Jim Brown Cemetery at Uz

Jim Brown Cemetery at Uz
Photo by Brian K. Caudill - August 10, 2003


TabTack Description: The Jim Brown Cemetery at Uz (also known as the Uz Cemetery) is a medium sized cemetery located on the sharp curve on highway 588 just west of the mouth of Dry Fork above the Jim Brown House.

TabTack Location: Approximately 37° 07' 01" North Latitude and 82° 52' 47" West Longitude.

TabTack Directions: Take highway 15, just north of Whitesburg, to road 3401. Turn left on road 3401 and travel westward along Dry Fork for about 0.9 miles to highway 588. Turn right on highway 588 and head westward about 0.7 miles to the sharp righthand curve in the road. The cemetery is located on the left side of the road on the curve next to Harbor Dr.

TabTack Misc. Notes: The cemetery has a fence around it and is kept up pretty well. The gate enters from the right side of the cemetery.

{Last Updated: May 9, 2004}


Index of Names Found in this Cemetery

Alvin Adams Betty E. (Kincer) Adams Fred Adams
George W. Adams George W. Adams Herman Adams
James Elbert Adams Mary Jane Adams Paul Alfred Adams
Susana (Cornett) Adams Tommy Adams Watson E. Adams
Cornilia Blair Cora Boatright Henry Clinton Boatright
John Dishman Boatright Bobby Eugene Brown Doctor F. Brown
Donald Brown John Brown Leslie "Bud" Brown
Malard Brown Mamie Brown Mary Alice (Webb) Brown
Nancy S. (Standifer) Brown Ronald Brown Willard C. Brown
Martha M. Calhoun Betty Caudill Coy Caudill
Dewey Caudill John R. Caudill Lee Caudill
Ollie M. (Sumner) Caudill Polly Ann (Morgan) Caudill Rebecca J. (Adams) Caudill
Tandy Caudill William Caudill William H. Caudill
William McKinley Caudill Anna V. (Brown) Collins Robert L. Collins
Ara Eneline Combs Bettie Gean Combs James Michael Combs
Roy Lee Combs Ruth (?) Combs Abby Jane (Mullins) Cornett
Anna Mae Cornett Atha Cornett Carl V. Cornett
Charles Ray Cornett Charlie D. Cornett Curtis Cornett
Dora (Brown) Cornett Doshie (Adams) Cornett Edker Cornett
Elizabeth (Hayes) Cornett Elizabeth Cornett Elma Cornett
Fannie (?) Cornett George Henry Cornett Gladys Marie Cornett
Henry D. Cornett J. V., Jr. Cornett Jesse Cornett
John B. Cornett John H. Cornett Joseph E. Cornett
Loretta Cornett Lula Cornett Martha Cornett
May Cornett Maze Cornett Mollie (Dixon) Cornett
Pearlie B. (Brown) Cornett Robert L. Cornett Sallie (Brown) Cornett
Watson G. Cornett William H. Cornett Willie Cornett
Willie Cornett Wilmer Crow Mattie J. (Cornett) Dixon
Willie J. Dixon Rhonda Rae Frazier Ruby Frazier
Baby Garrett Edward Garrett Isaac Gibson
Andrew Dow Hamilton Charles Hamilton Chester A. Hamilton
Christine Carol Hamilton Kirby J. Hamilton Lucinda (Caudill) Hamilton
Tandy B. Hamilton Allen P. Hampton Dixie Allene Hampton
Eluice C. (Cornett) Hampton Elizabeth (Cornett) Martin Bertha (Adams) Perry
Charlie Perry Onie Effie Perry Callie Roleigh
Lovel (Cornett) Stamper Enoch W. Webb Rachel (Adams) Webb
Rebecca (Caudill) Webb Willie Webb


FRONT OF CEMETERY




(Stone Laying on Ground)
Joseph E. Cornett
Oct. 29, 1872
June 21, 1933
He died as he
lived-
a Christian

NOTE: This appears to be the original headstone of Joseph E. Cornett. It was removed from its base and laying on the ground at the front of the cemetery (June 30, 1996).

* * *

Bobby Eugene Brown
DEC. 12 1946
DEC. 12 1946
OUR DARLING

* * * James Michael Combs SEPT. 27 1955 DEC. 11 1955 AN ANGEL
* * * MOTHER Ruth Combs FEB. 20 1925 APR. 14 1965 GONE FROM OUR HOME NOT FROM OUR HEART
* * * CAUDILL OLLIE M. WILLIAM H. 1897-1953 1893- BE GOOD AND MEET ME IN HEAVEN

NOTE: Ollie Mae Sumner, wife of William H. Caudill, daughter of Elijah and Rhoda (Brashear) Sumner. She was born on Sept. 2, 1897 and died on July 11, 1953. William, husband of Ollie Mae Sumner, son of John Maggard and Polly Ann (Morgan) Caudill. He was born on Jan. 3, 1893 and died on Sept. 25, 1963.



ROW 1


THY KINGDOM COME Bertha Charlie FEB. 1, 1896 MAY 15, 1893 FEB. 1, 1982 JUNE 26, 1970 PERRY RESTING TILL THE RESSURRECTION MORN

NOTE: Bertha was the daughter of Thomas "Tommy" and Susanna (Cornett) Adams.

* * *

Onie Effie
DAU. OF CHAS &
BERTHA PERRY
BORN
MAR. 23, 1918
DIED
OCT. 30, 1920
Our darling is
at rest.

* * * John Brown JUNE 29 1943 FEB. 2 1944 OUR DARLING
* * * ADAMS Tommy Susana OCT. 17, 1873 JAN. 21, 1871 JUNE 22, 1956 APR. 30, 1943 A KIND HUSBAND A KIND WIFE & FATHER & GOOD MOTHER HOW GREAT THOU ART

NOTE: Susana, wife of Tommy Adams, daughter of John B. and Elizabeth (Hayes) Cornett. Thomas "Tommy" Adams, son of Watson E. and Rausa (Hogg) Adams.

* * *

James Elbert Adams
BORN
OCT. 24, 1906
DIED
JULY 27, 1918
Not lost but gone
before.

NOTE: James was the son of Thomas "Tommy" and Susanna (Cornett) Adams. James and his brother, Watson, were killed by a train in the tunnel nearby.

* * *

Watson E. Adams
BORN
MAY 4, 1900
DIED
JULY 27, 1918
Not lost but gone
before.

NOTE: Watson was the son of Thomas "Tommy" and Susanna (Cornett) Adams. Watson and his brother, James, were killed by a train in the tunnel nearby.

* * *

Herman Adams
BORN
DEC. 24, 1909
DIED
DEC. 26, 1909
From mother's
arms to the
arms of Jesus.

NOTE: Herman was the son of Thomas "Tommy" and Susanna (Cornett) Adams.

* * *

MOTHER
Dora Cornett
MAR. 17, 1887
FEB. 20, 1977
A GOOD MOTHER

NOTE: Wife of Willie Cornett, daughter of William and Margaret (Combs) Brown.

* * *

FATHER
Willie Cornett
MAY 25, 1887
AUG. 3, 1977
HAVE FAITH IN GOD

* * * MOTHER Fannie Cornett MAY 20 1880 JUNE 12 1913 A GOOD MOTHER

NOTE: Possible first wife of Willie Cornett, if so, her maiden name was Adams.

* * *

Elizabeth Cornett
NOV. 29, 1912
MAY 21, 1913
Gone to be an
angel.

* * * Edker Cornett SEPT. 11, 1910 OCT. 16, 1912 Gone to be an angel.
* * * Elma Cornett SEPT. 28, 1921 JUNE 28, 1922 Gone to be an angel.
* * * Lula Cornett JULY 1, 1915 APR. 16, 1925 She was the sunshine of our home.
* * * Elizabeth Cornett Martin JAN. 9 1904 DEC. 8 1936 Sweetly sleeping
* * * FATHER Jesse Cornett APR. 23 1875 MAR. 10 1963 AT REST

NOTE: Son of Benjamin Franklin and Dica (Roberts) Cornett.



ROW 2


MOTHER Mollie Cornett SEPT. 6 1881 JAN. 28 1957 GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

NOTE: Wife of John H. Cornett, daughter of William Van and Dicey (Combs) Dixon.

* * *

FATHER
John H. Cornett
NOV. 5, 1876
MAY 12, 1942
He is not dead, but sleepeth

NOTE: Husband of Mollie Dixon, son of John B. and Elizabeth (Hayes) Cornett.

* * *

GONE BUT
NOT FORGOTTEN
William H. Cornett
BORN
SEPT. 15, 1901
DIED
JAN. 17, 1937

NOTE: Husband of Ollie Campbell, son of John H. and Mollie (Dixon) Cornett.

* * *

Gladys Marie Cornett
MAR. 3, 1923
MAR. 8, 1923
Darling we
miss thee.

* * * Robert L. Cornett JUNE 4, 1903 SEPT. 4, 1921 Not lost but one before
* * * Atha Cornett BORN OCT. 19, 1874 DIED FEB. 7, 1911

NOTE: Daughter of John B. and Elizabeth (Hayes) Cornett.

* * *

FATHER
John B. Cornett
BORN
DEC. 16, 1837
DIED
OCT.  1, 1910
Christ is my hope.

NOTE: Husband of Elizabeth Hayes, son of Joseph Enoch and Sarah "Sally" (Brown) Cornett.

* * *

HOLY BIBLE
Elizabeth Cornett
NOV 28, 1847
APR 1, 1923
A tender mother
and faithful
friend

NOTE: Elizabeth (Hayes) Cornett, wife of John B. Cornett.

* * *

CORNETT
Martha        Joseph E. 
DEC.  6 1879     OCT. 29 1872
JUNE 14 1967     JUNE 21 1933
GONE FROM OUR HOME NOT FROM OUR HEART

NOTE: Martha Dixon, first wife of Joseph E. Cornett, daughter of William Van and Dicey (Combs) Dixon. Joseph Enoch Cornett, husband of Martha Dixon, son of John B. and Elizabeth (Hayes) Cornett. Martha married second to A.C. "Archie" Craft. Joseph's original headstone was removed from its base and laying at the front of the cemetery.

* * *

CURTIS,
SON OF
JOE & MARTHA
CORNETT
BORN
OCT. 23, 1903
DIED
DEC. 27, 1904
Darling we miss
thee.

* * * MAY, DAU OF J.E. & MARTHA CORNETT BORN JAN. 13, 1906 DIED OCT. 14, 1908 Darling we miss thee.
* * * J.V. JR. SON OF J.V. & RUTH CORNETT NOV. 13 - NOV 16 1939
* * * DIXON AT REST Mattie J. Willie J. FEB. 12 1908 MAR. 2 1893 OCT. 17 1993 FEB. 23 1969

NOTE: Mattie, wife of William J. Dixon, daughter of Joseph E. and Martha (Dixon) Cornett. Willie, first husband of Mattie Cornett, son of Thomas A. and Fanny (Caudill) Dixon.

* * *

Carl V. Cornett
JUNE 22 1941
JUNE 25 1941
Gone but not
forgotten

NOTE: Infant of Charlie D. and Pearlie B. (Brown) Cornett.

* * *

Anna Mae Cornett
DEC 19, 1932
DEC 19, 1932

NOTE: Infant of Charlie D. and Pearlie B. (Brown) Cornett.

* * *

Charles Ray Cornett
1925-1964
TO DIE IS GAIN

(Foot Plaque)

CHARLES RAY CORNETTE KENTUCKY MOMM2 U.S.N.R. WORLD WAR II OCT 1 1925 JAN 7 1964
* * * CORNETT MARRIED JAN. 27, 1921 Pearlie B. Charlie D. APR 7, 1901 JAN. 10, 1902 JUNE 6, 1989 OCT. 18, 1985 IN LOVING MEMORY

NOTE: Pearlie Brown, wife of Charlie D. Cornett, daughter of Doc and Harriet Brown. Charlie, husband of Pearlie Brown, son of Joseph E. and Martha (Dixon) Cornett.



ROW 3


FATHER Kirby J. Hamilton MAY 20 1913 JAN. 6 1952 OUR HOPE IS IN JESUS

NOTE: Son of Andrew Dow and Lucinda (Caudill) Hamilton.

* * *

IN MEMORIAM
Cornilia Blair
NOV. 1, 1887
SEPT. 20, 1926

* * * ----------------------- CAUDILL Just good by for awhile ----------------------- Betty Caudill JAN 27, 1896
* * * Lee Caudill NOV. 14, 1888 JUNE 27, 1939
* * * John R. Caudill MAR. 13, 1928 MAR. 13, 1928
* * * Tandy Caudill FEB. 27, 1920 FEB. 27, 1920
* * *
Coy Caudill MAY 23, 1916 MAY 23, 1916
* * *
William Caudill JUNE 25, 1915 JUNE 25, 1915
----------------------- * * * (Broken old stone) Polly Ann Caudill MAR. 27, 1866 NOV. 19, 1904
(New stone) POLLY A. MORGAN CAUDILL MAR. 27, 1866 NOV. 19, 1904 DAUGHTER OF G.W. & SARAH CORNETT MORGAN LETCHER CO. HIS. SOC.

NOTE: Second wife of John Maggard Caudill, daughter of George Washington and Sarah "Sally" (Cornett) Morgan.

* * *

DEWEY
SON OF 
JOHN M &
POLLY A 
CAUDILL
APR 17, 1904
OCT 2, 1904

NOTE: Son of John Maggard and Polly Ann (Morgan) Caudill.

* * *

Lucinda         Andrew Dow 
NOV. 29, 1889      MAR. 14, 1879
JUNE 16, 1981      NOV. 28, 1970
HAMILTON

NOTE: Lucinda, wife of Andrew Dow Hamilton, daughter of John Maggard and Polly Ann (Morgan) Caudill. Andrew Dow, husband of Lucinda Caudill, son of Thomas and Mary Elizabeth (Taylor) Hamilton.

* * *

BROTHER
Chester A. Hamilton
MAY - 18 - 1907
MAY - 8 - 1911

NOTE: Son of Andrew Dow and Lucinda (Caudill) Hamilton.

* * *

Tandy B. Hamilton
KENTUCKY
PFC AIR CORPS
WORLD WAR II
JUNE 8 1927
DECEMBER 24 1947

NOTE: Son of Andrew Dow and Lucinda (Caudill) Hamilton.

* * *

Charles Hamilton
KENTUCKY
STAFF SGT 34 INF
24 INF DIV
WORLD WAR II
NOVEMBER 19 1915
MARCH 12 1949
BSM-PH & OLC

NOTE: Son of Andrew Dow and Lucinda (Caudill) Hamilton.

* * *

Christine Carol Hamilton
MAR. 21, 1948
FEB. 1, 2001
IN GOD'S CARE

* * * CORPL. Isaac Gibson CO.K 44 U.S.V.INF.
* * * Loretta Cornett DEC. 13 1936 DEC. 29 1936 AN ANGEL
* * * Dixie Allene Hampton BORN & DIED OCT. 6 1945 OUR DARLING
* * * Allen P. Eluice C. APR. 2, 1922 MAR. 26, 1920 NOV. 16, 1990 OCT. 30, 2003 PREIOUS LORD TAKE MY HAND HAMPTON

NOTE: Eulice, wife of Allen P. Hampton, duaghter of Watson G. and Sallie (Brown) Cornett.

* * * THY KINGDOM COME Watson G. Sallie JULY 16 1891 SEPT. 23 1895 APR. 13 1972 SEPT. 9 1970 CORNETT FOREVER WITH THE LORD

NOTE: Watson, husband of Sallie Brown, son of John B. and Elizabeth (Hayes) Cornett. Sallie, wife of Watson G. Cornett, daughter of William and Margaret (Combs) Brown.



ROW 4


WILMER DAU. OF JAMES & RACHEL CROW SEPT. 22 1922 JAN. 23 1926 SHE WAS THE SUNSHINE OF OUR HOME
* * * Maze Cornett JULY 23, 1912 JULY 27, 1913 Asleep in Jesus
* * * Mamie Brown AUG. 05, 1915 SEPT. 13, 1918 Darling, we miss thee.
* * * Rebecca Webb MAR. 2, 1869 APR. 26, 1961

NOTE: "Becky", wife of Allen Webb, daughter of Jesse B. and Mary (Back) Caudill.

* * *

Willie Webb
MAY 11, 1909
JULY 9, 1909
Darling, we
miss thee.

NOTE: Infant son of Allen and Rebecca "Becky" (Caudill) Webb.

* * *

George W. Adams
BORN
MAY 5, 1912
DIED
APR. 5, 1913
AGE 11 MO.
From mothers
arms to the
arms of Jesus

NOTE: Son of George Washington and Sarah Elizabeth "Betty" (Kincer) Adams.

* * *

John Dishman Boatright
APR. 23, 1910
NOV. 1, 1914
Darling, we
miss thee.

NOTE: Son of Henry Clinton and Doshie (Adams) Boatright.

* * *

H. C. Boatright
MAR. 29, 1881
SEPT. 25, 1917
Christ loved him and
took him home.

NOTE: Henry Clinton Boatright, first husband of Doshie Adams, son of Granville Henderson and Sarah Ann (Taylor) Boatright.

* * *

Cora Boatright
MAR. 28, 1908
OCT. 20, 1918
GONE TO BE
AN ANGEL

NOTE: Daughter of Henry Clinton and Doshie (Adams) Boatright.

* * *

George Henry Cornett
MAR. 13, 1923
JAN. 07, 1924
From the arms of
mother to the
arms of Jesus.

NOTE: Baby son of Henry D. and Doshie (Adams) Cornett.

* * *

Henry D. Cornett
Sept. 19, 1882
Jan. 19, 1938
Not lost but
gone before.

NOTE: Fourth husband of Doshie Adams, son of John B. and Elizabeth (Hayes) Cornett.

* * *

Doshie Cornett
APR. 1 1886
JULY 8 1964
MOTHER IS GONE FROM OUR HOME
NOT FROM OUR HEART

NOTE: Wife of (1) Henry Clinton Boatright, (4) Henry D. Cornett, daughter of George Washington and Sarah Elizabeth "Betty" (Kincer) Adams.

* * *

Paul Alfred Adams
APR. 7, 1933
SEPT. 4, 1934
From mothers arms
to Jesus.

NOTE: Child of Fred and Lona (Boatright) Adams.

* * *

Fred Adams
JUNE 10, 1910
JULY 19, 1933
AT REST

NOTE: First husband of Lona Boatright, son of Harrison and Letitia (Sexton) Adams.

* * *

Edward Garrett
May 24 1922
Oct. 27 1927
He was the 
sunshine
of our
home.

NOTE: Son of Benjamin Harrison and Allie (Caudill) Garrett.

* * *

Baby of
Harrison
and
Allie
Garrett
Another
angel

NOTE: Baby of Benjamin Harrison and Allie (Caudill) Garrett, born and died in 1927.

* * *

Ronald and Donald Brown
APR. 2, 1943
Our Babies

NOTE: Infants of Willard C. and Nancy (Standifer) Brown.

* * *

BROWN
Nancy S.       Willard C.
APR. 24 1925    MAY  18 1919
JULY 17 1971    MAR. 29 1975
GONE FROM OUR HOME NOT FROM OUR HEART

NOTE: Willard, husband of Nancy Ritter Standifer, son of Benjamin Joseph and Isabella (Lewis) Brown.



ROW 5


Abby Jane Cornett MAR. 10 1867 MAR. 29 1926 GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

NOTE: Second wife of Benjamin Franklin Cornett, daughter of Andy and Sarah (Maggard) Mullins.

* * *

Ruby Frazier
FEB 07, 1919
FEB 27, 1925
She faltered by
the wayside
and the angels
took her home

NOTE: Daughter of Riley and Artie (Cornett) Frazier.

* * *

Rhonda Rae Frazier
BORN & DIED
MAR. 28 1950

* * * COLLINS Robert L. Anna V. AUG. 21 1882 JAN. 11 1887 JAN. 8 1959 MAY 31 1966
* * * Willie Cornett NOV. 14, 1918 NOV. 14, 1918 Our darling
* * * CALLIE ROLE IGH WAS BO RN DEC 10 1906 DIED MAY 12 1910
* * * THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD Rebecca J. Caudill BORN JUNE 20, 1901 DIED OCT. 16, 1918 Gone but not forgotten.

NOTE: First wife of William McKinley Caudill, Sr., daughter of George Washington and Sarah Elizabeth "Betty" (Kincer) Adams.

* * *

THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
George W. Adams
BORN JULY 18 1864
DIED APR. 24 1923
Farewell My wife
and children all.
From you a Father
Christ doth call.

NOTE: George Washington Adams, husband of Sarah Elizabeth "Betty" Kincer, son of Allen and Cynthia Ann (Thornsberry) Adams.

* * *

Betty E. Adams
DEC. 25, 1866
JAN. 30, 1940
We trust our loss will be
her gain. And that with
Christ she's gone to reign.

NOTE: Sarah Elizabeth "Betty" Kincer, wife of George Washington Adams, daughter of Frederic and Lydia (Adams) Kincer.

* * *

AT REST
William McKinley Caudill
OCT. 1, 1918
NOV. 6, 1938

NOTE: Son of William McKinley, Sr. and Rebecca J. "Becky" (Adams) Caudill. He was killed by Lester Amburgey with a knife.

* * *

Martha M. Calhoun
NOV. 10 1843
SEPT. 1 1917
AT REST

* * * MOTHER Rachel Webb ABOUT 1848 JUNE 1928

NOTE: Wife of Enoch W. Webb, daughter of Allen and Cynthia Ann (Thornsberry) Adams.

* * *

FATHER
Enoch W. Webb
ABOUT 1845
MAR. 1929

NOTE: Husband of Rachel Adams, son of Enoch A. and Susannah L. (Polly) Webb.

* * *

Mary Alice Brown
APR. 10 1878
JAN. 7 1955
SHE WAS THE SUNSHINE
OF OUR HOME

NOTE: Wife of Leslie "Bud" Brown, daughter of Enoch W. and Rachel (Adams) Webb.

* * *

FATHER
Leslie (Bud) Brown
MAR. 28 1872
NOV.  4 1959
AT REST

NOTE: Husband of Mary Alice Webb, son of George W. and Susannah (Wells) Brown.

* * *

D. F. Brown
JAN. 14, 1857
MAY 24, 1931
Dear father we miss
you but our love will
always be deep in
our hearts for you

NOTE: Doctor "Doc" F. Brown, husband of Harriett Cornett, son of Benjamin and Mary (Blair) Brown.



ROW 6


MOTHER Lovel C. Stamper APR. 3, 1909 FEB. 2, 1957 AT REST

NOTE: Wife of Fred Stamper, daughter of Henry and Sallie (Ison) Cornett.

* * *

MALARD BR
OWN BORN 
OCT 22 1912
DEC. OCT 13
1914 AT REST

* * * Alvin Mary Jane 1909-1974 1926- Asleep in Jesus ADAMS

NOTE: Alvin Adams was the son of George Washington and Sarah Elizabeth (Kincer) Adams, born on March 18, 1909 and died on July 5, 1974. Mary Jane Tyree was Alvin's third wife.

* * *

Roy Lee Combs
AUG. 22, 1933
DEC. 31, 1933
A fairer bud of
promise never bloomed

* * * Bettie Gean Combs DEC. 9, 1934 DEC. 9, 1934 How soon fades the tender flower.
* * * Ara Emeline Combs SEPT. 11, 1941 NOV. 7, 1941 Darling, we miss thee


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