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Woodard Cemetery
Johnson County, Tennessee

Index of Surnames Included

You may click on one of the surnames below to go to the first record with that surname.

Location

Located in Forge Creek on Huber Taylor Road, on left in Johnson County, Tennessee.

Sources of Names Listed

Jeffrey L. Carrier visited the Woodard Cemetery on June 2, 1981. The listing that follows is derived from that listing and a visit by John B. Rochelle on August 6, 2002. We have used an alphabetical listing by last name. This is only a partial listing.

Information in brackets [sample] was added by Basil McVey unless indicated otherwise. Most of that information was provided by John B. Rochelle or the other wonderful, helpful members of the JCTCuzins List. The web page is: Johnson County Homepage.

Woodard Cemetery Names and Information

Church, Bettie J.

Curd, Mrs. Della
1896-1954
[Rosa Della Curd d/o David A. Curd & Margaret Jane Woodard
Della Curd m. Harrison M. Curd 30 Jun 1912 JCT by W. A. Dowell, J. P.]

Curd, Jane
24 Oct 1861-20 Aug 1941
"Faithful and true in and left the home sad and desolate"
[Margaret Jane Woodard aka Jane E. Woodard d/o Jeremiah Woodard & Nancy West
Had at least 2 children out of wedlock prior to marrying David A. Curd.
Married David A. Curd 26 Aug 1880 JCT by W. R. Davis, J. P.]

#Mrs. Jane Curd, w/o Dave Curd (age 78)
Age abt 78y
d. 20 Aug 1941
d/o Jerry Woodard (Forsyth Co NC) & Nancy West
c.o.d. Cancer Womb
Informant D. G. Woodard (Shouns)
Woodard Cemetery
1941 # 18280

Eastridge, Arthur S.

(and his wife
Eastridge, Alice
27 Apr 1887-14 May 1958
[Nancy Alice Woodard d/o unknown & Margaret Jane Woodard
married Arthur Eastridge 29 Dec 1906 JCT by W. A. Dowell, J. P.]

Alice Woodard Eastridge, age 73 of Shouns, died at her home May 10. She was a member of the Laurel Springs Methodist Church.

Suvivors are two brothers, D. C. Woodard of Shouns and William Curd of Murfreesboro, and one sister, Mrs. Hugh Eller of Shouns.

Funeral services were held at Hammons Chapel Church on 2 p.m. Tuesday with Rev. Hiram Miller officiating. Burial was in Woodard Cemetery.

Hill Funeral Home in charge.

(The Tomahawk, Mountain City, TN, Wednesday, May 28, 1958, p. 1)

Eller, Hugh
1908-1970
[Not in 1910, 1920 JCT]

Price, Martha Jane
1938-2002
[Martha Jane Stanton d/o Henry Maxwell Stanton & Mary Woodard
w/o _____ Price]

Rosenbaum, Herman
1911-2000
[Herman Jack Rosenbaum
2nd h/o Mary Woodard]

Stanton, Henry M.
1903-1987 (stone)
1903-1988 (fhm)
[Henry Maxwell Stanton
1st h/o Mary Woodard]

(and his wife
Rosenbaum, Mary W.
1920-2002
[Mary Woodard d/o Newton S. Woodard & Alice T. Woodard
w/o Henry Maxwell Stanton
w/o Herman Jack Rosenbaum]

Stowers, Eugene
1951-1951

Woodard, Isaac
1868-1953
[Isaac G. Woodard s/o Jeremiah Woodard & Nancy West
Married 1st Martha A. J. Curd 30 July 1890 JCT by Francis Marion Payne, J. P.
Married 2nd Lillie E. Forrester 19 Nov 1907 JCT by Rev. G. M. Pennington]

Note: where are his wives buried?

Woodard, Newton
1894-1934
[Newton S. Woodard s/o Isaac G. Woodard & Martha A. J. Curd
Married Alice Woodard 19 Mar 1914 JCT by Rev. G. M. Pennington]

(and his wife
Woodard, Alice T.
w/o Newt Woodard
27 Jul 1897-20 Oct 1949
"Gone but not forgotten"
[Alice T. Woodard Parents not known, 1920 census says born NC
Married Newton Woodard 19 Mar 1914 JCT by Rev. G. M. Pennington]

Woodard, Noah
21 Feb 1890-16 Feb 1964
Veteran of World War I
[Noah G. Woodard s/o Isaac Woodard & Martha A. J. Curd
Married Verda Forrester 01 June 1920 JCT by S. T. Taylor, J. P.]

Note: She is buried in Sunset Memorial Park as is Marion Woodard. Marion is the son of Verdie, instead of Verda as listed in marriage record, and Noah and died in November 2002. [Source: Amanda Woodard Arnette]
She may be the Bertha Forrester, d/o James Ray Forrester & Pollie E. Sluder (id tentative).

Woodard, Thomas
1912-1970
[Thomas Woodard s/o Isaac G. Woodard & Lillie E. Forrester]

Woodard, _____
1843-1908
[Nancy West d/o William Riley West & Elizabeth_____
w/o Jeremiah Woodard]

Probable burials in this cemetery:

Woodard, Cora

#Cora Woodard, w/o Isaac Woodard
ABT 1886 (Hemlock, NC)-did not write down date 1939
d/o Sam Jones (Hemlock, NC) & (first name not known) Roark (Hemlock, NC)
c.o.d. did not write down
Informant Isaac Woodard (Shouns)
Woodard Cemetery
1939 # 8127

Woodard, O. Hanert (male)

#O. Honest Woodard (1936 # 32693)
#Hanert Woodard (1936 # 25013)
30 Mar 1928-22 Oct 1936
s/o Newt Woodard & Alice Woodard (NC)
c.o.d. Rheumatic Fever
Informant Noah Woodard (Shouns) (32693)
Informant Ernest Woodard (Shouns) 25013
Woodard Cemetery
1936 # 32693, 25013

Sources

1. Upon A Lonely Hill The Cemeteries of Johnson County, Tennessee by Jeffrey L. Carrier
2. Abstracts of Death Records for Johnson County Tennessee 1908 to 1941 by Eddie M. Nikazy
3.
4. Members of the JCTCuzins list at eGroups.com

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