WHITEHALL CEMETERY

            Whitehall Cemetery is located on the north side of Collins Road about 3 miles west of Medon. It is on the east side of what is now Whitehall Church of God.

            David Donahue recorded this cemetery September 14, 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. Mr. Smith called the cemetery Whitehall Pentecostal Church Cemetery

 

Anthony, Vala, d. may 10, 2003, temporary marker, Mercer Brothers, 8 feet south of marker for DeRoy Wilson Comer

Bell, Charlie Eddie, 1920-1988 [not found in 2003; reported by Smith in 1995

Blake, Jasper, d. Jan. 4, 1994, Aged 76 Yrs., temporary marker, Stephenson-Shaw Funeral Home [not found in 2003; reported by Smith in 1995]

Blake, Mamie Lee, Nov. 8, 1909-Aug. 16, 1989

Cobb, Elizabeth, Mrs., Dec. 11, 1903-Apr. 30, 1994, temporary marker, Bledsoe Funeral Home [not found in 2003; reported by Smith in 1995]

Cobb, James Robert, Sept. 25, 1909-Dec. 30, 1991, temporary marker, Bledsoe Funeral Home Marker, 10 feet northwest of marker for Jennie Etta Reid Merriweather

Comer, DeRoy Wilson, Feb. 6, 1927-Dec. 15, 1987

Croom, Martin V., July 1, 1892-Oct. 21, 1969, military marker "Tennessee Pvt US Army, World War I"

Davis, Nina Mae, May 4, 1929-Feb. 14, 1977

Donahue, Eddie Jean, Ms., Aug. 14, 1942-Nov. 15, 1988 (homemade); as reported by Smith in 1995, from a temporary marker, Mrs, Eddie Jean Fuller Donahue, d. Nov. 15, 1989, Age 46

Dotson, Lena Mae, Nov. 1, 1934-Apr. 27, 1997

Farmer, Aurelia, Mrs., July 7, 1927-Mar. 5, 2001, temporary marker, Stephenson-Shaw, 4 yards south-southwest of marker for DeRoy Wilson Comer

Fuller, Eddie Jean [see Donahue, Eddie Jean]

Fuller, Edward, May 2, 1921-Nov. 19, 1999

Fuller, Rosie Pauline, Oct. 11, 1924-Oct. 17, 1998 [adjacent to marker for Edward Fuller]

Hall, Iranella Hall, Dec. 10, 1960-Sept. 25, 1994 (homemade)

Jennie Etta Merriweather, Apr. 21, 1923-Sept. 7, 1999

Mackey, Louis Howard, Mar. 9, 1955-Apr. 16, 2003, "Husband"

Mackey, Walter J., July 15, 1949-Janb12, 1987

March, Rosetta T., Oct. 19, 1903-Sept. 27, 1985

McBride, Catherine, Mar. 7, 1927-June 5, 1972

McBride, Troy D., Aug. 26, 1950-July 26, 1975

McBride, Velma, Mar. 23, 1901-Apr. 9, 1997
McBride, Mose, Nov. 24, 1898-Jan. 24, 1979

McCall, Jeremy Orlando, Nov. 13, 1986-Nov. 29, 1986

Reid, Addie Mae, Dec. 14, 1917-Feb. 8, 1996, "Mother" [adjacent to marker for Walter L. Reid]

Reid, Walter L., July 24, 1912-June 7, 1987, "Daddy"

Smith, Willie M., Nov. 18, 1923-Nov. 21, 1990, military marker "US Army World War II"

Taylor, Allie E., Jan. 9, 1913-June 28, 1982, military marker "PFC US Army"

Thompson, Daisy L., June 20, 1925-Jan. 28, 1993

Thompson, James L., Mar. 25, 1906-Feb. 3, 1982
Thompson, Ozzie, July 21, 1911-May 27, 1990, "Married June 17, 1926"

Thompson, Samuel D., July 20, 1950-July 3, 1992

Tomlin, Hoover, d. May 3, 1998, temporary marker, Stephenson-Shaw, 3 feet south of marker for DeRoy Wilson Comer

Warlick, Charlie H., Sep. 12, 1923-Apr. 30, 1994, military marker, "US Army" [not found in 2003; reported by Smith in 1995; there is a military marker almost totally buried in the slumping hillside 8 feet west of the military marker for Allie E. Taylor]