Date: 07-08-2001
Cemetery: McMurry Cemetery
Established: Don't know
Street: McMurry Road
Type: Road-public
City: Parsons
Township:
County: Decatur
State: Tennessee
Nation: USA
Zip:
Nearby: Bible Hill Road
Location: Rural-mixed
Land: Flat
Watersource: No
Features:
Sign: No
Land Type: Public
Access: Open
Enclosure: Natural
Gate: None
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Gravestones: Not sure
Oldest: about 1806
Newest: Not sure
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled:
Buried: Unsure
Removed: Unknown
Weather problems: Yes
Pollution problems: Unknown
Association: No
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Unsure
Records location:
Condition: Cemetery neglected
Vandalized: No
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Damaging
Vegetation: Trees
Vegetation: Ground-Cover
Vegetation: Vines
Drainage: Constant problem
Problem: Disintegrating Headstones
Restoration: The current status of this cemetery is:
Owner: Cemetery
Use:
Bordering: Residential
Change: Unknown
Reason:
Visited: Occasionally
Archeology:
Contacted:
Other Information
This cemetery is where my great grandparents and
other family members are buried, I visited it two weeks ago and was
really upset to see it in such a shape, as far as I know there is no
living relatives in the area so it has not been maintained.
Support
Submitted by:
name: Patricia Davis
Email: PGDavis47@hotmail.com