Tombstone Inscriptions from Black Cemeteries
in Henderson County, Tennessee
Compiled by Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith
Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 1995M

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BUCKLEY CEMETERY

Located in extreme southwest Henderson County about .7 mile east of the juncture of the Luray and Harris Roads, including about .3 mile over the Buckley Cemetery Road from Harris Road. This is a black-white cemetery, apparently outgrowth of a plantation graveyard. There is a box tombstone for the white man, John H. Buckley (giving inscription: Born in the State of Virginia, April 6, 1975; died Jan. 25, 1857). The black section is on the north side of the cemetery. At least four graves and probably more are unmarked by legible markers.

Double tombstone: BEN HARMON 1855-1946 ETHEL BUCKLEY HARMON 1885-1968 Mr. REEDER BUCKLEY Died July 21, 1971 Aged 83 yrs.5 months. Parham Fun. Home Marker Mrs. BARBARA ANN GODWIN 11-3-1933-11-16-1989 Bledsoe Funeral Home Marker FRANCIES PARKER Died Oct. 10, 1971 Aged 5 yrs. 5 mos. 21 days Parham Fun. Home Marker WAYNE HOLLIDAY Died Oct. 10, 1971 Aged 8 yrs. 2 mos. 18 days Parham Fun. Home Marker

ELSIE MAE HARMON FRYE, wife of J. L. FRYE June 30, 1913- Asleep in Jesus ABE BUCKLEY July 5, 1878-Sept. 6, 1947 ROGER I . McCURRY, JR. Tennessee Cpl US Marine Corps Vietnam Jan. 12, 1949-May 12, 1973 SANDRA JEAN HOLLIDAY Died Oct. 10, 1971 Aged 12 yrs. 8 mos. 6 days Parham Fun. Home Marker

 

THE LEXINGTON PROGRESS, Lexington, Tennessee, October 14, 1971 carries article that explains that Francies Parker, Sandra Jean Holliday and Wayne Holliday, all children, were killed from being struck on a highway by a car; the
girls died instantly, the boy died somewhat later. Children of Robert Mitchell and wife.

 

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