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Perry County, Tennessee  

Burns (Murray) Cemetery analysis

 

 

Analysis contributed by:  Jan Monnin 09 November 2008
Tombstone photographs contributed by:  Sandy Daniel
 

Burns Cemetery is a small, well-maintained cemetery on the east side of State Route 13 about a mile north of the State Route 438 bridge in the Beardstown community. It is called Murray Cemetery on the U.S.G.S. Chestnut Grove quadrangle. David Donahue recorded Burns Cemetery February 23, 2001 and updated in August 12, 2004.  This cemetery is located in the Beardstown and DePriest Bend Area of the Buffalo River Watershed, West Side.

 

There are a couple known transcriptions of this cemetery:

 

  • David Donahue recorded this cemetery on 23 February 2001;

  • David Donahue checked and updated it on 12 August 2004;

  • (both of the Donahue transcriptions were recorded on the TnGenWeb site currently at:   (click here)

  • Mary (Stewart) Bowen and Melissa (Snyder) Bowen recorded this cemetery in the early 1990s.  Their transcription was also published in the Bowen Cemetery book,  Volume 1.  This is published online (click here).

 

 

 

 

 

In the list below, I’ve started with what is recorded on the new searchable TnGenWeb site, compared it to the other transcriptions and made a note of any differences.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Burial ID

First Name

Middle Name

Other Name

Surname

Birth Date

Death Date

Any notes about this burial

Photo of the tombstone

Photo of the person or couple
 

 128558

Andrew

R.

 

Bates

3 Aug 1863

15 Jun 1910

[Masonic symbol]

 
 

 128559

Minnie

 

 

Bates

 

 

[see DePriest, Minnie B.]

  

 
 

 128568

Fannie

S.

 

Burns

1881

1957

[next to Willie Burns marker]

 [refer to photo for Willie Burns]

 
 

 128564

Geo.

Simpson

 

Burns

7 May 1889

7 Sep 1964

[next to Ola Burns marker]

 [refer to photo for Ola Burns]

 
 

 128566

J.

C.

 

Burns

18 Jan 1853

28 Sep 1929

[next to Sallie Burns marker]

 
 

 128560

Malcolm

P.

 

Burns

1908

1957

 

 
 

 128561

Maude

E.

 

Burns

18 May 1876

12 Dec 1876

"Dau. of J. G. & S. E. Burns"

 
 

128562 

Myrtle

 

 

Burns

16 Apr 1883

14 Sep 1884

"Dau. of J. G. & S. E. Burns" (eroded)

 
 

 128563

Ola

Sheppard

 

Burns

27 Oct 1887

12 Jun 1969

[next to Geo Burns marker]

 
 

 128565

Sallie

E.

 

Burns

13 Dec 1857

17 Jun 1940

[next to JC Burns marker]

 [refer to photo for JC Burns]

 
 

 128567

Willie

A.

 

Burns

1881

1966

[next to Fannie Burns marker]

 
 

 128569

Willie

Ray

 

Burns

1914

1985

 

 
 

 128570

Glenys

Joan

 

Carter

18 May 1940

11 May 1994

 

 
 

 128571

Minnie

B.

 

DePriest

16 Feb 1879

14 Jan 1918

"Former wife of Andrew Bates"

 
 

 128572

Guy

Burns

 

Dudley

11 Oct 1934

27 Dec 1934

"Son of Guy & Sylvia Dudley"

 
 

 128574

Guy

F.

 

Dudley

1909

1952

[Masonic symbol] [ next to Sylvia Dudley marker]

 
 

 128573

Sylvia

B.

 

Dudley

1914

-

[next to Guy F Dudley marker]

 
 

 128575

Glyn

W.

 

Leeper

20 Jul 1914

13 Jun 1957

military marker "Tennessee Tec5 Btry B 178 FA Bn World War II"

 
 

 127576

Mary

R.

 

Murray

12 Oct 1836

15 Jul 1927

"Dear mother thou hast left us..."

 
 

 128577

W.

R.

 

Murray

1842

10 Nov 1912

 

 
 

 128578

Jack

Fitch

 

Osborne

17 Mar 1935

8 Jul 1970

 

 
    David R   Rhodes        
 

 128579

Ola

 

 

Sheppard

-

-

[see Burns, Ola Sheppard]

  

 
 

 128580

Addie

 

 

Sweeney

25 Aug 1883

28 Oct 1970

[next to Jesse Sweeney marker]

 
 

 128584

Cayce

C.

 

Sweeney

1906

1962

[next to Thelma Sweeney marker]

 [refer to photo for Thelma Sweeney]

 
 

 128581

Jesse

E.

 

Sweeney

24 Sep 1877

14 Oct 1963

[next to Addie Sweeney marker]

 [refer to photo for Addie Sweeney]

 
 

 128582

Mary

Helen

 

Sweeney

30 Mar 1922

23 Feb 1991

 

 
  128583

Thelma

 

 B.  

Sweeney

 

1906

 

1973

 

[next to Cayce Sweeney marker]

 

  
 

 

 unknown

 

 

       there are big rocks surrounding the graves with flowers around it

 

 

 

 

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