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, 1964Burns, Sallie E., Dec. 13, 1857-June 17, 1940
Burns, J. C., Jan. 18, 1853-Sept. 28, 1929Burns, Willie A., 1881-1966
Burns, Fannie S., 1881-1957Burns, 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, 1963Sweeney, 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