Levi Trentham Cemetery



This sign welcomes you at the gate with a reminder to be respectful.



The cemetery's namesake, Levi Trentham.



Interesting marker from Explorer Post 2036. First one of these I've seen.

Beautiful sentiment. "Once in a lifetime..."

Continuing the 'Once in a lifetime' theme with this lovely memorial.

George, Martha and Tanya Tippins.

This remarkable hand-carved stone of father Ernest and daughter Becky is quite striking.



Lived one day. "Asleep in Jesus."






 The Levi Trentham Cemetery is located just above the parking lot at Jakes Creek in Elkmont. Across the bridge there is a road that used to lead to a water tower and the cemetery is to the right. In the winter, it is visible from the parking lot.


Levi Trentham, for whom the cemetery is named, was once the mayor of Elkmont.

Levi Trentham, Mayor of Elkmont and 'The Prophet of the Smokies'.
Levi's cabin, built in 1830, is among many in Elkmont slated to be restored and maintained.

Newspaper clipping regarding Levi's funeral (above), and his final humble burial place.
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Another interesting thing here is the grave of Larry Knox Trentham. Aside from the memorial from the Explorer Post 2036, as noted above, there's a wonderful quote on his tombstone from Aldo Leopold "Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map or love and freedom" along with the words 'No task too great'.



Who's here?
    

Acklan-Rebecca Heidi "Becky" Brown
Feb. 21, 1966 - May 6, 1993

Brown, Ernest
unknown - unknown

Bull, Iona
unknown - unknown

Cambier, John Clarke
Aug. 11, 1909 - Jun. 18, 1981

Cambier, Mary
Apr. 1, 1913 - unknown

Cardwell, Imogene
Jun. 17, 1929 - Jul. 23, 1930

Cardwell, Mazie Isabella Ownby
May 17, 1907 - Apr. 28, 1969

Cardwell, Thomas Robert
Nov. 22, 1904 - Sep. 7, 1969

Carol, Susie
Nov. 19, 1904 - Apr. 18, 1993

Cogdill, Ashley G.
Nov. 11, 1909 - Feb. 21, 1993

Cogdill, James, Jr.
Fe12, 1973 - Feb. 12, 1973

Cogdill, Lillie B.
Jul. 21, 1914 - Jul. 25, 1989

Cogdill, Lou
unknown - 1938

Cogdill, Maude
unknown - Aug. 31, 1937

Cogdill, Mollie
1883 - Jul. 31, 1937

Cogdill, Nip
Mar. 31, 1881 - Jan. 24, 1942

Cogdill, William Ray "Bill"
Aug. 4, 1949 - Mar. 9, 2008

Cook, Margie L.
Sep. 25, 1927 - Oct. 1, 1928

Dellinger, Pearl Teaster
Nov. 27, 1939 - Mar. 4, 2005

DeOnativia, Elizabeth
Oct. 18, 1884 - Sep. 30, 1986

Eslinger, Amos M.
Aug. 6, 1899 - Mar. 27, 1995

Eslinger, Brenda K.
Dec. 8, 1946 - unknown

Eslinger, Charles
Oct. 9, 1906 - Apr. 28, 1979

Eslinger, John
Feb. 1, 1958 - unknown

Eslinger, Miney S. Floyd
Apr. 22, 1922 - Oct. 17, 2000

Griffiths, Mildred
1901 - 1986

Griffiths, William S.
Oct. 21, 1907 - Dec. 13, 1980

Guffey, Ronnie Eugene
Jan. 21, 1950 - Jan. 22, 2001

Guffey, Samuel Eugene
Jun. 4, 1924 - Jun. 4, 1997

Guy, Ernest C.
Mar. 26, 1935 - Aug. 16, 2002

Guy, Wilma Helen Ogle
Jun. 2, 1936 - Feb. 8, 2013

Hidgon, J.T.
Jun. 17, 1915 - Oct. 6, 1997

Higdon, Frank W.
Aug. 3, 1900 - Apr. 20, 1959

Higdon, Julia Mae Ownby
Jun. 16, 1886 - Jun. 7, 1963

Higdon, Lee J.
Nov. 19, 1883 - Apr. 21, 1969

Higdon, Maggie Elizabeth
Jun. 4, 1922 - Aug. 10, 1978

Higdon, Myrtle Faye
Nov. 19, 1911 - Jul. 17, 1998

Higdon, Paul Edward
May 12, 1924 - Jun. 17, 2010

Higdon, Ura E. Ownby
May 17, 1907 - Jul. 9, 1992

Hopkins, Betty Jo
1935 - 1993

Hopkins, Garrett T.
1826 - 1997

Hughes, Pauline Parton Talbot
Jun. 30, 1917 - Nov. 22, 1999

Hughes, Thomas T.
Apr. 5, 1918 - Dec. 23, 1971

Jones, Agnes Parton
Dec. 25, 1922 - Apr. 22, 2003

Jones, Arthur J., Sr.
1908 - 1978

King, unknown
unknown - unknown

Laney, Charley
unknown - unknown

Laney, Minyard Monroe
Mar. 16, 1914 - Nov. 5, 1999

Maples, Frank
unknown - unknown

Marley, Frank
unknown - unknown

McClure, Nell (Tiger Jo) Thompson
Apr. 9, 1932 - Mar. 1, 1999

McClure, Otha (Crack)
Oct. 21, 1935 - unknown

McGaha, Lillie
Oct. 17, 1905 - Apr. 23, 1989

Morrison, Flossie Ownby
Apr. 17, 1909 - Sep. 15, 1929

Newman, Dorthy
Apr. 24, 1933 - unknown

Newman, Sam O.
Aug. 17, 1924 - Apr. 13, 2013

Nolan, Charlie
unknown - unknown

Ogle, Arthur James Richard
Aug. 23, 1961 - Aug. 29, 1961

Ogle, Billy
Apr. 2, 1934 - Apr. 2, 1934

Ogle, Clara
Jul. 2, 1916 - Apr. 5, 1934

Ogle, Faye P.
Nov. 6, 1932 - Feb. 18, 1980

Ogle, Hugh J.
Nov. 14, 1928 - Jan. 2, 1995

Ogle, Infant
Oct. 4, 1932 - Oct. 16, 1932

Ogle, James Todd
Nov. 9, 1963 - Aug. 22, 1982

Ogle, Levi Bush
May 24, 1907 - Mar. 21, 1996

Ogle, Newell
Jul. 2, 1911 - Apr. 21, 1934

Ogle, Rachel M.
Jan. 16, 1944 - unknown

Ogle, Raymond C.
May 20, 1926 - Oct. 23, 1992

Ogle, Ruth M. Thompson
Apr. 5, 1947 - Feb. 21, 1996

Ogle, Susie Carrol
Nov. 19, 1904 - Apr. 18, 1993

Ogle, Thomas William
Aug. 13, 1866 - Feb. 16, 1939

Ogle Perault, Eliza J.
May 5, 1938 - Jan. 4, 2006

Ownby, Barton
Mar. 30, 1873 - Sep. 29, 1959

Ownby, Conley
1925 - 1931

Ownby, Cora Lee
Dec. 19, 1907 - Nov. 21, 1935

Ownby, Dorothy
Mar. 3, 1927 - Feb. 7, 1995

Ownby, Ellis
Apr. 26, 1939 - Jun. 18, 2009

Ownby, Ernest E.
Jan. 3, 1904 - Sep. 12, 1971

Ownby, H.C.
Mar. 30, 1928 - Mar. 18, 1930

Ownby, Henry
Jun. 20, 1880 - Sep. 10, 1958

Ownby, Ida Huskey
Oct. 1, 1906 - Jun. 24, 1994

Ownby, Issac
May 24, 1860 - Dec. 30, 1928

Ownby, June
Oct. 13, 1930 - Oct. 14, 1930

Ownby, Ortha Horace
Dec. 28, 1930 - Jan. 21, 1931

Ownby, Perry
Jul. 16, 1910 - Jun. 7, 1997

Ownby, Ralph
Mar. 5, 1932 - Mar. 5, 1932

Ownby, Sarah E.
Oct. 15, 1851 - Apr. 5, 1931

Ownby, Sophia
Feb. 19, 1885 - Mar. 20, 1959

Ownby, Stephen Winfred
Dec. 17, 1920 - Dec. 17, 2013

Ownby, Thomas
Oct. 29, 1846 - Jul. 25, 1930

Ownby, Wiley
Jan. 13, 1907 - Oct. 22, 1938

Ownby, Winfred
Dec. 17, 1920 - unknown

Parton, Blanche M.
Jun. 20, 1920 - unknown

Parton, Hubert Curtis
May 2, 1897 - Feb. 17, 1954

Parton, Margaret Evelyn "Mag" Cole
Aug. 26, 1898 - Jun. 19, 1963

Parton, Pearl
Oct. 21, 1932 - Oct. 22, 1932

Parton, Rex William
Feb. 19, 1919 - Jun. 22, 1973

Reagan, Barbara Cogdill
Nov. 20, 1947 - unknown

Reagan, Brownlee
Aug. 30, 1926 - Dec. 3, 2013

Reagan, Willa Belle Parton
Jun. 15, 1927 - Oct. 31, 1961

Ree-Harrison Harris H., Jr.
Feb. 17, 1972 - Jul. 16, 2007

Roberts, Ruth
Dec. 14, 1916 - Jun. 18, 1996

Shults, Bedford
Feb. 8, 1905 - Jul. 26, 1985

Shults, George W.
Feb. 11, 1866 - Oct. 10, 1928

Shults, Louisa O.
Apr. 22, 1880 - Jan. 27, 1958

Shults, Relda
Apr. 18, 1907 - Oct. 22, 1973

Shults, Roy Harold
Apr. 17, 1934 - Feb. 13, 1983

Snider, Jonnie V.
Feb. 25, 1937 - Jul. 1, 2006

Stevenson, Annie Hoag
1874 - 1955

Talbot, Curtis L., Sr.
Apr. 29, 1919 - Oct. 13, 1950

Talbot, Curtis L., Jr.
Dec. 10, 1945 - Aug. 10, 1983

Teaster, Bill
Sep. 29, 1927 - Feb. 21, 2006

Teaster, Chan
Oct. 26, 1903 - Nov. 26, 1970

Teaster, Clifford C.
Sep. 2, 1913 - May 13, 1962

Teaster, Clyde V.
Dec. 8, 1934 - Jan. 18, 1994

Teaster, Crettie
Jan. 14, 1918 - Jan. 14, 1918

Teaster, Glennie
Sep. 9, 1909 - Nov. 26, 1970

Teaster, Jesse H.
Aug. 17, 1932 - Apr. 24, 2011

Teaster, Josie O.
Sep. 2, 1913 - May 10, 1962

Teaster, Linedell
Apr. 18, 1938 - Apr. 20, 1938

Teaster, Liza Trentham
Sep. 19, 1931 - Jul. 25, 2010

Teaster, Lue Crettie Eslinger
1918 - Oct. 20, 2006

Teaster, Myrtle L.
Jan. 18, 1916 - unknown

Teaster, Paul
Apr. 18, 1938 - Apr. 26, 1938

Teaster, Steve Dean
Oct. 21, 1968 - Mar. 8, 2006

Teaster, Tilda Jane
Feb. 23, 1887 - Mar. 31, 1966

Teaster, W.C.
Aug. 15, 1870 - Nov. 15, 1959

Teaster, Woodrow
Jan. 2, 1933 - Mar. 16, 1988

Thomas, Benjamin
1916 - 1978

Tippins, George L.
Apr. 13, 1940 - Aug. 11, 1994

Tippins, Martha H.
Oct. 11, 1944 - Jun. 18, 1998

Tippins, Tanya A.
Jul. 13, 1964 - Mar. 13, 1981

Townsen-Alice Morier
Jun. 28, 1883 - Jun. 26, 1969

Trammell, Costo Silas
Aug. 3, 1913 - Jan. 16, 2004

Trammell, Pamela Sue
Aug. 4, 1944 - Apr. 8, 1959

Trentham, Altha L.
Jan. 27, 1933 - unknown

Trentham, Ashley G.
Nov. 11, 1909 - Feb. 21, 1993

Trentham, Blanche
Jun. 1, 1932 - unknown

Trentham, Conley
Apr. 6, 1924 - May 4, 1981

Trentham, Conley
Sep. 19, 1928 - Sep. 19, 1928

Trentham, Cora Lawson
May 17, 1900 - Jun. 11, 1930

Trentham, Donna Marie
Feb. 28, 1950 - unknown

Trentham, Earl
Mar. 2, 1943 - Mar. 10, 1943

Trentham, Emaline Ownby
Jan. 1, 1847 - Apr. 4, 1928

Trentham, Ernest
Jan. 8, 1905 - Jul. 21, 1990

Trentham, Ernesteen
Dec. 5, 1938 - Dec. 14, 1938

Trentham, Harley
Dec. 26, 1929 - Dec. 25, 1971

Trentham, Hobart
Jun. 27, 1913 - Jul. 31, 1981

Trentham, Infant
Sep. 8, 1933 - Sep. 11, 1933

Trentham, Jack C.
Jan. 5, 1936 - Jan. 20, 1958

Trentham, Jerry Lee
Feb. 11, 1950 - Aug. 3, 2001

Trentham, Johny
Oct. 20, 1938 - Feb. 15, 1939

Trentham, Jonas
Mar. 13, 1882 - Oct. 25, 1963

Trentham, Larry Knox
Dec. 18, 1953 - Nov. 8, 1971

Trentham, Lee, Jr.
Dec. 6, 1924 - Feb. 12, 1985

Trentham, Lee H.
Jun. 19, 1904 - Mar. 20, 1979

Trentham, Levi
Feb. 22, 1852 - Feb. 15, 1936

Trentham, Lillie
Jul. 21, 1914 - Jul. 25, 1989

Trentham, Lonnie E.
Aug. 12, 1904 - Apr. 14, 1987

Trentham, Mae
Apr. 11, 1928 - unknown

Trentham, Marie
Dec. 18, 1928 - Nov. 7, 1983

Trentham, Marshel
May 19, 1902 - Sep. 19, 1977

Trentham, Mary Atchley
Aug. 26, 1909 - Mar. 5, 1997

Trentham, Mary Alice
Mar. 20, 1906 - Apr. 4, 1993

Trentham, Mary E.
Dec. 18, 1928 - Nov. 7, 1983

Trentham, Mattie Lee
Apr. 16, 1913 - May 9, 2000

Trentham, Mazie
Oct. 31, 1907 - Apr. 7, 1938

Trentham, Nancy
May 24, 1886 - Feb. 27, 1982

Trentham, Nettie Marie
Dec. 18, 1928 - Nov. 7, 1983

Trentham, Pearl
Jun. 6, 1925 - unknown

Trentham, Ralph
May 6, 1930 - Oct. 6, 1933

Trentham, Ralph H.
Dec. 1, 1936 - Aug. 24, 1998

Trentham, Stewart A.
Apr. 2, 1926 - May 15, 1992

Trentham, Tony R.
Oct. 10, 1961 - unknown

Wear, C. Faye
Mar. 13, 1956 - unknown

Wear, Carl W.
Aug. 27, 1930 - Nov. 16, 2000

Whaley, Iva V. Teaster
Jul. 30, 1915 - 2000

Whaley, Ray
Aug. 12, 1941 - Aug. 12, 1941

White, Nancy Newman
1957 - unknown


Any others unknown.




Visited December 6, 2014

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2 comments:

  1. I’m not sure of the correct dates, but the dates of death are incorrect for Clifford Teaster & Woodrow Teaster.

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  2. Sorry, it is the date of birth for Woodrow Teaster that is wrong.

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