Urbana Cemetery Gazebo
Located at the corner of Big Limestone Road and Urbana Road, Limestone, TN
Decoration Day is held on the third Saturday of May each year.
The gazebo sits on the foundation of the Old Urbana Methodist Church building. Urbana Methodist Church was founded in 1817 (which later became Limestone Methodist Church and moved from this location).
The history of the cemetery can be found on the pillars of the two gates to the cemetery.
On the gate facing Urbana Road:
In Memory of George Washington Nelson who gave the original three acres for Urbana Cemetery 1856.
Erected 1963 by Urbana Cemetery Association.
In Memory of Melvin Pyott Hall for his generous and lasting gift to Urbana Cemetery in memory of his parents, David F. & Ella Lucas Hall, 1951.
In Memory of the Pioneer Yeager Family
Daniel Yeager 1781-1834
Rev. Josiah Yeager 1814-1885
Issachar Yeager 1845-1916
Guy Yeager 1880 -1951
By
Harry Yeager 1905 – 1990
Donald K. Yeager 1938 –
In Memory of Mrs. T.B. Klepper and Mrs. S.L. Klepper organizers of the First Urbana Cemetery Association 1905
Pillar at the corner of Big Limestone Road and Urbana Road:
Honoring our Past Cemetery Supervisors
Lucy S. Keebler, Lee Broyles Durman, Charlie K. Gillespie, Sam Murray Keebler
Urbana Cemetery Established 1856
In the wall along Big Limestone Road:
To Honor the Pioneer Hall Family
William Hall, Sr. 1771 – 1846
William Hall, Jr. 1810 – 1856
David F. Hall 1849 – 1925
Melvin Pyott Hall 1879 – 1950
Glenna Hall Goodin 1882 – 1874
And their gift to Urbana Cemetery made this wall possible. Erected 1965
The gate facing Big Limestone Road:
In Memory of A.K. (Dick) Cox
In Memory of Nell Shields Smith and Maxey Clark Smith
This Chain link Fence in Memory of Uncle Josephus Howard and Uncle “Big” Jim Miller. Faithful laborers responsible for rescuing Urbana Cemetery from a wilderness in 1906.
In Honor of Hu M. Klepper, Ernest Fleenor, Mercer McCollum, Dennis Williams, Bill Baldwin
Missing markers:
Baldwin, Mary N. 1898 – 1973
Blackwell, Earl W., 1898 – 1959
Brown, Mary Alice 1968
Brown, William, son of B.W. & C.E. Brown, 25 Sep 1855 – 3 Apr 1857
Crane, James age 5m 1951
E.F. probably Fraker
Gaby, Sarah M. dau. of J.H. & Elizabeth Gaby, 10 Oct 1851 – 22 Nov 1861
John May/Stewart/Blanc/Stephenson – rest unreadable
Johnson, James, 1974
Mattie, Edgar, Inf son of B.N. & M.C. Mattie, 23 Feb 1871 – 19 Jan 1872
Naff, Amanda M. 9 Jan 1809 – 23 Apr 1896
Naff, Jacob, 26 May 1805 – 6 Nov 1877
Naff, Sidney L. 26 May 1848 – 27 Nov 1876
Samon, Rose Jean, Dau. of Dora & E.C. Samon, 23 Jan 1926 – 4 Feb 1926
Walters, Myrtle Houck, 1905 -1975
Emory, Elder Isom, Jr. 85 years 9 Sep 1899 [Greeneville Sun, 7 Sep 1994]
Genealogical information was obtained from the following sources:
Bennett, Charles M. and the Watauga Association of Genealogists, Washington County, Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions. Nashville, TN, Loraine Bennett Rae, 1978. Used with permission from Loraine Bennett Rae.
Burgner, Goldene Fillers, Greene County, Tennessee Marriages, 1783-1868. Easley, SC, Southern Historical Press, 1981.
Burgner, Goldene Fillers, Washington County, Tennessee Marriages 1780-1870. Easley, SC, Southern Historical Press, 1895.
Nikazy, Eddie M., Washington County, Tennessee Death Record Abstracts, 1908-1916. Bowie, MD, Heritage Books, Inc, 1994.
Sistler, Byron & Barbara, 1880 Census Greene County, Tennessee. Nashville, TN, Byron Sistler & Associates, 1993.
Sistler, Bryon & Barbara, 1880 Census Washington County, Tennessee. Nashville, TN, Bryon Sistler & Associates, 1994.
Watauga Association of Genealogists Northeast Tennessee, Washington County, Tennessee Marriage Records 1871-1899. Balitmore, MD, Gateway Press, 2004.
Urbana Cemetery Map
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