JONES CEMETERY, Beech Hill Road near Friendship, GILES COUNTY TENNESSEE

Mapping the Location

Area photos of the Jones Cemetery 2145/2149/2236

JONES, Tabitha, infant (daughter) of A. H. & J.M. Jones, Died 1 Nov 1863 7264/7265/4751/4750/4742/4752
JONES, A. H., Consort of J.M. Jones, (born about 1814) died 15 Oct 1863, aged 49 yrs. 7260/7261/4753/4754

This cemetery is overshadowed by Clump of Hackberry Trees out in the field. The tree has grown to such an extent it now has the graves under and inside the trunk of the tree. The Martin Industries truck trailer that is nearby this spot today is behind the trees in the right of this photo.
Oddly Martin Industries was a company in my past. I worked for them as a Controller of their Huntsville location. After I left seeking greener pastures they went down fast declaring complete bankruptcy within a couple of years. The courts liquidated the assets and set in motion an effort that completely demolished the corporate office in Florence Alabama. The Huntsville plant was bought up and converted into a graphic design company. Millions of dollars of manufacturing equipment were sold off for scrap. What a shame. That company was just another of Americas great old manufacturing companies that was demolished in the loss of millions of manufacturing jobs to oversees and lack of management. Someday I will write up my opinion of the "whys" of all that but Donald Trump is onto the problem. It is just that they are now playing with fire trying to correct the problem this late.

Added here 13 Jun 2016 based on the visit and photography by a neighbor Tina Mueller 8 Jun 2016. Originally published on page 183 of the book Giles County Tennessee Cemeteries by the Historical Society about 1985.