Hello Everyone! A while back there were some questions presented to Vanessa and I as to the location of the Etheridge cemetery in Humphreys county near the Dickson county line. We had never been to this cemetery, but sent directions to some people wishing to visit it. These directions were taken from a zillion maps that I have laying around the house. Some of the maps date back 50 years, so there is some information on them that is not readily available on todays maps as roads change, houses and barns are built and some disappear over the years, earthwork is done making lakes and ponds and numerous for numerous other reasons. The people we sent the directions to could not find the cemetery. Now, I take a little too much pride in my ability to get anywhere I want to go, and just could not leave this issue alone. I insisted upon going, in temperatures of 101 degrees, to find this cemetery and check my directions that I had given to these people. Vanessa and I went to Dickson and followed the same directions I gave the other people to find out just what went wrong. We missed the cemetery by following those directions by about 100 to 200 feet. The problems were simple. There was no county line sign posted when leaving Dickson county into Humphreys county, and the road into the cemetery, which is on private property, was too overgrown to spot. There was also a new road cut through the area that was once just a trail or driveway. We made contact with the landowner and found the last person was put to rest in the Etheridge cemetery in the year of 1969. Vanessa and I did go beating the bushes for a short distance, looking for the road into the cemetery but did not find it. What we did find were a zillion ticks! When we got back to our vehicle, I looked down at my knee and counted over 30 ticks in an area about 4" by 4". Fortunately, we keep a supply of all kinds of stuff to dispatch these creatures from below. By the way, the Avon product, Skin So Soft, may have helped some, but did not repel all the ticks and chiggers. They just got drunk on it and decided it was time for barbequed cemetery searchers for lunch. We did, however smell good. Vanessa, being a chigger-magnet, is still giving me the evil eye when I mention this particular excursion. Below are the modified directions to the Etheridge cemetery showing exact distances and names of a couple of roads that were not available to me previously as for some reason I do not have a Humphreys county road map. Actually, I do know the reason.... I never go to Humphreys county, but do suspect this will change because the people we met there were very good folks and the land in this area is beautiful. Anyway, I have already been long-winded enough, so here are the directions. Go toward Yellow Creek on Yellow Creek Rd. (Hwy. 46) Pass Gilliam Hollow Rd. on the left (sign says Gilliam Hol Rd) Go 1.3 mi. to Old Number One Rd. and turn left onto it. Go 4.3 mi. and make a very sharp turn onto White Oak Rd., a gravel road--the turn is so sharp that it is almost back the way you just came. Go to an intersection with Will Long Ln. Turn left. This is actually Oak Ln. Go approx. 300 to 400 ft. The place you want to stop and look is about halfway between the intersection with Will Long Lane and the mailbox for a gentleman named Tony Ford, so if you get to his mailbox you have gone too far. The cemetery is on the right up a very steep hill. There is a "road" going up to the cemetery with a barbed wire fence beside it, but you will have to walk up the road, because it is very overgrown. It is also on private property, and you will need to get permission from the land owner, Tony Ford, to go on the property. You may write Tony Ford for permission to access the cemetery: Tony Ford 251 Oak Lane McEwen, TN 37101