Playwright Tennessee Williams mentions Old Gray in his short story, "The Man in the Overstuffed Chair," and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Peter Taylor alludes to the cemetery in his book, In the Tennessee Country. The cemetery was simply known as "Gray Cemetery" until 1892, when "New" Gray Cemetery was established about a mile away.
The reference to Old Gray is mentioned by playwright Tennessee Williams in his short story "The Man in the Overstuffed Chair," while novelist Peter Taylor alludes to it in his book "In the Tennessee Country." The cemetery was previously known as simply "Gray Cemetery" until 1892, when a new one, "New" Gray Cemetery, was established about a mile away.