GIBSON COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - Gibson Community Memorial Garden ==================================================================== 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: John A. Scruggs jscruggs@usit.net ==================================================================== GIBSON COMMUNITY MEMORIAL GARDEN Recorded by John A. Scruggs Nov. 2000 This cemetery is located @ 1/2 mile north of Gibson, Tn. on Hwy 186, where Hwy 420 connects with Hwy 186. It is located beside two churches, St. Mark Baptist Church, and Parker Chapel C. M. E. Church. This is a Afro-American cemetery. NOTE: the notation FHM, means a Funeral Home Marker, no stone. Just East of the cemetery about 100 ft into a field, I found the following stones, don't know whether they were white or colored. James B. Richardson 9-7-1838 - 11-16-1858 20 yrs 2 mos 9 dys Samuel Richardson 8-23-1777 - Elizabeth P. Richardson 6-1-1786 - Evlina C. Richardson 6-26-1812 - 11-3-1872 60 yrs 4 mos 7 dys James H. Richardson 1-3-1812 - 1-3-1865 53 yrs And these stones that were just laying around the above stone. Alice L. - dau. of Drs. R & Mila J. Hubbard d. 2-19-1864 2 yrs Mila J. - wife of Drs. R. Hubbard d. 1-16-1870 26 yrs Benjamin H. - son of Drs. & Mila J. Hubbard d 10-12-1868 11mos 25 dys Mila J. - dau of Drs R & M.J. Hubbard d 3-31-1870 3 mos 9 dys The rest of the cemetery is as follows: Charles N. Williams 11-24-1924 - 10-15-1969 Jessie Elem Williams 5-15-1921 - 12-18-1998 Milton Elam ( Pvt-513 Service BN-Engr Corps-WWI ) 2-5-1900 - 7-17-1956 Lettie Elam ( Mother ) 10-9-1899 - 1-2-1973 Will Burnett 1869 - 1945 Mose Elam 1894 - 1970 Elsie Elam 1896 - James Elam 1917 - 1945 Archie Burnett 1922 - 1942 Z. T. Elam 8-26-1922 - 3-20-1937 Walter W. Kelley, Sr. 6-11-1924 - 5-12-1988 Lucille Kelley 7-4-1924 - 10-12-1989 Lessie Bell Finner 7-8-1908 - 3-25-1989 Edgar McCurry 1881 - 1952 John Lipscomb 1882 - 19 Gussie Lipscomb 1882 - 1929 Mattie Lipscomb 10-18-1906 - 2-19-1982 Robert Lipscomb, Sr. 1-3-1905 - 12-17-1982 Vicie McVay Lipscomb 12-25-1913 - 9-15-1950 Jula Lipscomb Sam H. Broom 4-23-1911 - 12-25-1966 Evelyn Broom 7-9-1912 - 11-20-1966 Era Lee 1893 - 1965 Bruce Edward - inf son of William & Hattie Miller 3-11-1962 Jason L. Miller - inf son of Vera Miller 5-9-1977 - 1-13-1978 Sharper May 1882 - 1960 Lugeanie May 1890 - 1973 William E. Miller 5-29 -1908 - 8-24-1993 Hattie M. Miller Lee Brooks 10-10-1901 - 6-29-1984 Maudie Brooks 1-1-1896 - 2-20-1962 Leroy Brooks 10-10-1925 - 9-1-1974 Beatrice Williams 12-29-1922 - Esau Lipscomb 6-15-1913 - 3-26-1986 Alline Lipscomb 3-26-1911 - 3-1-1983 Sammie Hankins 12-3-1931 - Lenora Hankins 4-13-1933 - 1-19-1988 Minnie Moore Powell 12-25-1879 - 3-1-1974 Herbert N. Hunt ( PFC-Co H-25th Inf-WWII-BSM ) 5-11-1913 - 12-12-1962 James E. Pervitte ( US Army ) 4-17-1924 - 12-2-1994 Arah Ragan 10-25-1900 - 5-28-1963 Moses Lee Kelley 6-28-1912 - 5-2-1994 Mary Belle Kelley 1-7-1916 - Janice M. Cooper ( FHM ) 1-29-1953 - 7-28-1998 Johnnie Lee Brown ( FHM ) 8-6-1933 - 5-29-1999 Dennis Seat 1850 - 1934 Sandy Horston ( Father ) 1877 - 1943 Broken Stone Ella Smith 1878 - 1942 Sadie Davis ( Sister ) 1910 - 1942 Catherine L. Phennesse 1907 - 1976 Lydia M. Dennie 5-26-1922 - 5-31-1964 Hollie Lipscomb 1874 - 19 Mary Lipscomb 1891 - 1940 Joe Nathan Lipscomb ( Pvt-971 QM SVC CO-WWII ) 5-5-1921 - 8-1-1972 Dolly McCurry 1888 - 1938 Cozzell Williams 8-10-1904 - 2-28-1985 Arther Mae Williams 1905 - 1950 Willie Williams ( Pvt-US Army-WWI ) 9-26-1894 - 11-10-1962 Jim Lipscomb ( CPL-US Army-WWI ) 3-8-1893 - 6-9-1965 Tharbie Finnie, Jr. 5-5-1927 - 6-9-1993 John D. Lee ( Husband ) 1914 - 1989 Deola Mathis 6-1-1915 - 1-16-1990 Nancy Jenkins 1897 - 1944 Floyd L. Page ( Mother ) 1903 - 1976 W. C. Merrell 1931 - 1943 John Kendall 6-25-1910 - 3-4-1980 Ruth Kendall 3-30-1912 - Jessie Tyler 5-10-1909 - 2-21-1980 Maggie Tyler 10-10-1913 - 1-9-1986 Broken Stone - Mary Lee Pearson 1925 - 1945 James Tyler 1883 - 19 Mollie Tyler 1878 - 1942 Ernest Jenkins 6-18-1907 - 11-28-1982 Nancy Jenkins 8-10-1897 - 1-5-1944 Hurshel Donaldson 2-18-1908 - 9-16-2000 info off of FHM Catherine Scott Donaldson 1907 - 5-27-1992 85 yrs info off of FHM Rubin Martin 1902 - 1961 Carey Franklin Donaldson ( SSgt-US Army-Korea ) 6-11-1929 - 6-10-1983 Jessie Enlow 1892 - 1969 Robert L. Donaldson 2-7-1926 - 10-1-1963 Dottie L. Donaldson Otha Lewis 11-5-1904 - 3-14-1950 Paul Lawerence Lewis 5-1-1938 - 10-21-1955 Othell O. Lewis 10-8-1928 - 7-22-1983 Mandy Louise Martin 5-1-1963 - 12-4-1989 Frank Tyler 9-27-1904 - 12-2-1995 Bessie Scott Tyler 3-5-1902 - 2-9-1980 Jeff D. Holland 6-21-1868 - 7-25-1950 Bertha O. Holland 8-15-1877 - 3-29-1951 James McLilley 1893 - 1973 Eula B. McLilley 1900 - 1956 Billie A. Lee 1933 - 1993 Charles E. Lee, Sr. 2-2-1912 - 2-18-1990 Andrew L. Lee 1898 - 1940 Mattie L. Lee 1882 - 1954 Everett ( Buck ) Lee 1905 - 1972 Bennie Lee 1905 - 1941 Hattie Whithehorn Conner 1927 - 1989 Charlie Williams 1879 - 1949 Pearl B. Williams 1899 - 1994 Bettie Sue Kendall b & d 1931 Cora D. Dunlap 1870 - 1924 Elnora Dunlap Pullum 1881 - 1921 Mary Elam 1897 - 1920 Joe Sanford 1868 - 1940 Ike Deloach 1846 - 1940 Mollie Surge Donald 1884 - 1920 Liddie D. Wright 10-25-1891 - 11-10-1918 Edna S. Burnett 8-19-1899 - 4-11-1971 Will A. Brunett ( PFC-US Army-WWI ) 9-13-1895 - 7-14-1967 Mollie - wife of Oliver Burnett d. 8-18-1904 60 yrs Beatris - inf dau of M & M N. Burnett 5-23-1905 - rest is buried George H. Burnett 1868 - 1936 Sarah Burnett 1874 - 1954 Jim Carter 1870 - 1902 Aaron Sharp 1855 - 1943 Ida Sharp 1865 - 1942 Louise Moore 5-24-1881 - 11-30-1950 Z. T. Thompson 1806 - 1941 Ada Thompson 1868 - 1936 O. B. Thompson 1909 - 1949 Cennie Thompson 1908 - 1983 Andrew Donald, Sr. 2-28-1875 - 6-14-1944 Georgie M. Donald 9-30-1900 - 6-7-1972 Roy Donald ( FHM ) 2-5-1930 - 11-16-2000 Robert J. Cook ( US Navy ) 1912 - 1958 Savannah B. Cook 6-10-1890 - 4-30-1982 Malvin Robertson 1874 - 1945 Ann Robertson 1851 - 1933 William Dennie 7-10-1916 - 12-24-1970 Broken Stone - Lorene Hampt?????? 1929 - ???? Estelle 1914 - 1942 Joe Dennie 3-20-1896 - 5-29-1974 Nannie Dennie 1976 Troy - son of W. J. & Ida Seets 2-12-1905 - 3-4-1906 William J. Seets 6-15-1867 - 2-12-1941 Ida J. Seets 11-22-1873 - 6-11-1946 Clarence Littleton 1923 - 1945 Kathleen Fitzgerald ( FHM ) 5-12-1899 - 3-22-1992 Alberta J. Ingram 2-27-1929 - 4-3-1988 Harriett Moore 1841 - 1920 Rotted Stone - Buck Will Morgan 1868 - 2-6-1958 Polly Morgan 1886 - 1986 Bettye Jo Lipscomb 9-13-1954 - 6-28-1994 Roy Donald - son of Serge & Jennie 1-19-1895 - 10-28-1992 Hessie Williams 7-5-1901 - 10-10-1968 Elmer Lee Williams, Jr. 9-26-1963 - 7-28-1989 Tony Lee Huddleston ( FHM ) 11-11-1972 - 6-15-1998 Lee Williams 1851 - 1932 Emma Williams 2-7-1869 - 6-5-1912 Rev. Alfred Christin Moore 3-12-1875 - 4-8-1950 Stella L. Perry 10-10-1951 Irene Jones 2-9-1911 Mary Bell Littleton 1921 - 1986 Marion Littleton ( FHM ) 10-12-1917 - 4-20-1991 Allie D. ( Lee ) Blakemore 4-16-1910 - 3-31-1933 Daniel - son of N.B. & Hattie Blakemore 3-8-1907 - 8-9-1907 Mattie - dau. of N.B. & Hattie Blakemore 3-8-1907 - 3-13-1907 Hallia Blakemore 10-21-1895 - 10-22-1902 William S. Scott 1888 - 1940 Emma Scott 1866 - 1929 Eula Smith 1900 - 1928 Robert Scott 1898 - 1945 Fannie Scott 1872 - 1960 Will Enlow 1878 - 1927 Mollie Scott 1884 - 1930 Jerry Kelly 10-31-1965 - 6-14-1979 Annie Lee Hart 9-15-1925 - 7-9-2000 Gladys Marie Hannah 1951 - 1979 Willie J. Seets ( PFC-US Army-Korea ) 11-18-1934 - 1-23-1976 Alice Theresa Hodge ( FHM ) 2-18-1954 - 6-25-1975 Edd Smith McLilly 3-19-1914 - 2-3-1973 Liddie Lee McWhorter 5-5-1924 - 4-21-1971 Carrie Seats 4-3-1910 - 5-6-1969 George L. Hopson 3-22-1910 - 3-10-1969 Bob H. Thompson ( FHM ) d. 10-14-1967 75 yrs Tommie Wallick, Sr. ( FHM ) 1-15-1915 - 1-26-2000 Elsie Mathis 1908 - 1923 Hattie Mathis 1902 - 1923 Hugh H. Mathis 12-25-1879 - 2-9-1964 Leona Mathis 1880 - 1929 Junita Lipscomb 1919 - 1921 Latonia Lipscomb 1916 - 1924 F. L. Lipscomb Eunice Williams 2-5-1911 - 9-22-1913 Hallia Blakemore 10-21-1895 - 10-22-1902 Mattie - dau of N.B. & Hattie Blakemore 3-8-1907 - 3-13-1907 Daniel - son of N. B. & Hattie Blakemore 3-8-1907 - 8-9-1907 N. B. Blakemore 1859 - 1918 Elijah - father of Etter Morgan 1834 - 1904