BURNS CEMETERY
(Murray Cemetery)

Burns Cemetery, February 2001

 

            Burns Cemetery is a small, well-maintained cemetery on the east side of State Route 13 about a mile north of the State Route 438 bridge in the Beardstown community. It is called Murray Cemetery on the U.S.G.S. Chestnut Grove quadrangle. David Donahue recorded Burns Cemetery February 23, 2001 and updated in August 12, 2004.

            Mary (Stewart) Bowen and Melissa (Snyder) Bowen recorded the cemetery in the early 1990s. Their record appears in Mary Bowen's Perry County, Tennessee Cemetery Records (Vol. I). This earlier record is referred to as Bowen in the notes below.

 

Bates, Andrew R., Aug. 3, 1863-June 15, 1910 [Masonic symbol]

Bates, Minnie [see DePriest, Minnie B.]

Burns, Malcolm P., 1908-1957

Burns, Maude E., May 18, 1876-Dec. 12, 1876, "Dau. of J. G. & S. E. Burns"

Burns, Myrtle, Apr. 16, 1883-Sept. 14, 1884, "Dau. of J. G. & S. E. Burns" (eroded)

Burns, Ola Sheppard, Oct. 27, 1887-June 12, 1969
Burns, Geo. Simpson, May 7, 1889-Sept. 7, 1964

Burns, Sallie E., Dec. 13, 1857-June 17, 1940
Burns, J. C., Jan. 18, 1853-Sept. 28, 1929

Burns, Willie A., 1881-1966
Burns, Fannie S., 1881-1957

Burns, Willie Ray, 1914-1985

Carter, Glenys Joan, May 18, 1940-May 11, 1994

DePriest, Minnie B., Feb. 16, 1879-Jan. 14, 1918, "Former wife of Andrew Bates"

Dudley, Guy Burns, Oct. 11, 1934-Dec. 27, 1934, "Son of Guy & Sylvia Dudley"

Dudley, Sylvia B., 1914-____
Dudley, Guy F., 1909-1952 [Masonic symbol]

Leeper, Glyn W., July 20, 1914-June 13, 1957, military marker "Tennessee Tec5 Btry B 178 FA Bn World War II"

Murray, Mary R., Oct. 12, 1836-July 15, 1927, "Dear mother thou hast left us..."

Murray, W. R., 1842-Nov. 10, 1912

Osborne, Jack Fitch, Mar. 17, 1935-July 8, 1970

Sheppard, Ola [see Burns, Ola Sheppard]

Sweeney, Addie, Aug. 25, 1883-Oct. 28, 1970
Sweeney, Jesse E., Sept. 24, 1877-Oct. 14, 1963

Sweeney, Mary Helen, Mar. 30, 1922-Feb. 23, 1991

Sweeney, Thelma B., 1906-1973
Sweeney, Cayce C., 1906-1962

 

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Minnie B. DePriest

Andrew R. Bates