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Helen Crigger Cemetery

Helen Crigger Cemetery

Posted on February 28, 2019October 23, 2023 by ML Williams

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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
Adkison, Elnora
Turnage
31 Jul 1868 4 Feb 1969Double stone with
John Franklin Adkison
Adkison, John
Franklin
18 Apr 1866 23 Dec 1926Double stone with
Elnora Turnage Adkison
Adkison, Roy18981946 


Baskins, Ernest

4 Jul 1900 24 Oct 1929Son 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 1947Infant
Bumpus, Bethel Rose 16 Nov 1897 16 Aug 1969 
Byrd, John Edward 13 Apr 1920 29 Jul 1994EM3 US NAVY World War
II
Byrd, Kevin Michael 29 Sep 1971 30 Sep 1971Son of Billy & Jane
Byrd
Byrd, Nora L.19001978Double stone with
Rowland G. Byrd
Byrd, R. C. Jr.19301946 
Byrd, Raymond D. 12 Mar 1919 4 Feb 1977 
Byrd, Rowland G.18961951Double stone with
Nora L. Byrd
Campbell, Elvie V. 22 Jun 1910 15 Aug 2000Double stone with
husband, Thomas Leon Campbell - Married Jan. 25, 1936


Campbell, Shelia Ann

5 Nov 1957 11 Nov 1957Daughter of Robert
Lee & Claudia Gattlin Campbell
Campbell, Thomas Leon 9 Jun 1915 23 Aug 1985Double stone with
wife, Elvie V. Campbell - Married Jan. 25, 1936
Campbell, Virginia
Ruth
5 Jun 1940 6 Jun 1940 
Chapman, Maudie
Wilson
19041963 
Clark, Jim 1 May 1899 11 Oct 1967Double stone with
Loula Clark
Clark, Loula 10 Feb 1897 20 Sep 1955Double stone with Jim
Clark
Cooper, Annie M. 4 Jun 1897 8 Sep 1974 
Corbitt, Jocie Harris 12 Dec 1869 15 Aug 1960Double stone with
John William Corbitt
Corbitt, John William 30 Dec 1867 15 Feb 1959Double 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 191611 Jul 1990Double 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 1948Double stone with
wife, Willie G. Elam
Elam, Willie G. 09-14-1890 15 Apr 1957Double 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 1969Double stone with
Joseph Edward Forbes
Forbes, Joseph Edward 4 Apr 1880 24 Jun 1959Double stone with
Bertha Davidson Forbes
Glass,
Edward Franklin
4 Jul 1917 25 Sep 2002

Gordon, Erving
Lawrence
21 Jan 1918 29 Mar 1985

Double stone with
Sarah Ann Wooten Gordon

LCDR US NAVY Retired

Gordon, Sarah Ann
Wooten
28 Aug 1925Double stone with
Erving Lawrence Gordon
Gross, Jethro Thomas 25 Jun 1892 7 Jan 1956Double stone with
Pearl Chapman Gross
Gross, Pearl Chapman 17 May 1898 14 Mar 1981Double stone with
Jethro Thomas Gross
Howell, Louis Craig 28 May 1923 5 May 1975Pvt US ARMY World War
II
Jones, Albert A. 23 May 1880Double stone with
Lizzy Jones
Jones, Lizzy 11 Jul 1882 17 Jul 1946Double stone with
Albert A. Jones
Kelly, Sussie F. 23 Oct 1868 24 Feb 1960 
Lawrence, James Gayle
Sr.
18 Jul 1910 4 Mar 1949TN Pvt 16 REPL DEPOT
- World War II
Levesque, Cameron
27 Apr 1991Infant son of John
and Jill Levesque
McClain, Donald W. 10 May 1948 13 Mar 2000US ARMY VIETNAM
McClain, Leemon Edgar 25 Oct 1909 10 Nov 1976Triple stone with
Nellie Lemmonds & Oscar Lee
McClain, Nellie
Lemmonds
10 Feb 1910 22 Aug 1976Triple stone with
Leemon Edgar & Oscar Lee
McClain, Oscar Lee 19 Nov 1944 9 Feb 1945Triple stone with
Parents - Leemon and Nellie McClain
McCullough, Artie S. 27 Feb 1888 8 Aug 1970Double stone with
Oscar C. McCullough
McCullough, Edgar J.19291948 
McCullough, Oscar C. 6 Sep 1885 25 Oct 1949Double stone with
Artie S. McCullough
McCullough, W. E. 27 Aug 1892 10 Jan 1952 
Monasco, William L. 17 Feb 1869 3 Sep 1945TENNESSEE - Pvt CO M
REGT MISS INF - Spanish American War
Moore, Helen Gross 31 Mar 1920Double stone with
husband, Paul Duggin Moore - Married Dec. 19, 1920
Moore, Ida B.18591936Double stone with
James D. Moore
Moore, James D.18561925Double stone with Ida
B. Moore
Moore, Maude E. 1 Nov 1887 14 Jul 1977 
Moore, Paul Duggin 2 Jul 1915 30 Sep 1998Double stone with
wife, Helen Gross Moore - Married Dec. 19, 1920
Neal, Virginia M.19471947Daughter 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 1934Double stone with
Gladys Adkins Pearson
Pearson, Gladys
Adkins
21 Sep 1901 19 Feb 1992Double stone with
Carey B. Pearson
Riem, Earmon Irene 7 Feb 1906 27 Jan 1959Double stone with
William Arthur Riem Sr.
Riem, William Arthur
Sr.
2 Mar 1883 8 Jun 1966Double 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 1946Double stone with
Mary M. Scott
Scott, Mary M.
17 Feb 1891 11 Dec 1986Double stone with
James Ovid Scott
Scott, William N. 28 Oct 1914 4 Feb 2002 
Starnes, Major F. 17 Nov 1902 5 Oct 1937Double stone with
Ruth M. Starnes
Starnes, Reber
Maurice
3 Feb 1934 16 Feb 2007SP4 US ARMY
Starnes, Ruth M. 9 Mar 1895 4 Dec 1971Double stone with
Major F. Starnes
Thornberry, Eulan
Carroll
26 Aug 1918 20 Jul 1988Double stone with
wife, Velma S. Thornberry - Military Marker - US ARMY - World War II
Thornberry, Velma S. 14 Nov 1916 29 Sep 1975Double 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.19031946 
Wooten, Elbert H. 9 Aug 1879 24 Mar 1946 
Wooten, Jack Allen 11 Aug 0908 15 Jul 1992Double stone with
Louise D. Wooten
Wooten, Leda
Cunningham
19 Mar 1906 19 Mar 1984Double stone with
Paul Gillespie Wooten
Wooten, Loreta Cox19021937 
Wooten, Louise D. 11 Mar 1912 4 Jun 1983Double 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 2003Double 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 Nichols20 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.)

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