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.

Burials
NAME | DOB | DOD | COMMENTS |
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Allan, Roy | 3 Jan 1912 | 11 Mar 1976 | |
Allen, Charlie L. | 1936 | 1954 | |
Benson, Albert B. | 11 Apr 1923 | 25 Aug 1957 | Homemade marker |
Benson, Rev. Ernest (Sr.) | 2 May 1915 | 28 Jul 2002 | |
Benson, Louisiana Phillips | 28 Nov 1892 | 4 Nov 1973 | |
Benson, Sylvester | 16 Apr 1886 | 28 May 1975 | |
Benson, Theodore | 1917 | 1988 | |
Bledsoe, Calvin Larry | 26 May 1930 | 1 Aug 1956 | PVT US ARMY |
Bledsoe, James | ??-???-1891 | ?? July ???? | Homemade marker - Dates are worn and unreadable |
Bledsoe, John | 3 Oct 1921 | 3 Oct 1951 | TENNESSEE PVT 382 ENGR |
Bledsoe, Susie | 20 Sep 1891 | 09-14-1964 | |
Boddie, Charlie E. | 16 Aug 1882 | 6 Feb 1965 | |
Boddie, Jackson W. | 31 Jul 1905 | 24 Jan 1986 | |
Boddie, Florence | 14 Feb 1877 | 29 Dec 1963 | |
Boddie, Sadie | 27 Jul 1912 | 21 Feb 1990 | |
Boyd, Evelyn L. | 5 Feb 1893 | 10 Jun 1971 | Double HS with Lewis E. Boyd |
Boyd, Lewis E. | 4 Mar 1891 | 17 Mar 1970 | Double HS with Evelyn L. Boyd |
Boyd, Lou Alice | 16 Oct 1918 | 3 Mar 1985 | |
Boyd, Thomas E. | 5 Aug 1926 | 4 May 1947 | Military Marker - Tennessee - World War II |
Britton, Decie Phillips | 6 Dec 1899 | 30 Nov 1985 | |
Britton, Willie | 10 Feb 1897 | 27 Aug 1989 | |
Calhoun, Anderson | 28 Jul 1919 | 10 Jun 1954 | TENNESSEE PVT CO B 96 ENGR OS |
Cambel, Rosa Lee | 7 Aug 1899 | 21 Jul 1952 | Homemade marker |
Campbell, John | 9 Nov 1888 | 18 Dec 1958 | |
Campbell, Mary F. | 15 Aug 1885 | 20 Apr 1966 | |
Campbell, Ruth Mae | 12 Feb 1926 | 5 Jun 1981 | |
Campbell, Thomas Franklin | 12 Jul 1927 | 27 Nov 1948 | |
Campbell, Uriah | 29 Dec 1895 | 12 Oct 1967 | TENNESSEE PFC 37 CO 10 |
Crawford, Ellen Wiggins | 30 Nov 1901 | 30 Nov 1987 | Double HS with Isaiah Crawford |
Crawford, Isaiah | 10 Nov 1895 | 13 Jul 1972 | TENNESSEE PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR I |
Drain, Jimmie Jones | 26 Jan 1878 | 13 Nov 1970 | |
Hall, Annie | 1919 | 1979 | Homemade marker |
Halliburton, Archie Marie | 14 Apr 1923 | 18 Jun 1985 | |
Harper, Homer | 29 Dec 1919 | 7 Dec 1986 | Double HS with wife, Louise Harper. Married January 7, 1954 |
Harper, Louise | 8 Dec 1925 | Double HS with husband, Homer Harper |
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Hatley, Rubye Walker | 12 Apr 1931 | 31 Jul 2004 | |
Hayes, David G. | 26 Jan 1916 | 4 Aug 1983 | Double HS with Ruby Bernice Hayes |
Hayes, Ruby Bernice | 10 Jan 1925 | 21 Apr 1983 | Double HS with David G. Hayes |
Hicks, Charlie | 15 Mar 1872 | 15 Mar 1956 | Homemade marker |
Hicks, Erskin | Dec 1903 | 5 Mar 1963 | Only month and year on marker for birth |
Hicks, Minnie F. | 21 Feb 1896 | 3 Dec 1995 | |
Hicks, Polly Ann | 6 Dec 1913 | 22 Mar 1976 | |
Hicks, Robert Lee | 9 Aug 1901 | 23 Nov 1964 | |
Hicks, Sam | 23 Jun 1896 | 8 Nov 1974 | |
Hicks, Will N. | 30 Jul 1892 | 19 Apr 1970 | |
Jackson, Brige | 22 Apr 1836 | 23 Dec 1897 | |
Lemons, Jessie C. | 23 Jun 1934 | 21 Nov 1998 | |
Moss, Andrew | 1892 | 1949 | Double HS with Luevenia Moss |
Moss, Luevenia | 1897 | 1990 | Double HS with Andrew Moss |
Neal, James | ? | ? | Homemade marker - Unable to read dates |
Nelson, Alex B. Jr. | 18 Jun 1917 | 8 Dec 1994 | Double HS with wife, Prennie Nelson |
Nelson, Prennie | 5 Apr 1916 | Double HS with husband, Alex B. Nelson Jr. |
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Phillips, Bettie Louis | 10 Oct 1892 | 28 Jun 1992 | Double HS with James Ervin Phillips |
Phillips, James Ervin | 8 Mar 1885 | 7 Mar 1963 | Double HS with Bettie Louis Phillips |
Phillips, John Wesley | 18 Aug 1882 | 8 Jan 1958 | |
Piggee, Rev. George Sr. | 7 May 1914 | 28 Jul 2001 | |
Piggee, Sam Ever | 17 Jun 1918 | 7 Apr 1980 | "Wife and Mother" |
Smith, Futur Lee | 29 Aug 1914 | 24 May 1975 | |
Smith, Irene Young | 26 Apr 1921 | 2 Nov 2005 | |
Smith, Laura Ann | 10 Sep 1922 | 6 Dec 1991 | |
Smith, Stephanie Michele | 19 Jul 1973 | 21 Jan 2008 | |
Thomas, E. Maurice "Jack" | 18 Sep 1935 | 18 Apr 2003 | |
Thomas, Ernest M. Sr. | 14 Mar 1908 | 28 Oct 1982 | |
Thomas, Lois Blackwell | 11 Aug 1907 | 5 Aug 1979 | |
Thomas, Matthew J. | 5 Jan 1888 | 4 Jun 1948 | Homemade marker - (Hard to read) |
Thomas, Walter Lee | 22 May 1905 | 18 Feb 1969 | |
Thurman, Blanche | 8 Jul 1900 | 4 Feb 1980 | Double maker with Sidney Thurman |
Thurman, Sidney | 2 Feb 1885 | 18 Jan 1970 | Double HS with Blanche Thurman |
Tucker, Inell E. | 20 Nov 1926 | 12 Nov 1990 | |
Vaughn, Sadie | 30 Nov 1905 | 20 Feb 1978 | |
Vaughan, Walter | 16 Feb 1894 | 10 Dec 1981 | PVT US ARMY - WORLD WAR I |
Walker, Louise Mason | 27 Mar 1901 | 12 Feb 1983 | |
Webb, E. W. | 20 Oct 1862 | 13 Sep 1895 | |
Wiggins, Charles Edison | 11 Feb 1944 | 16 Nov 1997 | |
Wiggins, Sam | 20 Jun 1920 | 27 Jul 1971 | |
Wiggins, Wanda Denise | 10 Apr 1963 | 30 Oct 1993 | |
Young, Jessie E. | 15 Feb 1906 | 20 Jan 1964 | "Reverend" Double HS with Sufronia B. Young |
Young, Nicie Campbell | 1894 | 1959 | |
Young, Sufronia B. | 24 Jun 1925 | 29 Jul 2004 | Double HS with Rev. Jessie E. Young |
Young, Walter Fenoy (Sgt.) | 10 Jul 1917 | 28 Feb 2007 | |
Young, William B. | 30 Dec 1888 | 10 May 1972 |