* Keeton Cemetery * Decatur County TN Photos by Christine Walters May 2008 |
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* Keeton Cemetery * Decatur County TN Photos by Christine Walters May 2008 |
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Keeton Cemetery is an antebellum cemetery on Keeton Cemetery Road, near Bath Springs. The cemetery is not indicated on the U.S.G.S. Bath Springs quadrangle (1972) but lies near the western edge of the map on the road shown just northwest of the Simmons Cem. Keeton Cemetery is well maintained. Most burials here are nineteenth century. There are 17 fieldstone-marked graves and several depressions indicating additional burials. Through the twentieth century the cemetery was used rarely but continuously, receiving one or two burials in a decade. David Donahue recorded this cemetery December 27, 1996 and checked and updated it November 9, 2003.
Margarett Alexander and Blanche Tuten recorded this cemetery on December 29, 1975.
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| NAME | BIRTH | DEATH | SPOUSE | PARENTS / NOTES |
| BLANKENSHIP, Dennis M. Headstone Photo |
03 May 1956 | 16 Dec 1976 | US Marine Corp Vietnam | |
| BLANKENSHIP, Dorothy Mae (Keeton) Obituary |
28 Nov 1927 | 2009 | Bedford and Ora Mae (Duck) Keeton | |
| GARRARD, William A. Headstone Photo |
25 Apr 1859 | 03 Sep 1949 | Thomas Browder & Julia M. (Keeton) Garrard Erected by Friends World War 1 of Hardin Co TN | |
| HANEY, David Benjamin | 01 Apr 1798 | 20 Jul 1840 | Sarah Jane White | |
| HANEY, Sarah Jane (White) | 15 May 1803 | 11 May 1885 | David Benjamin Haney (m in Anson NC) | |
| HEARINGTON, Helen (Keeton) Obituary |
86y | 04 Feb 2011 | Kenny Hearington | Bedford and Ora (Duck) Keeton |
| HOLLAND, Frances E. (Keeton) | 23y | 23 Oct 1855 | John H. Holland | John Robert & Catharina F. (Keeton) Keeton |
| KEETON, Albert | 15 Jul 1852 | 15 Jul 1852 | John Lawson & Margaret Levisa (Kelley) Keeton | |
| KEETON, Bedford Benard Obituary |
19 Sep 1896 | 04 Mar 1975 | Ora Duck m 5 Oct 1919 |
Robert F. & Sarah Emily (Tucker) Keeton WW 1 Army |
| KEETON, Catharina (Keeton) Headstone Photo Memorial |
04 Feb 1806 | 09 Jul 1870 | John Robert Keeton | John Keeton |
| KEETON, Charles Emerson Headstone Photo |
27 Jul 1920 | 23 Apr 1995 | Martha Lucille Cordle | Bedford Benard & Ora (Duck) Keeton Army WW II |
| KEETON, Clyde E. | 2y 1m 2d | 28 Jan 1897 | S.L. & A.E. Keeton | |
| KEETON, Flora C. Headstone Photo |
01 Oct 1896 | 07 Jan 1919 | Sanders LaCurtis & Amanda Ellen (Hay) Keeton | |
| KEETON, John Lawson Obituary Headstone Photo |
25 May 1826 | 14 Jun 1881 | Margaret Levisa Kelley Margaret Brigance |
John Robert & Cathrina (Keeton) Keeton |
| KEETON, John Clinton | 09 Mar 1859 | 30 Sep 1859 | John Lawson & Margaret (Brigance) Keeton | |
| KEETON, Dr. John Robert Headstone Photo Obituary |
(1799) 59y | 08 Jun 1858 | Catharina (Keeton) Keeton | Hezekiah & Batsy Keeton |
| KEETON, Lester Cloyce | 16 Aug 1910 | 18 Jan 1911 | Orval Urban & Flora (Dunnavant) Keeton | |
| KEETON, Lucille | 01 Nov 1926 | Charles E. Keeton | ||
| KEETON, Margaret (Brigance) | 19 Jul 1823 | 06 Apr 1893 | Dr. John Lawson Keeton | |
| KEETON, Margaret Levisa (Kelley) Headstone Photo |
18 Jun 1827 | 14 Feb 1856 | John Lawson Keeton | Ephrain & Jane (Higginbotham) Kelley |
| KEETON, Mary Elizabeth | 27 Feb 1851 | 30 Jul 1852 | J.L. & Margaret L. Keeton | |
| KEETON, Ora (Duck) | 02 May 1895 | 10 Nov 1983 | Bedford Benard Keeton | |
| KEETON, Robert F. Headstone Photo |
13 Aug 1848 | 02 Jan 1911 | Sarah Emily Tucker | John Lawson & Sarah Emily (Tucker) Keeton |
| KEETON, Sarah Emily (Tucker) Headstone Photo |
19 Feb 1866 | 15 Jun 1955 | Rorbert F. Keeton m 2 Jan 1881 |
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| TUCKER, J.W. Headstone Photo |
86y 6m 5d | 29 Apr 1917 | M.J. | CSA Soldier |
| TUCKER, M.J. Headstone Photo |
78y 1m 12d | 12 Sep 1916 | J.W. Tucker |
