Cades Cove Preservation Association

Thank you for clearing and cleaning up the cemeteries in our beloved Cades Cove.

CCPA volunteers worked for two days removing downed limbs, trees and clearing the pathways to the cemetery’s in Cades Cove. Thank you Mark and Janet Snyder, Richard Anderson, Stephen Weber, Regina Warnell and Jason Simerly for doing this back breaking work!
More photos will be posted.
Mark Snyder

Mark your calendar for the annual local Craft and vendor fair! April 26 & 27!
This year fresh cotton candy. Special savings in every booth. List of all vendors coming soon. This is a great time to get a special gift for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and graduation.
Help support our local crafters.

The CCPA will have presenters and will have a booth. You can see the entire program guide. Hope to see you there.

WWW-Program-Guide_Online.pdf (mypigeonforge.com)

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2023 Homecoming Fundraiser August 25-26
Some vendors and book signing on Friday the 25th
Main events on Saturday the 26th

Craft & History fair from 10:00 to 4:00! Located at 1004 East Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Maryville, TN
Savings in every booth! Stop by, shop for unique hand crafted items and help support the small local family vendors. Food will be available!
The museum gift shop has lots of Cades Cove items to purchase-prints and paintings 50% off.

Stop by and talk with the folks of the Smoky Mountain Amateur Radio
List of the local vendors & crafters!
1-Shawn Irvin- "Earthly Creations"
​2-Robin Whitehead- handmade and created items for Fall & all occasions
3-Carol Welch- Homemade muskedine jelly and jams
4-Pam Hughes- "Cutable Creations"
5-Becky Valentine - Native American Inspired Jewelery
6-Afton Parish - "AP Designs" Custom Decor & vinyl Work"
7-Jeff & JR Nichols- Beef Jerky, Local Honey, Apple Butter and more good food
8-Lisa Leslie - "The Muddy Couple" Handmade Pottery items
9-Pop Adams-"Pop Adams Trade"
​10-Tracie Walker-"Cades Cove Clay & Play Studio" Pottery
​11-Sam & Pam Wilson "String Art & Hand Crafted Items"
12-Margaret (Peggy) Taylor - Raven's Moon Jewelry
13-Jennifer Bland - Custom made dog & cat clothing
14-Chrissy Wills-Maple C's Enterprises Wreaths, Mason Jar art, Wood hand painted signs, Wood trays with various art items & much more
15-Bernard Myers-Book signing "A Kid From Cades Cove" Saturday
16-Dorothy Gregory Sutton-Book Signing :Cades Cove Teachers & Schools
17-Stanford Johnson Book signing
​18-Carol Welch - Muskadine Jelly
​19-Mellisa Dixon Sparks - Cookie, Baked Breads & Candies
​20-Blount County Animal Welfare Society "BCAWS"
21- Mack Whitehead - Hand Crafted Wooden Bowls
22-Lin & JL Stepp- Book Signing

Stop by the Cades Cove museum and shop for great deals in the big tent upfront.

Please keep Sharon Garland in your prayers, she is in BMH after having a heart attack on Thursday.

April 28 -29 2023
Cades Cove Museum Ground
Craft & History fair from 10:00 to 4:00! Located at 1004 East Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Maryville, TN
Savings in every booth! Stop by, shop for unique hand crafted items and help support the small local family vendors. Food will be available!
The museum gift shop has lots of Cades Cove items to purchase (tax free).
Look for The big "Pink Jeep"

List of the local vendors & crafters!
1-Emory Aleman - "Smoky Bears" Crocheted by Emory
​2-Robert Miller - Wood bird houses, feeders & Whilly Gigs"
3-Paul Griffith - "Wooda Cooda Crafts" Wood Flags, other wooden items for home
4-Debbie Hunt -"Mimis Crochet House
5-Becky Valentine - Native American Inspired Jewelery
6-Afton Parish - "AP Designs" Custom Decor & vinyl Work"
7-Jeff & JR Nichols- Beef Jerky, Local Honey, Apple Butter and more good food
8-Elaine Tarlton "Blessed by Angels" - Wood Decor, Farmhouse Style Furniture, Pictures & Decor
9-Casey Bohanan - Stuffed crocheted animals & homegoods
10-Lisa Leslie - "The Muddy Couple" Handmade Pottery items
11-Anna Erickson - Author, Book Signing
12-Lauren Gilliam - "Fantastic Designs" Hand made Jewelry, Pillows & Tie Blankets
​13-Tonya McClanahan - Hand Crafted Glass Bird Feeders
​14-Alan & Peggy Andrews - "Scraplady Creations" Embroidered, Sewn and Kitchen Items (quilted) lazer engraved Cutting Boards & Coasters
​15-Pop Adams-"Pop Adams Trade"
​16-Tracie Walker-"Cades Cove Clay & Play Studio" Pottery
​17-Sam & Pam Wilson "String Art & Hand Crafted Items"
​18- Cindy Melenfont - Jewelry, Prints Frames
​19-Margaret (Peggy) Taylor - Raven's Moon Jewelry
20-Jennifer Bland - Custom made dog & cat clothing
21-Chrissy Wills-Maple C's Enterprises Wreaths, Mason Jar art, Wood hand painted signs, Wood trays with various art items & much more
22-Bernard Myers-Book signing "A Kid From Cades Cove" (Saturday the 30th)
23-Lin & JL Stepp- Book Signing
24-Dorothy Gregory Sutton-Book Signing :Cades Cove Teachers & Schools
25-Amanda Senanafes-"Worthy Of Love Creations"
26-Stanford Johnson Book signing
​27-Bill Fannin - "Bill's Log Cabin Lamps"
​28-Carol Welch - Muskadine Jelly
​29-Pam Hughes- "Cutable Creations"
30-Mellisa Dixon Sparks - Cookie, Baked Breads & Candies
​31-Becky Valentine - Native American Jewelry
32-Blount County Animal Welfare Society "BCAWS"
33- Mack Whitehead - Hand Crafted Wooden Bowels

Bernard Myers will give his program on Wednesday. We will have a booth there. looking forward to hearing Bernard Myers Cades Cove stories. Hope to see you there!

Verna Lee Burchfield Myers October 5 1932 – November 15, 2022: Verna passed away peacefully on November 15 surrounded by family and friends at home. She recently celebrated her 90 birthday where she swapped Cades Cove stories with family, friends and especially Max Hodge.
Verna was born on Mill Creek in Cades Cove to Vernie and Nora Burchfield and was the second of three children. Nora was attended at home in the birth of Verna by Bessie Myers and Martha Lequire Myers Burchfield (Verna’s grandmother). While born in Cades Cove, at an early age she moved with the family to Townsend and then Maryville to the Davis Farm where her father worked in the diaries. When her father was hired by ALCOA they moved to a small farm on Wildwood Road in Maryville.
In 1949 she married Hugh Myers and moved back to Cades Cove where she lived or worked for 70 years. She and Hugh had four children Rick, Judy, Bonnie, and David who worked alongside their parents. Hugh and his father Charlie Myers worked a government lease in the Cove for many years. Later Hugh bought out his father and he and Verna farmed the lease when row crops (soy beans) were still allowed, raised cattle, and baled hay for endless hours. Verna told of plowing the Hyatt Hill and seeing arrowheads as she drove the tractor and seeing the dark spots from Native Americans (Cherokee) campfires down near the Blue Springs. Later she and Hugh bought Cades Cove Riding Stables and they and their children worked 7 days a week for 42 plus years. For many of these years they managed the lease and the stables along with the children concurrently. As the years went by eventually Rick and Hugh joined in a partnership working the lease until 2010. Verna ran the stables as well as participated as a horseback guide on a daily basis to include taking guests to Gregory Bald, Spence Field, and Russel field. Later she drove the carriage and shared stories with the visitors. Hugh, Verna, and David were depicted (along with other Cades Cove residents) in the July 1962 National Geographic article authored by Supreme Court Justice William O Douglas. Much of the land that was leased was some part of the original Myers and Burchfield family farms in Cades Cove. Hugh, Verna, and the family lived in three houses in Cades Cove without electricity: “Foot of the Mountain” across from the Missionary Baptist Church, the “Noah Burchfield House” near the lower end if the Cove, and the “Gregory house” along Tater Branch. Later moving the family near the Cades Cove Campground in order to have electricity.
Verna was the 6 th generation from Russell Gregory (Gregory Bald), 6th from Robert Burchfield, and 5 generation from John P Cable (Cable Mill). Cades Cove had special memories for her that she joyfully shared with Kate Marshall in “Voices of Cades Cove.”
Verna was preceded in death by parents Vernie and Nora Burchfield, her brothers Harley and Dallas Burchfield, her beloved husband Hugh, Grandson Shawn Myers and son-in-law John Johns. She is survived by her son Rick and his wife Sherry Myers, daughter Judy Johns, daughter Bonnie McCampbell and husband Ray, and son David and wife Terri Myers. Grand Children Regina Warnell, Jennifer Myers Wyatt, Will McCampbell, Lisa McCampbell Shelton, and Michelle Myers Massengale. Great Grandchildren, Madeline, Cole and Catelyn McCampbell, Brice and Braxton Shelton, and Savanna Warnell. She was attended by special friends Sue Simmerly, Lorene Willis, and Mary Davis to whom the family is most appreciative. At the age of 13 she was born again at the Mount Lebanon Baptist Church in Maryville and later was a charter member of Morning Star Baptist Church.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to any charity of choice. She was especially fond of the Cades Cove Preservation Association located at 1004 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37701. Family and friends may stop by the funeral home from 9:00 AM until 2:30 PM Friday, November 18, 2022 to sign the register book and pay their respects. The Funeral Service will be held at 2:30 PM Friday, November 18 at Smith Trinity Chapel with Rev. Carol Willis officiating. The Interment will follow at Grandview Cemetery. Smith Funeral & Cremation Service,

Saturday OCTOBER 8 AT 10 AM
The Heritage game Louisville Point Park in Louisville, TN Fun for the whole family any age! Proceeds benefit the Cades Cove Museum building Sponsored By Twisted Kilts with several teams playing
-Lunch prepared by Jim Motter "his famous burgers! stop by and let Jim prepare a sandwich for you at a reasonable cost.(Museum will be open)

Looking forward to spending time with Bernard!

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The Cades Cove Museum is having our first Annual Cades Cove History and mini craft fair Friday April 29th and Saturday April 30th, 2022 from 10:00 to 4:00! Located at 1004 East Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Maryville, TN
Savings in every booth! Stop by, shop and help support these small local family vendors. Food will be available! Great items for Mothers Day and Fathers Day!
List of the vendors

1-Jamie Amos - "Smoky Bears" Crocheted Bears and other animals
​2-Robert Miller - Wood bird houses, feeders & Whilly Gigs"
3-Michelle Russell - "Log Carvings" Black Bear Trading Post
4-Debbie Hunt -"Mimis Crochet House"
5-Jenifer Dale - Crochet towels, pillows and much more
6-Barb Harris - Wood Carvings, T-Shirts & Tumblers
7-Connie Willis "Connie Ceramics" Christmas Trees, Indians, Bears, Animals, Flower Pots (unpainted)
8-Elaine Tarlton "Blessed by Angels" - Wood Decor, Farmhouse Style Furniture, Pictures & Decor
9-Amanda Hill - "100,000 Loaves/Rollings Tennessee Hills"
Cakes, sweet rolls, Cake Pops and more
10-Lisa Leslie - "The Muddy Couple" Handmade Pottery items
11-Lori Walton - "Webs Cane Repair" Cane Chair bottom repairs (Will be demonstrating also)
12-Lauren Gilliam - "Fantastic Designs" Hand made Jewelry, Pillows & Tie Blankets
​13-Tonya McClanahan - Hand Crafted Glass Bird Feeders
​14-Peggy Andrews - "Scraplady Creations" Embroidered, Sewn and Kitchen Items (quilted)Lazer engraved Cutting Boards & Coasters
​15-Cherie Dozier- "Mudslingers Pottery" Function Wheel Throw or Slab built Pottery
​16-Tracie Walker-"Cades Cove Clay & Play Studio" Pottery
​17-Sam & Pam Wilson "String Art & Hand Crafted Items"
​18- Cindy Melenfont - Jewelry, Prints Frames
​19-Margaret (Peggy) Taylor - Jewelry
20-Jennifer Bland - Custom made dog & cat clothing
21-Bernard Myers-Book signing "A Kid From Cades Cove"
22-Lin & JL Stepp- Book Signing
23-Dorothy Gregory Sutton-Book Signing :Cades Cove Teachers & Schools

August 28th! We are looking forward to Mike Clemmer performing at the Cades Cove Museum starting at around 1:00.
Walker Johnson at 3:00.
20 crafters, blacksmith, Highland game demonstration, food, raffles, silent auction. Authors Bernard Myers, Dorothy Gregory Sutton, Nancy McEntee, Linn & JL Stepp! 10 to 5
Stop in and find a few bargains. Tax free!

Stop by the Cades Cove museum this Saturday, June 26th for a book signing with Bernard Myers. 10 to 3.
Cost of “A Kid in Cades Cove”. Cost of the publication is $12.00 plus tax.

Hope to see you at the spring festival this Friday and Saturday! Former Cades Cove residents will be there at our booth.
Bernard Myers with his book “ A Kid in Cades Cove”. Dorothy Gregory Sutton with her compiled history book of “Cades Cove Schools and Teachers”
Ruth Caughron Davis.
We will have several items marked down and no tax. Plus hand crafted one of a kind items from Cades Cove wood.

Stop by the CCPA booth this Friday and Saturday, former Cades Cove residents will be there. Friday-Ruth Caughron Davis-Saturday -Dorothy Gregory Sutton and Bernard Myers, both will have their books available.
New hand crafted items and lots of sale items. May is tax free month!
Hope to see you there. We have missed you.

May 7th and 8th the CCPA will be at the Townsend Spring festival. Stop by our booth and say hello and check out our new items(tax free month)Talk with former Cades Cove residents and descendants.
Saturday Dorothy Gregory Sutton will have her book “Cades Cove Teachers”.
We also have Bernard Myers book “A Kid in Cades Cove”. Hope to see you there.
The Cades Cove museum will be closed.

Thank you all for your support. The sandwiches were awesome.

CCPA will be there with a few Cades Cove artifacts and a booth. Both events are free.

To help with your Christmas shopping, the Cades Cove museum is offering the same discounts to CCPA non members on selected items. We will be open tomorrow till 3. Monday from 12 to 3:00.

Blacksmith demonstration Don Abbott, Jr will also have hand made items for sale
Sparks tractor will be on display
String Art- Sam Wilson
Piggy bread-Darla Long
Jim Dull-hand made musical instruments
Barb Dull-hand crafted jewelry
Traci Walker-hand made pottery
Hand crafted wooden bowels and other items- J.J. Cope
Hand made knifes & leather pouches-Dave Adams
Hand made crafts, jewelry, prints-Cindy Melefonte
Randal Pierce-Hand made powder horns and display antique rifles
J & R Farms homemade farm fresh items- Rachael Davis
Dr. Nancy McEntee-book signing
Linda Baker-Book signing
Mack Whitehead-hand crafted Dough bowels
Candle making-Story telling-Jim Buckenmyer
Lodge Factory store of Pigeon Forge demonstrating cast iron cooking
Boogertown Gap at 11:00
Walker Johnson at 1:00
Raffle of several items through out the day.
Large ticket raffle at 4:00
Highland games through out the day. Children can participate
Hamburger meal or hotdog meal

Annual Homecoming/Fund Raiser on the Cades Cove Museum Grounds
August 24th 10 to 5
Lodge Factory store of Pigeon Forge demonstrating cast iron cooking
Blacksmith demonstration Don Abbott, Jr will also have hand made items for sale
String Art- Sam Wilson
Piggy bread-Darla Long
Traci Walker-hand made pottery
Hand crafted wooden bowels and other items- J.J. Cope
Trading Store-Pop Adams
Hand made crafts, jewelry, prints-Cindy Melefonte
Randal Pierce-Hand made powder horns and display antique rifles
J & R Farms homemade farm fresh items- Racheal Davis
Jim Dull-Dulcie Boxes
Barbara Dull-Hand crafted Jewelery
Dr. Nancy McEntee-book signing
Linda Baker-book signing
Candle making-Story telling-Jim Buckenmyer
Mack Whitehead-Hand crafted bowels
Boogertown Gap at 11:00 Walker Johnson at 1:00
Raffle of several items through out the day.
Hamburger meal including chips and drink $7.00
2 hotdogs, chips and drink $7.00

A new event for the Cades Cove homecoming!
Curious about your Cades Cove Scottish/Irish roots?
Come out to the Cades Cove Museum- Thompson Brown House August 24,2019 and let Clan Donnachaidh president Connie Hill and Clan Donald Convener Jennifer Mac Donald F**g help you learn more about your name, where its from, what clan (family) you belong to and your Scottish Irish heritage.
Highland Athletic demonstrations will be held hourly and participation is encouraged. (especially for the wee guys and gals) Some of the events will be scaled down to accommodate for space and children, release forms will be at the heritage tent.
Learn the history behind the caber toss, sheaf toss, braemar stone and more!
Athletes- Allen F**g, Michael Hill, Scott Starritt.

Please keep the family of Ken Garland in your thoughts and prayers. Ken will be missed.

In need of prayers for Ken Garland.