MOUNT ARARAT CEMETERY

            Mount Ararat Cemetery is located behind Mount Ararat Primitive Baptist Church on Pearson Road near its intersection with Hart Cemetery Road in northwestern Henderson County. Maintenance is minimal. David Donahue recorded this cemetery on October 14, 2003.

            Jonathan K. T. Smith recorded this cemetery in 1995. It appears in his Tombstone Inscriptions from Black Cemeteries in Henderson County, Tennessee. This is referred to as Smith in the notes below.

 

Buckley, Clara, 1923-1975; also temporary marker, Parham Mortuary, Mrs. Clara Buckley, d. Sept. 14, 1975, Aged 52 Years 4 Months 26 Days

Buckley, Job A., d. Jan. 15, 1981, Age 38 Years 7 Mo. 18 Days, temporary marker, Parham Mortuary [not found in 2003; reported by Smith in 1995]

Buckley, Johnnie D., June 19, 1920-Oct. 4, 1977

Cawthon, Patsy [see White, Patsy Cawthon]

Cogdell, Lem, 1890-1963

Cogdell, Sid, Oct. 21, 1918-June 16, 1976

Cozart, Arthur, Feb. 4, 1896-Dec. 8, 1974, military marker "PFC Us Army"; also "Father" footstone

Derrick, Rosemary, Oct. 2, 1950-Sept. 17, 2001, "Wife" footstone
Derrick, Michael, Apr. 22, 1951-____, "Husband" footstone

Gogdell, Pearlie, 1892-1957, "Mother"

Greer, Bertram O., May 12, 1975-June 1, 1996

McClarkin, Odell, May 23, 1922-____
McClarkin, Sept. 16, 1924-Nov. 11, 2002

McCullough, Leavie W., 1887-19__, "Mother" footstone
McCullough, Kirg D., 1890-1960, "Father" footstone

McGill, MacAarthur, Sept. 1, 1942-June 5, 1971, military marker "Tennessee PFC HQ Co 2 Bn 31 Inf Vietnam"

McGill, Maxine P., Apr. 26, 1923-Feb. 14, 1985, "Loving mother"

Pearson, E. C., d. Sept. 20, 1982, Age 59 Years 10 Months 5 Days, temporary marker, Parham Mortuary, 8 feet west of military marker for Larmon Simmons

Pearson, Jessie Lee, Jan. 13, 1925-Dec. 14, 1960, military marker "Tennessee Co A 1864 Engr Avn Bn World War II"

Pearson, Milton, 1898-1971, "Father" footstone
Pearson, Lois C., 1905-1970, "Mother" footstone; also partially readable temporary marker, Parham Mortuary, d. Mar. ??, 1970. Age 64 Years 0 Months 29 Days

Phelps, Christine, Mrs., d. July 4, 1971 Aged 39 Years [not found in 2003; reported in 1995 by Smith who may have read a temporary marker]

Simmons, Larmon, Aug. 10, 1919-Dec. 16, 1949, military marker "Tennessee Pvt US Army World War II"

White, Birdie B., 1902-1962
White, Patsy Cawthon, 1885-1965

White, Ivory, Mar 27, 1919-Feb. 2, 2000

White, Nora Ella, Feb. 9, 1914-Oct. 10, 1992
White, Wardrain, Nov. 8, 1915-____, "Married Sept. 8, 1986"

 

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