The original name of this church was Turpin Chapel.
Hwy. 276
Waynesville
Haywood County, NC
To get to this cemetery, take Hwy 276 from Waynesville toward Dellwood. Maple Grove United Methodist Church and cemetery will be on the right and easily visible from the road.
This is a very old cemetery and church which are very well cared for. There are perhaps 100+ graves marked with uninscribed fieldstones or markers and unreadable funeral home markers.
This cemetery is still in use.
The marker at the church reads: "Edward Hyatt and his wife settled on this property in the early 1780's. Edward and his friends built one of the first churches in Haywood County on these grounds."
Double Headstone
Howell
Fannie E. Howell
December 31, 1833
July 5, 1914
Nelson Howell
August 9, 1831
February 21, 1916
**The Nelson Howell plot is surrounded by a wrought iron fence.**
Infant Marker
Lucy Katherine
daughter of
Claude & Sophia E. Howell
September 11, 1921
February 14, 1922
Lou Caldwell
May 10, 1874
September 16, 1964
Fred Caldwell
son of
Asbury & Lou Carver Caldwell
March 2, 1907
October 19, 1929
**Fred Caldwell was murdered & is in an
unmarked grave somewhere in this cemetery.**
Asbury Caldwell
October 11, 1877
July 31, 1958
Double Headstone
Smith
William E.
February 20, 1877
July 1, 1960
Bidie McClure
May 30, 1880
October 11, 1945
Minnie Davis Smith
March 9, 1906
March 1, 1978
Double Headstone
Pressley
Johnnie
February 9, 1918
November 11, 1977
Edith M.
February 19, 1923
no death date
Betsey Leigh Pressley
January 10, 1955
February 15, 1993
John Dyer Pressley
June 9, 1889
September 3, 1961
Double Headstone
McElroy
Lucy
January 7, 1914
April 21, 1994
Kance
May 7, 1908
February 16, 1964
Military Marker
James H. Mitchell
North Carolina
PFC
871QM FUM 8 BASS CO.
World War II
January 22, 1923
October 18, 1947
Cumi Curtis Mitchell
January 10, 1893
March 18, 1950
Funeral Home Marker
James Burton Mitchell
June 3, 1889
June 19, 1975
age 86
Funeral Home Marker
Mattie K. Mitchell
October 24, 1920
September 21, 1985
age 64
(Stub) Ernest Williams
August 18, 1919
January 8, 1983
Double Headstone
Williams
John W.
May 13, 1889
August 21, 1957
Cristabelle
May 18, 1896
no death date
Katherine Kelly Williams
December 25, 1922
October 21, 1966
Double Headstone
Ewart
James E.
March 10, 1897
October 10, 1954
Tennie L.
October 4, 1905
October 27, 1960
Military Marker
James Ewart
North Carolina PVT Co K
2 PROV DEV Regiment
World War I
March 10, 1897
October 10, 1954
Military Marker
Sam Ewart
S2 US Navy
World War II
November 21, 1926
March 13, 1975
Iva Ewart
no dates
Eller L. Gates Gentle
July 19, 1912
January 1, 1998
age 85
Double Headstone
Suttles
James A.
November 28, 1927
no death date
Edna M.
June 15, 1930
May 22, 1986
Douglas Robert Mills
April 28, 1957
June 1, 1997
Double Headstone
Suttles
Glenn Joseph
April 29, 1921
May 16, 1988
Corrine Tessneer
January 7, 1930
no death date
Military Marker
Daniel S. Suttles
PVT US Marine Corps
Korea
July 28, 1934
December 12, 1989
Alice Lemming Silvers
May 15, 1903
October 29, 1956
Walter Floyd Panther
June 19, 1927
March 30, 1989
Joseph Wilson Silvers
March 30, 1939
July 11, 1997
Infant Marker
Elizabeth Mathis
February 14, 1969
March 10, 1970
Ethel R. Mathis
February 15, 1898
July 2, 1973
Frank Mathis
May 16, 1896
February 22, 1981
Bill Ed Mathis
December 23, 1924
January 19, 1987
Frank Ray Mathis
May 29, 1931
August 27, 1990
Double Headstone
Palmer
Charles Judson
June 3, 1928
January 25, 1995
Hilda Hudson
February 7. 1930
no death date
Military Marker
Charles Judson Palmer
SM Sgt US Air Force
June 3, 1928
January 25, 1995
Double Headstone
Mull
Albert D.
March 28, 1921
March 13, 1991
Edith P.
October 15, 1926
no death date
Military Marker
Albert Dewey Mull
PFC US Army
World War II
1921--1999
Double Headstone
Palmer
Charlie J.
May 19, 1896
August 10, 1966
Wilda M.
December 23, 1903
December 9, 1991
Fredrick M. Palmer
August 19, 1931
August 9, 1965
Military Marker
Fredrick M. Palmer
North Carolina
FN US Navy
Korea
August 19, 1930
August 9, 1965
Infant Marker
Barbara Ann
Infant daughter of
Grover C. & Faye H. Smith
September 27, 1941
Double Headstone
Smith
Grover Cleveland Smith
September 28, 1914
January 29, 1971
Faye Hannah Smith
April 6, 1921
no death date
Double Headstone
Hannah
Henry H.
March 31, 1878
March 1, 1924
Willie Green
April 10, 1885
October 31, 1968
married December 16, 1900
Double Headstone
Hannah
Fred H.
October, 9, 1905
July 7, 1983
Gracie Mills
June 11, 1905
January 11, 1938
Infant Marker
Fannie P.
daughter of
F. H. & G. Hannah
May 16, 1927
October 13, 1927
Double Headstone
Trantham
Albert Lawrence
January 30, 1899
September 18, 1990
Gladys Green
December 30, 1897
August 29, 1929
Wilma Trantham Glaspy
January 4, 1921
June 1, 1926
CCM
no other info on stone
TTM
no other info on stone
Walter D. Roberts
February 2, 1900
October 20, 1944
Edna M. Jones
August 25, 1924
August 25, 1999
William Rogers
March 4, 1870
April 15, 1842
Fred Rogers
November 22, 1905
January 16, 1983
Double Headstone
McElrath
A. L. McElrath
December 1, 1865
February 10, 1941
Julia E Jordan
wife of
A.L. McElrath
September 21, 1873
September 2, 1939
Double Headstone
Parton
Frank M.
May 7, 1902
December 31, 1974
Hazel T.
February 26, 1915
February 17, 1998
Ruby Esther
daughter of
Cora & Frank Parton
June 26, 1924
June 2, 1837
Double Headstone
Degolley
James R.
1847
Annie
1932
**James R. & Annie Degolley were twins.**
Myrtle H. Hoyle
August 20, 1911
February 20, 1974
Carl J. Haney
1915--1960
Elizabeth L. Haney
1888--1975
David L. Haney
1878--1948
Infant Marker
Mary A. Allison
1944--1945
Infant Marker
Carrie E. Haney
1928--1930
Samuel P. Burris
February 25, 1872
May 25, 1928
Callie M.
wife of
S.P. Burris
June 13, 1874
November 23, 1929
Double Headstone
Jones
Hardy Jones
February 20, 1872
April 6, 1946
Mary Jones
September 12, 1876
September 3, 1941
Double Marble Column
Rogers
Cedia G.
wife of J. K. P. Rogers
June 10, 1840
July 15, 1908
James K. P. Rogers
May 10, 1846
August 15, 1915
Etta Smith
September 18, 1879
November 21, 1926
E. L. Smith
May 26, 1874
February 26, 1957
Perry Smith
September 13, 1914
January 1, 1933
Military Marker
Mark Lee Smith
North Carolina
PVT US Army
World War II
January 6, 1906
June 6, ????
Maggie Smith Reece
July 19, 1898
September 16, 1971
Theodore Roosevelt Reece
February 21, 1905
January 15, 1994
Mae Thompson
January 19, 1913
July 14, 1979
Infant Marker
Rex Noland
son of
V. L. & Carrie Noland
July 31, 1927
December 31, 1927
Robert J. Noland
son of
V. L. & Carrie Noland
June 14, 1939
July 9, 1966
Double Headstone
Noland
Verlin L.
August 20, 1899
March 12, 1988
Carrie Downs
August 12, 1901
January 8, 1994
Double Headstone
Swayngim-Clarke
James Swayngim
December 19, 1929
March 9, 1995
M. H. Clarke
June 25, 1908
June 18, 1990
Double Headstone
Swayngim
Raymond F.
1898--1971
Beatrice M.
1900--1996
Double Column
Moody
Maggie Tucker Moody
March 18, 1883
August 14, 1957
Commodore C. Moody
March 18, 1880
May 18, 1937
Double Headstone
McElroy
Dock Roan
September 15, 1875
July 6, 1926
Nettie Grasty
February 19, 1881
August 10, 1978
Double Headstone
Burris
John W. Burress
no dates on stone
Julia Noland Burress
October 9, 1851
June 7, 1927
Infant Marker
Elsie
daughter of
Grady & Sallie Burress
April 7, 1922
Feburary 22, 1927
Clarence Burress
Jume 15, 1900
July 10, 1932
Infant Marker
William
son of
Mr. & Mrs. Herman Jones
March 9, 1917
Military Marker
Frank McDaniel
North Carolina
PVT 1112SVC
Comd Unit
World War II
May 9, 1902
August 19, 1958
George Dewey Gaddis
March 3, 1906
September 30, 1934
Hettie Dee Gaddis
November 8, 1912
February 27, 1928
Double Headstone
Gaddis
Dock
August 5, 1880
May 15, 1929
Hattie
April, 1884
May 17, 1935
Double Headstone
Wright
Lula Wright
March 18, 1887
November 25, 1939
Horace Wright
April 10, 1886
no death date
Infant Marker
William Eugene
infant son of
Rufus & Emma Wright
October 27, 1837
October 28, 1937
Anna North Bee
1856--1932
Sallie Reeves Frady
April 20, 1882
July 14, 1951
Homer Cathey Justice
November 13, 1879
July 30, 1948
Double Headstone
Allison
Jarvis Harden
June 19, 1883
March 26, 1991
Mollie Queen
May 8, 1886
August 24, 1976
Double Headstone
Allison
J. Q.
December 17, 1910
July 23, 1975
Lila Kellum
August 28, 1920
July 23, 1975
**J. Q. & Lila K. Allison died in a car accident together.**
Double Headstone
Franklin
Charles W.
April 7, 1889
March 9, 1982
Virginia Allison
July 8, 1912
July 28, 1982
Woodrow Allison
November 3, 1919
January 3, 1992
Military Marker
William Thomas
son of
W. P. & Eva L. Leatherwood
March 14, 1894
August 29, 1920
38th Co. 20th Engineers
A. E. F.
American Legion Emblem
William P. Leatherwood
November 18, 1869
January 4, 1933
Eva L. Corzine
wife of
W. P. Leatherwood
April 24, 1870
July 4, 1919
Infant Marker
James Carroll
son of
W. P. & E. L. Leatherwood
December 1, 1906
December 1, 1907
Mary Queen Justice Jones
November 16, 1916
no death date
Charles Athel
April 10, 1915
no death date
Margaret Queen Justice
June 1, 1884
November 19, 1966
Infant Marker
Mary P.
Infant daughter of
Elmer & Annie Head
February 26, 1929
February 26, 1929
Infant Marker
Margaret
daughter of
M. K. & S. M. Harriger
born & died
June 17, 1921
Infant Marker
Emma O.
daughter of
J. P. & M. H. Morrow
April 6, 1895
March 28, 1897
Morrow
J. P. Morrow
1857--1925
his wife
Mary Queen
1856--1920
Delia Marrow Holcombe
July 4, 1893
March 8, 1934
Austin E. Burnette
April 9, 1881
May 17, 1960
Maggie Morrow Burnette
September 7, 1884
September 28, 1974
Double Headstone
Frye
Robert Hewitt
November 15, 1911
Elizabeth Reeves
January 14, 1912
Double Headstone
Turpin
Alney Hyatt Turpin
November 6, 1891
April 27, 1942
Jane Allison Turpin
October 24, 1898
April 7, 1931
Military Marker
Cordell Millard Caldwell
North Carolina
Cook 16 Co.
155 Depot Brigade
WWI
March 15, 1889
October 15, 1959
Military Marker
Crawford B. Burress
North Carolina
Sergt. 87 INF.
19 DIV
June 17, 1925
American Legion Marker
Double Infant Marker
Denton E.
January 29, 1937
September 4, 1937
William H.
July 5, 1929
June 23, 1935
Florentine Howell Turpin
September 16, 1861
December 9, 1949
Double Headstone
Turpin
Warfield P.
1889--1960
Lillie Allison
1889--1978
Double Headstone
Reeves
John Kindred, Sr.
October 11, 1918
January 6, 1995
Betty Olsen
July 21, 1925
no death date
Military Marker
John Kindred Reeves, Sr.
CPL US Army
World War II
October 11, 1918
January 6, 1995
Triple Headstone
&Infant Marker
Carver
James J.
1935--1935
Ernest H.
1913--1988
Rebecca R.
1913--????
Double Headstone
Queen
John M. Queen, Jr.
son of
John M. & Grace Queen, Sr.
December 4, 1913
no death date
Margaret Camden Hundley
wife of
John M. Queen, Jr.
March 26, 1922
August 29, 1969
Military Marker
In Memory of
James S. Queen
Lt. JG (USNR)
son of
John M. & Gracie S. Queen
August 18, 1912
Lost in Action
World War II
Salerno, Italy
September 15, 1943
Mary Katherine
daughter of
John M. & Grace S. Queen
June 7, 1915
November 5, 1998
Double Headstone
Queen
John M. Queen
son of
James L. & Mary Queen
September 6, 1881
April 8, 1958
Grace Shook
wife of
John M. Queen
August 28, 1889
February 12, 1982
Double Headstone
Reeves
Rufus Allen
October 11, 1918
November 15, 1998
Hester Howard
November 9, 1919
no death date
Thomas Hugh McElroy
February 20, 1905
August 1, 1931
Thomas Ceymour McElroy
March 17, 1869
September 11, 1936
Triple Headstone
& Infant Marker
Parton
Annie Pressley
August 21, 1893
December 19, 1921
Joseph
March 8, 1917
November 1, 1918
Americus Lee
May 5, 1869
September 11, 1936
Julia Ray McElroy
February 1, 1875
December 14, 1930
Micheal Howell Messer
July 24, 1947
January 9, 1972
**Legend on marker reads:"A friend to all."
Nan McElroy Reese
March 21, 1911
December 19, 1963
Double Headstone
Jones
Frank George
January 5, 1905
January 30, 1996
Reba Bramlett
January 14, 1906
March 21, 1984
married March 30, 1930
Double Headstone
Yates
Oral Love, Sr.
July 20, 1902
July 18, 1987
No other name or dates
Double Headstone
Reeves
W. Garrett Reeves
February 29, 1872
March 16, 1919
Elizabeth Queen
wife of
W. Garrett Reeves
January 30, 1878
December 5, 1962
Infant Marker
Mary Cordelia
daughter of
W. G. & S. E. Reeves
April 20, 1910
April 12, 1913
Infant Marker
James
son of
W. G. & S. E. Reeves
November 9, 1908
June 23, 1909
Tall Column Marker
Yates
Dock P. Yates
December 18, 1868
November 18, 1909
Emma E. Yates Brown
June 6, 1870
July 29, 1940
Infant Marker
Infant
son of
D. P. & Emma Yates
born & died
January 21, 1901
D. P. Y.
no other info on marker
Infant Marker
James
son of
W. C. & S. C. Reeves
March 9, 1908
November 9, 1908
January 23, 1909
**Reason for 3 dates on this marker is unknown.**
Samuel P. Queen
September 18, 1841
December 12, 1894
Olvina Carter
mother of
J. M. Queen, Sr.
October 17, 1807
August 9, 1870
Double Headstone
Queen
James R.
May 1, 1859
October 27, 1917
Ledora Shelton
December 10, 1859
April 19, 1933
Dollie Queen
May 9, 1855
December 12, 1902
Margaret Henry
wife of
Henry C. Lee
1833--1916
Infant Marker
William P.
son of
J. M. & S.C. Queen
April 25, 1860
August 11, 1866
W. A. Q.
no other info on stone
Sarah Westmoreland
January 17, 1865
March 14, 1930
Double Headstone
& Military Marker
Queen
James Richard, Sr.
May 23, 1918
no death date
son of
Samuel Love & Glee Clark Queen
Major USAAF WWII
Lt. Col. USAFR Retired
Lois Pryor
January 17, 1922
no death date
daughter of
William Allison & Edna Huntley Pryor
Wife of
James Richard, Sr.
Our Children:
James Richard, Jr.--November 17, 1947
Sarah Margaret "Buffy"--May 18, 1949
Susan Ruby--September 11, 1950
Frank Graham--December 1, 1951
George Pryor--August 25, 1953
Sam Love--November 6, 1953
Double Headstone
Queen
James L. Queen
May 5, 1854
May 9, 1916
Mary A. Noland
wife of
James L. Queen
August 15, 1854
February 6, 1944
Tall Column Marker
Queen
John M. Queen
May 20, 1830
January 23, 1906
Sallie C. Queen
June 7, 1830
April 6, 1924
Double Headstone
Queen
Samuel Love
June 6, 1888
January 11, 1969
Glee Clark
January 22, 1856
September 23, 1978
**Samuel Love Queen was murdered by Johnson Locust, 1/11/1969**
Infant Marker
Frances Clark
daughter of
S. L. & J. G. Queen
December 20, 1920
December 20, 1920
John M. Queen
March 17, 1867
April 24, 1952
Infant Marker
Joseph
son of
J. M. & M. E. Queen
1907
Martha Louise
daughter of
J. M. & Grace Queen
September 20, 1920
June 1, 1935
Sam Love
son of
J. Richard & Lois Pryor Queen
November 6, 1955
May 11, 1997
**The legend on this marker reads: "A Tarheel Dead!"
Willie A.
son of
J. L. & M. A. Queen
August 11, 1820
January 12, 1842
Aged 22 years, 5 months, 1 day
Charlotte F.
daughter of
J. L. & M. A. Queen
November 11, 1879
December 30, 1888
Aged 9 yrs, 1 month, 19 days
Dovie Clarke Wright Teague
July 31, 1882
January 17, 1975
Sadie Frances Ray
August 25, 1904
December 17, 1919
Infant Marker
Mamie
daughter of
C. B. & Maggie Mitchell
November 21, 1901
December 22, 1903
Military Marker
Confederate States of America
Christopher C. Mitchell
Co. C 25th NC Infantry
CSA
1837--1901
Infant Marker
Kattie Presley
daughter of
Mr. & Mrs. W. P. Presley
1895--1900
W. D. Presley
January 1, 1852
February 6, 1916
Military Marker
Confederate States of America
Pvt. Isaiah Davis
Co. A. 70th NC Infantry
CSA
December 23, 1847
October 29, 1891
Sally
wife of
Milas Curtis
March 23, 1870
June 22, 1918
Infant Marker
Wesley
son of
M. W. & Tildy Curtis
December 1, 1926
December 2, 1926
Ransom Mitchell
November 13, 1821
March 8, 1899
Mary Ann Liner
July 5, 1934
December 17, 1949
Sarah Telithe Liner
May 7, 1870
May 7, 1927
Lucius B. Liner
November 11, 1901
May 27, 1940
Mary Walker Liner
January 7, 1905
August 4, 1982
Double Headstone
McElroy
William H.
December 16, 1862
April 1, 1943
Mary Massie
April 17, 1863
August 30, 1943
Double Headstone
Mitchell
P. S. Mitchell
1866--1923
his wife
Jane R. Dyer
1859--no death date
Double Headstone
Mitchell
Erastus
March 23, 1885
September 11, 1957
Tokie Moore
June 14, 1896
January 28, 1967
Military Marker
Johnson L. Mitchell
North Carolina
PVT 327 GLI Infantry
101st ABN Div
World War II
July 6, 1917
August 18, 1964
Charles Mitchell
April 29, 1929
January 24, 1933
Edna Mitchell
August 12, 1931
February 17, 1940
Dorothy Mitchell Myers
September 25, 1925
October 21, 1979
Ernest L. Mitchell
1915--1948
Funeral Home Marker
Ernest L. Mitchell
1916--1948
C. Bert Mitchell
1874--1949
Maggie Mitchell
1877--1945
Roy Mitchell
1906--1925
Oberia Mitchell Sterner
1904--1955
Double Headstone
Liner
Hubert J.
May 13, 1905
March 26, 1944
Jane W.
January 1, 1915
no death date
Double Headstone
Wright
Joseph Lee
May 12, 1873
April 28, 1954
Hester Lou Liner
April 23, 1889
January 15, 1955
Amelia Liner Yarborough
January 6, 1895
June 19, 1971
Alvin L. Yarborough, Sr.
July 25, 1898
February 17, 1972
Triple headstone
&Infant Marker
Wyatt
Gerald Leon
December 26, 1939
no death date
Alberta Christianson
October 31, 1941
June 26, 1998
Gerald Leon, Jr.
July 22, 1963
April 6, 1964
Funeral Home Marker
Ollie Swift
September 30, 1906
March 21, 1935
daughter of
Andy & Ceny McElroy Wyatt
Funeral Home Marker
Ceny Wyatt
March 30, 1878
March 2, 1960
wife of
Andy Wyatt
daughter of
Sarah McElroy
Andrew Jackson Wyatt
May 5, 1878
June 6, 1963
husband of
Ceny McElroy Wyatt
son of
Joseph P. & Sally Waldroup Wyatt
**Legend on marker reads: "Born in Tennessee"**
William Lon Wyatt
August 23, 1903
September 21, 1978
Zenie E. Downs
wife of
J. R. Clarke
Mary Edith Noland
October 11, 1923
July 10, 1926
Infant Marker
John, Jr.
son of
John & Lula Belle Wyatt
September 30, 1928
December 6, 1929
Double Headstone
Wyatt
Lula Belle
March 30, 1905
August 29, 1990
John H.
August 29, 1899
April 28, 1977
Margaret Carver McDaniel
October 21, 1886
April 14, 1970
Thelma McDaniel Howell
November 9, 1926
September 26, 1966
Cephus Gregory McDaniel
March 4, 1880
October 2, 1951
Dare McDaniel
July 5, 1920
October 31, 1933
Double Headstone
Willis
Joseph S.
December 21, 1884
January 2, 1960
Bertha Jones
September 16, 1891
April 5, 1919
Agness Caldwell Willis
November 7, 1886
February 3, 1966
Double Headstone
Jones
William H.
December 8, 1868
November 12, 1932
Ellen McDaniel
October 31, 1873
February 19, 1960
married December 26, 1888
Infant Marker
Infant son of
M. T. & Susie McAbee
born & died
January 2, 1926
Susie Louellen McAbee
March 5, 1886
January 24, 1946
Melvin Taylor McAbee
April 11, 1881
October 24, 1955
Military Marker
Lloyd McAbee
North Carolina
PVT 305 Quartermaster Bn
World War II
May 10, 1909
June 23, 1953
Emmer Roberson
1890
June 1, 1980
Military Marker
Courtney L. Burnette
North Carolina
PVT 4 U Infantry
June 3, 1927
no other date
Ulysses Grant Moody
October 8, 1871
January 18, 1952
Infant Marker
Wilda May Hobbs
March 12, 1923
April 3, 1923
Infant Marker
Loranzo Hobbs
born & died
April 15, 1924
Thomas Jerome Moody
June 12, 1865
January 21, 1938
Sarah Carpenter Moody
December 7, 1866
August 12, 1944
Cebron Charles Nichols
August 17, 1848
August 16, 1920
Lucinda Allison
wife of
J. C. Nichols
August 7, 1870
June 26, 1912
Mary Margaret Nichols
July 8, 1912
November 16, 1912
Cornelia Nichols
January 22, 1888
September 16, 1923
Dave Nelson
September 22, 1941
age 40
Ruby L. Nelson
November 1, 1932
January 6, 2000
Double Headstone
Nelson
David L.
January 15, 1901
September 22, 1941
Loretta R.
August 25, 1903
September 16, 1956
Military Marker
William E. McElroy
Co H
1st NC Infantry
Spanish-American War
no dates on marker
Infant Marker
Betty Jo Head
June 19, 1930
November 24, 1930
Military Marker
Thomas I. Carver
North Carolina
PVT ICL
114th M. G. Bn
30 Div
July 9, 1933
no other date
Mary Jordan
April 3, 1861
October 2, 1934
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a talented Haywood County donor who wishes to remain anonymous.
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