Find A Grave - Sumner County

Kilgore, Merle b. August 9, 1934 d. February 6, 2005
Songwriter. Born in Chickasha, Oklahoma, he was a singer-guitarist, most noted for being a pop and country music songwriter. He began his career working as a disc jockey and musician before joining the Louisiana Hayride radio show as the principal accompanying guitarist. He debuted on the Grand Ole Opry, and appeared on the Big D Jamboree in Dallas, in 1952, signing with Imperial Records in 1953. He wrote the song "More and More," which was recorded by Web Pierce and became a Top 10 Country Hit...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Maphis, Dale b. 1957 d. 1989
Son of Country singing Duo Joe and Rose Lee Maphis.
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Maphis, Joe b. May 12, 1921 d. June 27, 1986
Musician. Born Otis W. Maphis in Suffolk, Virginia, he was a double neck guitar player best known for being half of the popular husband-wife country music duo, "Joe and Rose Maphis". During the 1940s to 1960s, together with his wife Rose Lee, they went to prominence with hits such as "Dim Lights", "Thick Smoke" and "Loud, Loud Music". With his double-neck Mosrite guitar, he was one of the flashiest country artist dubbed the King of Strings, as featured on his solo album "Fire on the Strings" (...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Perdue, Herbert Rodney 'Hub' b. June 7, 1882 d. October 31, 1968
Major League Baseball Player. He was a right handed pitcher making his debut for the Boston Rustlers on April 19, 1911. For five seasons, he was a member of the Boston Rustlers (1911-12), Boston Braves in 1913 and St. Louis Cardinals (1914-15). He ended his career with a record of 51 wins, 64 loss, 64 complete games, 5 shutouts, 7 saves, 317 strikeouts and a 3.85 earned run average. In the early 1920s, he managed the Nashville Volunteers in the Southern League. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Bethpage Cemetery, Bethpage, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Perkins, Luther b. January 8, 1928 d. August 5, 1968
Musician. As lead guitar player for Johnny Cash from 1955 until 1968, he was responsible for creating the very distinct sound behind Cash. Perkins, along with bass player Marshall Grant, became known as "The Tennessee Two". He played several different guitars, including the Fender Telecaster. The band was later changed to "The Tennessee Three" with the addition of drummer W. S. Holland. Perkins died at 40 from injuries sustained in a house fire. His position as lead guitarist was filled by Bob...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Fascian)
Cause of death: house fire started when a lit cigarette fell out of his mouth
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Peyton, Joseph Hopkins b. May 20, 1808 d. November 11, 1845
US Congressman. Born near Gallatin, Tennessee, he studied medicine, became an MD in 1837 and practiced in Sumner County. In 1840 he served in the State Senate. He was elected as a Whig to represent Tennessee's 8th District in the Twenty-Eighth and Twenty-Ninth Congresses, and served from 1843 until his death in office. Peyton was buried at the family estate near Gallatin; there is a cenotaph in his memory at Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC. He was the younger brother of US Congressman...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Peyton Family Cemetery, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Russell, Johnny b. January 23, 1940 d. July 3, 2001
Country singer, songwriter. Member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1985. As a singer, one of his hit songs was "Catfish John", which reached the country Top 20 in 1972. As a songwriter, he is most famous for co-writing "Act Naturally", a song that was recorded by both Buck Owens and The Beatles. He was known by many as "the big man with the big heart" for both his girth (over 300 pounds) and pleasant, unselfish demeanor both on and off stage. He would start many of his performances by quipping, "...[Read More] (Bio by: Steve Williams)
Cause of death: Complications from diabetes
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Smith, Gen. Daniel b. October 29, 1748 d. June 16, 1818
Revolutionary War Patriot, Brigadier General, US Senator. Born in Stafford County, Virginia, he was educated at the College of William and Mary and became a surveyor. In 1773, he became the deputy surveyor of Augusta County, Virgina and was elected sheriff of Augusta County in 1780. During the Revolutionary War, he was commissioned a Colonel in the militia, took part in the later battles and was appointed Assistant Deputy Surveyor for the Southern Department of the Continental Army in 1781. At...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Rock Castle Cemetery, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Thomas, Michael b. 1957 d. March 16, 1991
One of Reba McEntire's band members, killed in a plane crash that took the lives of all seven of her band members.
Cause of death: Plane crash
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Enter the main doors of the Mausoleum, and walk all the way to the rear. Turn right and walk to the next to the last grave on the bottom tier.
Trousdale, William b. September 23, 1790 d. March 27, 1872
Governor of Tennessee 1849-1851. Brigadier General United States Army. Known as "War Horse of Sumner County."
Gallatin City Cemetery, Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Twitty, Conway b. September 1, 1933 d. June 5, 1993
Musician. Born Harold Lloyd Jenkins in Friars Point, Mississippi. His father taught him guitar chords when he was just 4 years old. When he was 10 years old the family moved to Helena, Arkansas and he put together his first band, the Phillips County Ramblers that same year. By the time he was 12 he had his own Saturday morning radio show. He was also an excellent baseball player and turned down an opportunity to sign with the Philadelphia Phillies joining the Army instead. While in the Army he...[Read More] (Bio by: Decal)
Cause of death: Surgery complications
Sumner Memorial Gardens, Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Walker, Charlie b. November 26, 1926 d. September 12, 2008
Musician and Actor. He was an active member of Grand Ole Opry, he began his music career in the 1940s in Dallas Texas as a singer and guitarist with Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers. After his stint in the United States Army he formed the Texas Ramblers, performing around Corpus Christi area in Texas, and working as a radio DJ. He was inducted into the DJ hall of fame in 1981. During the production of "Sweet Dreams," the Patsy Cline bio film, he was given the chance at acting by portraying country...[Read More] (Bio by: Chris Cotton)
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Winchester, Gen. James b. February 5, 1752 d. July 27, 1826
United States Army Brigadier General. At the start of the War of 1812, he was a Captain in the Tennessee Militia. In March 1812, he was commissioned a Brigadier General in the US Army, in command of the Army of the Northwest, Ohio. After engaging in several skirmishes with British forces, he was sent to part in an attempt to recapture Frenchtown, Michigan. On January 22, 1813, at the Battle of Frenchtown, he was attacked by a combined British and Indian forces resulting in his capture and the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cragfont Cemetery, Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Wooley, Sheb b. April 10, 1921 d. September 16, 2003
Country Singer, Songriter, and Actor. Wooley was born Shelby F. Wooley on April 10, 1921, in Erick, Oklahoma. As a teenager, Wooley worked as a rodeo rider and then formed his own band. In the mid-1940s, he performed on radio stations WLAC and WSM in Nashville, Tennessee, and subsequently had his own show on the Calumet Radio Network. He signed to the Bullet Records Label in 1946, moving in 1948 to MGM Records where he remained until 1973. Wooley began acting in movies in 1950, appearing first...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA

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