SMITH CEMETERY

 

BE-24: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN, HARDING PIKE

 

30 TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS

 

HATCHER           Born: 1867          Died: 1920                                        

Front inscription: MOTHER/ NANNIE E.T.G. HATCHER/ 1867-1920                              

Footstone: YES   Footstone inscription: N.E.T. G.H.

 

MCPHERSON                                  

Front inscription: M/ GEORGE W./ 1874-19??/ LUCY G/ 1863-1931/ BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD/  MCPHERSON                                                      

Footstone: YES   Footstone inscription: LGM GWM              

 

JAMES                               

Front inscription: JAMES/ WM MCCRORY/ 1908-1954/  IRBY GREER /1904-1964        

                                                                                                    

GREER                 Born: 1900          Died: 1903                                        

Front inscription: A.R./ SON OF BILLIE/ AND IDA GREER/ JULY 3, 1900/ OCT. 31, 1903/ GONE BUT NOT/ FORGOTTEN                                                                                                                   

Footstone: YES   Footstone inscription: NONE         

 

GREER                               

Front inscription: GREER/ W.F.G./ APR. 20, 1859/ MAR. 29, 1930/ IDA/ APR. 9, 1867/      

                                                                                                                                             

SMITH                  Born: 1869          Died: 1936                                                       

Front inscription: EDDIE L. SMITH/ DEC. 10, 1869/ OCT. 29, 1936/ GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN     

                                                                                                        

SMITH                                

Front inscription: LUCY J./ SMITH/ JAN. 6, 1832/ FEB. 9, 1915/ BYRD F./ SMITH/ FEB. 1, 1824/ HE WILL RESTORE/ HE DOETH ALL THINGS WELL        

                                                                                                                               

SMITH                  Born: 1861          Died: 1891                                        

Front inscription: WILLIAM H./ SON OF/ BYRD F. AND LUCY J. SMITH/ BORN/ OCT. 27, 1861/ DEPARTED THIS LIFE/ JAN. 7, 1891    

 Footstone: YES   Footstone inscription: W.H.S.        

 

PEGRAM             Born: 1866          Died: 1907                                        

Front inscription: JENNIE SMITH/ WIFE OF Z.T. PEGRAM/ BORN/ AUG. 25, 1866/ DIED/ DEC. 24, 1907/ FAITHFUL TO HER TRUST/ EVEN UNTO DEATH      

                                                                                                        

SMITH                                                                                            

Front inscription: JOHN SMITH                                                                                                                            

 

SMITH                                                                                            

Front inscription: JEFF SMITH                                                                                                                              

 

SMITH                                

Front inscription: SMITH/ WILLIAM J./ JUNE 1, 1868/ AUG. 13, 1940/ LEILA BEECH/ JUNE 13, 1891/ JAN. 1, 1949

                                                                                                                                                     

MAYS                   Born: 1863          Died: 1903                                                       

Front inscription: J.T. MAYS/ BORN/ OCT. 9, 1863/ DIED/ MAR. 26, 1903        

                                                                                                                                   

MAYS                  

Front inscription: LEAD KINDLY LIGHT/ JAMES T. MAYS/ BORN/ APRIL 19, 1840/ APRIL 16, 1895/ EMILY P. SMITH/ WIFE OF/ JAMES T. MAYS/ BORN/ DEC. 30, 1838/ DIED/ ?/ REMEMBER FRIENDS AS YOU PASS BY/  AS YOU ARE NOW SO ONCE WAS I /AS I AM NOW SO YOU MUST BE /PREPARE FOR DEATH AND FOLLOW ME        

                                                                             

Footstone: YES   Footstone inscription: JTM EPM   

 

MAYS                   Born: 1869          Died: 1886                                                       

Front inscription: LUCY L. MAYS/ BORN/ DEC. 23, 1869/ DIED/ ??/ 1886/ GONE TO A BETTER?     

                                                                                                                                          

MAYS                   Born: 1861                                                                     

Front inscription: MARTHA SOPHRONIA/ MAYS/ BORN/ NOV. 27, 1861/ DIED/ ?/           

                                                                                                                

SMITH                  Born: 1788          Died: 1845                                        

Front inscription: JAMES H. SMITH/ BORN/ JULY 13, 1788/ DIED/ SEPT. 26, 1845/ AGED 57 YEARS/ 2 MONTHS, 13 DAYS/ A MEMBER OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH                

Footstone: YES   Footstone inscription: NONE         

 

SMITH                  Born: 1793          Died: 1872                                                       

Front inscription: LUCY SMITH/ WIFE OF/ JAMES H. SMITH/ BORN/ MAR. 16, 1793/ DIED/ AUG. 3, 1872/ AGE 79 YRS, 4 MOS. & 17 DAYS/ A MEMBER OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH              

Footstone: YES   Footstone inscription: LHS            

 

BURNETT            Born: 1933          Died: 1934                                        

Front inscription: VIRGINIA/ GRACE/ SEPT. 27, 1933/ NOV. 28, 1934/ DAU. OF/ JOE & GRACE/ SMITH/ BURNETT

                                                                                                                       

SMITH                 

Front inscription: SMITH/ MOTHER/ VIRGINIA BAIRD/ OCT. 20, 1870/ JAN. 12, 1944/ FATHER/ WILLIAM JOSEPH/ MAR. 10, 1863/ SEPT. 8, 1935                                                                          

Footstone: YES   Footstone inscription: WJS            

 

SMITH                  Born: 1834          Died: 1914                                                       

Front inscription: NATHAN G./ SMITH/ BORN/ FEB. 25, 1834/ DIED/ FEB. 26, 1914/ GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

                                                                                                                       

SMITH                  Born: 1841          Died: 1915                                        

Front inscription: MOTHER/WIFE EUNICE ELIZABETH/ HAGEN/ WIFE OF/ N.G. SMITH/ BORN/ AUG. 14, 1841/ DIED/ APR. 24, 1915/ ASLEEP IN JESUS         

                                                                                                                                 

SMITH                  Born: 1866          Died: 1868                                        

Front inscription: MARY E./ DAUGHTER OF/ N.G. & E.E. SMITH/ BORN/ JUNE 10, 1866/ DIED/JULY 9, 1868

Footstone: YES   footstone inscription: NONE         

              

SMITH                  Born: 1868          Died: 1934                                                       

Front inscription: IRBY MORGAN/ SMITH/ BORN APRIL 17, 1868/ DIED JAN. 14. 1934/ BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHO DIE IN THE LORD                                                                           

Footstone: YES   Footstone inscription: IMS

 

HOLMES             Born: 1917          Died: 1918                                                       

Front inscription: MAYNARD D. HOLMES, JR./ 1917-1918/ SON OFM.D. & FRONIA HOLMES         

                                                                                                                                         

MAYS                   Born: 1911                                                      

Front inscription: BABY WRIGHT MAYS/ SEPT. 7, 1911/ SON OF SAM & MARY MAYS         

                                                                                                                        

SMITH                  Born: 1905          Died: 1905                                                       

Front inscription: LYDIA ELIZABETH/ SMITH/ BORN OCT. 7, 1905/ DIED OCT 14, 1905        

Footstone: YES   Footstone inscription: LES             

 

SMITH                  Born: 1831          Died: 1899                                                       

Front inscription: FATHER/ WALTER S. SMITH/ DEC. 12, 1831/ FEB. 15, 1899/ NOT LOST BUT GONE BEFORE

                                                                                                                                                     

SMITH                  Born: 1842          Died: 1914                                        

Front inscription: MOTHER/WIFE MOTHER/ MARY ELIZABETH NEAL/ WIFE OF WALTER S./ SMITH/ BORN OCT. 29, 1842/ DIED MAY 24, 1914/ ASLEEP IN JESUS/ O DEATH WHERE IS THY STING/ O GRAVE WHERE IS THY VICTORY    

                                                                                

Footstone: YES   Footstone inscription: NONE         

 

SMITH                                                              

Front inscription: SMITH/ CHARLES BENJ/ APR. 5, 1881/ JULY 6, 1956/ ELSIE HOLMES/ AUG. 24, 1887/ MAR. 9, 1975/ LET BROTHERLY LOVE CONTINUE                                             

Footstone: YES   Footstone inscription: CBS  EHS   

 

 

SITE SURVEYED MARCH 19, 2000

 

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