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002    SAVAGE FAMILY CEMETERY

Location - southeast of Henderson, off the north side of Garrett Rd (SR-1538) on the old Savage Farm.

Coordinates: 36d 18m 16.0s N; 78d 22m 10.0s W Click here for Online Maps

Survey contributed by Teresa Medlin Munn, with corrections in October 2007.

Directions: from Henderson, take highway 39 south. Turn left onto Garrett Road. Go past Southern Vance High School (on the left) and Mt. Carmel Methodist Church (on the right). About a quarter mile after passing Mt Carmel Church, there is a long driveway on the left leading to the Savage Farm. The cemetery is located on the farm.

The property is now owned by one of the daughters of Rowland and Hattie Savage and is private property. Permission must be obtained from the owner before visiting the cemetery.

Additional Information: Mary Elizabeth Brame was the niece of Hattie Farmer Savage. When Mary's mother, Roberta Farmer Johnston Huff, died giving birth to her third child, Hattie and Rowland took Mary in and raised her as their own. All the other people buried here are sons and daughters of Hattie and Rowland.

1. Adams, Clara Mae Savage Degaetano   (b. 21 Feb 1907 - d. 20 Jan 1966)
wife of Esker Rodolphus Adams, Jr. "Give up this life for a better one"
2. Brame, Mary Elizabeth Johnston   (b. 29 May 1912 - d. 14 May 1974)
wife of Norman Brame
3. Medlin, Elsie Ellis Savage   (b. 7 Oct 1914 - d. 23 Mar 1985)
wife of Thurston Clark Medlin. "Grandmama"
4. Savage, Elizabeth Gertrude   (b. 7 Aug 1905 - d. 4 Jan 1990)
CPL, US Army Air Corp, WW-II. (year of birth is incorrect on tombstone, which has date of birth as Aug 7, 1907). (served in the Woman's Army Auxiliary Corps)
5. Savage, Hattie Gertrude Farmer   (b. 2 Apr 1881 - d. 12 Jun 1958)
wife of Rowland Lee Savage. daughter of Vincent and Mary Farmer
6. Savage, Michael Angelo   (b. 6 May 1918 - d. 10 Oct 1974)
husband of Margaret Mary Leslie Coachys. son of Hattie Farmer and Rowland Lee Savage. "Home is the sailor, home from the sea, And the hunter home from the hill." from Robert Louis Stevenson. Footstone: "Boppy"
7. Savage, Rowland Lee   (b. 28 Oct 1871 - d. 1 Nov 1941)
husband of Hattie Farmer Savage. son of Kitchin and Sarah Savage. (On his WW-I registration, he gave his date of birth as Oct. 25, 1875)
8. Savage, Rowland Lee, Jr.   (b. 31 Dec 1922 - d. 27 Nov 1976)
Son of Hattie Farmer and Rowland Lee Savage. "In Memory". "He had a great faith in his God and loved his fellow man." (not married)