MT. TABOR CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY
Mt. Tabor Cemetery, August 2002. What looks like a hedge below the trees
in the background is invading Kudzu.
This cemetery is located about 7 miles south of Jackson, Tennessee on the west side of Riverside Drive, at Mt. Tabor Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Kudzu is invading the cemetery from the west.
David Donahue recorded this cemetery on August 2003 based on earlier work by Jonathan K. T. Smith. Mr. Smith's 1995 record appears in his Tombstone Inscriptions from Black Cemeteries in Madison County, Tennessee and a 2000 update appears in his Tombstone Inscriptions from Black Cemeteries in Madison County, Tennessee, Volume 2. These works are referred to collectively as Smith in the notes below.
Barnett, Clestine Mackey, Mar. 20, 1918-Sept. 8, 1970
Barnett, L. Q., Mar. 30, 1910-Sept. 20, 1960 [shares double marker with Mattie Jones]
Black, Ben, d. Jan. 6, 1916, Aged 96 [in kudzu in 2003]
Black, Jessie, Apr. 3, 1913-Mar. 28, 1998
Black, Larry, Nov. 14, 1949-____
Black, Shelby, 1905-1969, "Rev."
Blackwell, Anever [see Reid, Anever Blackwell Mackey Reid]
Chandler, James Allen, Nov. 26, 1936-Apr. 12, 1991
Currie, Florence M., 1903-1960
Curry, David, dates unreadable, military marker, service record unreadable (marker fallen into grave, mostly buried)
Curry, Emmitt, d. Sept. 25, 1955 (homemade)
Curry, Logan, d. Sept. 15, 1904, Aged 68 Years
Curry, Mollie, d. Apr. 5, 1908, Aged 53 Years, "His wife"
Dickey, Ned, 1853-Aug. 4, 1915, "Husband of Niner Dickey" [not found in 2003; reported by Smith in 1995]
Dodd, Dee, Mar. L, 1896-Jan. 21, 1976 [not found in 2003; reported by Smith in 1995]
Dodd, Kevin B., June 19, 1972-Jan. 6, 1973, temporary marker, 12 feet west of marker for Octavious Mackey
Dodd, Kevin D., July 13, 1972-July 6, 1973 [not found in 2003; reported by Smith in 1995]
Dunaway, Neal, 1874-1916, "Mother"
Givens, Antonio "Lala," Mar. 7, 1976-June 3, 1996
Givens, Mattie, 1853-1905, "Wife of Richard Givens"
_______, Adaline, unreadable dates, "Eife of _______ [only "Mattie" and Adline" can be read clearly in 2003; in 1995 Smith described marker as "rest almost completely eradicated"]
Hampton, Ethel, d. Feb. 27, 1994, temporary marker, 3 yards south-southwest of marker for Florence M. Currie
Hill, Alis, Nov. 15, 1847-Sept. 13, 1909 [not found in 2003; reported by Smith in 1995 who noted it to be "a broken stone"]
Hill, Bertha, d. Dec. 27, 1918, Age 18
Hill, Turner, d. Apr. 20, 1920, Age 22
Hill, Bessie, d. May 16, 1951, Age 50 Years [shares double marker with Callie Northern]
Hill, Ed Thomas, Nov. 7, 1944-Apr. 28, 1973, military marker "Tennessee Pvt US Army Vietnam"
Hill, Ella [see Winston, Ella Hill]
Hill, F. D., d. Oct. 1918, Age 38 [not found in 2003; reported by Smith in 1995]
Hill, Frederick Douglas, May 6, 1949-Dec. 5, 2002, temporary marker, Bledsoe Funeral Home, 4 feet north of marker for Antonio "Lala" Givens
Hill, Hubert Lee, May 13, 1913-Sept. 28, 1998, In God's Care
Hill, Nancy, Oct. 17, 1887-Mar. 19, 1947, "Sleep on mother"
Hill, Ruby Mae, July 13, 1923-Apr. 9, 1996
Hill, Warzell, July 29, 1919-Oct. 28, 1952
Hill, William Lee, d. Nov. 30, 1914, Age 6
Hill, Fred, d. Feb. 15, 1914, Age 1 Year
Hill, William, 1874-1915 [Masonic symbol]
Jones, Mattie, Nov. 18, 1942-Mar. 3, 1961 [shares double marker with L. Q. Barnett]
Lacy, Everett, Elder, d. Aug. ? 1990, Aged 87 Yrs., temporary marker, Stephenson-Shaw Funeral Home [not found in 2003; reported by Smith in 1995]
Lacy, V. E., Dec. 6, 1902-____ 8, 1990 (homemade, 3 feet north-northeast of marker for James Parks)
Love, Alexander, d. May 31, 1996 [not found in 2003; reported by Smith i n 2000]
Love, Ezell, Feb. 5, 1905-Sept. 8, 1959, "mother"
Love, Alex, Dec. 11, 1908-____, "Father" [in 2003 there was a blank temporary marker place at foot of grave]
Love, Regenia N., June 24, 1945-April 24, 1991
Love, Thomas, 1931-1975, military marker "Sgt US Army Korea"
Love, Walter James, Dec. 30, 1927-Feb. 20, 1979, military marker "Cpl US Army Korea"
Mackey, Anever [see Reid, Anever Blackwell Mackey Reid]
Mackey, Celestine [see Barnett, Celestine Mackey]
Mackey, Harriet, d. Dec. 31, 1914, Aged 72 Years
Mackey, Octavious, Oct. 9, 1971-Aug. 12, 1992
Mackey, Virgie Mae, Oct. 7, 1928-May 13, 1973, "mother" footstone (fallen)
McBride, Jonas B., Feb. 14, 1935-Aug. 15, 1993, military marker "US Navy"
McFadden, Leeroy, Feb. 14, 1915-Mar. 29, 1988, military marker "S1 US Navy World War II"
Muldrew, Marie R., 1855-June 10, 1905, "Wife of Geo. Muldrew"
Northern, Callie, d. Nov. 26, 1942, Age 65 Years [shares double marker with Bessie Hill]
Northern, Ruthie M., Dec. 31, 1919-Feb. 14, 1988
Northern, Sammy L., 1946-2001; also temporary marker, Mercer Brothers, d. May 19, 2001
Northern, Theo, Oct. 31, 1909-Apr. 12, 1968
Parks, Gracie L., Oct. 29, 1923-Jufle 24, 1981
Parks, James, Aug. 27, 1922-Nov. 1, 1984, military marker "PFC US Army World War II"
Reid, Anever Blackwell Mackey, Aug. 29, 1900-Mar. 11, 1977 [adjacent to marker for Johnnie Reid]
Reid, Johnnie, Oct. 22, 1890-Oct. 7, 1977
Reid, Malenda, 1838-1912, "Wife of George Reid" [in kudzu in 2003]
Ried, George, 1819-Feb. 22, 1902, "Husband of Malinda Ried" [in kudzu in 2003]
Rose, John, 1875-1929
Stoke, Obbie, 1912-1977, military marker "Pvt US Army"
Turner, Willie L., Jul. 4, 1952-Jul. 31, 1974, military marker "AB US Air Force"
Williams, Johnnie D., Dec. 13, 1911-May 15, 1966
Williams, Janie Mae, Sept. 13, 1913-Oct. 30, 2000
Winston, Andrew Lee, Nov. 15, 1905-Oct. 6, 2000
Winston, Ella Hill, Sept. 22, 1909-Oct. 4, 1986, "Parents of Andrew, Joseph, Richard, Robert"
Winston, Joseph, July 2, 1943-Oct. 24, 1979, "Husband & father"
Winston, Yolonda Marie, Dec. 19, 1970-Oct. 1, 1972, "Daughter"
Worthy, Fronnie, d. Feb. 11, 1918, Age 23
Worthy, Minnie, d. Dec. 21, 1918, Age 21 (fallen)
Unidentifiable
_________, Mar.1864-Mar. 1952 [not found in 2003; described by Smith in 1995: "next to Mrs. /Nancy/ Hill a stone with name worn. . . . May be a Givens (a fallen stone)"]
"Buster Dear", no dates [not found in 2003; reported by Smith in 2000]