addie | 1880 | 1905 | ||
| Varner, Allen | 1818 | 1897 | ||
| Varner, B H | 12/31/1880 | 03/26/1892 | ||
| Varner, Caroline | 01/29/1846 | 09/28/1927 | ||
| Varner, Elizabeth | 1822 | 1874 | W/O Allen Varner; Dates from WPA Survey 1939 | |
| Varner, Geo | Co I 2nd Tenn Inf | |||
| Varner, J Albert | 1852 | 1923 | ||
| Varner, Jane Guess | 1835 | 1883 | W/O Allen Varner | |
| Varner, Joe P | 1884 | 1925 | ||
| Varner, John | 1848 | 1887 | ||
| Varner, Lester | 1895 | 1901 | ||
| Varner, Mary Jane | 05/07/1853 | 02/25/1904 | ||
| Varner, Mary Jane | 1841 | 1871 | W/O James A Varner | |
| Varner, Sarah | 1838 | 1869 | Unmarked; Information from WPA Survey 1939 | |
| Varner, Thomas | 1863 | 1869 | ||
| Varner, Will Emerlene | 1838 | 1869 | ||
| Welch, Kate Ellen | 01/31/1889 | 08/13/1896 | D/O Walter & Kate Welch | |
| Yother, Annette | 1938 | 1939 | ||
| Yother, Annie Mae | 10/15/1906 | 01/21/1994 | ||
| Yother, George Richard | 01/12/1905 | 02/22/1999 | ||
| Yother, Vander L | 07/30/1940 | 02/18/1995 | ||
| Young, L Clarence | 10/03/1909 | 01/24/1967 | ||
| Young, Viloa G | 10/18/1918 |