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Eldreth Cemetery
Johnson County, Tennessee

Index of Surnames Included

You may click on one of the surnames below to go to the first image with that surname. Click here to go to the first grave marker image or here to see views of the cemetery or views from inside the cemetery.

Location

Located off Willen's Gap Road, going up the mountain. Turn left just before a block house, and turn left again up a steep "road" just behind the house, the cemetery is about 100 yards up at the top of the hill in Johnson County, Tennessee.
See the views below.

Pictures Taken

These pictures were taken at Eldreth Cemetery in Johnson County, Tennessee on 27 Sept 2002 by John B. Rochelle and he is the owner of all images unless otherwise noted.

Sources of Names Listed

Jeffrey L. Carrier visited the Eldreth Cemetery on 10 June 1983. The listing that follows is derived from the photographs taken by John B. Rochelle on 27 Sept 2002.

Information in brackets [sample] was provided by John B. Rochelle unless indicated otherwise.

Views of Eldreth Cemetery

The views are noted with the approximate location in the cemetery.

cemetery view

cemetery view (large)

Eldreth home

Eldreth Cemetery Marker Photos

Some listings offer more than one picture. Most are marked with "alt view" as the link to the additional pictures.

Eldreth, John Roby & Flossie Willen

Eldreth, John Roby
05 Mar 1876-27 Aug 1963
"He gave his today for our tomorrow"
alt view
[John Roby Eldreth
s/o John Wesley Eldreth & Artillie Dunn]
(and his wife
Eldreth, Flossie
13 May 1879-04 Mar 1963
"Peace is thine and sweet remembrance ours"
alt view
[Flossie Ann Willen
d/o Thomas Willen & Lydia C. Potter
Married John Roby Eldreth JCT 27 Dec 1900]
Eldreth, Lettie Sara
Eldreth, Lettie Sara
08 Nov 1899-10 Feb 1993
[Lettie Sara E. Eldreth
d/o John Roby Eldreth & Flossie Ann Willen
There is a separate fhm located by what appears to be a different grave. Not sure why this is.]
fhm
Eldreth, Millard Elmer
Eldreth, Millard Elmer
28 Aug1921-17 Mar 1951
[Millard Elmer Eldreth
s/o unknown & Lettie S. E. Eldreth]
LOCAL MEN KILLED IN EASTERN WRECK.
Three Shouns men were dead and a fourth was reported in a most critical condition on Monday, March 17, after an automobile accident near Elkton, MD.
The dead are Elmer Eldreth, 29; Wade Willen, 17, and his brother, Roy Willen, 22.
Hobart Spencer Payne, 18, was reported in critical condition at Elkton, MD, as a result of injuries sustained in the crash, in which no other car or passengers were involved. It was not immediately known just what caused the crash. It is supposed that the men were among those from Johnson County who are in that section for work in the mushroom growing business.
(Johnson County News, Mountain City, TN, Thursday, Feb. 8, 1951 p. 1)

CRASH VICTIMS BURIED.
Leroy Willen, who were killed in an automobile accident near Bainbridge, MD, Saturday, Mar. 17, was held at Hammons Chapel Christian Church at 2 p.m., Thursday, Mar. 22.
H. T. Mabry was in charge of the funeral. Burial for the Willen brothers was in Hall cemetery and for Eldrith in the Eldrith cemetery.
Leroy and Wade Willen were survived by their mother, Mrs. Florence Willen of Shouns; five sisters, Mrs. Lexie Ham and Mrs. Ruth Roark, both of Oxford, Pa., Mrs. Maxie Hammons of Shouns, Mrs. Ollie Samara of Elkton, MD and Mrs. Marie Burton of Pincipio, MD; four brothers, Conley and Albert Willen, both of Oxford, Pa., Ray Willen of Ft. Deposit, AL, and Howard Willen of Shouns; and one grandfather, W. A. Willen.
Elmer Eldrith is survived by his mother, Mrs. Lettie Eldrith; five sisters, Bonnie, Irene, Earleen, Shirley and Nina Mae Eldrith, all of Shouns, two brothers, Fred and Johnny of Shouns; and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Eldrith of Shouns. He was a veteran of World War II.
(Johnson County News, Thursday, Feb. 22, 1951, p. 1)

Eldreth, Ovell
Eldreth, Ovell (fhm)
1924-2002
[Ovell "Dode" Eldreth
s/o Emma I. Eldreth Woodward Leonard (buried in Dunn Memorial Park)
Married Betty _____]
Leonard, Fred
Leonard, Fred
1895-1957
[h/o Emma I. Eldreth]
Vanover, Harold
Vanover, Harold
1937-1965
[Harold Vanover
s/o I. R. Vanover & Verna R. Eldreth]
Vanover, Harold Lee
Vanover, Harold Lee
22 May 1960-23 May 1960
[Harold Lee Vanover
s/o Harold Vanover & unknown]
Eldridge, Vernie R

Eldridge, Vernie R
w/o I. R. Vanover
1906-1941
"Mother"
[Verna R. Eldreth
18 Jan 1906-15 Jan 1940
d/o John Roby Eldreth & Flossie Ann Willen
Married I. R. Vanover]

#Verna Eldrith Vanover
18 Jan 1906-15 Jan 1940
d/o James Roby Eldrith (Ashe Co NC) & Flossie Willen
c.o.d. Cancer Womb
No Informant
Willen Cemetery
1941 # 1153

Sources

1. Upon A Lonely Hill The Cemeteries of Johnson County, Tennessee by Jeffrey L. Carrier
2. Photos taken, readings and genealogical research by
3. Abstracts of Death Records for Johnson County Tennessee 1908 to 1941 by Eddie M. Nikazy

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This page added 30 December 2002 and last updated March 8, 2007

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