DECATUR COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - Gibson Cemetery
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GIBSON CEMETERY
Decatur County, Tennessee

            Gibson Cemetery is shown near the southeast corner 
of the U.S.G.S. Holladay quadrangle (1987). It is reached by 
turning south on Raymond Ballenger Road from Horney Head Creek 
Road. The access drive is the first gravel road to the right. 
The road leads downhill through the woods. Gibson is a 
wonderful cemetery little to visit. It is well maintained. It 
also retains much of the appearance of a nineteenth century 
cemetery. Thirty two graves are marked by pairs of upright 
fieldstones, something you rarely see now. The cemetery is 
surrounded and shaded by cedar trees. Gibson Cemetery is an 
excellent example of what the old cemeteries once looked like 
and anyone in the area should visit this cemetery once just to 
see this. In addition to the 32 fieldstone pairs, there is one 
unpaired fieldstone and one wooden stake marking unidentified 
graves. David Donahue recorded this cemetery December 27, 1992 
and checked and updated it November 6, 2003.

            Margaret Alexander recorded this cemetery July 25, 
1976. Her record appears in Decatur County, Tennessee Cemetery 
Records produced by the Nathaniel A. Wesson Chapter, United 
Daughters of the Confederacy, Parsons, Tennessee, 1984, p. 
228.

            Bettie Wilson of Lorton, Virginia, compiled a list 
of people known to be buried in Gibson Cemetery and included a 
copy in a letter to Anne and Leo Donahue, Nashville, 
Tennessee. Her list is referenced extensively in the notes 
below. She also provides the following description/memory of 
the cemetery: "I went to the burial of Lem Gibson in 1931. I 
was 7. At that time I had a strong feeling that it was nowhere 
to be found, seemed to take us forever to get there out in a 
field of leaves — very desolate, but didn't know the word of 
expression at that early age."



Gibson, Lem, June 29, 1861-March 24, 1931 [Bettie Wilson notes 
that this is Lemuel A. Gibson, known as "Little Lem"]

Gibson, Maggie [see Gulledge, Maggie Gibson]

Gibson, Martha, June 18, 1861-Mar. 23, 1948 [Bettie Wilson 
notes her to be Martha Taylor Gibson]

Gulledge, John W., Aug. 10, 1860-Apr. 21, 1940
Gulledge, L. A., Dec. 12, 1859-Feb. 11, 1932

Gulledge, Maggie Gibson, 1857-1919 [replacement; Bettie Wilson 
notes her to be Martha A. L. Gibson, Oct. 1857-1919, daughter 
of Lemuel Gibson and U'nicy Ann Quinn]

Quinn, Alphas Derlene, Feb. 14, 1920-Apr. 25, 1921 
[replacement]

Quinn, Dee, d. Nov. 16, 1955, temporary marker, Parsons 
Mortuary [this is the southernmost grave in the cemetery; 
Bettie Wilson notes her to be De Pride Quinn]

Quinn, Francis Louvena, Mar. 23, 1917-July 8, 1917 
[replacement]

Quinn, Infant, Oct. 12, 1928-Oct. 14, 1928, "Infant son" 
[replacement]

Quinn, Ralph, d. Apr. 21, 1944, name on wooden cross 2 feet 
north of double marker for Susan J. and Lem Q. Quinn

Quinn, Susan J., Aug. 26, 1893-Jan. 1, 1983, also temporary 
marker, Parsons Mortuary, "Susan Jane Quinn"/Lem B., Dec. 1, 
1886-Nov. 4, 1961

Quinn, Woody, Jan. 8, 1909-Sept. 13, 1910 [replacement]

 

Other People Known to be Buried Here
(from list provided by Bettie Wilson)

Gibson, Alex A, b. Dec. 1875, son of Emanuel (Manuel) Gibson 
and Margaret A. Quinn

Gibson, Elizabeth, b. 1839, daughter of Manuel Gibson and 
Elizabeth Tubbs

Gibson, Harriett, b. 1858, daughter of Lemuel Gibson and 
U'nicy Ann Quinn

Gibson, Jackson (Jack) (John), June 3, 1867-Dec. 1, 1897, son 
of Henry Gibson and Susan Anner Tubbs

Gibson, James, b. 1845, son of Manuel Gibson and Elizabeth 
Tubbs

Gibson, Malinda, b. 1833, daughter of Manuel Gibson and 
Elizabeth Tubbs

Gibson, Manuel, b. 1803, believed to be son of Roger Gibson

Gibson, Margone Jane F. (Myra), Sept./1888-1916, daughter of 
Lemuel A. (Little Lem) Gibson and Martha Taylor

Gibson, Nancy, Feb./1843-1921, daughter of Manuel Gibson and 
Elizabeth Tubbs

Gibson, Nancy A. Elizabeth (Lizzie) (Liz), 1871, daughter of 
Emanuel (Manuel) Gibson and Margaret A. Quinn [Bettie Wilson 
notes this grave to be unmarked]

Gibson, Obie, Mar. 23, 1912-1912, son of Alton Gibson and 
Bonnie Quinn

Gibson, Paralee, b. 1857, daughter of Lemuel Gibson and U'nicy 
Ann Quinn

Gibson, Sarah, b. 1832, daughter of Manuel Gibson and 
Elizabeth Tubbs

Gulledge, John Lane, Jan. 1, 1855-Aug. 31, 1936

Quinn, Margaret A., Dec. 25, 1844-1891, daughter of Robert M. 
(Bob) Quinn, Sr., and Polly Daugherty [wife of Emanuel 
(Manuel) Gibson]

Tubbs, Elizabeth, b. 1803, daughter of Jeremiah and Susan 
Tubbs [wife Manuel Gibson]