Since its dedication in 1852, Old Gray Cemetery has expanded, acquiring additional land in 1864, 1868, 1879 and 1909. More than 9,000 people are buried there, according to the cemetery's website.

Since its dedication in 1852, Old Gray Cemetery has expanded, acquiring additional land in 1864, 1868, 1879 and 1909. More than 9,000 people are buried there, according to the cemetery's website.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Old Gray Cemetery was founded in 1850. It is named in honor of Thomas Gray, an English poet. According to the Old Gray website, a number of names ending in “vale ...

It may be difficult to grasp after 167 years, but Old Gray Cemetery was a revolutionary idea when it was organized in 1850. No longer were graveyards a collection of markers on family property or ...

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.

The 13-acre, tree-shaded 543 N. Broadway cemetery was called Gray Cemetery then. It did not add the "old" moniker until 1892 when New Gray Cemetery was established off Western Avenue.

In the heart of Knoxville, Tennessee, there are sprawling, well-maintained cemeteries like the New Gray Cemetery Company, along Western Avenue. A successor to the Old Gray Cemetery, which dated to ...