Flowers Cemetery

Gibson County, Tennessee

If go west on Hwy 77 from Dyer for about 2-2 1/2 miles - you will see the Tollie Gordon Road Sign and you can only turn right off of Hwy 77 on to the road.  You go north for about 2/3 of a mile, you cross a narrow bridge over a Creek and from this bridge you can see the cemetery location on top of the hill to the left.  There is a large grove of trees at the edge of an agricultural field and it is located right next to Tollie Gordon Road.  This is where the cemetery is located and was the site of the old Flowers Plantation and home place.  It was close to a creek for water and as family member died, they buried them there in the yard close to home - this is how Flowers Cemetery got started.  Virtually all of the people buried there are Flowers or Flowers Family members that married into the family.  If you come south from Crossings Road (that's where Tollie Gordon Road ends) then the cemetery will be on your right, before you get to the creek.  Incidentally, Tollie Gordon was also related to and a member of the Flowers Family.

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Born Died

Toombs, James H., Son of H.C. Toombs Dec. 28, 1876 Aug. 26, 1877

Age 7 mos. 28 days (Name not listed in Emily Walker's Cemetery Records)

Toombs, Eliza A., Wife of H.C. Toombs Jan. 22, 1852 Apr. 30, 1873

Toombs, Leora Bell, Daughter of H.C. Toombs & E.A. June 18, 1872 Dec. 28, 1872

Crenshaw, Luther June 24, 1855 Aug. 16, 1901

Crenshaw, Lou, Wife of R. L. Crenshaw Mar. 28, 1860 Dec. 31, 1881

Flowers, Mary A. E., Wife of Leoma, Aged 42 years ----(1824)------ July 5, 1866

Flowers, Leoma (Jr.) Aug. 29, 1819 Jan. 8, 1862

Flowers, Leoma, Husband of Chelly, Aged about 65 yrs ----(1793)------ Nov. 10, 1858

Flowers, Lydia, Daughter of Leoma & Chelly Flowers Jan. 18, 1828 Mar. 29, 1858

Flowers, Chelly, Wife of Leoma Jan. 22, 1811 Jan. 12, 1848

Flowers, Julia A., Daughter of Leoma & Chelly Flowers Sep. 16, 1831 Sep. 14, 1847

Flowers, Burrel, Aged 65 yrs. 7 Ms. 28 ds. --(Mar. 31, 1779)-- Nov. 28, 1844

Flowers, Mary, Wife of Burrel Flowers --(Apr. 17, 1785)-- Sept. 1, 1850

Aged 65 yrs. 4 mos. 15 ds.

Flowers, Nancy J., Daughter of Henry and M.T. Flowers June 1, 1842 Nov. 30, 1854

Aged 12 yrs. 5 Ms. 29ds.

Flowers, Leoma Moreau, Son of A.B. & Margaret Mar. 5, 1867 Dec. 6, 1867

Aged 9 mos. 1 day

Flowers, Randolph Clay, Son of A.B. & M.E. Flowers BORN & DIED Aug. 29, 1868

Flowers, Margaret E., Wife of A.B. Flowers Jan. 2, 1840 May 7, 1873

Aged 33 yrs. 4 mo. 5 days

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(The following three names were located on one stone, which was not listed in Emily Walker's Cemetery Records)

Flowers, Susan C., Wife of Calvin Flowers ---(1827)---- Aug. 8, 1849

Aged about 22 yrs.

Flowers, John V., Son of the same, Aged 1 mo. 7 days --(Jan. 31, 1847)- Mar. 7, 1847

Flowers, Mary E., Daughter of the same, Aged 6 mos. --(Jan. 3, 1849)-- July 3, 1849

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Flowers, Nelson G., Son of Leoma & M.E. Flowers Sep. 18, 1845 Feb. 12, 1846

Aged 4 mos. 24 das.

Flowers, William R. Oct. 27, 1851 Nov. 11, 1861

Thompson, James T., Son of John & Nancy Thompson Oct. 19, 1851 Sep. 18, 1859

Flowers, Daniel F., Son of L. & Mary Ann E. Flowers July 15, 1847 Oct. 10, 1858

Crank, Zoda P., Wife of Wm. G. Crank Nov. 11, 1829 Dec. 5, 1851

Aged 22 yrs. 25 days.

Crank, Albert J., Grandson of Jas. W. Wright ----(1852)---- Feb. 25, 1858

Aged 6 years. Not listed in Emily Walker's Cemetery Records

Thompson, Gideon H., Son of John & Nancy M. Thompson Feb. 24, 1861 Dec. 27, 1865

Thompson, John, Aged 52 yr. 6 mos. 26 days Oct. 9, 1829 May 5, 1882

Mitchell, Nancy M., June 15, 1837 Jan. 27, 1899

Wright, James W., Aged 74 yrs. 1 mo. January 1798 February 1872

Wright, Lucinda, Wife of J.W. Wright Oct. 31, 1803 Sep. 17, 1866

Aged 62 yrs. 10 mos 16 das.

Wright, James Daniel, Son of V.C. & N.O. Wright July 19, 1863 Sep. 16, 1869

Aged 6 yrs. 1 mo. 27 days

Osbrooks, J. E., Aged 23 yrs. 5 days Nov. 20, 1849 Nov. 25, 1872

Wright, V. C., Aged 63 yrs. 3 ms. 12 ds Apr. 16, 1823 July 28, 1886

Wright, Nancy O., Wife of V.C. Wright May 17, 1832 Feb. 22, 1890

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