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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