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.

BROOKS CEMETERY

            Located about six miles northwest from city limits of Jackson, Tennessee via Old Bells Highway and Adair Road. Situated on west side of Adair Road about .3 mile north of the juncture of this road with Brooks Lane; just south of house with present mailbox number 575 (Cole).

 

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OZELL BROOKS, Grandpa, Mar.15, 1904-Mar. 18, 1990, We Love You

JOE NELSON BROOKS, 1865-1940, At Rest

OLYMPIO BROOKS, Born Apr. 9, 1909, Died Oct. 19, 1934

MARY E.BROOKS, Born June 12, 1867, Died Nov. 27, 1949

MATTIE PATTERSON, 1878-1961

DORIS JEAN WALKER, Sept. 7, 1954-Nov. 23, 1968

MOLLY VANN, 1857-1940, Gone but not forgotten

MELVOY VANN, Aug. 18, 1941-Jan. 18, 1969

EZELL FLOYD VANN, Sept. 20, 1908-Mar 10, 1951

BERTHA MAE VANN, June 22, 1936-June 26, 1936

BETTTE, wife of Grant COLLINS, Dec. 25, 1873-July 19, 1940, Age 67 yrs. 6 mo. 24 da., At Rest

MILTON BROOKS, Died Mar. 26, 1922, Red Elk Temple 786 Bells, Tenn.

ED BROOKS, Born Dec. 4, 1866, Died Oct. 5, 1939

W. M. PATTERSON, 1848-1951 /Dates as inscribed on stone/

LONNIE VANN, May 18, 1888-Aug. 24, 1973

LELA J. HINKLE, Nov. 17, 1919-Jan. 13, 1985

ADAM VANN, 1855-1945, At Rest

JULIA VAN /only one "n" inscribed/, Wife of Lonnie VAN, 1878-1940, Gone left me to mourn. Hope to meet her at a better home.

 

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