MT. ZION CEMETERY
Compiled and contributed by David Donahue
This cemetery is located at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church on Duncan Road. It occupies a hilly site not very suitable for a cemetery. The area within the 1989 limits of the cemetery was full when the cemetery was visited that year. When visited in 1997, additional areas on the eastern and northern edges of the cemetery were cleared, though no burials had taken place in these areas. The cemetery receives fair maintenance. This cemetery was recorded March 25, 1989, was checked October 4, 1989, and was revisited January 20, 1997.
Badgett, Malvina [see Duncan, Malvina Badgett]
Ballard, Cora A. Tarwater, 8/29/1876-3/15/1901 [replacement]
Ball, Laverne, 10/13/1947-6/16/1987, "Dear mother and sister"
Bean, John P., 4/16/1836-4/20/1916, "Father" footstone\Bean, Susan L., 5/30/1840-4/5/1915, "Mother" footstone
Bean, Nellie D., 12/8/1881-3/17/1934\Bean, Dora B., 2/19/1875-5/1/1953 [replacement; marker is in Duncan plot]
Bean, Minnie Stewart, 7/4/1875-8/14/1912, "Mother" [adjacent to marker for Rom O. Bean]
Bean, Rom O., 11/2/1872-8/24/1948, "Dad"
Bean, Romulus Oscar, 7/31/1920-7/9/1969, military marker "PFC 1751 Svc Comd Unit World War II"
Branch, Regina Michelle, 7/6/1977-4/21/1978, "Great Grand Daughter of Maggie Roop"
Byrley, Sarah J. [see Duncan, Sarah J. Byrley]
Cagle, Albert Lee, 5/16/1910-7/23/1978
Cagle, Horace Edward, 1914-1974, military marker "Pvt US Army"
Case, Fay Juanita, 12/30/1939-12/29/1941
Cash, Infant Son, born & died 12/30/1922 [replacement]
Cash, Virginia Irene, 8/26/1925-12/29/1928 [replacement]
Cash, Margaret [see Stewart, Margaret Cash]
Cash, Marjorie, 2/5/1928-5/13/1930, "'Toots' Twin" [replacement; shares double marker with Margaret Cash Stewart]
Cashion, Edward C., 5/3/1903-1/19/1935 [replacement]
Cashion, John L., 8/13/1848-1/28/1938 [replacement]
Cashion, Matilda B., 12/16/1857-3/26/1920 [replacement]
Cook, Claiborne C., 7/10/1858-8/23/1945 [replacement]
Cowden, Catherine D., 11/28/1840-1/18/1918, "Wife of W. S. Cowden"
Duncan, B. F., 1859-1946
Duncan, Charles H., 1871-1874 [replacement]
Duncan, James B., 8/30/1828-2/11/1891 [replacement]
Duncan, Landon, 1/4/1917-6/21/1973\Duncan, Nell Jones, 9/13/1914-____
Duncan, Lillie B., 1890-1956\Duncan, B. Frank, 1887-1966
Duncan, Malvina Badgett, 4/27/1829-6/18/1893, "Wife of James B. Duncan"
Duncan, Nubia [see Scarbrough, Nubia Duncan]
Duncan, R. McMillan, born & died 10/15/1954
Duncan, Sarah J. Byrley, 3/30/1862-8/13/1914, "Wife of B. F. Duncan"
Duncan, William Milton, 8/1/1936-8/14/1936, "Son of Mr. & Mrs. Landon Duncan" [replacement]
Duncan, William S., 1864-1884 [replacement]
Ellison, John W., 10/3/1875-6/5/1940\Ellison, Ellen E., 1/3/1871-____ [ground disturbance suggests she is buried here]
Ellison, Margaret V., 6/11/1901-3/1/1982
Everett, Mamie M., 10/28/1908-____\Everett, Robert, 5/30/1899-6/8/1979
Everett, Mary Ann, 11/1/1959-11/1/1959 [replacemnt]
Everett, Shirley Ann, 6/21/1937-4/26/1938 [replacement]
Gentry, Steiner G., Jr., born & died 5/10/1931 [replacement]
Giezentanner, John, 1860-1953\Giezentanner, Annette R., 1863-1918 [replacement; Note: this is the only marker in an area within a low concrete border which is large enough for six to eight graves.]
Green, Margaret Roop, 7/10/1922-3/6/1952 [replacement]
Grubb, Clifford Lee, 2/19/1925-10/29/1989, military marker as footstone "Cox US Navy World War II"\Grubb, Helen Morgan, 4/14/1936-11/28/1991
Grubb, Paul E., 7/4/1930-7/5/1995\Grubb, Lena M., 6/2/1941-____
Henegar, Louise, 11/1/1907-___, "Mom" footstone\Henegar, Jess M., 10/11/1906-12/28/1988, "Dad" footstone
Hunter, Lavina B. [see Tarwater, Lavinia B. Hunter]
Janeway, William J., 7/4/1878-9/16/1958\Janeway, Lucy J., 9/11/1904-____ [evidence of recent burial here]
Johnsom, Claude E. (Pete), III, 7/7/1959-3/5/1993 (homemade) [artificial flowers spelling "Dad"]
Johnsom, Elizabeth P., 3/26/1967, "Infant"
Johnsom, Geo. Kenneth, Jr., 9/14/1851-6/11/1968
Johnsom, Hazel P., 1911-1992, temporary marker as footstone, Mann's Heritage Chapel, "Hazel Jones Johnson"\Claude E., Sr., 1908-1983
Jones, Elizabeth, 2/10/1870-3/19/1943
Jones, Hazel [see Johnson, Hazel P.]
Jones, Nell [see Duncan, Nell Jones]
Letterman, William Thomas, 9/29/1887-12/13/1942 [replacement]
Long, Gertrude E., 6/1/1892-2/6/1978
Long, Robert Farnium, Sr., 10/1/1920-5/18/1984, military marker as footstone "US Army World War II"
Lynn, Gerald, 4/13/1964, "My Baby"
Massengill, Ralph J., 4/2/1907-8/7/1945, "Brother"
Massengill, Walter H., 1/9/1875-10/30/1960\Massengill, Laura, 7/16/1875-5/1/1940
Miller, Clyde F., 10/30/1933-2/27/1988, military marker "US Air Force"
Morgan, Helen [see Grubb, Helen Morgan]
Richardson, R. B., 6/2/1882-1/4/1939
Roop, Elmer Lacy, 6/25/1898-8/14/1955 [artificial flowers spelling "Dad"]
Roop, Maggie Irene, 7/6/1901-2/24/1962 [adjacent to marker for Elmer Lacy Roop; artificial flowers spelling "Mom"]
Roop, Margaret [see Green, Margaret Roop
Roop, Selba A., 3/20/1927-3/10/1928 [replacement]
Roop, W. D., 8/25/1931-6/21/1941 [replacement]
Rudder, Joseph W., 4/11/1873-10/11/1954 [replacement]
Rudder, Lola M., 11/1/1861-7/7/1940 [replacement]
Rudder, Luella A., 1867-1940\Rudder, L. C., 1855-1936
Rudder, Mary A. L., 3/11/1832-8/2/1911 [replacement]
Rudder, Minnie T., 10/7/1882-3/28/1976, "Wife of Joseph Rudder"
Rudder, Robert A., 2/27/1869-6/27/1947 [replacement]
Rudder, Robert P., 11/14/1829-5/11/1905 [replacement]
Scarbrough, Nubia Duncan, 2/4/1912-4/19/1988\Scarbrough, Charlie F., 6/28/1910-3/10/1993
Stallions, Annie D., 11/18/1877-6/7/1956, "Mother"\Stallions, Andrew J., 11/9/1871-8/26/1944, "Father"
Stalyons, Lillie B., 8/11/1907-5/13/1995\Stalyons, Charles A., 2/23/1905-11/21/1970
Stinnett, Thelma V., 9/12/1914-8/12/1957, "Mother"
Stewart, Margaret Cash, 8/26/1925-____, "'Tince' Twin" [replacement; shares double marker with Marjorie Cash]
Stewart, Minnie [see Bean, Minnie Stewart]
Strange, Katherine P., 11/16/1925-6/15/1995, "Wife, mother, friend"
Tatwater, Cora A. [see Ballard, Cora A. Tarwater]
Tatwater, Jacob A., 4/15/1841-6/30/1916\Tatwater, Hester Ann, 9/3/1848-3/9/1922 [replacement]
Tatwater, James Mac Anderson, 2/3/1881-4/23/1882 [replacement]
Tatwater, Lavina B. Hunter, 1844-1869 [replacement]
Tatwater, Sallie B., 1809-5/23/1891
Waller, James Ray, 9/30/1939-10/30/1939 [replacement]
Waller, Varney O., 11/10/1892-5/16/1972\Flora E., 2/2/1897-8/1/1984
Unidentifiable
Myrtle Ellen __owe, born ____ 24, 19__ ____ Aug _____ (homemade, broken)
Clusters
There are two major custers of graves within concrete borders or walls. These cluster are listed below:
Rudder: Joseph W. Rudder, Louella M. Rudder, Mary A. L. Rudder, Minnie T. Rudder, Robert A. Rudder, Robert P. Rudder
Duncan: Dora B. Bean, Nellie D. Bean, B. F. Duncan, B. Frank Duncan, Charles H. Duncan, James B. Duncan, Landon Duncan, Lillie B. Duncan, Malvina Badgett Duncan, Nell Duncan, Sarah J. Byrley Duncan, William Milton Duncan, William S. Duncan, Charles F. Scarbrough, Nubia Duncan Scarbrough