MT. ZION A.M.E. CEMETERY (Black), Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida

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Directions: Turn off Old St. Augustine Road onto Vinson, cemetery is about 
1/2 block down on the left. Vinson is a narrow, short road in an industrial 
area.

Condition: Unkept. Partially fenced, but not in good repair. There are many 
unmarked graves, graves marked with blank or unreadable funeral home markers, 
and sunken spots indicating graves.

Information: Walter Dorman Funeral Home is located nearby on Old St. Augustine 
Rd. Their telephone number is 904 398-9071; The minister for Mt. Zion AME 
Church is Rev. Young.  The church phone number is 904 399-3838. 

Abbreviations used: ds = double stone; fhm = funeral home marker.

ALEXANDER, Christine, b. Jan 25 1921 d. Jul 14 1982
ALLEN, Sammie, Jr., b. Sep 10 1911 d. Aug 4 1988, fhm (Dorman)
ANDERSON, Clarence M., Sr., b. Nov 18 1947 d. Dec 17 1985, "Cpt US Army Vietnam"; too deep; front row L
ANDERSON, Douglass, b. Mar 13 1883 d. Sep 30 1936 
ANDERSON, Douglass Malcolm, b. Nov 23 1907 d. Nov 30 1907
ANDERSON, R. G., b. No Date d. Mar 4 1978, fhm (Hillman) behind Clarence Anderson stone

BADER, Eliabeth Franklin, b. Aug 4 1914 d. Aug 4 1979
BADGER, Arzula Adams, b. Dec 23 1881 d. Mar 16 1933
BADGER, Earl, b. Nov 26 1917 d. Mar 14 1965
BADGER, James V., b. Oct 12 1914 d. Jan 11 1994 
BALLARD, Samuel, b. 1906 d. Mar 22 1982 
BALLARD, Willie, b. 1910 d. 1982, fhm (Marion Graham)
BANKS, Corronia, b. Aug 15 1913 d. Sep 14 1998, fhm (Dorman); age 85
BANKS, Gennie (Mr.), b. Jul 26 1909 d. Jul 30 1994, age 85; fhm (Dorman)
BELL, Alfred, b. 1867 d. 1928, rear right corner
BELL, George S., Sr., b. Apr 23 1914 d. Mar 3 1975 
BELL, Theora B., b. Nov 12 1926 d. Sep 9 1979 
BLAKELEY, Gwen Dolyn, b. Dec 31 1968 d. Mar 22 1941, too deep
BROWN, Darryl Lamar, b. Jan 22 1961 d. Jun 29 1999, "Sp-4 US Army"
BROWN, Delores M., b. Feb 9 1924 d. Feb 29 2000, fhm (Dorman)
BROWN, Douglas Conelius, b. Dec 31 1928 d. Jan 2 1993, "US Army Korea"
BURT, Edwin N. "Bubba", b. Aug 19 1948 d. Jan 20 1985, ds w/Michael T.
BURT, Michael T. "Mike T", b. Sep 1 1949 d. Jan 20 1985, ds w/Edwin N.
BURT, Robert F., Jr. "BB", b. Apr 25 1969 d. Aug 22 1998 

CHAPPELL, Louise, b. Jan 23 1942 d. May 3 1989, mother & grandmother
COLEMAN, Baby Boy, b. Aug 29 1989 d. Sep 15 1989, fhm (Dorman); against rear fence
COLLINS, Mary Alice, b. Aug 2 1944 d. Sep 13 1990, too deep

GIBSON, Margaret Wilma Merritt, b. No Date d. No Date
GIFF, Amanda Badger, b. Oct 15 1945 d. Mar 23 1974 
GIFF, John H., b. Mar 13 1947 d. Sep 5 1961, foster son of M/M Harvey Williams
GREEN, Margaret, b. No Date d. No Date
GRIFFIN, Baby Boy, b. Nov 28 1968 d. Nov 28 1968
GUINN, Beulah L., b. Feb 26 1908 d. Nov 27 1987
GUINN, Elgin, b. Jul 16 1903 d. Dec 30 1976

HICKS, Richard, b. No Date d. Jul 27 1918, age 48; on ground by trees; base in palmettos

JACKSON, Mary Jane, b. Jul 4 1904 d. Mar 14 1987, slab
JENKINS, Joseph, b. No Date d. No Date, slab
JENKINS, Louisa, b. May 25 1904 d. Jun 8 1999, age 95; fhm (Dorman)
JENKINS, Melvin J., b. 1919 d. 1975, "PFC US Army"; slab
JOHNSON, (Mrs.) D. R., b. Aug 10 1882 d. No Date, in midst of fallen limbs, etc.
JOHNSON, Lucretia, b. Sep 7 1909 d. Mar 20 1983, age 73; fhm (Dorman); on post at far left fence
JONES, Clarence Earl, b. Nov 7 1942 d. Jun 28 1993, age 50; fhm (Dorman)
JONES, Joe, b. No Date d. No Date, "PFC US Army WW II"; too deep to read dates

KENNEDY, Halvin, b. No Date d. No Date, marker fallen forward; too deep to read; at oak
KINSEY, Edwin, b. Jan 5 1940 d. Aug 8 1985, "PFC US Army Vietnam"; against rear fence

LEWIS, Baby, b. 1984 d. No Date, painted; unreadable; against rear fence in Left
LEWIS, Bernice, b. May 5 1903 d. Dec 28 1989, fhm (Dorman); age 86
LEWIS, John Wesley, b. Nov 29 1900 d. Feb 13 1983, fhm (Dorman); against rear fence in Left
LONG, Inez M., b. Feb 9 1919 d. May 26 1965

MCGEE, Calvin, b. No Date d. No Date, "Co K 21st US Colored Troop (Union)"; no date
MCGRIFF, Adline Edna Jimerson, b. Aug 6 1919 d. Mar 26 1986 
MCGRIFF, Duval V., Jr., b. Jan 6 1934 d. Mar 6 1998, father & grandfather
MCGRIFF, Hershel, b. Aug 28 1940 d. Apr 7 1980
MERRITT, Ethel "Hearts", b. Jun 25 1888 d. Oct 17 1981 
MERRITT, Simuel, b. Jun 11 1890 d. Jun 30 1961, at base of pine in Left section; sunken
MILLINER, James H., Sr., b. Jan 29 1923 d. Nov 22 1992, "US Army WW II"
MOFFITT, Lincoln L., b. Feb 10 1917 d. Aug 23 1946, "Fla Pvt US Army"; against far left fence
MOFFITT, Susie Haywood, b. Jan 29 1888 d. Aug 1 1973, slab; against far left fence
MOORE, Laura, b. Feb 2 1896 d. Dec 9 1947, broken; too deep; near 4 oaks

PARKER, Charles, Jr., b. Sep 5 1950 d. No Date, too deep to read DOD; at edge of undergrowth
PERRYMAN, Osie B., b. Aug 7 1933 d. Dec 23 1989, mother
PRINCE, Mildred "Ma", b. Sep 14 1925 d. Apr 15 1986, (born 1930 on fhm)

REED, Calvin, b. 1907 d. 1975, "PFC US Army WW II"; at edge of undergrowth
ROBINSON, Aug., b. No Date d. No Date, "Co G 34 US Colored Inf (Union)"; no date
ROBINSON, Polly Rosa Lee, b. Apr 24 1919 d. Jan 27 1998, fhm (Dorman); age 78

SANDERS, Cecile Rena, b. Aug 2 1990 d. Aug 3 1990, fhm (Dorman); against rear fence
SANDLIN, Wilbur, b. Nov 23 1910 d. Aug 16 1957, too deep; at back of pine
SMITH, Alto Lee, b. Jan 12 1904 d. Feb 13 1987, ds w/Luegenia
SMITH, Luegenia S., b. May 21 1913 d. Aug 2 1997, ds w/Alto Lee
STEVENS, John W., b. No Date d. No Date, "1st Sgt Co H 10 Cav"
STEWARD, Jimmy Roosevelt, Jr., b. Sep 18 1953 d. Apr 16 1990, fhm (Dorman)
STUBBS, Frank B., b. No Date d. Jan 7 1976, fhm, slab
STUBBS, Julia ?, b. No Date d. No Date, slab, no date; broken marker
STUBBS, Lemuel S., b. Aug 19 1906 d. Mar 19 1956 

THOMAS, Earnest, b. Jan 30 1893 d. Nov 13 1947, "Fla Pvt 151 Depot Brig WW I"
THOMAS, Hanson, b. 1927 d. 1993, "US Navy"
THOMAS, Hazel P., b. Feb 14 1903 d. Oct 19 1958, mother; grave sunken
THOMAS, Herchell, b. Jul 3 1928 d. Feb 18 2000, fhm (Dorman)
THOMAS, James, b. Oct 1 1889 d. Oct 16 1947, by pines and oak
THOMAS, Jessie L., b. Apr 23 1894 d. Nov 11 1984, "US Army WW I"
THOMAS, Mary Ellen, b. Jul 4 1908 d. Feb 11 1983 
THOMAS, Robbie T., b. Jun 9 1928 d. Jul 30 1965, mother; too deep
THOMAS, Tmara Aries, b. Sep 3 1974 d. Oct 31 1994, fhm (Dorman); age 20
THOMAS, Willie, b. Feb 22 1920 d. Jan 28 1998, "US Army WW II"
TUTT, Elizabeth Moffitt, b. Sep 2 1910 d. Aug 2 1984, against far left fence

WEST, Ernestine, b. Dec 24 1921 d. Nov 3 1993 
WILLIAM(S), James, b. No Date d. No Date, against rear fence; Co D, too deep
WILLIAMS, Arletha, b. 1894 d. 1978, Mother
WILLIAMS, Emma Lee, b. Dec 2 1923 d. Feb 14 1991, age 67; fhm (Dorman)
WILLIAMS, Harvey, b. Feb 26 1901 d. Dec 25 1981 
WILLIAMS, Luvenia Badger, b. Mar 1 1910 d. Feb 24 1988, slab
WILSON, Carrie, b. Dec 4 1896 d. Feb 22 1987, under azalea
WRIGHT, Abraham, b. Aug 23 1918 d. Feb 20 1988, "PFC US Army WW II"; under azalea; too deep
WRIGHT, Mary, b. Dec 27 1926 d. Jun 14 1999
WRIGHT, Mattie Thomas, b. Oct 30 1919 d. Mar 24 1993
WRIGHT, Thomas James, b. Jun 10 1936 d. Mar 18 1993, age 56; fhm (Dorman)
WRIGHT, Willi, b. 1900 d. 1989, fhm (Dorman)