HALL AND KING CEMETERY
Submitted by
Linda J. Higgins, President
Hall and King Cemetery Trust Association, Inc.
361 Harts Bridge Rd.
Jackson, TN 38301
(731) 427-6681
ljhiggins@charter.netThe Hall and King Cemetery is located off the Steam Mill Ferry Road behind Madison Baptist Church in Madison County, Tennessee, about 4 miles from Jackson city limits out Riverside Drive, turn west on Steam Mill Ferry Road or 4 miles from U.S. 45 Hwy. through Bemis.
The cemetery is managed by the Board of Directors of the Hall and King Cemetery Trust Association Inc.
Board of Directors
Linda J. Higgins, President
David E. Gibbons, Vice President
Rosalee J. Gibbons, Secretary-Treasurer
Allen Matthews, Director[Jan 30, 2009 - Board of Directors updated per Linda J. Higgins]
History of Hall and King Cemetery
For $10 H. C. Spurlock sold the land now known as the Hall and King Cemetery to J. D. Hall and J. H. King Dec. 5, 1885. The land had been known as the King Burying Ground. The transaction was registered by E. A. Clark, Clerk of Madison County on May 7, 1886. The deed is in Book 43, page 239 of the official records in Madison County Courthouse.
The cemetery was left to the Hall and King's heirs, but soon became much more than just a small family cemetery. It became a community cemetery which is still managed by the Hall heirs. (The names of the Hall heirs who are buried in the cemetery are shown in bold type.)
Tombstones in Hall and King Cemetery
Known to be buried here without markers:
Years ago when families could not afford a tombstone or there were none even available to buy in the territory, graves were marked with cedar trees. There are many cedar trees in the Hall and King Cemetery.
It has been passed down by word of mouth that the following are buried in this cemetery in unmarked graves:
Parmelia Hall Jennings
Frances Hall Staten
John D. Hall
Levi and Eliza Hall
Lizzie King and Neely King
Frazier Collins
Clayton Collins
Grandpa Hunter
Two Collins infants (These Collins/Hunter family members are said to be buried on the back row next to L.L. Collins' tombs.)
Son of Lacy and Lois Donaldson Evans
Ella Morris Dunlap b. ca 1870 d. July 13, 1935
Louise Murphy b. ?? d. ca 1955 or 1956.
Those with tombstones or markers include:
James A. King b. Jan. 22, 1839 d. Oct. 23, 1902
Molly Hall Derry b. ca 1866 d. Mar. 3, 1910
George W. Derry b. ca 1890, d. Jan 2. 1908
Flo Derry b. May, 1901 d. Oct 28, 1901
Malissa Hall Matthews b. Oct. 1, 1854 d. Mar. 11, 1931
Otha Fred Layton b. Aug. 1, 1893 d. Sept. 6, 1949
Nettie Matthews Layton, b. Oct. 24, 1873 d. May 2, 1937
Nellie Bell Matthews Butler b. 1883 d. 1977
George C. Butler b. 1871 d. 1955
Elmer Lee Jones b. Jan. 20, 1911 d. April 19, 1974
Merrick Wilson b. 1869 d. 1934
Catherine Wilson b. 1869 d. 1934
Clarence E. Wilson b. Sept. 11, 1902 d. Nov. 23, 1984
Katy Mae Butler Wilson (deceased, but ashes not yet buried in this cemetery)
Ira Chester Matthews b. May 18, 1890 d. Feb. 7, 1958
Joe Willie Matthews b. 1882 d. 1960
Florence Rumley Hall b. 1883 d. 1960
George W. Hall b. July 2, 1870 d. Nov. 30, 1945
Andy Brown Hall b. Nov. 23, 1917 d. Oct. 13, 2000
Kathleen Hall b. Dec. 7, 1920 d. March 17, 2002
Will T. Hall b. 1861 d. 1949
Thomas Corren b. July 4, 1834 d. Sept. 12, 1909
Elmer F. Weaver b. July 17, 1901 d. Sept. 14, 1984
Louvenia Jennings Weaver b. Feb. 16, 1905 d. July 18, 1997
Charles Martin b. May, 1920 d. Nov. 27, 1996
Levi A Jennings b. April 25, 1863 d. Dec. 15, 1939
Ellen E. Jennings b. Oct. 27, 1861 d. July 15, 1931
Harry Levi Jennings b. Nov. 28, 1902 d. March 7, 1903
Norris Marvin Matthews Sr., b. Nov. 25, 1911 d. Nov. 30, 1976
Pauline Harris Matthews b. Oct. 8, 1919 d. Jan. 15, 1990
Martin Joe Matthews b. June 13, 1963 d. Dec. 13, 1978
Matthew Meredith (Matt) Jennings b. Sept 27, 1860 March 23, 1938
Ortna Lee Baxter Glynn Jennings b. May 30, 1869 d. May 1, 1952
Lucia Glynn Wagner b. March 20, 1893 d. Jan.15, 1970
Malcolm Lee Jennings b. June 11, 1910 d. Feb.13, 1992
Ora E. Glynn Evans b. June 11, 1891 d. Mar. 2, 1935
Luther L. Evans b. Dec. 6, 1889 d. May 6, 1946
Robert Baxter Evans, Sr. b. July, 28, 1921 d. May 14, 1977
Ione Louise Hunsacker, b. Nov. 18, 1930 d. Nov. 24 1995
Lacy Richard Evans b. Aug. 7, 1913 d. Jan. 29, 1981
D. (Daniel) A. Evans b. Jan. 2, 1863 d. Aug. 1, 1946
Mary J. Evans b. Aug. 8, 1869 d. July 31, 1951
James H. Garey b. Mar. 11, 1878 d. Mar. 7, 1967
Florence J. Garey b. Aug. 3, 1883 d. Sept. 15, 1984
Gervase A. Jones b. Sept 6, 1901; d. July 3,1971
Henrietta L. Jones b. 1863 d. 1931
Ella Turner Hundley b. Nov. 8, 1864 d. June 11, 1941
Ben N. Hundley, Sr. b. July 31, 1862 d. Sept. 26, 1941
Bessie Tomlin Hundley b. 1900 d. 1944
Charles H. Hundley b. 1891 d. 1974
Sgt. Cecil Turner Hundley b. April 14, 1922 d. Aug. 6, 1948
Infant son of Mrs. Herman V. (Odessa) Williams b. Nov. 13, 1936 d. Nov. 14, 1936
Bessie Mae Tomlin Carnell b. 1891 d. 1975
George B. Tomlin b. 1862 d. 1940
James Curry Tomlin b. Nov. 24, 1920 d. Jan. 1, 2002
William Matt Tomlin b. Feb. 6, 1897 d. Aug. 29, l972
Ethel H. Tomlin b. Feb. 6, 1897 d. Oct. 25, 1979
Timothy Cornelius Williams b. May 8, 1858 d. May 26, 1943
Nancy Jane Williams b. Mar. 3, 1860 d. Jan. 3, 1935
Andrew Leroy Williams b. May 24, 1898 d. Jan. 3, 1981
Claribel Robinson Williams b. Dec. 24, 1895 d. Dec. 16, 1977
James Otha Manley b. June 14, 1915 d. Oct. 16, 1981
Effie Irene Collins Manley b. April 9, 1917 d. Dec. 30, 2001
V. Rudell Manley Evans Glover b. Aug. 8, 1923 d. July 18, 1997
Lynn Thomas "Tommy" Glover b. June 29, 1938 d. April 18, 1998
Clyde Martin b. March 17, 1917 d. April 27, 1982
Sarah Edwards Martin b. July 8, 1918 d. Oct. 27, 2000
Mickie Darrell Martin b. April 5, 1953, d. Mar. 27, 1993
Horace W. Hall b. 1909 d. 1957
Thelma Hall b. Sept. 6, 1918; d. Feb. 1, 1999
Mary Vickery b. July 25, 1876 d. June 27, 1960 (mother of Mrs. W. H. Steed)
William Robert Steed b. May 16, 1942 d. March 7, 1968
Mrs. W. H. Steed b. Sept 12, 1914 d. Oct. 29, 1968
Willis H. Steed b. Nov. 29, 1913 d. June 14, 1985
Lucille Burks Steed b. Aug. 27, 1927 d. Nov. 24, 1988
Fonda Steed Jetton b. 1956 d. March 13, 1992
Otis Vickery
Joseph A. Hinkle b. Aug. 11, 1880 d. Feb. 11, 1966
Laura Black Maroney b. Nov. 26, 1869 d. Jan. 1941
Emily Dee Landers b. April 1, 1958 d. May 11, 1968
James Anthony Eaton b. June 4, 1960 d. May 30, 1961
Marie Delilah Havner b. Mar 12, 1896 d. Jan. 16, 1934
John William Havner b. May 15, 1927 d. Oct. 2, 1976
Mary Jane Neisler Reed b. Mar. 29, 1873 d. May 5, 1954
Elmer Neisler b. Nov. 14, 1895 d. Jan. 27, 1976
Bessie Edna Hall Neisler b. Dec. 5, 1901 d. July 8, 1942
Lena Bell Neisler b. Feb. 6, 1932 d. Feb. 15, 1990
L. L. (Lofton) Collins b. Jan 1891 d. Mar. 17, 1927
Ruby Elmer Hunter Collins Byrum b. 1896 d. 1946
Mary Ann Beatty b. July 5 1871 d. July 2, 1938
Joseph (Jodie) Collins b. 1918 d. 1941
Mary Louise Collins Weathers b. May 2, 1926 d. Jan. 10, 2001