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

 

                  Lucille Suiter Anderson.jpg

 

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

 

        Mary Jane Kennedy.JPG

 

 

 

5. Frankie Cline Collier

                Born-May 29, 1893

                Died -Dec. 26, 1971

Bessie Jessie K and Porter, Gordon H - Copy (2).jpg

 

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

           Mary E. Johnson Harris.jpg

 

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 and sister Livinia Harris.JPG

        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

              George and Gordon - Copy.jpg

 

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

                 Porter Kennedy Family Abt 1942 - Copy.jpg

 

 22.Wife Maggie Eudora Whitfield Kennedy

                (Maggie W. Kennedy on Tombstone)

                Born-January 23, 1889

                Died-March 29, 1986

   

      Maggie Whitfield Kennedy May 30 1982.jpg

 

 

 

 

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

       George Marcellus Kennedy.jpg

28. Wife - Sallie Elizabeth Bourne Kennedy

                 Daughter of Lewis W. Bourne

                Born-Sept 30, 1878

                Died-1957

          Sally Bourne Kennedy.jpg

 

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

        James Lewis Kennedy.jpg

 

 

32. Sarah Mildred Harris Kennedy (Sallie)

       Wife of James Lewis Kennedy)

               Born-April 10. 1849

                Died-Nov. 6, 1907

             Sarah Mildred Harris Kennedy.jpg

 

 

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

      Lillian Mae Kennedy.jpg

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

             Sybil Kennedy.jpg

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

                   William Porterfield Kennedy.jpg

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)

                      Morton Kennedy.jpg

      

 

 

41.Reber Porter Kennedy  Sr.(Reber P. on Tombstone (son of George and Sallie K)

                Born-June 15, 1910

                Died-June 22, 1973

          Reber Porter and Lena Douglas Kennedy about 1935.jpg

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

                   Reber Porter and Lena Douglas Kennedy about 1935.jpg

 

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)

                John Theodore Kennedy - Copy.jpg

 

 

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

            Jessie Kennedy Suiter.jpg

 

 

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

 

                 Mildred (Millie) Durrett Johnson Whitfield.jpg

 

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

             20160927_202532.jpg

 

 

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

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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