MACON COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - Simmons 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. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Lynn Shermond and Tara Esquilla ==================================================================== LISTED BELOW IS THE UNNAMED CEMETARY, WHICH I WILL REFER TO AS THE "SIMMONS" CEMETARY, LOCATED ON OLD HIGHWAY 52, BETWEEN WESTMORELAND AND LAFAYETTE, TN. 1. THERE ARE 71 ROUGH UNCARVED ROCKS STUCK IN THE GROUND ALL OVER THE CEMETARY TO DENOTE GRAVES. THEY ARE NOT WRITTEN ON. NELLIE B. SIMMONS BORN MAY 4, 1887 DIED JANUARY 26, 1984 TAYLOR REV. N.B. BORN 1869 DIED 1955 LORETTA BORN 1876 DIED 1958 JAMES M. SIMMONS BORN JULY 18, 1842 DIED JAN. 17, 1905 MARY L. SIMMONS BORN FEBRUARY 4, 1844 DIED JUNE 12, 1924 WILLIAM P. SIMMONS BORN AUG. 12, 1875 DIED DEC. 29, 1943 ELIZABETH H. STONE BORN SEPT. 17, 1847 DIED NO DATE JOHN W. STONE BORN APRIL 1, 1840 DIED JUNE 30, 1919 MARIRE E. JENKINS BORN SEPT. 25, 1866 DIED FEB. 4, 1923 HARVE JENNINGS BORN SEPT. 23, 1851 DIED FEB. 11, 19335 LEATH THOMAS BORN JULY 7, 1939 DIED JULY 21, 1908 MALINDA BORN MARCH 29, 1844 DIED OCT. 30, 1911 LEATH CARNEY H. BORN AUG. 6, 1874 DIED NOV. 16, 1927 IZETTA BORN MAY 12, 1885 DIED OCT. 9, 1975 GARLAND C. LEATH BORN DEC. 10, 1914 DIED MAY 29, 1942 "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN" GOLDMAN A. HALL BORN APRIL 7, 1896 DIED MAY 20, 1963 PVT. CO. B 2 DEVELOPMENT BN WW1 DAVE HALL BORN JULY 9, 1894 DIED OCT. 11, 1959 TENNESSEE PVT. CO. C 307 ENGINEERS WW1 KEY JOE S. BORN AUG. 10, 1889 DIED JAN. 15, 1957 DAISY L. BORN MARCH 25, 1888 DIED FEB. 25, 1979 "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN" HALL TOM BORN JAN. 12, 1852 DIED JULY 10, 1932 MALLIE BORN NOV. 20, 1859 DIED JUNE 16, 1944 "WE WILL MEET AGAIN" NELL, DAUGHTER OF JW AND ANNIE BROWNING BORN JULY 19, 1898 DIED DEC. 19, 1898 STONE THOMAS ODELL BORN OCT. 23, 1883 DIED JAN. 28, 1979 EUDELIA JENKINS BORN MAY 9, 1889 DIED SEPT. 5, 1986 WESTERN W. DILLEHAY BORN NO DATE DIED OCT. 18, 1903 20 YRS, 6 MO 13 DAYS "IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF MY DEAR HUSBAND" GEORGE T. REID BORN AUG. 11, 1871 DIED NOV. 19, 1898 27 YRS. 3 MO. 8 DAYS "LEAD KINDLY ON" "TO HIM WE TRUST A PLACE IS GIVEN AMONG THE SAINTS WITH CHRIST IN HEAVEN" MARTHA SUSIAN FISHBURN WIFE OF JW BLANKENSHIP BORN JAN. 2, 1870 DIED AUG. 3, 1928 "I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT, I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE, I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH" BENNETT W.D. "BILLY" BORN JAN. 23, 1880 DIED JAN. 14, 1950 LELA BORN JULY 7, 1887 DIED AUG. 18, 1934 ANNIE D. BENNETT BORN MARCH 29, 1908 DIED APRIL 28, 1935 "HAVING FINISHED LIFE'S DUTY, SHE NOW SWEETLY RESTS" LULA G. BENNETT BORN MARCH 15, 1912 DIED JAN 2, 1971 JAMES W. BENNETT BORN JULY 28, 1910 DIED JAN. 9, 1977 TEC 4 US ARMY WW11 "FLAT BRONZE PLATE" LOVE BEATRICE BORN NOV. 16, 1913 DIED JAN. 14, 1977 EVERETTE BORN MAY 18, 1909 DIED MARCH 4, 1969 CHARLIE BIRT KEEN BORN APRIL 19, 1885 DIED JAN. 19, 1979 "FOREVER WITH JESUS" JAMES A. KEENE BORN JAN. 27, 1856 DIED SEPT. 22, 1925 "AT REST" DR. L.A. GRIFFIN BORN APRIL 13, 1838 DIED JUNE 15, 1888 WILLIAM ZOLLIE KEENE BORN 1862 DIED 1890 WILLIAM H. SULLIVAN BORN DIED 1926 MARTHA SULLIVAN BORN DIED 1929 (THE BIRTH DATES OF THESE TWO WERE OVERGROWN BY BUSHES AND THERE WAS AN ANIMAL RUSTLING THE BUSHES---I WASN'T BRAVE ENOUGH TO TRY TO READ THE BIRTH DATES) MARTHA ANNE KEENE BORN 1825 DIED 1885 BILLIE KEENE BORN 1820 DIED 1910 CARLOS D. MARSHALL BORN NOV. 25, 1910 DIED MARCH 12, 1937 "THO' LOST TO SIGHT, TO MEMORY DEAR" MARSHALL WALTER V. BORN AUG. 17, 1878 DIED SEPT. 19, 1962 BETTIE A. BORN JULY 23, 1885 DIED JAN. 14, 1927 CLAUDIE D. MARSHALL BORN JULY 15, 1907 DIED MARCH 10, 1976 MARSHALL MARY ELIZABETH BORN JULY 16, 1847 DIED APRIL 6, 1915 "ON THE SUMMIT OF MT. PISGAH, 'NEATH A SHELTERED ROCK, I STAND BY THE BEACON LIGHT OF MIZPAH I CAN SEE THE PROMISED LAND" HENRY J. BORN MARCH 26, 1845 DIED JUNE 18, 1914 "I GO TO MY REWARD, FOLLOW ME" SALLIE E. WIX BORN DEC. 14, 1854 DIED FEB. 8, 1944 HALUM P. WIX BORN SEPT. 26, 1848 DIED APRIL 19, 1927 "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN" CORP. BUFORD L. WIX BORN MAY 11, 1888 DIED SEPT. 22, 1919 "KILLED IN FRANCE ON SEPT. 22, 1919" CO. L 117TH INF. 30TH DIVISION (PHOTO ON HEADSTONE) ETHEL WIX BORN MAY 19, 1890 DIED DEC. 28, 1910 MARSHALL OCTIE BORN JUNE 26, 1879 DIED AUG. 2, 1959 CHARLIE BORN JAN. 27, 1870 DIED OCT. 5, 1913 WHITE JOE C. BORN JUNE 13, 1903 DIED MARCH 27, 1984 HATTIE M. BORN JULY 7, 1911 DIED JAN. 25, 2001 "PRECIOUS LORD TAKE MY HAND" BENNETT DONNIE L. BORN FEB. 3, 1890 DIED NOV. 23, 1957 NORA BELL BORN JAN. 11, 1899 DIED APRIL 26, 1982 CARR MOSE B. BORN JULY 3, 1870 DIED JAN 3, 1936 MARY L. BORN NOV. 14, 1870 DIED OCT. 26, 1963 COTHRAN PAUL P. BORN MAY 20, 1910 DIED AUG. 28, 1988 MARY ANN BORN SEPT. 7, 1914 DIED FEB. 19, 1955 HALL LENARD BORN JAN. 28, 1890 DIED OCT. 9, 1954 ETTA BORN SEPT. 19, 1893 DIED NO DATE FUQUA VIRGIL BORN OCT. 3, 1907 DIED JAN. 12, 1979 MARTHA BORN FEB. 21, 1877 DIED MARCH 17, 1937 MATTIE FITTS FREEMAN BORN AUG. 19, 1892 DIED NOV. 13, 1957 KATE HOSKINS BORN AUG. 26, 1848 DIED FEB. 10, 1917 CALLIE HASKINS DAY BORN MARCH 11, 1890 DIED DEC. 31, 1923 EMMA HOSKINS BORN MARCH 1, 1907 DIED DEC. 5, 1903 (DATES OF BIRTH AND DEATH REVERSED ON THE HEADSTONE) "BUDDED ON EARTH TO BLOOM IN HEAVEN" MEADOR JEHU P. BORN 1870 DIED 1947 IDA A. BORN 1874 DIED 1962 "YET THOUGH THY SMILE IS LOST TO SIGHT IN MEMORY, THOU ART DEAR" MARTHA J. HOSKINS BORN JUNE 7, 1887 DIED APRIL 10, 1938 WILLIAM H. HASKINS BORN JAN. 26, 1865 DIED JULY 9, 1942 HAROLD CARR MORRISON, SR. BORN AUG. 16, 1925 DIED APRIL 23, 1977 "HE ALWAYS TOOK THE TIME TO CARE" SECOND BRONZE MARKER READS: HAROLD CARR MORRISON 8/18/1925 - 4/23/1977 HM2 US NAVY WW11, KOREA MORRISON LALLA M. BORN FEB. 28, 1900 DIED DEC. 28, 1976 WILLIE PRICE BORN AUG. 15, 1886 DIED MARCH 17, 1971 MADELINE C. BORN OCT. 14, 1892 DIED JUNE 7, 1932 ROSCO, SON OF W.L. AND P.O. BRADLEY BORN DEC. 6, 1909 DIED MARCH 19, 1910 RACHEL A. CARVER WIFE OF S.R. WOOD BORN MARCH 8, 1849 DIED AUG. 1, 1900 NELL ALLEN, DAUGHTER OF J.P. AND I.A. MEADOR BORN APRIL 11, 1907 DIED APRIL 6, 1909 MATTIE K. PERDUE BORN AUG. 26, 1878 DIED DEC. 18, 1899 AGED 21 YRS 3 MO. 22 DAYS EDWARD, SON OF N.W. AND MATTIE PERDUE BORN NOV. 2, 1899 DIED DEC. 1, 1899 J.D. BRADLEY BORN DEC. 12, 1834 DIED JAN. 15, 1897 S.F. BRADLEY BORN JAN 8, 1835 DIED JUNE 9, 1915 ELIZABETH BRAY WIFE OF JOE HODGES BORN AUG. 29, 1857 DIED OCT. 10, 1888 BETTIE E., WIFE OF G.G. DURHAM BORN JAN. 19, 1853 DIED AUG. 19, 1879 J. STEWART, SON OF J.A. AND P.C. MORRISON BORN JULY 30, 1889 DIED JULY 24, 1891 AGE 1 YR. 11MO 24 DAYS "SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME AND FORBID THEM NOT, FOR OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD" RUTHIE, INFANT DAUGHTER OF J.A. AND PATTIE MORRISON BORN APRIL 4, 1898 DIED APRIL 17, 1896 "FROM MOTHER'S ARMS TO THE ARMS OF JESUS" (BIRTH AND DEATH DATES REVERSED ON THE HEADSTONE) ROBERT, INFANT SON OF J.A. AND PATTIE MORRISON BORN MARCH 7, 1897 DIED MARCH 13, 1897 "CHRIST LOVED HIM AND TOOK HIM HOME" GEORGE HOSKINS BORN 1845 DIED JAN. 15, 1909 "A FRIEND TO HIS COUNTRY AND A BELIEVER IN CHRIST" N.J. MORRISON BORN JULY 14, 1857 DIED APRIL 4, 1912 SAM MORRISON BORN JAN. 9, 1843 DIED NOV. 23, 1926 ODIS MORRISON BORN SEPT. 13, 1911 DIED JULY 21, 1912 "SLEEP ON DEAR CHILD AND TAKE THY REST IN JESUS' ARMS YOU SHALL BE BLEST" OTTIS MORRISON BORN MARCH 15, 1883 DIED MARCH 3, 1912 MARY C. MORRISON BORN SEPT. 4, 1803 DIED NOV. 28, 1891 88 YRS. 2 MO. 24 DAYS "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN:" SAMUEL S. MORRISON BORN SEPT. 16, 1804 DIED MARCH 2, 1889 84 YRS. 6 MO. 5 DAYS W.B. JACKSON BORN JULY 31, 1800 DIED OCT. 30, 1874 __ G.A. COOK BORN NO DATE DIED JUNE 6, 1870 ROUGH CUT HAND WRITTEN STONE ELIZA COOK BORN APRIL 17, 1831 DIED JULY 1_, 1903 "HER HAPPY SOUL HAS WINGED AWAY TO THE PURE LIGHT AND ETERNAL DAY" GRAND MA ELIZA JANE COOK BORN 1866 DIED 1948 S.E. KERLEY BORN OCT. 29, 1848 DEPARTED THIS LIFE NOV. 21, 1871 23 YRS. 23 DAYS "IN LOVING MEMORY OF S.E. KERLEY, WIFE OF T.A. KERLEY LUCY A. ADAMS WIFE OF JOSEPH A. BORN OCT. 6, AD 1836 DEPARTED THIS LIFE SEPT. 13, 1872 35 YRS. 11 MO. 7 DAYS "I HAVE CHOSEN THE WAY OF TRUTH, THY JUDGEMENTS I HVE LAID BEFORE." PSALM CXIX 7 VR.