CALVARY CEMETERY

            Calvary Cemetery is located behind Toles Chapel C.M.E. Church on Wren Street in Camden. The earliest death date is 1970 and there is no evidence that the cemetery is older. About half of all graves lack permanent markers. Many temporary marker plates have lost their information. Ten graves have homemade markers (no dates) with the name inscribed on the end of a piece of concrete. These generally are more difficult to read and are aging worse that the temporary markers sometimes still in place by them.

            David Donahue recorded Calvary Cemetery July 22, 2004. Jonathan K. T. Smith recorded Calvary Cemetery in January 1995 and revisited the cemetery in December 1997. His record of the cemetery is included in his Tombstone Inscriptions from Black Cemeteries in Benton County, Tennessee. This is referred to as Smith in notes below.

 

Bates, Dorothy Mae, no dates (homemade, broken) [dates from temporary marker read by Smith: 1930-1974]

Bates, Hailey Georgette, 1994-1998

Bates, Vernon, Aug. 1, 1925-____, "Dad"
Bates, Christine, Oct. 31, 1943-May 14, 1995, "Mom"

Batson, Mary J., 1944-1981, "Mother and daughter of James McClure" [shares double marker with Zola Beton; marker has McClure header]

Belton, Zola, 1907-1984, "Mother and daughter of James McClure" [shares double marker with Zola Beton; marker has McClure header, Eastern Star symbol]

Boggs, Almon, June 6, 1919-May 13, 1973, military marker "Tennessee PFC US Army World War II"

Boggs, William J., July 1, 1939-July 22, 1985, military marker "PFC US Army Korea"

Bomar, Oanna, Feb. 1, 1914-July 29, 1971

Bonds, Melvin, no dates (homemade) [approx. 3 yards north of military marker for William Eugene Laws]

Boyd, Bobby, 1935-2002, temporary marker, Oakdale Funeral Home, 10 feet south of military marker for Uvonne Boyd

Boyd, E. A., 1900-1980, temporary marker, McClure Funeral Home [not found in 2004; reported by Smith]

Boyd, Elva David, June 7, 1951-Feb. 15, 1999, military marker "Pvt US Army Vietnam"

Boyd, Emma, 1925-1986, temporary marker, 2 feet north of military marker for Uvonne Boyd

Boyd, Lonnie, Jan. 1, 1930-Jan. 17, 1996

Boyd, Uvonne, Oct. 16, 1932-Apr. 17, 1988, military marker "PFC US Army Korea"

Boyd, Vernell, no dates (homemade); also temporary marker, Vernll [sic.] Boyd, 1919-Aug. 1979

Bradley, Alma Ree, Apr. 4, 1924-July 25, 2003

Clark, Antoine, d. 1989, 30 mos. old [not found in 2004; reported by Smith]

Collins, James, no dates (homemade)

Crawley, Alice, 1941-1990, temporary marker, Stockdale-Malin, 5 yards south of military marker for Charleston A. Crawley

Crawley, Charleston A., June 6, 1898-Jan. 29, 1985, military marker "Pvt US Army World War II"

Crawley, Dary Onei, 1981-1981, temporary marker, 1 foot south of military marker for Eldridge Travis

Crawley, Fred, 1938-2003, temporary marker, Oakdale Funeral Home, 3 feet north of military marker for Oura Richmond Perkins, Jr.

Crawley, Lloyd, 1941-2003, temporary marker, Oakdale Funeral Home, 8 feet west of Oshea position on double marker for Donnie Lee Hudson, Jr. and Oshea Dywan Hudson

Crawley, Mable, no dates (homemade) [from temporary marker, McClure Funeral Home, read by Smith: Mable R. Crawley, 1934-1983]

Crawley, Nola B., no dates (homemade) [from temporary marker, Stockdale-Malin Funeral Home, read by Smith: Nolan Crawley, 1905-1982; in another note, Smith states: "Also buried here: Nola Bell Travis Crawley who died at age 76, Feb. 27, 1982"]

Donloe, Meatta, no dates (homemade)

Easley, James C., 1919-1983

Ford, Mary, no dates (homemade); also temporary marker, Stockdale-Malin, 1927-1983 [4 feet north of military marker for William Eugene Laws]

Gaiters, Luella, 1908-1995, temporary marker, 8 feet north of military marker for James C. Harris, Sr.

Green, Alvis, 1935-1989, temporary marker, McClure Funeral Home, 4 yards south of military marker for Charleston A. Crawley

Greene, Naomi, 1932-1990, temporary marker, Stockdale-Malin, 2 yards south of military marker for Charleston A. Crawley

Harris, James C., Sr., Nov. 5, 1919-Sept. 30, 1989, military marker "PRF US Army World War II"

Himes, Robert L., Dec. 10, 1919-Jan. 22, 1974
Himes, Hattie, June 10, 1915-July 5, 1992, "Married May 13, 1947"

Hudson, Donnie Lee, Apr. 17, 1974
Hudson, Oshea Dywan, May 9, 1986 [infant-style marker]

Hudson, Evoile M., June 13, 1928-Aug. 26, 2003, "Mom"
Hudson, Willie L., June 16, 1928-____, "Dad"

Hudson, Sherry, May 10, 1961-Aug. 19, 1987, "Daughter"

Jones, Clifford W., Jan. 3, 1909-May 17, 1990, military marker "MATT2 US Navy World War II"

Jones, Fannie Mae, 1915-1993
Jones, Maurice, 1915-1998

Jones, Veniee Dee, no dates (homemade)

Laws, Wade Eugene, Jr., Jan. 5, 1959-Oct. 5, 1997

Laws, Wade Eugene, Sr., May 9, 1925-Apr. 22, 2001, "Daddy" footstone

Laws, William Eugene, Aug. 12, 1952-Oct. 24, 1996, military marker "L Cpl US Marine Corps Vietnam"

McClure, Kayla Smothers, d. Oct. 1992, temporary marker, Stockdale-Malin Funeral Home [not found in 2004; reported by Smith]

Montgomery, Robert, Dec. 14, 1892-____, "Rev." [in a note Smith reported death date as Aug. 12, 1982]
Montgomery, Ida R., Apr. 22, 1901-Feb. 6, 1970

Moody, Brian Scott, 1974-1977, temporary marker, 3 feet south of double marker for Horace O. and Parfiena Travis

Moore, Samuel, 1917-1987, temporary marker, 4 feet south of military marker for Eldridge Travis

Perkins, Oura Richmond, Jr., Mar. 27, 1947-Sept. 7, 1989, military marker "SP4 US Army Vietnam"

Pettigrew, Benjamon, Apr. 4, 1918-July 21, 1979, military marker "Pvt US Army World War II"

Rowsey, Elnora, 1922-1997, temporary marker, Oakdale Funeral Home, 7 feet south of military marker for Uvonne Boyd

Rowsey, James, 1909-1995, temporary marker, Oakdale Funeral Home, 3 feet south of military marker for Uvonne Boyd

Rushin, Elmer R., 1931-1984; also temporary marker, McClure Funeral Home, Elmer Rushing

Sain, Martha Sue, Sept. 15, 1949-May 11, 1999

Simon, Veroa M., Sept. 20, 1900-Aug. 25, 1987 [Eastern Star symbol]

Smith, George E., 1926-1989, temporary marker, Stockdale-Malin, 10 feet south of double marker for Horace O. and Parfiena Travis

Smothers, Kayla [see McClure, Kayla Smothers]

Strickland, Drillon, 1912-1993, temporary marker, Stockdale-Malin, 3 feet south of military marker for William J. Boggs

Taylor, Joe, no dates [not found in 2004; reported by Smith]

Tharp, Angel, Feb. 25, 1999, "Daughter" 9infant-style marker]

Tharp, James E., Sept. 13, 1938-Mar. 29, 1994

Travis, Broksy, 1907-1987, temporary marker, Stockdale-Malin, 4 yards north of military marker for Charleston A. Crawley

Travis, Eldridge, 1935-1977, military marker "Pvt US Army Korea"

Travis, Horace O., 1913-1970, "Dad"
Travis, Parfiena, 1914-1989, "Mom"; "Married 1932"

Travis, Melvin, 1942-1991, temporary marker, Stockdale-Malin Funeral Home [not found in 2004; reported by Smith]

Travis, Nola Bell [see Crawley, Nola B.]

Travis, Ocie, no dates (homemade); also temporary marker, McClure Funeral Home, Ocie D. Travis, 1912-1983

Travis, Priscilla, 1950-1998, temporary marker, Oakdale Funeral Home, 2 yards south of double marker for Horace O. are Parfiena Travis

Travis, Rupert Parnell, Nov. 29, 1939-Dec. 19, 1999, military marker "Pvt US Army Vietnam"

Travis, William Ray, Aug. 29, 1929-June 3, 1972, military marker "Tennessee PFC US Army Korea"

Turner, Albert, Jan. 13, 1923-Aug. 23, 1998

Woods, Ruth, Apr. 13, 1958-Dec. 18, 1991


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