WALNUT GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY

Located about 4½ miles west of Jackson on Lower Brownsville Road, about ½ mile east of the I-40/Lower Brownsville Road interchange. The church and cemetery are situated on the south side of Lower Brownsville Road. David Donahue recorded this cemetery on July 26, 2003 based on earlier work by Jonathan K. T. Smith. Mr. Smith's 1995 record appears in his Tombstone Inscriptions from Black Cemeteries in Madison County, Tennessee and a 2000 update appears in his Tombstone Inscriptions from Black Cemeteries in Madison County, Tennessee, Volume 2. These works are referred to collectively as Smith in the notes below.

Walnut Grove Cemetery, July 2003

 

Akins, Willie, Sept. 4, 1910-July 1, 1985
Akins, Carrie, Jan. 17, 1917-Apr. 21, 1986

Anderson, Fred W., Jan. 22, 1925-Jul. 15, 1981, military marker "US Army World War II"

Anderson, Inez, Nov. 22, 1932-Dec. 13, 1968

Anderson, Jerry, no dates, temporary marker 9 feet west of marker for Inez Anderson

Bankhead, Emmer Jane [see Ingram, Emmer Jane Bankhead]

Bankhead, Mattie Jan. 16, 1905-July 12, 1945

Berry, Wilmon, Mrs., Jan. 3, 1915-Aug. 20, 1994, temporary marker, Bledsoe Funeral Home, approx. 5 yards north of marker for Bernice Tate Smith

Binion, Bernard Fitzgerald, Oct. 24, 1969-Jan. 9, 2000, "Charlie"

Bernard Fitzgerald Binion

 

Bond, Julius M., 1932-1982 (homemade, disintegrating), 1 yard north of marker for Otha M. Bond [reported as Julius M. Bond by Smith in 1995; letter J is missing in 2003]

Bond, Otha M., Sept. 2, 1960-Jan. 27, 1997

Bond, Robert, Jr., Aug. 17, 1907-Oct. 10, 1981, "Our beloved husband and father"

Brinkley, Hayse C., Apr. 17, 1921-Jun. 22, 1978, military marker "SD1 US Navy World War II"

Brinkley, John, Feb. 22, 1890-Jan. 17, 1953

Brinkley, Otis, May 8, 1914-May 15, 1994, "Father" footstone

Brinkley, Virginia, 1897-July 9, 1942

Britton, ______, Mrs., no dates, temporary marker, 9 feet east of marker for Emmer Jane Bankhead Ingram

Brooks, Bernice [see Rhodes, Bernice Brooks]

Brown, James L., Sept. 12, 1933-Sept. 2, 2001, temporary marker, Bledsoe Funeral Home, 1 yard south of marker for Delores Douglas

Broyld, Susie, May 25, 1891-Feb. 27, 1954

Caldwell, Elizabeth, June 23, 1920-Oct. 24, 1948 (north side of shaft marker serving five burials; others on marker Elizabeth Caldwell (north side), Cornelia Cunningham (south side), James Oliver Cunningham (west side), Minnie Lee Snowden (east side), Mary L. Snowden (east side))

Carr, Letha, 1932-2001, temporary marker, 10 feet east-southeast of marker for Emmmer Jane Bankhead Ingram

Carroll, Clinton B. F., Jul. 1, 1922-Dec. 27, 1979, military marker "SSgt US Army World War II"

Carroll, Louise [see Walter, Louise (Carroll)]

Carroll, O. W., May 10, 1917-Jan. 17, 1992, military marker "Sgt US Army"

Chism, Caldwell, Apr. 27, 1930-Sept. 20, 2002

Chism, Dorothy H., Apr. 28, 1951-Dec. 12, 1951

Chism, Leora Person, Dec. 9, 1911-Aug, 22, 2001 [adjacent to marker for Willie Chism, Jr.]

Chism, Loretta, Oct. 31, 1953-May 28, 1958

Chism, W. C., 1882-May 4, 1947, "Rev."

Chism, Willie E., Apr. 24, 1928-Jun. 26, 1986, military marker "PFC US Army Korea"

Chism, Willie, Jr., July 4, 1910-Nov. 3, 1981, "Rev."

Clark, Leonard, October 20, 1921-May 24, 1962, military marker "Tennessee PFC 364 Engr Gs Regt World War II

Cobb, Eliza Louise, Sept. 21, 1910-Apr. 13, 1994

Cobb, Ella [see Tate, Ella Cobb]

Cobb, George M., Dec. 16, 1922-Jan. 2, 1983
Cobb, Sarah I., Jan. 8, 1922-____, "Married Dec. 22, 1940" "Parents of Willie L. and George H."

Cobb, Hannah [see Durham, Hannah Cobb]

Cobb, Hannah D., 1862-1939, "Mother"

Cobb, John A., Nov. 28, 1896-Aug. 28, 1960, military marker "Tennessee Pvt 46 Co 158 Depot Brigade World War I"

Cobb, Phillip, 1899-1953, loose, out-of-place temporary marker, M. J. Stephenson Funeral Home

Cobb, Sammy, no dates, temporary marker 5 feet north of marker for Hannah Cobb Durham

Cobb, Willie L., Jan. 6, 1942-Aug. 13, 1986

Cobb, Willie, 1905-Apr. 8, 1946, "Brother"

Cole, David, Oct. 10, 1891-Aug. 31, 1984, military marker "Pvt US Army World War I"

Cole, Eloise [see Merriweather, Eloise Cole]]

Cole, Erlene, Oct. 20, 1927-Apr. 23, 1945

Cole, Gertrude Irene, Aug. 4, 1913-Nov. 4, 2000, temporary marker 1 yard north of marker for Izola M. Perry

Cole, John, Jr., July 7, 1956-Jan. 31, 1998 [not found in 2003; reported by Smith in 2000]

Cole, John, Sr., Feb. 8, 1920-Oct. 30, 1994

Cole, Mildred, June 25, 1938-Jan. 12, 2001
Cole, George H., Aug. 24, 1938-____

Cole, Pamela [see Owens, Pamela Cole]

Cunningham, Cornelia, Apr. 8, 1925-May 24, 1945 (south side of shaft marker serving five burials; others on marker Elizabeth Caldwell (north side), James Oliver Cunningham (west side), Minnie Lee Snowden (east side), Mary L. Snowden (east side))

Cunningham, Green W., Nov. 13, 1894-July 30, 1973, military marker "Tennessee Pvt US Army World War I"

Cunningham, James Oliver, Apr. 5, 1922-Apr. 23, 1945; (west side of shaft marker serving five burials; others on marker Elizabeth Caldwell (north side), Cornelia Cunninghan (south side), James Oliver Cunningham (west side), Minnie Lee Snowden (east side), Mary L. Snowden (east side))

Cunningham, Rosia B., July 30, 1902-Jan. 20, 1985

Cunningham, Samuel W. B., Aug. 28, 1928-Aug. 31, 2002, military marker "TSgt US Air Force Korea Vietnam"

Davis, James E., Oct. 2, 1920-Aug. 23, 1958

Davis, James M., Apr. 18, 1973-May 5, 1974

DeBerry, Louise, 1905-Nov. 10, 1951

Dent, Julia, Dec. 22, 1881-Dec. 19, 1958

Dent, Louise [see Shanklin, Louise Dent]

Donaldson, Annie, Mar. 17, 1881-Mar. 27, 1961
Donaldson, Randell, May 1, 1878-Mar. 27, 1963

Donaldson, Frank, Sr., Apr. 17, 1909-Aug. 5, 1976, military marker "PFC US Army World War II"

Donaldson, Gladys Mae, June 22, 1916-Dec. 18, 1996

Donaldson, Hervey, d. Mar. 6, 1993, Age 91, temporary marker, Stephenson-Shaw Fun. Home [not found in 2003; reported by Smith in 1995]

Donaldson, Harvie, Jr., Apr. 13, 1913-Nov. 26, 1949

Donaldson, Mattie [see Pegues, Mattie Donaldson]

Donaldson, Robbie, June 16, 1917-Mar. 7, 1953

Donaldson, Stefan Jamil, Dec. 15, 1988-Feb. 5, 1989

Douglas, Delores, July 16, 1952-Sept. 29, 1992 [noted as "Miss" by Smith who may have recorded a temporary marker]

Duncan, Frank, Aug. 15, 1886-July 4, 1969, "Rev."

Dunn, Ann Bell, 1917-1997, temporary marker, 8 feet west-southwest of marker for John W. McClellan

Dunn, Dorothy, d. May 2, 1998, temporary marker, 8 feet west-northwest of marker for John W. McClellan

Durham, Hannah Cobb, July 23, 1899-Nov. 19, 1977

Durham, William, Nov. 11, 1886-May 9, 1964, "Father"

Dyson, Louis, Dec. 20, 1878-Sept. 13, 1953 [Masonic symbol]

Emerson, Darius Antwan, Jan. 7, 1999-Mar. 17, 1999 [not found in 2003; reported by Smith in 2000]

Emerson, Norl Davis, Jr., Dec. 2, 1953-May 3, 1979

Emerson, Norl Dee, Sr., Aug. 4, 1930-Dec. 13, 1994
Emerson, Minnie Lee, Oct. 9, 1935-____

Estes, Mattie D. [see Jones, Mattie D. Estes]

Fields, Tump, Feb. 7, 1923-Aug. 8, 2002

Golden, Jerry, no dates [not found in 2003; reported by Smith in 1995]

Golden, Lillie Merriweather, Sept. 11, 1923-June 23, 1999, "Our loving mother" "Bobby, Lee, Brinda, Dwayne, Johnny"

Gooch, Ailene, Apr. 15, 1904-Mar. 18, 1952, "Mother" footstone

Graham, Dewarna, Oct. 5, 1946-Oct. 1, 1994

Greenhill, George, 1900-1970

Greenhill, Georgia E., Hess, 1937-1993 [reported from a temporary marker in 1995 as Georgia Hess, d. Dec. 23, 1993]

Greenhill, Jerry Wayne, dates buried, military marker "Sgt US Army" [was here in 1995]

Greenhill, L. C., d. Apr. 4, 1989, temporary marker, Mercer Brothers, 1 yard south of marker for George E. Hess Greenhill

Greenhill, Radie Mae, 1920-1984

Greer, Doris Ann, Sept. 14, 1936-Mar. 30, 20001, "Beloved mother"

Hardin, Nolen, Aug. 6, 1925-Feb. 17, 1967, military marker "Tennessee PFC US Army World War II"

Hardy, Lucile Jackson, July 15, 1915-Sept. 24, 1996

Harris, Annie C., June 17, 1904-May 10, 1992

Harris, John, 1907-1974

Harris, Kevin C. "Rooster," Oct. 19, 1975-Sept. 3, 1995

Henning, Elvia, Jan. 14, 1896-May 22, 1942

Hill, Earl, 1930-1948

Hodges, Eddie C., Jan. 3, 1945-Oct. 28, 2001, temporary marker, Stephenson-Shaw, 5 yards north of marker for Nellie Mae Watkins

Holder, Gracie, Aug. 26, 1908-Jan. 26, 1998

Holder, Margaret A., 1896-1976 (homemade)

Hoyle, Marcie, d. Oct. 2, 1998, temporary marker, Mercer Brothers, 3rd grave, 5 yards north of double marker for Henry Lee Shanklin, Sr. and Louise Dent Shanklin

Hunt, Bessie Marie [see Ross, Bessie Marie Hunt]

Hunt, Virginia, d. Nov. 10, 1948

Ingram, Addie [see Reid, Addie Ingram]

Ingram, Emmer Jane Bankhead, May 22, 1922-Mar. 7, 2003, "In loving memories from your children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren"

Emmer Jane Bankhead Ingram

 

Ingram, Jerry, Nov. 15, 1944-____
Ingram, Dore Faye, June 17, 1958-Sept. 28, 2002

Ivey, Jordan, Jr., d. feb. 13, 2003, temporary marker, Mercer Brothers, 1 foot south of marker for J. D. Taylor

Jackson, Houston, d. May 31, 2001, temporary marker, Mercer Brothers, 9 feet east of double marker for Jerry and Dore Faye Ingram

Jackson, Lucille [see Hardy, Lucille Jackson]

Jackson, Ora, d. Jan. 17, 1993, temporary marker, Mercer Funeral Home [not found in 2003; reported by Smith in 1995]

Jones, Arlene (Jeff), Mrs., Dec. 18, 1925-Sept. 4, 2002, temporary marker, Bedsoe Funeral Home, 3 feet south of military marker for George Snowden

Jones, Mattie D. Estes, July 5, 1880-Dec. 16, 1970

Jones, Nick Charles, Nov. 18, 1958-April 13, 1992, Age 33, temporary marker, Bledsoe Funeral Home, 4 feet north of marker for Delores Douglas [death year unreadable in 2003 and is that reported by Smith in 1995]

Jones, Susie, d. Sept. 30, 1997, temporary marker, Mercer Brothers, 2nd grave, 4 yards north of double marker for Henry Lee Shanklin, Sr. and Louise Dent Shanklin

Jordan, Alex, Apr. 25, 1886-Feb. 2, 1958
Jordan, Daisy, Mar. L, 1888-____

Lewis, Eudell, 1907-1972, "Rev."

Eudell Lewis

Evelyn Elizabeth Long

 

Lewis, Pearline E., July 7, 1928-Nov. 17, 1975

Long, Corine, Apr. 5, 1899-July 27, 1983 [not found in 2003; reported by Smith in 1995]

Long, Evelyn Elizabeth, Oct. 21, 1936-Feb. 23, 1996

Long, Gregory, Mar. 7, 1964-Mar. 7, 1964

Long, Lela [see Tate, Lela Long]

Long, Lizzie, Jan. 8, 1903-Nov. 13, 1972, "Mama"

Long, Pernola Jean, July 23, 1959-Oct. 25, 1959 [not found in 2003; reported by Smith in 1995]

Love, John, July 14, 1899-Sept. 4, 1971
Love, Katie Sue, July 15, 1916-____

Luter, Cornell, Nov. 30, 1904-Dec. 13, 1966
Luter, Lucy Reid, July 4, 1918-____

Martin, Dinah, no dates, temporary marker, 4 feet north of marker for Hannah C. Theus

McClellan, John W., Mar. 16, 1929-Nov. 10, 2001

Meriweather, Arlene, Mrs., Dec. 16, 1937-July 21, 1999, temporary marker, Stephenson-Shaw, 2 yards south of marker for Ollie J. Merriweather

Merriweather, Agnes, d. July 31, 1996, temporary marker, Mercer Brothers, 5 feet north of marker for J. D. Taylor

Merriweather, Callie Neely, Ms., Nov. 24, 1920-June 10, 2001, temporary marker, Stephenson-Shaw, 1 yard south of marker for Ollie J. Merriweather

Merriweather, Ed, d. May 17, 1988, temporary marker, Mercer Brothers, 3 yards north of marker for N. D. Taylor [death date missing in 2003; that used was reported by Smith in 1995]

Merriweather, Eloise Cole, Jan. 6, 1911-Aug. 7, 2000, "Aunt Weeds"

Merriweather, James E., 1922-1992, military marker "US Army Air Corps World War II"

Merriweather, John W., Mar. 3, 1896-Apr. 19, 1964
Merriweather, Ola M., Aug. 17, 1896-Dec. 22, 1990

Merriweather, Lillie [see Golden, Lillie Merriweather]

Merriweather, Louise [see Reid, Louise Merriweather Shanklin]

Merriweather, Mose, 1842-1947

Merriweather, Ollie J., Sept. 26, 1913-Feb. 18, 1975

Ollie J. Merriweather

 

Metcalf, Omie, Mr., March 27, 1894-July 26, 1967 (homemade)

Montgomery, Annette Marie, May 30, 1939-Mar. 13, 1987

Montgomery, Charles E., Nov. 16, 1943-June 5, 1994, military marker "SP5 US Army" [Charles Edward Montgomery on temporary marker recorded by Smith in 1995]

Montreal, Levar, born & died Nov. 24, 1977 [shares double marker with Pamela Cole Owens]

Motton, Justin L., Mar. 29, 1994-Aug. 16, 1994

Neely, Callie [see Merriweather, Callie Neely]

Neely, Della, d. Apr. 7, 1958

Neely, John, May 1, 1895-Jul. 27, 1983, mounted military marker "Pvt US Army World War I" [military marker is mounted on a homemade marker much like that for Beatrice Ross Washington]

Neely, Lizzie Mae, 1895-1983, "In memory of our Mama"

Neely, Lizzie, d. Feb. 17, 1995, temporary marker, 4 feet south of military marker for John Neely

Northern, Annie, Mar. 5, 1900-Aug. 6, 1979, "Mother" [adjacent to marker for Peter Northern]

Northern, Isaac Wm., Sr., Nov. 17, 1924-Aug. 6, 1989, "Father" footstone
Northern, Effie G., Sept. 18, 1920-Nov. 6, 1985, "Mother" footstone

Northern, J. T., June 3, 1930-Nov. 12, 1947

Northern, Peter, Feb. 28, 1895-May 31, 1980, "Rev." "Father"

Northern, Rebecca [see Pearson, Rebecca Northern]

Owens, Pamela Cole, Aug. 3, 1948-Apr. 12, 1997 [shares double marker with Levar Montreal]

Parker, Brittie Mae [see Word, Brittie Mae Parker]

Pearson, Rebecca Northern, Nov. 22, 1902-July 1, 1991, "Mother"

Pearson, Rufus, d. Sept. 29, 1983, temporary marker, Mercer Brothers Funeral Home, 3 feet south of marker for Rebecca Northern Pearson

Pegues, Mattie Donaldson, Feb. 23, 1878-Oct. 17, 1955, "Mother"

Perry, Izola M., Nov. 16, 1938-June 22, 2000, "Major, Milton, J. W., Delean, Brinette, Annette and Michael"

Person, Leora [see Chism, Leora Person]

Poe, J. H., Dec. 11, 1912-May 21, 1992, "Rev." [was John H. Poe on a single marker recorded by Smith]
Poe, Alak, Aug. 26, 1912-Jan. 18, 1994

Pope, Cleveland, 1899-1963

Pope, John Rufus, Oct. 1898-Jan. 28, 1971

Pope, Lucille, Jan. 16, 1917-____ [adjacent to maker for Willie E. Pope]

Pope, Willie E., Jan. 18, 1915-Nov. 2, 1981

Price, Larashia V., Mar. 12, 1977-July 29, 1999

Puckett, Harold, May 19, 1923-Nov. 5, 1987

Rawls, John, 1896-1975, "Daddy"

Rawls, Sam, Mar. 15, 1902-Aug. 13, 1951

Reid, Addie Ingram, Jan. 6, 1888-Feb. 27, 1965, "Mother"

Reid, Louise Merriweather Shanklin, Dec. 28, 1925-Oct. 20, 2002

Reid, Lucy [see Luter, Lucy Reid]

Reid, Lue Etta Reid, d. Dec. 10, 1998 [not found in 2003; reported by Smith in 2000]

Reid, Ruth, July 22, 1914-May 21, 1955, "Mother"

Rhodes, Bernice Brooks, Mrs., July 4, 1912-Jan. 6, 1990, temporary marker, Mercer Funeral Home [not found in 2003; reported by Smith in 1995]

Rhodes, Cornelia B., Apr. 5, 1882-Sept. 20, 1978

Rhodes, Dan, Dec. 25, 1877-Feb. 16, 1948, "Father"

Rhodes, Henry, May 28, 1915-Jan. 30, 1989, military marker "Tec 5 US Army World War II"

Rhodes, Leandrew Brown, Feb. 17, 1908-Mar. 14, 1970

Rhodes, Lela, Jan. 3, 1908-Nov. 28, 1970

Rhodes, Wiley, 1918-1976, military marker "Pvt US Army"

Robinson, Clarence, Mar. 6, 1907-Sept. 30, 1986

Robinson, Willie Mae, May 20, 1911-Nov. 19, 1995 [adjacent to marker for Clarence Robinson]

Ross, Albert, Jr., Apr. 11, 1931-Mar. 19, 1964

Ross, Amandy, 1897-1955, "Mother"

Ross, Angela M., Nov. 10, 1962-Jan. 2, 1963

Ross, Beatrice [see Washington, Beatrice Ross]

Ross, Bessie Marie Hunt, Apr. 7, 1914-Aug. 29, 1977, "Mother"

Ross, Curtis, Feb. 12, 1912-Aug. 1, 1987, "Father"

Ross, David, Nov. 28, 1949-May 14, 1997, "My beloved husband"

Ross, Edna Mae, Sept. 29, 1937-Dec. 14, 1967

Ross, Jessie L., Feb. 14, 1925-Mar. 31, 1998

Ross, Joe Lynn, Sr., Jan. 3, 1916-Mar. 21, 1970

Ross, John Ed, Mar. 15, 1889-Dec. 23, 1971

Ross, Juanita Word, Aug. 22, 1945-May 10, 1996 [not found in 2003; reported by Smith in 2000]

Ross, Julius Edward, Jr., Jan. 14, 1942-Aug. 21, 1984

Ross, LaStarkey Cortez, June 1, 1979-Feb. 11, 2001, "Love always, Carolyn & Cynthia"

LaStarkey Cortez Ross

 

Ross, Minnie L., Oct. 14, 1910-Oct. 9, 1987

Ross, Shedrach, Sr., Nov. 29, 1917-July 27, 1984, "Daddy" footstone

Ross, Tommie Lou, no dates, temporary marker 4 feet south of marker for Doris Ann Greer

Ross, Willie Bell, May 12, 1904-May 13, 1974
Ross, Albert, Sr., Jan. 2, 1907-Jan. 16, 1968

Ross, Willie, Apr. 26, 1899-Jan. 21, 1994, "Rev."

Sessom, Mose, Mar. 12, 1900-Jan. 6, 1986, "Father"

Shanklin, Henry Lee, Jr., Sept. 29, 1940-Apr. 14, 2001, temporary marker, Stephenson-Shaw, 4 feet east of double marker for Henry Lee Shanklin, Sr. and Louise Dent Shanklin

Shanklin, Henry Lee, Sr., July 12, 1912-Jan. 26, 1996
Shanklin, Louise Dent, Dec. 20, 1916-____

Shanklin, Louise [see Reid, Louise Merriweather Shanklin]

Snowden, George, January 10, 1893-November 22, 1965, military marker "Pvt Co L 802 Pioneer Inf. World War I"

Snowden, Mary L., June 28, 1942-Nov. 17, 1954 (east side of shaft marker serving five burials; other on marker Elizabeth Caldwell (north side), Cornelia Cunningham (south side), James Oliver Cunningham (west side), Minnie Lee Snowden (east side))

Snowden, Minnie Lee, Nov. 18, 1923-July 6, 1947 (east side of shaft marker serving five burials; other on marker Elizabeth Caldwell (north side), Cornelia Cunningham (south side), James Oliver Cunningham (west side), Mary L. Snowden (east side))

Snowden, Peter, Jul. 5, 1921-Feb. 20, 1982, military marker "Tec5 US Army World War II"

Springfield, Cape, March 3, 1896-October 18, 1967, military marker "Pvt US Army World War I" (fallen)

Tate, Ella Cobb, Sept. 15, 1893-Jan. 23, 1962

Tate, Georgia [see Taylor, Georgia Tate]

Tate, Maddie, d. Dec. 23, 1995, temporary marker, Mercer Brothers, 1 foot south of marker for Georgia Tate Taylor

Tate, Raymond, Dr., Oct. 28, 1928-Mar. 9, 1997, "Father"
Tate, Lela Long, Mar. 12, 1930-June 6, 1997, "Mother"

Tate, Swinter, d. June 9, 1987, temporary marker, Mercer Brothers, feet south of double marker for John and Katie Sue Love

Taylor, Georgia Tate, Mar. 4, 1953-Jan. 7, 2002, "Jackie"

Taylor, J. D., July 25, 1933-Aug. 25, 2001

Theus, Hannah C., Dec. 30, 1891-Nov. 21, 1962

Thomas, Tommy L., d. Dec. 6, 1998, temporary marker, mercer Brothers, 1 yard south of marker for Robert Bond, Jr.

Tutt, Lillie Mae, Apr. 22, 1918-July 5, 1947

Walker, Lessie Mae, no dates, temporary marker, 8 feet west of marker for Doris Ann Greer

Walker, Willie Sue, Nov. 15, 1930-Dec. 19, 1958

Walter, Willie L. (Sippy), Aug. 1, 1897-Sept. 25, 1970
Walter, Louise (Carroll), Dec. 15, 1909-April 19, 1987

Washington, Beatrice Ross, Apr. 4, 1917-Jan. 4, 1983 (homemade, disintegrating) [death date missing in 2003 and is that reported by Smith; rather elaborate homemade marker with concrete block core, stone facing, and plastic lettering similar to two Ross markers at Zion Hill Cemetery]

Washington, Roosevelt T., Mar. 17, 1917-May 1, 1963

Watkins, Eleanor D., Feb. 18, 1942-Sept. 24, 1981

Watkins, Nellie Mae, Dec. 25, 1922-Sept. 20, 1995, "Mother" [information from Smith; was found (and photographed!) but not recorded in 2003]

Nellie Mae Watkins

 

Weedle, Frank Lee, Aug. 11, 1925-Jan. 31, 1999, military marker "US Army World War II"

White, Roberta L., Oct. 21, 1905-June 5, 1978

Whiteside, Baby, Sept. 11, 1992, temporary marker, Mercer Brothers, 5 feet southeast of marker for Katrina Machelle Whiteside [see Whiteside, Tykesha _.]

Whiteside, Katrina Machelle, Oct. 22, 1972-Sept. 29, 2001, "Mother, sister, friend"

Whiteside, M. B., May 24, 1900-May 30, 1968, temporary marker 1 yard southwest of marker for Katrina Machelle Whiteside [see Whiteside, Maggie B.]

Whiteside, Maggie B., 1900-1968 (homemade), marker 1 yard southwest of marker for Katrina Machelle Whiteside [see Whiteside, M. B.]

Whiteside, Tykesha _., 1992-1992 (homemade, disintegrating), 5 feet southeast of marker for Katrina Machelle Whiteside [see Whiteside, Baby]

Whitlaw, Allie B., July 8, 1905-Jan. 11, 1974, "Brother"

Wide, Clementine, Feb. 20, 1932-Jan. 12, 1989

Wide, Tanya, Aug. 4, 1967-June 2, 1970

Williams, Elsie, d. Feb. 8, 2001, temporary marker, Mercer Brothers, 4 yards west-southwest of southwest corner of gazebo/pavilion

Wilson, Earline, Mar. 23, 1922-Feb. 5, 1941, "God bless our father & mother"

Wilson, Purvis, Aug. 18, 1930-Aug. 13, 1958, military marker "Tennessee PFC Infantry Korea"

Woodard, Lum, Sr., Apr. 12, 1897-Nov. 17, 1976

Word, Brittie Mae Parker, Oct. 18, 1928-Jan. 9, 1995, "Erected by Betty Schwanda Britteny Theodric"

Brittie Mae Parker Woods

 

Word, John R., Dec. 19, 1915-Jan. 27, 1999, "Father" [ reported as John Robert Word by Smith in 2000]

Word, Juanita [see Ross, Juanita Word]