TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS FROM BLACK CEMETERIES
IN CARROLL COUNTY, TENNESSEE
Compiled by Jonathan K. T. Smith
Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 2000

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MT. OLIVE CEMETERY

Located several miles southeast of McLemoresville, Tennessee; situated on west side of Independence Road about a mile from the juncture of this road with the McLemoresville Road. For generations there was a considerable black community here, taking its name from the Mt. Olive School; there were two churches, the Cumberland Presbyterian and the Mt. Zion Baptist Church (established by Reverend Levi Price); a Masonic hall — all gone. The Mt. Olive Cemetery was sometimes called the Presbyterian Cemetery.

LEWIS PRICE September 1, 1887-July 13, 1961 MARTIN ADAMS February 20, 1853-May 26, 1945 D/JIM MULLINS November 1, 1867-July 16, 1940 ELLEN J. MULLINS May 1, 1869-July 16, 1942 WILLIE PRICE Died September 23, 1967 aged 65 years 1 month WILLIAM LOVERN JONES 1908-1952 ELIZA EDNA M. HIBBLER 1925-

D/LEWIS PRICE 1887-1961 MARY PRICE 1887-1976 BESSIE IVA WATSON February 21, 1898-October 3, 1967 CORA MADORA P. GREER 1885-1972 OLLIE B. PRICE 1906-1959 BUD JONES 1885-1939 OPHELIA ELIZA P. JONES 1888-1979 __________ (water blotted FH marker) Died January 6, 1957 aged 40 years

 

A death certificate indicates burial here:
ALVIN HILLIARD died June 14, 1918 aged about 62 years

Cox Funeral Home indicates burial here:
LAVERNE JONES died March 21, 1952 aged 44 years
ROBERT D. PRICE died January 12, 1941 aged 75 years; son of Chas. Price
LAURA PRICE ADAMS died February 6, 1944 aged 54 years

 

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