HUNTER CEMETERY, BEAR CREEK PIKE, MAURY COUNTY TENNESSEE
 
         Map of the Location of the Cemetery            Views of the cemetery.

HUNTER, Alice, 6 Nov 1865 - 26 Dec 1904. "Wife J.M. Hunter."

HUNTER, Dovie, 22 Sep 1872 - 6 Jul 1916. "Wife of J. M. Hunter." (Daughter of Addison Hunter
and Margaret Neil.)

HUNTER, Mayme, 26 May 1896 - 26 Mar 1920. (Wife J. Norris.; Maymie Alta, born 2 Nov 1894 in Maury Co., died 26 Mar 1920, daughter of M. T. Sharp and Elizabeth Hardison; died of influenza and pneumonia.

HUNTER, J. N., Jr., 22 Feb 1919 - 25 Feb 1919. "Son of J. N. & Mayme Hunter."

This small cemetery is nicely fenced, but in beginning to show minor signs of neglect. Mr Fred says it offers one of the best hill top views in the county. I could not see that due to the growth of tall trees obstructing the view since his visit in 1986. 

Brief history of the John M. Hunter family

JOHN M. HUNTER, 1863 - 1945, came to Maury County from Williamson County, & married Alice Hays, daughter of Davis K. and Minerva (Jackson) Hays. Alice died in 1904 and Mr. Hunter then married Dovie Belle Neil, who passed away in 1916. He then married Mary C., 1876 - 1946, (maiden name unknown). Mr. Hunter and Mary C. are buried in Rose Hill Cemetery Columbia Tennessee, Block "P".

Listed in the book: They Passed This Way by Marise P. Lightfoot & Evelyn B. Shackelford, page C-49, 1963. Also listed in the above mentioned book: Maury County Tennessee Cemeteries, 15 Mar 1987 by Fred L. Hawkins, Jr., page 94. Visited & photographed 30 Dec 2008 by Wayne Austin, Photography and Listing included here 9 Jan 2009. For more information see the book Maury County Tennessee Cemeteries by Fred Lee Hawkins.