Lakey or Collinwood City Cemetery

Location: In the block, south of Depot Street and east of 7th Avenue in the old railroad “Y”.

LAKEY, W. M., no dates, military marker, Co. B, 2nd Tennessee Mounted Infantry, USA, Civil War
LAKEY, Sarah J., 5 Jan 1869 - 15 Aug 1900
LAKEY, Harmon, 9 Jan 1822 - 1890, husband of S. J.
LAKEY, J. H., 3 Oct 1824 - no other date
LAKEY, Lizzie, 16 Sep 1892 - 6 Oct 1892, daughter of W. M. and M. E.
SHANDS, Martha G., 27 Aug 1870 - 15 May 1882, daughter of S. L. and M. J.
SHANDS, S. Y., died 4 Dec 1918
SHANDS, Clarence, 1904 - 1904
SHANDS, Leona, 1886 - 1920
about 8 graves marked with stones, several others unmarked.

Note: During the influenza epidemic in 1918, many people were buried in this cemetery
and the graves were not marked. It is not known how many people are buried here. The cemetery
was originally a family cemetery, but became the city cemetery in 1915.

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