1. Obion Co., Tennessee Genealogy
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SIMPSON HILL CEMETERY
1872--1956

A job well done.

Pictures of Simpson Hill 1909 and 1913

Located in the Glass community, it can be reached as follows: Leave US 51 at the Obion exit, proceed west on Glass-Elbridge Road 2.2miles: in the Glass community turn left on Sharps-Ferry road; proceed .5 mile; turn left on Revell Road, (NEWLY ERECTED SIGN) proceed .9 mile, passing brick house; turn right at the end of road into the Scott's drive to house at top of hill; walk or drive approximately 150 yards southwest to an old cedar grove where cemetery is located. INTERESTED VISITORS AND FAMILY MEMBERS ARE WELCOME.

Donations are still being accepted for the the much needed stump removal, seeding and maintenance. Any contributions can be sent to Simpson Hill Cemetery, c/o Billy J. Foster, P.O. Box # 514, Rutherford, Tn.38369. For more information call 731-665-7360 or E-Mail bill_foster_2000@yahoo.com 
or Betty WRIGHT Wells mgwells@prodigy.com  dated 08/05/2005

Photos and updates on Simpson Hill Cemetery August 2005 sent by Billy Foster. "A clean-up and restoration project was begun in June 2001 with the help of the Obion Co. Sheriff's Dept." This photo on the left  was taken in May 2005.
The group picture around the grave marker of Philip A. Wright and Elizabeth E. Lane, are members of the family of Betty Wright Wells, , who said " sister, Lyndia Wynn behind the marker, Betty Wright Wells in red, my sister-in-law Dorothy Wright, and her son, Robert Don Wright. To the left of my sister is her children, spouses and grandchildren. The tall grey-headed guy to right of me is my husband, Marlin Wells.   Robert Wynn Whitson the young boy in front is six generations away from Philip A. Wright and about the same age as he was when he came into Obion County in 1827 from Wayne County, Kentucky."

(Four years of hard work  and and even the very young assisted  bb)

               Thanks to the generous donations from family and friends of those buried there a new chain-link fence was erected in 2002. About 95 percent of the headstones have been reset and cleaned.

Cleanup in Progress

Fence May 2002

October 2004

Don't Forget: Donations are still needed - Stump removal, mowing, maintainance

Original information:
Original  list copied Jan.1, 1982 by Carolyn West Strickland/updated 7/1/2001 by Billy J. Foster.
Located on a farm owned by Jim and Connie Scott of Obion, Tennessee, approximately one and one half acres surrounded by a fence. It is badly overgrown and shows signs of neglect and destruction: many headstones which may have been there have been covered or destroyed.
A clean-up and restoration project was begun in June 2001 with the help of the Obion Co. Sheriff's Dept. Donations are being accepted for the construction of a new fence and re-erecting most of the head stones. Any contributions can be sent to Simpson Hill Cemetery, c/o Billy J. Foster, P.O. Box # 514, Rutherford, Tn.38369. For more information call 731-665-7360 or E-Mail bill_foster_2000@yahoo.com
or Betty WRIGHT Wells mgwells@prodigy.com

Following list copied Jan.1, 1982 by Carolyn West Strickland/updated 7/01/2002 and 10/18/2004 by Billy J. Foster.

"Woodsmen  of the World"  Dedication of a Monument at Simpson Hill  in 1909
Joe Lee Wright, died 1901

"Woodsmen  of the World"  in 1913 at Simpson Hill
Richard Alexander Wright, died 1913