SMISER-BOOKER CEMETERY,
just west of Columbia out new Hwy 50, MAURY COUNTY TENNESSEE
From Columbia go east on
Hwy 50 (James Campbell Blvd.) and turn north (left) on Tom J. Hitch Parkway. Go
a mile+ and turn right (east) on Mapleash Ave. Go about a 100 yards and turn
right into the driveway with permission. The cemetery is thought to be in back
of the house near a power pole. From the looks of Maps the area is well groomed,
but the stones are all fallen and fractured. Maybe this is just one of those
cemeteries that do not warrant a visit because of the decline in its state. I
cannot say for sure because I have no proof of anything except a subjective map
evaluation. I do know the status of most of these old cemeteries is sad.
This topographical map shows the cemetery. This is a map that is most trusted as
showing the location of this cemetery at GPS N 35.60122 X W -87.01388.
This closer-in aerial view shows the cemetery pointed out by the white arrow
under a utility pole.
This aerial view shows the cemetery which appears to be scattered between an
outbuilding and a utility pole. I have not been here but this is the location
plotted on Topographical maps as containing the cemetery. Topographical Maps are
generally the most accurate of our maps since it depicts the topography and was
drawn up with painstaking effort in the 1940s.
Alert: This location describes where this old home and cemetery can be found
according to Fred Lee Hawkins. If so the other four maps above are some other
cemetery of which I do not know the name of. This is north of Skyline Dr. If
this is true then the old home has been demolished or fallen down or maybe it is
camouflaged in the trees above.
Maps
from Google and MS Bing Mapping, modified for this site by Wayne Austin 4 Sep
2014.