REESE'S CHAPEL CHURCH AND CEMETERY-MAURY COUNTY TENNESSEE
WATKINS, Mary L., 12
Jul 1846 - 3 Jul 1857. �Dau. J. M. & Lucy Watkins.� "MARY L.
WATKINS the daughter of J. M. & Lucy WATKINS born July 12, 1846 & died
July 3rd 1857." Located in the southwest corner of the cemetery. A rampant
infectious disease must have swept thru in the spring,
summer & winter of 1857 that killed the Watkins
& Haley Children and the mother Lucy Watkins.
Photo & information by Wayne Austin, Sep. 3, 2003.