Media Release ~ Ancestor Family Search, Summer 2024

SHARING an update about the restoration of the Moore Chapel Cemetery in Holladay, Tennessee maintained by the descendants of John Henry and Inez Moore and ASKING for your help in contacting any unknown family members who may still be alive who are related to the loved ones buried in the cemetery. Many of these families have Benton County and Decatur County roots.

We received a match grant from THC for some of the cost to survey the cemetery. The grant will locate unmarked graves and publish a booklet about the cemetery history and survey. We have found numerous unmarked graves.

The project will install a monument sign about the history of the cemetery and the names of the loved ones buried in unmarked graves in the cemetery. The unmarked graves will receive a flat round marker, 3 historic headstones will be repaired, and 6 historic temporary markers are being replaced this summer. A small modest monument pavilion will be installed to mark the location of the former Moore Chapel building.

We also plan to host a ceremony at our annual Homecoming Ancestor Celebration in October at the cemetery to honor our ancestors.

WE NEED YOUR HELP. Do you know any family or friends still alive in the following family groups? The families we need HELP connecting with include: Barnett, Gossett, Hart, McHaney, Matlock, North, Parker, Pervatt, Pavatt, Pettigrew, Shurley, Stanley, Tatum, Andrews, Frazier, Medlock, Metlock, Mosley, Patterson.

If you know any people related to these families, please have them contact me Renee Moore-Williams by call or text - 731.415.2588.

Thank you!