GIBSON COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - Bruff 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. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Adam McCartney mccartneyad@hotmail.com ==================================================================== BRUFF CEMETERY DIRECTIONS: At Skullbone, about 3 miles east of Bradford, take the road going south, in front of the Pleasant View Church. There will be on down the road a sharp turn to the right. Keep going. Following this road, the Bruff Cemetery is located on the right with a chain-link fence around the front of it. A little history of Bruff Cemetery Franklin J. Bruff married Martha Jane Johns and the two settled in present-day Goosefoot, between Skullbone and Gann. Frank ran a store in Goosefoot for many years. When Martha died in Jan. 1912, Frank donated a plot of land for her burial just to the north of the store. Since that time, several locals and Bruff-kin have been interred here. After Martha's 1912 burial, there were two others here that year. Frank later married Eunice Crossett. Frank now rests beside Martha in the cemetery that he started. Sign in Front: BRUFF CEMETERY Given by F.J. Bruff 1912 BRUFF, Emmitt S. Oct. 30, 1885 Feb. 6, 1968 Flossie B. Jan. 30, 1893 Dec. 24, 1966 "Gone, But Not Forgotten." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Plot Markers with initials "F" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- BRUFF, Mary Conner Sept. 19, 1921 Nov. 27, 1991 Horace Hall May 31, 1907 Mar. 29, 1980 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- BRUFF, Pearlie 1881 1962 J.H. 1871 1937 "We Who Love Each Other Shall Meet Again." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- BRUFF, Howard H. 1922 1941 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- BRUFF, Thomas Franklin "T.F." July 15, 1903 Oct. 21, 1972 Virginia H. Jan. 7, 1924 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- BRUFF, Mary R. Sept. 17, 1925 Feb. 18, 1996 "Wife and Sister" Charles R. Jan. 19, 1927 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- POWELL, Bonnie 1897 1946 "Mother" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PHILLIPS, Edna Davis Nov. 2, 1918 Mar. 2, 1997 Roy W. May 17, 1918 Feb. 6, 1972 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- McGILL, Loy V. Feb. 8, 1911 Mar. 5, 1990 "Brother" Lucille Feb. 7, 1918 Feb. 3, 1986 "Sister" "Beyond the Sunset." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- McGILL, Etta Bruff Jan. 10, 1890 Jan. 7, 1929 "His Wife" I.M. Jan. 5, 1879 Apr. 16, 1931 "Gone, But Not Forgotten." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- BRUFF, Charlie H. Aug. 26, 1875 May 3, 1959 Nancy Ann Oct. 15, 1882 Sept. 29, 1952 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- BRUFF, Ross D. 1917 1944 "P.F.C." "Married to Willie L. Halcom 1942" "Killed in France July 14, 1944" "Gone, But Not Forgotten" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ROSE, Claude Jr. Feb. 13, 1942 May 22, 1990 Barbara Aug. 11, 1938 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Stone recently erected: "In Memory Of Pvt. Squire Henry Bruff" "CO K 47 Tenn Inf. CSA" 1839 1880 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- BRUFF, Martha J. Apr. 25, 1851 Jan. 7, 1912 Frank J. Apr. 18, 1851 Oct. 2, 1936 "Married June 8, 1869" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- BRUFF, Jamie L. Aug. 19, 1918 Sept. 27, 1989 "In God's Care" "Father" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- BRUFF, Vance 1873 1951 Cora Ford 1877 1967 "Married 55 Yrs." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- BRUFF, Lonnie B. Jr. Sept. 30, 1924 Feb. 13, 1991 "A Life Well-Lived A Rest Well-Earned." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- BRUFF, Vennie Mae Williamson Sept. 12, 1905 Feb. 3, 1993 Lonnie B. May 8, 1903 Jan. 1, 1996 "Together Forever" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- STAFFORD, Herbert 1893 1974 Lillian Q. 1890 1936 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- McALISTER, Ollie R. 1888 1969 Charlie H. 1888 1952 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- McALISTER, Bennie Nov. 1, 1910 Dec. 29, 1912 "Son of C.H. and Olie" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- McALISTER, Brooxie Nell July 27, 1913 Mar. 28, 1914 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- McALISTER, Geneva Mar. 20, 1915 July 1, 1918 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- McALISTER, Margie Modene Dec. 10, 1919 Mar. 6, 1921 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRINGTON, Inf. Son of Ernest & Luna May 20, 1935 (one date only) "Darling" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRINGTON, Luna A. 1902 1993 Ernest G. 1898 1959 "In His Will Is Our Peace." (Photograph set into monument) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRINGTON, Mildred June 3, 1925 Floyd June 11, 1922 Aug. 13, 1995 "Married Nov. 8, 1941" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PARKER, Inf. Son of Jewell & Evelyn Aug. 31, 1944 (one date only) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PARKER, Curtis Jewell Apr. 5, 1923 "N4YNW" Lou Ellen Dec. 9, 1944 "N4YNX" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Block with letter "W" painted on it ----------------------------------------------------------------------- WHITNEY, Mary Katherine Apr. 10, 1931 Howard Eli June 6, 1920 June 3, 1996 "Married Mar. 15, 1948" (Military Footmarker for Howard Eli) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- WHITNEY, Michael Ray Jul. 24, 1960 Oct. 24, 1993 "Our Precious Son" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SANDERS, Wilma Jean Oct. 22, 1930 Jan. 11, 1968 "Love Lives On." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PALMER, Adrian Paul Jan. 23, 1926 Apr. 18, 1945 "Duty, Honor, Country Well Done." (Military Footmarker for Adrian Paul) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PALMER, Mildred Modean Sept. 6, 1928 May 8, 1929 "Inf. Dau. of Clifton & Birdie" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PALMER, Birdie Mitchell Dec. 31, 1904 Sept. 9, 1989 Clifton Dec. 6, 1896 July 31, 1982 "Married Oct. 11, 1920" "Step Softly, A Dream Lies Buried Here." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ROGERS, Mary Mar. 4, 1854 Feb. 23, 1922 Alvin Oct. 21, 1851 July 28, 1918 "Gone, But Not Forgotten." "Mother - Father" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ROGERS, J.F. June 10, 1886 Apr. 14, 1912 "Son of G.A. & Mary A." "Come Ye Blessed" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRINGTON, Emma 1902 1979 W.O. 1904 1937 "We Who Love Each Other Shall Meet Again." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- LOWERY, Leatha Dec. 16, 1870 Nov. 24, 1928 "Come Ye Blessed" (On Back of tombstone the following inscription) "Remember dear friends as you pass by, As You are now, so once was I. As I am now, you too must be, Prepare for death and follow me." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- JONES, Louiza (no dates) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- JONES, J.W. (no dates) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRINGTON, Mary Fontella Feb. 19, 1907 Oct. 30, 1988 J.L. Ervin Feb. 19, 1907 Sept. 18, 1988 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- RHODES, J.L. 1894 1938? possibly 1933, 1936 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PRYOR, Sidney L. 1910 1929 "Gone From Our Homes, But Not From Our Hearts." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Transcription by Adam D. McCartney on Apr. 23, 1999 Apology for any errors is made now. Probably a few unmarked graves.