Journalists buried in Tennessee
Wikidata records 18 journalists as buried in 11 of the cemeteries we list in Tennessee. Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville holds the most, with 4. Tennessee has the 22nd highest count of any state, out of 1,833 nationally.
People with journalist among their recorded occupations.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Journalists buried in Tennessee
- John Wesley Crockett1807-1852American politicianParis City Cemetery, Paris, TN
- James Phelan, Jr.1856-1891United States CongressmanElmwood Cemetery, Memphis, TN
- John M. Fleming1832-1900American politician and newspaper editorOld Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, TN
- Walter P. Brownlow1851-1910American politicianMountain Home Cemetery, Mountain Home, TN
- Oscar Penn Fitzgerald1829-1911American journalistMount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, TN
- Sumner Archibald Cunningham1843-1913American Confederate veteran and editorWillow Mount Cemetery, Shelbyville, TN
- William R. Crabtree1867-1920American politicianForest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN
- Mary Ann Thomas1841-1926American journalistSpring Hill Cemetery, Nashville, TN
- Gideon Hicks Baskette1845-1927American journalistEvergreen Cemetery, Murfreesboro, TN
- John Trotwood Moore1858-1929American journalist, writer and local historianMount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, TN
- John Thompson Whitaker1906-1946American journalistForest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN
- Reau E. Folk1865-1948American journalist, civil servant and businessmanMount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, TN
- William E. Beard1873-1950College football player, soldier, journalist, war correspondent, and naval historianMount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, TN
- Jack Bechdolt1884-1954American writerOld Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, TN
- Buford Ellington1907-1972American politicianLone Oak Cemetery, Lewisburg, TN
- Samuel T. Francis1947-2005American journalist and writerForest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN
- Walter Sullivan1924-2006American writerCalvary Cemetery, Nashville, TN
- John Seigenthaler1927-2014American journalist, writer, and political figureCalvary Cemetery, Nashville, TN
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1850s1
- 1890s1
- 1900s1
- 1910s3
- 1920s4
- 1940s2
- 1950s2
- 1970s1
- 2000s2
- 2010s1
By recorded year of death, for the 18 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Mount Olivet Cemetery · Nashville, TN4
- Forest Hills Cemetery · Chattanooga, TN3
- Old Gray Cemetery · Knoxville, TN2
- Calvary Cemetery · Nashville, TN2
- Mountain Home Cemetery · Mountain Home, TN1
- Evergreen Cemetery · Murfreesboro, TN1
- Elmwood Cemetery · Memphis, TN1
- Paris City Cemetery · Paris, TN1
- Spring Hill Cemetery · Nashville, TN1
- Lone Oak Cemetery · Lewisburg, TN1
- Willow Mount Cemetery · Shelbyville, TN1
Other notable burials in Tennessee
How this list is made
A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.
Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.