Smythers Cemetery
Carroll County
Sulphur Springs District
Location: Laurel Community
Directions: On a hillside behind the residence at 829 McGhee Road, Rt. 742, 8 mile from Rt. 740 (Oak Grove Road).
GPS Coordinates: N 36.80128 W 080.87549
Surveyed by: Buford C. Wilson; 06 Nov 2013; buford-wilson@outlook.com
Comments: The cemetery is well fenced and in good condition. Information in [brackets] is not on the stone.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| SMYTHERS, William A. | 1866 | 1921 | Shared stone with next; William Alexander; s/o Michael Smythers & Elizabeth Austin |
| SMYTHERS, Sallie | 1870 | 1951 | d/o Nancy Davidson; w/o William Alexander Smythers |
| Row 2 | |||
| HANKS, Thomas Eldridge | 31 Aug 1894 | 10 Sep 1921 | Pvt. 155 Depot Brigade; s/o Enoch Mitchell Hanks & Margaret E. Frost |
| Row 3 | |||
| HANKS, William McKinley | 16 Aug 1896 | 13 Mar 1950 | Shared stone with next; s/o Enoch Mitchell Hanks & Margaret E. Frost |
| FARMER, Golda “Goldie” Hanks | 20 Nov 1941 | 11 Feb 2011 | d/o William McKinley Hanks & Louise Alice Bond; w/o Carl Odell Farmer |
| Row 4 | |||
| [SHARP, Roy] | Illegible now, badly eroded stone | ||
| [SHARP, Mary] | Illegible now, badly eroded stone | ||
| Row 5 | |||
| HANKS, Harvey L. | [10 Aug] 1923 | [03 Sep] 2006 | FHM; s/o Edward Jasper Hanks & Flora U. Duncan |
| HANKS, Herman C. | 12 Apr 1908 | 25 Sep 1982 | Pvt. U. S. Army WW II; s/o Edward Jasper Hanks & Flora U. Duncan |
| HANKS, Clifton Wiley | 15 Jun 1913 | 24 Jun 1963 | Va. U. S. Marine Corps. WW II; s/o Edward Jasper Hanks & Flora U. Duncan |
| HANKS, Edward J. | 13 Oct 1889 | 05 Nov 1977 | Edward Jasper; s/o Enoch Mitchell Hanks & Margaret E. Frost |
| HANKS, Flora U. | 01 May 1889 | 19 Aug 1945 | d/o James M. Duncan & Judith Frances Newman; w/o Edward Jasper Hanks |
| Row 6 | |||
| SHARP, Infant | 14 Feb 1922 | 14 Feb 1922 | Laura; d/o John Graham Sharp & Mary Ann Davis |
| SHARP, Infant | 02 Oct 1912 | 02 Oct 1912 | Roman; s/o John Graham Sharp & Mary Ann Davis |
| Row 7 | |||
| DAVIS, William A. | 30 Jun 1877 | 13 Jun 1941 | Shared stone with next; William Alexander; s/o James Davis & Eliza Reynolds |
| DAVIS, Elizabeth J. | 12 Oct 1881 | 23 Nov 1974 | Elizabeth Jane; d/o Daniel Glenn Vaughan & Nancy Davidson; w/o William Alexander Davis |
| VAUGHAN, Nancy D. | 1849 | 1903 | Dates appear to be wrong; d/o John E. Davidson & Hope Poston; w/o Daniel Glenn Vaughan |
| Row 8 | |||
| The exact location of these Davis children’s graves is unknown | |||
| [DAVIS, James] | No name on the stone; s/o William Alexander Davis & Elizabeth Jane Vaughan | ||
| [DAVIS, Jasper Lartis] | [19 Jun 1916] | No name on the stone; s/o William Alexander Davis & Elizabeth Jane Vaughan | |
| [DAVIS, Raleigh] | No name on the stone; s/o William Alexander Davis & Elizabeth Jane Vaughan | ||
| [DAVIS, Osker] | No name on the stone; s/o William Alexander Davis & Elizabeth Jane Vaughan | ||
| [DAVIS, Clifferd] | No name on the stone; s/o William Alexander Davis & Elizabeth Jane Vaughan | ||
| [DAVIS, Johnnie] | No name on the stone; s/o William Alexander Davis & Elizabeth Jane Vaughan | ||
| VAUGHAN, Daniel G. | 1817 | 1892 | Daniel Glenn; s/o William Kayer Vaughan & Elizabeth Smith |
| Row 9 | |||
| SMYTHERS, Minnie Alford | 14 Jul 1900 | 20 Jan 1929 | d/o John Thomas Alford & Frances Smythers; w/o William A. Smythers |
| CAUDLE, Mildred D. | 10 Nov 1931 | 29 Dec 1934 | d/o John Conrad Caudle & Ila Bell Smythers |
| CAUDLE, Marvon Eugene | 25 Mar 1935 | 31 May 1945 | s/o John Conrad Caudle & Ila Bell Smythers |
| SMYTHERS, B. O. | 14 Mar 1910 | 05 Jun 1911 | Robert O. s/o James William Smythers & Lelar Victoria Caudle |
| SMYTHERS, Stella | 20 Mar 1914 | Stone is broken; Stella Hazel; d/o James William Smythers & Lelar Victoria Caudle | |
| SMYTHERS, Lelar V. | 22 Jun 1876 | 08 Feb 1954 | Shared stone with next; Lelar Victoria; d/o William Greenberry Caudle & Rosa Jane Caudle; w/o James William Smythers |
| SMYTHERS, James W. | 23 Jan 1874 | 07 Sep 1946 | James William; s/o Anderson James Smythers & Susan Davis |