Paradise Christian Union Church Cemetery
Submitted by Gene Scott
Directions: The Paradise Cemetery is located on county road #112 in the “Land between the Lakes” recreation area. It is on land where the Paradise Christian Union Church once stood. The land was donated by B.F. Smith in 1899. The first burial was Frank Brake in 1900. Many burials are marked by a stone with the name only. No dates are on these markers. Ditto marks (" ") indicate a shared stone. Survey taken April 8, 2008 by Gene Scott. |
Name |
Birth Date | Death Date | Notes |
| Balentine, Joan T. | 8/7/1944 | 5/19/1966 | |
| Ball, Berth | No dates | ||
| Ball, Bertha | 5/2/1918 | ||
| " ", Barney L. | 11/23/1904 | 1/24/1981 | |
| Banks, Bertha Hill | 2/17/1905 | 1953 | |
| Barnett, Nettie Ray | 9/17/1907 | 1/3/1945 | |
| Bishop, Geneva Champion | 2/9/1911 | 6/12/1992 | |
| Blaylock, Harold Dean | 8/19/1940 | 9/7/1958 | |
| Blaylock, John Bradley | 5/4/1949 | 9/30/2002 | |
| Blaylock, Mother Vadie | 2/4/1911 | 3/31/1989 | |
| Bloodworth, Lovie Dycus | No Dates | ||
| Bloodworth, Martha | No Dates | ||
| Bloodworth, Mother Alice | 1887 | 1910 | |
| Bloodworth, (unknown) | No dates | ||
| Bohanon, Mitty B. | 1908 | 1913 | |
| " ", Lonnie | 1863 | 1937 | |
| " ", Molly | 1878 | 1931 | |
| Bohannon, Ellen | 4/1/1894 | 11/17/1960 | |
| " ", Belo | 6/10/1889 | 5/12/1962 | |
| Brake, Collmer | No Dates | ||
| Brake, Emily | No Dates | ||
| Brake, Frank | 1900 | ||
| Brooks, Bud | 1853 | 1938 | |
| Brooks, Edward Hays | 1/19/1929 | 1/25/2003 | |
| " ", (Bro.) Wallace P. | 10/1/1927 | 11/5/1980 | PFC US Army WWII |
| Brooks, Ella L. | 12/12/1896 | 8/27/1969 | |
| " ", Will B. | 5/10/1886 | 8/10/1964 | |
| Brooks, Elvin Russell | 7/30/1896 | 7/25/1931 | PVT US Army WWI |
| " ", Eva | 12/8/1904 | 5/7/2001 | Married 8/22/1922 |
| Brooks, Mattie | 1861 | 1914 | |
| Brooks, Mother Amy E. | 1893 | 1918 | Wife of F.R. Culp |
| Brooks, Sena C. | 9/6/1891 | 3/25/1930 | |
| Brooks, James G. | 1888 | 1930 | |
| Brown, Amanda Ann | 1857 | 1940 | |
| Browning, Grace | No dates | ||
| Champion, Artha Jane | 5/20/1893 | 6/23/1966 | |
| " ", Russell W. | 2/14/1894 | 4/30/1979 | US Army WWII |
| Champion, Cecil R. | 9/22/1923 | 3/28/1974 | US Army WWII |
| Champion, Louis Emilious | 1906 | 1929 | |
| Collins, Edith Pearl | 11/6/1908 | 11/11/1908 | |
| Collins, Eual B. | 10/16/1919 | ||
| Cox, Charles | 10/1/1890 | 11/20/1980 | PFC US Army WWI |
| " ", Amy W. | 10/15/1893 | 8/29/1994 | |
| Croxton, Ada | No Dates | ||
| Croxton, Father G.P. | 1878 | 1938 | |
| Croxton, George | 1933 | 1995 | |
| Croxton, Henry | No Dates | ||
| Croxton, Infant | No Dates | ||
| Croxton, Linn | No Dates | ||
| Croxton, Mae | 1883 | 1959 | |
| Croxton, Riley | No Dates | ||
| Croxton, Susan | No Dates | ||
| Croxton, Treva B. | 1905 | 1979 | |
| Croxton, Leslie J. | 1903 | 1954 | |
| Culp, Ella | No Dates | ||
| Culp, Father F.R. | 1882 | 1949 | |
| Culp, Garrie May | 5/8/1898 | 10/22/1921 | Wife of R.L. Culp |
| Culp, Jane | No Dates | ||
| Culp, John H. | 1890 | 1945 | |
| " ", Etta B. | 1894 | 1989 | |
| Culp, Henry | No Dates | ||
| Culp, Infant R. | No Dates | ||
| Culp, Lula | No Dates | ||
| Culp, Nellie | No Dates | ||
| Culp, George | No Dates | ||
| Downing, Cleland | No Dates | ||
| Downing, Eliza A. | 2/12/1887 | 5/25/1960 | |
| " ", Robert L. | 3/22/1885 | 10/24/1967 | |
| Downing, Virgil | No Dates | ||
| Driskell, Adal | No Dates | ||
| Duff, Betsy Jane | 2/1841 | 6/4/1910 | |
| Duff, Bill | No Dates | ||
| Duff, Jim | No Dates | ||
| Duff, Infants (3) of Jim Duff | No Dates | ||
| Duff, Elizabeth | 10/1/1836 | 2/10/1905 | Wife of Henry Duff; married 6/21/1855 |
| Duff, Ellis | No Dates | ||
| Duff, Infant of John Duff | No Dates | ||
| Duff, Lillie | No Dates | ||
| Duff, Minnie B. | 1879 | 1963 | |
| " ", John H. | 1865 | 1949 | |
| Duff, Mary Lou | No Dates | ||
| Duff, McKinley | No Dates | ||
| Duff, Olla | No Dates | ||
| Duff, Reba | 1896 | 1917 | |
| Duff, Thomas C. | 5/10/1866 | 10/17/1939 | |
| " ", Sarah G. | 5/12/1868 | 11/13/1948 | |
| Duff, Tom | No Dates | ||
| Duff, William H. | 1/15/1835 | 12/6/1912 | PVT Co J 6 US Calvary CSA |
| Duncan, Devergel R.A. | 10/5/1920 | 10/6/1920 | |
| Duncan, Infant (2) | No Dates | ||
| Duncan, Margrett | 1833 | 1913 | |
| " ", Calvin | 1829 | 1909 | |
| Duncan, Mary | 1855 | 1925 | |
| Duncan, T.N. | 1875 | ||
| " ", E.L. | 1885 | 1913 | |
| Duncan, W.A. | 6/6/1861 | 3/19/1927 | |
| Forsythe, Mary Elizabeth | 9/23/1939 | Dau of Lee B. & Ida E. Peal. |
|
| " ", Donald Eugene | 2/19/1936 | Son of L. Jackson & Lydia B. Forsythe Children: Gary Eugene, David Earll, Donna Elizabeth, Sheila Elaine. |
|
| Forsythe, Donna E. | 3/15/1962 | ||
| Fulks, Amos H. | 1/2/1884 | 5/15/1950 | |
| " ", Charlotte | 9/8/1891 | 4/17/1952 | |
| Fulks, Effie O. Travis | 7/10/1871 | 5/29/1957 | |
| " ", David Lafaniel | 11/27/1866 | 5/1/1932 | |
| Fulks, Hugh L. | 2/22/1914 | 2/15/1946 | PVT US Army WWII |
| Fulks, Jasper Travis | 11/10/1900 | 3/12/1926 | |
| Fulks, Jessie | 2/4/1904 | 6/27/1980 | |
| Fulks, Nancy Elizabeth | 2/4/1904 | 6/27/1980 | |
| Fulks, Roda McWaters | 6/4/1878 | 12/4/1945 | |
| Gentry, Azlean | 1906 | 2003 | |
| " ", Dillard | 1904 | 1952 | |
| Gentry, Danny | 1941 | ||
| Gentry Floyd | 6/13/1882 | 4/12/1953 | |
| " ", J.W. | 1/27/1876 | 11/24/1942 | |
| Gentry, Glenn | 11/20/1916 | 7/19/1918 | |
| Gentry, Jesse | 1/24/1922 | 1/24/1922 | |
| Gentry, Luther K. | 7/15/1919 | 11/5/1944 | PVT US Army Co B Inftry Trng Batt. |
| Gentry, Mayme Belle | 1906 | 1949 | |
| " ", Clarence W. | 1911 | 1985 | |
| Gentry, Noble Leon | 11/5/1931 | 11/5/1931 | |
| Gentry Maudine | 5/28/1916 | 10/12/1993 | |
| Gray, Merrick A. | 8/12/1918 | 2/28/1986 | |
| " ", Dorothy L. | 8/22/1926 | Married 5/19/1950 | |
| Gribble, Norma McCage | 2/3/1943 | 12/6/19185 | |
| Hamilton, Coy | 7/1896 | 12/6/1985 | |
| Hamilton, Hallie Sanders | 1904 | 1930 | |
| Hamilton, Infant Elizabeth Jane | 1928 | 1928 | |
| Hamilton, Iona | No Dates | ||
| Hamilton, Lura M. | 1898 | 1927 | |
| Hart Ellis | No Dates. | ||
| Hasting, Alfred | No Dates. | ||
| Hasting, Mrs. S.J. | No Dates | ||
| Heater, Betty | No Dates | ||
| Heater, John | 7/7/1848 | 1/22/1913 | |
| Heater, Mother Lavata | 9/23/1892 | 9/14/1939 | |
| " ", Father Turner | 6/9/1886 | 5/1/1963 | |
| Heater, Nannie | 4/13/1861 | 3/3/1943 | |
| Heater, Raymond | No Dates | ||
| Heater, Infant | No Dates | ||
| Heater, Infant | No Dates | ||
| Hill, Charles W. | 4/18/1912 | 4/25/1987 | |
| Hill, Elvin | 1885 | 1952 | |
| Hill, Ethel | No Dates | ||
| Hill, Fannie | No Dates | ||
| Hill, Infant | No Dates | ||
| Hill, J.D. | 1847 | 1919 | |
| " ", Artha | 1856 | 1938 | |
| Hill, Lewis | No Dates | ||
| Hill, Rev. T.H. | 1873 | 1932 | |
| Hill, William Daniel | 1876 | 1945 | |
| " ", Ora | 1876 | 1941 | |
| Hunter, Cecil | No Dates | ||
| Hunter, Johnny | No Dates | ||
| Hunter, Geneva | No Dates | ||
| Johnson, Marilyn Kathy | 1957 | 1998 | |
| Johnson, Sadie | 10/14/1903 | 3/23/1932 | |
| Lee, Infant Daughter of Ben & Pearl Lee | 1925 | ||
| Lee, Josaph | 1/5/1870 | 11/21/1911 | |
| Mackowey, Roland L. | 10/15/1936 | 10/2/1970 | PVT US Army |
| Martin, Minnie Z. | 10/8/1878 | 11/13/1918 | |
| Mayfield, Rob | 11/27/1927 | 11/23/2006 | TEC 4 US Army; son of Bun F. & Robbye F. Wilson |
| " ", Celesta Dean | 5/6/1935 | Dau of Lee B. & Ida E. Pearl; children: Branson, Wilson, Dieth E., Kevin E., Terry R., Doug L., Laura G. | |
| McBride, Mae Duff | 10/12/1899 | 12/9/1973 | |
| " ", Eddward Hoyt | 3/29/1900 | 11/17/1947 | |
| McCage,Frocie I. | 1/15/1905 | 5/3/1974 | |
| " ", Jesse F. | 8/24/1903 | 3/12/1974 | Indiana PVT US Army WWII |
| McCage, Mason Dean | 8/28/1941 | 5/19/1976 | |
| McCormac, Sarah | 3/29/1845 | 6/21/1914 | |
| " ", Nathan | 1/1/1843 | 5/17/1929 | |
| McWaters, Sister Roxie | 1893 | 1968 | |
| McWaters, Infant Leon | No Dates | Son of Maudine George | |
| McWaters, Lean | No Dates | ||
| Newberry, Elmer | No Dates | ||
| Newton, Ellis C. | 5/16/1913 | 9/9/1981 | |
| Newton, John W. | 9/21/1940 | 5/24/2006 | |
| " ", Phyllis | 10/22/1946 | Married 6/22/1970 | |
| Newton, Irene F. Duncan | 7/23/1917 | 2/15/2007 | Mother of Nine |
| Newton, Richard Lane | 10/23/1938 | 9/22/1993 | |
| Newton, Stephen Lynn | 11/2/1959 | 12/6/2006 | AMSAA US Navy |
| Newton, Willadean | 3/24/1943 | 4/2/1943 | |
| Nickells, (5 markers) | No Dates | ||
| Nickell, Cecil | 5/21/1927 | 10/27/1932 | |
| Nickell, Samuel "Theus" | 6/15/1929 | 6/2003 | |
| Nickell, T.F. "Bud" | 1867 | 1942 | |
| " ", Ada | 1878 | 1959 | |
| Nickell, Wanda Sue | 11/23/1939 | 3/7/1944 | |
| Nickell, Violet E. Bloodworth | 5/28/1911 | 12/25/1996 | |
| Orr, Mama Jewell | 4/8/1918 | 2/3/2001 | |
| Osborn, Elijah | 3/19/1831 | 8/31/1904 | PVT Co. B 191 Ohio Inf. Civil War |
| " ", Rebecca Easterling | 9/4/1841 | 3/30/1914 | |
| Parish, Betty | 8/6/1881 | 8/22/1912 | |
| Parish, Daisy | 1/10/1885 | 7/14/1970 | |
| Parish, J. U. "Happy" | 1901 | 1967 | |
| Parish, Lawerence | 12/17/1876 | 12/31/1962 | |
| Parish, Luellen | 5/14/1883 | 5/1/1903 | |
| " ", James E. | 9/10/1874 | 11/28/1969 | |
| Patillo, Prentice S. | 7/8/1895 | 1/17/1981 | |
| " ", Mallie Hill | 11/2/1903 | 12/29/1995 | Married 2/18/1921 |
| Peal, Lee B. "Birt" | 1/7/1892 | 1/23/1941 | Son of Miles E. & May E. Peal |
| " ", Ida Elizabeth | 3/16/1905 | 11/4/2002 | Children: Stanley W.; Celesta D.; Lindel W.; Mary E. |
| Pierce, Roy Thomas | 5/3/1919 | 2/19/1971 | PVT US Army WWII |
| Pinkard, Laverne Watkins | 12/20/1939 | 6/21/2007 | |
| Pinnegar, Flavus A. | 10/29/1896 | 6/1/1985 | |
| " ", Alvie F. | 8/9/1911 | 10/12/1990 | |
| Pinnegar, George W. | 12/18/1892 | 9/28/1977 | WAGR US Army WWI; Children: Carl, Stella, Billy, Hazel |
| Pinnegar, William Terry | 11/11/1863 | 7/25/1944 | |
| " ", Eliza Ellen | 3/11/1866 | 6/17/1947 | |
| Pinnegar, Mirlla E. | 7/7/1885 | 9/25/1952 | |
| Pinnegar, Thomas Britton | 3/15/1894 | 12/13/1969 | US Army WWI |
| " ", Rose Valley | 10/24/1908 | 9/14/1980 | Married 12/3/1923 Eddyville, Ky. |
| Pinnegar, Susie | 1/3/1925 | 1/6/1925 | |
| Rankin, Pearl Yates | 1893 | 1930 | |
| Reid, Janelle F. | 1/27/1945 | ||
| " ", James C. | 5/29/1938 | Married 11/28/1986 | |
| Rhodes, Melvin | 1932 | 1995 | |
| Rhodes, Peggy | 1938 | 1995 | |
| Robertson, April (? Spelling) | No Dates | ||
| Rogers, Harry D. | 1901 | 1931 | |
| Rogers, Lucinda Floyd | 1869 | 1929 | |
| Rogers, N.M. | 1/7/1841 | 3/27/1923 | |
| Rogers, Thomas L. | 1867 | 1946 | |
| Sanders, Gloria Jean | 3/20/1943 | ||
| " ", Herbert lee | 10/21/1941 | 2/8/2007 | |
| Sanders, Hroace | 10/3/1909 | 2/2/1986 | |
| Sanders, Mary J. | 8/28/1910 | 2/6/1981 | |
| Sanders, Pamela | 5/8/1969 | ||
| Scott, Jewell | 11/10/1939 | ||
| Scott, Mother Bertha M. Ball | 5/2/1915 | 9/21/1984 | |
| " ", Randal Lee (son) | 2/18/1943 | 11/21/1990 | |
| " ", Father Thomas Le | 5/25/1916 | 11/13/1970 | S1 US Navy WWII |
| Sievers, Infant | No Dates | ||
| Smith, Freida A. | 9/29/1929 | ||
| Smith, Freeland, E. | 9/23/1923 | 10/16/1994 | |
| " ", Francis L. | 7/24/1925 | ||
| Smith, Franke L. | 7/29/1927 | 4/3/1986 | |
| " ", Clara J. | 6/16/1931 | 4/30/2001 | |
| Smith, Felix E. | 11/28/1891 | 6/13/1949 | |
| " ", Lula G. | 6/14/1901 | 10/17/1986 | Married 1/23/1920 |
| Smith, Infant W. | No Dates | ||
| Smith, James E. | 1921 | 1922 | |
| Stevenson, William R. "Billie" | 1861 | 1900 | |
| Sykes, E.M. | No Dates | ||
| Sykes, Jane | No Dates | ||
| Thomas, Herman | No Dates | ||
| Thorning, Chester Luther | 10/26/1922 | 3/7/1952 | |
| Thorning, Frances | 12/23/1925 | 5/23/1984 | |
| Thorning, Roy Lynn | 7/12/1946 | 4/20/2004 | CPL US Marine Corp. Vietnam Purple Heart |
| Thorning, William Luther | 6/7/1943 | 6/8/1943 | |
| Tidwell, Cecil | 3/1/1935 | 3/9/1935 | |
| Tidwell, Fannie | 5/4/1937 | 5/5/1937 | |
| " ", Franklin (Twins) | 5/4/1937 | 5/5/1937 | |
| Tidwell, Infant | No Dates | ||
| Tidwell, Infant Dennis | 9/13/1943 | ||
| Tidwell, James Sr. | 1/30/1867 | 4/24/1977 | |
| " ", Lena W. | 4/17/1900 | 3/25/1985 | |
| Tidwell, Juanita | 9/3/1928 | 9/28/1928 | |
| Tidwell, Kelsey | 12/25/1940 | 12/27/1940 | |
| Tidwell, Margie G. Beach | 6/12/1919 | 2/3/2005 | |
| Tidwell, Mother Lou | 2/14/1889 | 7/27/1959 | |
| Tidwell, Mother Mary H. | 1896 | 1929 | |
| Tidwell, Vista Buena | 5/10/1920 | 12/24/1991 | |
| " ", Woodrow McKinth | 1/3/1914 | 9/18/1998 | Married 5/4/1943 |
| Timmons, Dora E. | 4/6/1919 | ||
| " ", Cleave L. | 4/25/1913 | 8/29/1986 | |
| Timmons, Fanny | No Dates | ||
| Timmons, Gola | 2/14/1910 | 11/10/1997 | |
| Timmons, Hayes | No Dates | ||
| Timmons, Infant Joel | 11 Months | Son of G.H. & Julia Timmons | |
| Timmons, Julia | 1882 | 1954 | |
| " ", G.H. | 1881 | 1966 | |
| Timmons, Kenneth L. | 4/16/1916 | 1/8/1957 | S2 USNR WWII |
| Timmons, Lucy H. Boon | 1861 | 1951 | |
| Timmons, Minnie E. | 8/4/1889 | 3/27/1939 | |
| " ", Milton T. | 8/26/1888 | 5/19/1952 | |
| Timmons, Mother Sylvia M. | 5/14/1909 | 1/23/1982 | |
| Timmons, Rev. Wallace | 2/24/1920 | 4/26/2000 | |
| Timmons, Wm. THomas | 1850 | 1924 | |
| Tracy, Lee | No Dates | ||
| Tracy, Nola | No Dates | ||
| Watkins, Elvis C. | 12/23/1902 | 1/16/1976 | |
| Watkins, Freddie | No Dates | ||
| Watkins, J. Albert | 1870 | 1948 | |
| " ", Nancy E. | 1871 | 1951 | Married 11/10/1896 |
| Watkins, James Everett | 12/30/1931 | 1/15/1934 | |
| Watkins, Lynn | No Dates | ||
| Watkins, Marvin | No Dates | ||
| Watkins, Mary Gola | 10/17/1911 | 11/3/1976 | |
| " ", Perry Harvel | 12/18/1906 | 5/11/2001 | |
| Watkins, Nettie | 1911 | 1944 | |
| " ", (Dau) Freda | 1942 | 1944 | |
| Watkins, Patricia Ann | 11/14/1962 | ||
| Wells, Mother Nellie | 1900 | 1916 | |
| Whalen, Boyd | No Dates | ||
| Whalen, David Burton | 11/17/1821 | 2/8/1902 | PVT Co H 20 KY Inf. |
| Whalen, Dollie | 10/19/1889 | 7/20/1957 | |
| Whalen, Eliza M. | 1862 | 1940 | |
| " ", Daniel P. | 1854 | 1943 | |
| Whalen, Frances | (unreadalbe) | ||
| Whalen, Johnnie H. | 11/29/1887 | 4/15/1968 | |
| Whalen, Grandfather L.C. | 5/13/1855 | 2/28/1939 | |
| Whalen, Ida | No Dates | ||
| Whalen, Infant | No Dates | ||
| Whalen, Infant of L.C. Whalen | No Dates | ||
| Whalen, Mamie Ruth | 4/29/1919 | 10/281921 | |
| Whalen, Wm. Burton | 3/6/1884 | 6/15/1965 | |
| " ", Myrtle | 9/6/1888 | 3/13/1966 | |
| Whalen, Viola P. | 2/16/1912 | 11/14/1985 | |
| " ", Knoth R. | 6/8/1910 | 7/21/1994 | |
| Wilson, Alberta Whalen | 3/2/1886 | 2/23/1918 | Wife of L.S. Wilson |
| Wilson, Infant of W. Wilson | No Dates | ||
| Wilson, Laura E. | 8/11/1889 | 7/13/1906 | Dau of J.M. & M.E. Wilson |
| Wilson, L.S. | 10/10/1887 | 1/4/1914 | |
| Wilson, Maggie | No Dates | ||
| Winders, Evert O. | 3/15/1897 | 8/11/1964 | PFC 202 Co MPC WWI Purple Heart |
| Winders, Gertrude Croxton | 1913 | 1979 | |
| Woodruff, Alle Elfrida | 12/6/1885 | 4/2/1957 | |
| Woodruff, Fanny | 2/16/1871 | 7/30/1929 | Wife of W.I. Woodruff |
| Woodruff, Father W.I. | 10/23/1864 | 1/24/1949 | |
| Woodruff, Infant Willie Frances | 7/1937 | ||
| Woodruff, Johnson B. | 5/7/1907 | 12/5/1907 | |
| Woodruff, Wm. Gilbert | 3/30/1903 | 8/29/1981 | |
| Yates, Schober | 1864 | 1930 | |
| Young, Bettie | 8/23/1855 | 6/1/1900 | |
| Young, Dan | 6/11/1838 | 3/19/1925 | |
| Young, Martha J. | 10/26/1844 | 10/27/1911 | Wife of Daniel Young. |
| Young, N.C. | 1872 | 1949 | |
| Young, Reba | 1883 | 1967 |
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