VAN BUREN COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - Sparkman Cemetery ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Jenifer Shaw ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SPARKMAN CEMETERY Van Buren County, Tennessee October 12, 2003 Off Memorial Highway ? Highway 111 South ? Starting at Reno Road or follow the signs to Camp Clements, travel seven-tenths of a mile to the Ray Sparkman Ward Bridge. Go another eight-tenths, turn left at the crossroads of Cummingsville/Sparkman Town and Sparkmantown Road. Travel another one-tenth of a mile and turn left to the entrance of the Sparkman Cemetery and Hopewell Baptist Church. This church was once located just down from the crossroads. It used to be a one-room schoolhouse, community center and a church. The church was put on ?wheels? and moved next to the Sparkman Cemetery in the 1950?s. A ?new? school was built in its place. Church was conducted once the move was done. Over the years, the place has run down. Families and friends have donated money along with a grant, to have the church renovated. A few years ago, the Roberts family placed a chain-linked fence around the grounds. I have been told there has been another acre of land donated to the cemetery beyond the fence. Bob Roberts, a genealogist in his own right, has maintained the gravesites and kept the grounds nice. I have taken digital photos of most of the gravesites. Several of the graves have the old slab rocks on them. Transcribed by: Bob Roberts & Jenifer Crone Shaw mrstwmagoo@frontiernet.net 1A Ethel L. Brimer 4-18-1937 4-11-1993 1B Willard Brimer 10-20-1935 ---- Wed: 5-3-1955 2A Mary Estell Sparkman 5-22-1909 6-19-1997 2B Edd Sparkman 12-28-1909 8-19-1997 Wed: 6-2-1929 3A Virginia Rhea Moore 4-14-1932 ---- 3B William James Moore 2-9-1920 12-31-1997 Wed: 2-11-1949 on back of stone: Our children Patricia Michael Donald Jeffrey 4A Cora Haston Sparkman 2-17-1884 10-4-1957 4B F.C. ?Cheet? Sparkman 10-24-1872 3-12-1947 5 Franklin Haston Sparkman 1-21-1925 1-30-1997 Pvt US Army World War II 6 Ethel (dau of W.Y. & L.A. Sparkman) 8-10-1899 8-18-1899 7A Lou Rowland Sparkman 6-3-1865 3-12-1924 7B W.Y. Sparkman 8-29-1866 12-18-1958 8A Angie Sparkman 8-3-1881 2-19-1971 8B George Grover Sparkman 7-10-1886 4-9-1964 9A Lodema (Yates) Sparkman 8-14-1854 12-15-1923 9B R.P. Sparkman 9-25-1866 10-10-1944 10 Eugene Sparkman 12-26-1936 12-26-1936 ?Gone to Be An Angel? 11A Ethel (Sparkman) Plumlee 6-17-1891 3-11-1974 11B J. Edward Plumlee 7-12-1878 10-20-1964 12A Ruth M. Sparkman Cook 6-11-1914 12-7-1998 12B Thomas Clifford Cook 6-30-1907 12-23-1982 13A Sophia Sparkman 12-1-1881 5-29-1947 13B Wiley B. Sparkman 5-20-1878 12-16-1946 14 (Bud) Haron Sparkman 8-8-1910 10-7-1928 ?In Heaven there is one Angel more? 15A M.J. Sparkman 3-7-1837 7-1-1905 15B Sollimon Sparkman 6-4-1837 1-25-1900 16 Hallie Sparkman 1875 ? 1890 (old slab rocks) 17 Lavina Sparkman Simmons 1860 ? 1899 18 Robert Brent Sparkman 11-28-1946 10-10-1985 19 George W. Sparkman 1872 ? 1930 ?Our Daddy rest?His Memory is blest? 20 infant son of G.G. & Etta Sparkman 1914 ?Our Darling? 21 Black O. Roberts 8-6-1873 8-5-1943 22 Erastus Sparkman 5-10-1878 9-12-1918 23 Eliza (wife of E.D. Sparkman) ?A loving wife, a mother dear, lies behind here.? 24 Lee Eller Roberts 2-8-1914 7-28-1929 ?Having finished life?s duty, she now sweetly rests.? 25 Roy Thurman Roberts 1-17-1906 1-5-1907 26 Phebie Locke 10-10-1884 5-22-1974 ?The world?s greatest mother? 27 Robert Sparkman 1864 ? 1865 (old slab rocks) 28 Sarah A. (wife of J.B. Sparkman) 3-11-1838 4-22-1894 29 John B. Sparkman 4-16-1837 9-12-1910 30A Mary Sparkman 1-16-1888 7-26-1928 30B J.L. Sparkman 11-1-1877 12-6-1955 31 Caroline Stewart 1-15-1822 7-16-1868 32A Ollie B. Sparkman 11-12-1888 6-13-1973 32B Ryan C. Sparkman 10-1-1887 8-11-1969 33 Paul Brian Sparkman 7-23-1973 7-27-1973 ?Daddy?s Darling Angel? 34 Thena Sparkman Kuhn --- --- 35 Evaline Sparkman (unmarked) 36 Thomas Sparkman (unmarked) 37A Bettie Sparkman 6-21-1841 --- (no death data) 37B E.D. Sparkman 8-4-1840 1-23-1916 (old slab rocks) 38 Sallie Sparkman 1874 ? 1875 (old slab rocks) 39 Winnie Sparkman 8-19-1868 7-10-1870 (old slab rocks) 40 Berthina Goddard Sparkman 1793 ? 1895 (old slab rocks) 41 George Sparkman 1794 ? 1875 (old slab rocks) 42 Thomas Sparkman 1843 ? 1859 (old slab rocks) 43A G.W. Sparkman, Jr. (old slab rocks) 43B Arminda Shockley Sparkman (old slab rocks) 44 (unmarked) (old slab rocks) 45 (unmarked) (old slab rocks) 46A Betty Florence Kuhn 12-25-1910 12-28-1911 46B Minnie Sparkman Kuhn 10-15-1889 7-2-1911 47 infant Kuhn (unmarked rocks) 48 James Albert Kuhn 12-2-1880 3-24-1969 49A Bettie K. Sparkman 7-21-1870 6-25-1952 49B P.H. Sparkman 2-11-1862 10-6-1930 50 George Sparkman 5-6-1892 5-6-1937 51 Lou Sparkman 10-21-1893 8-6-1939 52 Hubert Sparkman 6-16-1924 3-22-1946 53 J.M. Billingsley 12-13-1859 9-14-1883 54 Betty Green 10-5-1843 11-29-1903 55 Cyrus Billingsley 1-13-1839 4-21-1867 56 F.E. Plumlee 6-5-1820 2-5-1861 (old slab rocks) 57 Lucinda Plumlee 3-21-1820 7-19-1893 (old slab rocks) 58 Unmarked (old slab rocks) 59 J.L. Reedy 8-16-1935 7-11-2001 60 Jerry Wayne Quinn 2-24-1955 4-7-1998 Pvt US Army Vietnam 61A Nollie Reedy 1895 ? 1960 61B W.S. Reedy 1894 ? 1970 62 William Harrison Reedy 9-16-1925 4-11-1999 Pvt US Army ?Lovingly called Bo? 63A Moses Sparkman 1-15-1832 8-12-1907 63B Annie (wife of Moses Sparkman) 4-5-1840 9-5-1926 64 Norman A. Sparkman 4-5-1867 6-28-1903 65 Lee Sparkman died 4-24-1901 ?7 months? 66 Unmarked 67 Louisa Howard Sparkman 1825 ? c.a. 1853 (old slab rocks) 68 William Sparkman 1819 ?1884 69 Albert Sparkman 1868 ? 1873 (old slab rocks) 70 George Sparkman 1843 ? 1862 (old slab rocks) Pvt Co. C 35 Tenn Inf CSA 71 Susanne Sparkman Roberts 1843 ? 1899 72 Randa (dau of L.D. & A.D. Rowland) born & died 6-19-1910 73A Rutha (wife of L.D. Rowland) 5-3-1880 11-25-1906 73B L.D. Rowland 9-1-1854 2-16-1914 74 Addie (wife of L.D. Rowland) 11-9-1867 1-27-1912 75A W.M. Bill Cummings 2-24-1877 2-26-1953 75B Etta B. Cummings 12-7-1898 1-14-1989 76 Clarence Sparkman (unmarked) 77 Irene Sparkman 5-13-1904 6-28-1904 78 Unmarked 79 Joanna (Judy) McBride Sparkman 1826 ? 1877 (old slab rocks) 80 James (Jim) Sparkman 1824 ? 1878 (old slab rocks) 81 From two ? four unmarked graves 82 Dump Sparkman (unmarked) (old slab rocks) 83 Unmarked (old slab rocks) 84 David Crockett Bryant 3-21-1830 5-1-1857 (old slab rocks) 85 Unmarked 86 Unmarked 87 Roger W. Sparkman 8-3-1897 2-13-1976 88 Bettie (Martin) Sparkman 1857 ? 1944 89 Grant Sparkman 1-12-1877 9-15-1936 90 Huddleston 91 Myrrah Sparkman 1846 ? 1911 92 Jack Sparkman 93 Unmarked 94 Infant Green 95 Bennet Shockley 96 Novella Shockley 97 Haskell Shockley 98 Marion Harvey Shockley 99 Herman Shockley 100 Mandie Pearl Shockley 101 Nota Shockley 4-28-1891 4-17-1908 102 Hermon L. Shockley 7-27-1889 7-7-1906 103 Ben Sparkman 1-7-1840 5-5-1925 104 Priscilla (Rickman) Sparkman 1-21-1835 12-7-1893 (wife of Ben Sparkman) 105 Amanda (Sparkman) Shockley 3-8-1873 6-21-1914 106 A Billie Lee Shockley 5-14-1951 106B Willie Joe Shockley 5-14-1951 ?twins of Tom & Eunice Shockley? 107 Raymond Shockley 10-2-1918 6-3-1959 108 Dessie (Cummings) Shockley 6-20-1899 2-22-1958 109 Clay Shockley 3-8-1895 1-24-1970 110 A Lena Mae (Shockley) Cummings 12-28-1923 10-7-1992 110B Jim Edward Cummings, Sr. 8-9-1917 1-17-1997 111 Malachi Cummings 1744 ? 1818 ?born in Glascow, Scotland? ?related to Joseph Cummings ? a Revolutionary Soldier? controversy over the markings on this stone 112 John Medley 1746 ? 1839 ?Revolutionary War Soldier? 113A Lila Mae (Hennessee) Roberts 5-28-1929 --- 113B Earnest Buford Roberts 3-26-1929 1-29-1997 Wed: 5-1-1954 PFC US Army Korea 114A Wavie Lee (Hash)(Drake) Roberts 3-28-1897 1-29-1980 114B Earnest Roberts 2-7-1908 7-9-1989