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Mt. Zion

Mt. Zion Cemetery

 

T39 R6 S18

 

Transcribed by Kay Clerc-Fakhar, Lisa Gendron, Carole Goggin and Dave Hallemann - 2008

 

 

Last Name

First Name

Birth

Death

Cem

Notes

Abernathy

Harriet Clay

Sept. 23, 1864

Sept. 28, 1980

Mt. Zion

16 yrs. 5 days; daughter of F.R. & M. L.; “Asleep in Jesus but not forgotten” Footstone: H.C.A.

Asell

Edith Haaze

No date

Nov. 2. 1941

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Died 4:15 p.m. ‘Crysal’ City, MO 1949; Handwritten stone

B.

W.

No date

May 25, 1888

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Handwritten fieldstone

Baker

Charles R. (Sr.)

1902

1936

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“Father”

Barnes

Lottie B.

Nov. 24, 1892

Sept. 10, 1908

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O.B.J. No. 39; “Our little darling”

Barnes

Paul

July 29, 1885

Aug. 15, 1908

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K of P No. 14; IOOF; “Rest in Peace”

Berryman

James

Oct. 25, 1866

July 16, 1916

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“Berryman Family”; s/s/a Minnie

Berryman

Minnie

Dec. 4, 1872

May 2, 1942

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“Berryman Family”; s/s/s James

Bingham

Bernard J.

Oct 30 1904

June 1 1963

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Bingham

Clara Belle

July 21 1920

July 9 1955

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Bingham

Maggie

Dec 16, 1897

June 8, 1942

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Bingham

Mary Olivia

Mar 20 1903

Sept 5 1948

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Bisch

Antwine

1874

1940

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s/s/a/ Hester H.

Bisch

Hester Henderson

1884

1961

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s/s/a Antwine

Bland

Bernice B.

1914

1946

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Bland

Bertha

1873

1960

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“Mother”; Located within 4 letter ‘D’ markers – add’l graves: Joseph Denwoody, Jennie/James Gray, & Eliza C. Smith

Bland

Chas. (Rev.)

Aug. 25, 1870

Mar. 10, 1928

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Bland

Clifton L.

1911

1933

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Bland

Emma M.

1882

1953

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s/s/a Rev. Fred. O.

Bland

Fred O. (Rev.)

1873

1968

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s/s/a Emma M.

Bland

Mary L.

Mar. 3, 1883

Dec. 8, 1950

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Bland

Norval N.

Mar. 17, 1906

Mar. 4, 1908

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Son of Fred & Emmer

Bland

Walter A.

1876

1959

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Boyce

Clark

Nov. 14, 1878

April 16, 1896

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17 yrs. 5 mths. 2 days; Footstone: C.B.

Brockman

Louis

No date

Mar 21, 1912

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“Father”

Brown

Bessie

No date

 

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Metal Marker: April 1943?

Brown

Bessie H.

1886

1954

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C.

C.

No date

No date

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Footstone Only; “He died as he lived – a Christian”

C.

C.

No date

No date

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Footstone Only; ‘He died as he lived – A Christian’’ located next to McGire graves

C.

R. R.

No date

No date

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Footstone Only

Campbell

Norvell R.

1906

1968

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Metal Marker also exists w/ death date of Sept 1968. Politte Funeral home

Carter

Frankie

No date

Oct. 25, 1909

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Age 12 yrs; "Asleep in Jesus"

Carter James No date No date Mt. Zion  

Carter

Philip L. 

1894

1928

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s/s/a Pearl C. Carter-James and Peter S. James

Carter Peter S. 1889 1971    

Carter-James

 Pearl C. 

1896

1972 

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s/s/a Philip L. Carter and Peter S. James

Casey

John H.

Sept 7 1895

June 11 1944

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“Beloved Husband”

Casey

Joseph M.

1872

1943

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Casey

Lydia

June 16 1877

June 19 1950

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“Mother”

Casey

Melba M.

Jan. 9, 1935

Jan. 9, 1960

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Cayce

Ada

No date

No date

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Metal Marker

Charleston

Lillie M.

Aug. 16, 1868

Aug. 15, 1895

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‘Rest in Peace sacred to the Memory of wife of A.N.’; Footstone: L.M.C.

Charleston

Londell

April 2, 1924

April 19, 1943

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Cockrell

Henry A.

1882

1933

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Cole

Mariah

No date

1933

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Conner

Rosie

No date

May 19, 1896

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Age 66 yrs; “Our beloved Mother; Footstone: R.C.

Cook

Alvin Charles

Sept. 18, 1930

April 13, 1951

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Missouri PVT 24 Infantry; 25 Infantry Div. Korea; PH

Cook

Dianna L.

1961

1962

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“I pray thee soul to keep”

Cook

James P.

No date

Dec. 27, 1953(?)

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Aged 42 Yrs; Metal tag – Politte Funeral Home

Culp

Izettie Jackson

Aug. 24, 1892

June 13, 1927

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Culton

William H.

1892

1960 or 62

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(0 looks to be carved over the 2)

Cunningham

Everett

No date

Oct. 7, 1933

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Missouri Corp. 317 AM TN  92 Div

Denwoody

Joseph

1876

Mar. 23, 1915

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“At Rest”; Located within 4 letter ‘D’ markers – add’l graves: Bertha Bland, Jennie/James Gray, & Eliza C. Smith

Evans

Josie

July 7 1885

Apr 3 1933

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Wife of Ben Evans

Fowler

Jennie E.

July 13, 1870

April 22, 1928

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Frank

Rosie J.

Jan. 17, 1910

Feb. 1, 1951

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Stone and Metal Marker – Politte Funeral Home

Garner

Alice M.

Dec. 25, 1856

Oct. 28, 1913

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‘Mother’; Wife of David; Footstone: A.M.G.

Garner

Jones

May 2, 1863

April 27, 1902

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“Beloved Son of Hannah”; Footstone: J.G.

Garner

Mamie

1887

1943

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Gill

Carrie E.

1911

1954

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Gill

Myron G.

1904

1910

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Gill

Virginia

1909

1915

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“at rest”

Gill

Walter E.

Dec. 14, 1942

July 27, 1963

Mt. Zion

 

Graham

James H.

Aug. 4, 1886

Nov. 10, 1959

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Gray Carrie No date No date Mt. Zion Mother: SSA John

Gray

James H.

1885

1960

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s/s/a Jennie H.; grave is located within 4 letter ‘D’ markers – add’l graves: Bertha Bland & Eliza C. Smith

Gray

Jennie H.

1885

1966

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s/s/a James H.; grave is located within 4 letter ‘D’ markers – add’l graves: Bertha Bland & Eliza C. Smith

Gray John No date No date Mt. Zion Father: SSA Carrie

Gray

Zack

Aug. 27, 1882

Feb. 14, 1907

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K of P

Grey

Cassius A.

1886

1940

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Griffen

Mandy

1882

1940

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H??ay

 

No date

May 29, 1895

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Hall

Dora

No date

No date

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“and baby grandson”

“loving mother and son”

Haris

Charlotta

July 21 1855

Oct. 31 1906

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Harris

Allen

No date

Aug. 6, 1933

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 Husband of Mary

Harris

Mary

1893

1935

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‘Grandmother’; s/s/a  Vangeline

Harris

Vangeline

1936

1937

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‘Granddaughter’; s/s/a Mary

Herrington

Michael Glynn

1969

1969

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“born - died”

Herrington

Rodney M.

1961

1961

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“baby”

Herzog

Joseph A

1895

1928

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Higginbottom

Fanny

No date

Aug. 18, 1888

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Age 21 yrs; wife of Chas.;  s/s/a  Sarah; ‘Gone but not forgotten, my beloved ones’; Footstone: F.H. 

Higginbottom

Sarah I.

No date

April 30, 1888

Mt. Zion

Age 7 yrs; daughter of Chas. & Fanny; s/s/a Fanny; “Gone but not forgotten, my beloved ones”

Jackson

George W.

Mar. 26, 1856

Oct. 29, 1932

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“Our Loving Father & Grandfather”

Jackson

Harry

Nov. 22, 1887

Feb 16, 1907

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 Footstone: H.J.

Jackson

Mary Mae

Mar. 17, 1867

Nov. 24, 1947

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Jackson

Ralph

Oct. 22, 1911

April 6, 1947

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Missouri PFC 189 Engr Avn BN WWII

Jackson

Russell

May 2, 1913

Nov. 21, 1954

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Jackson

William

No date

Sept. 1, 1938

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Missouri PVT 328 Serv. BN.

James

Joseph J.

No date

Dec. 25, 1947

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s/s/a Mary J.

James

Mary J.

No date

Aug. 8, 1935

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s/s/a Joseph J.

James

Peter S.

1889

1971

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s/s/a Pearl C. Carter-James and Philip L. James

James

Wallace

Nov. 1903

Dec. 8, 1949

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Exact birth day not listed

Janis

Roy J.

Dec. 8, 1900

April 23, 1952

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Jones

Hardy O.

June 30, 1862

Aug. 31, 1902

Mt. Zion

Beloved husband of Mary E.; “In Loving Memory – Thy Will Be Done”

Jones

Mattie F.

No date

Nov. 27, 1899

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Age 30 yrs; wife of H.O.

Keaton

Ford S.

1885

1930

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Husband of Augustine; Same stone as Charley Swink 1855-1929

Keeton

E.

No date

1901

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Handwritten Fieldstone

Kiser

Edward

Sept. 25, 1856

Aug. 27, 1911

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 “He died as he lived – a Christian”; IOOF; Footstone: E.K.

Logan

Ider

1888

1928

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s/s/a Mandi Ross

Logan

Kattie E.

Sept. 5, 1881

April 13, 1911

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Wife of C.L.

Long

George

No date

Dec. 9, 1912

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Age 71 yrs: IOOF

M.

H.E.

No date

May 25, 188?

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Hand carved stone – broken through date

Marshall

Alphonso

1909

1937

Mt. Zion

 

Marshall

Beatrice

1907

1942

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Marshall

Benjamin F.

No date

No date

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11 MO Cav, Co. L.;

Marshall

Bertha

1884

1937

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‘Our Mother’

Marshall

Edward

1879

1952

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‘Our Father’

Mathews

Norman

No date

April 16, 1937

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Missouri Pvt 425 Labor BN (military stone)

Mathews

Sadie S.

July 19, 1896

Jan. 19, 1911

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Daughter of G.G. & L.

(Note: Name spelled with one ‘t’ on stone)

Maths (Mathis?)

Ala

No date

June 13, 1894

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Matthews

Blanche B.

1897

1953

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Matthews

G. Grant

1864

1924

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Same stone as ‘Lillie, his wife’

Matthews

Lillie

1874

1929

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Same stone as G. Grant

Maul

Alex

1865

1946

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McCullough

Betty Jean

Apr. 12, 1927

July 29 1956

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Nee: Bingham; “daughter”; s/s/a Lottie L. Pittman

McGee

Albert Q.

No date

Dec. 22, 1936

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Age 58 yrs; ‘Missouri PVT 25 U.S. Infantry; ‘Death is only a shadow across the path to Heaven’; military stone

McGee

Cecelia J.

April 15, 1858

June 8, 1928

Mt. Zion

‘Resting in Peace’

McGire

Chas. M.

Jan. 3, 1904

Jan. 11. 1904

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Includes Footstone: C.M. McG; ‘Sleep on sweet babe and take thy rest, God called thee home, He thought it best’

McGire

Hellen

Feb. 22, 1907

April 16, 1908

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Includes Footstone: H. McG

McMinn

J. Monroe

No date

Sept. 10, 1944

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Mosby

Jennie Virgina

Sept. 8, 1878

Nov. 4, 1956

Mt. Zion

 

Murphy

Cornelia

1888

No date

Mt. Zion

s/s/a William P.

Murphy

William P.

1887

1937

Mt. Zion

s/s/a Cornelia

Murray

Earnestine

No date

July 16, 1948

Mt. Zion

‘Daughter’; s/s/a Pearlie

Murray

Eliga

1887

1935

Mt. Zion

‘husband of Mary L.’

Murray

Pearlie

No date

Feb. 26, 1943

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‘Daughter’; s/s/a Earnestine

Myire

Baty

No date

No date

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Headstone w/ identical Footstone

Home made concrete

O’Neal

Mary E.

Oct. 6, 1875

Nov. 14, 1904

Mt. Zion

‘Daughter of C & H Harrison & wife of H. O’Neal

 

O’Neil

Dempster

1899

1953

Mt. Zion

 

Parker

Edith Bell

No date

Oct. 1, 1909

Mt. Zion

Aged 20 yrs; Grave is enclosed within a Wrought Iron Gated area – the manufacturer plate: Steward, Cincinnati, OH

Parker

Louisa

1837

1922

Mt. Zion

‘Mother’

Parker

Toriza C.

July 28, 1879

May 30, 1903

Mt. Zion

 

Patterson

Carrie Spicer

No date

No date

Mt. Zion

Metal tag; Next to Nona Shy

Patterson

John

No date

No date

Mt. Zion

Metal tag

Patterson

Sherman

1868

1931 (?)

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Husband of Carrie; ‘At Rest’

Pittman

Lottie L.

May 21 1908

Nov 21, 1957

 

nee Jackson; s/s/a Betty Jean McCullough

Rhodes

CAM

No date

Jan. 28, 1892

Mt. Zion

Aged 71 yrs; Husband of Elizabeth; Footstone: C.R.

Ross

Mandi

1855

1928

Mt. Zion

s/s/a Ider Logan

S.

B.

No date

No date

Mt. Zion

Footstone only – no dates

Scott

Martha J.

Aug. 20, 1865

Aug. 23, 1870

Mt. Zion

5y 3d; In memory of Daughter of Louis & Precilla; ‘Suffer little children to come unto me’

Scott

Mary E.

June 10, 1867

Oct. 15, 1870

Mt. Zion

In memory of Daughter of Louis & Precilla; ‘Suffer little children to come unto me’

Shores

Henry

1876

1922

Mt. Zion

 

Shy

Ada Jackson

Aug. 26, 1897

Feb. 13, 1946

Mt. Zion

 

Shy

Dora Bingham

Aug. 24, 1892

Aug. 28, 1934

Mt. Zion

 

Shy

Nona

No date

No date

Mt. Zion

Metal tag

Next to Carrie Patterson

Sides

Richard R.

May 8, 1866

April 21, 1900

Mt. Zion

“Thou Art Gone but not Forgotten, Our Blessed one asleep in Jesus’

Sides

Wesley

Aug. 12, 1842

Aug. 6, 1927

Mt. Zion

In Memory of Beloved Husband of Susan; Age 77y 11m 22d

Hand carved stone

Smith

Eliza C.

1872

Feb. 12, 1936

Mt. Zion

 

Smith Jacob

1922

192?

   

Solomon

Fannie

1873

1948

Mt. Zion

s/s/a Johnson

Solomon

Johnson

1873

1950

Mt. Zion

s/s/a Fannie

Solomon

Sophia

No date

Mar. 11, 1925

Mt. Zion

Age about 74 yrs; Wife of Amos

Spicer

Albert L. Sr.

Mar. 14, 1910

Feb. 17, 1953

Mt. Zion

 

Spicer

Lewatha A.

July 4, 1912

April 29, 1953

Mt. Zion

 

Swink

Charley

1855

1929

Mt. Zion

‘Father’; Same stone as Ford S. Keaton 1885-1930

Tammons

Benjamin

1906

1931

Mt. Zion

‘Loving Husband’

Tammons

Clara

Oct. 20, 1868

June 8, 1872

Mt. Zion

Footstone: CT; s/s/a Ella;

‘Angels in Heaven’

Tammons

Ella

June 12, 1874

Oct. 10, 1878

Mt. Zion

Footstone: ET; s/s/a Clara;

‘Angels in Heaven’

Tammons

Oliver

1904

1933

Mt. Zion

 

Tammons

William Oliver

1871

1928

Mt. Zion

Husband of Ada; ‘At Rest’

Taylor

Jerry M.

1875

1933

Mt. Zion

Masonic emblem

Tiggs

Hattie M.

1885

1962

Mt. Zion

 

Tullock

Henrietta I.

1909

1962

Mt. Zion

 

Unknown

 

No date

No date

Mt. Zion

Metal Marker – no dates; area includes iron poles

Unknown

 

No date

No date

Mt. Zion

Metal Marker – no dates

Unknown

 

No date

No date

Mt. Zion

Metal Marker w/ green glass slug; marker manufactured by McNeil, Box 89, Sta. A, St. Joseph, MO 

Unknown

 

No date

No date

Mt. Zion

Metal Marker- no dates

Unknown

 

No date

May 7, 1888

Mt. Zion

Handwritten Fieldstone

Unknown

 

No date

No date

Mt. Zion

Concrete border w/ 4 iron pipes

Unknown

 

No date

4-8-11

Mt. Zion

‘At Rest’

Unknown

 

No date

1878

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Broken Stone

Unknown

 

No date

No date

Mt. Zion

Broken Base – No stone

Unknown

 

No date

No date

Mt. Zion

This unmarked handmade stone is embedded in a base w/ decorative glass & rocks.

Unknown

 

No date

No date

Mt. Zion

Broken Base – No stone

Unknown

“Hi Bill”

No date

No date

Mt. Zion

Handwritten Fieldstone

W.

C.A.

Aug. 10, 1890

Dec. 2, 1895

Mt. Zion

Located with Whitener graves

W.

J. E.

No date

May 15, 1888

Mt. Zion

Handwritten Fieldstone

Waggener

Adelia D.

Sept. 1, 1834

Nov. 25, 1908

Mt. Zion

Wife of G.W.; C.C. Tabernacle No. 73 – clock w/ time 2:30;’Gone but thy tender loving care abide with us’

Waggner

B.

1858

Sept. 10, 1907

Mt. Zion

Masonic Emblem;

handmade concrete

Waggoner

America J.

April 5, 1866

Oct. 8, 1872

Mt. Zion

Daughter of G.W. & A.D.; Footstone: A.J.W.

Waggoner

Julia R.

Mar. 15, 1874

Dec. 8, 1874

Mt. Zion

Daughter of G.W. & A.D.; Footstone: J.R.W.

White

Andrew

Mar. 4, 1835

Aug. 17, 1911

Mt. Zion

‘In Memory of my husband – born in Greenville, MO’; A member of the K of P and C of Kalantha; this is a fenced area.

Whitener

Anna A.

Feb. 23, 1889

July 20, 1892

Mt. Zion

Daughter of J. & Jenie;

s/s/a Susie R.

Whitener

Annie

Nov. 9, 1889

Feb. 9, 1959

Mt. Zion

Handwritten stone

Whitener

Francis E.

Jan. 3, 1888

Jan. 11, 1890

Mt. Zion

Son of J. & Jenie; s/s/a Frank U.; Footstone: F.E.W.

Whitener

Frank U.

Jan. 3, 1888

May 10, 1888

Mt. Zion

Son of J. & Jenie; Same stone as Francis E.; Footstone: F.U.W.

Whitener

Myrtle

Mar. 1, 1898

June 30, 1917

Mt. Zion

Footstone: M.W.

Whitener

Susie R.

Feb. 23, 1889

Mar. 6, 1892

Mt. Zion

Daughter of J. & Jenie; Same stone as Anna A.

Williams

Jennie

1858

1921

Mt. Zion

‘Mother’

Wilson

Lula

1875

1955

Mt. Zion

‘Dear Mother’

Wilson

Nathan

1879

1951

Mt. Zion