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    Sugar Grove Baptist Church

    First called the Baptist Church of Christ at Sugar Grove

    Organized 1852

    There are only the following images of the church available and marker readings on this link.

    Index of Surnames Included

    The index will be added when the rest of the cemetery is completed. For now use the search feature of your browser to find names.

    Location

    Located on Sugar Grove Baptist Church Road, Dry Hill Community, Johnson County, Tennessee.
    See the views below.

     

    Pictures Taken

    These pictures were taken at Sugar Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Dry Hill Community, Johnson County, Tennessee on  8 November 2003 by Basil McVey and he is the owner of all images unless otherwise noted.

     

    Sources of Names Listed

    The listing that follows is derived from the readings by and photographs taken by Basil L. McVey on 8 November 2003. We have used a listing by location in the cemetery. 
    Information in brackets [sample] was added by Basil McVey unless indicated otherwise.

    ​

    Listings are by row starting in the southeast corner and alternating left to right then right to left.

    Row 1 and Row 2

    • James B. Emmert, Sr.
      US Army
      World War II
      Apr. 22, 1923 - Oct. 9, 1994
      (and

       

    • Minnie G. Emmert
      Jun 6, 1923 - [blank]

       

    • Edell Hatley Arnold
      1934
      1989

       

      Mother

    • Linda Lou Harmon
      Oct. 25, 1951
      Dec. 8, 2001

       

    • Chastine B. Hill
      03-30-27 - 02-22-03
      Age 75

       

      Row 3

    • William Haggard Wagner
      Mar. 11, 1918
      Nov. 7, 1984
      RDM3 US Navy
      World War II
      (and

       

    • Gladys Evelyn Wagner
      Oct. 3, 1921
      Apr. 25, 2003

       

      Dad

    • Norman E. Stanbery
      July 27, 1921
      [blank]
      (and

       

      Mom

    • Millicent Stanbery
      Jan. 6, 1924
      [blank]
      Wed July 9, 1940

       

      Daughter

    • Jackie Sue Stanbery
      Dec. 21, 1969
      June 16, 1985

       

    • Christa Lynn Stanbery
      Dec. 8, 1974
      June 22, 1993

       

      Row 4

    • Earl D. Anderson
      1909-1982
      (and

       

    • Estle Gregg Anderson
      1911-1950
      (and

       

      Infant

    • Estleen Ruth Anderson

    • Ardele Anderson
      1944-1944

       

    • Phyllis Anderson
      1932-1933

       

    • Gladys Anderson
      1929-1930

       

    • Thomas L. Culver
      Sept. 7, 1921
      [blank]
      (and

       

    • Kate G. Culver
      Nov. 24, 1924
      [blank]

       

    • Alfred B. Greenwell
      1889-1969
      Tennessee
      CPL 117 INFANTRY
      World War I
      Oct. 22, 1889 - Dec. 24, 1969
      (and

       

    • Ruth B. Greenwell
      1906-1957

       

    • Joe J. Wagner
      May 18, 1863
      Aug. 5, 1928

       

    • Margaret Wagner
      Oct. 11, 1868
      Apr. 29, 1940

       

    • Johnnie L. Wagner
      Son of
      J. J. & Margaret
      Wagner
      Jan. 15, 1889
      July 16, 1894
      Age 5 Yrs. 6 Mo. 1 Day

       

    • Arthur B. Wagner
      March 6, 1891
      June 6, 1955
      (and

       

    • Eula G. Wagner
      Jan. 3, 1897
      Aug. 9, 1955

       

    • Joseph A. Wagner
      Son of
      A.B. & Eula
      Wagner
      Born & Died
      Mar. 7, 1925
      In Heaven

       

      b-----

    • David S. Vaught
      Oct. 3, 1860
      June 25, 1915
      (and

       

    • Sarah E. Vaught
      Apr. 24, 1861
      July 2, 1942
      (and

       

    • Hattie R. Vaught
      Mar. 24, 1895
      Jan. 13, 1921
      -----

       

    • Nelson R. Tester
      TEC 5 US ARMY
      World War II
      Nov. 4, 1914 - Mar. 28, 1999

       

    • Willard H. Greenwell
      Sept. 29, 1941
      Sept. 28, 2000
       

    • Kermit J. Cable
      Oct. 25, 1911
      May 10, 1981
      (and

       

    • Lura V. Cable
      Mar. 5, 1921
      Sept. 3, 1987
      Rest in Peace

       

      Row 5

    • Marker only
      No one is buried here as the marker is under construction

       

    • George Arthur Bright
      US AIR FORCE
      Mar. 28, 1932 - Feb. 26, 2000
       

    • James O. Hall
      Jan. 10, 1914
      Jan. 1_, 2000 [either 10 or 19]
      (and

       

    • Mary G. Hall
      May 22, 1918
      Oct. 28, 1984
      Together forever
      Married 10-29-34

       

      Gregg,Chester C Beloved Son & Son

    • Chester Clark Gregg
      June 23, 1935
      Aug. 5, 1994
      We shall live again
      military marker 
      US Army
      Korea Vietnam
      [s/o Joseph Gregg and Martha _____]

       

      Gregg,Thomas and Melinda

    • Thomas Claybourne Gregg
      July 16, 1902
      Jan. 23, 1982
      military marker
      US Army
      World War I
      1902-1982
      [s/o Joseph Gregg and Martha _____
      parents of Claude "Joe" Gregg]
      (and

       

    • Melinda P. Gregg
      May 12, 1907
      Mar. 9, 1988
      Wed Sept. 5, 1931
      footstone

       

    • Elmer L. Pearson
      1917-1980
      (and

       

    • Gladys P. Pearson
      1924-[blank]

       

      In Loving Momory

    • Edgar Folk Dugger
      Sept. 22, 1911
      Sept. 13, 1999
      (and

       

    • Helen Marie Dugger
      Sept. 28, 1918
      Mar. 17, 2001

       

    • Joseph S. Dillinger
      Tennessee
      PVT 816 ENGR BN
      June 18, 1943

       

    • William B. Dillinger
      1922

       

    • Dorothy Jane Dillinger
      1923

       

    • Parker Coffey
      1905-1979

       

    • Milda D. Coffey
      1905-1971

       

    • Carolyn Coffey
      1938-1969

       

    • Infant Coffey
      1931-1931

       

    • Alma Louise Anderson
      Feb. 7, 1924

       

    • Frank Burton
      Aug. 22, 1857
      Nov. 28, 1942

       

    • William C. Burton
      Feb. 15, 1882
      Oct. 20, 1965

       

    • Leona Burton
      Wife of W. G. Burton
      1886-1957

       

    • Ruben C. Stanbery
      1908-1969
      (and

       

    • Callie M. Stanbery
      1907-1986
      In loving memory

       

    • Ray A. Stanbery
      1935-1965
      (and

       

    • Katherine L. Stanbery
      1936-1965
      In loving memory

       

      In Remembrance

    • Duane E. Stanbery
      May 14, 1962
      June 9, 1980

       

    • Fred R. Stanberry
      Apr. 3, 1931
      Dec. 7, 1983 (and

       

    • Yvonne C. Stanberry
      Feb. 24, 1940
      [blank]
      Married Sept. 15, 1960

       

      Mom

    • Rebecca Montine Clawson
      Nov. 17, 1951
      Aug. 26, 2001
      Mamaw - Sister

       

    • Willie J. Cable
      Jan. 5, 1914
      Nov. 30, 1985
      (and

       

    • Hazel W. Cable
      July 5, 1912
      [blank]

       

    • Troy Ward
      Apr. 14, 1919
      Mar. 9, 1992
      (and

       

    • Thelma S. Ward
      May 14, 1929
      [blank]

       

    • W. Atlee Brown
      May 31, 1903
      Nov. 20, 1992
      (and

       

    • Hattie W. Brown
      Aug. 9, 1893
      June 30, 1966

       

      Row 6

    • James C. Dugger
      1870 - 1942 
      (and

       

    • Ordie Dugger
      1885 - 1943

       

    • Louise Dugger
      Daughter of
      J. C. & Ordie
      Dugger
      1921

       

    • Dayton Dugger
      Little son of
      JC & Ordie Dugger
      Jan or Jun 27, 1907
      Aug. 7, 1908

       

    • Dougherty

       

      Gregg,Joseph and Martha

    • Joseph H. Gregg
      1865-1955
      [s/o Harrison Gregg and Hannah _____]
      (and

       

    • Martha C. Gregg
      1877-1952
      [Grandparents of Claude "Joe" Gregg]

       

      Green,Leota

    • Leota Green
      1899-1952
      [Leotta Gregg Green sister to Thomas Gregg, her ashes are in the marker]

       

      Gregg,Harrison and Hannah

    • Harrison Gregg
      Aug. 11, 1819
      Aug. 11, 1898
      (and

       

    • Hannah W. Gregg
      Aug. 6, 1835
      Feb. 6, 1923
      [Great-Grandparents of Claude "Joe" Gregg]

       

    • Dewey Gregg 3
      Son of J.H. & M.G. Gregg 3
      May 30, 1898 3
      Dec. 27, 1898
      From mother's arms
      to the arms of Jesus
      [s/o Joseph H Gregg and Martha G. _____]

       

    • Ruth Gregg
      Dau of J.H &
      M.G. Gregg
      Aug. 30, 1910 3
      [d/o Joseph H Gregg and Martha G. _____]

       

    • Juanita Gregg
      Dau of
      J.H. & M.G. Gregg
      May 11, 1914
      Feb. 7, 1915
      Budded on earth to bloom
      in heaven
      [d/o Joseph H Gregg and Martha G. _____]

       

      Have faith in God

    • Joseph Spencer Gregg
      Jan. 3, 1907
      June 8, 1985

       

    • Patricia Ann Gregg
      Dau. of J.S. & M.C.
      Gregg
      June 8, 1932
      Oct. 11, 1932
      She was the sunshine
      of our home

       

      Daughter

    • Brenda Lee Gregg
      July 15, 1957
      Sept. 25, 1980
      In loving memory

       

      Row 7

    • William S. Greer
      June 6, 1907
      Nov. 22 1977
      (and

       

    • Eva J. Greer
      Mar. 4, 1913
      Jan. 1, 1990

       

    • Bunting
      [nothing else]

       

    • Joe S. Tester
      1894-1989
      (and

       

    • Fronia A. Tester
      1894-1986

       

    • R. M. Tester
      Nov. 20, 1891
      Jan. 6, 1986
      (and

       

    • Celia B. Tester
      June 30, 1886
      Dec. 6, 1977

       

    • Wm. C. Tester
      1886-1974
      (and

       

    • Hannah B. Tester
      1885-1973

       

      A loving mother

    • Eula M. Tester
      1925-1998
      fhm has Eula L. Tester

       

    • Jarvis Coolidge Tester
      US Navy
      World War II
      1920-1989

       

      Bunting,William and Elizabeth
      Father

    • William H. Bunting
      Aug. 1, 1838
      Nov. 19, 1922
      How desolate our home
      bereft of thee
      (and

       

      Mother

    • Elizabeth Bunting
      Feb. 17, 1847
      Oct. 19, 1920
      Mother how we miss her
      She was the sunshine
      of our home

       

      Row 8

       

    • Walter S. Bunting
      Dec. 1, 1877 – Oct. 4, 1923
      (and

       

      His wife

    • Mary Arnold Bunting
      Oct. 14, 1870 – Jan. 1, 1950

       

      Dugger,Grady and Ethel

    • Grady Lee Dugger
      Sept. 25, 1909
      July 8, 1973
      (and

       

    • Ethel Bunting Dugger
      Sept. 26, 1916
      July 8, 1973
      We shall meet again who have loved each other

       

    • Rosie Tester
      [no additional]

       

    • Alice Tester
      [no additional]

       

    • Roxie V. Tester
      Wife of
      R. C. Tester
      1906-1945

       

    • W. France Hollaway
      1908-1994
      (and

       

    • Elsie P. Hollaway
      1904-1997

       

    • W. Earnest Hollaway
      Jan. 25, 1929
      Oct. 15, 1976
      (and

       

    • Eleanor S. Hollaway
      Sept. 14, 1931
      [no date]
      Together forever
      Married June 17, 1950

       

    • Peggy Angela Hollaway
      Nov. 3, 1957
      Jan. 5, 1980
      To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die

       

    • David McCoy Tester
      May 28, 1899
      Feb. 23, 1999
      PFC US ARMY
      World War II

       

     

     

    Sources

    1. Photos taken, readings and genealogical research by Basil L. McVey.
    2. Claude "Joe" Gregg
    3. Upon A Lonely Hill The Cemeteries of Johnson County, Tennessee by Jeffrey L. Carrier

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