Richards Cemetery
South Pittsburg, Tennessee
Richards’ Cemetery Inventory October 24, 2005
By Dennis Lambert & Erin Lambert
Cook, Ethel – Sept. 2, 1881 – Oct. 31, 1918
“Daughter of J.G. & M.J. Woodfin” Wife of C.L. Cook”
Cook, Carlis – Feb. 6, 1908 – June 23, 1926 – “Son of C.L. & Ethel Cook”
Cook, James W. – Apr. 5, 1915 – Nov. 20, 1918 – “Son of C.L. & Ethel Cook”
Davis, Ina Houston – Jan. 14, 1933 – May 25, 1934
“Daughter of Jas. R. & Ina Patton Davis”
Deakins, Brown Douglass – Nov. 17, 1890 – Nov. 9, 1892
“Son of J.S. & L.B. Deakins”
Deakins, Harry W. – Nov. 27, 1905 – Dec. 6, 1914
Deakins, James S. – 1851-1926
(Shares stone with Lula B. Deakins)
Deakins, Lula B. – 1862-1923
(Shares stone with James S. Deakins)
Deathridge, Kate E. – 1888-1925 – “Kate”
Deathridge, Netta Lee – Dec. 16, 1863 – Mar. 20, 1911
Emison, Florence Anna – July 30, 1897 – Aug. 10, 1897
“Dau. Of John & May Emison”
(Shares stone with Ralph Waldo Emison)
Emison, John Hugh – Oct. 20, 1861 – Dec. 31, 1917 – “Father”
(Shares stone with May Houston Emison)
Emison, May Houston – April 9, 1869 – Aug. 6, 1918 – “Mother”
(Shares stone with John Hugh Emison)
Emison, Ralph Waldo – Oct. 27, 1893 – Oct. 7, 1895
“Son of John & May Emison”
(Shares stone with Florence Anna Emison)
Griffith – only markings on small headstone
Harvey, George – No Dates – “Sleep on Sweet One”
Houston, Anna Richards – 1867-1946
(Shares stone with William Houston)
Houston, Elizabeth May – Sept. 25, 1891 – July 5, 1892
“Aged 9 months – Daughter of W.C. & Anna B. Houston”
Houston, Sarah Colyar – Sept. 22, 1836 – Aug. 12, 1912 – “Mother”
Houston, William Colyar – 1863-1937
(Shares stone with Anna Richards Houston)
Kirkpatrick, Don Lee – June 11, 1930 – Sept. 17, 1998
“Sgt. US Army Korea”
(Shares stone with Shelby Wynne Kirkpatrick)
Kirkpatrick, Joseph W. - Nov. 15, 1898 – Nov. 19, 1955
(Shares stone with Wilma Houston Kirkpatrick)
Kirkpatrick, Shelby Wynne – Jan. 18, 1937 – Not Deceased!
(Shares stone with Don Lee Kirkpatrick)
Kirkpatrick, Wilma Houston – Aug. 26, 1900 – May 1, 1993
(Shares stone with Joseph W. Kirkpatrick)
McRae, Angus – Aug 12, 1848 – July 17, 1893
(Shares stone with Anne, Barbara Ruth & Janet McRae)
McRae, Anne – Born: April 27 – Died: May 31, 1885
(Shares stone with Angus, Barbara Ruth & Janet McRae)
“Anne” – on small headstone at actual grave site.
McRae, Barbara Beene – 1855 - 1943
McRae, Barbara Ruth – Sept. 5, 1892 – June 11, 1893
(Shares stone with Angus, Anne & Janet McRae)
“Barbara Ruth” – on small headstone at actual grave site.
McRae, Janet – Born: Sept. 27 – Died: Oct. 12, 1891
(Shares stone with Angus, Anne & Barbara Ruth McRae)
“Janet” – on small headstone at actual grave site.
McRae, William Angus – 1881 - 1961
Patton, Ina Houston – Born: March 16, 1867 – Died: June 5, 1891
“Wife of W.M. Patton”
Patton, Milly Caroline – Born: Feb. 23, 1842 – Died: Oct. 15, 1908
“Our Mother” “ Wife of W.O. Patton”
Patton, W.M. – Born: Sept. 13, 1862 – Died: Oct. 8, 1922
Patton, W.O. Born: Oct. 12, 1836 – Died: Jan. 25, 1893
“My Beloved Husband”
Prigmore, James Carl – Nov. 27, 1892 – Jan. 22, 1897
“Son of J.G. & Laura Prigmore”
(Most of information is repeated on James G. & Laura M. Prigmore’s stone)
Prigmore, James G. – Feb. 8, 1852 – Oct. 8, 1898
(Shares stone with Laura M. Prigmore)
Prigmore, Laura M. – 1860-1944 – “Wife of J.G. Prigmore”
(Shares stone with James G. Prigmore)
Phillips, Ann Jane – June 29, 1838 – June 16, 1912 – “Mother”
Phillips, James B. – July 7, 1864 – Dec. 31, 1944
(Shares stone with Martha Richards Phillips)
Phillips, James R. – August 19, 1936
“Tennessee, Corp. 105, Trench Mortar Btry. 30 Div.”
Phillips, Martha Richards – Nov. 30, 1871 – Apr. 27, 1965
(Shares stone with James B. Phillips)
Richards, Harvey Russell – Oct. 31, 1878 – Dec. 22, 1934
(Shares stone with Julia Bishop Richards)
Richards, Julia Bishop - Nov. 27, 1880 - Oct. 25, 1934
(Shares stone with Harvey Russell Richards)
Richards, Mrs. Mary – Oct. 13, 1840 – May 10, 1936 – “Mother”
Richards, Sarah E. 1842-1920
(Shares stone with Thomas S. Richards)
Richards, Thomas S. 1835-1921
(Shares stone with Sarah E. Richards)
Has cast iron “M.W.A.” marker at foot of grave.
Thomas, William Carl Jr. – June 30, 1912 – June 18, 1913
Unknown child’s grave
Unknown – Metal funeral home marker
Unknown, Possible – upright small limestone rock
Unknown – Upright small sandstone marker
Walker, Helen Phillips - December 24, 1927 - Mar. 26, 2007
Woodfin, Arnette Vetrece – Dec. 21, 1894 – Oct. 2, 1895
(Shares stone with Laura White Woodfin and Lillian Temperance Woodfin)
Woodfin, Carrie Temperance – Born: Sept. 26, 1878 – Died: July 15, 1890
“Dau. of J.G. & M.J. Woodfin – 11 Yrs., 9 Mos., & 19 Days”
Woodfin, J.G. Jr. – June 15, 1886 – May 12, 1915
Woodfin, John B. – Mar. 24, 1876 – July 1, 1916
“Son of J.G. & M.J. Woodfin”
Woodfin, Laura White – May 14, 1888 – Jan. 27, 1892
(Shares stone with Arnette Vetrece Woodfin & Lillian Temperance Woodfin)
Woodfin, Leslie G. – Sept. 25, 1897 – Sept. 1, 1915
“Son of C.B. & Annie Woodfin”
Woodfin, Lillian Temperance – May 7, 1890 – Nov. 27, 1891
(Shares stone with Laura White Woodfin & Arnette Vetrece Woodfin)
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The Richards' Cemetery is pictured above on October 25, 2005. This cemetery is located out from the old Penn-Dixie Cement Plant in Richard City (South Pittsburg, Tennessee) near the Alabama state-line. Currently one-half of this cemetery is maintained while the back half is not.
Photograph by Dennis Lambert
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The maintained section of the Richards' Cemetery is pictured above on October 25, 2005. Erin Lambert of Bridgeport, Alabama and sister to photographer, is pictured with materials for inventorying burials in the cemetery.
Photograph by Dennis Lambert
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Pictured above on October 24, 2005 is the gravestone for Thomas S. & Sarah E. Richards. This stone is located near the iron gate to the cemetery.
Photograph by Dennis Lambert
Gravestone for James G. & Laura M. Prigmore, which is in the Richards' Cemetery.
Photograph by Dennis Lambert
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Grave of Kate E. Deathridge in the Richards' Cemetery
Photograph by Dennis Lambert
Gravestone for James S. & Lula Deakins in the Richards' Cemetery
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Gravestone for James B. & Martha Richards Phillips in the Richards' Cemetery
Photograph by Dennis Lambert
Gravestone for John Hugh & May Houston Emison in the Richards' Cemetery near South Pittsburg, Tennessee.
Photograph by Dennis Lambert
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Woodfin and Cook family gravestones make up most of the first row of graves in the non-maintained section of the Richards' Cemetery
Photograph by Dennis Lambert
Erin Lambert kneels to view the stone for a Griffith in this picture. Small headstones of several daughters of Angus McRae are to the left of the Griffith grave.
Photograph by Dennis Lambert
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The gravestone for Angus McRae sits near the back of the non-maintained section of the Richards' Cemetery. The stone also has the names and dates of his three daughters inscribed on the two sides. Anne, Barbara Ruth and Janet all died at young ages. Each has a name only headstone marking each grave. Barbara Beene McRae, wife of Angus, is buried between him and their daughters while a son is interred at their feet.
Photograph by Dennis Lambert
A close-up of the inscription on the headstone for Angus McRae in the Richards' Cemetery near South Pittsburg, Tennessee and the Alabama state-line. McRae, who died in 1893, was responsible for the construction in 1888 of the old Primitive Baptist Church in South Pittsburg. The old church building, which is now known as the Chapel on the Hill, still stands today and was restored by the South Pittsburg Historic Preservation Society.
Photograph by Dennis Lambert
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The gravestone for John B. Woodfin, who was the son of J.G. & M.J. Woodfin, sits near the middle of a row of graves made up of Woodfin family members and members of the Mr. C. L. Cook family, who was married to Ethel Woodfin. John was born in 1876 and died in 1916.
Photograph by Dennis Lambert
This gravestone has inscriptions for three more Woodfin children. These are for Arnette Vetrece, Laura White & Lillian Temperance Woodfin.
Photograph by Dennis Lambert
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