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Old Gray Cemetery was founded in 1850 and dedicated in 1852. It's named for poet Thomas Gray and was originally called Gray Cemetery until the New Gray Cemetery was established in 1892 ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE)— The nonprofit tasked with the preservation of Knoxville’s historic Old Gray Cemetery is asking for the community’s help after a vandalism disabled the front gate.
One of the oldest parks and museums in Knoxville is a cemetery just north of downtown at Old Gray Cemetery. The national historic site is in need of a makeover. A fundraising campaign launched ...
"Recently she had an attack of rheumatism and suffered acute pain," her Knoxville Daily ... Broadway cemetery was called Gray Cemetery then. It did not add the "old" moniker until 1892 when ...
Old Gray Cemetery, with its Victorian-era marble headstones and ornate statues, is on the National Register of Historic Places. It has also served as a setting for some spooky ghost stories.
A woman is accused of biting an officer at a Knoxville cemetery after trying to kill her dog. Court documents state Ashley Blake was found putting her knee on the dog’s neck in the Old Gray ...
In 1892, the New Gray Cemetery was established in Knoxville, and the original Gray Cemetery became known as Old Gray Cemetery, according to a 1996 National Register of Historic Places registration ...