Johnson-Kennedy Cemetery
Established 1853
Located on present day Meriwether Road in Montgomery County, Tennessee on the old Kennedy Farm
List of people buried in this cemetery.
By Reber Porter Kennedy Jr.
Updated March 2021
1. Durward S. Anderson(Pete)
Sgt U.S. Army WW II
Born-Nov. 1, 1920
Died-Sept. 12, 1994
2. F. Lucille Suiter Anderson (Wife of Durward, daughter of Forest and Jessie Kennedy Suiter)
Born-1917-Died-1998
3. Father
Frank P. Bryan
Born-Sept. 22, 1865
Died-Oct. 31, 1936
4.Mother
Mary Kennedy Bryan(Wife of Frank)
Born-Feb. 28, 1869
Died-May 2, 1926
5. Frankie Cline Collier
Born-May 29, 1893
Died -Dec. 26, 1971
Frankie Collier (left bottom) Twins Bessie Kennedy (right bottom) Jessie Kennedy(back)
6. Charlie Harris
Son of Marcellus A. Harris
and Martha A. Jones Harris
Born-July 1 7, 1877
Died-April 18, 1896
7. John Henry Harris (Son of Augustine Harris)
(Married to Mary Elizabeth Johnson #10 on list)
Raised on present Reber Kennedy farm
Born-Oct. 1, 1808
Died-May 7, 1864
8. Marcellus Anderson Harris
Son of John Henry Harris
Born Dec. 26, 1848
Died-Dec. 3, 1933
9. Martha A. Jones Harris
Wife of M.A. Harris
Born-Nov. 15, 1852
Married Dec. 20, 1870
Died-Nov. 22, 1901
10. Mary E. Johnson Harris
Wife of John Henry Harris
Born-Jan. 23, 1813 in Va.
Died-April 10, 1891
11. Maude Lucille Harris (never married)
Daughter of Gordon and Lela Harris)
Born-Oct. 1. 1913
Died-March 3, 1994
12. William M. (Buck) Harris
Confederate Soldier
Co. E, 50th Tennessee Infantry
Born-March 4, 1839
Died August 3, 1914
Buck Harris with Sister about 1861
13.William Gordon Harris
1885-1957
14.Lela Smith Harris (Wife of W. G. Harris)
1890-1982
Gordon - Right in photo w/ George Kennedy
15.Wilmoth Harris (Never married)
Daughter of Gordon and Lela Harris
Born-August 29, 1912
Died-February 7, 2005
16.George R. Johnson
Born-March 30, 1828
Died-January 21. 1853
17.Martha (Patsy) Commer Johnson
Wife of Aquila Johnson III
Born-June 29, 1879 Virginia
Died-Jan 1, 1863
18.William G. Johnson
Born-April 8, 1818
Died-Dec 3, 1862
19.Betty B. (Sarah Elizabeth (Bryan)Kennedy
Born-Sept. 9, 1869
Died-Feb 26, 1959
20. William Henry Kennedy (son of J.L. )
Born-Jan 25, 1872
Died-April 18, 1953
21.Charles Porterfield Kennedy
Born-March 26, 1886
Died-October 18, 1956
22.Wife Maggie Eudora Whitfield Kennedy
(Maggie W. Kennedy on Tombstone)
Born-January 23, 1889
Died-March 29, 1986
23. Charlie Clyde Kennedy
(son of Porter & Maggie)
Born-Feb. 10, 1915
Died-July 30, 1985
24. Edward L. Kennedy (no date)
"I may forget, God will never"
25. Emma Smith Kennedy
As a wife devoted
As a mother, affectionate
As a friend ever kind and true
(wife of Thomas Franklin Kennedy)
Born-Aug 18, 1879
Died-April 26, 1917
26.Fannie Bourne Kennedy
(Daughter of George M. and Sallie Kennedy)
Born January 13, 1908
Died Sept. 7, 1908
27. George Marcellus Kennedy
(son of James Lewis Kennedy)
Born-January 31, 1884
Died-1959
28. Wife - Sallie Elizabeth Bourne Kennedy
Daughter of Lewis W. Bourne
Born-Sept 30, 1878
Died-1957
29. Howard Lane Kennedy
(son of Clyde and Katherine)
Born-July 30, 1945
Died-Oct. 18, 1945
30. In memory of
James H. Kennedy
1902 -1988
Buried in Houston County Tn.
31. James Lewis Kennedy
Fought at Gettysburg -Captured
Co. A, 14th Tennessee Infantry
Born-August 4, 1842
Died-May 3, 1907
32. Sarah Mildred Harris Kennedy (Sallie)
Wife of James Lewis Kennedy)
Born-April 10. 1849
Died-Nov. 6, 1907
33. James L. Kennedy
Son of Clyde Kennedy
Born-July 24, 1943
Died-Jan. 7, 1997
Married Oct. 22, 1965
Mary L.
Born-May 14, 1942
Died- still living
34. John Theodore Kennedy
Son of Porter and Maggie Kennedy
Tec Sgt. U.S. Army WW II
Born-Jan. 9, 1917
Died-Oct. 17, 1988
35. Lillian Mae Smith Kennedy
(wife of John Theodore Kennedy
Born Oct. 22, 1921
Died Oct. 19, 2010
35.Lawrence Ray Kennedy
Son of Porter and Maggie Kennedy
Born-Dec. 4, 1925
Died-Nov. 5, 2001
36.Sybil Chambliss Kennedy(Wife of Lawrence)
Born -June 27, 1932
Died-July 9, 2012
37. Lewis Gordon Kennedy
Son of George and Sallie Kennedy
Born-Nov. 15, 1906
Died-Dec. 2, 1906
38. Martha Frances Harris Kennedy
Daughter of John Henry Harris
Wife of William Porterfield Kennedy
Born-Feb. 5, 1843
Died-Dec. 14, 1906
39. William Porterfield Kennedy
Brother of James Lewis Kennedy
Husband of Martha Frances Harris
(W.P. Kennedy on Tombstone
Born-Dec. 1, 1843
Died-July 12, 1888
40. In memory of
Morton P. Kennedy
(Son of Porter and Maggie Kennedy)
Born-April 26, 1921
Died-April 23, 192
(Body donated for Research)
41.Reber Porter Kennedy Sr.(Reber P. on Tombstone (son of George and Sallie K)
Born-June 15, 1910
Died-June 22, 1973
42.Lena Douglas Bellamy Kennedy (Lena B. on Tombstone)(Daughter of Edward Ross and Minnie Walthal Bellamy, wife of Reber Sr.)
Born-March 15, 1910
Died-Feb. 22, 1994
43. John Theodore Kennedy (Theo on Tombstone) Gold Miner in Goldroad, Arizona, lived about 25 miles from Kingman, Ariz.
Nickname was Theo in Tennessee and Jack in Arizona, went West at 18 years of age to John Muir Ranch in N.M., his first cousin
(son of James Lewis and Sarah Mildred Kennedy)
Born 1882
Died October 12, 1919 (Flagstaff)
44. J. W. Mayo Jr.
Born-Dec. 19, 1898
Died-Oct. 3, 1899
45.Etta May Redmond
Daughter of W. W. and L.B. Redmond
Born Nov. 2, 1874
Died Aug. 31, 1876
On Tombstone - She died as she lived trusting God
46. John Knox Muir (John K. Muir on Tombstone)
Born in Scotland Born-April 27, 1834
Died-May 29, 1895
Married to Elizabeth Ann Harris, sister of Sarah Mildred Harris Kennedy. Elizabeth was buried in Salida Calif. with her children, 1923
47. Jessie Bush Kennedy Suiter (Jessie K.S. on Stone) Twin Daughter of James Lewis and Sallie Kennedy
Born -May 30, 1888
Died-1943
48. Forrest Suiter (Husband of Jessie)
Born-1872
Died-Jan. 3, 1964
49. Mildred Durrett (MIllie) Johnson Whitfield (Mildred Whitfield on tombstone) ( Daughter of Aquilla Johnson III and wife Martha) (Mildred was the aunt of Sarah Mildred Harris Kennedy)
Married to Needham Whitfield
Born-May 7, 1815, Virgina
Died-Feb. 3, 1903
Millie deeded Johnson farm and home to Sarah Mildred Harris Kennedy
50.Marjorie Belle Harris Stevenson
Daughter of Gordon and Lela Harris
Born-October 1, 1920
Died-January 30, 2005
51.John James Stevenson (Husband of Marjorie)
(Son of John James Stevenson Sr. and Nancy McCuddy) Great Great Grandson of Elder Reuben Ross
Born-October 12, 1918
Died-Nov 14, 2014
52. Margery McKerrow (mother of John Knox Muir) Born-1801 Scotland
Died-Mar 23, 1876 Montgomery County, Tennessee (came to America with her son John after her husband, John Muir died)
53. Delois Pearl Hodges Kennedy, wife of Timothy Clyde Kennedy, sister of Opal Kennedy
Born April 23, 1944 Died October 14, 2020
54. John Franklin (Jack) Kennedy Son of Rob and Claire Kennedy and grandson of Reber Jr. and Opal Kennedy
Born May 26, 2000 Died Friday November 27, 2020, a wonderful son and grandson. Great Athlete
20 Years old, Sophomore at Auburn University