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Old Cedar Grove Cemetery Listing--Sumner County, TN
(This cemetery has also been called Old Cedar Grove Church Cemetery and Whitson Burying Grounds.)
Directions: From the intersection of Hwy. 109 and Hwy. 52, go east on Hwy. 52 for 5.0 miles. Turn right on Corinth Rd. Go 1.2 miles and turn right on Freeland Rd. Go 1.3 miles. The cemetery is on the left.
Note: The sign for the cemetery
says "In Memory of Raymond Whitson."
There are several fieldstones and other markers with no writing visible on them (including
two wooden tombstones) in this cemetery.
Recorded and Transcribed by Vanessa Slea on 7/16/2000. Verified on 7/17/2000.
Note: See conditions for use at end of listing.
Old Cedar Grove Cemetery--numeric listing
(Note: When you see the code SCTCR in the listing below, that is an abbreviation for the book titled Sumner County, Tennessee Cemetery Records, compiled by Margaret Cummings Snider & Joan Hollis Yorgason. We carefully reviewed any discrepancies between the older cemetery listings in that book and our own listings to give you the most accurate information possible.)
| # | SURNAME | FIRST/MIDDLE NAMES | BORN | DIED | AGE |
| 001 | WHITSON | Mary Lou | 11/5/1940 | 12/27/1993 | |
| 1st Epitaph: Graduated to Glory
2nd Epitaph: Beyond the Sunset Footstone: Mother Other Info: On the back of the stone are four hearts, each with a name inside. In the middle (with the four hearts surrounding it) it says: I Thessalonians 4: 13-14. The names in the hearts are April, Steve, Rex, and Benny. |
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| 002 | WHITSON | Commodore Dewey | 3/24/1898 | 7/20/1984 | |
| Amy Alice Key | 8/22/1907 | 6/20/1987 | |||
| Epitaph: IN THE CROSS OF CHRIST I GLORY
Footstone for Commodore Dewey: Father Footstone for Amy Alice: Mother |
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| 003 | WHITSON | Vircia | 1906 | 4/1932 | |
| 004 | WHITSON | Sonny | 1853 | 3/3/1921 | |
| 005 | WHITSON | Raymon L. | 2/6/1892 | 10/10/1921 | |
| Other Info: (yes spelled Raymon) | |||||
| 006 | WHITSON | Linnie | 7/15/1906 | 2/14/1912 | |
| Epitaph: Budded on earth to bloom in heaven | |||||
| 007 | FREELAND | John | 12/27/1816 | 4/17/1898 | |
| E. A. | 2/4/1842 | 1903? | |||
| Other Info for E. A.: Wife of John FREELAND (There is no death date actually carved on the stone for E. A., but someone has scratched in the year 1903 there.) | |||||
| 008 | BROWN | Cora B. | 2/13/1884 | 6/17/1903 | |
| Epitaph: Gone but not forgotten | |||||
| 009 | WHITSON | Wilson | 1894 | 1925 | |
| 010 | GANT | Berthe I. | 8/2/1908 | 1/12/1914 | |
| Epitaph: In heaven there is one angel more. Other Info: Dau. of Mr. & Mrs. Bates GANT (yes spelled Berthe) |
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| 011 | GANT | Nora | 6/6/1881 | 10/23/1905 | |
| Epitaph: Gone but not forgotten. Other Info: Wife of Bates GANT | |||||
| 012 | FREELAND | Julia A. | 8/30/1869 | 3/22/1895 | |
| Epitaph: Kind angels watch her sleeping dust Till Jesus comes to raise the just Then may she wake with sweet surprise And in her saviour's image rise. Other Info: Wife of S. J. FREELAND |
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| 013 | GANT | Charles W. | 7/22/1873 | 4/27/1884 | |
| Epitaph: Closed are thy sweet eys
From this world of
pain, But we trust in God To meet thee again. Other Info: Son of J. S. & E. D. GANT |
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| 014 | GANT | D. E. | 5/10/1852 | 3/11/1919 | |
| Epitaph: Gone but not forgotten | |||||
| 015 | GANT | J. S. | 11/21/1844 | 9/3/1919 | |
| Epitaph: Gone but not forgotten. | |||||
| 016 | GANT | Nancy J. | 5/9/1872 | 11/1878 | |
| Elvis L. | 12/29/1881 | 9/5/1901 | |||
| Epitaph: Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid
them not for of such is the kingdom of heaven Other Info: Children of H. T. & M. M. GANT but not |
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| 017 | KIRKHAM | Mary C. | 4/9/1833 | 3/30/1895 | |
| Epitaph: Gone but not forgotten Other Info: Wife of C. KIRKHAM | |||||
| 018 | KIRKHAM | H. T. | 8/9/1858 | 6/9/1882 | |
| Epitaph: Gone to rest | |||||
| 019 | KIRKHAM | Elizzie | 6/1/1870 | 11/5/1875 | |
| Epitaph: "Asleep in Jesus"
Other Info: Dau. of G.
and M. C. KIRKHAM (Note: The older listing of this cemetery in SCTCR showed her death date as 6/5/1875, but the stone there now says 11/5/1875.) |
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| 020 | KIRKHAM | Infant | none | 7/23/1886 | |
| Epitaph: Sweet be thy slumber Other Info: Infant of J. W. and C. D. KIRKHAM | |||||
| 021 | GANT | Henry | 11/8/1809 | 5/17/1883 | |
| 1st Epitaph: Holy Bible End Epitaph: Holy Bible book divine, Precious treasure, thou art mine! |
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| 022 | GANT | Elizabeth | 8/11/1812 | 7/26/1875 | |
| Epitaph: Mother, thou art now at home, 'Mong angels fair above, But yet below thy child must roam, Till summon'd by His love. Other Info: Wife of Henry GANT |
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| 023 | HOFFMAN | Jody Lee | 10/6/1965 | 4/19/1998 | |
| Thomas Baxter, Jr. | 6/8/1963 | 3/24/1999 | |||
| Other Info for Jody Lee: Son of Thomas & Cornelia--Forever
in Our Hearts Other Info for Thomas Baxter, Jr.: Son of Thomas & Cornelia--Forever in Our Hearts Funeral Marker for Jody HOFFMAN: birth date is 1964, which disagrees with the stone; Wilkinson--Wiseman (funeral home) Funeral Marker for Thomas HOFFMAN: Wilkinson--Wiseman (funeral home) |
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