CHEATHAM COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - MT. ZION CEMETERY ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Reba Harris (Gran4piano@yahoo.com) ==================================================================== DIRECTIONS: Located on Old Clarksville Pike....From Highway 41A Turn on Jackson Felts at 4-Way Stop. This road deadends into Old Clarksville Pike - Turn Right - Go approximately 2 miles to Blue Springs Road - Turn left - you will see the Mt. Zion Free Will Baptist Church at this point. Cemetery is adjacent to church and is well maintained. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Names grouped together share a tomstone. Items in quotations are actually inscribed on the tombstones; items in parenthesis are notes by the transcriber. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABERNATHY J. W. 10/28/1868 - 12/15/1937 ABERNATHY L. P. 1/1/1837 - 5/1/1913 ABERNATHY Laborn L. 10/2/1866 - None Martha L. 2/20/1867 - 1/19/1941 ABERNATHY Matilda Krantz, Wife of L.M.?? Abernathy 7/20/1879 - 11/16/1904 (hard to read) ADKINS Kellie Ray 12/4/1905 - 7/6/1992 Evelyn Olive 7/18/1910 - None "Married 3/29/1929" ANDERSON Charles N. 1941 - 1990 Shirley J. 1947 - None ARNOLD Thomas A. 8/24/1916 - 10/23/1977 - Husb of Nellie M. Arnold BARR Ace - No Dates Victoria - No Dates BENNETT Noah 3/19/1905 - 3/5/1980 Ruth 2/16/1910 - 9/7/1991 BENNETT Sissie 6/19/1904 - 11/6/1958 BERRY Carl Howard "Age 62 Years" 6/10/1932 - 11/19/1984 "Rest in Peace" BERRY Frank C. "Father" 7/24/1897 - 1/28/1957 Lola B. "Mother" 11/22/1909 - None BERRY George H. 12/25/1924 - 10/9/1949 "At Rest" BESS James A. 4/7/1905 - 12/20/1987 Emma L. 10/11/1914 - 12/31/1992 BESS Johnnie C. 9/3/1918 - 4/19/1954 Alice C. 10/29/1933 - None BESS Perry F."Father" 11/12/1891 - No Date Sally B. 8/2/1898 - 3/23/1947 BESS Viola Frances Kelley "Sister" 5/11/1923 - 8/17/1981 BINKLEY Allen L. 4/4/1865 - 1/17/1924 (Adjacent to Dollie Newman Binkley) BINKLEY Burton E. 3/18/1906 - 3/28/1913 BINKLEY Dollie Newman 12/31/1872 - 6/17/1933 (Adjacent to Allen L. Binkley) BINKLEY Twins of H?. P. Binkley - Nola and Ola - B&D 1933 BINKLEY Joseph F. 6/13/1891 - 4/11/1967 Josie Eanes 1/29/1897 - 6/17/1985 "Married 7/26/1919" BINKLEY Lytle Druid Jr. 9/15/1954 - 12/25/1992 BINKLEY Lytle D. 7/16/1926 - 4/5/1984 Imogene M. 2/16/1932 - None BINKLEY Margie 1913 - 1955 BINKLEY Mary Ann 5/10/1855 - 3/19/1919 BOWKER Alice Mayo 6/9/1921 - 9/22/1977 BOWKER James Douglas 2/10/1920 - 9/10/1998 "Happy Trails to you" BOWMAN Helen M. "Mother" 5/17/1944 - 10/5/1978 (shares tombstone with Melanie D. Caston) BRASEL Dottie A. 8/1/1961 - 8/9/1995 "Our Angel" "God's Angel" CASTON Melanie D. Bowman "Daughter" 10/10/1977 - 1/23/1990 (shares tombstone with Helen Bowman) COX Rodger 1955 - 1955 DAVAULT Earl B. 11/18/1901 - 9/14/1985 Flossie K. 6/22/1903 - 3/5/1993 DAVAULT Earl F. 6/30/1934 - None Linda F. 9/22/1956 - 7/18/1979 DAVAULT Earl Farrell 6/30/1934 - 9/4/1988 - US Air Force Korea Dorothy Ann 5/20/1943 - 2/9/1993 DAVAULT Maud 1/21/1908 - 6/10/1913 DAVIDSON Edd Woods 4/9/1901 - 9/24/1975 Bessie K. 8/5/1905 - 12/7/1981 DENTON Anthony W. 12/28/80 - 12/9/91 "Loved by All" (does not indicate if this is 1800 or 1900) DICKERSON Richard B. 12/24/1921 - 7/29/1995 DOZIER Birdie Davault 1/6/1878 - 2/10/1947 EDGIN Lonzie F. 10/31/1899 - 8/27/1979 Luna Belle 5/18/1903 - 7/17/1948 EDGIN William J. 2/19/1861 - 12/9/1930 Mary J. "Mother" 6/23/1861 - 7/13/1938 ELLIS Marvis 6/16/1916 - 7/17/1985 Allene 8/30/1918 - None (Allene Rediker) ENNIS Tricy D. 6/1/1915 - 10/29/1975 Lillie H. 11/7/1916 - 3/31/1998 "Wed 7/13/1938" EVANS J. J. "Rube" 7/1/1874 - 2/16/1953 (Above Ground Vault) EVANS Katie Maie 11/19/1898 - 10/19/1920 EVANS Laura Ann 10/18/1875 - 7/17/1910 EVANS Mable 8/3/1903 - 11/3/1920 EVANS Margaret E. 2/8/1935 - 2/18/1935 EVANS Marvin T. 8/11/1909 - 2/27/1983 Myrtle A. 7/26/1918 (Myrtle Orange) FELTS Billy Randal 11/17/1948 - 12/18/1994 "In God's Care" FELTS Dwight Daniel 1/2/1950 - 7/5/1983 FELTS Granville Leon "Jett" 6/25/1946 - 2/7/1996 - AR US Navy Vietnam FELTS L. Haskell 1/5/1915 - 2/25/1990 Louise 6/7/1922 - 1/17/1994 "Wed 7/30/1938" FELTS Patricia Elaine 5/6/1946 - 6/14/1961 FELTS Russell 10/22/1916 - 7/4/1989 Margaret K. 9/9/1917 - 2/27/1993 FENTRESS J. E. 10/20/1901 - 10/15/1992 (J. Everett Fentrees) Mai Belle 11/24/1902 - 1/16/1996 (Mai Belle Perry) FENTRESS James Malcolm 5/15/1921 - 2/13/1988 GREEN Rickie M. 3/3/1955 - 7/28/1997 Debro O. 4/16/1956 - None "Married 11/14/1974" HARRIS Jones S. 9/26/1903 - 1/9/1977 Berda A. 4/5/1901 - 6/25/1989 "Wed 9/3/1921" HESTER Jean E. 12/6/1937 - 10/31/1994 HUNT Fate 1879 - 1962 HUNT Maggie Taylor - Died 5/1/1966 - Wife of Robert Hunt (no birth date) HUNT Mary E. 9/9/1899 - 2/5/1979 HYDER Albert A. 12/10/1916 - 7/23/1990 Shirley E. 3/17/1924 - None "The Lord is my Shepherd" INGRAM William C. "Buck" 5/11/1922 - 9/3/1987 KNIGHT Ephram - (cannot read dates - maybe Aug 1926???) - TN PVT KNIGHT Ham 10/8/1891 - 10/28/1977 - RCT US Army WWI KNIGHT Martha Newman 11/28/1890 - 1/8/1984 KRANTZ Adam 1897 - 1954 Kate 1898 - 1973 KRANTZ Alvin E. 12/31/1913 - 4/7/1985 "Love Daddy" "At Rest" KRANTZ Arnold W. 3/23/1920 - None Esther A. 12/25/1916 - 6/3/1969 KRANTZ Charlie B. 5/23/1923 - 1/23/1969 - TN S1 US Navy WWII KRANTZ David Alexander 9/12/1884 - 10/6/1968 Mary Alma Edgen 11/2/1889 - 8/25/1982 "Married 10/24/1904 KRANTZ Dorothy 1930 "Infant" KRANTZ George Lewis 6/22/1900 - 5/29/1952 Matilda Carney 4/13/1901 - 5/13/1978 KRANTZ Iona 5/24/1882 - 1/24/1920 KRANTZ James E. 1928 "Infant" KRANTZ James T. 1882 - 1970 Leatha Knight 1896 - 1980 KRANTZ "Infants of Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Krantz 1929" KRANTZ Joe F. 1873 - 1930 Mammie Gasser 1880 - 1936 KRANTZ Lena 1926 "Infant" KRANTZ Mary Jane 1861 - 1946 (Mary Jane Rose, Wife of W. T. Krantz) KRANTZ W. T. . 11/4/1853 - 3/25??/19?? (Very hard to read)(Husband of Mary Jane Rose) MCCALLISTER James Earnest 1/30/1937 - 5/22/1994 (shares tombstone with Willie Bailey McCallister) MCCALLISTER Willie Bailey 1/21/1964 - 9/18/1964 (There is also an old stone for Willie Bailey that reads "Our son" - Willie shares a tombstone with James Earnest McCallister) MAYO Eddie 4/30/1955 - 7/2/1974 MAYO H. Herman 11/14/1885 - 5/19/1973 (Henry Herman Mayo) Georgie B. 2/14/1889 - 3/25/1976 (Georgia Bell Newman) MAYO Jimmy Jr. "Bubba" 6/7/1961 - 9/17/1995 "Son/Dad" "We Love You" "Brother" MAYO John Henry 6/3/1912 - 6/27/1969 MAYO Millard 11/14/1931 - 8/24/1957 - TN PFC 2128 Area SVC Unit Korea MORRIS Ellen 10/27/1909 - 1/29/1979 NAPIER Joseph S. 4/20/1917 - None Cora B. 2/24/1922 - 4/19/1982 NEWMAN Infant Dau of A.G. Newman B&D 1930 NEWMAN Allen F. 6/27/1906 - 5/11/1993 Martha J. 6/13/1912 - None "Wed 10/20/1928" NEWMAN Allen Gerome 2/25/1892 - 4/20/1970 Gertrude Perry 6/3/1894 - 11/24/1982 NEWMAN Benjamin Franklin 10/2/1914 - 4/23/1976 NEWMAN Buford T. 3/15/1931 - 6/11/1990 NEWMAN Clara M. 1/13/1923 - 9/8/1923 NEWMAN Ed Lee B&D 2/24/1924 NEWMAN Edward 8/7/1911 - 8/14/1928 NEWMAN Ellen G. "Mother" 10/7/1876 - 9/25/1951 (Ellen Gray Farmer, Wife of william Robert Newman) NEWMAN George H. 12/14/1888 - 5/28/1947 NEWMAN George W. "Father" 8/18/1862 - 10/14/1943 Nannie D. "Mother" 7/20/1872 - 6/16/1946 (Nanny Duke) NEWMAN Gilbert Wayne - Son of Robert P. & Donnie Newman - No Dates NEWMAN Hebert Lee 3/8/1942 - 3/10/1942 NEWMAN James F. 11/1941 - One Date NEWMAN James L. 9/18/1900 - 7/3/1959 "Loving husbon and Father" (spelling on tombstone for husband) NEWMAN John Riley 9/17/1873 - 3/20/1948 Maggie 12/18/1874 - 10/19/1966 (Maggie Galligan) NEWMAN John T. "Father" 8/18/1846 - 3/10/1938 (Husband of Mary Jane Dowlen) NEWMAN John Thomas 9/22/1916 - 9/24/1978 NEWMAN John Thomas, Son of W.R. & Ellen Newman 9/22/1903 - 11/29/1906 NEWMAN Larence A. 1/23/1923 - 1/3/1932 NEWMAN Lize B&D 12/2/1942 NEWMAN M. G. "Father" 5/23/1860 - 8/6/1933 "At Rest" (Macon Green Newman) Evaline "Mother" 1/18/1863 - 10/4/1904 (Evaline Krantz) NEWMAN Martha Francis 5/16/1886 - 2/22/1907? NEWMAN Mary Jane 3/15/1848 - 10/5/1920 (Mary Jane Dowlen - Wife of John Thomas Newman) NEWMAN Noah F. 2/23/1904 - 1/15/1977 "At Rest" Beulah B. 7/14/1904 - None NEWMAN Oscar T. 2/1/1929 - 2/28/1996 Ruby W. 8/17/1934 NEWMAN Robert Finis 7/13/1938 - 9/16/1996 "Age 58" NEWMAN Robert P. Jr. 12/24/1936 - 4/20/1989 Thelma L. 10/28/1929 - None NEWMAN Robert Pierce 1/13/1902 - 1/9/1973 Donnie Rediker 4/25/1907 - 6/1/1979 NEWMAN Samuel Luster 7/10/1915 - 9/12/1997 Margaret Dever 2/2/1919 - 6/13/1989 "Married 5/30/1936" NEWMAN Shirley Dean 11/16/1935 - 12/29/1935 NEWMAN Vernen Bryant 9/9/1935 - 11/18/1935 NEWMAN W. R. 6/9/1879 - 1/17/1938 (William Robert - Husband of Ellen Gray Farmer) NIX Craig Allen 11/5/1989 - One Date ORANGE John William 4/16/1913 - 5/11/1997 Nellie Mae 7/19/1922 - 8/3/1993 PATTON Jerry 1941 - 1999 PERRY Aubrey R. 8/30/1931 - 10/26/1934 PERRY Bailey, son of G.G. & M.E. Perry 7/14/1909 - 2/1/1913 PERRY C. C. "Kit" 12/19/1875 - 7/1/1970 Mary Rediker 9/2/1882 - 4/2/1973 PERRY Charles H. Sr. 5/5/1934 - 12/26/1994 Gladys L. 3/9/1936 - None "Married 5/29/1954" PERRY Charlie W. "Father" 1/10/1874 - 10/7/1939 Ellen R. :"Mother" 12/19/1882 - None PERRY Crum 10/18/1911 - 6/24/1978 Novella B. 5/12/1916 - 12/21/1991 PERRY Fannie Krantz 3/11/1912 - 12/5/1968 PERRY Jessie May Jarrett, Wife of J.C. Perry 5/5/1900 - 4/6/1935 PERRY Clarence Albert 10/26/1921 - 4/23/1973 PERRY Louis A. 10/3/1898 - None Clara Mai 3/29/1905 - 5/10/1981 "The Lord is my Keeper Psl 12:5" PERRY Margie Louise 4/21/1937 - 5/31/1938 "Our Darling" PERRY Marvina 6/19/1910 - 4/15/1926 PERRY Marvin Lee 4/11/1926 - 5/4/1926 - Son of James & Jessie Mai Perry PERRY Mary E. 1/25/1929 - 9/19/1931 PERRY Noah L. Jr. 4/8/1927 - One Date PERRY Noah L. 11/9/1903 - 6/23/1991 Nancy B. 6/25/1907 - 6/13/1986 PERRY P. Cecil 6/10/1919 - None Eula V. 6/20/1915 - None "Married 7/2/1938" PERRY R. T. "Father" 4/18/1870 - 8/11/1950 Vina Krantz 10/24/1874 - 5/2/1950 PERRY Sabel Wilmertine 4/25/1930 - 12/30/1956 "Wife of Tildon Perry Sr." "Married 6/19/1948" READ A. Marvis 6/9/1928 - None Margaret F. 12/6/1933 - 3/17/1997 "Married 7/17/1948" REDIKER A. J. - Husb of M.J. Agent??? (not sure of this name) 4/?/1885 - 9/30/1911 REDIKER Andre 6/9/1862 - 3/11/1923 REDIKER Bailey A. 4/2/1887 - 8/17/1963 Dixie F. 8/16/1886 - 2/13/1940 REDIKER Buford C. 4/24/1927 - 10/27/1977 - Proudly served USAF WWII REDIKER Fred 9/16/1913 - 8/29/1978 Susie 3/12/1901 - 1/27/1989 REDIKER George C. 10/2/1879 - 11/26/1956 Rozella G. 2/16/1883 - 1/12/1959 REDIKER James H. 4/29/1923 - 9/13/1973 REDIKER Jesse A. "Dock" 11/7/1898 - 5/25/1984 REDIKER Joe F. 12/4/1889 - 3/6/1969 REDIKER John B. 7/8/1894 - 12/22/1941 Sadie M. 3/6/1906 - 1/7/1932 REDIKER Lilly A. "Mother" 8/10/1880 - 11/10/1971 (adjacent to William Rediker) REDIKER Marie Idell 9/21/1955 - 3/12/1956 (shares tombstone with Mary D. Rediker) REDIKER Martha Jane 3/3/1885 - 11/28/1922 REDIKER Mary D. 5/8/1912 - One Date - (shares tombstone with Marie Idell Rediker) REDIKER Nancy "Mother" 1/9/1852 - 8/19/1929 REDIKER Olise 8/13/1917 - 5/21/1994 REDIKER Verdie A. 1905 - 1966 REDIKER Viola 4/25/1880 - 6/17/1959 REDIKER Virgil C. 7/29/1913 - 10/25/1967 REDIKER Walter G. 11/2/1909 - 6/4/1958 REDIKER Wiley 8/18/1874 - 6/25/1927 REDIKER Son of Wiley Rediker - No Name - 1/26/1902 - 8/24/1924 (Charlie Finis Rediker) REDIKER Willie 10/7/1904 - 12/14/1977 REDIKER William "Father" 3/31/1870 - 3/10/1932 (adjacent to Lilly A. Rediker) REDIKER William Riley 5/9/1892 - 3/14/1972 Georgia Elizabeth 7/22/1892 - 11/31/1955 ROBERTS Joseph A. 9/20/1888 - 3/26/1975 Emma Krantz 8/21/1913 - 3/13/1961 ROSE William H. 7/15/1934 - 8/26/1988 - (Foot: William Harrison - SP4 US Army Korea) Joyce Ellis 7/1/1939 - No Date ROSE William Jerome 9/14/1908 - 9/30/1991 Pauline P. 4/5/1910 - no date "Married 3/8/1930" RUFFIN William Billy 4/25/1931 - 3/29/1992 "Gone Home" - (footstone reads: "William Richard Ruffin SP4 US Army) Alice Ulrich 6/10/1935 - None SIMPKINS Alvin David 4/18/1930 - 2/21/1998 SIMPKINS Fred Lewis 8/30/1936 - 10/25/1980 SIMPKINS Jessie E. 9/29/1905 - 10/26/1983 SIMPKINS Thomas David 7/14/1877 - 9/17/1945 Rosie Bell 5/23/1893 - 9/29/1974 SIMPSON William S. 3/22/1859 -- 2/17/1936 Elizabeth E. 9/19/1869 - 3/29/1937 SMITH Glenna Rose 10/6/1943 - 6/29/1993 "In God's Care" TALLEY Wm. Alton 12/7/1914 - 6/7/1991 Lois Felts 9/10/1917 - 10/17/1993 "Married 12/21/1935" TAYLOR Elvis D. 1/4/1914 - 8/21/1974 Nellie M. 7/24/1917 - 10/22/1998 TAYLOR Elvis D. Jr. "Pup" 8/29/1936 - 9/10/1986 Dorothy Ann 10/17/1938 - None "Married 3/17/1956" VAUGHN Cpl. Thomas Allen 7/29/1935 - 3/7/1954 - Son of Hershel H. & Mary P. Vaughn WALKER Arvil L. 5/10/1909 - 12/1/1968 Thelma C. 9/16/1924 - None WALKER John Miller 6/22/1923 - None M. Virginia Ellis 12/17/1928 - 8/25/1982 WALLER Robert W. 11/25/1935 - 5/12/1995 Betty J. 3/17/1937 - None WATTS Natasha Ann 11/8/1975 - 3/28/1990 "Promise you will never forget me even in a hundred years" WILLIAMS Hugh S. 12/12/1909 - 5/31/1968 - TN PVT Co A 210 Infantry WWII WRYE Shirley F. 11/24/1964 - 11/27/1964 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transcribed: July 12, 1999