Morristown Cemetery

MORRISTOWN CEMETERY, (African American, Dry Creek Road) GILES COUNTY, TENNESSEE
Mapping the location

New Hope Cemetery Road signage: 2260

Church building at the junction of New Hope Cemetery Road and Dry Creek Road: 2259
Area view: 2254/2255/2256

ALEXANDER, Idella, 1918 - 1938. 2241
ANTHONY, Laura, 19 Jul 1893 - 18 Nov 1921. (stone broken in half) 2239
BLACK, William T., 2 Dec 1895 - -- --- 1969, Tennessee Pvt. 15 Co. 154 Depot Brig - WW I. No Photo
CAMPBELL, Annie, 15 Dec 1871 - 29 Jun 1945. "wife of J. P. Campbell." 2251
CAMPBELL, Ezekiel, 30 Nov 1905 - 7 Feb 1989. 2252
CAMPBELL, Gilbert, 1894 - 1968. No Photo
CAMPBELL, J. Polk, 18 Jul 1864 - 30 May 1948. 2250
CAMPBELL, John Robert, 3 Nov 1927 - 30 Oct 1940. 2214
CAMPBELL, Mattie Cotham, 13 Nov 1907 - 25 Apr 1984. "Thy Kingdon Come." 2221
COTHAM, Adam, 4 Apr 1889 - 6 Jan 1964. "An inspiration to all who knew him." 2210
COTHAM, Laura Martin, 20 Feb 1881 - 8 Oct 1940. 2215
COTHAM, ----Andrew, 27 Mar 1872 - 20 Oct 1929. No Photo
COTHAM, Annie, 1888 - 1920. 2232
COTHAM, ----Audie, 23 Dec 1910 - 3 May 1976. No Photo
COTHAM, Orddie, 23 Dec 1910 - 3 May 1976. "The Lord is my shepherd." 2218
COTHAM, ----Claud, 23 Dec 1911 - no other date. No Photo
COTHAM, Eugene, 24 May 1905 - 10 Nov 2004. Footstone: "Dad" 2229 (shares stone with Arlie B. Cotham.) 2228
COTHAM, Arlie B., 18 Oct 1904 - 18 Jun1992. "Precious Lord take my hand." Footstone: "Mother" 2230 (shares stone with Eugene Cotham.) 2228 Tombstone Photo
COTHAM, ----Easter, 1 Apr 1877 - 5 Oct 1924. No Photo
COTHAM, Flournoy, 1 Apr 1905 - 26 Oct 1971. "The Lord is my refuge." (U marker) 2233/2234
COTHAM, Georgia, 1892 - 1985. U. marker: "Queen-Ann Funeral Home." 2245
COTHAM, Henry, 1902 - 1980. No Photo
COTHAM, John Jr., 3 Feb 1875 - 6 Mar 1956. 2211
COTHAM, Martha Tidwell, 17 Jul 1910 - 28 Dec 1988. "In Loving Memory." 2219
COTHAM, Mary Morris, 1860 - 1909. No Photo
COTHAM, Mary Wade, 2 Oct 1935 - no other date. No Photo
COTHAM, Simon, 1886 - 1957. 2217
COTHAM, Samuel Lewis, 22 May 1955 - 3 Aug 1979. Military marker: "Pvt. U.S. Army-Vietnam." 2225
COTHAM, Sol, 10 May 1892 - 25 May 1944. 2213
COTHAM, Victoria, 1881 - 1966. (U. marker.) 2224
CRAWFORD, Anna Bell, 1892 - 1957. 2216
FRANKLIN, Jennie Mae, 21 Jul 1922 - 3 Mar 1991. 2227
GABLE, Eula Mae, 11 Oct 1919 - 9 Feb 2006. Mother. Queen Ann Funeral Home (marker) Pulaski, Tennessee." 2249/Photos by Trina Boyd: 001/002
GUPTON, Dave, 18-- - 1936. No Photo
GUPTON, Mattie, 1891 - 1945. No Photo
GUPTON, Tom, 12 Mar 1848 - 17 Apr 1907. No Photo
HARWELL, Lourenzo, 4 Mar 1897 - 18 Jun 1925. "My dear Brother is gone But not forgotten." 2235
INMON, Mary J., 25 Dec 1877 - 22 Dec 1930. 2243
LAIRD, Babe, 14 Oct 1868 - 30 Jun 1956. "Gone but not forgotten." 2205C/2205
LAIRD, Jessie Baker, 30 May 1877 - 1 Mar 1952. 2209
LANE, Ophelia (Mother), 5 Sep 1893 - 6 Dec 1962. "Love lives on." 2205/2206
LANE, Robert, 1913 - 1974. U. Marker. 2257
LANE, Jr., Willie, 1921 - 1974, (two blank tin markers on Lane plot). No Photo
MARKS, Beulah, 1886 - 1967. U marker: "Queen-Ann Service" 2248
MARTIN, Laura, 20 Feb 1881 - 8 Oct 1940. No Photo
McCLARN, James, 10 May 1877 - 1 Jun 1910. (note: death date below ground level.) 2236
MCCOY, Amanda, 1898 - 1941. 2244
MCCOY, Charlie, 29 Mar 1884 - 30 Jan 1960. 2208
MCCOY, Delia, 15 Feb 1860 - 10 Jul 1943. 2247
MCCOY, Lee, 25 Dec 1861 - 19 Mar 1950. "Tennessee RCT Gen Mounted SVC." 2212
MCCOY, Stephen G., 26 Jul 1896 - 21 Sep 1960. Military marker: "Tennessee Pvt Co. B. 418 SVC BN QMC. World War I." 2246
MORRIS, Mary D., 1920 - 1927. 2237
MORRIS, Sherman, 1966 - only date. No Photo
POTTER, Burrus, 18 Mar 1869 - 20 May 1932. "Father.", "At Rest." (shares stone with Henretta Potter.) 2238
POTTER, Henretta, 15 Jun 1883 - no date. "Mother." U. Marker: "Henrietta Potter 1880 - 1958 Queen-Ann 8...." 2240 (shares stone with Burrus Potter.) 2238
READUS, Carter, 1881 - no date. (shares stone with Mary Readus.) 2207
READUS, Mary, 1889 - 1956. (shares stone with Carter Readus.) 2207
TRICE, Robert "Nish", 29 Dec 1905 - 1 May 1982. (shares stone with Elizabeth C. Trice.) 2231
TRICE, Elizabeth C., 12 Apr 1913 - no date. "Wed. Apr. 20, 1935." (shares stone with Robert Trice.) 2231
ROBERTSON, Mack, 4 Oct 1914 - 28 Aug 1969. "At Rest." 2223
ROBERTSON, Maggie C., 1880 - 1967. 2222
SMITH, Annie L. (Lou), 3 Oct 1909 - 19 Jan 1973. "In loving memory." 2253
SMITH, Ida Morris, 1883 - 1965. 2220
WALKER, B. D., 1910 - 1972. No Photo
WALKER, Laura Kate, 16 Feb 1916 - 10 Jan 1991. 2226
WILLIAMSON, Robert Lee, 16 Jul 1915 - 14 Apr 1946. 2242

Unknown souls, marked with concrete blocks. 2258

There are several unmarked graves in this cemetery.

I followed the naming convention in the book "Giles County Tennessee Cemeteries." It is possible the community knows this as the New Hope Church Cemetery.

Visited & photographed 29 Dec 2009 by Wayne Austin. Initial typing by Faye Bradford 05 Jan 2010, Updating & Editing of listing by Mary Bob McClain Richardson 23 Feb 2010. Added to this site 16 Sep 2010 by Wayne Austin. Also listed in the book: Giles County Tennessee Cemeteries, page 372, by the Giles County Historical Society, about 1988.