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Aspen Hill Cemetery (Black) |
| Location: Highway 31S, right into Prospect Road, in Aspen Hill. Right across from the railroad; cemetery on the right. One acre of ground was purchased from S. J. Butler by the Aspen Hill Graveyard Club in 1901 for $35.00.
April 19, 2003 update shown in red. |
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Name |
Birth |
Death |
Inscriptions or Comments |
| Aaron Folston | No Dates | ||
| G. W. Nason | No Dates | ||
| Joe Thompson | 16 Aug 1951 | ||
| W. M. Strong | No Dates | ||
| Ella Hester | 1876 | 1968 | Wife of Jerry Hester |
| Tom Hester | No Dates | ||
| Lou Berta Hester | 27 Jun 1887 | 1 Jan 1957 | |
| Celia Hobbs | No Dates | Sister of John Hester | |
| Mose Nelson | Father of Abraham Nelson | ||
| James Nason | No Dates | ||
| Massie Thompson | 28 Nov 1886 | 6 Oct 1949 | Wife of Joe Thompson |
| Herbert Strong | Son of Will Strong | ||
| Fred Hester | 14 May 1910 | 11 Jul 1917 | Son of Jerry & Ella Hester |
| Clayborn Hester | Son of Johnnie & Lou Berta Hester |
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| Ruff (Ruffin)Abernathy | 1845 | 26 Jul 1926 | Civil War Veteran See Note No. 3 below |
| Lizzie Nelson | Wife of Mose Nelson | ||
| Margaret Nason | No Dates | ||
| Liza Thompson | No Dates | ||
| Stella Strong | No Dates | ||
| Curley Butler | Related to Will Butler | ||
| Arnett Harwell | Son of William Harvell | ||
| Adeline Hobbs | No Dates | ||
| Eunice Abernathy | No Dates | ||
| Annie Mae Nelson | No Dates | ||
| Fed Barnes | Related to Jerry Hester | ||
| Joe Butler | No Dates | ||
| Jerry Hester | 1875 | 1941 | Husband to Ella Hester |
| J. T. Hester | 4 Feb 1874 | 3 Jul 1905 | Brother to Jerry Hester |
| Johnie Hester | Husband to Lou Berta Hester Brother to Jerry Hester |
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| Josie Hobbs | No Dates | ||
| Shelly Abernathy | 15 Aug 1874 | 21 May 1961 | Father of Nelva Driver |
| Florence Abernathy | 20 Apr 1876 | 4 Jan 1950 | Mother of Nelva Driver |
| Andrew Upshaw | No Dates | ||
| Addie Nelson | 1860 | 1950 | Mother to Myrtle Wilson |
| Van Gardner | No Dates | Father to Giles W. Gardner | |
| Josie Dixon | Wife of Milton Nixon | ||
| Sarah Butler Perry | 13 Sep 1908 | 31 Jul 1941 | Daughter of John & Ella Butler; Wife of Buford Perry |
| Hattie N. Butler | 25 Jun 1882 | 6 Sep 1971 | Wife of Will Butler |
| Arch Kerr | No Dates | ||
| Hattie Harwell | Daughter of Mary Kerr | ||
| Adam Howard | 1912 | Father of Gordy Howard | |
| D. B. Wells (Rev.) | Husband of Lizzie Butler Wells | ||
| Katie Butler | 20 Mar 1874 | No Other Date Wife of S. J. Butler, Jr. |
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| Waymon Butler | 1 Jan 1913 | 29 Mar 1958 | Son of John and Ella Butler |
| Myrtle N. Wilson | 14 Jun 1894 | 18 Jun 1976 | |
| Joe Douglas | No Dates | ||
| Pvt. Billy Douglas | No Dates | ||
| Vanie Allen | No Dates | Brother to Earnest Allen | |
| Mary Harwell | No Dates | ||
| Leitha Henry | No Dates | Daughter of S. J. and Jane Butler Mother of Tommie Porter Wilson |
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| Cleve Beasley | 20 Mar 1905 | 2 Aug 1966 | |
| Robert Upshaw | No Dates | ||
| Anthony Clark | No Dates | ||
| Dovey Daly | No Dates | ||
| Lorene Suggs | No Dates | Sister of Nelva Driver | |
| Sissie Upshaw | No Dates | Wife of Andrew Upshaw | |
| Mamie Driver | No Dates | Mother-in-Law of Rossie Butler | |
| Mary Kerr | No Dates | Mother of Hattie Harvell & Wife of Arch Kerr |
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| Archie Harwell | No Dates | Son of William Harville | |
| Blanche N. Sims Gordy | 1895 | 1965 | |
| Lizzie Wells | No Dates | Wife of Rev. W. B. Wells Sister of John Butler |
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| Izora Reynolds | 12 Aug 1916 | 28 Sep 1980 | Adopted child of Katie Butler |
| Nelson Butler | 14 Sep 1954 | 21 Jul 1972 | Son of Joe & Minnie Butler |
| Mandy Nelson | 18 Jul 1821 | 11 May 1908 | |
| Lizzie Douglas | No Dates | Sister of Earnest Allen | |
| Wash Griffin | No Dates | ||
| Jack Polk Nelson | No Dates | Son of Eleise Nelson | |
| Tomie Henry | No Dates | Daughter of Leitha Butler Henry |
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| Mary L. Black | No Dates | Wife of Lee Black | |
| Frank Strong | No Dates | ||
| William F. Kerr | No Dates | ||
| Eva Allen | 1885 | 1982 | Wife of Earnest Allen |
| James (Jim) Upshaw | No Dates | ||
| Charles Upshaw | No Dates | ||
| Lee Black | No Dates | Husband of Mary L. Black | |
| Nina Maxwell | No Dates | ||
| Malissa Butler | 1908 | 1949 | 1st Wife of Rossie Butler |
| Gertrude Kerr | No Dates | Daughter of Arch & Mary Kerr |
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| R. B. Howard | No Dates | ||
| John N. Gilbert | No Dates | ||
| Dock Driver | 29 Feb 1875 | Apr 1908 | |
| John Butler | 10 Oct 1873 | 27 Oct 1964 | Youngest son of S. J. & Jane Butler; Husband to Ella Woodruff Butler |
| D. Love | 1 Dec 1882 | 9 Apr 1953 | Father of Laura Love Wagstaff |
| Pinkie M. Driver | 19 Mar 1894 | No Other Date | |
| Vera Douglas | No Dates | Daughter of Lizzie Douglas | |
| Will Howard | 1885 | 1957 | |
| James Ed Gardner | No Dates | Son of Pinkie Driver | |
| Frank Douglas | No Dates | Husband to Tommie Douglas | |
| Will Thompson | No Dates | ||
| David Young | 7 Dec 1944 | 10 Jun 1979 | |
| Octavia Strong | No Dates | 1st Wife of Will Strong | |
| Annie Harney | No Dates | ||
| George McKinney | No Dates | ||
| Endy Upshaw | No Dates | ||
| W. M. (Will) Nelson | 1855 | 1935 | Father of Myrtle Wilson |
| Polly Black | No Dates | ||
| Milton Dixon | 1878 | 1948 | Husband of Josie Dixon Cousin of Minnie Butler |
| Henry Butler | No Dates | Son of John and Ella Butler | |
| W. M. (William) Harwell | No Dates | ||
| Henry Howard | No Dates | ||
| Myrtle Gilbert | No Dates | ||
| S. J. Butler, Jr. | 5 Apr 1864 | 5 Apr 1928 | Son of S.J. Sr. and Jane Butler, Husband of Katie Butler |
| Ella Butler | 1890 | 1929 | Wife of John Butler |
| Will Butler | 5 Aug 1866 | 29 Apr 1945 | Son of S.J. Sr. and Jane Butler |
| Giles W. Gardner | 7 Apr 1916 | 26 Mar 1963 | |
| Samuel Douglas | No Dates | Son of Lizzie Allen, Grandson of Catherine Allen Butler |
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| C. Miles | No Dates | ||
| Richard Harwell | No Dates | ||
| Porter Douglas | No Dates | Grandson of Leitha Butler Brown | |
| Tom Garrett | No Dates | ||
| Joe B. Gordon | 12 Dec 1920 | 25 Nov 1965 | Pvt COD 536 QM SVC BN WWII |
| Ada Mae Clark | No Dates | Niece of Myrtle N. Wilson | |
| Dave Daly | No Dates | ||
| The following are gravesites not found on the original list: | |||
| Maggie Beasley | 22 Jan 1902 | 3 Jun 1951 | |
| Nettie Gordy | 1949 | ||
| Robert Upshaw | 9 Mar 1893 | 29, 1953 | PVT COD 4 Development BM; WWI |
| S. Brooks | 15 Feb 1844 | 1907 | |
| Cemetery information furnished by Mrs. Joe Butler, Aspen Hill |
Extracted from Cemetery Records of Giles County, Tennessee |
| Updated information sources:
1. Personal interview with Mr. and Mrs. Joe A. Butler, Sr., Aspen Hill, Tennessee. 3. Ruff (Ruffin) Abernathy fought in the Civil War along with his owner Tom Abernathy, and received a pension. He was the father of Shelly (Shellie) Abernathy and grandfather of Nelva Abernathy Driver. Dates on Ruff Abernathy were supplied by his great, great, granddaughter, Theresa (Abernathy) Gordon. 13 Apr 2007. |
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