TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS FROM BLACK CEMETERIES IN MADISON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, compiled by Jonathan K. T. Smith

COPYRIGHT, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 1995

Special thanks go to Jonathan K. T. Smith for his work to preserve and share this information about black cemeteries in Madison County and for giving permission to convert this work to web pages.

OAK GROVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST
CHURCH CEMETERY

            Located about 2 miles southwest from present city limits of Jackson, Tennessee via Westover, Old Denmark and Oak Grove Roads. Cemetery is situated on north side of Currie Lane about .1 mile east of its juncture with Oak Grove Road. It lies also on the east bank of Johnson Creek. This is a large cemetery; from grave mounds and sunken graves it is evident that there are several hundred unmarked graves here.

 

Page 199

ANDREW DUPREE
1954-1980
Son of Eugene & Cornelus DUPREE

WILLIE DUPREE
Apr. 18, 1912-July 20, 1969
In Loving Memory

LAWRENCE DUPREE
Sept. 5, 1913-Dec. 19, 1979, At Rest

JESSE CHEATHAM
Tennessee PVT US Army, World War II
March 15, 1909-November 15, 1959

CHARLIE HAYS
Tennessee PVT 804 Pioneer Inf.
April 15, 1943

JOHN McFADEN
186-1928, At Rest

MOLLIE LONG
Died July 15, 1963

EASTER LACY
Feb. 27, 1859-May 2, 1893

BERTHA KELLEY
Aged 22 Yrs.

MARY DEVINPORT
Jun. 6, 1851-Aug. 4, 1908

MALINDA MOSELY
Died Dec. 3, 1902, Aged 66 Years

WILLIAM MOSELEY
Died Feb. 28, 1911

Rev. SILAS C. LONG, 1859-1922
Pastor Oak Grove Church 33 Yrs.
I fought a good fight and kept the faith

C. W., husband of E. B. CUNNINGHAM
Born in 1864, Died Aug.18, 1921, At Rest

ANNA BELL CUNNINGHAM
Oct. 11, 1858-Nov. 4, 1962

ANNIE d/o Perry & Manda LONG
abt .1875-1892

ANNIE LONG, 1827-Feb.27, 1917

MATT LONG, d. Mar. 29, 1895, aged 70 ys

EUGENE DUPREE
Sept. 26, 1906-July 27, 1972, At Rest

Double tombstone:
LOUIS J. DUPREE
Feb. 14, 1888-Oct. 5, 1975
MANIE D. DUPREE
Feb. 14, 1891-Dec. 19, 1968
How blest are they who from their labors rest

ED COBB
Tennessee PFC 808 Pioneer Inf., World War I
January 10, 1889-June 25, 1950

A. F. McFADDEN
1896-1918
Died at Camp Sherman, Ohio

ROSIE, wife of John BROWN
July 25, 1883-Aug. 14, 1913

RUF O. CHEATHAM
1872-1919, At Rest

Double tombstone:
JOE ESTES, 1852-1940
PARLEE, wife of Joe ESTES
1860-1922

ALLEN, husband of Lizzie DEBERRY
1852-1912
Gone but not forgotten

DILCY BASKERVILLE
no dates

JOHN MOSELEY
Dec.(no day) 1866-Nov. 18, 1915

LAIDY J. LONG
July 7, 1872-May 10, 1949
Servant of God well done

Double tombstone:
Rev. G. G. LONG, 1847-1920
RODA J. LONG, 1858-1910, Gone but not forgotten

SAM, husband of H. E. LONG
1859-Oct. 11, 1919, At Rest

Double tombstone:
M. E. LONG, wife, 1868-____
AARON LONG, husband
April 17,1864-March 13, 1920
When God calls we must go

E. D. JOHNSON
1885-Mar. 5, 1928, Thy will be done

 

Page 200

JOSEPH, husband of Kittie LONG
|April 22, 1878-Oct. 1, 1922
Gone but not forgotten
(a fallen stone)

HARRIETT BENNETT
1841-1901 (a fallen stone)

ANNTE DAVIS
1872-Aug. 26, 1968
Gone but not forgotten

ERIC DEWAYNE SCOTT
Sept. 16, 1973-Aug. 18, 1990

MARY SUE PHILLIPS
1904-1928, Age 24, At Rest

ROY CROTHERS
1909-1927, Age 18, At Rest

Rev. J. H. CURRIE
Aug.13, 1988
Mercer Funeral Home Marker

MAGGIE DONALDSON
Died Aug. 19, 1921, Aged 65 Yrs

NANNIE WEDDLE
1887-Sep. 13, 1910
Gone but not forgotten

MADISON MERIWETHER
1849-1921, At Rest

In Memory of R. & F.BOND
Born 1912, Died 1912, At Rest

Mrs. ELLEN TAPLEY
Mar. 1, 1874-Sept. 20, 1945, Age 71

STANLEY WHITE
Died Sept. 16, 1946, Age 42 Yrs.

GEORGE MARTIN
Aug. 29, 1906-June 29, 1979

Three individual stones bearing separately these initials only: T. McB.; F. McB.; A.D.

IONA NEWBY, 1893-1929. At Rest

M. F. COLLIER, 1870-19__ (no death date)
NANNIE COLLIER, 1874-1936

RALPH BLALARK, died 1954

Little MAURICE DURELL MO(FFITT?)
died Oct. 23, 1963, aged (faded yr), 1 month, 17 days

Mrs. BEATRICE HARRISON
Died July 28, 1947, Age 40

D. C. LOVE
Tennessee PVT 1Cl 20 Engrs.
March 9, 1936

ANNIE, dau. of Perry & Manda LONG
born about 1875, Died 1892

JESSE J. HOGSETT
Ohio PVT 158 Depot Brig.
July 28, 1896-September 25,1935

CLASSIE DAVIS
October 7, 1907-Oct. 24, 1964

GLADS MOORE
Sept. 30, 1926-Sept. 30, 1943, Age 17

PEARL B. CURRY
Feb. 28, 1985
Mercer Funeral Home Marker

RANDAL DONALDSON, Mar.5, 1851-Jun. 27, 1902, A loving husband, a father dear, a faithful friend lies buried here

LILLIE MAE DONALDSON, 1898-1912, At Rest

SPENCER COBB
Died Mar. 12, 1900, Aged 67 Yrs.
[compare William Cobb below]

MARY GREER, wife of Spencer COBB
1860-Sept .1945

MALINDA NUNLEY
1908-1929, Age 23, At Rest

GEORGE TAPLEY
Ohio PVT Stevedore Regt. World War I
December 25, 1880-February 24, 1955

LOTT LACKEY
Died Nov.7,1942

ODIE BELL MARTIN
Dec. 1, 1911-Oct. 26, 1983

Mrs. ANNA McCOOL
died July 19, 1958, aged 72

Mrs. CARRIE W_____
died Nov. 19, 1941, aged 42

JOHN MARTIN, 1906-1948

JAMES ARTHUR MOORE
d. Dec.12, 1950, aged 54

WILLIAM COBB, died Mar. 12, 1900
aged 67 [compare Spencer Cobb above]

WILLIE KNIGHT
Tn. PVT US Army WW II
July 30, 1925-Dec. 16, 1972

 

An Oak Grove Cemetery Note

Supplement, Page 11

On page 199 of TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS FROM BLACK CEMETERIES IN MADISON COUNTY, TENNESSEE is noted a fallen, face-down tombstone. It reads:

Another fallen tombstone reads:
Rev. PERRY LONG
Born 1857, Died 1912, At Rest
Erected by his Sister E. Smith

RAFE DEBERRY
Bro. of E. B. Cunningham
Died Feb. 24, 1917, Age 32 Yrs.
Sleep on & take your rest

 

Overlooked in the initial search were:

One tombstone:
ELIZA BROWN, 1891-1915, At Rest (one side)
MAUD, 1913-1915
GEORGE, 1915-1916 (one side)

JOSEPHINE BLACKWELL, 1949-1967

MINERVA DEBERRY, d. Feb. 20, 1905, aged 29 y, 5 m, 29 d

"Mother"
CHARLOTTE LOVE
Died Dec. 11, 1917, Aged 48 years

 

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