Mount
Zion Cemetery 
Afro American Burial Ground
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Zion Cemetery .jpg)
This cemetery sits south of Hwy 82 just before you go down off the cap. It is a peaceful cemetery overlooking the beautiful red canyons.Burial Locations Map
Mt. Zion History and Restoration Efforts
Very few gravesites were marked; therefore a complete burial order is not possible. Hopefully by showing locations of the known burials; people will send in other locations they know of.
Name Birth Death Baker, Billy Gene, 9/15/1933 3/2/1975 Baker, Clara Lee Cole, 2/19/1898 1/16/1974 Baker, Henry Sr., 9/22/1892 7/17/1955 Baker, Henry Jr., 11/4/1924 - 5/19/1967 Baker, Prince Albert, 3/25/1973 - 5/4/1973 Baker, Rosie Lee Jordan, 9/26/1938 - 8/6/1978 Baker, Willie Jean, 7/28/1965 - 8/26/1965 Beacham, Mary Silmon, 8/26/1896 - 3/16/1979 Beachman, Tom, 9/28/1905 - 7/11/1964 Brantley, Nellie Anderson, 1898 - 1/5/1989 Bratcher, Roxie Moss Williams, 5/12/1898 - 3/19/1997 Brown, Edward T., 1907 - 1977 Brown, Mary Ann, 12/17/1958 - 2/6/1960 Brown, Prilla, 1879 - 1951 Caldwwell, Tom, 6/1/1892 - 7/8/1964 Carter, Larry Joe, 3/21/1955 - 5/7/1974 Carter, Zummer, 2/15/1892 - 11/10/1971 Survivor: Son - Floyd J. Carter. Chatham, Raymond, 1935 - 1953 Cole, Annie Moss, 09/17/1904 - 09/10/1999 Cole, Cleotha, 4/5/1926 - 5/12/1992 Cole, Eugene, 5/12/1928 - 9/25/1949 Cole, Fronie, 6/19/1901 - 8/17/1946 Coleman, Kennedy 1961 - 1979 Criner, Leslie, 4/12/1920 - 1/25/1945 Davis, Shirley Ann, 1/21/1960 - 2/29/1960 Davis, Ray Dell, 8/24/1925 - 9/23/1976 Foster, Nathan "Snake", 1912 - 1977 Frater, Elmer, 4/15/1899 - 11/21/1976 Frater, Texana Swanson, 1/3/1904 - 7/5/1960 Survivors: Hus. - Elmer; Dau. - Nellie Frater; Sis. - Rebecca Brown. Fullbright, Roy L., 1902 - 1951 Harris, Bobby Ray, 11/27/1956 - 11/27/1956 Johnson, Earl, 12/10/1959 - 1/8/1960 Jordan, Pearline, 4/2/1915 - 3/23/1942 Kimble, Mary, 9/16/1917 - 3/2/1966 Lewis, Theressa Rosa, 1898 - 1/26/1942 Mapp, Caroline Appling, 1900 - 12/2/1986 Merkledove, Queen Esther Wiley, 8/1/1913 - 1/1982 Moat, Frank, 1903 - 1977 Moat, Mae, 1976 - 1976 Perkins, Jerry Wayne, 11/13/1958 - 8/11/1962 Perkins, Lydia, 9/1/1879 - 12/12/1966 Survivor: Son - Labon. Richards, Bud, 12/12/1891 - 1/7/1963 Richards, Joe Nathan, 4/16/1919 - 8/26/1952 Richards, Tassie Bell, 10/22/1922 - 1/3/196 Roberson, Marie, 5/16/1853 - 12/19/1956 Robinson, Abraham Lincoln, 8/4/1894 - 6/18/1970 Robinson, Bob, ndob - 9/2/1943 Rogers, Thomas, ndob- 1982 Sikes, Bennie, 4/2/1908 - 8/12/1976 Sikes, Maybell, 07/20/1907 - 04/19/2000 Sikes, Willie, 2/29/1916 - 11/27/1970 Silmon, Jessie, 10/9/1899 - 7/14/1978 Smith, Henry, 9/6/1930 - 11/27/1964 Sykes, Daisey Lee, 12/8/1920 - 6/12/1975 Sykes, David, Sr., 1/22/1900 - 4/10/1985 Sykes, Dottie Hamilton, 1907 - 1993 Sykes, Mattie, 1884 - 1950 Thomas, Israel, 7/2/1896 - 11/16/1964 Tolbert, Isaac, 6/10/1890 - 2/3/1959 Walker, Birdie, 1/13/1890 - 11/15/1960 Wiggins, Grady, 11/24/1930 - 12/21/1943 Wiley, Melvin Jr., 12/14/1953 - 12/14/1953 Wiley, Ricky C., 2/26/1956 - 2/26/1956 Wiley, T.P., 1/20/1903 - 12/14/1958 Survivors: J.P.Wiley, Armie Lef Little. Williams, Mollie Fullbright, 5/17/1917 - 8/4/1966 Williams, Rochell L., 1978 - 1978 Williams, Ruth Ann, 2/21/1956 - 4/30/1956 Williams, Z.D., 8/8/1913 - 1/18/1961 Wilson, Betty Ann, 1/14/1964- 1/14/1964 Woods, Edward, 09/01/1924 - 08/01/2000 VET Young, Luther Lee, 4/14/1959 - 2/8/1976
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