Dodgen-Rayfield Cemetery



The Dodgen-Rayfield Cemetery

Mike Maples holds together the broken stone of Robert Messer.

John Stinett, 1835 - 1910
"Gone but not forgotten"

Ellen Dodgen Ownby, 1883 -1925
"Gone but not forgotten"

John Dodgen

Bell Ownby, September 28, 1918 - August 1, 1919

M.A. Low, June 17, 1902 - December 26, 1903

Vitia McFall, September 19, 1904 - June 29, 1906
"At rest"

Daniel Brisco McFall, March 23, 1897 - May 31, 1897

Mary McFall, November 27, 1850 - April 10, 1918 

Lillie Plemons, March 18, 1897 - September. 23, 1902

Hazel Stinnett, August 5, 1923 - August 27, 1924
 






Violet Huffman, unknown




                                                                    


Coordinates: N 35 42.230 W 83 24.213
Accessibility: Off-trail
                                                                    




 The cemetery is located off trail near the Grapeyard Ridge Trail.

For more information, visit Mike Maples' blog Hiking to the Dodgen Rayfield Cemetery.




Who's here?
    

Dodgen, Ellen
August 30, 1883 - October 2, 1925


Dodgen, John
unknown - unknown


Dodgen, Walter
unknown - unknown


Gray, Gordie
unknown - unknown


Gray, Lucy Ann Mayes
1853 - Jun. 28, 1927


Gray, Wade
unknown - unknown


Huffman, Violet
unknown - unknown


Jarrett, Lizzie
unknown - March 11, 1908


Low, M.A.
Jun. 17, 1902 - Dec. 26, 1903


McFall, Daniel Brisco
Mar. 23, 1897 - May 31, 1897


McFall, Vitia
Sep. 19, 1904 - Jun. 29, 1906


Messer, R.H.
Jan., 1888 - unknown


Naugher, Harkless Lee
Mar. 7, 1886 - Sep. 24, 1909


Naugher, J.W.
Apr. 7, 1876 - Nov. 16, 1902


Naugher, James Lender
Aug. 1, 1888 - Sep. 1, 1907


Naugher, Mary McFall
Nov. 27, 1850 - Apr. 10, 1918


Ownby, Bell 
Sep. 28, 1918 - Aug. 1, 1919


Ownby, Ellen Dodgen
Aug. 30, 1883 - Oct. 2, 1925


Ownby, Mat
unknown - unknown


Plemons, Lillie
Mar. 18, 1897 - Sep. 23, 1902


Plemons, James
unknown - January 1, 1890


Plemons, Louis
unknown - unknown


Stinnett, Hazel
Aug. 5, 1923 - Aug. 27, 1924


Stinnett, John
Nov. 15, 1835 - Dec. 23, 1910



Any others unknown.



Visited March 28, 2015




Thanks for visiting this page. If you have any additional information about this, or any other, cemetery in the Smokies, please let me know.


2 comments:

  1. Always Nice to see others documenting these cemeteries. So many of the old grave markers are fading or breaking. One day these pictures will be the only thing left to remember them.

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  2. Thank you. Its sad to think they'll be gone someday. So beautiful and such a feeling of peace and history in each one.


    Oh, and I read your blogs all the time... :)

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