GODWIN CEMETERY

Godwin Cemetery, October 2001

 

            Godwin Cemetery is located on Godwin Road, just off Brush Creek Road, in Perry County, Tennessee. The well-kept cemetery is located on a hill overlooking Brush Creek Road just east of the Buffalo River.

            David Donahue recorded Godwin Cemetery October 19, 2001 and checked and updated it September 23, 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. 

 

Baars, Mary, Nov. 20, 1901-July 11, 1916, "Daughter of Oscar J & Maud Baars"

Baars, Maude, 1883-1963

Baars, Oscar J., Oct. 16, 1882-July 11, 1916 [Masonic symbol]

Baars, Sarah, June 16, 1907-June 16, 1918, "Daughter of Oscar & Maud Baars"

Beard, A. E., Mrs., Oct. 3, 1834-Sept. 3, 1895, "Wife of W. B. Beard" "Mama" (marker is loose on its base)

Beasley, Barnabas, May 18, 1812-Apr. 5, 1894

Beasley, Bettie, 1864-1912
Beasley, Joe G. 1857-1944 [replacement]

Beasley, J. P., Oct. 11, 1840-May 14, 1909
Beasley, Sarah E., Mar. 6, 1844-Oct. 8, 1913

Beasley, John T., May 7, 1872-Aug. 18, 1877, "Son of J. P. & S. E. Beasley"

Craig, Lula Thornton, May 1876-Dec. 10, 1901, "Wife of Wiley B. Craig"

Freeland, Betty Fay, Vaughan, July 20, 1936-Sept. 6, 1989

Godwin, C. P., Nov. 11, 1875-Mar. 2, 1919, "Father"
Godwin, Minnie V., Oct. 9, 1880-Feb. 1, 1956, "Mother"

Godwin, G. M., Aug. 21, 1838-Apr. 26, 1872 [Masonic symbol]

Godwin, James R., Mar. 28, 1867-Mar. 18, 1932

Godwin, John W., Nov. 29, 1909-July 13, 1979
Godwin, Mary K., Oct. 1, 1907-____
Godwin, Mary J., Apr. 25, 1933-Mar. 25, 1933 [seeming date reversal on marker]

Godwin, Louise [see Ledbetter, Louise Godwin]

Godwin, Mary Ann, Feb. 18, 1809-Dec. 11, 1878, "Our father and mother are gone" [adjacent to marker for Redick Godwin]

Godwin, Redick, Apr. 25, 1807-June 30, 1880 (broken)

Godwin, Ruth Vaughan, July 24, 1914-May 8, 2002

Godwin, Sarah H., Mar. 18, 1840-July 28, 1905, "Wife of W. G. Godwin"

Godwin, Thomas S., 1910-1968
Godwin, Mary S., 1910-1992

Godwin, W. G., Sept. 15, 1832-May 14, 1903

Godwin, William H., Nov. 10, 1863-Aug. 15, 1940

Johnson, Lewis L. 1851-1915 [replacement]

Johnson, Mary, Sept. 2, 1822-Apr. 18, 1879

Ledbetter, Henry Nelson, 1859-1943, "Father" footstone
Ledbetter, Louise Godwin, 1861-1935, "Mother" footstone
Ledbetter, Mary Daisy, 1884-1886, "Baby" footstone

Meacham, Rosana, May 9, 1868-June 11, 1894
Meacham, Murry, Feb. 21, 1831-Aug. 15, 1860 (difficult to read)

Polk, Samuel F., 1870-1953
Polk, Myrtle V., 1878-1962

Sharp, Walton K. Feb. 11, 1916-Jan. 9, 1985
Sharp, Christine V., Dec. 19, 1916-____

Shepard, Nancy Caldoney, Aug. 22, 1852-Mar. 31, 1879, "Wife of John W. Shepard" "Mother" (loose, out-of-place marker)

Thornton, Alma, no dates, "Dau. of Jasper-Ellie Thornton" [replacement]

Thornton, Jasper, 1855-1936 [replacement]

Thornton, Lula [see Craig, Lula Thornton]

Thornton, M. E., June 15, 1859-Oct. 7, 1895, "Wife of W. J. Thornton" (disintegrating concrete marker)

Tucker, Joe, Mar. 22, 1909-Jan. 17, 1990, "Love uncle Joe"

Tucker, Lou, 1858-1947 [adjacent to marker for W. B. Tucker]

Tucker, Mary Ann Peach, 1820-1918 [replacement]

Tucker, Minnie, Nov. 7, 1897-Mar. 20, 1968, "Sister"
Tucker, R. Ralph, Sept. 1903-Dec. 31, 1975, "Brother"

Tucker, Sam, 1878-1879 [replacement]

Tucker, W. B., 1852-1923 [replacement]

Tucker, William Homer, Mar. 8, 1888-Nov. 10, 1978
Tucker, Alma Parnell, May 29, 1899-Nov. 16, 1991

Vaughan, Betty Fay [see Freeland, Betty Fay Vaughn]

Vaughan, H. Baker, Sept. 8, 1852-Jan. 4, 1909

Vaughan, John A. Sept. 3, 1913-Nov. 10, 1973
Vaughan, Greetys P., July 19, 1915-June 4, 1998

Vaughan, John W., July 24, 1886-Feb. 20, 1946, "Father"
Vaughan, Kittie B., May 29, 1893-Jan. 22, 1958, "Mother"

Vaughan, Mattie A., Mar. 18, 1861-Nov. 18, 1922, "Mother"
Vaughan, J. L., Jan. 22, 1847-Oct. 21, 1914, "Father"

Vaughan, Rue B., 1895-1953
Vaughan, Andrew T., 1888-1957

Vaughan, Ruth [see Godwin, Ruth Vaughan]

Vaughan, Sara Mat, Feb. 1, 1883-May 4, 1902, "Dau. of J. L. & M. A. Vaughan" [Bowens read first name as one word "Saramat"]

Vaughan, Thomas, Oct. 9, 1915-Mar. 1, 1931

Wilburn, Dora, 1870-1916, "Wife of Sam Wilburn" [in plot with W. G. Godwin and Sarah H. Godwin]

 

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