Recorded by Tammie Beech Cartwright and Teresa Jarrell Beech.
You can contact Teresa Beech
at beechfamtree@email.msn.com
Date Recorded:
Sunday, December 20, 1998.
Location: In the Trinity-Peytonsville Road area, Williamson County. Cemetery is on private property, located on a hill several hundred feet behind a house. The house was once the home of Henry Simmons and his wife, Lena Elizabeth Beech. It is now the home of Douglas O. Johnson and his wife, Brenda Bruce--the granddaughter of Henry and Lena.
This cemetery has been well tended and is enclosed by a white wooden fence. Close by is the Crafton Cemetery which is in the edge of the woods, on a hill overlooking the old Hethcock-Crafton farmhouse. It is also on private property. The road to the cemetery and house is barely passable.
| Num | NAME | DATES | NAME | DATES | REMARKS | |
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| 1 | MADDEN, Edward Perry | July 13, 1950 - July 25, 1994 | Donna Kay (Bruce) | Double Headstone, Inscription: Precious Lord Take My Hand |
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| 2 | BRUCE, James H. (Helton) "PeePaw" | Sept 3,1923 - Dec 6, 1994 | Hattie S. (Simmons) "Fee" | Double Headstone, Footstone: James H. Bruce, Sr., PFC US Army World War II | ||
| 3 | Roy G. BRUCE | 1918-1966 | James H.'s brother | |||
| 4 | James Moses BRUCE | Jan 29, 1892 - May 10, 1963 | Mary (Elizabeth) Garner | July 27, 1899 - June 17, 1979 | Double headstone, Parents of James H. and Roy G. Bruce Footstone: James Moses Bruce, PFC Tenn. Co. C, 326 Infantry, World War I, PH (Purple Heart) |
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| 5 | Garrett W. BRUCE | 1925 - 1963 | Separate headstones side by side for husband and wife. Also a son of James and Mary | |||
| 6 | Myrtle B. (Jackson) BRUCE | |||||
| 7 | Harry D. BRUCE | April 24, 1948 - Aug 24, 1993 | ||||
| 8 | BRUCE, Geo. Washington | Feb 22, 1928 - Jan 7, 1975 | Estell Bennett | Mar 25, 1929 - May 20, 1987 | Double Headstone | |
| 9 | BRUCE, Larry W. "Moe" | May 30, 1952 - Sept 16,1 991 | In Loving Memory | |||
| 10 | ROBINSON, William Thomas | 1901 - 1990 | Audie Odell (Beech) | 1910 - 1968 | Double Headstone | |
| 11 | BEECH, Michel D. (Young) | 1869 - 1944 | Emma B. (Beech) Sledge | 1893 - date of death is not on headstone but she died Feb 18, 1972 | Double headstone - mother and daughter | |
| 12 | SIMMONS, Obe W. | Nov 17, 1852 - Apr 30, 1939 | SIMMONS, Margaret A.S. | Aug 27, 1857 - Oct 6, 1933 | Footstone: Daddy Footstone: Mother |
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| 13 | L. Spann | See Note #1 below | - | |||
| 14 | Sara A. S. | See Note #1 below | ||||
| 15 | Dorothy L.S. | See Note #1 below | ||||
| 16 | Mary A. S. | See Note #1 below | ||||
| 17 | Tammy D. SIMMONS | See Note #1 below | ||||
| 18 | SIMMONS, Mike | Dec 21, 1899 - Mar 22, 1968 | Alice | Dec 15, 1900 - June 2, 1981 | Double headstone. Footstone: Father. Footstone: Mother. See Note #2 below | |
| 19 | Francis SIMMONS | 1916 - 1970 | ||||
| 20 | SIMMONS, Henry W. | 1885 - 1991 | Lena B.(Lena Elizabeth Beech) | 1895 - 1958 | Double Headstone - See Note #2 below |
Note #2:
Henry W. and Mike Simmons were brothers, and their parents
were Obe W. and Margaret A.S.Simmons- -all buried here in the family
cemetery. Also, Hattie Simmons Bruce-who is still living-is the
daughter of Henry W. and Lena B. Simmons, and the widow of James
H. Bruce--all of whom are buried here.