King Cemetery
(Also known as Zilpha King Cemetery)
Dyer Co., TN

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and contributed it for use on this web site, along with the photos.

This cemetery is located in Dyer County, just South of Dyersburg, Tennessee. Take Highway 51 South from Dyersburg, go 1.2 miles from the city limits to Pierce Road (Coleman Discount Sales is on left side of road). Turn right on Pierce Road and go .2 of a mile to Church of Christ parking lot on left side of the road. There is a field behind the church were a grove of trees lie in the center. The abandoned cemetery is inside this grove of trees. During summer months, crops in the field could hide the grove from view. This cemetery is located in District 12. It is in VERY neglected shape and vandals have done extensive damage. Some stones are buried under years of leave decade and soil. We hope to be able to restore this cemetery somewhat.

There were two footstones found, with no headstone to go with them. The initials are NEK & MIK.

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Last Name First Name Birth Date Death Date Remarks
         
Finley Thomas G. Aug 25 1899 Dec 26 1921 [s/o J. W. Finley & Leona Zilphy King, who was the
d/o W. T. & Saluda King] View Tombstone
King Saluda J. 1839 1915 w/o W. T. King View Tombstone
King Stephen ----- Feb 15 1867 Aged 57yrs 9mo 26d, SAK footstone [Broken stone;
While there is no name on this stone, this must be
Stephen King, the h/o Zilpha, who was born about
1809.] View Tombstone
King W. T. Feb 15 1833 Feb 15 1884 Aged 51yrs [William Thomas King] View Tombstone
Love Sarah O. Jan 12 1846 Jul 15 1882 w/o John W. Love [d/o Stephen & Zilpha King,
wed John W. Love 23 Dec 1862] View Tombstone
   

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