We wish to express our gratitude to Margaret Cummings Snider and Joan Hollis Yorgason for their diligent work in compiling the Sumner County Cemetery Book ©1981, and our thanks for allowing us to post these records.
Typed by Linda
Carpenter
2004
Additions, corrections and photos by
Mike Duffer
November, 2004
View looking into the cemetery which extends back to the chain link fence.
View looking out of Heath Cemetery
On top of a steep hill 1 & 6/10 miles South of Turners Station.
HEATH, Inf Son of J. R. & Fannie Heath -
Died 11 Nov 1896
HEATH, John R. - 1870 - 1924
HEATH, Fannie - 1880 - 1930
TROUTT, M. V. - 19 Oct 1836 - 22 Jun 1915
TROUTT, Tobitha - 3 Feb 1845 - 8 Feb 1888
TROUTT, Charley - Son of M. V. & J. Troutt - 12 Jan 1887 - 18 Aug
1887
SLAYTON, Laura - Dau of S. M. & L. Slayton - 18 Aug 1895 - 26 Jan 1897
TROUTT, Hubert - 6 Jul 1918 - 9 Feb 1920
TROUTT, Coley - 11 Nov 1874 - 3 May 1944
TROUTT, Ruth A. - 21 Apr 1879 - 15 Mar 1960
HEATH, Rosie - 26 Feb 1877 - 12 Jan 1907
HEATH, Walter - 19 Oct 1896 - 3 Nov 1920
TROUTT, Annie Pirl - 4 Oct 1913 - 11 Jul 1929
TROUTT, Bernice - 2 Sep 1893 - 26 Oct 1954
TROUTT, Henry - 12 Jan 1887 - 26 Jan 1945
EDDINGS, David Monroe - Son - 17 Dec 1945 - 28 Apr
1946
EDDINGS, Robert H. Jr. - Son - 6 Sep 1947 - 21 May 1960
EDDINGS, William M. - 1879 - 1948
EDDINGS, Hattie M. - 1884 - 1939
EDDINGS, Joe Haden - Son of W. M. & Hattie Eddings - 10 Jul 1913 - 3
Jan 1917
EDDINGS, Mary Ollie - Dau of W. M. & Hattie Eddings - 31 Jul 1915 - 26
Sep 1915
DUFFER, William Harold - 24 Feb 1926 - 27 Feb 1926
DUFFER, Bibbie Leo - May 1936 - Jun 1936
DUFFER, Bobby Leon - May 1936 - Aug 1936
BUCHANAN, Susie Duffer - Mother - 5 Apr 1934 - 22 Jan 1971
WIX, Baby of B. & B. Wix
LYNN, Minnie E. - Dau of J. T. & M. E. Lynn - 4 Apr 1926 - 19 Oct 1926
Additions and corrections:
TROUTT, Charley - Son of M. V. & J. Troutt - 12 Jan 1887 - 18 Aug 1887” should read “TROUTT, Charley - Son of M. V. & T. Troutt - 12 Jan 1887 - 18 Aug 1887”. The mother’s middle initial on Charley’s gravestone is “T.”, not “J.”.
“DUFFER, Bibbie Leo - May 1936 - Jun 1936” should read “DUFFER, Billie Leo - May 1936 - Jun 1936”. His first name is Billie, not Bibbie. The gravestone has Billie. Billie is also on his death certficate.
New listings:
Mamie Jewel Centers, Jun 22, 1909 – Feb. 10, 1999, Wife of Buford “Slim”, Mother of Thelma & Tobatha.
Single gravestone for:
Homer Duffer, Mar. 17, 1905 – Aug. 7, 1989
Minnie Duffer, Oct. 12, 1906 – Oct. 6, 1991
Sumner County, Tennessee Selected Cemetery's Index
Genealogist's Companion to Research in Sumner County, Tennessee