MURRELL CEMETERY

 

AN-22: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN, REYNOLDS ROAD

 

14 TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS (RECORDED IN SURVEY APRIL 2001)

4 FIELDSTONES

THIS CEMETERY IS OVERGROWN WITH MANY FALLEN TOMBSTONES

 

CASON                Born: 1855          Died: 1945                                                       

Front  inscription: JOHN G. CASON/ 1855 - 1945         

                                                                                                                                 

CASON                Born: 1854          Died: 1915          

Front inscription: ASLEEP IN JESUS/ LOUCIND A. JENNINGS/ WIFE OF/ J. G. CASON/ JULY 22, 1854/ JULY 6, 1915/ SHE WAS A KIND AND AFFECTIONATE/ WIFE A FOND MOTHER AND A/ FRIEND TO ALL./ CASON                                                         

Footstone: YES   Footstone inscription: L. A. C.

 

TAYLOR              Born: 1876          Died: 1912          

Front inscription: ESTELLA E./ CASON/ WIFE OF/ J. B. TAYLOR/ AUG. 26, 1876/ MAY 15, 1912/ OUR DARLING ONE HAS/ GONE BEFORE/ TO GREET US ON THE/ GOLDEN SHORE     

Footstone: YES   Footstone inscription: E. E. T

 

 SHILEY               Born: 1888          Died: 1921          

Front inscription: MYRA CASON/ SHILEY/ 1888 - 1921/ SISTER                                                   

Footstone: YES   Footstone inscription: M. C. S.

 

CAMPBELL        Born: 1891          Died: 1931          

Front inscription: FLORA MORGAN/ CAMPBELL/ 1891 - 1931

 

WALLER             Born: 1915          Died: 1925          

Front inscription: LEONA A WALLER/ JULY 6, 1915/ JAN 1, 1925

 

PERRY                                              

Front inscription: A. I. PERRY/ (ILLEGIBLE) ??85

 

PERRY                                              

Front inscription: W. M. PERRY/ 1904

 

PETTEY               Born: 1898          Died: 1900          

Front inscription: ALICE/ DAUGHTER OF/ C. H. & M. PETTEY/ BORN/ FEB. 28, 1898/ DIED/ JAN. 8, 1900/ SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS

 

PETTEY               Born: 1892          Died: 1896          

Front inscription: ERNEST L./ PETTEY/ BORN/ APRIL 10, 1892/ DIED/ MARCH 22, 1896

 

 PETTEY              Born: 1890          Died: 1890          

Front inscription: MATE B./ PETTEY/ BORN/ MAY 15, 1890/ DIED/ MAY 16, 1890   

 

 KING                                  Died: 1898          

Front inscription: IN MEMORY OF/ OUR DARLING/ ANNA MAI./ DAUGHTER OF/ J. W. & ALICE C./ KING./ DIED/ MAR, 21 1898/ AGED/ 3 YS 11 MS 16 DS/ SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN/ TO COME UNTO ME/ AND FORBID THEM NOT/ FOR OF SUCH IS THE/ KINGDOM OF HEAVEN

 

KING                                                 

Front inscription: IN MEMORY OF/ THOMAS W./ SON OF J. W./ AND/ ALICE C. KING/ AGED/ 3 YR. 9 MO 3 DA/ SLEEP ON IN THY BEAUTY/ THOU SWEET ANGEL CHILD/ BY SORROW UNBLIGHTED./ BY SIN UNDEFILED/ LIKE THE DOVE TO THE EARTH (?)/ THOU HAST FLOWN TO THY REST/ FROM THE WILD SEA OF STRIFE/ TO THE HOME OF THE BLEST

 

WALDRON                                                     

Front inscription: JAMES W. WALDRON/ DIED DEC. 15, 1862(?)/ AGED 47 YRS. 5 MOS./ & 2 DAYS/ MAN THAT IS BORN OF A WO/ MAN IS OF FEW DAYS AND FULL/ OF TROUBLE

Footstone: YES   Footstone inscription: J. W. W.

 

WALDRON         Born: 1822  Died: 1908   

SUSAN D./ WALDRON/ BORN/ APRIL 20, 1822/ DIED/ AUG. 10, 1908         

Footstone: YES   Footstone inscription: S. D. W.

 

UNKNOWN                                                                                                 

AN NA  (LETTERS SCRATCHED INTO STONE. Ns ARE MADE BACKWARD

[inscription submitted by Joyce Jones Jan. 2001]

 

MATIST                                                                                          

1817/ WANDA T. MATIST                                                                                                       

[inscription submitted by Joyce Jones Jan. 2001]

 

YORK                                                                                             

LOCKY YORK

[inscription submitted by Joyce Jones Jan. 2001]

                                                                                                                                                                    

UNKNOWN                                                                                                 

OUR BABY

[inscription submitted by Joyce Jones Jan. 2001]

              

MILLER               1936      1938                                                  

EDDINE MILLER/ BABY/ BORN DEC. 14, 1936/ DIED APRIL 11, 1938

[inscription submitted by Joyce Jones Jan. 2001]

 

HARDEN             1898      1932                                                  

EUGENE HARDEN/ BORN NOV 6, 1898/ DIED JAN. 8, 1932

[inscription submitted by Joyce Jones Jan. 2001]

 

CLEMENTS         Born: 1809          Died: 1893          

Front inscription: AT REST/ W. B. H. CLEMENTS/ BORN/ DEC. 25, 1809/ DIED/ JULY 5, 1893./ AN HONEST MAN IS THE/ NOBLEST WORK OF GOD                                                           

Footstone: YES   Footstone inscription: W. C.

 

UNKNOWN                                                                                                                

Footstone: YES   Footstone inscription: E. P.

 

UNKNOWN                                                                                                                

Footstone: YES   Footstone inscription: O. B.

 

SITE SURVEYED APRIL 19, 2001   

 

Additions to the Murrell Cemetery.  AN-22

 

In 2001, when this cemetery was surveyed by Davidson County Cemetery Survey volunteers, it was noted that the cemetery was overgrown with many fallen tombstones.

 

Jan Cain, Una Neighborhood Association, provided, in 2006, additional names of

burials at the Murrell Cemetery. The “Index to Davidson County Records, 1900-1913”

listed the names of people whose tombstone was either missing or were illegible

during the 2001 survey. 

 

GOTTO, CLARENCE 

DIED JAN. 29, 1901  AGE 2

 

ETHERIDGE, MARY “POLLY”

DIED JAN. 2, 1901  AGE 85

 

GRIFTH, BETTIE

DIED APRIL 21, 1901  AGE 45

 

BURNETT, EMMMA

DIED NOV. 29, 1905  AGE 14

 

COOK, MILLIE

DIED JAN. 17, 1912  AGE 23

 

NICHOLSON, ORA LEE

DIED NOV. 18, 1902  AGE 30

 

WILLIAMS, MATILDA

NOV. 15, 1901  AGE 50

 

A tombstone was recorded in 2001 with the surname “Unknown” and with the

first name inscribed “Anna..”   Jan Cain, wrote on March 22, 2006, that this

burial was probably Anna Foster, who died November 16, 1903, at 56 years.

 

To view the these Davidson County Death Records, visit the web site of the

Tennessee State Library & Archives. Then  Search  Davidson County Death

Records 1900-1913.

 

Additions to the Murrell Cemetery web site listing.  January 2008.