Sharpe Memorial Gardens
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Sharpe Memorial Gardens

Covington, Tipton County, Tennessee, USA

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    Covington, Tennessee 39019 United States
    Coordinates: 35.50917, -89.58128
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From the intersection of TN-54 & US-51, in Covington, travel East on TN-54/W Pleasant Ave., going 0.3 mi.; turning North (left) onto S Maple St., going 100 yd.; turning East (right) onto TN-54 N/E Liberty Ave., going 0.7 mi.; turning Southeast (slight right) onto TN-179 E, going 4.4 mi.; turning South (right) onto Tabernacle Rd., going 1.0 mi.; turning West (right) onto a small gravel roadway leading about 150 yd. into a wooded area, to the Sharpe Memorial Cem. on the North (right). This deeded cemetery of the early black citizens of this community, as notated on USGS topo maps. LW



[edited comments by M. Whaley ]



Sharpe's cemetery, established on 1830, is like so many old cemeteries, because it too has two separate parts. Although there is only one cemetery, it is segregated between the white and black families. The front part of the cemetery is where the African-American's are buried and that part of the cemetery has been well kept. However, the back part (where the white families were buried) was in very poor shape and it was not maintained for decades.



From the intersection of TN-54 & US-51, in Covington, travel East on TN-54/W Pleasant Ave., going 0.3 mi.; turning North (left) onto S Maple St., going 100 yd.; turning East (right) onto TN-54 N/E Liberty Ave., going 0.7 mi.; turning Southeast (slight right) onto TN-179 E, going 4.4 mi.; turning South (right) onto Tabernacle Rd., going 1.0 mi.; turning West (right) onto a small gravel roadway leading about 150 yd. into a wooded area, to the Sharpe Memorial Cem. on the North (right). This deeded cemetery of the early black citizens of this community, as notated on USGS topo maps. LW



[edited comments by M. Whaley ]



Sharpe's cemetery, established on 1830, is like so many old cemeteries, because it too has two separate parts. Although there is only one cemetery, it is segregated between the white and black families. The front part of the cemetery is where the African-American's are buried and that part of the cemetery has been well kept. However, the back part (where the white families were buried) was in very poor shape and it was not maintained for decades.



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