Mt. Juliet Memorial Gardens Cemetery

Mt. Juliet, Wilson County, Tennessee

Directions:

  • From Nashville go east on I-40 to exit 226B, Mt. Juliet in Wilson County, TN
  • Turn left (north) onto M. Juliet Road.
  • Go 2.1 miles and turn left onto Division St.
  • Go 0.7 mile and turn right into the cemetery

Graves:

Original internment at Mt. Juliet Cemetery:

Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Relationship

 Comments

Gleaves, Benjamin T. Jr.

18 Apr 1886

9 Jul 1972 

Son of Benjamin T. & Julia A. Gadsey Gleaves

Section E 3

Gleaves, Montie Vernon (Jacobs)

1894

1979 

Wife of Benjamin T. Gleaves, Jr.

Section E 3

Gleaves, Chester Hart

21 Sep 1930

28 Sep 1930 

Son of Benjamin T. Jr. & Montie Vernon Jacobs Gleaves

 Section E 3

Gleaves, Marshall Rufus 

1926

1930

Son of Benjamin T. Jr. & Montie Vernon Jacobs Gleaves

 Section E-3

Jackson, Eva O. Gleaves Temple

Sep 1883

1968

Daughter of James Monroe & Alice Gleaves; wife of Lucien Temple & John W. Jackson

 Section G 1

Bright, Betty Lois Temple

1901

1968

Daughter of Eva O. Gleaves & Lucien Temple; wife of Benny Bright

 Section G 1

Bright, Benny

1896

1978

Husband of Betty Lois Temple

 Section G 1

Eakes, Josie Mae Temple

2 May 1904

4 Jul 1977

Daughter of Eva O. Gleaves & Lucien Temple; wife of Robert Eakes

 Section E 2

Eakes, Robert

26 Jun 1900

15 Apr 1981

Husband of Josie Mae Temple

 Section E 2
McFarland,  Betty M. Jenkins  1884  1965 Daughter of Barbara Allen Curtis & Lellyet L. “Lell” Jenkins; granddaughter of Martha Ann Virginia Gleaves Jenkins Section A
McFarland, Thomas J. , Sr.  
Husband of Betty M. Jenkins Section A
McFarland, Emmaline Curtis 12 Feb 1911 2 Jul 1919 Daughter of Betty M. Jenkins & Thomas J.  McFarland Section A
Carver, Mabel Zannie Jenkins 23 Apr 1892 19 Sep 1924 Daughter of Mary Jane Halsie Hamilton  & Samuel Houston Jenkins Section E 2
Carver, Henry Peyton “Pate” 6 Jun 1886 21 Aug 1971 Husband of Mabel Zannie Jenkins Section E 2
White, Evelyn Marie Hagar 16 Feb 1947 5 Oct 2001 Daughter of Nova Z. Jenkins  & Emmett Guill Hagar; wife of Kenneth W. White Section H 13
Jenkins, Robert Landis 9 May 1909 14 Jun 1997 Son of Ida Sophia Parker & Almerine Burnett Jenkins Section E 5
Jenkins, Mary Wright Nollner 6 Oct 1919 9 Jun 1988 Wife of Robert Landis Jenkins Section E 5; on same stone with husband
Kelly, Pauline Hagar 21 Oct 1914 5 Nov 2010 Daughter of Nova Z. Jenkins  & Emmett Guill Hagar Section E 1
Kelly, Obie L.
9 Nov 1892 16 Nov 1959
1st husband of Pauline Hagar
 
 Section E 1

 

Children’s Section:

Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Relationship

Gleaves, James Thaxton

Apr 23, 1980

Apr 23, 1980

Son of Richard K. Sr. & Betty Jo Rose Gleaves

 

 

Graves transferred to Mt. Juliet Cemetery

When the Percy Priest Dam was constructed in 1966, graves that would be flooded were move to Mt. Juliet Cemetery for re-interment.    

Complete listing of graves removed in the J. Percy Priest Reservoir Project.

To find re-located graves:

  • From the entrance go about 0.5 mile which will be to the seventh tree on your left side - Section D-6.
  • Go back 5 rows to the new Gleaves stone that has 8 names listed on it.

 

From Gleaves-Yelton Cemetery:

            Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Relationship

Gleaves, Edmund F.

9 Nov 1827

Jul 1902

Son of James Robertson & Eliza Wood Gleaves

Gleaves, Marina Ann Coppage

1837

1900

Wife of Edmund F. Gleaves

Gleaves, Edward Davis

1861

1922

Son of Edmund F. & Marina Ann Coppage Gleaves

Gleaves, Joseph H.

1865

1889

Son of Edmund F. & Marina Ann Coppage Gleaves

Gleaves, William Price

1870

1888

Son of Edmund F. & Marina Ann Coppage Gleaves

Gleaves, Marina E.

1872

1877

Daughter of Edmund F. & Marina Ann Coppage Gleaves

Gleaves, Leonard H.         

1875

1888

Son of Edmund F. & Marina Ann Coppage Gleaves

Gleaves, Luther

13 Jul 1883

7 Mar 1911

Son of Edmund F. & Marina Ann Coppage Gleaves

Gleaves, Ella 

1868

1932

Daughter of Edmund F. & Marina Ann Coppage Gleaves

Yelton, Addie Bell Gleaves

21 Apr 1868

2 Jan 1932

Daughter of Edmund F. & Marina Ann Coppage Gleaves; wife of Rufus Burton Yelton

Yelton, Rufus Burton

 

 

Husband of Addie Bell Gleaves Yelton

Binkley, Frederick

 

1857

Father-in-Law of Nancy Emeline Gleaves Binkley

Notes:

  • The cemetery was originally located on the Old Frederick Binkley farm between Stewart’s Ferry Road and Central Pike. 
  • There were several Binkleys removed also.
  • Davidson County Cemetery Survey
        Listed as PP-52 at this site.

 

Graves transferred from Baker Cemetery:

Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Relationship

Gleaves, Mary T.

1860

1909

Wife of Robert Hughes Gleaves

Notes:

 

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Mt. Juliet Memorial Gardens Cemetery Relationships

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