ZION BAPTIST CEMETERY DEKALB COUNTY, GA - Cemetery Zion Baptist Cemetery ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mary West jimmielou11@bellsouth.net Zion Baptist Cemetery This cemetery is located at the intersection of Ponce de Leon Ave and Mountain Industrial/Hairston Road. It is next door to Melwood Cemetery. If you are in the church parking lot facing the church, the cemetery is to the right. The cemetery to the left is part of Melwood. The cemetery is well maintained. It has stones that are very old field stones and yet has had a burial as recently as May 1999. About half of the graves face east, half the other way. The transcription begins with the side closest to Mountain Industrial running from left to right with left being closest to Ponce. A row of asterisks denotes a separate section within a row. ROW A: field stone B L WATKINS Born May 10, 1844 Died July 11, 1922 G A WATKINS Apr 3, 1843 field stone Mar 7, 1920 foot stone with just H on it field stone ******************** (double stone) HARBEN PARKER Mamie B Billie J Ethel H 1884 - 1958 Dec 9, 1915 Feb 2, 1918 Oct 22, 1981 HARBEN Charles E (lamb on top) 1881 - 1948 Ralph J HARBEN Apr 5, 1911 Nov 11, 1912 Budded on earth, to bloom in heaven Our Brother Rev Fred L SMITH Born Oct 8, 1876 Died Sept 23, 1911 ********************* bricked off section with field stone ********************* (double stone) (large double stone) SINGLETON Mother Father M Luther Catherine M Mary F MAULDIN W B MAULDIN 1857 - 1900 1858 - 1900 May 15, 1848 July 28, 1847 Dec 30, 1922 Oct 17, 1913 MAULDIN D A MAULDIN Leonard MAULDIN Born Born Oct 25, 1871 Mar 11, 1882 Died Died Jan 18, 1910 Dec 12, 1893 An honest man is the Gone home noblest work of God (tombstone lying flat on a small box tomb - next two graves) J M HAMRICK Jane Ray Born - 1821 Wife of Died Feb 10, 1900 J M HAMRICK Born Sept 1829 Died Jan 24, 1910 In Memory of Tis but the casket tis here Richard A HAMRICK The gem that filled it sparkles yet Born Sept 16, 1868 Died June 16, 1888 small broken stone *********************** large stone with just LEDBETTER on it footstones: James M LEDBETTER Leila O LEDBETTER 1865 - 1936 1877 - 1908 ********************** John W SMITH possible child’s grave Oct 24, 1869 Feb 5, 1920 Hubert L SMITH Mar 13, 1918 June 20, 1920 ********************** (double stone) Henry J UPCHURCH UPCHURCH Berry C Sallie N Jan 24, 1910 July 30, 1884 Aug 13, 1887 Apr 16, 1911 Apr 19, 1952 Aug 10, 1977 ********************* (rose marble) (rose marble) William Cliford MURELL Charles Allen MURELL Nov 20, 1916 Jan 25, 1948 Apr 16, 1981 Sept 6, 1970 Loving Father Loving husband and father Robert Anthony MURELL marble bench with name MURELL Mar 2, 1943 Nov 24, 1967 Our Son Tony ROW B: (double stone) footstone with AVA but no headstone ARNOLD William J Sallie V Apr 9, 1879 Mar 8, 1886 HARBIN July 21, 1939 Jan 16, 1969 Leila E Johnnie H footstones: 1908 - 1995 1908 - 1989 WJA SVA ********************** HILL Griffin HILL Sam Jefferson Lou Hambrick 1904 - 1904 1865 - 1927 1872 - 1940 G B HILL Marione Elexon HILL June 15, 1900 U S Army Nov 6, 1975 World War I & II Sept 6, 1897 Feb 12, 1983 ********************** field stone field stone with metal marker "Buried in this rectangular plot bordered with rocks Phillip B Bradley and Tissie Turner Bradley born 1859 born 1858 Placed by Fred W Bradley Wilmington NC" 4 more possible graves in this section surrounded by rocks J D TWEEDELL A A SINGLETON May 26, 1862 Wife of Feb 15, 1944 J D TWEEDELL Jan 7, 1883 Feb 18, 1909 double stone with double ledger Sara D SINGLETON Ephraim N SINGLETON Born Feb 14, 1842 Born small child’s ledger with March 21, 1845 metal plaque attached Died Robert Hugh BOWLES Feb 26, 1908 Born Dec 13, 1942 Died Apr 16, 1942 (yes, that’s what the plaque said) ledger with inscription worn off metal marker Mr Jessie Baccus __________ ledger with metal plaque Sept 26, 1908 Mrs Annie Lou BOWLES (Kimberly & Sons Funeral Home Born Aug 13, 1905 East Point GA) Died Dec 11, 1953 ********************* (double stone) Bonnie Lou Sanford L Evie Lee ASHWORTH Oct 17, 1881 Feb 26, 1887 April 6, 1923 Sept 16, 1956 Feb 23, 1984 Dec 17, 1924 ASHWORTH ROW C: double ledger GRESHAM Lizzie Monroe 1856 - 1926 1856 - 1940 ********************* large stone with LANKFORD on it footstones: Father Mother Brother William P LANKFORD Mary E LANKFORD Roy LANKFORD 1850-1917 1859-1932 1892-1910 ********************* Francis E Edna Corinne Hobbs CARTER Wife of Born J W TURNER Feb 8, 1906 Mar 3, 1834 Died Aug 12, 1903 June 6, 1906 Blessed are the dead Died 3 mos 29 days which die in the Lord tall column field stone Joseph F LIFSEY Sept 19, 1853 Mar 15, 1916 broken, propped up field stone Arminda BINION Wife of Abram Binion Louise T Born March 20, 1813 LEDBETTER Died April 20, 1889 Apr 17, 1895 Feb 17, 1933 field stone with newer monument in front field stone Kate Tweedell Smith WRAY Feb 10, 1885 field stone Aug 20, 1925 field stone field stone *********************** (double stone) (double stone) BOWMAN BOWMAN Ira D Odessa Sill Vester Betty W 1886-1921 1854-1976 Jan 18, 1880 Mar 2, 1883 Aug 13, 1937 Aug 28, 1976 Thomas L BOWDAN 1884-1926 ********************** (double stone) A Loving Father IVY William Cone HANEY Clarence E Catherine B Oct 25, 1935 Feb 20, 1919 Dec 13, 1918 Apr 21, 1978 Sept 21, 1964 Dec 7, 1994 ROW E: big empty section separate bricked off grave Ellen COTHRAN June 22, 1882 bricked off section - empty June 23, 1908 small child sized bricked off section no stone large double stone Infant HAMBRICK Maude Mother Father HAMBRICK Fannie C Luther J Sept 11, 1854 Dec 19, 1851 Infant Jan 6, 1940 Mar 25, 1932 Mary Jane HAMBRICK small stone J V flat stone - unmarked HELTON (hand carved) field stone ********************** large stone in middle with TIDWELL on it footstones: Mother George John Rachel Minnie T 1879-1919 Granville Victoria Acree Sept 30, 1852 July 28, 1855 1877-1911 Nov 28, 1938 Apr 22, 1944 ********************** (double stone) Becky DOSTER James Curtis Irma Ivey Sept 22, 1949 Apr 22, 1906 Dec 25, 1914 Apr 1, 1950 Oct 19, 1995 Dad Mom DOSTER ROW F: (double stone) unusual stone - hand carved J E HUDGINS Misoura Ann one side has in large letters "BY SUSIE" Apr 16, 1875 HUDGINS other side has "MR MRS BINION" Sept 22, 1881 Oct 13, 1932 ******************** BINION Mother W Abraham Elizabeth R Nancy Binion Nov 30, 1850 Aug 29, 1851 EVERETT May 13, 1939 Jan 1, 1939 Jan 12, 1878 Sept 25, 1949 Mother Lilly P HENDRIX unmarked child’s grave July 12, 1873 July 2, 1929 ******************* COTHRAN Private Ernest John Richard Ervin Gladys Lucile COTHRAN June 27, 1885 Nov 16, 1896 Co A 314 Inf U S A April 13, 1931 Mar 28, 1940 Oct 18, 1895 Died in France Nov 10, 1918 At Rest Laura J John E Vickory COTHRAN Wife of Born J E COTHRAN Jan 8, 1860 Born Died Mar 3, 1866 May 14, 1925 Died He is not dead, but sleepeth Feb 7, 1908 I am going home meet me in Heaven Infant of J E & R J COTHRAN *********************** HAMRICK remainder of plot has the following footstones: Robert M Ida Jane J H, E M H, C V H, R C H, J E J 1861-1937 1868-1959 *********************** broken off stone Estelle DOBY Sept 29, 1902 Sept 13, 1907 ROW G: Our Baby BATCHELOR Son of Kate Tom W Mr & Mrs Sept 28, 1897 June 2, 1893 T W BATCHELOR June 28, 1945 May 8, 1964 July 3, 1936 Blanche Malcolm (large stone) SPIVEY Rev J B SPIVEY Nov 16, 1883 Jan 8, 1862 Jan 7, 1967 Mar 13, 1933 SPIVEY He hath done what he could SPIVEY (large stone) (large double stone) Hattie L SPIVEY Lucy V Wm Frank Dec 21, 1861 SINGLETON SINGLETON Aug 2, 1925 Dec 5, 1867 Nov 11, 1881 She was a fond mother Dec 17, 1919 Dec 17, 1919 and a friend to all SPIVEY (double stone) William F Pearl E SINGLETON SINGLETON July 25, 1916 July 21, 1918 Dec 17, 1919 Dec 17, 1919 A little time on earth they spent Til God them his angels sent ************************ two possible graves ********************** (ornate stone, fallen over) Ellen J Wife of C C SINGLETON April 8, 1886 Oct 25, 1908 Meet me in Heaven ********************* FIELDS James C Mary Alice Oct 20, 1871 Sept 3, 1876 July 10, 1967 Dec 14, 1932 In God We Trust ********************* Dorothy field stone SINGLETON Feb 29, 1912 Mother Aug 11, 1912 Harriett B SINGLETON Mar 2, 1886 Father June 14, 1968 John H SINGLETON Her children rise up and call her blessed Feb 15, 1874 Proverbs 31:28 May 3, 1930 God gave, He took, He will restore He doeth all things well Emma Hollingsworth Wife of J H SINGLETON Oct 5, 1878 Dec 23, 1918 ********************** SINGLETON Joseph W Katherine B May 18, 1893 Dec 16, 1891 Dec 18, 1982 May 17, 1960 *********************** large L shaped section Ernest Maynard WILLIAMS double heart shaped stone PVT US Army WILLIAMS on one side July 13, 1910 Oct 4, 1978 other side: Raymond J Forest E WILLIAMS WILLIAMS WILLIAMS Rev W M WILLIAMS Lizzie A WILLIAMS Sept 13, 1917 June 22, 1913 July 6, 1889 Aug 11, 1989 Oct 12 Aug 18 May 21, 1979 June 15, 1980 1918 1923 They have gone to be with Jesus ************************ DUREN Cora P John N May 28, 1894 Dec 31, 1882 Sept 2, 1958 July 7, 1963 ************************ ADAMS RUDISELL Father Mother Thomas B Mittie M Lowell G Versie A Feb 11, 1883 Mar 5, 1887 Dec 17, 1910 Dec 26, 1906 Nov 2, 1953 July 29, 1964 June 8, 1988 July 16, 1993 *********************** Infant Dau of Martha & Ralph HARDMAN Jan 27, 1952 ROW H: MITCHELL Mama Nannie Lou Fred W Dec 13, 1914 Feb 25, 1913 May 9, 1997 Sept 7, 1979 Together forever ********************* lamb on top with photo heart shaped, lying flat in middle of previous grave Lela Maxine Addie Forence WHATLEY WHATLEY July 8, 1929 May 4, 1909 Mar 28, 1931 May 18, 1999 Weep not Father and Mothers are precious mother for I am gifts from God making a way for thee ************************ FRANKS Bud K G Marie 1930-1968 1932- *********************** Horace S SINGLETON SINGLETON Feb 2, 1906 Kate L Thomas P Dec 15, 1958 Mar 5, 1876 Sept 15, 1872 July 25, 1945 Apr 11, 1936 Gone but not forgotten *********************** (lamb on top) At Rest In Memory of Rev Lillie SINGLETON J W SINGLETON Born Born July 10, 1839 Sept 24, 1886 Died June 12, 1906 Died Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep May 1_, 1887 Mother Adolphus M Edith H SINGLETON SINGLETON 1846-1934 Nov 6, 1889 The Lord is my shepherd Mar 6, 1942 I shall not want *********************** In Memory of CLAY Nathan A J CLAY Rev J F Eunice M Born Dec 9, 1894 Sept 30, 1904 Jan 3, 1865 Mar 16, 1962 Jan 10, 1992 Died Oct 28, 1895 ************************* Beloved mother & grandmama 2 small stones, both say Infant Lois Singleton BERRY Jan 15, 1913 In God We Trust Dec 19, 1995 SINGLETON Lucy Agnes Rev F C Mary Ethel (lamb on top) Mar 10, 1888 Apr 12, 1883 Oct 8, 1891 Billy Son of Oct 26, 1918 Apr 30, 1970 Feb 8, 1985 Mr & Mrs W M HOLLINGWORTH HOLLINGSWORTH Apr 29, 1950 Agnes L William M May 2, 1950 Dec 2, 1906 June 5, 1898 Our darling at rest Feb 12, 1959 Nov 9, 1982 ************************ section empty ************************ Clara S BUFFINGTON flat unmarked stone Apr 19, 1916 Nov 21, 1980 ************************ Infant Son of Mr & Mrs C E SINGLETON Nov 3, 1941 ************************ Gordon F MURELL Helen L MURELL Jan 23, 1915 Dec 16, 1920 ROW I: BRAND Infant Lawson E Annie L BRAND Aug 11, 1891 Nov 7, 1895 May 8, 1944 Aug 24, 1975 Apr 17, 1980 William H BRAND Tom W BRAND Mar 26, 1916 July 9, 1922 Feb 23, 1931 Sept 9, 1995 He lives with us in memory and will forever more (engraving of Dale Earnhart car & Nascar flag) George W BRAND Frank BRAND Feb 15, 1902 Sept 12, 1898 Apr 30, 1982 May 18, 1954 BRAND Henry F Alice T May 18, 1869 May 21, 1871 July 21, 1943 Oct 6, 1942 ********************** SINGLETON Infant Paul L Carrie E Cathy C J Jan 12, 1900 Aug 11, 1899 SINGLETON Dec 17, 1985 Mar 13, 1991 July 17 - 18, 1953 ********************** CLOUD Edith Crawford Ivey Ingram Jan 11, 1908 Aug 9, 1905 Oct 11, 1981 Jan 17, 1983 Ellen Singleton Ellen Crawford CRAWFORD FOWLER July 7, 1879 Apr 7, 1909 Jan 1, 1957 Jan 15, 1998 ********************** DICKERSON (child’s sleigh type grave) Michael H Lena Moore Oren Son of M H & D A DICKERSON Mar 23, 1880 Dec 28, 1884 Oct 25, 1906 Jan 14, 1936 Apr 9, 1964 July 12, 1907 Hubert W DICKERSON Dec 22, 1909 May 6, 1934 ********************* Walter P "Pat" McMANUS Corrie Irby McMANUS Oct 21, 1889 July 23, 1865 Dec 6, 1953 Feb 24, 1936 (child’s grave shaped like a pile of logs) Little Willie Pearl daughter of J M & CWM McMANUS Born Apr 11, 1896 Died Mar 21, 1898 ********************* 1 - 2 field stones Mary E Vaughn Wife of R J SINGLETON field stone Born Dec 26, 1854 Dien (sic) Sept 29, 1913 SINGLETON William R Mother Father SINGLETON Jr Ida Dollie William R May 13, 1908 Dec 29, 1877 Nov 19, 1873 Feb 18, 1931 Apr 24, 1954 Mar 18, 1920 Gone but not forgotten Sarah Robert J SINGLETON SINGLETON Nov 26, 1889 June 22, 1911 July 18, 1942 Mar 20, 1933 Lula V SINGLETON SINGLETON Aug 19, 1890 J Luther Bonnie R Sept 18, 1963 Sept 27, 1896 Oct 11, 1904 July 18, 1959 Dec 15, 1996 (lamb on top) Clara Joyce SINGLETON July 14, 1930 Mar 25, 1934 Little time on earth she spent Til God for her his angels sent ********************* ASHWORTH Brenda E ASHWORTH Father Mother Mar 13 June 22 Rev A B Bessie Mae 1947 1952 Feb 27, 1884 Aug 8, 1887 God needed another angel Mar 14, 1949 Jan 29, 1989 (stone used to have photo but it’s now gone) In Loving Memory ASHWORTH Vivian J Odus K Aug 1, 1922 Sept 8, 1919 March 1, 1988 ROW J: Yes he want to fly, In Memory Now, he sails the sky above us to plumb the unknown sea William C To his Lord he clings to make the heavens safe HAMBRICK Jr God has take the engine for earthings you & me June 7, 1925 And left him only the wings Nov 21, 1943 (stone has engravings of wings, anchor and air corp symbol) Richard F HAMBRICK Aug 15, 1927 Dec 8, 1927 Our darling baby *********************** probably 2 graves 1 flat uninscribed marker *********************** (on one side:) Sonny BRANDON BRANDON 1916 (other side:) S Newt Mary E 1892-1954 1894-1977 John S BRANDON Oct 17, 1924 (engraving of a WWII bomber) Sept 7, 1952 Howard C BRANDON A C R M 1917 (wings with lightning bolt) USN 1943 Killed in action at sea ************************* (ledger with headstone) Mrs Katie P WOOD Wife of A G WOOD Born Sept 2, 1885 Died Apr 27, 1906 ************************ old bricked in section -- no apparent graves ************************ Sarah MOORE MOORE May 29, 1824 Mother Father Mar 19, 1907 Catherine F Elyan M I know that my redeemer liveth July 1, 1862 Dec 20, 1854 Feb 22, 1946 July 23, 1938 A J MOORE Come Ye Blessed Son of Robert T Eve & F C MOORE Feb 25, 1898 Born Dec 23, 1918 Aug 25, 1880 MOORE Died Dec 12, 1900 Ada MOORE 1893-1955 Flossie MOORE Etta MOORE Mar 5, 1889 May 28, 1891 Jan 30, 1978 Nov 3, 1990 ************************ STEVENS John A Edan F 1849-1927 1859-1941 large stone with STEVENS and Our Trust Is In The Lord on it footstones: Ruth Spivey STEVENS Robert Lee STEVENS July 12, 1893 GA Sept 25, 1970 PVC Med Dept World War I Sept 8, 1895 May 7, 1969 ROW K: first half of plot is empty Baby MADDOX MADDOX Rev John F Dollie Lee Jan 21, 1898 Feb 24, 1898 Jev 10, 1934 Aug 29, 1970 We loved you dearly but God loved you best ********************** large stone with WEBB on it footstones: E R WEBB Alice M WEBB Hazel E WEBB Rosa L WEBB June 26, 1876 July 4, 1879 June 13, 1914 July 20, 1902 May 6, 1955 July 30, 1953 Oct 13, 1934 Mar 23, 1925 ********************* broken marker ********************* large unusual marker with HOLCOMBE at top, 2 flat stones on either side: Adna F HOLCOMBE Johnnie O HOLCOMBE Apr 12, 1897 Sept 3, 1900 Aug 28, 1978 May 21, 1973 He followed virtue as his truest guide Weep not, she is ot dead but lived as a Christian; As a Christian sleepeth died ********************* J O Nora Bowder FARROW FARROW Nov 30, 1863 Feb 20, 1863 Sept 3, 1922 Sept 24, 1938 How desolate our Wife of J O Farrow home bereft of thee FARROW ******************** large arched monument with urn at top Martha E Rogers J H NELSON Wife of Sept 13, 1856 J H NELSON Feb 4, 1934 Sept 22, 1858 Father Nov 28, 1921 Mother Rachell Ellen TIDWELL TIDWELL Oct 17, 1922 William O Miss Callie Jan 18, 1945 Aug 20, 1894 Mar 19, 1895 With Christ in Heaven Dec 4, 1985 Mar 15, 1971 Jesus never fails large stone with MOORE on it footstones: Wm O MOORE Sr Sarah M Daniel Effie Broome Wm O MOORE Jr June 21, 1887 Wife of WO MOORE Wife of WO MOORE May 16, 1916 Dec 17, 1958 July 29, 1887 July 13, 1887 Apr 13, 1990 Mar 2, 1926 Jan 31, 1946 ****************** SPIVEY Inf Son of Rev Harry W Florence Mr & Mrs Oct 28, 1895 Nov 17, 1893 Harry SPIVEY Dec 11, 1958 Aug 18, 1941 Apr 29, 1921 ****************** James M Sr Lois Coley July 1, 1902 May 7, 1909 Oct 30, 1968 Dec 3, 1997 BENEDICT transcribed by Dave & Mary West Oct 1999