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.
EBENEZER CEMETERY
Located about 3 miles northwest from Mercer, Tennessee via State Highway 138 and Ebenezer Road. The cemetery is situated on the east side of Ebenezer Road about .8 mile from this road's juncture with Highway 138. There are many unmarked graves here.
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HENRIETTA BROOK Apr. 19, 187l-May 29, 1947
LOTTIE WILLINGRAM, Sept. 25, 1886-May 25, 1955, 69 Yrs., Gone but not forgotten
DAVE BATCHELOR, 1859-1937
Rev. Dr. HILL, 75 Years old, We love him God 1ove him best, At Rest
IDA COOPER, 1872-1934
JOHN ALVIN FULLER, 1-14-1903-2-23-1990, Rogers Funeral Home Marker
Double tombstone: THOMAS FULLER, 8-14-1907-____\CORA ETHEL FULLER, 9-15-1915-5-25-1987
PAUL FULLER, US Army, Feb. 17, 1938-Oct. 29, 1980
THOMAS BURTON, Feb. 7, 1916-May 21, 1974 (person's picture on tombstone)
WILLIE ROY KING, Oct. 18, 1949-Nov. 10, 1984
DOCKSLEAN WILLIAMSON, June 5, 1900-May 9, 1976 (stone off its base)
EMMA LEE CLARY, Mother, Jan. 2 5, 1937-Oct. 28, 1975
ROBERT CLARK, May 1905-Apr. 17, 1957 (stone off its base)
AUBERY WALKER, June 17, 1913-Dec. 23, 1967
ELLA L. THOMPSON WALKER, Our Darling, May 15, 1894-Oct. 8, 1881 (Eastern Star Emblem on tombstone)
GERTRUDE WEDDLE, 1910-1943
TIMOTHY FULLER, Tennessee Cp Co L 368 Inf. World War I, September 14, 1894-November 11, 1968
WILLIAM BATCHELOR, Died April 9, 1964, Age 53, Ford Funeral Home Marker
Double tombstone: WILLIAM HILL, 1874-1942\SUSIE HILL, 1876-1944
MATTIE LUE WALKER HINDS, Feb. 15, 1897-Nov. 5, 1963, Gone but not forgotten
BRADY CARTER, Died April 6, 1994, Age 71, Rawls Funeral Home Marker
WILLIE A. FULLER, Nov. 24, 1898-Apr. 8, 1971
SAMUEL JAMES, Mar. 20, 1914-Aug. 23, 1973
HILDA VIRGINIA KING, July 7, 1943-June 15, 1978 (person's picture on tombstone)
ISAAC WILLIAMSON, Tennessee TECS 3872 QM TRK Co. World War II, May 23, 1922-April 25, 1971
KINNETH HINES, Dec. 12, 1960-Aug. 22, 1975
Double tombstone: CLEO WALKER, Nov. 17, 1929-____\WILLIE J. WALKER, July 11, 1929-May 16, 1976 (picture of couple on their tombstone)
DOSIE C. WALKER, Apr. 10, 1886-Jan. 15, 1968, At Rest (stone off its base)
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CLYDE W. WALKER, Feb. 7, 1920-June 17, 1977
JACK MORGAN, Tennessee PVT US Army, W.W.I., June 5, 1887-June 11, 1964
JAMES WILSON, 1903-1972
Mr CHAPEL MALONE, SR. Jan. 17, 1913-Dec. 13, 1987
TEMPIE LEE CHATMAN, Mar. 18, 1873-Mar. 20, 1948
KATE JAMES, no dates
CLASSIE FULLER, Mother, Mar. 10, 1887-May 6, 1960
O. B. FULLER, Mar. 27, 1902-July 10, 1944, Gone but not forgotten
STEPHEN GRAVES, Tennessee PVT 159 Depot Brig., July 19, 1936 (a fallen stone)
MARY OLLIE WILSON, 1860-1982 (dates as inscribed on her tombstone)
MILTON FORREST 12-13-1892-5-2-1991, funeral home marker
IDELLA SNIPES, Died Aug. 26, 1950, Age 17
GEORGIA MORGAN, 9-10-1906-7-27-1984, Rawls Mortuaries Funeral Marker
CHARLIE SNIPES, Died Sept. 22, 1984, Age 78, Stephenson-Shaw Fun. Home Marker
Mrs. LILLTE YOUNG, June 6, 1891-Apr. 24, 1977
EDWARD DARDEN, Tennessee PVT Co C 1311 Engr. GS Regt. World War II, eb. 8, 1924-Jan. 5, 1961
J. C. FULLER, Father, Dec. 17, 1873-Dec. 5, 1974
Double tombstone: JINNIE WILKES, Died 1933\JOHN WILKES, Died 1934
CALLIE MERIWETHER, 1976-1962
KENNETH W. LEE, Oct. 21, 1960-Jan. 4, 1995, Baskerville Funeral Home Marker
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