NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY
HE-27: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN. South New Hope Road
The tombstone inscriptions for the New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery were provided to the Davidson County Cemetery Survey by Hilda H. Barnes and Fran Nichols on October 20, 2004. Additional historical information on the church and family history may be found in New Hope Baptist Church, Hermitage, Tennessee, The First 150 Years, by Hilda Hagar Barnes. Printed by Donelson Printing Company, 1996.
Noted in the Introduction. Rev George W. Hagar was pastor from July 1861 to January 1879. When his wife of 42 years, Minerva, died in 1878, she was buried on the church property. Her burial appears to be the first burial in the church cemetery.
Tombstone Inscriptions. Recorded in the 1996 church history publication.
Brent (Baby) Born & Died 1954
Brooks, Frances Irene Sept, 7, 1937 - Apr. 28, 1940
Carver, Alexander. J., Jr. Apr. 4, 1876 – Nov. 7, 1896
Carver, Almeda Adeline Nov 18, 1843 – Apr. 14, 1887
Carver, (Annie) Alma (Wright) Dec. 20, 1868 – Feb. 22, 1935
Carver, H. B. (Barnett) Aug. 21, 1871 – June 29, 1940
Carver, Iona Feb. 16, 1905 – Mar. 5, 1905
Carver, Martha Elizabeth Feb. 11, 1867 – Sept. 21, 1883
Carver, Allie Cawthon June 16, 1874 – Apr. 19, 1889
Cross, Arthur Robert Jan. 30, 1900/01 – Aug. 2, 1983
Cross, Frances Kiningham Aug. 2, 1905 – Aug. 6, 1988
Crowell, Myrtle Marie June 18, 1907 – Jan. 21, 1933
Donaldson, Johnnie (Ward) Feb. 10, 1905 – Mar. 17, 1980
Donaldson, Florence (Lane) Nov. 3, 1909 – Feb. 7, 1990
Dorris, Allen G. Jan. 17, 1921 – Apr. 25, 1945
Dorris, Walter B. Sept. 10, 1885 – Sept. 15, 1949
Foster, Dalton Dec. 21, 1890 – Apr. 22, 1961
Foster, Allie Mai (Pride) Feb. 18, 1898 – Sept. 11, 1987
Foster, Dave Arnold Apr. 18, 1922 – June 11, 1974
Foster, Oline Clark Mar. 5, 1922 – {Alive in 1996}
Fuqua, Lawrence C. (Jack) 1889 – 1950
Fuqua, Virginia D. 1894 –1980
Gibbons, Wilburn E. May 2, 1877 – Apr. 28, 1962
Gibbons, Chloe A. Peek Apr. 16, 1884 – Apr. 3, 1970
Gleaves, Kelley L. Feb. 16, 1892 – Mar. 3, 1968
Gleaves, Demmie (Lane) Dec. 23, 1899 – Mar. 23, 1977
Goad, Granville Allison 1902 – 1969
Goad, Estelle Marguerite 1908- Jan. 18, 1989
Golden, Thomas Russell Aug. 26, 1925 – {Alive in 1996}
Golden, Mamie Catherine J. Sept. 17, 1929 – Oct. 11, 1985
Grimes, Bert. E. Oct. 9, 1892 – Sept. 16, 1935
Hagar, Cora Wagoner Oct. 20, 1874 – Jan. 29, 1906
Hagar, George W. (Rev.) Aug. 12, 1818 – Aug. 8, 1897
Hagar, Minervie Jane (Clements) Feb. 13, 1815 – June 11, 1878
Hagar, Thomas J. Jan. 9, 1842 – Aug. 19, 1863
Hagar, Mary C. (Gholston) Oct. 22, 1849 – Jan. 5, 1896
Hamblen, Will C. Feb. 15, 1905 – Nov. 1, 1987
Hamblen, Rosie (Sullivan) Oct. 18, 1906 – {Alive in 1996}
Hessey, Mable (Sullivan) Sept. 6, 1902 – June 21, 1959
Jackson, Ben. M. 1865 – 1932
Jackson, Lila P. 1885 – 1931
Kay, James E. Aug. 15, 1894 – Dec. 10, 1976
Kay, Brucie H. (Hurt) Oct. 7, 1897 – Mar. 21, 1988
Lane, Thaxton E. (Doc) Nov. 5, 1901 – June 13, 1976
Lane, Chloe (Chandler) Apr. 30, 1903 – Mar. 25, 1986
Mitchell, Robert Lee Oct. 22, 1880 – June 27, 1971
Mitchell, Florence (Johnson) Sept. 8, 1889 – Apr. 27, 1980
Peek, Guy Oct. 21, 1903 – Feb. 29, 1952
Peek, James E. (Sgt. W.W.I.) Dec. 25, 1895 – Jan. 10, 1950
Peek, James F. 1848 – 1895
Peek, Sarah E. 1847 – 1921
Peek, Lillian Kelley Sept. 17, 1901 – June 7, 1903
Peek, Margaret Henderson Jan. 11, 1906 – July 14, 1930
Peek. Terry Alfred Sept. 30, 1952 – Nov. 22, 1952
Peek, Thomas Alfred Dec. 27, 1875 – Aug. 31, 1947
Peek, Georgie Benson Nov. 11, 1879 – July 25, 1954
Peek, Thomas Hilton Dec. 6, 1897 – Sept. 2, 1973
Peek, Lula (Wright) Feb. 18, 1903 – Aug. 25, 1954
Pride, Alma Gertrude (Hurt) Feb. 17, 1895 – July 16, 1985
Russell, Dudley Samuel June 29, 1870 – Aug. 21, 1940
Russell, Virginia (Tennessee) Jan. 1871 – Sept. 25, 1956
Russell, Walter Jasper May 14, 1907 – May 24, 1936
Smartt, James C. Feb. 13, 1891 – Aug. 21, 1976
Sullivan, James T., Jr. July 13, 1943 – Jan. 29, 1944
Sullivan, James Thaxton Aug. 28, 1911 – Sept. 29, 1981
Sullivan, Nina Peek {Alive in 1996}
Sullivan, Joseph L. Mar. 26, 1880 – July 13, 1943
Sullivan, Dovie L. (Ballentine) Nov. 17, 1879 – Nov. 3, 1968
Sullivan, Willie N. (Bill) July 14, 1887 – July 8, 1962
Sullivan, Dora C. July 14, 1883 – Aug. 5, 1958
Walpole, Billy Wade Aug. 7, 1937 – Oct. 21, 1959
Wright, Thomas T. 1848 – 1933
Wright, Katherine L. (Logue) 1861 – 1935
Wright, Elkie. Grave relocated from Cemetery 2GR by Corps of Engineers
from original location prior to construction of Percy Priest Dam and Lake.
SURVEY REPORT. OCTOBER 30, 2004
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