Mount Moriah Cemetery Deceased Birth Date Death Date

Mr. John David Goats, 62, of Pulaski, died Thursday, April 23, 1992, at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Columbia. Funeral services were held Saturday, April 25, at Carr and Erwin Chapel with Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. A native of Tennessee, Mr. Goats was the son of the late John Clarence and Mary Elizabeth Burks Goats. He was a retired painter. Survivors include one son, Michael David Goats ofMurfreesboro; two sisters, Mrs. Robert Appleton and Mrs. Ruth Chapman, both of Pulaski; three grandchildren.

(s/o Phillip and Rebecca Horn Goats)

Columbia—An elderly farmer was killed in a one-car accident north of here on U. S. Highway 31 Tuesdaynight. State troopers identified the victim as Leonard Goats, 65, of Rt. 3, Columbia, and a native of Giles County. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p. m. Thursday at Bennett-May Funeral Home in Pulaski with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Goats died in Maury County Hospital after the accident occurred at 6 p. m. State Trooper James Jones said Goats was headed south toward Columbia when his car went out of control, crossed the median in the four-lane highway, then crashed headon into a rock cliff. Goats was alone in the car. The victim was born in Giles County. His parents were the late Phillip and Rebecca Horn Goats. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Wessie Hutton Goats; two sons, Edgar and Thomas, both of Pulaski; a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Kuhn, Pulaski; three brothers, Jim, Nashville, and Tom and John, both of Pulaski; two half-brothers, Henry C. Goats, Nashville and Phillip A. Goats, Columbia; four grandchildren and two step-grandchildren.

(w/o John Clarence Goats)

(d/o Lidge and Nan Reeves Burks)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen __ Sep 1974

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Goats, 80, of Pulaski died Monday, September 23 in Giles County Hospital. Funeral services were held Tuesday, at 2:30 p. m. at Carr and Erwin Chapel with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Born in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Lidge and Nan Reeves Burks. Mrs. Goats was married to the late John Goats. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Robert Appleton and Mrs. James Chapman, both of Pulaski; three sons, Flournoy Goats and Dave Goats, both of Pulaski and

Charlie Goats of Columbia; 18 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.

GOATS, Thomas Allen 20 Feb 1895 28 Jul 1971

(s/o Phillip and Rebecca Horn Goats)

Thomas Allen Goats, 76, died Wednesday, July28 at Giles County Hospital. Services were held Thursday, July29 at Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with burial in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Andy Brown officiated. He was born February 20, 1895 in Tennessee. His parents were the late Phillip and Rebecca Horn Goats. Survivors include one brother, John Goats; one half-brother, HenryClayGoats, Nashville; and two half-sisters, Mrs. Jack Hoskins and Mrs. Raymond Rose.

(w/o W. B. Gooch) md 18 Dec 1878 GCT

(d/o J. C. and Mary Green Rolland)

GOOCH, Willie Grady 17 Jul 1897 9 Sep 1899

(s/o W. D. and Alice Rolland Gooch)

(h/o Minnie Lee Shores Goodman) 1st Lieut. US Army WWII

(s/o John Marlin and Sarah Anderson Goodman)

Obituary: Giles Free Press 27 Jan 2000

Mr. J. Marlin Goodman, Jr., 88, of Pulaski died Jan. 24, 2000, at Scotts Hill Health Care Center in Lawrenceburg. Mr. Goodman was a Georgia native and the son of the late John Marlin and Sara Anderson Goodman, Sr. He was a former Giles County schools superintendent and was a member of the Lions Club for more than 50 years. Funeral services were held yesterday (Wednesday) at Bennett-MayFuneral Home with Clarence Stewart and Steve Nave officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Ginger Wilson of Lawrenceburg; brother Harry Goodman of Loudon; half brother Mark Goodman of Cornersville; and two grandchildren.

(w/o John Marlin Goodman, Jr.)

(d/o Robert Clyde and Lura Virginia Pittard Shores)

Obituary:The Pulaski Citizen __ Jun 1985

Mrs. Minnie Lee Goodman, 64, of Pulaski, died Friday, June 14, 1985, at Pulaski Health Care Center. A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Clyde and Virginia Pittard Shores. Funeral services were held at 4 p. m. Saturday, June 15, at Bennett-May Chapel with burial in Mt. Moriah, Rev. Mack Pinkelton and Rev Haywood Liles officiating.

Burial include her husband, J. Marlin Goodman of Pulaski; one daughter, Mrs. Ginger Wilson ofLawrenceburg; one grandson; and two sisters, Mrs. Margie Ann Wesson, Mrs. Jane Morrow, both of Pulaski.

GORDON, Allene Cook 24 Jun 1875 1 Jan 1968

(w/o Foster Gordon, Sr.)

(d/o George E. and Sue Letha Williamson Cook)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen 3 Jan 1968

Mrs. Allen Cook Gordon, 92, died January1 at Giles County Hospital after an extended illness. Funeral services for Mrs. Gordon, wife of the late Foster Gordon, Sr., were held Wednesday, January 3, at 2 p. m. in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with Andrew Brown and Robert Hall, Church of Christ ministers, officiating. Burial was in the Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mrs. Gordon, a native of Giles County, was born June 24, 1875, the daughter of George

Edward and Susan Williamson Cook. Survivors include one brother, T. H. Cook, Pulaski; four step-sons, Allen Gordon, Exuador, Foster Gordon, Tommy Gordon, and Bill Gordon, Pulask; nieces and nephews. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

GORDON, Mary Ray Reed 10 May 1888 15 Jan 1957

(w/o 1. John Walter Reed 2. Vaughn Gordon)

(d/o Reuben and Nannie Nunley Ray)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen 16 Jan 1957

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Reed Gordon, 68, native Giles Countian, will be held at 2 o’clock Thursdayafternoon at Bennett-MayFuneral Home with burial in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mrs. Gordon died at 2:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at Giles County Hospital after a period of declining health. Born May 10, 1888, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Reuben Ray and Nannie Nunley Ray. She was twice married: her first husband, John Walter Reed, died September 1, 1945. Her second husband, Vaughn Gordon, died a few years ago. Mrs. Gordon is survived bythree sons, Herbert Reed and Clifford Reed, Birmingham, Ala., and David Reed, Montgomery, Ala.; four daughters, Mrs. Frank Garner, Florence, Ala., Mrs. Milton Stancil, Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. George Harton, Monroe, La., and Mrs. HollyGrammar, Nashville; twenty-six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Lessie Wakefield, Mrs. Lou Englett, Pulaski and Mrs. Ella Cobb, Shreveport, La.; and one half-sister, Mrs. Lucille Price, Pulaski. Bennett-May Funeral Company, Morticians in charge.

(d/o Charlie and Harriet Wiley Tidwell)

Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Tidwell Gower, 85, were held at 3:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mrs. Gower died Sunday, October 27, in Giles County Hospital. A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Charlie Tidwell and Harriet WileyTidwell. Mrs. Gower is survived bya number of nieces and nephews. Bennett-May and Company, in charge of arrangements.

(s/o Thomas Jefferson and Emma A. Tidwell Gower)

(h/o 1. Ethel Richardson Grant 2. Bertha Beadle Grant)

(s/o Tobe and Lula Elizabeth Hayes Grant)

GRANT, Bertha Beadle 7 Sep 1895 14 Aug 1971

(w/o Alonzo Grant)

(d/o George and Rodie Hartsville Beadle)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen __ Aug 1971

Mrs. Bertha Grant, 75, died Saturday, August 14 at Fairhaven Nursing Home.

Services were held Monday, August 16 at Bennett-May Chapel with burial in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Bro. G. C. Fox officiated. A native ofGiles County, her husband was the late Alonzo Grant. She was the daughter of the late George Beadle and Rodie Hartsville.

Survivors include two sons, Robert A. Grant, Columbus, Ga., Jessie Travis; two daughters, Mrs. Christine Miller, Mrs. Ruby Defoe, Huntsville, Ala.; twenty-eight grandchildren, twenty-five great grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Emma Russell and Mrs. Sadie Hargrove, Lewisburg.

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GRANT, Gladys May Clifton 26 May 1920

(w/o Roy Lee Grant) md 6 Jul 1935

(d/o Claude and Mattie Mangrum Clifton)

GRANT, Roy Lee 03 Jul 1909 28 Aug 1985

(h/o Gladys May Clifton Grant)

(s/o Alonzo and Ethel Richardson Grant)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen __ Aug 1985

Roy Lee Grant, 76, of Pulaski, died Wednesday, August 28, 1985, at Hillside Hospital.

A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Lonzo and Ethel Richardson Grant. He was a retired security guard. Funeral services were to be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday, Aug. 29, at Carr and Erwin Chapel with burial will be in Mt. Moriah Cemetery, G. C. Fox officiating. Survivors include his wife, Gladys Clifton Grant of Pulaski; one son, Royce Grant of Pulaski; two daughters, Kathy Perry of Pulaski, Charlotte Cook of Nashville; one half-brother, Robert Grant of Columbia, Ga.; three half-sisters, Bell Vick of Florence, Ala., Alvie MayofChickasaw, Ala., Christine Miller of Pulaski; two sisters, Mrs. Pearl Digmon of Sweet Water, Ala., Mrs.

Willie Jane Crenshaw of Mobile, Ala.; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

(h/o Roberta Bolden Graves)

(s/o Graves)

GRAVES, James Thomas Jr. 03 May 1949 05 Oct 1993

(h/o Reba N. Rogers Graves)

(s/o James Thomas and Roberta Victoria Bolden Graves)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen __ Oct 1993

Mr. James Thomas Graves, 44, died Tuesday October 5, 1993, at Hillside Hospital in Pulaski. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, October 6, at Carr and Erwin Chapel with Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. The son of the late James Thomas and Roberta Victoria Bolden Graves, Mr. Graves was a teacher and coach at Richland School. Survivors include his wife, Reba N. Rogers Graves, Cornersville; one brother, Wayne Bolden, Pulaski; several nieces and nephews.

(h/o Roberta Bolden Graves) TNN PFC B68 Field Arty BN WWII

(s/o John Clyde and Mertie Coggins Graves)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen 21 Jan 1953

Funeral services for James Thomas Graves will be held at two o’clock Friday afternoon at Moriah Cumberland Presbyterian Church by Virgil Bradford, minister of the East Hill Church of Christ. Burial will be in the Moriah Cemetery. Mr. Graves died Thursday morning at Thayer Hospital, Nashville, of injuries sustained in an automobile accident near Pulaski Friday night. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Graves of Pulaski, he was a native of Giles County and had resided in Pulaski for the past several months. He was a graduate of Beech Hill High School and was an employee of the International Minerals and Chemical Corporation plant at Wales at the time of his death. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Roberta Bolden Graves; a son, James Thomas Graves, Jr.; a stepson, Robert Wayne Bolden; two sisters, Mrs. Frank Ross, Columbia; Mrs. Oakley Holbert, Giles County; and three brothers, Howard Graves of Indiana, Allen Graves of Giles County, and Lemuel Graves of Nashville.

(s/o James and Rachel Hunter Graves)

Funeral services were held for John Clyde Graves, 79, retired farmer of the Blooming Grove

Holland, minister of the church. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mr. Graves died at 6:20 o’clock Sunday night at his home. Born August 7, 1877, in Marshall County, he was the son of the late James Graves and Rachel Hunter Graves, and was a member of the Church of Christ. Mr. Graves is survived byhis wife, Mrs. Mertie Coggins Graves; two daughters, Mrs. OakleyHolbert, Wales, and Mrs. Frank Ross, Columbia; three sons, Lemuel Graves, Nashville, Howard Graves, Mishawaka, Ind., and Allen Graves, Pulaski; thirteen grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren; and one sisters, Mrs. Will Hamlett, Blooming Grove.

(w/o John Clyde Graves)

(d/o Shelby and Maggie Hardiman Coggins)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen __ Feb 1978

Mertie C. Graves, 97, wife of the late John Clyde Graves, died on February 1, 1978 at the home of her daughter in Columbia. Funeral services were held on Friday, February 3, at Carr and Erwin Chapel in Pulaski, with burial in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. The Rev. Corey and Bro. Robert McAnally officiated at the 2 p. m. service. Mrs. Graves, a native of Giles County, was the daughter of the late Shelby and Maggie Coggins. She was a member of the Church of Christ. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Maggie Ross, Columbia; three sons, Allen Graves of Pulaski, Lemuel Graves of Goodlettsville and Howard Graves of Osceola, Ind.; 18 grandchildren, 43 great-grandchildren, and eight great-great-grandchildren.

(w/o James Thomas Graves)

(d/o and Rogers)

GRAVES, Roberta Bolden 15 Nov 1920 14 Jul 1989

(w/o James Thomas Graves) md 3 Jun 1948 GCT

(d/o Robert and Lettie Strickland Bolden)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen __ Jul 1989

Roberta B. Graves, 68, of Terrace Apts., Pulaski, TN, died July 14, 1989, in the Pulaski Health Care Center. Funeral services were held July 16 at 2 p. m. in the Carr and Erwin Chapel with G. C. Fox officiating. Burial was in the Mt. Moriah Cemetery with Carr and Erwin Funeral Home in charge. A native of Giles County, Mrs. Graves was the daughter of the late Robert and Lettie Strickland Bolden and the wife of the late James T. Graves. Survivors include two sons, TommyGraves of Diana and Wayne Bolden of Pulaski; two brothers, Robert Bolden of Pulaski and Ben Lee Bolden of Gainesville, FL; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

(w/o James Newton Green) md 1 Feb 1909 GCT

(d/o William Joseph and Anna Belle Cheatham Hamlett)

GREEN, Annie Puryear 1 Jan 1857 20 Nov 1935

(w/o James William Green)

(d/o Henry D. and Elizabeth Reed Puryear)

In Memoriam: The Pulaski Citizen 27 Nov 1935

In the going away of this good woman, we mourn the loss of one whose services are written in characters of living, loving, light, on the pages of home, communityand church. In earlylife, scarcely out of her teens, she was married to James W. Green, and for more than half a century the walked hand in hand, and heart united with heart. She was frugal, industrious, unselfish, always hopeful and cheerful. She was an ideal wife, a devoted mother, good neighbor, and a loyal consecrated Christian. She loved her home, her children and her church. Beautiful

character, gentle, refined, modest, unassuming, charitable, she was loved and honored by all who knew her. The large congregation, the many beautiful florals, all testify to her superior worth to all classes of society, the well-to-do, the poor, the old and the young. A number of colored persons wept as they took the last look, at the one who had been so kind to them. She has left to her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, a legacy far more precious and valuable, than silver and gold, and bonds, and cattle on a thousand hills. She died in the community where she had lived all her life, surrounded by those who had known and loved her so long. Personally I have lost a true and tried friend. For more than forty years, I have shared her hospitality, her prayers and her love. Moriah Church has lost one of its best and most devoted members. Having lived nearly seventy-nine years, the greatest number of those who began life with her, have crossed the “Great Divide” we know where to find her. T. E. Hudson.

GREEN, Claud Harwood __ ___ 1916 21 Aug 2006
(h/o Modena Braly Green)

(s/o Claude Daniel and Clara Locke Green)

Mr. Claud Harwood Green, 88, of Pulaski died Aug. 21, 2006, at his residence. He was preceded in death by his parents, Claud and Clara Locke Green; wife Modena Braly Green; and brother James Green. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, August 23, in Mt. Moriah Cemetery with Rev. Steve Nave officiating. Visitation will be held today (Tuesday) from 4-7 p.m. at Bennett-May-Giles County Funeral Home. He is survived by a son, David Green of Pulaski; and grandsons, John Green and Robert Green, both of Pulaski.

(s/o Claud Harwood and Modena Braly Green)

Mr. David Harwood Green age 59 of Pulaski, passed away Friday, July 25, 2008 at his residence. He was a member of Mt. Moriah Cumberland Presbyterian Church and employed at Tennessee Stamping. Visitation will be Sunday, July27th from 2:00 until 6:00pm at Bennett­May-Giles County Funeral Home. Graveside Service will be Monday, July 28th at 10:00am at Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Burial will follow in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Mt. Moriah Cemetery Fund. He was preceded in death by his parents, Claud Harwood Green and Modena Braly Green. He is survived byhis wife, KayHarwell Green of Pulaski; sons, John Green and Robert Green of Pulaski; sons mother, Roxie Byrd and husband Timothy of Pulaski; step-daughter, Robyn Olson and husband Javis of Decatur, AL; mother-in-law, Edna Harwell of Pulaski; special friends, Randy and Donna Wheeler of Pulaski. Bennett-May-Giles County Funeral Home in charge of arrangements for Mr. David Harwood Green.

(d/o Sommerset and Charlotte Buford Moore)

(w/o Joe Sidney Green)

(d/o W. B. and Elizabeth McGoldrick Long)

GREEN, James Cheatham 21 Nov 1920 02 May 1984

(s/o James Newton and Alma Hamlett Green) Pvt. US Army WWII

(h/o 1. Alma Hamlett Green 2. Lillian Tomerlin Green)

(s/o James William and Annie Puryear Green)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen 11 Feb 1953

James Newton Greene, 65, retired farmer of the Bodenham community, died unexpectedly at 8:30 o’clock Mondaymorning, February9, at his home. Funeral services were held at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at Mt. Moriah Cumberland Presbyterian Church, conducted by the pastor, the Rev. S. O. McAdoo. Burial took place in the church cemetery. He was a lifelong resident of the Bodenham community, having been born September 30, 1887, and was the son of the late James William Greene and Annie Puryear Greene. He was a member of the Moriah Church. His first wife, Mrs. Alma Hamlett Greene, died November 20, 1920. Mr. Greene is survived by his second wife, Mrs. Lillian Tomerlin Greene; two daughters, Mrs. James Carter, Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. William Earl Zeigler, Nashville; two sons, James C. Greene, student at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Robert Newton Greene, State Highway Patrolman stationed at Lawrenceburg; two grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. FloydNeal, Bodenham; and two brothers, Joe Greene and Elmo Greene, Bodenham. Bennett-May and Company, Funeral Directors.

(h/o Annie Puryear Green)

(s/o Jerome B. and Elizabeth A. Cawthorn Green)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen 5 Apr 1939

J. W. Green, familiarly known to friends as Jim Green, died Thursday, March 31, 1939, at his home on the old Vale Mill road. Mr. Green was 81 years of age, but was in the enjoyment of good health for a man of his age. He was out about the barn when he had apparently a heart attack of some kind. The body was removed to the house. But he was dead when a doctor arrived. The funeral and burial were at Moriah Friday. Funeral services were conducted byRev. Billy Marshall, of Nashville, a friend of the family. Mr. Green was a good citizen, a successful farmer and live-stock man, a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Floyd Neal and four sons, Claud and Newt Green of Giles County, and Elmo and Joe, of Nashville. Mrs. Green passed away some two years ago.

(h/o M. E. Braly Green)

(s/o George W. and Elizabeth K. Moore Green)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen 08 Feb1912

Joseph B. Green, aged 78, died Monday night about 8 o'clock at his home in the Moriah section. He had been in feeble health for some time. The burial was at Mt. Moriah Cemetery Tuesday after funeral services by Rev. T. E. Hudson. Mr Green was a substantial farmer and a highly respected citizen. He was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and an Ex-Confederate, having served in Company D, 28th Miss. Cav., Col. John G. Ballentine's Regiment. He was also a member of the Woldridge Camp and Bivouac. For many years Mr. Green resided in the Twelfth District, later moving to his present location where he has resided for a number of years. He was a man of good nature and kindly disposition. Surviving him are his third wife, a daughter of the late Geo. E. Cook and James W. Green, a son.

(s/o James William and Annie Puryear Green)

Funeral services for Joe Sidney Green, 86, retired Bodenham farmer, were held at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Robert Hall with the burial in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mr. Green died at 10:40 o’clock Friday night, July 5, at Fairhaven Nursing Home, following a long period of declining health. Born October21, 1877, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Jim Green and Ann Puryear Green. Twice married:

his first wife, Mrs. Lizzie Long Green, died November 26, 1926. He was a member of Moriah Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mr. Green is survived byhis wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Richardson Whitmire Green; three sons, J. Cletis Green, John M. Green and Crawford Green; three daughters, Mrs. A. B. McClure and Mrs. Fred Waddell, both of Nashville, and Mrs. Wesley Long, Prospect; three step-sons, John Whitmire and J. L. Whitmire, Nashville, and William Morris Whitmire, Indiana; one step-daughter, Mrs. George Sherrell, Nashville; nine grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandson; three step-grandchildren; one brother, Elmo Green, Pulaski and one sister, Mrs. Floyd Neal, Pulaski. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.