MT. ZION BAPTIST CEMETERY  (Black), Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida

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Directions: Take I-95 to Philips Highway (US #1); turn left and pass "The 
Avenues Mall". In about ¾ miles, take a right on Cedar (in industrial area) 
then left on Pine.  The cemetery is at the side of the church building and 
across Pine Street. This area is called "Greenland".  The church was 
established in 1867.	

Condition:  Mowing is needed. There are many unmarked graves and/or slabs, 
and others are unreadable.

Abbreviations used: ds = double stone; fhm = funeral home marker; s/o = son 
of; ts = triple stone; w/o = wife of.

ALLEN, Herbert, b. Dec 24 1914 d. Aug 15 1960, "Fla PFC 413 QM Truck Co WW II"; slab

BAILEY, Lonnie, b. No Date d. Feb 27 1974, homemade concrete
BENNEFIELD, A., b. 1906 d. 1988, fhm (M. Graham); slab; near fence at Pine St.
BENNEFIELD, Albert, b. Jun 30 1906 d. Oct 14 1988, ts w/Auther & Ethel M.
BENNEFIELD, Auther, b. Nov 7 1908 d. Jul 11 1987, ts wAlbert & Ethel M.
BENNEFIELD, Ethel M., b. Jan 2 1892 d. Oct 10 1986, ts w/Albert & Auther
BRADFORD, Anna, b. Dec 20 1898 d. Oct 1 1986, "mother"
BRINKLEY, Julia L., b. 1896 d. 1960, against fence
BROOKS, Bessie, b. No Date d. No Date, no dates
BROOKS, Judith, b. 1952 d. 1989, near fence at Pine St.
BRYANT, Alex, b. No Date d. No Date, "Corpl Co F 35 US Colored Inf (Union)"; no date

COUNTRYMAN, Mae F., b. 1929 d. 1998, homemade slab
COUNTRYMAN, William J., b. No Date d. Jan 12 1993, slab; fhm
COUNTRYMAN, Willie Fred, Jr., b. 1947 d. Mar 11 1992, "US Army"; slab; age 44
CREEN, Dwight K., b. Sep 27 1961 d. Apr 21 1990, slab; fhm (Carthage Chapel)

DARDEN, Charles, b. Sep 25 1857 d. Aug 10 1910, picture embedded
DIXON, Georgia A., b. Mar 1 1896 d. Apr 9 1983, ds w/Louise (daughter)
DIXON, Isiah, b. Sep 28 1886 d. Jun 30 1962, "husband & father"
DIXON, Louise, b. Jan 17 1917 d. Oct 6 1982, ds w/Georgia A.(mother)

FLANDERS, Anna, b. No Date d. No Date, w/o D.Flanders; age 38
FORD, Wayne, b. Jul 31 1962 d. Aug 14 1973, homemade; difficult to read
FULTON, Nathan, b. Nov 9 1913 d. Oct 29 1989, slab

HARPER, Deleware, b. Mar 28 1928 d. Aug 14 1963, "Fla PFC US Army"; slab; too deep
HARPER, Essie Mae, b. May 21 1919 d. Dec 8 1991, fhm (Dorman); slab; age 72
HARPER, Samuel, b. 1925 d. 1983, fhm (M. Graham); slab
HUNT, Clarence L., b. Jun 15 1925 d. Jun 4 1947, "Fla Pvt 1202 QM Svc Co WW II"
HUNT, Manfield D., b. Aug 11 1893 d. Oct 18 1964 

JACKSON, David, b. 1913 d. 1993, against fence
JACKSON, Rosco, b. No Date d. No Date, slab; no date
JACKSON, Victoria R., b. Apr 4 1925 d. Feb 23 1997, "mother"
JOHNSON, J. C., b. 1890 d. Sep 25 1937, "Mason"
JOINER, Bertha, b. 1870 d. 1940, slab
JOINER, Ernest Eugene, b. Sep 2 1935 d. Oct 25 1989, fhm (Dorman); age 54; slab
JOINER, Lola A., b. Feb 8 1919 d. Aug 27 1994, 
JONES, J. W. "Shug" (Rev.), b. Aug 18 1909 d. Feb 20 1988, 
JONES, Lucile D., b. No Date d. No Date, slab w/cross; name almost unreadable
JONES, No First Name, b. No Date d. No Date, slab with name on post
JOYNER, Bessie, b. No Date d. No Date, new grave (Alphonso West Mortuary)
JOYNER, Edward "Ed", b. No Date d. Dec 9 1975, slab; fhm (Holmes)

LAROSA, John Vincent, b. Jan 5 1896 d. Sep 15 1958, "SC Pvt 5 Co 2 2 Dev Co WW I"; Coonties on grave
LAROSA, Katherine, b. Jul 5 1904 d. Apr 25 1984 
LESTER, Arthur, b. Mar 10 1916 d. Mar 23 1982, "father"
LOCKHART, Julia, b. Feb 1 1864 d. Aug 11 1943, in corner; last row next to Pine St.
LOCKHART, William, b. Jul 8 1869 d. Feb 9 1949 

MCTEAR, Verlena, b. Jul 13 1932 d. Dec 20 2000, fhm (Dorman)
MILES, Lemuel, b. 1857 d. Nov 26 1938 
MONEGO, Essie Mae, b. Dec 20 1920 d. Jan 4 1994 
PAYNE, Alfred, b. 1842 d. Jan 27 1905, loose on base; inside "family plot"
PAYNE, D. M., b. No Date d. May 24 1924 
PAYNE, Julius J., b. No Date d. Jan 13 1941, "Fla Pvt US Army"
PAYNE, Sarah H., b. No Date d. Jul 22 1954, slab
PAYNE, Simon, b. Sep 3 1849 d. Sep 15 1902, slab slanted in ground; azalea on grave
PAYNE, W. H., b. Mar 5 1882 d. Feb 23 1960, rounded slab
PRYOR, Eunice, b. Jul 1 1891 d. Sep 30 1975 

REDD, Louis Curtis, b. Aug 16 1910 d. Dec 16 1990, fhm (Dorman)
REDD, Roscoe, b. Dec 25 1882 d. Jan 14 1959, too deep; cedar at gravestone

SCOTT, Estella, b. Apr 14 1888 d. Sep 16 1987, fhm (Dorman); slab
SHIPP, Mable A., b. May 7 1843 d. 1935, against fence
SMITH, Charlie Thomas, Sr., b. Oct 5 1915 d. Feb 22 1995, fhm (Dorman); age 79
SMITH, Hastings C. (Deacon), b. Jan 28 1928 d. Feb 12 1986, "SFC US Army Korea"; age 58
SMITH, Johnnie Pearl, b. Apr 2 1916 d. Dec 27 1989, "wife & mother"
SMITH, Worthy, b. Dec 11 1912 d. Dec 26 1978, "husband/father"; slab

TOWNSEND, James Lee, b. Jan 9 1929 d. Mar 26 1990, slab
TOWNSEND, Norris, Sr., b. 1910 d. 1961, concrete w/slab; against fence
TOWNSEND, Ronald, b. 1952 d. 1988, "US Air Force Vietnam"; slab

WESLEY, Elsie, b. 1860 d. Apr 26 1939, slab
WHITFIELD, Joseph, b. No Date d. No Date, "Co H 35 US Colored Inf. (Union)"; no date
WILLIAMS, Fain, b. 1868 d. 1933 
WILLIAMS, Mary, b. 1880 d. 1959, sunken
WILSON, John Ray, b. No Date d. No Date, "Fla. PFC Co D 9 Inf Regt Korea"; too deep for date
WILSON, Theresa H., b. Mar 12 1905 d. Jan 26 1981, "mother"