Perkins Cemetery Preservation Association

Welcome

Who are we?  Are we not the fruits of our ancestors?  Did they not struggle to get through life in a manner that would assure our being?  Do we have reason to be thankful for the efforts of our ancestors?

We go through our lives striving to achieve goals. Goals that too often, seem to be defined by society.  Nevertheless, ultimately, we rely on our feelings of what is right and what is wrong and strive to do that which is right in our own minds.  These feelings are often related to our religious beliefs.

Most, if not all, of the persons buried in the Perkins Cemetery must have believed that there would be a resurrection, that they would be laid into the ground, and at some future time, through the grace of God and the sacrifice of Christ, be resurrected.

May these remains be preserved until that day.  May we, those who reap the benefits of those who have gone before, honor our ancestors.

Recent News

3/10/2010 - New Website Launch
On 3/10/2010, we launched our new website. We invite you to take a look around the website and tell your friends to come see us too by using our new Spread the Word website tool.

11/7/2009 - Boy Scouts Clean Cemetery

Thank you to Tanner Crawford, who organized this Eagle Scout project, the Boy Scouts of America which makes good boys into great men, the other scouts who participated, and the families that support them. JOB WELL DONE!

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Spotlight

Since 2001 we have been working to preserve the Perkins Cemetery located in Lebanon Tennessee.  Many good hearted souls have contributed their time and money toward this goal.  On behalf of my ancestor, John Perkins, thank you.  Because of your efforts the cemetery is much more presentable today than it was ten years ago.

On my first visit to the cemetery I was both excited and ashamed.  I can remember feeling overwhelmed at the task before me.  The cemetery lot was a mass of briars, sapplings, downed trees, and weeds of almost every description.  As I recall only one headstone was visible from the road and it had been toppeled.  I left that day without entering the thicket to try to find my ancestrors grave.  I did go back later that year after the weeds had begun to die out and found the grave that I was interested in finding.

During a subsequent visit I met the owner of the property next door to the cemetery.  He told me that the city had exercised their right of emminent domain taking  his property and the cemetery.