LUCY-COLVETT-ROPER CEMETERY, GILES COUNTY TENNESSEE
From Nashville take I-65 South to Exit 22. Go left or southwest on Highway 31
Alt to Pulaski. Take the main highway 64 west from Pulaski for a couple of
miles and turn (right) north on Highway 166. Go thru Campbellsville and continue
on 166 to Factory Creek Road. Turn left (or west) and go 2/3 of a mile and turn
north on Anderson Creek Road. The road to the cemetery on the right is just
after one turns into Anderson creek Rd.
Area Views of the cemetery Map of the Cemetery location
Transcriber path thru the cemetery
Layout of the Cemetery
ADAMS,
Samie Colvett, 22 May 1880 - 27 Mar. 1918. (d/o James Carroll & Elzie P.
Ussery Colvett) w/o Lewis Riddle Adams
ALLEN, Samantha, 1989 - 1989 (granddaughter of Sam Owen & Dimple Griggs
Prentice)
COLVETT, Allie M., 23 Oct. 1892 - 21 Feb. 1962. (d/o Robert Reece &
Henrietta Alice Brown Dugger), w/o David Dee Colvett
COLVETT, Baby, 1906 - 1906. (infant of Claude Carroll & Cordelia Maude
Dugger Colvett)
COLVETT, Bruce Jackson, 17 Feb. 1914 - 16 Apr. 1975. (s/o David Dee & Allie
Melissa Dugger Colvett) US ARMY WORLD WAR II
COLVETT, Cecil, 1913 - 1913. (s/o Claude Carroll & Cordelia Maude Dugger
Colvett)
COLVETT, Claude C., 1885 (Mar. 23) - 1958 (Nov. 4) s/o James Carroll & Elzie
P. Ussery Colvett; h/o Cordelia Maude Dugger Colvett
COLVETT, David D., 16 Mar. 1893 - 6 Dec. 1967. (h/o Allie Melissa Dugger Colvett),
s/o James Carroll & Elzie P. Ussery Colvett
COLVETT, Delia M., 1885 (Jul. 30) - 1947 (Nov.
1) d/o Robert Reece & Henrietta Alice Brown Dugger; w/o Claude Carroll
Colvett
COLVETT, J. C., 29 Mar. 1851 - 25 Aug. 1910.
(s/o Samuel D. & Rebecca Jane Griffis Colvett) h/o of Elzie P. Ussery
Colvett.
COLVETT, Elzie P., 10 Mar. 1848 - 12 Feb. 1917.
(d/o William & Rebecca Rushing Ussery) w/o James Carroll Colvett.
COLVETT, J. Polk, 1883 (Jul. 25) - 1960 (Apr. 14) s/o James Carroll & Elzie
P. Ussery Colvett; h/o Myrtle M. Seagraves Colvett
COLVETT, Joel, 1911 - 1912. (s/o Claude Carroll & Cordelia Maude Dugger
Colvett)
COLVETT, Little Fed, 8 Jan. 1886 - 17 Mar. 1888. (s/o Samuel P. & Nancy
Josephine "Josie" Morrow Colvett)
COLVETT, Myrtle, 1881 - 1942. (w/o James Polk Colvett)
COLVETT, Sam P., 26 Oct. 1853 - 17 Feb. 1888. (s/o Samuel D. & Rebecca Jane
Griffis Colvett) h/o Nancy Josephine Morrow Colvett
COLVETT, Sarah Belle, ABT. 1877 - ABT. 1900 (d/o
Napoleon Bonaparte & Rachel Baker Cooper) 1st w/o Mack Leroy Americus
Colvett
COLVETTE, John D., 21 Dec. 1790 - 11 Jan 1854. (Nat. NC), "s/o John &
Anna Dillahunty Colvett", h/o Lurany Andrews Colvett
COLVETTE, Lurany A., 1 Jul. 1796 - 18 Oct. 1873. (Nat. NC), w/o John Dillahunty
Colvett
DICUS, Jemima, 1 Apr. 1855 - 12 Apr. 1888. (w/o J. D. Dicus)
DOGGETT, Sarah Ann, b. ABT. 1826, d. ABT. 1855. (d/o John D. & Lurany
Andrews Colvett) w/o Jasper Doggett
DRAKE, Elizza Jane, 1922 (Mar. 14) - 1927 (Feb. 4) d/o William Hoyt & Etta
Seagraves Drake
DRAKE, Etta S., 1888 - 1972. (w/o William Hoyt Drake)
DRAKE, Wm. Hoyt, 1885 - 1960. (h/o Etta Seagraves Drake)
EXRION, no other information This could be EXR / ON the initials of two
people but that is not clear.
FOSTER, W. R., 1891 - 1958. I had to use the information from the Giles County
Cemetery Book.
HYATT, Dewey Wayne, 22 Mar. 1953 - 12 Oct. 1986. (s/o Owen Dewey Hyatt)
HYATT, M. Pearl Colvett, 10 Oct. 1909 - 14 Mar. 2006. (d/o James Polk &
Myrtle M. Seagraves Colvett), w/o William Pink Hyatt
HYATT, Owen Dewey, 10 Jul. 1929 - 27 Oct. 1973. (s/o William Pink & Mattie
Pearl Colvett Hyatt)
HYATT, William Pink, 15 Jun. 1905 - 14 Jan. 1973. (h/o Mattie Pearl Colvett
Hyatt) PVT US Marine Corps.
LUCY, Infant Son, b. & d. 30 Sept. 1868. ( s/o William Hickerson &
Lucinda Catherine Colvett Lucy)
LUCY, Lucinda C., 14 Feb. 1832 - 30 Dec. 1872. (d/o John Dillahunty & Lurany
Andrews Colvett) w/o William Hickerson Lucy
MORRIS, Alton Earl, 15 Aug. 1937 - 1 Dec. 1938. (s/o Russell Thomas &
Alliane Prentice Morris)
MORRIS, Russell T., 7 Nov. 1900 - 26 Jul. 1974
PETTY, Auva, 18 Jun. 1889 - 1 Oct. 1894
PORTER, Baby Boy, b. & d. 27 Sept. 1931
PORTER, John, 13 Apr. 1905 - 8 Mar. 1985. (s/o David R. & Martha A. Frances
Porter) h/o Nellie Porter
PORTER, Nellie, 3 May 1921 - no other date. (w/o John Porter)
POTER/(PORTER), David R., 16 May 1864 - 19 Dec. 1941. (h/o Martha Ann Frances Porter) The
R was left off Porter leaving this Poter
POTER/(PORTER), Martha A., 12 May 1872 - 29 Sept. 1955. (w/o David R. Porter) The R was
left off leaving this Poter
PRENTICE, Alice V., 1912 - 1985. (2nd wife of William Thomas Prentice)
PRENTICE, Dimple A., 28 Feb. 1940 (w/o Sam Owen Prentice)
PRENTICE, J. R., 2 Jul. 1856 - 24 Dec. 1883. (d/o Alfred & Martha Joines
Seagraves)1st wife of William Wesley Prentice
PRENTICE, M. J., 4 Nov. 1844 - 19 Sept. 1916. (d/o Alfred & Martha Joines
Seagraves) 2nd wife of William Wesley Prentice
PRENTICE, Sam O., 25 Jan. 1942 - 30 Jun. 1983. (s/o William Thomas & Alice
Virginia Barnett Prentice) h/o Dimple Griggs Prentice
PRENTICE, W. W., 13 Feb. 1849 - 8 Jan. 1930. (s/o James & Eliza Jane Roberts
Prentice)
PRENTICE, William T., 1881 (24 Apr.) - 1968 (Feb. 16) s/o William Wesley &
Genrella Rosetta Seagraves Prentice
PRENTICE, John W., 29 Jul 1879 - 6 Jan
1967.
RENFRO, Sinia, 24 Jul. 1810 - 24 Dec. 1847. (d/o David Y. & Dinney Abernathy
Roper) w/o Jesse Renfro
ROPER, David Y., died 1 Sept. 1843 in the 65th year of his age. (h/o Dinney
Abernathy Roper)
ROPER, Dinney A., died 28 Aug. 1853 in the 70th year of her age. (w/o David
Yates Roper)
ROPER, Dinney, 12 Jun. 1825 - 20 Mar. 1838. (d/o David Y. & Dinney Abernathy
Roper)
ROPER, Nancy Caroline, 3 Aug. 1821 - 23 Aug. 1838. ( d/o Andrew & Ruth
McCarthy) w/o E. L. Roper
ROPER, Susan J., Oct. 1827 - 7 May 1847 (d/o David Y. & Dinney Abernathy
Roper)
ROPER, unknown,initials JAR, 1835, ( I believe this may be a member of the Roper family. This stone is
next to Dinney Roper d/o David & Dinney Roper.
SEGRAVES, Mary S., born Dec. 2, 1816 - Died
Dec. 6, 1856.
STONE, Charles, 1942 (Aug. 21) - 2004 (Sept. 13) s/o William Henry & Ruth
Prentice Stone
THURMAN, Josie Colvett, 13 May 1858 - 1 Jul. 1941. (Nancy Josephine
"Josie" Morrow, (mar. 1st to Samuel P. Colvett, 2nd to Jesse Thurman)
THURMAN, Willie Ruth, 22 Dec. 1880 - 16 Mar. 1907. (Willie Ruth Porter married
William Robert Thurman)
Unknown, Metal Funeral Home Marker, information has worn off.
USSERY, A. J., 22 Nov. 1872 - 20 Aug. 1887. (s/o Joseph Carroll & Samantha
A. Counce Ussery)
USSERY, Evan R., (b. abt. 1834) - 10 Jul. 1861 (s/o William & Rebecca
Rushing Ussery) h/o Ellen Colvett; CSA Co D. 3 Clacks, died at Camp Cheatham
USSERY, J. C., 5 Feb. 1826 - 20 Aug. 1887 (note: This is the first of two stones
for Joseph C. Ussery)
USSERY, Joseph C., 5 Feb. 1826 - 20 Aug. 1887. (s/o William & Rebecca
Rushing Ussery) h/o Samantha Alice Counce
USSERY, Lively D., 27 Aug. 1828 - Aug. 1848. (d/o William & Rebecca Rushing
Ussery)
USSERY, Mastin, 20 May 1821 - 16 Aug. 1838. (s/o William & Rebecca Rushing
Ussery)
USSERY, Rebecca, 4 Apr. 1802 - 13 May 1865. (w/o William Ussery
USSERY, Samantha A., 20 Aug. 1843 - 14 Mar. 1921. (w/o Joseph Carroll Ussery)
USSERY, William, b. abt 1794 & d. 16 Aug. 1875. (h/o Rebecca Rushing Ussery)
WHITE, Amanda Polkie, 1867 (Mar.) - 1937 (Jan. 1) d/o Joseph Carroll &
Samantha Alice Counce Ussery; w/o Isaac Meadow White
WHITE, Eula Usery, 23 Nov. 1889 - 20 Sep. 1895. (d/o Isaac Meadow & Amanda
Polkie Ussery White)
WHITE, Isaac Meadow, 1862 - 1900. (h/o Amanda Polkie Ussery White)
WHITE,
Samuel Paul, b. & d. 11 Mar. 1934. (s/o Pitman & Robbie White)
Last known listing on Page 202, "Giles County Tennessee Cemeteries",
Transcribed by Helen M. Zuccarello during 1980 and updated in 1985.