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Lacy Cemetery is located off Edd Woods Road in western Madison County. Turn touth on ed Woods Road from Highway 412. Ed Woods Road runs south about 0.3 mile, then turns west and runs about 0.4 mile, before making a turn south and then a second turn west. The access drive is 0.8 mile from Highway 412 between the turn to the south and the second turn to the west. The access drive runs west along the northern edge of a field, then turns north and runs up the small hill. In 2004 the last 30 yards of the access road was planted in cotton. Lacy Cemetery itself was overgrown. The Jarvis markers are all in one group, and the Lacy markers are in another group. The other markers were hidden in the undergrowth and were not found in 2004. Anyone visiting this cemetery should go in winter.
David Donahue recorded Lacy Cemetery August 27, 2004. The cemetery was recorded previously at an unknown date after 1986. This record appears in Cemetery Records of Madison County, Tennessee, Volume II, North Half of the County (1998), p. 115. The person who recorded the cemetery is not listed. |
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(Notes by Frank Carter at Find-A-Grave including headstone photos) - Cemetery is located on high ground near site of old Lacy house rebuilt after 1909 cyclone in Poplar Corner area.
Our earliest known Lacy pioneer in Western District of Tennessee was his father William Lacy from Pitt Co. N.C. b. abt. 1800 d. April 26,1831. Wm.Parker's younger brother was Levi Lacy b. abt.1830. Mason emblem on broken stone. part of major inscription "age 64yrs 8 mos." Also in script "He died as he lived trusting in God" From trip notes taken 10/31/2000 For more information or to contribute photos or memories, please contact: fncarter@yahoo.com |
| Descendant (John T. Palmer and Linda LaMonte Knopke both at Rootsweb World Connect), indicate that Stephen Lacy is buried here at this cemetery. If thats true then David Donahue did not find any sign of their headstones when he visited here in 2004. Stephen Lacy is actually buried at McDaniel Cemetery in Medon TN. |
| NAME | BIRTH | DEATH | SPOUSE | PARENTS |
| BEENE, Thomas C. | 06 Apr 1860 | 25 Sep 1870 | A.L. & Mary Beene | |
| BROWN, Mary Jane (Hopper) | 04 Feb 1840 | 22 Jun 1917 | Thomas Brown | |
| JARVIS, Adeline | 25 Apr 1902 | 17 Feb 1948 | ||
| JARVIS, Carie May | 23 Jan 1880 | 14 Jan 1974 | Thomas B. and Mary Jane (Hopper) Brown | |
| JARVIS, Eddie | 18 Jun 1905 | 15 May 1986 | ||
| JARVIS, Margaret (Mazenar) | 02 Sep 1908 | 04 Nov 1986 | ||
| JARVIS, Samuel Hilliard | 28 Oct 1866 | 04 Dec 1934 | ||
| LACY, Elvis W. | 1874 | 19 Mar 1895 | s/o William Parker Lacy Symbol on stone is naval anchor. Died of broken back suffered from bear attack | |
| LACY,J.B. | 04 Jul 1866 | 23 Mar 1888 | John & Harriett R. (Crenshaw) Lacy | |
| LACY, James Parker | 26 Aug 1871 | 30 Apr 1909 | Wm. Parker and Mary E. (Brown) Parker. James died of injuries from cyclone which destroyed their house. He was a farmer & Lumberman. The headstone is a 6 foot tall Woodmen of World log style | |
| LACY, John | 25 Dec 1824 | 29 Jan 1886 | William Parker and Mary E. (Brown) Lacy | |
| LACY, Lee H. | 05 Oct 1868 | 07 Sep 1871 | William Parker & Mary E. (Brown) Parker | |
| LACY, William Parker Will - Probate |
64y 8m | 29 Aug 1893 | Unknown Hooper Elizabeth Smithwick M. Elizabeth Latham |
Wm. Lacy |
| McCRARY, A. Delia | 21 Jul 1884 | 25 Oct 1886 | ||
| McCRAY, W.W. | 17 Jan 1859 | 24 Mar 1892 | Wm Wesley and Sallie (Miller) Lacy McCrary |
