Camille Leonie Herndon

Camille Leonie Herndon, known as “Miss Camille,” was a Maury County native and lifelong resident of West Seventh Street in Columbia, Tennessee. She graduated from the Columbia Female Institute, where she taught for a number of years, and studied organ music at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. For more than 60 years, she served as organist and choir director at St. Peters Episcopal Church. She also played piano for the Columbia Rotary Club, where she was the only female member. With her sister, Marie Louise Herndon Martin, she was a charter member of the Jane Knox Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, and as a devoted member of her chapter, she bequeathed funding to erect the south side stone wall of Greenwood Cemetery.

Columbia, Tennessee · United States