Perkins Cemetery in Highcliff, Tennessee

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Get directions Highcliff Road off US 25W South of Jellico
Highcliff, Tennessee, USA

Coordinates: 36.58878, -84.09091
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This descripton taken from "Cemeteries of Campbell County, Tennessee 'History in Stone' By Dorothy Bruce,1989":

"A white wall surrounds the cemetery, and some of the markers are white. Inside the wall another white wall is around the graves of Riley and Nannie Perkins. Statues of Mr. and Mrs. Riley Perkins, made of Carrara marble quarried nearby, stand on a pedestal overlooking the cemetery. The life-size statues were done by the sculptor from pictures sent to him by Mr Perkins. Eighteen months later the statues arrived in the United States(1949)."

This small,square cemetery is well maintained and sits on the banks of a northward flowing Clear Fork River in an open and well groomed meadow.

Information about statues was obtained from Mrs Mabel Parrott, who is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Riley Perkins." ( Mrs Mabel Parrott now deceased is interred in this cemetery.)

The first burial appears to have been 1818.

The attached map is spot on accurate!