TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS FROM BLACK CEMETERIES IN MADISON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, compiled by Jonathan K. T. Smith
COPYRIGHT, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 1995
Special thanks go to Jonathan K. T. Smith for his work to preserve and share this information about black cemeteries in Madison County and for giving permission to convert this work to web pages.
DENMARK C.M.E. CHURCH CEMETERY
Located about 11 miles southwest of present Jackson city limits. Turn due south from Jackson-Denmark Road, in Denmark, onto Britton Lane Road and at .4 mile turn southwest onto Denmark C.M.E. Church Road; go .2 mile to the church and adjoining cemetery. Many unmarked graves; numerous funeral home markers with missing information.
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Double tombstone: GEORGE W. WILLIAMSON, Mar. 2, 1900-June 29, 1975\ANNESIA S. WILLIAMSON, Nov. 3, 1899-Feb. 24, 1963, In my father’s house are many mansions. Thy will be done.
Double tombstone: ISAAC WILLIAMSON, 1890-1951\MYRTLE G. WILLIAMSON, 1904-1955
Double tombstone: SAMUEL H. WILLIAMSON, Dec. 28, 1898-May 14, 1964\CARRIE B. WILLIAMSON, Sept. 24, 1898-____, grave filled but no death date inscribed
BRENDA GAYLE WILLIAMSON, Jan. 3, 1947-Jan. 27, 1970
Double tombstone: OBURLA HENNING, Feb. 6, 1920-Dec. 19, 1989\CARLOS HENNING, Mar. 6, 1916-____, married Feb. 14, 1938
ANGELIN D. HENNING, Aug. 29, 1968-Mar. 19, 1975, Dau. of Mack & Betty Henning
ROBERT L. FRENCH, Feb. 7, 1906-May 3, 1965
Miss LEOLA FRENCH, Born 11-11-1904, Died 1-12-1992, Bledsoe Funeral Home Marker
E. H. MITCHELL, Feb. 8, 1905-Jan. 5, 1969, Masonic Emblem, The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want.
BETHEL JAMES BOND, MATT3 Us Army, World War II, Aug. 21, l910-Jan. 8, 1978, Beloved Father
Double tombstone: BERTHA L. LOVE, May 18, 1923-____\SILAS LOVE, Jan. 12, 1917-May 12, 1980
ISAAC N. WILLIAMSON, JR., 1918-1950
Double tombstone: VIOLA WILLIAMSON, Apr. 22, 1900-Aug. 25, 1947\PETER D. WILLIAMSON, Apr. 12, 1887-no death date
Double tombstone: ALMA CRYMES, Nov. 7, 1927-____\SAVANNAH W. CRYMES, Oct. 16, 1921-Nov. 11, 1987, (md.) June 6, 1945
WILLIAM H. NEWSOME, JR., May 6, 1954-Feb. 16, 1981, "Mohawk"
Double tombstone: WILLIE MAE WILLIAMSON, Feb 28, 1898-Jan. 17, 1979\FRENCHY JEFF WILLIAMSON, Oct. 28, 1895-Apr. 13, 1956, Gone but not forgotten
PAMELA N. WILLIAMSON, Feb. 19, 1962-Feb. 22, 1962
CLAUDE V. FRENCH, Oct. 4, 1897-Aug. 3, 1984
ODELL FRENCH, Aug. 9, 1920-Mar. 24, 1970
Double tombstone: ROBERT FRENCH, 1876-1964\ILULA FRENCH, 1878-1962
ROBERT L. FRENCH, Feb. 7, 1906-May 3, 1965
MOSIE MAE BOND, Feb. 10, 1911-Apr. 27, 1969, Beloved Mother
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FRED D. FRENCH, Dec. 17, 1898-Nov. 6, 1956
MURK D. FRENCH, Tennessee PVT 2 Development BN, World War I, April 9, 1896-March 14, 1919
MARY COLE WILLIAMSON, Mar. (no day)1877-Jan. 23, 1941
Double tombstone: MAGGIE, wife of Sam WILLIAMSON, May 5, 1873-June 28, 1907\SAM WILLIAMSON, Dec. 18, 1862-no death date
Double tombstone: PETER T. WILLIAMSON, 1854-1938\RENA E. WILLIAMSON, 1876-1951, On west side of tombstone: THE P. T. WILLIAMSON FAMILY
ANNA GRIMES, Feb. 9, 1880-Mar. 19, 1932
COOPER WILLIAMSON, Father, Mar. 28, 1905-Jan. 18, 1958
INFANT DAU. of Savanah & Alma WILLIAMSON, June 17, 1940
MARY WARD, July 4, 1992, Mercer Bros. Funeral Home Marker
WILLIE JONES ROBERTSON, Jan. 25, 1892-July 8, 1968, Mother. In Loving Memory
LEE COMPTON, Feb. 4, 1856-Feb. 20, 1942
TOMMIE L. MERRIWEATHER, PFC US Army, World War II, Dec. 3, 1916-Jan. 27, 1993
Double tombstone: ROSA BURTON, Feb. 1, 1891-Mar. 27, 1956\JASPER BURTON, May 15, 1892-no death date, Government Marker: JASPER MILTON BURTON, Tennessee, PFC Co. L., 368 Infantry, World War I, May 15, 1892-June 22, 1957
JAUNITA F. MITCHELL, Mar. 20, 1900-Aug. 15, 1944
THEODORE ROOSEVELT WILLIAMSON, Oct. 27, 1901-Mar. 9, 1919
Double tombstone: SYLVESTER STRAYHORN, Feb. 28, 1892-no death date\NEELY STRAYHORN, Mar. 5, 1885-Jan. 22, 1958, Our Father who art in Heaven Hallowed be Thy Name.
INFANT DAU. OF P. T. & REANER WILLIAMSON, Apr. 18, 1906, Gone to be an Angel
Double tombstone: ANTHONY WILLIAMSON, 1865-1938\LIZZIE WILLIAMSON, 1874-1947
JAMES (Jim) GRIMES, Feb. 2, 1873-Mar. 24, 1956
ROSE, Mother of Will WILLIAMSON, Born Apr. 3, 1843, Died Sept. 8, 1907, She died as she lived, trusting in God
ALBERTA REAVES, 1911-1951
ANTHONY WILLIAMSON, 1895-1956
ROBERT H. REAVES, Illinois PFC HQ Co. 1620 SVC Unit World War II, Dec. 14, 1907-Jan. 30, 1964
Double tombstone: ELLA L. JONES, Apr. 3, 1925-____\RUMSEY E. JONES, Apr. 11, 1910-Jan. 27, 1982
Double tombstone: ROBERT E. DENWIDDIE, Father, 1886-1961\JODIE N. DENWIDDIE, Mother, 1893-1983
IDA THEUS, 1883-1955
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Double tombstone: AMELIA BURTON, Mother, Born in 1853, Died 1921\JAMES BURTON, Father, Born 1828, Died 1911, They died as they lived, trusting in God.
CLARENCE J. UTLEY, Mar. 30, 1927-Oct. 15, 1985, Our Beloved Father
COY WILLIAMSON, Born 1917, Died 1985, Gone Home
HOLSEY WILLIAMSON, 1880-1965, In Memory of our Dad
Mr. JOE NEELY MERRIWEATHER, Aug. 2, 1915-Sept. 6, 1941
Double tombstone: MARY LOU BIVENS, Feb. 17, 1904-____\SAM A. BIVENS, Aug. 25, 1901-March 13, 1989
MATTHEW BIVENS, July 23, 1983, Mercer Bros. Funeral Home Marker
ALLEN GLIDWELL, Tennessee PVT US Army, World War I, June 25, 1897-January 20, 1965
Buried in southeast part of this cemetery:
NATHANIEL BIVENS, TD PVT QM DET 570 SVC, W. W. II, Mar. 5, 1904-Feb. 9, 1958
BOB MERIWETHER, Nov. 10, 1859-Dec. 26, 1907
HENRY THEUS, Dec. 20, 1868-Dec. 19, 1906
MARTHA, wife of J. J. UTLEY, 1847-1911
Double tombstone: JOHN A. JOHNSON, Nov. 10, 1870-Mar. 13, 1926\SYLVIA M. JOHNSON, Oct. 27, 1871-Jan. 20, 1948
FRED MERRIWETHER, Nov. 5, 1895-Aug. 8, 1945
NELLIE wife of LOUIS WILLIAMSON, Oct. 27, 186 3-Dec. 26, 1908
SYLVANUS UTLEY, Tenn. PVT U. S. Army W. W. I, Oct. 21, 1886-Aug. 13, 1959 (a fallen tombstone)
HATTIE MERRIWEATHER, Jan. 6, 1996, Mercer Bros. Fun. Home Marker
TOM, husband of INDEPENDENCE THEUS, Born Oct. 8, 1865, Died Jan. 22, 1908
MACNORA dau. of B. J. & DORA WILLIAMSON, June 16, 1886-Nov. 9, 1908
JOBE UTLEY, 1833-1918
JAMES H. JOHNSON, Feb. 23, 1903-Oct. 5, 1968
IOLA D. JOHNSON, Aug. 25, 1905-Mar. 1, 1926
LOLA M. JOHNSON, Dec. 8, 1908-June 25, 1925
JOE HUNTER, Illinois, 802 Pioneer Inf. W. W. I, (died) Jan. 3, 1941
L. C. WILLIAMSON, Feb. 15, 1880-Oct. 13, 1916
Rev. HENRY MERRIWETHER, died August 11, 19 (date smeared), Aged 75 years, A funeral home marker
Unmarked grave:
LUCINDA SANGSTER, died June 25, 1953, aged 111 years
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