ELK MILLS CEMETERY

This cemetery is located off Poga Road in Carter County , TN. From Elizabethton, TN, take Hwy 19E/67/321, turn left onto Hwy 67 in Hampton TN, turn right on Hwy 321 toward Boone, NC. When you get to Elk Mills, TN, at the Elk Mills Grocery Store you will see Poga Rd. Turn right onto Poga Rd, go straight, the cemetery is just past the Elk Mills Christian Church.

Transcribed by Faye Ann Swiney Sepentzis, [email protected]

CURTIS D. PEARSON, Tennessee, Tec 5 414 TNF, January 28, 1922 – July 9, 1944.

PEARSON, ANNA E, 1889 – 1960; (bottom) Mother

PEARSON, CLYDE, 1889 – 1967; (bottom) Father

Fieldstone, unmarked grave

E. B. POTTER, died May 18, 1909, age about 56 years

E. E. POTTER, ___ __, 1825 - ___ __, 1899

NARRAG (?) POTTER, born May 3, 1847, died December 15, 1905

Fieldstone, unmarked grave

GILBERT, CSM JAMES C., June 1, 1926 – March 12, 1969

ELLEN, Sep 8, 1898 – April 10, 1969

BERTHA, March 6, 1903 – April 6, 1968

JESSIE SHEETS, 1919 – 1994, (Henson Funeral Home marker)

An inspiration to all who knew her, Mother, VIRGINIA S. WARD,

1913 – 1990 (also a Tetrick Funeral Home marker with 8/8/1913 –

8/5/1990, age 76 )

Headstone, no markings

WILLIAM S. POTTER, 1885 – 1970, Gone but not forgotten

IDA E., wife of J. C. CAMPBELL, born October 7, 1875, died

February 21, 1906

Fieldstone, unmarked grave

DOROTHY, daughter of A. B. & BELLA HASS, March 7, 1922 –

October 16, 1924

(a large angel) CLIFFORD C. J. STOUT, 7/4/1909 - ___ __, 1991

(also Tetrick Funeral Home marker)

BYERL J. STOUT, November 8, 1937 – November 14, 1945

FLOYD STOUT, 1911 – 1947, At Rest

STOUT, WILLIAM M., April 11, 1872 – July 2, 1963

ALETHA R., July 6, 1882 – November 4, 1958

VonCANON, FRANK, 1892 – 1937

JANE, 1893 – 1986

GLADYS, daughter of A. F. & JANIE VonCANON, September 19,

1921 – March 9, 1922, Our loved one

CORDA ANN, wife of J. L. VonCANNON, February 20, 1854 –

May 15, 1933

(Mason symbol) J. L. VonCANON, born September 13, 1804, died

December 5, 1893

SARAH A., daughter of J. L. & C. A. VonCANON, ___ 22, 1890 –

November 6, 1890

RORY (?), son of J. L. & C. A. VonCANNON, ___ __, 1882 –

January __, 1894

ARIE VonCANNON, October 31, 1904 – November 7, 1904

EUGENE HEATON, May 24, 1943 – July 6, 1996

FRANCES J. POTTER, August 22, 1925 – June 29, 1980, Gone but

not forgotten

PAMELA S. MILLER, March 29, 1974 – August 20, 1974

LAWRENCE S. WAGNER, 1876 – 1937, At Rest

VICKIE B. WAGNER, September 1, 1877 – April 17, 1948, At Rest

Come Unto Me, M. F. BUNTON, July 16, 1869 – October 30, 1904

TRILLA J. PEARSON, August 15, 1921 – October 3, 1936

THOMAS BIRCHFIELD, 1860 – 1897

K ____LEEN STOUT McKINNEY, age a___ 82 years, Mother o__

JIM CRANE McKINNEY

Fieldstone, unmarked grave

JOHN WILLIAM BANNER, SR., born 1820 – died 1882

(Millwheel for a headstone), JACOB VonCANNON, 1809 – 1879

Pioneer of German descent who came from Randolph County, NC,

to Banner Elk, NC, in 1858; then to Elk Mills, TN, in 1869. He built

the mills on Elk River from which these stones were taken and from

which this community was named. (also has Millwheel at the bottom)

Fieldstone, unmarked grave

HEATON, MAE P., 1926 – 1967, (bottom) Mother

CLINTON W., 1921 – 1994, (bottom) CLINTON

WALTER HEATON, PFC, U S Army, World War II,

March 31, 1921 – March 14, 1994 (a Cross)

Fieldstone, unmarked grave

Fieldstone, unmarked grave (also has an unreadable funeral home

marker)

Fieldstone, unmarked grave

Transcribed 10/12/2003 by Faye Swiney Sepentzis, [email protected]

Submitted to USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project 11/2003