DIRT ROCKHOUSE CEMETERY, FENTRESS CO., TENNESSEE

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BISO Cemetery No.:     #50
County:                Fentress, Tennessee
USGS Quadrangle:       Sharp Place 7.5'
UTM Coordinates:
Northing:              4044417.956
Easting:               669159.009
Date Established:      1895
Established By:        Unknown
Date Recorded:         June 18, 1996

Comments:     (S. Humphrey, 1981) Originally, there was a Church near the cemetery.  It 
burned, and pine trees in front of and around the cemetery were planted, in the 
hopes of rebuilding the Church one day.   Cemetery is well-preserved and cared 
for by family members.               

Headstone information:

1.     No inscription

2.     No inscription

3.     Bart Haggmarar Terry
       March 30, 1920 - March 26, 1974

4.     Pamela Sue Terry
       March 18, 1969 - July 25, 1969
       Footstone says "Daughter"

5.     No inscription

6.     No inscription

7.     Emerine Thompson
       December 5, 1874 - August 8, 1971
       "Gone But Not Forgotten"
 
8.     Andrew J. Thompson
       March 6, 1873 - April 6, 1941
       "He Was The Sunshine Of Our Home"
 
9.     Older stone-says the same thing as No. 8
 
9.     Ollie Belle Thompson
       April 25, 1896 - June 30, 1898
       "At Rest"
 
10.    Thompson John F.
       April 25, 1903 - October 20, 1966 (double headstone)     
       Effie E. Hurt
       December 31, 1905 -
       "Of Such Is The Kingdom Of Heaven"
 
11.    Ruby Thompson
       August 3, 1913 - March 31, 1976
       "In My Father's House There Are Many Mansions"
 
12.    Luther C. Thompson
       October 27, 1911 - December 18, 1972
       "In My Father's House There Are Many Mansions"

14.    No inscription

15.    No inscription

16.    No inscription

17.    Martha Ann Thompson
       February 2, 1954
 
18.    Ermine Watson
       February 13, 1879 - March 22, 1953
       "Mother Waits For Her Children In Heaven"
 
19.    Nothing on headstone; footstone says JAR
 
19.    Reverend J. A. Roysden
       1859 - 1937
       "He Has Gone To The Mansions Of Rest"
 
20.    Elvira Roysden
       1860 - 1895
       "After Time "We'll Meet Her"

22.    No inscription

23.    Corporal W. Arvalle Slaven
       July 18, 1918 - December 10, 1948

24.    No inscription

25.    No inscription

26.    No inscription

27.    No inscription

28.    No inscription

29.    No inscription

30.    No inscription

31.    Gene A. Stevens PFC U.S. Army Korea
       July 4, 1933 - February 8, 1978
 
32.    Thompson Edda B.
       Tootie Stevens     
       April 30, 1915 - December 18, 1983

33.    Funeral Home Marker at the footstone says:
       James Frank Thompson
       1945 - 1991 (plain sandstone headstone and footstone, no inscription)

34.     No inscription

35.     No inscription

36.     No inscription

38.     No inscription

39.     Fannie E. Thompson Watson
        January 10, 1916 - January 19, 1989
        "She Was A Tender Mother And Faithful Friend"
 
40.     V. Nella Watson
        September 13, 1935 - July 6, 1992
        "A Tender Faithful Friend"
 
41.     William Frank Watson
        September 11, 1911 - December 21, 1994
        "In God's Care"
 
42.     Melissa Ann Stevens 
        1968 - 1993