MARKS, (Edward) Blooming Grove Rd) GILES COUNTY TENNESSEE

Mapping the Location

Area Views of the cemetery: 5317/5318/5319/5320/5341/5342/5359/5360/5361/5362/5369/5370
Historic Blooming Grove Methodist Church down the road 6 tenths of a mile on left - very connected to this cemetery: 5371/5372/Historical Plaque: 5373/5374/At this road junction:5375

BUTLER, Robert H., 5 Jan 1835 - 29 Dec 1898. Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. 5355C/5355 Footstone Robert H. Butler: 5354
BUTLER, Sarah A., 31 Mar 1837 - 27 Aug 1910. Member of the Methodist Church. (wife of Robert H. Butler) 5353/5358
BUTLER, William Thomas, 4 Dec 1860 - 30 Jan 1863 son of R.H. & Sarah A. Butler. Safe from the worlds alluring harms, Beneath God watchful eye, or be encircled in his arms, May little Willie sweetly lye. 5346C/5346/5347/5348/inscribed on second stone:5356C/5356/5357/5358
BUTLER, Lucy M., 6 Apr 1866 - 6 Apr 1866. (Inscribed on two stones) 5349C/5349/5356C/5356/5357/5358
BUTLER, Wilson, 1 Dec 1879 - 1 Dec 1879. 5351/5352
BUTLER, Bobbie (Robert), 11 Oct 1873 - 24 Nov 1876. (Inscribed on two stones) 5350C/5350/5356C/5356/5357/5358
BUTLER, Baby, Died Dec 2, 1878, inscribed on stone with Robert H., William T., & Lucy M. Butler. 5356C/5356/5357/5358
DRAKE, Dora M., 9 Dec 1867 - 23 May 1950. 5334
GOWER, Susan Etta Smith Brownlow, 14 Jul 1861 - 4 Apr 1889. (six sided stone fallen and sunken into the ground) 5344C/5344/5345
MARKS, Edward, 14 Feb 1801 - 22 Jan 1893. At Rest. Servant  of God well done. Rest  from thy loved employ. The battle for the victory won enter thy Master's joy. 5327C/5327/5329
MARKS, Lucy, 2 Apr 1794 - 29 Sep 1868 wife of Edward Marks,  We sorrow not as those who have no hope, For blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. 5328C/5328/5329
MARKS, C.M., 27 Sep 1820 - 19 Jan 1900. Come ye Blessed. 5333
MARKS, Mary E., 20 May 1832 - 8 Aug 1907. Come ye Blessed  5333
NEWTON, Lucy Agnes, 6 Sep 1914 - 14 May 1920. Gone but not forgotten. 5321C/5321
NEWTON, Lucy Marks Reese, 18 Sep 1861 - 23 Feb 1945. Mother, At Rest. 5323/5322/5325/5326
PORTRESS, Lula A., 1869 - 1940. Mother 5335/5336
PORTRESS, Frank, 1866 - 1940. Father 5337/5338
RAY, W.O., 2 Dec 1862 - 21 Jun 1945. Father 5366/5367/5368
RAY, Cora Lee, 1892 - 1960 (not found during this survey)
RAY, Lewis Gus, 23 Aug 1915 - 11 Jan 1981. At Rest. (Gowan-Smith Chapel, Funeral Directors.) 5364/5365
REESE, Edgar, 7 Mar 1860 - 17 Mar 1893, married Lucy Marks (Reese, Newton), 17 Oct 1883. Professed  faith in Christ Aug 1885. 5324C/5324/5325/5326
TARPLEY, Thomas Mc., 29 Nov 1873 - 4 Sep 1875 son of T. A. & M. J. Tarpley. 5343C/5343
TARPLEY, Thomas A., 18 Jan 1825 - 27 Jul 1907. 5330/5332
TARPLEY, Margery Jane Tarpley, 18 Jun 1834 - 16 Apr 1920. 5331/5332
WATTS, Infant, 12 Jul 1956, (no other date). 5339/5340
WOODARD, Wallace H., 11 Jul 1942 - 25 May 1992. Our love for you never dies, K.T.R. 5363