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Elm Grove Church of Christ Burlington, TN

Elm Grove Church and Cemetery

Posted on March 3, 2019September 23, 2022 by ML Williams

Elm Grove Church and Cemetery are located on Elm Grove Rd in Burlison, TN. The church is in a newer building with the cemetery on its left. There are approximately 200 graves in the cemetery.

Elm Grove Church Cemetery Burlison, TN
Elm Grove Church Cemetery Burlison, TN
Elm Grove Church Cemetery Burlison, TN
Elm Grove Church Cemetery Burlison, TN

Burials

NAME

DOB

DOD

COMMENTS

Allen, John B. 

1869

1919

 

Allen, Nora

1870

1938

Wife of John B. Allen
Anderson, A. D.

5 May 1853

25 Feb 1911

 
Angus, Solon L.

29 Dec 1851

13 Sep 1880

 
Angus, William N.

1827

1855

 
Archer, Wanda Sue

27 Oct 1946

25 Dec 2003

 
Arwood, Chesley

1899

17 Dec 1916

 

Billings, Bishop A.

8 Nov 1887

4 Jul 1913

 

Billings, Levie Irma

22 Jan 1884

18 Mar 1923

 

Boyd, Mary Ann Chapman

1857

1884

Wife of Robert Joseph Boyd, Wed 24 Dec 1876, Children: James William, Joseph Thomas, & Virgie Mary Ann Boyd.
Parents: Francis Marion & Mary Ann Biggs Chapman
Boyd, Rebecca Jane

16 Jan 1850

23 Oct 1936

Wife of Robert Joseph Boyd
Boyd, Robert Joseph

12 Apr 1855

25 Jul 1935

Parents: James Washington & Dorcas Louisa Broom Boyd
Brock, William H.

22 Jan 1859

10 Feb 1935

Parents: John & Jane Hannah Davis Brock, Wife: Mathilda "Ti
ldie" J. Coats, Occupation: Farmer
Clayton, Mrs. Ara Waldo

15 Dec 1860

22 Sep1917

 
Coats, J. B.

1922

1934

Son of Hugh Andrew & Ina May Coats
Coats, Jordan Bernard

19 Nov 1847

28 Dec 1922

Son of Gideon George & Francis America Harrison Coats, Husband of Mary Martha Roe, Children w/ Mary: Walter
B. Coats, George Gilbert Coats; Husband of Sloney D. Tanner Coats, Children w/ Sloney: Henry, James Edward, Saloney
J., Delia Coats Fleming, Hugh Andrew, Leslie, Wallace C., Lulu, & Myrtle Coats Key.
Coats, Sloney D. Tanner

15 Jul 1865

24 Jul 1936

Daughter of J. S. & D. E. Seaton Tanner; Wife of Jordan Bernard Coats; Mother of: Henry Coats, James Edward
Coats, Saloney J. Coats, Delia Coats Fleming, Hugh Andrew Coats, Leslie Coats, Wallace Coats, Lulu Coats, &
Myrtle Coats Key.
Cothran, Clarence

21 Aug 1903

20 Jan 1973

 
Cothran, Elmer

1879

1951

"Mother"
Cothran, Lawrence E.

11 Aug 1913

07-2-1936

 
Davis, Novella E.

16 Jan 1897

13 Aug 1908

Daughter of C. P. & I. Davis
Davis, T. B.

7 Jul 1882

28 Sep 1916

 
Douglas, Robert F.

7 May 1889

28 Jan 1952

 
Edgemon, Rhoda Elizabeth West

23 Apr 1845

17 Jan 1930

Daughter of Enoch & Elizabeth Riddle West; She married Nathaniel Bernard Edgemon on 29 Oct 1876 in McMinn Co.,
TN. They divorced about 1882.
Edmonds, John D.

1921

1922

Son of J. N. & M. Edmonds

Fleming, Cleady

15 Dec 1917

21 Jan 1984

 

Fleming, Ermon L.

7 Aug 1907

23 Sep 1948

Husband of Nannie Mae Fleming

Father of Infant Evalena Fleming
Fleming, Infant W.

2 Sep 1910

20 Sep 1910

 
Fleming, Infant Evalena  Daughter of Ermon L. & Nannie Mae Fleming

Fleming, Lelia Lavelle

30 Oct 1885

10 Jun 1974

Double HS with husband, Mack F. Fleming.  Married November 18, 1906

Fleming, Mack F.

26 Jan 1883

11 Oct 1931

Double HS with wife, Leilia Lavelle Fleming.

Fleming, Nannie Mae

25 Dec 1911

18 Jun 1991

Wife of Ermon L. Fleming, Mother of Infant Evalena Fleming
Fletcher, David N.

3 Oct 1905

1 Oct 1963

 
Fletcher, Sherry Lynn

26 Nov 1955

12 Dec 1955

Daughter of Nellie Fletcher, died due to born with Hydrocephalus
Fuller, Annie Munn

1872

1904

 
Fuller, Ethel

3 Feb 1919

22 May 1919

Daughter of A. H. & T. E. Fuller
Fuller, Myrtle Ruth

26 Apr 1893

3 Mar 1917

 

Glass, Eddie Sherrod

24 Feb 1877

6 Jun 1951

Death certificate shows middle name as "Samuel" but headstone has "Sherrod".  Father
is listed as Samuel Glass and mother unknown.  Informant on certificate was B
. H. Glass.

Glass, Julius Ceasar Napoleon

11 Mar 1834

12 Jul 1899

Double HS with wife, Lucy Ann Roe Glass

Glass, Lucy Ann Roe

13 Jan 1843

21 Feb 1922

Double HS with husband, Julius Ceasar Napoleon Glass. 

Glass, Samuel P.

25 Apr 1853

5 Mar 1900

 

Guthrie, Cora Lu Viola Ralph

Nov 1884

3 Jul 1933

Daughter of Robert Henry Ralph & Nancy Elizabeth Delashmit; Married William Henry Guthrie Aug. 31, 1905 in
Tipton Co.; Children: Elsie Lois Guthrie, Otis Raymond Guthrie, Infant Son, Infant
Daughter
Guthrie, Daughter  Daughter of William Henry & Cora Lu Viola Ralph Guthrie
Guthrie, Son  Son of William Henry & Cora Lu Viola Ralph Guthrie
Guthrie, William Henry Jr.

10 Jun 1880

6 Mar 1936

Husband of Cora Lu Viola Ralph Guthrie

Hartsfield, Cora Ellen Smith

1886

1965

Double HS with husband, John David Hartsfield

Hartsfield, John David

20 Apr 1880

27 Apr 1929

Double HS with wife, Cora Ellen Smith.  Death certificate has the 24th as
day of birth.  Informant
was J. P. Greggs.  Parents are listed as unknown.

Hudson, James



15 Feb 1917

 age abt. 35
Jackson, Robert

2 Mar 1890

5 Mar 1891

Son of L. H. & S. F. Jackson
Kellum, Blanton

24 Aug 1920

31 Jul 1995

 
Kellum, Pvt. James Henry

10 Jan 1897

6 Oct 1978

Husband of Thelma Lois Roach Kellum

PVT US ARMY WWI
Kellum, Thelma Lois Roach

3 Sep 1904

26 Jan 1988

Daughter of Daniel Roach & Maggie Oswald; married James Henry Kel
lum 31 Jan 1884 in Hardeman County.
Knight, Opal Marie

29 Dec 1921

25 Dec 1927

Daughter of J. O. & E. N. Knight
Lanier, Laura Burch

27 Jan 1858

21 Feb 1932

Wife of Phillip Franklin Lanier
Lanier, Phillip Franklin Sr.

7 Aug 1858

28 Jan 1933

Husband of Laura Burch Lanier
Lanier, Warner

2 May 1889

24 Sep 1926

Husband of Pearl Lanier
Lavell, Fred

23 Jan 1890

25 Aug 1890

 
Lavell, Neoma

25 Apr 1887

7 Mar 1891

 
Lavell, P. H.

18 Dec 1839

20 Jan 1906

 
Lavell, Roland T.

30 Oct 1883

30 Oct 1889

 
Lavell, Solan L.

25 Dec 1869

3 Dec 1905

 
Lavell, W. S.

8 Sep 1891

24 Jun 1911

Woodmen of the World Memorial "Cum Tacet Clamat" (His Sil
ence Is A Scream)
Lavelle, Ellen

1819

14 Mar 1887

Wife of James Lavelle

Aged 68 Years
Lavelle, Franklin

1834

1876

Husband of Talitha Hartsfield

Born in County Mayo Ireland
Lavelle, James

1817

24 Feb 1887

Husband of Ellen Lavelle

Aged 70 Years
Lawrence, Velma Rhoads

20 Nov 1892

11 Dec 1983

Wife of William Riley Lawrence
Lawrence, William Riley, Pvt.

17 Mar 1893

24 Sep 1983

Pvt US Army WWI

Husband of Velma Rhoads Lawrence
Martin, James 

21 Sep 1917

Age 53

Morsan, J. T.

1843

1916

Inscription: Federal Soldier

Needham, Dan

1852

20 Feb 1917

 

Newberry, Mary Elizabeth Shankle

6 Sep 1932

16 Feb 1998

 

Oates, Jennie Lou Bishop

7 Apr 1881

24 Jul 1935

Children: Lois Oates Poole, Susie Lee Poole, Delois Oates, Lannie
Oates, Benjamin Oates

Daughter of William Bishop

Wife of Henry Oates
Patrick, Ailene V.

15 Aug 1924

25 Dec 1995

Age 72

Services were through Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home, Covington, TN
Patrick, Vinas C. "Boots"

11 Jun 1930

15 Jun 2002

 
Patrick, Virginia Mae Shankle

26 Nov 1949

10 Feb 2011

 
Ray, Cora Lee

5 Apr 1893

27 Jan 1980

 
Ray, James Edward

15 Jul 1934

17 Oct 2006

 
Rice, Leanord Woodard

23 Mar 1879

21 Jul 1951

 
Richardson, Albert Benjamin

7 Mar 1925

17 Oct 1925

 
Richardson, Gary Kevin

10 Jan 1959

22 Feb 1986

 
Richardson, Infant

20 Feb 1918

27 Apr 1918

Infant Son of J. E. & Ura L. Bowshers Richardson
Richardson, M C 5 Jul 1923Age about 4 1/2

Son of Youles L. & Viola McMillin Richardson
Richardson, Oline

13 Dec 1915

27 Oct 1918

Daughter of V. L. & N. V. Richardson
Richardson, Ura Lanier

24 May 1894

1 Oct 1923

Wife of John Richardson

Daughter of Frank Lanier & Laura Bush
Ringstaff, Henry Logan

19 Oct 1858

23 Dec 1914

Son of Lettia Ringstaff

Husband of Loyola Annie Vaughan Ringstaff

Children: Caledonia Virginia, William Grant, Jimmie C., Theo Dosia, Mary Letitia,
Anna Mae
Ringstaff, James C.

9 Jan 1853

27 Apr 1928

Son of Lettia Ringstaff
Ringstaff, Jimmie C.

12 Apr 1896

20 Jul 1902

Son of Henry Logan & Loyola Anne Vaughan Ringstaff
Ringstaff, Lettia

17 Jul 1826

22 Feb 1903

Wife of H. Ringstaff
Ringstaff, Theo Dosia

2 Aug 1898

5 Aug 1919

Daughter of Henry Logan & Loyola Ann Vaughan Ringstaff
Ringstaff, William Grant

16 Feb 1894

13 Sep 1921

Son of Henry Logan & Loyola Anne Vaughan Ringstaff
Roach, Annie Lee

28 Sep 1910

1 May 2005

Wife of Ernest R. Roach
Roach, Daniel "Dan"

Jan 1855

19 Feb 1917

Husband of Maggie Oswald; Son of Henry Marion Roach & Sarah McNeil
Roach, Ernest R.

3 Dec 1899

6 Sep 1976

Son of Daniel Roach; Husband of Annie Lee Roach
Roach, Thurman W.

8 Feb 1934

22 Mar 1953

 
Roadlander, Myrtle Jackson

16 Jul 1878

3 Jun 1951

Daughter of Noah Jackson & Mary Barnhill
Rodgers, Ramona Leigh

25 Mar 1971

14 Jan 2010

 
Rogers, Elbert "Sod"

5 Mar 1911

14 Dec 1995

 
Rogers, Elbert J. "E.J."

22 Jul 1939

24 Apr 1982

 
Rogers, Natalea

9 Jan 2004

16 Feb 2004

 
Rogers, Norris "Red"

15 Nov 1942

20 May 1994

 
Rogers, Ruby Pennington

18 Feb 1919

21 Apr 1982

 
Rogers, Wallace Glen   
Scogins, Lucius Elmer

29 Jun 1896

7 Mar 1946

 
Scrogins, Elbert L.

19 Apr 1918

17 Jul 1970

 

Shankle, Orr Lee

8 Nov 1910

26 Dec 1974

 

Shankle, Raybourne Lyn

22 Aug 1969

10 Feb 1993

 

Shankle, Richard L., Sr.

29 Sep 1941

27 Feb 2007

 

Shankle, Ryan Leland

12 Apr 1978

20 Jun 1998

 

Shankle, Thrisa J.

6 Sep 1911

5 Jan 1981

 

Shankle, Willard Finch

22 Aug 1939

1 Jun 1969

 

Smith, Charles Hilrey

28 Apr 1930

25 Jul 2004

Husband of Helen Tillman Smith
Smith, David Calvin

7 Sep 1856

8 Feb 1935

Son of James William Smith & Martha Mary Jane Tate Smith

Husband of Martha Luella Ewell
Smith, Florence Vernell

14 Oct 1910

28 Jul 1985

Daughter of Claude Jack Smith & Burley Edna Kellum Smith
Smith, Helen Tillman

7 Aug 1934

27 Mar 2008

Wife of Charles Hilrey Smith
Smith, Jessie C. Scroggins

20 Jan 1901

19 Sep 1988

Wife of Ollie Bunion Smith
Smith, Kate A. Bledsoe

Oct 1862

24 Dec 1912

Daughter of Anthony Decatur & Anna Wheatington Bledsoe

Wife of Louis Monroe Smith
Smith, Louis Monroe

1858

1922

Son of James William & Martha Mary Jane Tate Smith

Husband of Kate A. Bledsoe Smith
Smith, Mary Sue Walker

16 May 1926

24 Sep 1974

Daughter of William Jordan & Adrian Oswald Walker

Wife of Winford L. Smith
Smith, Mattie Jane Boswell

22 Feb 1881

26 Feb 1936

Wife of William Thomas Smith
Smith, Ollie Bunion

1 May 1895

8 May 1965

Son of Louis Monroe & Kate A. Bledsoe Smith

Husband of Jessie C. Scroggins Smith
Smith, William Thomas "Bill"

23 Jun 1878

30 Dec 1958

Son of David Calvin & Martha Louella Ewell Smith

Husband of Mattie Jane Boswell Smith
Smith, Winford L.

14 Jun 1926

25 Jun 1987

Son of Ollie Bunion & Jessie C. Scroggins Smith

Husband of Mary Sue Walker Smith
Tillman, Donnie J.

16 Feb 1948

15 Mar 1966

 
Walker, Effie Mae Smith

23 Sep 1892

11 May 1931

Wife of Augustus Walker
Walker, Marie

Jul 1916

Aug 1922

Daughter of Gus & Effie Walker
Wallace, Barry Keith

18 Mar 1979

18 May 2011

Son of Barry & Thelma "Tiny" Wallace
Wallace, Maxine Coats

12 Jan 1924

2 May 1993

 
Wallace, Wilce Wesley

20 Jun 1926

1 Jul 1985

 
Walls, Gary Daniel Sr.

29 Nov 1951

28 Jul 2002

 

Walls, Mary Joyce Shankle

12 Jun 1954

21 Feb 2007

 

Wicker, Infant Daughter 

Feb-1917

Nov 1917

 Daughter of Perry Wicker

Woodard, Curtis A. 

24 Dec 1938 

6 May 1955

 

Woodard, Curtis H., Sgt. 

30 Sep 1902

8 Mar 1957

 TENNESSEE S SGT 1 MOBILE SURG HOSP WWI & WWII

Woodard, Laura Ewing

6 Oct 1898

10 Aug 1966

 
Woodard, Louis H.

5 Mar 1831

23 Feb 1885

 
Woodard, Paul A.

7 May 1907

14 May 1955

 
Yarbro, Don F.

18 Jul 1856

25 Jan 1908

 
Yarbro, Ida D.

7 Aug 1885

18 May 1887

Daughter of D. F. & B. V. Yarbro
Yarbro, Susan M.

1853

2 Nov 1886

Wife of D. P. Yarbro

Aged 33 years
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  1. Michelle Huggins Nowak says:
    April 19, 2019 at 9:32 pm

    Jack Claude Smith father of Florence Vernell Smith is also buried in the Elm Grove Cemetery. The marker (no tombstone) may be a brick or block.

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Shelley, Barbara June Abbott

BARBARA JUNE ABBOTT SHELLEY | 52, of Drummonds, Tenn., clerk for Abbott Jewelry, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital – Tipton in Covington, Tenn. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Munford (Tenn.) Funeral Home with burial in Poplar Grove Cemetery in Drummonds.  She leaves a daughter, Kimberly Ann Douglas, and a son, James D. Shelley, both of Atlanta; her parents, John and Reamonia Millican Abbot of Drummonds; a brother, Paul Abbott of Memphis, and five grandchildren.

[Barbara June Abbott Shelley; The Commercial Appeal; Memphis, Tenn; 14 Dec 2003; Pg 29]

Janie Reamonia Rann

JANIE REAMONIA RANN, 17, of Drummonds, Tenn., clerk for Abbott Diamond Enterprises, died Thursday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Munford (Tenn.) Funeral Home with Burial in Poplar Grove Cemetery in Drummonds. She was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church. She leaves her great-grandparents who raised her, Reamonia and John Abbott of Drummonds; a half-brother, John Abbot Peak of Texas, and her grandmother, Barbara Shelley of Drummonds.

[Janie Reamonia Rann; The Commercial Appeal; Memphis, Tenn; 20 Sep 2003; Pg 15]

John A Murrell Death

Lillian Oreed Smith

Lillian was born August 22, 1903, in Tipton County, Tennessee and died June 22, 1992, in Covington, Tennessee.  She married William Austin Rhodes, May 25, 1924.  William was born July 18, 1894, and died September 17, 1980.  Lillian taught school in the schoolhouse at Bethel as a very young woman.  Then she went to Memphis where she met and married Austin.  They operated drug stores, sometimes one and sometimes two, in north Memphis most of their adult lives.  One of the stores was on Leath Street very near Humes High School and the other was on Manassas Street.  Rather late in life, they bought the old Smith family house and four acres from Lillian’s mother, Della, and moved back to Tipton County.  They put in a hen house for laying hens and sold eggs until retirement.  Austin and Lillian never had any children.  They both are buried in the “New Part” of Bethel Cemetery.

[ from An Illustrated History of the People and Towns of Northeast Shelby County and South Central Tipton County, page 178]

Lillian Oreed Smith Rhodes Obituary

ATOKA – Lillian Smith Rhodes, 88, retired merchant, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton after a long illness.  Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Munford Funeral Home with burial in Bethel Cemetery.  She was a member of Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Home Demonstration Club.  Mrs. Rhodes, the widow of Austin Rhodes, leaves a sister, Carmen Smith of Memphis, and two brothers, A. T. Smith of Atoka and Richard Smith of Gautier, Miss.

[Rhodes, Lillian Smith; The Commercial Appeal; Memphis, Tenn; 24 Jun 1992; Pg 11]

Delayed birth certificate Lillian Oreed Smith
Delayed birth certificate Lillian Oreed Smith
Lillian Oreed Smith and W A Rhodes Marriage License
Lillian Oreed Smith and W A Rhodes Marriage License
Lillian Oreed Smith Rhodes
Lillian Oreed Smith Rhodes
Richard Arnold Smith

Richard was born on June 29, 1912, and died in Pascagoula, Mississippi on June 3, 1994.  He married Zelma Wright on October 19, 1940.  Richard attended college at Georgia Tech in Atlanta.  I do not know if he got a degree or not.  After college, he went to work for Continental Gin Company as a sales engineer in Birmingham.  He and Zelma lived there for a long time.  He finally did transfer to Memphis and lived there for several years.  During his years with Continental Gin Company, he traveled a lot, even to India for several months to install a cotton gin there.  After a long career with Continental, they bought a small tourist court in Pascagoula and moved down there to operate it.  This facility consisted of several individual cottages scattered through a pine grove.  They did most of the work themselves, just hiring people to supplement in areas that they could not see after twenty-four hours per day.  Most of their clientele were extended stay types who worked on the shrimp boats that fished out of the Pascagoula harbor and construction workers who were there for several months at a time.  Of course, they did do some overnight business, too.  Later in life, when the work became too difficult, they sold the tourist court and retired to Dolphin Island where they lived until Richard died.  It is assumed that both Richard and Zelma are buried in Pascagoula, Mississippi.

[An Illustrated History of the People and Towns of Northeast Shelby County and South Central Tipton County]

Jackson County Memorial Park

Iva Electa Smith

Iva Electa was born April 20, 1901, and died December 24, 1991, in Savannah, Hardin County, Tennessee.  She married Lenvil Gordon Beaver on March 30, 1925.  He died February 21, 1949.  They lived in the community that was named after his family, Beaver, or sometimes referred to as Beaver Town.  There was a store and cotton gin, both of which he owned.  They lived in a house that sat across the road from the store.  They had five children: Lenvil Oneda, Iva Shirley, Steve, Carmen Theo, and Lemuel Gordon Beaver.  Gordon and Iva Electa are buried in Ravencroft Cemetery in Tipton County, Tennessee.

[An Illustrated History of the People and Towns of Northeast Shelby County and South Central Tipton County, page 178]

After the death of Gordon in 1949, Iva Electa married Jesse Ray Blakey on 21 Aug 1970.  Both the bride and the groom were 69 years of age.

Iva Electa passed away on 24 Dec 1991.  Her obit is below:

BRIGHTON – Electa Smith Beaver Blakey, 90, former teacher, died Tuesday at Hardin County General Hospital in Savannah.  Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Munford Funeral Home with burial in Ravenscroft Cemetery.  She was a member of Beaver Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday School and the Women’s Bible Class.  Mrs. Blakey, the widow of Gordon Beaver and J. R. Blakey, leaves three daughters, Lenvil Leadbetter of Savannah, Shirley Dyer of Clinton, Ill., and Carmen Harshfield of Somerville; a son, Gordon ‘Lem’ Beaver Jr. of Brighton; two sisters, Carmen Smith of Memphis and Lillian Rhodes of Savannah; two brothers, A. T. Smith of Atoka and Richard Smith of Gauthier, Miss., 15 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Electa Smith Beaver Blakey; The Commercial Appeal; Memphis, TN; 26 Dec 1991; Pg 29
Electa Smith Beaver Blakey; The Commercial Appeal; Memphis, TN; 26 Dec 1991; Pg 29

 

Gordon and Electa Beaver's Headstone in Ravenscroft Cemetery
Gordon and Electa Beaver’s Headstone in Ravenscroft Cemetery
Delayed Birth Record Iva Electa Smith
Delayed Birth Record Iva Electa Smith
Electa Smith marriage to Lenvil Gordon Beaver
Electa Smith marriage to Lenvil Gordon Beaver
Electa Smith Beaver Marriage to Jesse Ray Blakey
Electa Smith Beaver Marriage to Jesse Ray Blakey
Carmen Theo Smith

Carmen was born on 24 Oct 1898 in Tipton County, Tennessee.  After graduating high school, Carmen moved to Memphis where she was a bookkeeper and secretary for William G. Smith.  William owned a refrigerator business.  They soon fell in love and where married on 24 Jun 1927.  William had three children from a previous marriage, and he and Carmen did not have any children.  They lived on E. Cherry Circle in Memphis.  According to Wayne Smith, their house was very nice and sat on about two acres of land.  Carmen died on 6 Feb 2000 in Shelby County, Tennessee.  Both William and Carmen are buried in Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee.

Obituary for Carmen Theo Smith

Carmen T. Smith, 101, of Bartlett, retired bookkeeper for Smith’s Refrigeration Co., died of heart failure Sunday at Ave Maria Nursing Home.  Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park.  She was a choir member at Broadmoor Baptist Church, taught Sunday school, and was a charter member at Sunset Baptist Church.  Mrs. Smith, the widow of William G. Smith, leaves a brother, A. T. Smith of Atoka, Tenn. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Churchin Atoka.

Carmen T Smith; The Commercial Appeal; Memphis, Tenn; 8 Feb 2000; Pg 14
Carmen T Smith; The Commercial Appeal; Memphis, Tenn; 8 Feb 2000; Pg 14

 

Delayed Birth Certificate
Delayed Birth Certificate
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1910 US Census
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1920 US Census
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1940 US Census
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1950 US Census
Allie Perry Smith

Allie was born about 1865 and died on 10 Aug 1911.  Allie worked as a clerk in  a store in Randolph, Tennessee.  He never married.

There is an old rumor that Allie was shot and killed.  The suspect, a jealous husband, but no one was ever charged with the crime.  It seems, although an interesting story, this cannot be true as his death certificate states he died of Typhoid Fever.

Fannie Smith

Fannie was born in 1867.  She married John W Reeves (1862-1945) on 7 Feb 1889 in Tipton County, Tenn.  The couple had two children:  Baudine and Finis Henry Uric.  The Reeves family was instrumental in the growth of business and church affairs in Atoka.  John was a merchant for many years and he was very active in the civic projects of the town.  They were members of the Methodist Church, where Fannie taught Sunday school.  Their son, Finis, born 6 Aug 1895, was confined to a wheelchair because of a spinal injury he received as a child.  He died on 28 Jan 1924, at the at of 29. Fannie, John and Finis are buried in Bethel Cemetery.  Baudine, who was born 19 Nov 1893, married James C Smith (1891-1981) on 3 Sep 1916 in Tipton County, Tenn.  Baudine died in Dec of 1981 and is buried in Bethel Cemetery.

 

William Richard Smith

William was born February 16, 1863, and died 22 Oct 1900.  He married Lula Victoria Aycock.  The couple farmed between Tipton and Bethel on land they had purchased.  William and Lula had two daughters, Dorcas Smith and Gladys Smith, and one son, William R Smith who was born 16 Feb 1901, and died 25 Feb 1902.  William and Lula are buried in Bethel Cemetery in unmarked graves.  Their son, William, is buried in part “C” of the cemetery.  They are probably buried in that vicinity.

After William’s death, Lula married Walter Lyles. Walter had a child from a previous marriage named Helen.  Walter and Lula did not have children.

Edward Scott Smith

Edward was born 1860 and died in 1932.  He married Laura McCormick who was born 1859 and died in 1945.  They lived in Shelby County near the Tipton County line just south of Bethel Road.  They farmed, but the land was very poor and they did not do very well.  After their children were grown, Ed and Laura moved into a house located on Tipton Road between Tipton and Munford.  They are buried in the “C” section of Bethel Cemetery.  The children of Edward and Laura McCormick were daughter Myrtle and twins Roger B. and Rodney.

John Alexander Smith

John Alexander married Jarusha Dorcas Walker Oct. 28, 1959 in Tipton County, Tennessee.  She was the daughter of John and Frances Walker.  Jarusha was born July 20, 1842, and died April 24, 1917.  John and Jarusha are buried in the “B” section of Bethel Cemetery.

Arthur Theophilus Smith said that he always heard that John and Jarusha did not own the house and property where they were living when John died.  This property was located in Shelby County between Tracy Road and Mudville Road.  Today the road is known as Mulberry Road.  Somehow, Jarusha managed to raise seven children and purchase a portion of the property, at least the house and maybe some land.  The children of John A. and Jarusha Walker Smith were:  Edward Scott, William Richard, Allie, Fannie, Auther Theophilus, Wyatt Andrew and Johnny LeAndrew.