Mt. Zion Burial Park, Franklin, VA submitted by Ilieta "Sissy" Chitwood ****************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ****************************************************************** Mt. Zion Burial Park (Site of Mt. Zion Methodist Church 1881 - 1956 inside The Water's Edge) Located in Penhook, Franklin County, Virginia Submitted by Ilieta "Sissy" Chitwood sissychitwood@swva.net Take Route 40 East to Penhook; turn left on Old Mountain Road (Rt. 645) and go 1.5 miles (you will be in Pittsylvania County); turn left on Smith Mountain Road (Rt. 626) and go 1/2 mile; turn left on Waters Edge Drive (Rt. 610) and go 2.1 miles (you will be in Franklin County again); turn left on Golfers Crossing Drive and cemetery on right. Barber, Ernest L. 2/13/1893 4/3/1964 Husband of Lula W. Barber, Lula W. 8/28/1895 10/20/1977 Wife of Ernest L. Bernard, John K. 5/12/1814 6/3/1895 Husband of Mary E. Bernard, John T. 7/19/1861 5/16/1901 Husband of Sallie Powell Bernard, Mary E. 6/30/1830 1/27/1919 Wife of John K. Bernard, Sallie Powell 5/11/1865 8/8/1956 Wife of John T. Daughter of William & Mary Powell Bernard, Whitfield J. 1/29/1872 1/20/1901 Blankenship, Bertha Perdue 4/15/1883 1/12/1977 Wife of William Thomas Blankenship, Henry C. 2/2/1878 8/18/1917 Son of John H. & Ursula Blankenship, William Thomas 1/29/1875 4/6/1946 Husband of Bertha Perdue Blount, Eugie Floyd 1/8/1870 6/3/1938 Wife of James P. Blount, James P. 3/10/1863 12/1/1931 Husband of Eugie Floyd Blunt, J. Frankie 12/6/1905 12/25/1906 Daughter of C.R. & S.F. Blunt, Mary J. 3/15/1885 6/27/1909 Wife of D.W. Calvert, Bettie Lee 9/12/1866 2/26/1945 Wife of Robert E. Calvert, Mary Addie 8/31/1889 2/3/1985 Calvert, Robert E. 11/21/1864 3/8/1940 Husband of Bettie Lee David, Harden I. 12/27/1895 12/27/1922 David, John Ennis 3/17/1851 12/25/1926 At rest DeLancey, DeWitt 8/8/1911 8/6/1993 Husband of Olene T. DeLancey, Olene T. 2/7/1912 4/13/1974 Wife of DeWitt Dudley, Al Bueford, Jr. 4/10/1960 8/20/2001 Geiger, Frederick Harold 9/29/1951 6/18/1993 Goggin, Elisha C. 3/23/1882 2/10/1942 Husband of Florence J. Goggin, Florence J. 3/16/1888 7/4/1969 Wife of Elisha C. Hamblett, Elen S. Cooper 10/6/1855 4/17/1922 Wife of W.T. Hamblett Hamblett, Izora S. 3/24/1887 5/4/1959 Wife of William G. Hamblett, William G. 10/3/1883 Harvell, Mae Bradley 6/25/1901 8/10/1999 Harvell, Rev. Millis O. 9/2/1891 2/11/1946 High, David L. 5/25/1911 3/10/1953 VA PFC Co. A 87th Engr. Bn. World War II Hunt, Vivian P. 4/2/1933 7/10/1971 Jefferson, H.R. 5/24/1842 4/1/1926 Husband of Matildia A. Co. K 38th VA Inf. CSA Jefferson, Henry Clay 1934 1996 Jefferson, Mallie A. Barbour 10/22/1900 11/6/1996 Wife of Thomas Reevie Jefferson, Mary E. Ferguson 3/7/1858 4/25/1947 Jefferson, Matildia A. 11/26/1836 12/31/1901 Wife of H.R. Jefferson, Thomas Reevie 3/21/1898 1/19/1984 Husband of Mallie Ava Keatts, Bobby Lee 4/13/1936 4/18/1977 Keatts, Joseph Floyd 10/14/1926 2/14/1928 Keatts, Leffie M. 6/15/1902 3/24/1954 Husband of Mollie G. Keatts, Leffie Monroe, Jr. 9/19/1933 6/4/1996 US Navy Korea Keatts, Mollie G. 2/25/1907 8/12/1992 Wife of Leffie M. Mabe, Lou M. 1872 1958 Morgan, Thomas H. 3/28/1869 2/27/1919 Moore, Claude W. 12/8/1914 5/18/1961 Husband of Ruth P. Moore, Mary Fuston 1906 1960 Wife of Willie H. Moore, Ruth P. 2/7/1914 Wife of Claude W. Moore, Steve E. 9/18/1924 6/19/1994 PVT US Army WWII Moore, Willie H. 1894 1965 Husband of Mary Fuston Odineal, David Lee 12/1/1826 5/20/1899 Odineal, David Lee, Jr. 2/22/1886 7/20/1906 Odineal, Emma Kasey 6/1/1858 3/31/1909 Odineal, Mark A. 1/1/1903 Overstreet, Barbara Ellen 1/11/1955 1/13/1955 Daughter of Aaron & Opal Parker, Carrie Lillian 8/16/1877 6/12/1901 Aged 23 yrs.; 4th daughter of George & Bettie R. Parker, Bettie Rucker 12/15/1891 Aged 46 yrs. Parker, Mary C. 9/21/1851 8/11/1914 Perdue, John Daniel 10/24/1930 3/20/1990 Major US Marine Corps Korea Perdue, John William 8/14/1884 3/27/1964 Husband of Sarah Foster Perdue, Roscoe Guy 1/13/1910 3/15/1957 Perdue, Ruby P. 10/31/1905 4/30/1995 Perdue, Sarah Foster 8/28/1890 1/2/1980 Wife of John William Powell, Alma S. 3/17/1867 6/30/1951 Powell, Benjamin R. 1863 1936 Powell, Elizabeth 12/25/1899 10/27/1900 Powell, Frances M. 7/23/1911 5/31/1963 Powell, James Julian 9/2/1934 7/7/1982 Powell, Mary Love 9/12/1912 9/10/1948 Powell, Mary Ruth 3/1/1893 8/22/1989 Powell, Neva S. Saunders 12/1/1874 3/7/1895 Wife of William Thomas F. Powell, Philip Floyd 6/11/1909 4/4/1978 Powell, Revan S. 7/16/1902 8/10/1994 Powell, Roberta H. 1863 1945 Powell, Virginia F. 6/23/1847 7/15/1938 Powell, William R. 2/28/1898 4/26/1901 Powell, William Thomas F. 5/11/1863 1/9/1935 Husband of Neva S. Price, Martha A. 7/1/1820 2/13/1882 Rigney, Helen Amos 9/15/1916 1/23/1949 Rigney, Nannie Sue 8/25/1883 6/5/1954 Rigney, William Thomas 11/26/1881 6/1/1954 Saunders, Annie Mae David 12/14/1895 4/28/1969 (married 1st Powell, married 2nd Tosh) Saunders, Benjamin Henry 7/23/1890 5/25/1966 Saunders, Eliza McBride 8/7/1866 8/9/1937 Wife of William D. Saunders, James Gary 6/1/1923 7/7/1972 VA PFC US Air Force WWII Saunders, John T. 11/3/1903 1/3/1979 Saunders, Kenneth R. 2/27/1928 4/24/1928 Saunders, Lenard J. 7/28/1934 2/26/1935 Saunders, Luther L. 1/18/1896 12/2/1963 Asleep in Jesus Saunders, Maggie B. 7/17/1878 2/2/1912 Daughter of Benjamin S. & Martha Saunders, William D. 9/6/1866 4/3/1941 Son of Benjamin S. & Martha Saunders, William G. 4/15/1901 1/8/1967 NJ PVT Hq Det 3594 Svc Unit WWII Smith, Elsie Rigney 7/26/1910 12/8/1999 Steele, Mary E. 1/29/1899 4/22/1920 Toney, Annie E. 7/8/1860 5/4/1889 Wife of George W. Toney, George W. 7/4/1856 8/3/1889 Husband of Annie E. Tosh, George Kelley 8/1/1850 5/15/1930 Husband of Mary J. Tosh, George Thomas 3/2/1926 12/25/2001 Tosh, Grover C. 3/20/1889 4/1/1910 4th son of George K. & Mary J. Tosh, Mary J. Newbill 2/14/1857 12/22/1923 Wife of George K. 3 graves mark with fieldstones.