Smyrna Quadrangle
1/3 mile northwest of Rock Springs Church on west side of Waldron Road.
Photographed by Margie Augustine margieaugustine@earthlink.net
Margie writes: We drove all over Rutherford County on Saturday looking for 4 Batey Cemeteries. We could only find the one on Waldron Road. As with many old cemeteries, neighborhoods are springing up all around these treasured old sites.
I’m not giving up on finding the other cemeteries. We will go back in a few weeks and try to find the others.
This one is RIGHT ON the road in a rapidly developing neighborhood. It is Pinnacle Point Development @ Stony Point Road & Waldron. I’ve attached the pictures I took. There are only 3 graves there.
The cemetery as it looks today.
Here are the names and dates:
James T. Batey
Born Feb 19, 1882
Died Oct 24, 1961
Willie S. Batey
Born Mar 27, 1897
Died Oct 3, 1960
George Rowland Batey
Son of J.W. & E. L. Batey
Born Dec 26, 1872
Died Mar 23, 1912
(Inscription: “Sleep brother dear and take your rest. God called you home, he thought it best.”)
The subdivision entrance.
The entrance showing cemetery on left hand side
Cemetery as shown from street view.
Filed under: Northwest Rutherford County | Tagged: Batey, Margie Augustine, Northwest, Smyrna Quadrangle
