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Galilee Cemetery Sign in Brighton TN

Galilee Cemetery

Posted on March 3, 2019July 9, 2022 by ML Williams

Galilee Cemetery is located on Dunlap Orphanage Road in Brighton, TN. It is a fairly new African-American cemetery. As a result, there are more empty plots than filled. Also, an infant buried in 1911 has the oldest headstone in the cemetery.

Galilee Cemetery in Brighton TN
Galilee Cemetery in Brighton TN

Burials

NAMEDOBDODCOMMENTS
Allan, Roy3 Jan 191211 Mar 1976 
Allen, Charlie L.19361954 
Benson, Albert B.11 Apr 192325 Aug 1957Homemade marker
Benson, Rev. Ernest (Sr.)2 May 191528 Jul 2002 
Benson, Louisiana Phillips28 Nov 18924 Nov 1973 
Benson, Sylvester16 Apr 188628 May 1975 
Benson, Theodore19171988 
Bledsoe, Calvin Larry26 May 19301 Aug 1956PVT US ARMY
Bledsoe, James
??-???-1891
?? July ????Homemade marker - Dates are
worn and unreadable
Bledsoe, John3 Oct 19213 Oct 1951

TENNESSEE PVT 382 ENGR
CONST BN WORLD WAR II

Bledsoe, Susie20 Sep 189109-14-1964 
Boddie, Charlie E.16 Aug 18826 Feb 1965 
Boddie, Jackson W.31 Jul 190524 Jan 1986 
Boddie, Florence14 Feb 187729 Dec 1963 
Boddie, Sadie27 Jul 191221 Feb 1990 
Boyd, Evelyn L.5 Feb 189310 Jun 1971Double HS with Lewis E.
Boyd
Boyd, Lewis E.4 Mar 189117 Mar 1970Double HS with Evelyn L.
Boyd
Boyd, Lou Alice16 Oct 19183 Mar 1985 
Boyd, Thomas E.5 Aug 19264 May 1947Military Marker - Tennessee
- World War II
Britton, Decie Phillips6 Dec 189930 Nov 1985 
Britton, Willie10 Feb 189727 Aug 1989 
Calhoun, Anderson28 Jul 191910 Jun 1954

TENNESSEE PVT CO B 96 ENGR OS
REGT WORLD WAR II

Cambel, Rosa Lee7 Aug 189921 Jul 1952Homemade marker
Campbell, John9 Nov 188818 Dec 1958 
Campbell, Mary F.15 Aug 188520 Apr 1966 
Campbell, Ruth Mae12 Feb 19265 Jun 1981 
Campbell, Thomas Franklin12 Jul 192727 Nov 1948 
Campbell, Uriah29 Dec 189512 Oct 1967

TENNESSEE PFC 37 CO 10
BN TENN NC WORLD WAR I

Crawford, Ellen Wiggins30 Nov 190130 Nov 1987Double HS with Isaiah
Crawford
Crawford, Isaiah10 Nov 189513 Jul 1972

TENNESSEE PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR I

Also has
Double HS with Ellen Wiggins Crawford

Drain, Jimmie Jones26 Jan 187813 Nov 1970 
Hall, Annie19191979Homemade marker
Halliburton, Archie Marie14 Apr 192318 Jun 1985 
Harper, Homer29 Dec 19197 Dec 1986Double HS with wife,
Louise Harper.  Married January 7, 1954
Harper, Louise8 Dec 1925Double HS with husband,
Homer Harper
Hatley, Rubye Walker12 Apr 193131 Jul 2004 
Hayes, David G.26 Jan 19164 Aug 1983Double HS with Ruby
Bernice Hayes
Hayes, Ruby Bernice10 Jan 192521 Apr 1983Double HS with David G.
Hayes
Hicks, Charlie15 Mar 187215 Mar 1956Homemade marker
Hicks, ErskinDec 19035 Mar 1963Only month and year on
marker for birth
Hicks, Minnie F.21 Feb 18963 Dec 1995 
Hicks, Polly Ann6 Dec 191322 Mar 1976 
Hicks, Robert Lee9 Aug 190123 Nov 1964 
Hicks, Sam23 Jun 18968 Nov 1974 
Hicks, Will N.30 Jul 189219 Apr 1970 
Jackson, Brige22 Apr 183623 Dec 1897 
Lemons, Jessie C.23 Jun 193421 Nov 1998 
Moss, Andrew18921949Double HS with Luevenia
Moss
Moss, Luevenia18971990Double HS with Andrew
Moss
Neal, James??Homemade marker - Unable to
read dates
Nelson, Alex B. Jr.18 Jun 19178 Dec 1994Double HS with wife,
Prennie Nelson
Nelson, Prennie5 Apr 1916Double HS with husband,
Alex B. Nelson Jr.
Phillips, Bettie Louis10 Oct 189228 Jun 1992Double HS with James
Ervin Phillips
Phillips, James Ervin8 Mar 18857 Mar 1963Double HS with Bettie
Louis Phillips
Phillips, John Wesley18 Aug 18828 Jan 1958 
Piggee, Rev. George Sr.7 May 191428 Jul 2001 
Piggee, Sam Ever17 Jun 19187 Apr 1980"Wife and Mother"
Smith, Futur Lee29 Aug 191424 May 1975 
Smith, Irene Young26 Apr 19212 Nov 2005 
Smith, Laura Ann10 Sep 19226 Dec 1991 
Smith, Stephanie Michele19 Jul 197321 Jan 2008 
Thomas, E. Maurice "Jack"18 Sep 193518 Apr 2003 
Thomas, Ernest M. Sr.14 Mar 190828 Oct 1982 
Thomas, Lois Blackwell11 Aug 19075 Aug 1979 
Thomas, Matthew J.5 Jan 18884 Jun 1948Homemade marker - (Hard to
read)
Thomas, Walter Lee22 May 190518 Feb 1969 
Thurman, Blanche8 Jul 19004 Feb 1980Double maker with Sidney
Thurman
Thurman, Sidney2 Feb 188518 Jan 1970Double HS with Blanche
Thurman
Tucker, Inell E.20 Nov 192612 Nov 1990 
Vaughn, Sadie30 Nov 190520 Feb 1978 
Vaughan, Walter16 Feb 189410 Dec 1981PVT US ARMY - WORLD WAR I
Walker, Louise Mason27 Mar 190112 Feb 1983 
Webb, E. W.20 Oct 186213 Sep 1895 
Wiggins, Charles Edison11 Feb 194416 Nov 1997 
Wiggins, Sam20 Jun 192027 Jul 1971 
Wiggins, Wanda Denise10 Apr 196330 Oct 1993 
Young, Jessie E.15 Feb 190620 Jan 1964"Reverend"  Double HS with Sufronia B. Young
Young, Nicie Campbell18941959 
Young, Sufronia B.24 Jun 192529 Jul 2004Double HS with Rev.
Jessie E. Young
Young, Walter Fenoy (Sgt.)10 Jul 191728 Feb 2007 
Young, William B.30 Dec 188810 May 1972 
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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.