LEWIS-ALTOM CEMETERY
The Lewis-Alton Cemetery is located at the Spring Hill Missionary Baptist Church on Corinth Road near its intersection with Nealis Woods Road, about 8 miles north of Darden. The cemetery is well maintained. David Donahue recorded this cemetery December 23, 1997 and checked and updated it October 4, 2003. Several older marble markers has been cleaned before the visit.
Cova Lewis made an earlier record of this cemetery circa 1974. This record appears in Henderson County, Tennessee Cemetery Inscriptions (R. H. Harris, Memphis, 1976), Vol. II, pp. 523-524. This earlier work is referred to as "Lewis" in the notes below.
Altom, David C., Dec. 23, 1839-July 6, 1902, military marker as footstone "Pvt Co G 2 Regt 7 Tenn Cav Civil War"; dates on military marker Dec. 23, 1839-July 5, 1902 [note on death date: the character read as a 6 in 2003 may have been misstruck and restruct as it looks somewhat like a 5 and somewhat like a 6]
Altom, Rebecca, 1819-1905, "Wife of Jim Altom" [replacement
Altom, Sarah J., May 6, 1843-Jan. 19, 1914, "Wife of D. C. Altom"
Altom, ______, Sept. 24, 1874-Oct. 12, 1874, "Son of D. C. & Sarah Altom"
Altom, ______, born & died Dec. 25, 1878, "Son of D. C. & Sarah Altom"
Blankenship, Eugena, d. Nov. 12, 1915, "Aged 25 Ys 3 Ms 15 Ds" "Wife of J. W. Blankenship"
Hearington, L. M., Sept. 26, 1897-Oct. 4, 1898, "Son of W. L. & Osee Hearington"
Hearington, Terry M., Mar. 29, 1900-June 16, 1901, "Son of W. L. & Osee Hearington"
Hearington, Veldema, Dec. 21, 1904-Dec. 27, 1904, "Dau. of "W. L. & Osee Hearington"
Lewis, Ada F., July 24, 1883-Jan. 2, 1968
Lewis, Eliga E., Jan. 24, 1880-June 27, 1918Lewis, E. T., Sept. 14, 1907-Sept. 15, 1999
Lewis, Ruby A., Dec. 28, 1909-Apr. 17, 1952Lewis, Florence, 1868-1898 [replacement; noted by Lewis as "Wife of Matthew"]
Lewis, Gladis E., 1909-1911, "Dau. of Matthew & Nora" [replacement]
Lewis, Hubert R., Oct. 27, 1916-Jan. 16, 1990
Lewis, Infant, May 5, 1927-May 7, 1927, "Infant son of E. T. & Ruby Lewis" [replacement]
Lewis, Infant, Feb. 18, 1913-Feb. 20, 1913, "Infant son of Fayette & Louella" [not found in 1997 or 2003; from Lewis]
Lewis, Infant, no dates [replacement; may be replacement for the 1913 infant marker listed above]
Lewis, Infant, no dates, "Infant son of Matthew & Nora Lewis" [replacement]
Lewis, J. T., 1872-1939
Lewis, Dora, 1872-1958 [replacement]Lewis, John Wm., no dates, "Son of Matthew & Florence" [replacement]
Lewis, Katie May, May 12, 1906-June 24, 1950
Lewis, Crystal C., May 18, 1902-Jan. 9, 1974 [Masonic symbol]Lewis, Lizzie D., no dates, "Dau. of Matthew & Florence" [replacement]
Lewis, Luella, July 15, 1880-Dec. 25, 1956
Lewis, Fayette, June 20, 1877-Feb. 23, 1922Lewis, Matthew, 1866-1942
Lewis, Nora, 1880-1963Lewis, W. M., 1839-1891
Lewis, Nancy, 1839-1921 [replacement]Lewis, William A., 1905-1907, "Son of Matthew & Nora" [replacement; dates read on broken marker in 1997, Sept. 2, 1905-Jan. 24, 1907; in 1976 Lewis reported name as William Arthur Lewis]
Renfroe, Leevon, May 22, 1932-Oct. 27, 1958
Renfroe, Leilar C., June 10, 1916-June 28, 1997
Renfroe, Chester O., June 20, 1906-Nov. 25, 1973Renfroe, Penny Diane, Aug. 22, 1965-Jan. 13, 1966, "Dau. of Mr.-Mrs. Plautt Renfroe"
Renfroe, Plautt (Tooter), Sept. 19, 1938-Jan. 15, 1979, "Daddy" footstone
Renfroe, Faye Honor, Feb. 25, 1938-____, unplaced "Mama" footstoneSeago, John, d. Dec. 13, 1869, "Aged about 69 Ys." "Husband of M. A. Seago"
Small, Nancy Jane Wood, Dec. 6, 1868
Taylor, Mayburn, 1933-1967
Taylor, Kathleen, 1940-____, "Married Apr. 28, 1956"Wood, Ellis L., Sept. 11, 1898-Jan. 14, 1975
Wood, Delia F., Jan. 17, 1904-Nov. 13, 1994Wood, Elmer Fay, Apr. 4, 1928-Feb. 1, 1936, "Son" footstone [replacement]
Wood, Infant, June 17, 1919, "Son" footstone [replacement; noted by Lewis as "Infant son of E. L. & Delia"]
Wood, Infant, Mar. 18, 1920, "Dau." footstone [replacement; noted by Lewis as "Infant son of E. L. & Delia"]
Wood, Infant, May 21, 1947, "Dau." footstone [replacement; noted by lewis as "Infant son of E. L. & Delia"]
Wood, Nancy Jane [see Small, Nancy Jane Wood]