Location
Helen Crigger Cemetery, aka Crigger Cemetery, is in Munford, TN. This is a large open cemetery to the right while heading north on Beaver Road. As well as being a large cemetery, with nearly 5,000 graves, it is a fairly old cemetery.
The oldest grave is the cemetery belongs to Jenny Lee Burkhardt. She died in 1901 at the age of 13. The second oldest grave belongs to William Henry Turnage Jr. who was buried in 1902 at the age of 8 months. The most noted grave in the cemetery is that of Helen Rogers Crigger. Her headstone is that of a large angel with a raised hand overlooking her burial place. She was the daughter of Walter Wert Crigger (1879-1941) and Effie Eugenia Rogers Crigger (1882-1956) who were obviously a well-to-do and influential family in the area. Helen died at the age of 14 of malaria.
There are many other local names in this cemetery, such as, Forbess, Delashmit, Griffith, Applebury, Joyner, Pinner, Bomar and many others. The fact is, many lifelong residents of Munford and the surrounding area are buried in this cemetery including many members of my family.
Burials in Helen Crigger Cemetery
| NAME | DOB | DOD | COMMENTS |
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| Adkison, Elnora Turnage | 31 Jul 1868 | 4 Feb 1969 | Double stone with John Franklin Adkison |
| Adkison, John Franklin | 18 Apr 1866 | 23 Dec 1926 | Double stone with Elnora Turnage Adkison |
| Adkison, Roy | 1898 | 1946 | |
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| 4 Jul 1900 | 24 Oct 1929 | Son of Andrew Baskins |
| Bell, Cloma Mae | 29 Aug 1921 | 12 Apr 1973 | |
| Benton, Constance | 27 Mar 1952 | 25 Dec 2010 | |
| Bishop, Clyde E. "Jack" | 4 Jun 1927 | 8 Apr 2001 | |
| Brown, Aubrey Jr. | 13 Mar 1947 | Infant | |
| Bumpus, Bethel Rose | 16 Nov 1897 | 16 Aug 1969 | |
| Byrd, John Edward | 13 Apr 1920 | 29 Jul 1994 | EM3 US NAVY World War II |
| Byrd, Kevin Michael | 29 Sep 1971 | 30 Sep 1971 | Son of Billy & Jane Byrd |
| Byrd, Nora L. | 1900 | 1978 | Double stone with Rowland G. Byrd |
| Byrd, R. C. Jr. | 1930 | 1946 | |
| Byrd, Raymond D. | 12 Mar 1919 | 4 Feb 1977 | |
| Byrd, Rowland G. | 1896 | 1951 | Double stone with Nora L. Byrd |
| Campbell, Elvie V. | 22 Jun 1910 | 15 Aug 2000 | Double stone with husband, Thomas Leon Campbell - Married Jan. 25, 1936 |
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| 5 Nov 1957 | 11 Nov 1957 | Daughter of Robert Lee & Claudia Gattlin Campbell |
| Campbell, Thomas Leon | 9 Jun 1915 | 23 Aug 1985 | Double stone with wife, Elvie V. Campbell - Married Jan. 25, 1936 |
| Campbell, Virginia Ruth | 5 Jun 1940 | 6 Jun 1940 | |
| Chapman, Maudie Wilson | 1904 | 1963 | |
| Clark, Jim | 1 May 1899 | 11 Oct 1967 | Double stone with Loula Clark |
| Clark, Loula | 10 Feb 1897 | 20 Sep 1955 | Double stone with Jim Clark |
| Cooper, Annie M. | 4 Jun 1897 | 8 Sep 1974 | |
| Corbitt, Jocie Harris | 12 Dec 1869 | 15 Aug 1960 | Double stone with John William Corbitt |
| Corbitt, John William | 30 Dec 1867 | 15 Feb 1959 | Double stone with Jocie Harris Corbitt |
| Cothran, Michael Sidney | 12 May 1946 | 30 Oct 1946 | |
| Crutcher, Frank Cooper | 13 Dec 1897 | 12 Jun 1952 | |
| William Alvin Cullum | 24 Jun 1916 | 11 Jul 1990 | Double Stone with Mary Fred Ray Cullum |
| Delashmitt, Ott Maxwell | 6 Feb 1899 | 10 Jun 1986 | |
| Dunbar, Everett E. Jr. | 15 Jan 1928 | 5 Jun 1987 | |
| Elam, Edgar S. | 24 Sep 1884 | 6 Feb 1948 | Double stone with wife, Willie G. Elam |
| Elam, Willie G. | 09-14-1890 | 15 Apr 1957 | Double stone with husband, Edgar S. Elam |
| Ellis, Ernest Raymond | 16 Jul 1907 | 3 Jul 1963 | |
| Ellis, Peggy Thornton | 28 Sep 1911 | 30 Jan 2007 | |
| Forbes, Bertha Davidson | 23 Oct 1888 | 23 Mar 1969 | Double stone with Joseph Edward Forbes |
| Forbes, Joseph Edward | 4 Apr 1880 | 24 Jun 1959 | Double stone with Bertha Davidson Forbes |
| Glass, Edward Franklin | 4 Jul 1917 | 25 Sep 2002 |
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| Gordon, Erving Lawrence | 21 Jan 1918 | 29 Mar 1985 | Double stone with LCDR US NAVY Retired |
| Gordon, Sarah Ann Wooten | 28 Aug 1925 | Double stone with Erving Lawrence Gordon |
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| Gross, Jethro Thomas | 25 Jun 1892 | 7 Jan 1956 | Double stone with Pearl Chapman Gross |
| Gross, Pearl Chapman | 17 May 1898 | 14 Mar 1981 | Double stone with Jethro Thomas Gross |
| Howell, Louis Craig | 28 May 1923 | 5 May 1975 | Pvt US ARMY World War II |
| Jones, Albert A. | 23 May 1880 | Double stone with Lizzy Jones |
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| Jones, Lizzy | 11 Jul 1882 | 17 Jul 1946 | Double stone with Albert A. Jones |
| Kelly, Sussie F. | 23 Oct 1868 | 24 Feb 1960 | |
| Lawrence, James Gayle Sr. | 18 Jul 1910 | 4 Mar 1949 | TN Pvt 16 REPL DEPOT - World War II |
| Levesque, Cameron | 27 Apr 1991 | Infant son of John and Jill Levesque |
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| McClain, Donald W. | 10 May 1948 | 13 Mar 2000 | US ARMY VIETNAM |
| McClain, Leemon Edgar | 25 Oct 1909 | 10 Nov 1976 | Triple stone with Nellie Lemmonds & Oscar Lee |
| McClain, Nellie Lemmonds | 10 Feb 1910 | 22 Aug 1976 | Triple stone with Leemon Edgar & Oscar Lee |
| McClain, Oscar Lee | 19 Nov 1944 | 9 Feb 1945 | Triple stone with Parents - Leemon and Nellie McClain |
| McCullough, Artie S. | 27 Feb 1888 | 8 Aug 1970 | Double stone with Oscar C. McCullough |
| McCullough, Edgar J. | 1929 | 1948 | |
| McCullough, Oscar C. | 6 Sep 1885 | 25 Oct 1949 | Double stone with Artie S. McCullough |
| McCullough, W. E. | 27 Aug 1892 | 10 Jan 1952 | |
| Monasco, William L. | 17 Feb 1869 | 3 Sep 1945 | TENNESSEE - Pvt CO M REGT MISS INF - Spanish American War |
| Moore, Helen Gross | 31 Mar 1920 | Double stone with husband, Paul Duggin Moore - Married Dec. 19, 1920 |
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| Moore, Ida B. | 1859 | 1936 | Double stone with James D. Moore |
| Moore, James D. | 1856 | 1925 | Double stone with Ida B. Moore |
| Moore, Maude E. | 1 Nov 1887 | 14 Jul 1977 | |
| Moore, Paul Duggin | 2 Jul 1915 | 30 Sep 1998 | Double stone with wife, Helen Gross Moore - Married Dec. 19, 1920 |
| Neal, Virginia M. | 1947 | 1947 | Daughter of R. L. and Gladys Neal |
| Naifeh, Jim K. | 4 Sep 1894 | 4 Mar 1940 | |
| Owens, Samuel P. | 5 Mar 1946 | 19 Jun 1967 | |
| Pearson, Carey B. | 30 Apr 1901 | 10 Feb 1934 | Double stone with Gladys Adkins Pearson |
| Pearson, Gladys Adkins | 21 Sep 1901 | 19 Feb 1992 | Double stone with Carey B. Pearson |
| Riem, Earmon Irene | 7 Feb 1906 | 27 Jan 1959 | Double stone with William Arthur Riem Sr. |
| Riem, William Arthur Sr. | 2 Mar 1883 | 8 Jun 1966 | Double stone with Earmon Irene Riem |
| Rose, James W. "Bubba" | 11 Apr 1958 | 11 Jul 1982 | |
| Rose, Louise Craig | 16 Oct 1903 | 9 Aug 1974 | |
| Scott, James Ovid | 25 Dec 1887 | 21 Apr 1946 | Double stone with Mary M. Scott |
| Scott, Mary M. | 17 Feb 1891 | 11 Dec 1986 | Double stone with James Ovid Scott |
| Scott, William N. | 28 Oct 1914 | 4 Feb 2002 | |
| Starnes, Major F. | 17 Nov 1902 | 5 Oct 1937 | Double stone with Ruth M. Starnes |
| Starnes, Reber Maurice | 3 Feb 1934 | 16 Feb 2007 | SP4 US ARMY |
| Starnes, Ruth M. | 9 Mar 1895 | 4 Dec 1971 | Double stone with Major F. Starnes |
| Thornberry, Eulan Carroll | 26 Aug 1918 | 20 Jul 1988 | Double stone with wife, Velma S. Thornberry - Military Marker - US ARMY - World War II |
| Thornberry, Velma S. | 14 Nov 1916 | 29 Sep 1975 | Double stone with husband, Eulan Carroll Thornberry |
| Weaver, B. F. | 12 Mar 1861 | 14 Jan 1939 | |
| Wiley, Lawrence J. | 11 May 1899 | 21 Dec 1981 | |
| Wiley, Virginia W. | 7 Dec 1903 | 19 May 1967 | |
| Wilson, Anna B. McClain | 22 Oct 1936 | 3 Jul 2000 | "Bumblebee" |
| Wilson, Calvin McLain | 16 Feb 1868 | 20 Aug 1950 | |
| Wilson, Myrtle Gooken | 5 Jan 1887 | 4 Feb 1975 | |
| Wilson, William B. | 1903 | 1946 | |
| Wooten, Elbert H. | 9 Aug 1879 | 24 Mar 1946 | |
| Wooten, Jack Allen | 11 Aug 0908 | 15 Jul 1992 | Double stone with Louise D. Wooten |
| Wooten, Leda Cunningham | 19 Mar 1906 | 19 Mar 1984 | Double stone with Paul Gillespie Wooten |
| Wooten, Loreta Cox | 1902 | 1937 | |
| Wooten, Louise D. | 11 Mar 1912 | 4 Jun 1983 | Double stone with Jack Allen Wooten |
| Wooten, Mary Emaline | 22 Jun 1924 | 7 Nov 1927 | |
| Wooten, Mary E. Witherington | 11 Jan 1882 | 13 Oct 1975 | |
| Wooten, Paul Gillespie | 19 Dec 1913 | 16 Aug 2003 | Double stone with Leda Cunningham Wooten |
| Barton, Sadie Loraine | 12 Nov 1922 | 26 Jun 2015 | Maiden Name: Gross |
| Carroll, Sadie Inez | 12 Dec 1919 | 24 Nov 1984 | Maiden Name: Gross |
| Ervin, Bertie Iona | 18 Sep 1895 | 31 Dec 1958 | Maiden Name: Gross |
| Ferguson, Dell | 17 May 1916 | 6 Aug 2011 | Maiden Name: Gross |
| Grizzard, Birdie Lee | 26 Jul 1902 | 9 Aug 1997 | Maiden Name: Gross |
| Gross, Adell Lee | 15 May 1899 | 29 Apr 1959 | Maiden Name: Ammons |
| Gross, Alan Martin | 15 Nov 1959 | 1 Dec 1995 | |
| Gross, Alison | 3 Jun 1895 | 10 Jan 1968 | |
| Gross, Anna Kelley | 4 Sep 1901 | 8 Jun 1989 | Double stone with husband, Carl W. Gross - Married April 4, 1918 |
| Gross, Briton Tommy | 6 Oct 2009 | 6 Jan 2010 | |
| Gross, Buford | 25 Jun 1914 | 3 Jan 1948 | |
| Gross, Carl W. | 7 Nov 1897 | 9 Aug 1988 | Double stone with wife, Anna Kelly Gross - Married April 4, 1918 |
| Gross, Charles Chesley | 23 Feb 1923 | 31 Dec 1986 | |
| Gross, Fannie Mae | 17 Mar 1884 | 26 Jul 1939 | |
| Gross, Geneva | 1 Sep 1915 | 1 Nov 2007 | Maiden Name: Belk |
| Gross, Geraldiine S | 29 Jum 1935 | 5 Dec 2010 | |
| Gross, Hettie | 7 Sep 1912 | 8 Jan 1999 | Maiden Name: Glaze |
| Gross, Hubert Earl | 22 Oct 1932 | 22 Nov 2008 | |
| Gross, Joseph Mark | 30 Jun 1964 | 18 Dec 1982 | Our Beloved Son and Brother |
| Gross, Margie Dee | 27 Aug 1896 | 6 Dec 1945 | Maiden Name: Brewer |
| Gross, Margie L | 20 Nov 1885 | 18 Jul 1965 | |
| Gross, Marvin Booker | 5 Oct 1913 | 28 Feb 1980 | |
| Gross, Winford H | 8 Sep 1924 | 28 Aug 1989 | Double HS with Mavis E Gross; Daddy |
| Gross, Marvin B | 5 Oct 1913 | 28 Feb 1980 | Double HS with Myrtle L |
| Gross, Nancy Anne | 16 Jan 1937 | 14 Jun 2018 | Died of brain cancer; "Nannie" Maiden Name: Nichols; w/o Obie Norris Gross; Dau. of Elbert Royal Nichols and Mary Francis Piercy Nichols |
| Gross, Obie Ellis | 8 Oct 1895 | 22 Feb 1963 | Double HS with Cleo G. Gross; Father; Footstone: Obie Ellis Gross, Tennessee, PVT Co A 113 MG BN, World War I |
| Gross, Ora Ermon | 29 Jun 1892 | 14 Feb 1980 | Maiden Name: Delashmit; Double HS with Turner Gross |
| Gross, Orelia Cathryne | 15 Jul 1921 | 16 Jul 1976 | |
| Gross, Pearl | 17 May 1898 | 14 Mar 1981 | Double HS with Jethro Thomas; Maiden Name: Chapman |
| Gross, Ricky G | 22 May 1958 | 24 Oct 2010 | |
| Gross, Thadeus A | 11 Dec 1878 | 19 May 1965 | Double HS with Fannie Mae |
| Gross, Tilmon Graves | 27 Sep 1908 | 28 Jun 2004 | Double HS with Hettie P Gross; Devoted Father |
| Gross, Turner | 29 Mar 1889 | 13 Apr 1967 | Double HS with (Ora) Ermon Gross |
| Gross, Vennie Bernice | 1933 | 23 Aug 1998 | |
| Gross, Cleo G | 30 Aug 1906 | 14 Nov 1992 | Double HS with Obie Ellis Gross; Mother; Full Name: Wilda Cleo Gillihan Gross; Affectionately Known as "Granny Gross" |
| Gross, William Hurley | 5 Jun 1892 | 25 Apr 1954 | Double HS with Margie Dee Gross; Father |
| Gross, Willie G | 24 Jun 1913 | 2 Feb 2001 | Double HS Willie G Gross; Married 21 Nov 1945 |
| Gross, Winfred H | 8 Sep 1924 | 28 Aug 1983 | Double HS with Mavis E Gross; Daddy |
| Kunz, W Belle Gross | 15 Jan 1907 | 28 Apr 1988 | Full Name: Willie Belle Gross Kunz; Double HS with Louis Henry Kunz |
| Maxwell, John D | 30 Mar 1918 | 22 Jul 1981 | Double HS with Thelma G Maxwell |
| Maxwell, Thelma G | 31 May 1916 | 16 Apr 2005 | Double HS with John D Maxwell |
| Moore, Paul Duggin | 2 Jul 1915 | 30 Sep 1998 | Double HS with Helen Gross Moore; Married 19 Dec 1936 |
| Person, Virgie Gross | 1900 | 1969 | Double HS with Otis Taylor; Full Name: Virgie May Gross Person |
| Ross, Almeta Gross | 27 Dec 1934 | 27 Mar 2011 | Double HS with Richard Ross; Life is not measured by it's length but by it's depth |
| Ross, Richard | 30 Mar 1938 | 19 Jan 1980 | Double HS with Almeta Gross Ross; Life is not measured by it's length but by it's depth |
| Sterling, Sadie | 1902 | 1975 | Full Name Sadie Gross Sterling; Double HS with Jesse Sterling |
| Sterling, Jesse | 1903 | 1975 | Double HS with Sadie G Sterling |
| White, Brenda K Gross | 6 Sep 1947 | 30 Apr 1995 | Always on my mind |
| Howard, Frances N. | 26 Jul 1914 | 12 Apr 1980 | Double HS with Lake Howard; Married 16 Aug 1935; Full Name: Mary Frances Nichols Howard |
| Howard, Lake | 1 Jul 1914 | 18 Sep 1987 | Double HS with Frances N Howard; Married 16 Aug 1935; Full Name: John Timberlake Howard, Jr |
| Elbert R Nichols | 20 Oct 1889 | 2 Feb 1966 | Double HS with Mary Frances Piercy Nichols; Father; Full Name: Elbert Royal Nichols; Munford Physician |
| Nichols, Mary Piercy | 3 May 1893 | 24 Aug 1964 | Double HS with Elbert R Nichols; Full Name: Mary Frances Piercy Nichols |
| Nichols, Richard Thomas | 7 Dec 1923 | 21 May 2000 | Double HS with Helen Bomar Nichols; Pop |
| Nichols, Helen Bomar | 21 Oct 1924 | 7 Jan 2006 | Double HS with Richard Thomas Nichols |
| Nichols Walter Piercy | 10 Feb 1920 | 4 Sep 2003 | Husband of Dorothy Moore Nichols |
| Williams, Jim Tom | 29 Nov 1931 | 1 Aug 1994 | Double HS with Margaret Nichols Williams; Foot Stone: Jim Tom Williams CPL US Army Korea; Heart and Kidney Transplant survivor; Married 14 Jun 1956 |
Helen Crigger Cemetery
Helen Rogers Crigger
Effie E Crigger is the mother of Helen Rogers Crigger.
Dr. Elbert Royal Nichols Sr and Mary Frances Piercy Nichols
Dr. Nichols was the town doctor for many years. Mary, his wife, was the town nurse. They met at John Gaston Hospital in Memphis. They lived at 859 Munford Ave. They had six children during their marriage. They were Francis, Elbert Jr., Walter, Richard, Margaret and Nancy.
Jim Tom Williams
(My father and the grandson of Thomas Jefferson “Bozo” Williams, the founder of Bozo’s Hot Pit Bar-B-Q)
Obie Ellis Gross was a private in World War I. He was married to Cleo Wilda Gilliham Gross
(Granny Gross to me.)