THETA CEMETERY, MAURY COUNTY TENNESSEE
also known as SUNSET HILLS CEMETERY 
Located across from the Theta Methodist Church.

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AGENT, Roy, 28 Feb 1909 - 10 May 1980. (Son Jim & Delia Maxwell Agent; d. Bedford Co.; Veteran U.S. Navy, WWII.)
AGENT, Rosie Lee, 18 Apr 1924 - no other date. (Nee: Turner.)
ALDERSON, J.T., 31 Aug 1877 - 27 Mar 1951.
ALDERSON, Roxie B., 18 Nov 1879 - 9 Jul 1954.
ALDERSON, Charlie H., 27 Jul 1898 - 25 Aug 1965.
ALDERSON, Lettie H., 28 Apr 1912 - 29 Sep 1985.
ALDERSON, Wayne T., 9 May 1934 - 9 Dec 1975.
ALDERSON, Clyde D., 27 Jun 1943 - 7 Jun 1954.
ALDERSON, Glenn, d. 14 Mar 2004 in Copley, Ohio. (Maury Co. native; son Charlie Alderson and Lettie Hood Alderson; Veteran U.S. Navy; preceded in death by brothers, Wayne Alderson and Clyde Alderson.)
ANDREWS, Robert C., 1 Jul 1934 - no other date.
ANDREWS, Margaret L., 13 Feb 1941 - no other date.
BARNES, E. (Erastus) L., 10 May 1841 - 30 Jun 1914. (b. Mo.; son John Barnes of N.C.)
BARNES, M.E., 13 Jan 1837 - 20 Feb 1923. ( nee: Mary Elizabeth; daughter of William & Mary Hutson Jewell.)
BARNES, George W., 1873 - 1952.
BARNES, Ollie May, 1876 - 1951.
BASSHAM, W.F., 18 Feb 1824 - 4 Aug 1903.
BASSHAM, D.D., 16 Jul 1824 - 12 Dec 1911. "Wife W.F. Bassham."
BASSHAM, W.J., 12 Apr 1857 - 2 Jan 1883. (same stone; J.B. & M.E. Shaw.)
BESAW, Vicki Dale Frost, d. 14 Feb 2005 in Columbia, Tn. (Flint, Mi. native; dau. of Mary Eithier Frost, and Jack Frost; mar. 25 yrs. to Tim Besaw.)

CAMPBELL, C.A., 11 Dec 1869 - 8 Mar 1963. "Father" (Son of E.D. & E.A. Beasley Campbell.)
CAMPBELL, Mary M., 7 Oct 1868 - 17 Jun 1950. "Mother." (Daughter of Elijah & Emily McKee Trimble.)
CAMPBELL, William C., 11 Dec 1910 - no other date.
CAMPBELL, Pauline P., 14 Feb 1914 - 26 Aug 1985.
CHOATE, Zack R., 7 Feb 1874 - 22 Sep 1952.
CHOATE, Ada B., 29 Nov 1878 - 16 Apr 1962.
CHOATE, Clara Lee Baker, died 21 Feb 2008 in Columbia, Tn. (Maury Co. native; dau. of B.E. "Gene" Baker and Lillie Snow Walters Baker; mar. 1 Oct 1934 to Mack W. Choate, who died 23 Feb 1991; preceded in death by a sister and 4 brothers.)

CORBITT, Tanya Leah, 11 Sep 1970 - 30 Nov 1981. (Daughter of D.C. & Linda D. Peach Corbitt.)
COX, W.E. ( M.D.), (26 Jul) 1854 - (8 Jul) 1917.
COX, M.M., 1860 - 1937. (Nee: Maggie, daughter of J.W. & Eliz. J. Harvey Reams.)
COX, Robert K., 1 Feb 1891 - 19 Jul 1977. (Son Dr. W.E. & Maggie M. Cox.)
COX, Viola M., 20 Nov 1902 - no other date.
DALTON, Kirby Smith, 13 Mar 1864 - 22 Jan 1914. (Son C.W. & Emeline Wolf Dalton, of Ky.)
DALTON, Ida Fitzgerald, 1866 - 1951. (Wife P.K.S. Dalton; daughter of M.E. & Martha McMeen Fitzgerald.)
DANIEL, Malcomb R., 24 May 1909 - 22 Dec 1976.
DANIEL, Gladys C., 11 Jun 1900 - 26 Feb. 1987.
FITZGERALD, John Thomas, 1867 - (29 Dec) 1939. "Father." (Son G.H. & Mary J. Vestal Fitzgerald.)
FITZGERALD, Daisy Galloway, 1877 - 1963. "Mother."
FITZGERALD, Morgan Elmo, 1887 - 1950.
FITZGERALD, Burbon Gaskill, 1888 - (26 Oct) 1976. (Daughter of Mac & Mary J. Morrow Gaskill; mar. Dec 1950 to Morgan Elmo Fitzgerald.)
FITZGERALD, Robert L., 1903 - 1966.
FITZGERALD, Esther V., 1904 - 1984.
FITZGERALD, Robert Douglas, 30 Sep 1925 - 19 Jul 1981. (U.S. Army, WWII.)
FITZGERALD, Jo Evelyn Gilliam, d. 21 Mar 2008. (Maury Co. native; daugher of Joe Rhea Gilliam and Viola Virginia Story Gilliam; preceded in death by sister, Annette Gilliam.)
FOX, F. Walker, 2 Apr 1891 - 20 Jul 1974.
FOX, M. Beulah, 18 May 1893 - 10 May 1965.
GALLOWAY, Uriah, 8 Aug 1820 - 8 May 1900. (Co. A., 48th Tenn. Inf., C.S.A.)
Tombstone Photo by Gene Garaci 16 Jul 2012 ggeraci@geracis.com
GALLOWAY, Sarah J., 7 Jul 1833 - 20 Apr 1909. "Wife of U. Galloway." (nee: Sarah J. Fitzgerald.) Tombstone Photo by Gene Garaci 16 Jul 2012
GALLOWAY, Erwin T., ( Jun) 1854 - 1929. (Son Matthew & Susan Williamson Galloway.) Tombstone Photo by Gene Garaci 16 Jul 2012
GALLOWAY, Linda V., 1863 - no other date. (Nee. Melinda, daughter of Manson & Joanna Judd Vestal.) Tombstone Photo by Gene Garaci 16 Jul 2012
GALLOWAY, Calvin H., 24 Jan 1872 - 23 Jul 1903. Tombstone Photo by Gene Garaci 16 Jul 2012
GALLOWAY, Matthew, 1 Nov 1874 - 3 Sep 1875. "Son of Uriah & S.J. Galloway." Tombstone Photo by Gene Garaci 16 Jul 2012
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GASKILL, John Milton, 1877 - (17 Sep) 1973. (Son James Madison and Mary Jane Morrow Gaskill.)
GASKILL, Golden Walters, 1885 - 1970. (Daughter of E.W. & Louisa A. Godwin Gaskill; mar. 4 Sep 1904.)
GASKILL, Bessie F., 1888 - 1931. (nee Fitzgerald; wife of Leslie Gaskill.)
GILLIAM, Viola Story, 22 Nov 1914 - 22 Oct 1983. "Mother."
GOAD, D.L., 28 Oct 1860 - no other date.
GOAD, Anna E., 2 Jul 1864 - 31 Aug 1918. (Daughter of M.T. & Sarah Smithson White.)
GOAD, J. Harvey, 13 Oct 1871 - 6 Aug 1954.
GOAD, Ethel J., 1 May 1883 - 12 Nov 1940.
GOAD, Lois M., 26 Aug 1906 - 14 Nov 1910.
GODWIN, Noble E., (1 Sep) 1883 - 1967. (Son G.C. & B.P. Sedberry Godwin.)
GODWIN, Herbert L., 30 Oct 1904 - 28 Sep 1975. "Mason."
GODWIN, Frances J., 14 Mar 1909 - no other date. "Eastern Star."
GOOCH, Roland, 30 Aug 1836 - 14 Apr 1913. "Father." (Son of Wm. S. & Alacy Jones Gooch, of N.C.)
GOOCH, Nancie E., 17 Jul 1840 - 6 Feb 1922. "Mother." (Native of bedford Co., Tn., daughter of Henry & Manerva Corsort Jones, of N.C.)
GOOCH, George McKee, 28 Jun 1897 - 22 Oct 1933. (Son of Thomas R. & Maud McKee Gooch.)
GOOCH, Ollie Jarratt, 5 Nov 1895 - 25 Oct 1977. (Wife of George McKee Gooch; daughter of C.A. & Musie Sparkman Jarratt; school teacher for 47 yrs.)
HARBISON, Robert Carl "Rod", Sr., 25 Nov 1929 - 13 Nov 2006. (Maury Co. native; son of James Clayre Harbison and Izora Hay Harbison Bachman; mar. Roburda Burns Harbison who died 1 Nov 2006; bought the 1st pair of pony mules in Maury Co., named Bell and Emma; Veteran, U.S. Army, Korean War; preceded in death by son, Michael Anthony Harbison, and brother, James "Buck" Harbison.)

HARBISON, Roburda Burns, 11 Mar 1933 - 1 Nov 2006 in Columbia, Tn. (Maury Co. native; dau. of Burton Love Burns and Rosa Shepard Burns; mar. 56 year to Robert Carl Harbison; preceded in death by son, Michael Anthony Harbison, sister, Mary Jean Mullins, and brother, David Gerald Burns.)
HASTINGS, James S., 8 Aug 1851 - 20 Dec 1925. "Father." (Son Stanford & ??? Fitzgerald Hastings. Death Record gives birth date 12 Aug 1840.)
HASTINGS, Burbon, 14 Jun 1848 - 14 Jan 1921. "Mother."
HASTINGS, Jesse, 1873 - 1921.
HASTINGS, William B., 26 Mar 1882 - 7 Feb 1968.
HASTINGS, Fannie mai, 16 Jul 1894 - 26 Apr 1971.
HAWKINS, G.C., 25 Dec 1845 - 5 Oct 1917. "Father." (Son Charles T. & Matilda Turner Hawkins.)
HAWKINS, Mary A., 7 Nov 1847 - 7 May 1930. "Mother." (Daughter of Thomas M. & Artelia Hunter.)
HAWKINS, Earl L., 1881 - 1946. (Son G.C. & Mary A. Hawkins)
HAWKINS, Bessie M., 1888 - 1966.
HAWKINS, Ernest L., 1906 - 1960. "Father."
HAWKINS, Jewel W.(Walters), 1907 - (1998). "Mother." (Ref: DBarker e-mail to Mary Bob)
JACK, Will, 1886 - 1963. (Son Samuel E.G. & Louisa T. Jack; mar. to Ethel Gaskill Jack.)
JACK, Ethel Gaskill, 1892 - 1948. (Wife of Will Jack.)
JACK, Allen Boyd, 1 Sep 1912 - 12 JAN 1916. "Son of Will and Ethel Gaskill Jack."
JARRETT, Otey Sparkman, 24 Apr 1898 - 12 Apr 1962.
JARRETT, Sara Darnell, 10 Jul 1909 - no other date.
JUDD, Albert, 15 Oct 1863 - 2 Jul 1933. (s/o Nelson P. Judd (1825) & Martha A Judd (1826); Ref:1850 Federal Census, Maury Co., and Notes from Annie Porter Kennedy sent via E-mail to M.Bob from Steven Eldersteve@msn.com)
JUDD, Ella Walters, 8 Jun 1864 - 3 Dec 1949. (Mary Ella Walters; wife of Albert Judd.)
KELLEY, Alfred W., 21 Mar 1906 - 19 Oct 1984.
KELLEY, Ora J., 1 Jul 1907 - no other date.
LOCKE, Mary F., 29 Nov 1871 - 10 Jun 1915.
LOCKE, William D., 18 Jan 1890 - 6 Jun 1976.
LOCKE, Maggie R., 11 Jun 1888 - 6 Sep 1979. (mar. 18 Sep 1913.)
LOCKE, William Paul, 1915 - 1978. (Pfc. U.S. Army, WWII.)
MARLIN, Frank L., 17 Sep 1907 - no other date.
MARLIN, Lorena F., 1 Jul 1908 - no other date.
McKNIGHT, Wiliam Joseph, 29 Oct 1853 - 12 Sep 1924. "Mason."
McKNIGHT, Greenie Jack, 22 May 1861 - 30 Nov 1945. (nee: Greenie Jack Bassham; 2nd wife of W.J. McKnight.)
MULLINS, Josie P., 7 Feb 1876 - 17 Apr 1943.
MURPHY, Lori Faye, 23 Mar - 25 Mar 1969.
OWENS, D.C., 1864 - 1933.
OWENS, Betty H., 1871 - 1958. (nee: Betty Hughey.)
OWEN, Jim David, 18 Sep 1895 - 15 Oct 1918. (Son D.C. & Betty Hughey Owens. Note: Between two graves with name spelled Owens.)
PARRISH, Katherine Sowell, 26 Mar 1919 - 3 Mar 2003. (Maury Co. native; dau. Arthur A. and Edna Earl Hill Sowell; widow of James Thomas "Tommy" Parrish; preceded in death by son Timothy Allen Parrish.)
PASSMORE, Alvin M., 7 Aug 1860 - 18 Aug 1925. (Son Harvie & Mary Alexander Passmore.)
PASSMORE, Mary Price, 7 Aug 1873 - 24 Mar 1947.
PEACH, Sam, 4 Mar 1889 - 2 Jun 1955. "Daddy."
PEACH, Nona McKee, 12 Oct 1887 - 9 Oct 1967. "Mother."
PEACH, Hardin, 17 Jul ----- - ------. (Unreadable.)
PEACH, Anna Roy, 13 --- 1895 - 10 ---- 1985. (Unreadable.)
PEACH, Loyd, 21 Nov 1912 - 21 Apr 1979.
PEACH, Addie W., 10 Dec 1915 - 19 Apr 2008. (Williamson Co. native; d/o late Elmer T. & Bertha Judd Warf; mar. Aug. 1933 to Loyd Peach who died 21 Apr 1979; preceded in death by son, Kenneth Peach, sisters, Elizabeth Priest, Rachel Chandler, and Joan Farris; brothers, H. A. & Buck Warf; two grandchildren Kristi Peach and Larry Hill Peach, Jr. )
PEACH, Robert O., 17 Apr 1915 - 21 Sep 1982.
PEACH, A. Ruth Dodson, 26 Oct 1920 - no other date. (married 20 May 1937.)
PEACH, Sam David, 29 Nov 1937 - no other date. "Father."
PEACH, Laurette Gilliam, 25 Sep 1931 - no other date. "Mother."
PEACH, David Brain, 31 Mar 1965 - 6 Feb 1982. "Son."
PEACH, Larry Hill, Jr., 13 Nov 1967 - 6 May 1968.
PHILLIPS, Infant son of S.B. & Lula, 22 Sep - 24 Sep 1915.
PHILLIPS, Son of S.B. & Lula Cox, 28 Oct 1920 - 3 Jan 1921.
POGUE, Carl Brown, 10 Oct 1903 - 1 Jan 1962.
POGUE, Ruby Taylor, 13 Feb 1909 - 27 Jul 1968.
RAGSDALE, P.H., 24 Apr 1854 - 22 Jun 1914.
RAGSDALE, Elijah A., 11 Nov 1857 - 22 Jan 1915. (Brother of Sheriff Henry Ragsdale; School Teacher.)
RAGSDALE, Emma M., 20 Sep 1860 - 20 Jun 1923.
REAMS, E.J., 1837 - 1911.
REED, John Robert, 4 Jul 1930 - 23 Dec 1975.
REED, Imogene, 20 Jul 1930 - no other date.
ROUNDTREE, John M., 30 Dec 1850 - 18 May 1922. "Father." (Son of John J. & Margaret McKee Roundtree. Death Records gives birth date as 1 Feb 1851)
ROUNDTREE, Melvina Frances, 23 May 1857 - 24 Sep 1932. "Mother." (Daughter of Thomas & Melvina Witherspoon.)
ROUNDTREE, P. Hollis, 3 Sep 1878 - 22 Jan 1914. (Monument fallen.)
SEWELL, Ieulous L., 1887 - 1962. (Son W.C. & Alice Robison Sewell.)
SEWELL, Estelle Judd, 1886 - 1946. (Wife of I.L. Sewell.)
SEWELL, Inf. daughter of I.L.& G.E., 14 Apr - 4 Sep 1912.
SHAPIRO, Leah Rachel, 19 Jul 1908 - 17 Dec 1911.
SHAW, J.B., 19 Mar 1834 - 19 Dec 1912.
SHAW, M.E., 30 Jan 1831 - 17 Jan 1893. (Same stone: W.F. Bassham.)
SPARKMAN, Ross, 18 May 1867 - 18 Aug 1933. (b. Williamson Co.; son Thomas & Margaret Trimble Sparkman.)
SPARKMAN, Lizzie, 31 May 1867 - 8 Jun 1947. (Daughter of C.M. & Mary A. Whiteside Taylor; Mar. 16 Dec 1895.)
SPARKMAN, Euphence E., 8 Dec 1898 - 8 Aug 1899. "Daughter of Ross & Lizzie."
SPARKMAN, Prowell T., 30 Aug 1908 - 18 Nov 1910. "Son of Ross & Lizzie."
TAYLOR, Haywood, 25 Apr 1839 - 22 Dec 1922. "Father." (Son of ??? Givens Taylor of Ireland; Co. G. 1st Tenn. Inf., C.S.A., Wounded.)
TAYLOR, Ophelia J. Galloway, 31 Mar 1853 - 26 Jan 1923. "Mother." (Daughter of Uriah & Sarah J. Galloway.)
TAYLOR, Samuel Jackson, 27 Nov 1874 - 5 Feb 1923. "Father." (Son Haywood P. & Ophelia Jane Taylor.)
TAYLOR, Bertie Jack, 8 July 1880 - 29 Jan 1923. "Mother.", "Wife of S.J. Taylor." (Daughter of W.E. & Amanda Walters Jack.) NOTE: These four members of the same Taylor family all died within a six weeks period of Influenza and Pneumonia.)
TAYLOR, Joe C., 9 Mar 1880 - 9 Jan 1961.
TAYLOR, Maud W., 22 May 1882 - 23 Apr 1960.
TAYLOR, Ethel Gaskill, 1892 - 1948.
TAYLOR, J. Alton, 1904 - 1986.
TAYLOR, Allen Boyd, 1 Sep 1912 - 12 Jan 1916. "Son of Will and Ethel Taylor."
TAYLOR, Samuel Jack, 25 Oct 1918 - 15 Apr 1966.
TAYLOR, Keith, 27 Dec 1966 "Son Mr. & Mrs. Billy Joe Taylor."
TRIMBLE, Emily Elizabeth, 29 Nov 1840 - 11 May 1919. "Mother." (Daughter of George W. & Sarah Rountree McKee. Death Records; 3 Nov 1840 - 18 May 1917.?)
TRIMBLE, John Elijah, 25 Jul 1865 - 4 Jun 1941.
TRIMBLE, Mary Jewell Irene, 29 Jul 1919 - 30 Oct 1960.
TURNER, Leo Floyd, 15 Jul 1903 - 3 Jul 1984.
TURNER, Lucy Mae, 17 Jan 1905 - no other date. (Mar. 23 Dec 1922.)
TURPIN, J.W., 13 Apr 1859 - 8 Jul 1909. (b. Ky., Son of J.F. & Jane Havens Turpin.)
TURPIN, Lillie, 21 Feb 1896 - 8 Mar 1896. (Maternal grandmother was Sarah Fitzgerald.)
WARF, Elmer T., 22 Nov 1890 - 2 Apr 1978.
WARF, Bertha Judd, 21 May 1889 - 8 Jan 1969.
WHITAKER, Robert F., 20 Jun 1894 - 27 Apr 1971.
WHITE, Austin M., 1903 - 1978.
WHITE, Mable G., 1907 - no other date.
YANCEY, Johnny M., 28 Jan 1935 - 26 Aug 1958.
YANCEY, Cindy Lee, 14 Mar `958 - 9 Jul 1968.

Transcribed 9 Nov 2008 by Mary Bob McClain mostly from Maury County Tennessee Cemeteries, page 143 - 146, by Fred Lee Hawkins, Jr.. 2 Feb 2008. Listed by him 15 Sep 1986. 
Also published in They Passed This Way Page B-62 about 1967.
Updates  will follow from Obituaries and photographs as these become available and efforts are directed there. Published here initially 12 Nov 2008 by Wayne Austin.