Shelby Co TN - Creath, Roach, Crouch, Jones, Edmunds & Cole
Recorded 1/16/2000
Unknown Name of Cemetery
Located on Appling Road at Cordova Road, Cordova, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
Cemetery is between the Appling Lake Apartments & Cordova Forest Subdivision, and can be seen from the street. Surrounded by an iron and brick fence with several big trees.
Several of the headstones are broken off, but the cemetery
is in pretty good shape. Most have headstones, some have slab and footstones (fts).
On 3/16/2008, I went back to this cemetery to double check myself on the dates and names, etc. I also knew that someone had been buried there shortly after my first visit in 2000, so I needed to check that out as well. Much to my surprise I think there has been a more recent burial, but I didn't see any funeral marker, just plastic flowers. If someone was buried there, it has sunken down quite a bit, due to the amount of rain in the past few weeks.
There are probably a few more buried there as I found 2 - what might be bases that may hold a headstone. One was outside the fence and one was inside. But it appears that others might be buried there as well.
The wrought iron fencing has the name ROSCOE on it, also done in wrought iron. Don't know what that name has to do with anything as far as being connected to all these buried, but it is part of the fence.
Directions: Off of I-40 (Memphis, TN) take exit 15A south(Appling Rd),go about 2.5 miles, it is on the right-hand side.
James M. ROACH
born Jan 10, 1809
died March 5, 1885
(fts broken - no letters)
Martha H. ROACH
born April 2, 1824
died March 1, 1882
(fts reads MHR)
Charles T.
son of JM & MH ROACH
born Dec 16, 1843
died Jan 18, 1865
(top 1/4 piece of headstone
is broken into 3 pieces.
fts also broken - no letters)
Susan A.
daughter of
RH & NH CROUCH
born Aug 14, 1838
died Jan 8, 1865
(top part of headstone has
fallen/knocked off)
Richard H. CROUCH
born ___ 21, 1810
died Sept 3, 1854
(fts RHC - Headstone
has what appears to be
a Masonic Symbol)
Samuel Elijah CREATH
son of James A & Nancy J
CREATH
born Jan 5, 1816
died June 20, 1819 aged
3 yrs 5 mo & 15 ds
above Samuel's headstone
is the grave of
Mary Francis COLE
born Nov 14, 1853
died May 13, 1869
sweet and lovely child
(fts MFC)
J W CREATH
son of
Samuel & Mary CREATH
died March 8, 1842
in the 27th year of his age
Mary Ann
daughter of HT & ME JONES
and wife of
________________
born Dec 6, 1826
died Jan 18, 1854
Aged 27 yrs 1 mo & 12 ds
she is not lost, but gone to bliss
(fts MAM)
Mary EDMUNDS
wife of
Henry T JONES
and widow of
Samuel CREATH
born Aug 15, 1798
died July 12, 1853
aged 54 yrs 10 mos & 27 ds
Richard Waller JONES
son of Henry T & Mary E JONES
born May 6, 1839
died Aug 28, 1847
aged 8 yrs 3 mos & 22 ds
DILLARD
Elijah, Jr.
married Nov 4, 1944
I. B.
April 19, 1930
Feb 14, 2000
(this is a double headstone)
Mindy Thompson
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