Briley or Waters Cemetery

LOCATION: On the hill west of Highway 228 opposite the site of the old Whiteoak Church, Perry County, Tennessee.

Waters, J.P., 30 Mar 1836 - 22 May 1920, hus. of Millissa
Waters, Millissa A., 2 Nov 1842 - 12 Oct 1916
Waters, Amos W., 6 Oct 1873 - 17 Feb 1909
Briley, F.L., 19 Jun 1872 - 3 May 1898, wife of A.J. BRILEY and dau. of J.P. & M.A. WATERS
Waters, Cladis, 24 Jul 1919 - 7 Nov 1929, dau. of C.R. & Lila WATERS
Waters, Charlie R., 1881-1934
Waters, Lila L., 1890-1975
Waters, Clovis E., 16 Feb 1909 - 10 Jun 1958
Waters, James (Pete), 5 Oct 1926 - 23 Jan 1982, CPL, US Marine Corps, WWII
Waters, Johnny R., 16 Feb 1954 - 31 Jul 1977
Waters, Willie A., 24 Oct 1911 - 14 Apr 1977, PVT, US Army, WWII
Waters, Bonnie, 24 Dec 1928 - no other date

In the old part of the cemetery are 10 to 12 cairns with many fieldstones marking other graves.

BOYD, Irvin, born and died about 1928
BRILEY, Irvin (Doke), 1855 - about 1925
BRILEY, Elizabeth CARTER, wife of Doke

IT is also believed that the following are buried in this cemetery.

BRILEY, Joshua, 1775 - between 1850 and 1860
BRILEY, Nancy HOWELL, born 1785, died in the 1860s. They were married in Williamson County, Tennessee in 1811.

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