Convent of the Good Shepherd Cemetery

Type:
Cemetery record
Location:
Shelby County, TN

Convent of the Good Shepherd Cemetery

Anita White
 

 

Convent of the Good Shepherd Cemetery

(see Bettis Cemetery)
 
Bettis, Drury Lyons...1814/1854
Bettis, Martha...Apr 30, 1822/1839
Bettis, Tillman...Oct 4, 1788/Feb 1854
Harper, Margaret...1855
Article in newspaper Aug 7, 1931 - Evening Appeal
 
The convent sold the grounds for commercial use in 1963 and
moved to 3060 Baskin Ave (Frayser) Mar 27, 1964. It is known
as De Neyville Heights School for girls.
 
There were Civil War soldiers buried here
As to how many graves - Unknown
 
At the time of sale they were trying to contact family members to
move their graves.
 
It is now called the Bettis Cemetery for Tillman Patterson Bettis, his grave is the oldest known burial in Shelby County, TN.
Located on N Angelus Rd between Madison and Poplar Avenues on west side of road.
Home Depot owns the property is now rests on and stone wall
surrounds the cemetery and a Memorial Plaque "Bettis Cemetery"