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Cedar Hill Cemetery

Cedar Hill Cemetery

Posted on February 28, 2019April 16, 2022 by ML Williams

Cedar Hill Cemetery, located at the Mason city limits on the north side of town, is an old large cemetery. Consequently, many of the life long residents have been buried here.

Located within the city limits of Mason, Cedar Hill is approximately a half mile north of Hwy 70 and TN 59. The cemetery will be on your left after crossing the intersection.

Also, the cemetery is not associated with a church.

Nathaniel and Martha Hilliard Hunt
Nathaniel and Martha Hilliard Hunt

The first marked burial in this cemetery was that of Martha Hilliard Hunt. She was the daughter of Col. Isaac and Leah Crawford Hilliard, and was born on 25 Oct 1788 in Hilliardston, NC. She died on 10 Aug 1847 at 58 years of age. The second oldest burial in the cemetery is her husband, Nathaniel Macon Hunt. He was the son of John and Mary Jeffreys Hunt. Martha and Nathaniel were married on 10 Mar 1810.

NAMEDOBDODCOMMENTS
Atkins, A. T. "Lump"19 Jan 1923Double HS with Melinda
W. Atkins
Atkins, Melinda W.14 Feb 192925 Aug 1984Double HS with A. T.
"Lump" Atkins
Belt, Elnora18881958Double HS with John Belt
Belt, John18701941Double HS with Elnora
Belt
Booker, Annie May18791915 
Booker, Charles T.18491919 
Booker, Kate Sherrod18 Mar 186327 Oct 1952 
Booker, Lillie18551887 
Booker, (Twins)18 Oct 191819 Oct 1918"Twin Baby Girls of D. C. &
Clara Booker"
Browne, Augusta8 Jun 1904Aged 63 years, Transcription
- "In Loving Memory Of Our Mother"
Bumpus, Myrtle Marshall30 Aug 188521 Mar 1918Wife of R. C. Bumpus
Campbell, Lucile Clement19061986 
Casey, Fred Lewis23 Mar 190713 May 1973Tennessee TEC5 US Army World
War II
Clark, John Winford7 Jun 190925 Apr 1979Double HS with Mary E.
Marshall Clark
Clark, Mary E. Marshall20 Apr 191514 May 1985Double HS with John
Winford Clark
Clement, A. D. 16 Jun 1905Aged 80 years 6 days
Clement, F. T.30 Apr 18501 Nov 1903 
Clement, Grace G.18661945 
Clement, Irvin S.18521918 
Clement, Loula2 Apr 186125 May 1891Wife of J. S. Clement
Clement, Lucy E. Claiborne20 May 185515 Oct 1885Wife of J. S. Clement
Clement, M. A.2 Apr 1906Aged 76 years

Clement, Margaret B.

18671939"Mother"

Clement, William A.

18581928"Papa"
Cody, Bess Hill19111971 
Cody, Ella Exum18521939 
Cody, May22 Apr 187816 Nov 1915 
Cody, Susan Clement18811968 

Cody, Walter James

18751941 
Cody, Walter James Jr.19101980 
Davis, T. W.6 Sep 18769 Feb 1918 
Edmunds, Rose Poindexter11 May 18835 Mar 1960 
Eubank, Clyde Samuel Sr.25 Dec 19214 Sep 2007CCS US Navy World War II
Faulk, Jack J.4 Jan 190814 Jan 1974 
Featherstone, Homer A.30 Dec 18993 May 1956Tennessee PVT 30 GRREG
Service OMC World War I
Gatlin, Lizzie Davis14 May 18835 Oct 1967 
Greenlee, A. S.11 Nov 18343 Mar 1913 

Greenlee,
David Glass

18771939Son of A. S. and Elizabeth
Glass Greenlee
Greenlee, E. E.18681912Double HS with wife,
Ruby Marshall Greenlee
Greenlee, Elizabeth (Glass)8 Jan 18374 Aug 1897Wife of A. S. Greenlee
Greenlee, James L.7 Oct 18747 Aug 1898 
Greenlee, Kate McGovern18791976Wife of David Glass Greenlee
Greenlee, Laura Elizabeth3 Aug 190411 Apr 1988 
Greenlee, Ruby Marshall18731917Wife of E. E. Greenlee
Hamby, Doris Smith22 Oct 192121 Oct 2003Double HS with husband
Wayne Hamby - married 20 Sep 1947
Hamby, Wayne6 May 192319 Jun 2001CPL, US Army, World War II -
Double HS  with wife, Doris Smith Hamby
Hare, Charles L.1910Double HS with Emma
Chivvis Hare

Hare, Emma Chivvis

18441915Marker shows death as 1915 -
Obituary appeared in paper in 1917.
Harris, Elizabeth Sears3 Dec 19208 Jun 1993 
Harris, Hugh L. "Dick"2 Oct 19213 Sep 1999 
Harris, Hugh L. Sr.23 Jun 18943 Oct 1962 
Harris, Mary Louise8 Dec 1909Aged 20 Years - Daughter of
Henry A. & Mary Somervill Harris
Harris, Mary Somervill8 Nov 185517 Jul 1934 
Harris, Ruth O'Kelly11 Oct 19015 Jul 1943Wife of Hugh L. Harris, Sr.
Herron, Keeble Theo18951931Double HS with his
mother, Laura McKee Herron
Herron, Laura McKee18621931Double HS with her son,
Keeble Theo Herron
Howard, Virginia
Featherstone
24 Mar 190419 Nov 1994 
Hunt, Hannah M. Webster7 Mar 18599 Feb 1900Wife of Nathaniel H. Hunt
Hunt, Martha Hilliard25 Oct 178810 Aug 1847

Memorial -
Born at Hilliardtown, Nash Co., NC

Daughter of
Col. Isaac & Leah Crawford Hilliard

Buried in
Family Lot in the 15th District, Tipton County, TN

Double
Memorial with Nathaniel Macon Hunt

Hunt, Nathaniel H.10 Oct 185621 Mar 1927Double HS with wife,
Hannah M. Webster Hunt
Hunt, Nathaniel Macon7 Dec 178227 Dec 1866

Memorial -
Born near Lewisburg, Franklin Co., NC

Son of John &
Mary Jeffreys Hunt

Buried in
Family Lot in the 15th District, Tipton County, TN

Double
Memorial with Martha Hilliard Hunt

Lackey, Duke B.10 Aug 189611 Jun 1950 
Lackey, Elisha Nathan18551928 
Lackey, Jacquelyn23 Mar 191822 Oct 1918 
Lackey, Jane E.10 Dec 191922 Jun 1921 
Lackey, Mattie Marshall18781955 
Marshall, Agnes S.18821942Double HS with Benton
Marshall
Marshall, Benton18751967Double HS with Agnes S.
Marshall
Marshall, Ella Robbins18621950Wife of Oscar Thompson
Marshall
Marshall, Nettie Faulk19051976 
Marshall, Nora T.24 Jan 18629 Jan 1920Wife of Robert M. Marshall
Marshall, O. T. Jr.12 Apr 189414 Jun 1916 
Marshall, Oliver Earl18961953 
Marshall, Oscar Thompson18611933Double HS with wife,
Ella Robbins Marshall
Marshall, Robert M.7 Nov 18597 Aug 1917Double HS with wife,
Nora T Marshall
Martin, William J.15 Jan 191524 Aug 1992PFC, US Army, World War II
Miller, Nicholas B.18961930 
Mosely, Elizabeth W.18791969Double HS with John N.
Mosely
Mosely, Edward Werne15 Mar 192026 Jun 1920 
Mosely, John N.18481928Double HS with Elizabeth
W. Mosely
Nash, Clarence Everett25 Sep 19019 May 1986Double HS with Zela
Herron Poindexter Nash
Nash, Zela Herron Poindexter27 Oct 189729 May 1978Double HS with Clarence
Everett Nash
O'Kelly, Johnnie Turnage18771930Wife of Robert Lee O'Kelly
O'Kelly, Laverne T.19 Jul 18861 Jun 1966Double HS with Seth H.
O'Kelly
O'Kelly, Robert Lee18701954Double HS with wife,
Johnnie Turnage O'Kelly
O'Kelly, Seth H.20 Jan 187521 Mar 1960Double HS with Laverne
T. O'Kelly
O'Kelly, Seth Herron Jr.19121912Son of S. H. & L. T. O'Kelly
Pettus, Alice Somervill11 Nov 1893Wife of Frank G. Pettus
Poindexter, Clarance T. Jr.13 Apr 192713 Jan 1955Tennessee, CPL US Army,
World War II
Poindexter, Clarance T. Sr.15 Feb 18959 Dec 1974 
Poindexter, Ethel H.
Somervill
2 Oct 18574 Aug 1938Wife of W. G. Poindexter
Poindexter, Guy S.10 Feb 188617 Oct 1907Son of W. G. & E. H.
Poindexter
Poindexter, John Durward24 Aug 187310 Jun 1946 
Poindexter, John William
Leigh
18921932 
Poindexter, Kate Transou6 May 189730 Sep 1998 
Poindexter, W. G.21 Apr 184820 Jul 1911 
Prettyman, Virginia Harris27 Jan 18956 Jan 1974 
Priddy, Virginia Somervill18 Oct 1910Wife of Henry Leigh Priddy
Prochaska, Kathleen Lackey24 Mar 19012 Feb 1960 
Runnells, Kate Booker18811921 
Sears, Arb N.1 Jul 18903 Jul 1980 
Sears, Martha Cothran8 Aug 188727 Jan 1974 
Shelton, James C.10 Aug 189122 Oct 1971 
Shelton, Polly Ann C.28 Sep 18667 Jul 1948 
Shelton, William C.29 Jan 187411 Apr 1913 
Sherrod, Corrinna Lackey15 Jul 190916 Dec 1982 
Smith, Leonard Samuel Jr.28 Apr 192720 Apr 1987PVT US Army World War II
Somervell, Donie Powers11 Jul 18723 Oct 1963 
Somervell, Hunt2 Oct 185124 Apr 1918 

Somervill, Pryor Henry

28 Aug 1917Inscription on stone - "Died
in Tipton Co. at the home where he was born and reared"
Stevens, Clyde Hunt17 Feb 19238 Aug 1932 
Stevens, Mabon12 Feb 18127 Nov 1884 
Stevens, Nancy4 Mar 1819Wife of Mabon Stevens
Stewart, Henrietta9 Dec 181722 Jan 1888Wife of Benjamin H. Stewart
Tarwater, Reba S.18661924 
Taylor, Charles Leigh18 Oct 18635 Jan 1929 
Taylor, Maude Celeste Pirtle29 Apr 187224 Aug 1959Wife of Charles Leigh Taylor
Transou, Baby14 Jan 190824 Jan 1908 
Transou, Bedford Turner19021980 
Transou, Bettie27 Jun 18423 Mar 1910 
Transou, David P.11 Dec 186814 Jan 1917 
Transou, Elia Cole18731938Wife of David P. Transou
Transou, Lila Greenlee19071967 
Vandergrift, Beatrice26 Dec 19085 Oct 1981Double HS with William
C. Vandergrift
Vandergrift, Elizabeth
Newell
20 Aug 192023 Jul 2004Double HS with Wm.
Edward "Bill" Vandergrift
Vandergrift, William C.22 Feb 190221 Feb 1981Double HS with Beatrice
P. Vandergrift
Vandergrift, Wm. Edward
"Bill"
7 Nov 192419 Oct 1997Double HS with Elizabeth
Newell Vandergrift
Walden, Mattie McKee18561938 
Waller, Joseph S.31 Jan 1884Aged 44 yrs 5 mos & 9 days
White, Katie Leona11 Feb 18871 Jan 1977Double HS with Marion
Frank White
White, Marion Frank29 Jun 188310 Mar 1981Double HS with Katie
Leona White
Williams, Lavinia Mrs.11 Oct 18355 Feb 1916 
Williams, John Tom
3 Mar 1952
17 Sep 2012

Williams, L. Jerry
10 Feb 1930
12 Jan 2017
Double HS with Nell Gray Williams; Father of John Tom Williams; First name: Lawrence
Gray, Mark Allen
20 Aug 1986
29 Apr 2014

Gray, Nell Barton
22 Jun 1888
19 Jun 1979

Barton, James Edmund
30 Mar 1844
5 Feb 1918

Barton, Paul Hardin
3 Nov 1892
20 Nov 1897

Barton, Richard Noble
18 Apr 1880
4 Apr 1906

Barton, Robert James
26 Jan 1891
13 Sep 1962

Barton, Samuella Somervill
1853
1932

Barton, Susie Ann
5 Dec 1882
22 Feb 1883

Pirtle, Alice Barton
23 Jul 1884
17 Nov 1910
Married 1908; w/o Alfred Austin Pirtle
Pirtle, Alfred Austin
15 Jul 1875
28 Nov 1923
Married 1908; h/o Alice Barton Pirtle
Cedar Hill Cemetery Company Inc
Employer Identification Number (EIN) 621168000
Name of Organization Cedar Hill Cemetery Company Inc
In Care of Name Nancy Harris
Address Po Box 41, Mason, TN 38049
Activities Cemetery or burial activities, Perpetual (care fund (cemetery, columbarium, etc)
Subsection Cemetery Company
Ruling Date 02/1984
Deductibility Contributions are deductible
Foundation All organizations except 501(c)(3)
Organization Corporation
Exempt Organization Status Unconditional Exemption
Tax Period 2014
Assets $0
Income $0
Filing Requirement 990 – Required to file Form 990-N – Income less than $25,000 per year
Asset Amount $0
Amount of Income $0
Form 990 Revenue Amount $0

Since 2010, the company has been providing Cemetery Subdividers And Developers from Mason. The company has estimated annual revenues of $80,000.00 and also employs an estimated 2 employees.

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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
1910 US Census
1910 US Census
1920 US Census
1920 US Census
1940 US Census
1940 US Census
1950 US Census
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.