(c) Photo courtesty of Wanda Lee, Madison County, Tennessee ~ April 2000 |
"Gone, but not forgotten" (c) August 2000 |
Your tombstone stands among the rest; Neglected and alone, the name and date are chiseled out On polished marbled stone. It reaches out to all who care it is too late to mourn You did not know that I exist You died and I was born. Yet each of us are cells of you In flesh, in blood, in bone. |
Madison County, Tennessee |
Bemis is one of the "newer" communities of Madison County, Tennessee. It was established in the spring of 1900. Located three miles south of Jackson, Tennessee by the owners of the Bemis Brothers Bag Company, who were interested in locating their 20,000 spindle cotton mill near the cotton fields, and railroad. The community of Bemis was located on lands formerly owned by H.E. Jackson. The Bemis Cemetery is a part of that company owned town. |
(c) August 2000 |
(c) August 2000 |
Our blood contracts and beat a pulse Entirely not our own Dear Ancestor, the place you filled One hundred years ago Spreads out among the ones you left Who would have loved you so. I wonder if you lived and loved, I wonder if you knew That someday I would find this spot, And come to visit you. Author Unknown |
Dear Ancestor |
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Donations are needed for the upkeep of the Bemis Cemetery. This is the only means they have of keeping the grass cut and the graves filled. A donation makes it easier to keep the cemetery clean. Please make checks payable and mail to: |
Bemis Cemetery Fund c/o Kelly Holmes 722 Harts Bridge Road Jackson, Tennessee 38301 |
