DECATUR COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - Rosson Cemetery ========================================================================= David Donahue, the creator of this file, declares it to be in the public domain. ========================================================================= ROSSON CEMETERY Decatur County, Tennessee Rosson Cemetery is a family cemetery on Tomlin Chapel Road in Decatur County, Tennessee. Eleven graves here are marked by pairs of concrete blocks. Most of these at one time had a name written in a bit of mortar, but these are so weathered as to be mostly unreadable. Only two of these were fully readable in 2003. "Baby" can be read on the foot position of four more of these graves, "Rosson" can be read at some head positions. One branch of the family seems to practice mounding; 11 graves in two rows are mounded. David Donahue recorded this cemetery October 28, 2003 and checked it October 29, 2003. Bobbie Bartholomew recorded this cemetery on March 10, 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. 500. She noted "18 unmarked graves." Bynum, Lily Golden, 1909-1937 (homemade) Conway, George H., Jr., Feb. 24, 1921-Dec. 31, 1994, "Dad" Currin, Geraldine [see Rosson, Geraldine Currin] Douglas, Lela [see Rosson, Lela Douglas] Goodman, Billy B., Dec. 13, 1932-____ Goodman, Opal M., Aug. 31, 1925-Oct. 5, 2000 Grooms, David W., July 30, 1942-____ [ground disturbance indicates he is buried here] Houston, James, no dates ["Houston" is on the head position and "James" on the foot position of the concrete block pair immediately west if the grave of J. P. Taylor] Ledbetter, Carmie Hazel [see Rosson, Carmie Hazel] Liles, Allie [see Rosson, Allie Liles] Lyles, Derek Gene, 1981-1981 Marr, Mary Sue Rosson, Sept. 1, 1942-____ Marr, L. V., Jan. 17, 1944-____, "Married Apr. 19, 1969" [ground disturbance and flowers indicate he is buried here] Mathis, Mary [see Rosson, Mary Mathis] Mays, Nancy H., 1875-1961 Oldham, Lawrence J., Nov. 13, 1931-June 11, 2001 Rosson, Alford, Feb. 25, 1940-____ Rosson, Alford, Jr., Sept. 16, 1965-Nov. 3, 1965 Rosson, Allie Liles, 1901-1931 Rosson, Ernest, 1900-1983 Rosson, Alton Lee, Mar. 19, 1940-Feb. 15, 2000 Rosson, Betty L., Feb. 22, 1930-____ Rosson, Paul, Mar. 4, 1928-Mar. 27, 1990, "Wed Jan. 6, 1945" "Children Larry J.C. Pamela Billy" "Grandchildren Patricia Randy Paula Mark Larry Tina Billy Logan" "Great-grandchildren Darryl Justin Brandon" Rosson, Carmie Hazel, Nov. 3, 1947-May 25, 1999, temporary marker as footstone, Parsons Mortuary, Carmie Hazel Ledbetter Rosson, Cythhia O., 1908-____, unplaced "Mother" footstone Rosson, Obie F., 1904-1989, "Father" footstone Rosson, Elbert L., 1931-1969, "Daddy" footstone Rosson, Mary Mathis, 1926-____, unplaced "Mama" footstone Rosson, Elton, 1922-1924 [replacement] Rosson, Ernestine, 1947-1948 [replacement] Rosson, Frank, no dates, name on temporary marker at concrete block 8 feet west-southwest of marker for J. Albert Rosson Rosson, Hazel, no dates, "Baby" footstone (homemade) [this is the southernmost of a line four pairs of concrete markers for clearly infant-size graves] Rosson, J. Albert, 1894-1971, "Father" footstone Rosson, J. R., Apr. 10, 1936-Oct. 30, 1995, "Wife Mavis Taylor-Married Jan. 3, 1995" Rosson, Fayett, 1870-1924 Rosson, Lela Douglas, 1923-1978 Rosson, Lemuel, Feb. 24, 1927-Oct. 13, 1993, "Son" footstone [probably son of Lillie and Clayton Rosson, whose double marker is adjacent] Rosson, Lillie, Feb. 10, 1902-Aug. 27, 1985, "Mother" footstone Rosson, Clayton, Dec. 22, 1898-Sept. 2, 1971, "Father" footstone Rosson, Lona Kee, 1931-1992, "Mother" footstone Rosson, Lori M. [see Young, Lori M. Rosson] Rosson, Lowell, 1931-1999, "Daddy" Rosson, Mary Jo, 1933-____, unplaced "Wife" footstone Rosson, William F., 1926-____, unplaced "Husband" footstone, "Married Apr. 22, 1950" Rosson, Mary Sue [see Marr, Mary Sue Rosson] Rosson, Minnie, no dates, name on temporary marker at a piece of marble, 7 feet west of marker for Lowell Rosson Rosson, Patrick Clay, June 15, 1983-May 1, 1984, "Son of Roger and Brenda Rosson" Rosson, Sonny B., July 5, 1947-____, "Daddy" Rosson, Geraldine Currin, Feb. 12, 1948-____, "Mama"; "Wed Aug. 14, 1965" "Our children Cythhia Faye Sonny James Freddy Lee Mary Katherine" Rosson, Walter Thomas, Apr. 24, 1935-June 4, 1988, military marker as footstone "SP4 US Army Korea" Rosson, Mary Sue, Oct. 16, 1939-____, unplaced "Mother" footstone, "Married May 29, 1954" ""Our children Thomas Lynn Tony Gene" Rosson, Willard L., 1926-____, unplaced "Daddy" footstone Rosson, Shirley C., 1937-____, unplaced "Mama" footstone, "Married June 28, 1953" "Our children Melba Steve" Rosson, Wm. Elco, July 16, 1920-Apr. 22, 1996, military marker as footstone "William Elco Rosson" "Sgt US Army World War II" Rosson, Lutie A., Apr. 21, 1922-____, "Wed Feb. 8, 1941" Stegall, Eligie (Buddy), June 29, 1932-Jan. 11, 1992, "Father" Stegall, Odie Lee, Dec. 23, 1928-____, "Mother" "Married June 29, 1957" "Our children Melvin Glenda Marie Patricia" Taylor, J. P., Oct. 7, 1863-Mar. 29, 1911 Young, Kenneth Lee, Aug. 9, 1966-____, "DaDa" Young, Kevin Jordan, Mar. 5, 1991-Dec. 2, 1991, "Son 'Punkin Doodle'" Young, Lori M. Rosson, Oct. 2, 1969-Dec. 2, 1991, "MaMa" Note on mounding: Eleven graves in two rows are mounded, suggesting that these people are in the same line of the family. Not including spaces for people still living, they are: Row 2 from east, south to north: Walter Thomas Rosson, Opal M. Goodman, Lemuel Rosson, Lillie Rosson, Clayton Rosson Row 3 from east, south to north: Alton Lee Rosson, Alford Rosson Jr., concrete block pair, concrete block pair, concrete block pair, Fayett Rosson