DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - SMITH CEMETERY ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Davidson County Cemetery Survey ==================================================================== DAVIDSON COUNTY CEMETERY SURVEY PROJECT is a cooperative effort of many groups including the Metro Archives, Colonial Dames (NSCDA-TN), Nashville Room of the Public Library, Metro Planning and Historical Commissions, Historic Nashville, Inc., the State Archaeologist, local historians and citizens. Initiated by the Nashville Town Committee of the Colonial Dames during the fall of 1999, with the training of volunteers to survey and record tombstones and with a grant to the Metro Archives for a staff person to enter the inscriptions on a computer database. The project has involved over 90 volunteers. SMITH BE-24: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN, HARDING PIKE 30 TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS HATCHER Born: 1867 Died: 1920 Front inscription: MOTHER/NANNIE E.T.G. HATCHER/1867-1920 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: N.E.T. G.H. MCPHERSON Front inscription: M/GEORGE W./1874-19??/LUCY G/1863-1931/BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD/MCPHERSON Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: LGM GWM JAMES Front inscription: JAMES/WM MCCRORY/1908-1954/IRBY GREER/1904-1964 GREER Born: 1900 Died: 1903 Front inscription: A.R./SON OF BILLIE/ AND IDA GREER/JULY 3, 1900/OCT. 31, 1903/GONE BUT NOT/FORGOTTEN Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: NONE GREER Front inscription: GREER/W.F.G./APR. 20, 1859/MAR. 29, 1930/IDA/APR. 9, 1867/ SMITH Born: 1869 Died: 1936 Front inscription: EDDIE L. SMITH/DEC. 10, 1869/OCT. 29, 1936/GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN SMITH Front inscription: LUCY J./SMITH/JAN. 6, 1832/FEB. 9, 1915/BYRD F./SMITH/FEB. 1, 1824/HE WILL RESTORE/HE DOETH ALL THINGS WELL SMITH Born: 1861 Died: 1891 Front inscription: WILLIAM H./SON OF/BYRD F. AND LUCY J. SMITH/BORN/OCT. 27, 1861/DEPARTED THIS LIFE/JAN. 7, 1891 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: W.H.S. PEGRAM Born: 1866 Died: 1907 Front inscription: JENNIE SMITH/WIFE OF Z.T. PEGRAM/BORN/AUG. 25, 1866/DIED/DEC. 24, 1907/FAITHFUL TO HER TRUST/EVEN UNTO DEATH SMITH Front inscription: JOHN SMITH SMITH Front inscription: JEFF SMITH SMITH Front inscription: SMITH/WILLIAM J./JUNE 1, 1868/AUG. 13, 1940/LEILA BEECH/JUNE 13, 1891/JAN. 1, 1949 MAYS Born: 1863 Died: 1903 Front inscription: J.T. MAYS/BORN/OCT. 9, 1863/DIED/MAR. 26, 1903 MAYS Front inscription: LEAD KINDLY LIGHT/JAMES T. MAYS/BORN/APRIL 19, 1840/APRIL 16, 1895/EMILY P. SMITH/WIFE OF/JAMES T. MAYS/BORN/DEC. 30, 1838/DIED/?/REMEMBER FRIENDS AS YOU PASS BY/AS YOU ARE NOW SO ONCE WAS I/AS I AM NOW SO YOU MUST BE/PREPARE FOR DEATH AND FOLLOW ME Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: JTM EPM MAYS Born: 1869 Died: 1886 Front inscription: LUCY L. MAYS/BORN/DEC. 23, 1869/DIED/??/1886/ GONE TO A BETTER ? MAYS Born: 1861 Died: Front inscription: MARTHA SOPHRONIA/MAYS/BORN/NOV. 27, 1861/DIED/?/ SMITH Born: 1788 Died: 1845 Front inscription: JAMES H. SMITH/BORN/JULY 13, 1788/DIED/SEPT. 26, 1845/AGED 57 YEARS/2 MONTHS, 13 DAYS/A MEMBER OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: NONE SMITH Born: 1793 Died: 1872 Front inscription: LUCY SMITH/WIFE OF/JAMES H. SMITH/BORN/MAR. 16, 1793/DIED/AUG. 3, 1872/AGE 79 YRS, 4 MOS. & 17 DAYS/A MEMBER OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: LHS BURNETT Born: 1933 Died: 1934 Front inscription: VIRGINIA/GRACE/SEPT. 27, 1933/NOV. 28, 1934/DAU. OF/JOE & GRACE/SMITH/BURNETT SMITH Front inscription: SMITH/MOTHER/VIRGINIA BAIRD/OCT. 20, 1870/JAN. 12, 1944/FATHER/WILLIAM JOSEPH/MAR. 10, 1863/SEPT. 8, 1935 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: WJS SMITH Born: 1834 Died: 1914 Top of tombstone: FATHER Front inscription: NATHAN G./SMITH/BORN/FEB. 25, 1834/DIED/FEB. 26, 1914/GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN SMITH Born: 1841 Died: 1915 Top of tombstone: MOTHER Front inscription: EUNICE ELIZABETH/HAGEN/WIFE OF/N.G. SMITH/BORN/AUG. 14, 1841/DIED/APR. 24, 1915/ASLEEP IN JESUS SMITH Born: 1866 Died: 1868 Front inscription: MARY E./DAUGHTER OF/N.G. & E.E. SMITH/BORN/JUNE 10, 1866/DIED/JULY 9, 1868 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: NONE SMITH Born: 1868 Died: 1934 Front inscription: IRBY MORGAN/SMITH/BORN APRIL 17, 1868/DIED JAN. 14. 1934/BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHO DIE IN THE LORD Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: IMS HOLMES Born: 1917 Died: 1918 Front inscription: MAYNARD D. HOLMES, JR./1917-1918/SON OFM.D. & FRONIA HOLMES MAYS Front inscription: BABY WRIGHT MAYS/SEPT. 7, 1911/SON OF SAM & MARY MAYS SMITH Born: 1905 Died: 1905 Front inscription: LYDIA ELIZABETH/SMITH/BORN OCT. 7, 1905/DIED OCT 14, 1905 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: LES SMITH Born: 1831 Died: 1899 Front inscription: FATHER/WALTER S. SMITH/DEC. 12, 1831/FEB. 15, 1899/NOT LOST BUT GONE BEFORE SMITH Born: 1842 Died: 1914 Front inscription: MOTHER/MARY ELIZABETH NEAL/WIFE OF WALTER S./SMITH/BORN OCT. 29, 1842/DIED MAY 24, 1914/ASLEEP IN JESUS/O DEATH WHERE IS THY STING/O GRAVE WHERE IS THY VICTORY Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: NONE SMITH Front inscription: SMITH/CHARLES BENJ/APR. 5, 1881/JULY 6, 1956/ELSIE HOLMES/AUG. 24, 1887/MAR. 9, 1975/LET BROTHERLY LOVE CONTINUE Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: CBS EHS