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Gentry Cemetery
a.k.a. Shady Valley Memorial Gardens
Shady Valley, 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.

Location

Located in Shady Valley, on Hwy. 421, just before crossroads in Johnson County, Tennessee.

Sources of Names Listed

The listing that follows is derived from the readings by Loretta Gentry and photographs by Basil McVey. This is only a partial listing. More will be added later.

Information in brackets [sample] was added by Basil McVey unless indicated otherwise.

Views of Gentry Cemetery/Shady Valley Memorial Gardens

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

Gentry Cemetery/Shady Valley Memorial Gardens Marker Listings and Photos

Ollie C Gentry
01/05/1910 - 02/08/1913
Lesta C Gentry
05/22/1924 - 09/11/1925
Amanda J Gentry
Wife of B F Gentry
06/17/1880 - 10/31/1909
Benjamin F Gentry
02/20/1870 - 07/17/1949
John G Walker
05/29/1850 - 07/06/1925
Doris Walker
01/29/1938 - 01/29/1938
Mary M Walker
Wife of J G Walker
02/24/1848 - 11/20/1927
Amos L Sluder
1878 - 1954
Abby G Sluder
1868 - 1935
James F Parsons
06/02/1882 - 10/18/1949
[h/o Maude N. _____ mar. 2 June 1921 JCT]
Maude N Parsons
03/17/1904 - 03/02/1984
Betty Jean Parsons
04/02/1935 - 04/22/1994
Etta M Parsons Noonkester Robbins
09/19/1922 - 03/13/2004
Joseph H Noonkester
09/12/1915 - 04/14/1950
Joseph Lee Parsons
04/13/1897 - 05/09/1964
Melvin Sluder
05/23/1871 - 01/25/1950
J Carl Sluder
1905 - 1978
M Brookie Sluder
1906 - 1961
Mary Louise Sluder
Wife of J C Sluder
1903 - 1976
Martha I Walker Gentry
Wife of Roderick Gentry
02/28/1896 - 08/03/1983
Sgt Ray Gentry
10/28/1930 - 02/14/1951
Roderick B Gentry
06/02/1891 - 01/23/1931
Vaughn D Pennington
1917 - 1971
Ray (or Gray) Pennington
1910 - 1954
L W Pennington
12/25/1859 - 03/29/1954
Alice Johnson Pennington
02/24/1881 - 09/03/1964
Grover C Walker
11/10/1888 - 06/30/1976
Lillie Ann Walker
04/23/1885 - 12/23/1964
Jessie R Sluder
1907 - 1996
Grace M Sluder
1907 - 1966
Floyd O Eller
06/06/1896 - 03/30/1984
Nancy J Eller
09/07/1902 - 09/25/1976
Carl E Eller
10/01/1928 - 09/01/1995
James Brenton Plummer
05/01/1968 - 04/11/1987
Samuel Mahlon Plummer
08/19/1930 - 01/26/2001
Ira A Long
1912 - 1986
Mary A McQueen Long
1913 - 1994
Blevins,Wheeler and Edna
Wheeler Howard Blevins
Mar. 18, 1906
Dec. 17, 1994
Blevins,Wheeler and Edna
(and
Edna Sluder Blevins
Mar. 22, 1909
May 27, 2007
[Edna Sluder d/o Amos Lillard Sluder and Abigal (Abby) Greer
w/o Wheeler Howard Blevins]
Burl L Sluder Sr
03/28/1901 - 09/27/1970
Doag D Blackburn
1903 - 1969
Frossie M Blackburn
1926 - 1987
Alfred Hamilton "Bud" Gentry
08/02/1878 - 02/27/1922
Ada Ella Connor Gentry
03/31/1886 - 09/15/1972
Mahlon Gentry
Husband of
Mary C
Gentry
Feb. 14, 1841
Mar. 28, 1925
Gone but not
forgotten
Mary C Stout Gentry
09/01/1851 - 07/23/1930
Clyde Martin Gentry
09/23/1907 - 02/13/1988
Darlene Love Gentry
01/17/1934 - 03/13/2004
James Mitchell Gentry
03/10/1888 - 05/01/1954
Altha Gentry
02/13/1892 - 04/03/1960
Wayne Ripley Gentry
09/21/1928 - 01/26/1939
Verna G Mullins
11/24/1914 - 04/02/1986
Ballard Mullins
08/29/1919 - 05/14/1965
Opal Plummer Allen
04/02/1928 - 11/06/1983
Mamie W Knight
05/07/1902 - 04/01/1992
David C Knight
11/19/1876 - 11/19/1945
William T Walker
12/31/1871 - 05/07/1947
Belle Walker
04/14/1877 - 10/06/1962
Dexter C Walker
06/26/1914 - 11/27/1969
Vannie K Walker
06/23/1945 - 07/23/1961
Tracy McKinley Walker
08/10/1895 - 01/31/1958
Winnie Gay Walker
04/18/1902 - 09/12/1989
Amal Gentry
02/22/1913 - 04/13/1970
Blair Gentry Plummer
04/01/1896 - 11/18/1991
Dennis M Plummer
06/03/1922 - 09/16/1971
Lloyd W Plummer
07/03/1918 - 07/18/1990
Felton Wade Plummer
05/06/1924 - 09/17/1995

Added by Basil McVey
Price,John A
John A Price
Co. D
13th TennCav
Sept. 15, 1847
Feb. 11, 1926
Price,N M
N. M. Price
Wife of
J. A. Price
May 20, 1845
Oct. 1, 1913
A precious one
from us has gone.
A voice we loved is
stilled
[Nancy Malinda Pierce w/o John A. Price]

Sources

1. Readings and genealogical research by Loretta Gentry.
2. Photos taken and genealogical research by Basil L. McVey.
3. Upon A Lonely Hill The Cemeteries of Johnson County, Tennessee by Jeffrey L. Carrier

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This page added 14 September 2004 and last updated 18-Aug-2007.

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