Mt. Zion Cemetery
Midlothian, Ellis County, Cemeteries
of TX,
Submitted and Photos by Lisa Williams-Grosso--(Jan 2005)
Mt. Zion cemetery is
located on Mt. Zion road in Midlothian, Ellis county, Texas.
Permission to conduct survey was obtained by the
current person in charge of the grounds.- I
was informed by her that there are many early, unmarked graves thought to be
that of children which are located on the inside of the cemetery between the two
gates. Some graves have been lost,
and therefore no burials are permitted in the front part of the cemetery.
I have done the best I can to record the names and dates as accurately as
possible. This includes the way the
names were spelled.- Since I have personal knowledge of some of the individuals
buried here, I have included additional information.
This information will be noted with *** marks before the additional
information. If anyone has any
corrections or additions to make please feel free to contact me at lgro04roisd@sbcglobal.net .The list of 236 burials is provided in alphabetical order for
convenience.
The
inscriptions will be noted with quotation marks “ “.
Common stone….c/s, Daughter of…..d/o, Husband of….h/o , Son of ….s/o, Wife of…..w/o
| Last Name | First Name | middle | Birth | Death | Comments |
| Acton | Kathryn | Elizabeth | 6/29/1929 | 10/24/1991 | - |
| Allen | Florence | Marie | 4/29/1918 | - | - |
| Allen | Wallace | Bert | 5/10/1918 | 5/17/1990 | - |
| Barton | Kimmie | Lynn | 4/3/1959 | 2/23/1977 | Rest in Peace |
| Beaty | Bennie | Lee | 3/11/1920 | 9/29/1987 | SFC- U.S. Army- World War II, Korea- |
| Bevers | James | M. | 7/15/1915 | 1/2/1917 | - |
| Brooks | Bonnie | S. | 6/10/1947 | 11/23/2000 | - |
| Brown | Robert | Edward | 2/25/1932 | 1/30/1986 | Air Force Korea |
| Chambers | C.W. | Alex | 5/17/1936 | 10/22/1996 | Too well Loved to ever be forgotten |
| Cooper | Almira | N. | 9-23-1847 | 2-9-1870 | w/o--- S.C. Cooper- Only sleeping |
| Cooper | Amos | G. | - | 7-18-1875 | Aged 2 yrs, 5 mos, 9 days- s/o- Sam L.C. & M. E. Coope |
| Cooper | Darrell | Ray | 10/23/1950 | 1/7/1980 | - |
| Cooper | infant | - | no date | no date | - |
| Cooper | Lilla | Lee | 5-7-1876 | 2-??-1877 | d/o- S.C. & A. N. Cooper- |
| Curry | Georgia | Marguerite | 5/19/1920 | - | - |
| Curry | James | L. | 10/11/1911 | 10/3/1978 | - |
| Curry | James | Lawson | 1911 | 1978 | Pvt U.S. Army WW I, Note: same as James L. |
| Davidson | Thelma | Lucille Perry | 10/28/1916 | 2/1/2001 | - |
| Davis | Herman | Ray | 12/18/1918 | 12/22/1999 | U.S. Army World War II- |
| Derr | Jack | M. | 2/2/1914 | 4/21/1973 | h/o-- S.Florine |
| Derr | S. | Florine | 6/17/1917 | 5/20/1987 | d/o Nora A. and Ed, maiden name Raines |
| DeShazo | William | Allen | 8/14/1900 | 2/16/1984 | - |
| Donawho | Hannah | Grace | 4/25/1994 | 4/25/1994 | -We will meet on that beautiful shore |
| Dorton | James | Louis | 11/27/1941 | 6/8/1999 | - |
| Dorton | Mary | Kaye | 6/19/1946 | 5/29/1986 | - |
| Duvall | baby | - | no dates | unreadable | - |
| Duvall | Cecil | L. | 3/23/1904 | 9/4/1973 | - |
| Duvall | Francis | - | 8-4-1876 | 9/13/1963 | with Rufe Duvall |
| Duvall | Gertrude | M.Briggs | 10/20/1918 | 7/9/2001 | - |
| Duvall | Helen | (no | no dates | no dates | - |
| Duvall | Jack | A, .Sr | 3/26/1914 | 11/2/1984 | Pvt. U.S. Army- World War II |
| Duvall | Jess | - | 11-23-1880 | 11/16/1938 | Father |
| Duvall | Lillian | Odessa | 8/20/1920 | 3/14/1997 | - |
| Duvall | Pat | Ercel | 6/17/1920 | 2/23/1990 | Sgt. U.S. Army World War II |
| Duvall | Ray | - | 12-??-1967 | - | - |
| Duvall | Rufe | - | 7-25-1876 | 7/23/1952 | s/o with Francis Duvall |
| Eastwood | baby | - | 11-6-1894 | 12-23-1894 | c/s with Margette & Emerson |
| Eastwood | Emerson | Ethridge | 8-12-1869 | 2/4/1933 | c/s with Margette & baby Eastwood |
| Eastwood | Margette | Loraine | 5-31-1863 | 10/7/1913 | c/s with Emerson & baby Eastwood |
| Elder | Elizabeth | - | 8-19-1866 | - | Aged 63 years |
| Ely | C.A. | - | 2-15-1891 | 2-7-1892 | s/o W.J.& S. C. Ely "Meet me in Heaven" |
| Ely | Dock | P. | 1863 | 1933 | - |
| Ely | Herod | - | 1833 | 1897 | - |
| England | Fannie | - | 1/28/1903 | 2/25/1903 | d/o W. & A. England c/s with infant England |
| England | infant | - | 3/7/1902 | - | d/o W. & A. England c/s with Fannie England |
| Ferris | Nina | - | 1845 | 1937 | - |
| French | J.M. Jr | - | 4/8/1921 | 5/4/1976 | Tec 5 U.S. Army WWII, c/s with Ruth- At peace together |
| French | Ruth | - | - | 11/3/1995 | "At Peace together "c/s with J. M. Note:This is the only date |
| Garner | Billy | T. | 3/29/1935 | - | - |
| Garner | Laviece | Polly | 5/8/1935 | 1/23/1995 | - |
| Garvin | Almira | A. | 1-27-1874 | 2-5-1874 | d/o T F. & M. A. Garvin |
| Garvin | Bennie | F. | 2-14-1895 | 7-24-1895 | d/o |
| Garvin | Bettie | A. | 3-8-1876 | 8-27-1878 | d/o T F. & M. A. Garvin |
| Garvin | Finis | E. | 7-17-1863 | 3-26-1878 | s/o nancy & J. B. Garvin |
| Garvin | Grigsby | - | - | 10-15-1868 | s/o S. M. & E.I. Garvin |
| Garvin | infant | - | - | 7-11-1888 | Two less to love on earth, Two more to meet in Heaven- c/s Bennie F. |
| Garvin | J.B. | - | 12-1827 | 10/5/1904 | h/o Nancy A. |
| Garvin | Mollie | E. | 9-28-1845 | 3/19/1920 | c/s with T. F. Garvin |
| Garvin | Nancy | A. | 4-16-1831 | 1-20-1878 | Gone home" w/o J. B. Garvin Maiden Name Witherspoon |
| Garvin | Rachel | - | 3-8-1805 | 4-6-1880 | w/o J.B. Garvin maiden name Billingsley |
| Garvin | T.F. | - | 9-11-1841 | 1/11/1930 | c/s with Mollie E. |
| Garvin | Walter | - | 8-4-1876 | 3-9-1877 | s/o S.N. & E. I. Garvin |
| Gonzales | Joe | - | - | 2/11/1963 | Aged 65 yrs |
| Gonzales | Nellie | - | 2-6-1882 | 4/25/1954 | - |
| Grant | Frances | R. | 4/22/1927 | 5/25/1992 | - |
| Grigsby | J.W."Jay" | - | 2/16/1940 | 8/16/2001 | - |
| Grigsby | Linda | A. | 11/11/1944 | - | - |
| Ham | Mary | - | 1-16-1899 | 1/3/1985 | c/s with William O. |
| Ham | William | O. | 5-18-1893 | 5/27/1975 | c/s with Mary |
| Hanes | Gollie | - | 1/15/1903 | 4/27/1983 | - |
| Hanes | Jerry | Mack | 10/18/1945 | 10/19/1945 | - |
| Hanes | Rebecca | - | 5/5/1907 | 2/28/1991 | - |
| Hassell | Maury | Kirk | 5-18-1893 | 2/8/1928 | c/s with Mamie Kirk |
| Henry | Ada | - | 10-29-1893 | 3-7-1897 | - |
| Herron | Geo.T. | - | 9-3-1893 | 5/21/1964 | - |
| Hilburn | Bonnie | M. | 4-1-1896 | 10/18/1986 | c/s with Joel B. |
| Hilburn | Joel | B. | 6-20-1890 | 12/26/1966 | c/s with Bonnie M. |
| Holt | Elizabeth | K. | 9/15/1923 | 2/17/1994 | - |
| Holt | Willard | I. | 3/21/1921 | 11/8/2000 | - |
| Ingram | Gordon | - | 3/2/1918 | 3/21/1918 | - |
| Ingram | Robert | - | 7/12/1904 | 2/15/1915 | - |
| Ingram | Zora | - | 7/28/1910 | 10/25/1926 | - |
| Jenkins | Aley | T. | 8-27-1865 | 2-12-1865 | infant dau of A.S. & S.A. Jenkins |
| Jenkins | Alexander Smith | 11-16-1829 | 7-29-1895 | (***h/o Sarah | |
| Jenkins | Aniceta | - | 8/7/1911 | - | - |
| Jenkins | baby | - | 2-14-1890 | 2-14-1890 | s/o G.W. & Susie |
| Jenkins | Barnett | - | 12/17/1988 | 5/13/1978 | U.S. Navy World War II |
| Jenkins | C.A. | - | 2-4-1860 | 11-14-1886 | - |
| Jenkins | Chester | George | 4-4-1882 | 2/8/1962 | - |
| Jenkins | Coleman | - | 3-10-1823 | 7-11-1861 | - |
| Jenkins | Elizabeth | - | 8-6-1834 | 2-3-1873 | w/o William Jenkins |
| Jenkins | George | W. | 2-12-1858 | 6/4/1920 | Mother & Father large c/s with Susie Jenkins |
| Jenkins | Homer | L. | 2-18-1894 | 7/11/1971 | Pvt. U.S. Army World War I |
| Jenkins | infant | - | 7/10/1904 | 7/10/1904 | son of C. G. & W. B.Jenkins |
| Jenkins | James | F. | 8-11-1876 | 1-25-1877 | - |
| Jenkins | Laura | A. | no dates | no dates | - |
| Jenkins | Lester | - | 2-17-1884 | 2-17-1884 | s/o G.W.& Susie |
| Jenkins | Martha | - | 6-11-1870 | 8-28-1872 | d/o W. & E. J. Jenkins, Aged 2 yrs, 2mos, 17 days |
| Jenkins | Mary | Matilda | 10-10-1855 | 12/19/1923 | - |
| Jenkins | Pleasant | G. | 9/11/1911 | 7/4/1987 | Cpl U.S. Army- World War II |
| Jenkins | Roda | L. | 2-19-1865 | 2-24-1876 | infant dau of A.S. & S.A. Jenkins |
| Jenkins | Sally | - | no dates | no dates | - |
| Jenkins | Sarah | A. | 8-11-1832 | 1/8/1902 | Age 69 yrs, 4 mos, 2 days, maiden name Cooper |
| Alexander | Smith | - | - | - | |
| Jenkins | Susie | - | 3-19-1866 | 2/17/1950 | Mother & Father Large c/s with George W. Jenkins |
| Jenkins | Thomas | - | 8-6-1837 | 2-4-1868 | son of W. & E. J. Jenkins- Aged 6 mos, 8 days |
| Jenkins | Walton | P. | 7-18-1886 | 12/2/1923 | - |
| Jenkins | Willie | - | 7-28-1860 | 12-2-1861 | infant son of A.S. & S.A. Jenkins |
| Jenkins | William | - | 7-8-1831 | 1-1-1894 | Aged 63 yrs, 3 mos, 23 days |
| Kirk | Arie | Anna | 6-7-1865 | 7/28/1907 | w/o J.J.Kirk |
| Kirk | baby | - | no dates | no dates | - |
| Kirk | Joe | J. | 5-16-1863 | 2/13/1943 | - |
| Kirk | Kathleen | R. | 6/19/1903 | 10/21/1988 | c/s Sam M. |
| Kirk | Mamie | - | 3-28-1888 | 2-??-1919 | c/s Maury Kirk Hassell |
| Kirk | Sam | M. | 6/13/1904 | 9/7/1971 | c/s Kathleen R. |
| Laxson | Rhonda | Gay | 9/15/1963 | 9/16/1963 | infant twin sister to Sondra "The Lord is my Shepherd" |
| Linman | Andrew | N. | 12/25/1920 | 11/25/2000 | - |
| Linman | Mary | Virginia | 9/12/1925 | - | - |
| Lyle | James | O."Jim" | 2/13/1930 | 5/13/2000 | - |
| Lyle | Wilma | Ferne | 5/30/1932 | - | - |
| Martin | Dickey | - | 9-25-1873 | 1-2-1878 | s/o Enoch & M. J. Martin |
| Martin | James | L. | 1-9-1853 | 2-15-1878 | s/o Jas & Mary Martin |
| Martin | Johnnie | B. | - | 3-26-1872 | s/o Enoch & M. J. Martin Aged 8 yrs, 6 mos |
| Martin | Johnnie | H. | 9-27-1875 | 11-29-1877 | s/o |
| Martin | Mary | - | - | 3-14-1878 | aged 59 yrs w/o James Martin |
| McClellan | Edna | Florence Thompson | 10-7-1875 | 3/3/1966 | located in a cemented plot with a plaque read "In memory of, buried in Grove Hill Cemetery Dallas TX |
| McDaniel | Harry Henry | - | 8-15-1896 | 12/19/1962 | Sgt US Army WWI- buried in Grove Hill Cemetery Dallas TX |
| McDaniel | Harry | Jr. | 7/9/1923 | 7/10/1923 | -- buried in Grove Hill Cemetery Dallas TX |
| McDaniel | Harry | James | 4/29/1927 | one date | - |
| McDaniel | Mary | Tompson | 3/13/1900 | one date | - |
| McKennon | Jim | Lee | 7-4-1899 | 5/30/1977 | Married 12-20-1925 c/s with M. Frances |
| McKennon | M. | Frances | 5/23/1907 | 9/23/1996 | Married 12-20-1925 c/s with Jim Lee |
| Miller | Loyd | E. | 4/4/1923 | 4/24/1997 | - |
| Miller | Marie | Ivy | 1/3/1928 | - | - |
| Moore | Walter | Nathan | 1876 | 1961 | - |
| Moore | Dora | Elesebath | 1874 | 1927 | - |
| Moore | Walter | Jr. | 1905 | 1905 | - |
| Naylor | Sarah | A. | 1831 | 1902 | Grandmother |
| Page | Grady | Reeves | 1/30/1947 | 9/11/1992 | - |
| Page | Rita | Joy Pollock | 7/14/1923 | - | 4/3/1981 |
| Perry | Carl | Lee | 2/5/1922 | 12/18/1991 | U.S. Air Force |
| Perry | Ferne | Louise | 2/11/1934 | 2/11/1934 | Large c/s with Verna B. & James L. |
| Perry | James | L. | 1-6-1890 | 10/19/1977 | Large c/s with Verna B. & Feme Kiyuse |
| Perry | James | Otis | 8/16/1914 | 11/20/1985 | - |
| Perry | Jerris | Lee | 2/3/1952 | 2/25/1992 | - |
| Perry | John | P. | 12-26-1896 | 2/23/1986 | c/s Mary S. |
| Perry | Mary | S. | b:9-10-1897 | 5/5/1988 | Married 12-21-1922 c/s with John P. |
| Perry | Verna | B. | 3-13-1896 | 9/26/1974 | Large c/s with Verna B. & Feme Kiyuse |
| Pollock | Henry | G. | 8-20-1898 | 6/29/1979 | - |
| Pollock | Maude | R. | 7/30/1904 | 9/28/1988 | - |
| Ponder | James | Carter | 8/30/1932 | 7/11/2001 | - |
| Ponder | Janell | Watkins | 6/21/1935 | - | - |
| Raines | Billie | G. | 5/8/1922 | 2/5/1986 | PFC U.S. Army World War II |
| Raines | Carrie | - | 5-12-1878 | 11/23/1910 | Love Truth and Purity w/o E.L.Raines Note Woodsmen Marker |
| Raines | Ed | - | 7-2-1874 | 11/1/1936 | h/o Nora A. |
| Raines | Nora | A. | 7-8-1882 | 2/9/1972 | w/o Ed Raines Maiden name Smith |
| Raines | Nora | Fay | 1/19/1917 | - | c/s with Woodrow M: 6-14-1935 |
| Raines | Woodrow | Edward | 1/17/1915 | 5/23/1996 | s/o Nora A. & Ed, c/s with Nora Fay |
| Reed | Walter | H. | 1894 | 1982 | h/o Nora A. Jennett |
| Reed | Jennett | - | 1900 | 1993 | w/o Walter H.maidenb name Williams sister to Roy A. Williams d/o Nora |
| Aletha | Raines) | - | - | - | |
| Reeves | Mary Archer | 1881 | 1934 | - | |
| Reeves | Rena | - | 1898 | one date | - |
| Reeves | Thomas | - | 6-18-1873 | 1/26/1956 | - |
| Reeves | William | Bill | 4/16/1913 | 2/17/1981 | - |
| Rollins | Haley | Dawn | 10/29/1999 | 3/29/2000 | - |
| Sanders | Herman | A. | 12-26-1896 | 12-11-1897 | Weep not, papa- and mamma, for me.- For I'm waiting in heaven for theeson of W. B. & M. F. Sanders |
| Sanders | Lorenza | Dow | 2-15-1858 | 2-1-1897 | Farewell |
| Sanders | Rachel | E. | 1-10-1868 | 1/5/1901 | - |
| Schell | Charles | Wilson | 5/4/1916 | 2/6/1990 | - |
| Schmidt | Jean | Karlene | 1/14/1946 | 7/20/1986 | In Loving Memory |
| Self | Perry | Wayne | 4/16/1950 | 8/14/1997 | - |
| Self | Randy | Lee | 2/6/1957 | 11/18/1999 | - |
| Selman | Claudia | - | 7/13/1932 | 4/30/1990 | - |
| Selman | James | Day | 9/18/1940 | - | - |
| Shaw | Floyd | E. | 3/3/1917 | 2/17/1984 | U.S. Army World War II |
| Shaw | Harold | (H.M.) | 10/25/1934 | ? | (Note:Thusstone was etched by- hand |
| Shockley | Sula | A. | 4-22-1895 | 3/7/1979 | - |
| Shockley | Winnie | R. | 8/4/1902 | 8/8/1980 | - |
| Skinner | Launa | Mae | 6/16/1901 | 5/29/1993 | - |
| Smith | Nellie | - | 1-1-1890 | 1-2-1899 | d/o G.B.& E. J. Smith |
| Smith | Whitney | - | 11-6-1891 | 5-4-1892 | s/o G.B. & E. J. Smith Aged 5 mos, 28 days |
| Stevens | Ladeene | - | 8/30/1920 | 10/5/1985 | - |
| Stevens | Thurman | - | 1/18/1914 | - | - |
| Thompson | James | - | 12-26-1856 | 2/20/1908 | - |
| Turner | Buck | - | 2-24-1897 | 4/13/1976 | - |
| Turner | Myrtle | L. | 3/8/1900 | - | - |
| Upchurch | William | Odell | 12/4/1972 | 1/22/1993 | - |
| Watkins | baby | - | 9/14/1954 | 9/14/1954 | s/o Mr.& Mrs R. M. Watkins |
| Watkins | Minnie | B. | 8-28-1885 | 12/1/1971 | - |
| Watkins | Nannie | - | 8/12/1911 | 10/10/1996 | Wed- 3-17-1928 c/s with Raymond |
| Watkins | Raymond | - | 5/12/1908 | 6/29/1994 | Wed- 3-17-1928 c/s with Nannie |
| Watkins | R.L. | - | 2-14-1870 | 2/20/1952 | - |
| Watkins | Sibyl | Ann | 2/16/1948 | 8/10/1957 | d/o Mr & Mrs R. M. Watkins |
| Wilhide | Don | H. | 6/13/1924 | 3/4/1994 | - |
| Wilhide | Shirley | A. | 5/15/1941 | 9/1/1994 | - |
| Williams | Roy | A. | 9/2/1902 | 3/7/1981 | (***s/o Nora A. Raines 1st marriage |
| Witherspoon | Adella | N. | 10-21-1876 | 10-16-1877 | - |
| Witherspoon | Albert | R. | 5-10-1880 | 10/24/1903 | - |
| Witherspoon | B.F. | - | 4-28-1826 | 10-6-1899 | Benjamin Franklin) |
| Witherspoon | Carrie | - | 4-3-1867 | 10-28-1895 | w/o J.Y.maiden name- Jenkins |
| Witherspoon | Charley | Monroe | 112/19/1922 | - | Pvt. 125 Field Arty. 34 Div. |
| Witherspoon | Charley | - | 5-19-1891 | 8-5-1893 | Two less to love on- Earth, Two more to meet in Heaven c/s with Stella s/o J. Y. & Carrie Witherspoon |
| Witherspoon | Ella | - | 4-15-1873 | 4-6-1882 | d/o John M. & Nannie- drowned with sister |
| Witherspoon | Ethel | - | 2-12-1885 | 7-24-1892 | d/o John M. & Nannie |
| Witherspoon | F.E. | - | 1-28-1834 | 5/10/1910 | - |
| Witherspoon | George | C. | - | 8-1-1862 | Aged 18 months |
| Witherspoon | Henry | A. | - | 1-2-1889 | Aged 6 days |
| Witherspoon | Ida | - | 11-14-1871 | 4-6-1882 | d/o John M. & Nannie- drowned with sister |
| Witherspoon | infant . | - | 3/9/1954 | 3/9/1954 | son of May and J.W |
| Witherspoon | J.A. | - | 8-12-1850 | 8-26-1879 | - |
| Witherspoon | Jake | - | 12-25-1885 | 12/5/1965 | - |
| Witherspoon | J. | H. | 2-12-1824 | 12-6-1886 | (***Joseph H. |
| Witherspoon | John | M. | 3-7-1846 | 4/14/1909 | - |
| Witherspoon | J.W. | (Shorty) | 1/18/1918 | 4/16/1994 | - |
| Witherspoon | J.Y | - | 11-22-1857 | 3/19/1939 | s/o Sarah V. & J.H. Joseph Y. |
| Witherspoon | Lona | M. | 3-18-1888 | 2/16/1983 | - |
| Witherspoon | Lucy | Ann | 1867 | 1946 | - |
| Witherspoon | Malinda | E. | 1-7-1863 | 1/19/1914 | w/o B.F. |
| Witherspoon | Mary | E. | 6-17-1849 | 2-24-1879 | w/o J.A. |
| Witherspoon | Mary | E. | 7-23-1851 | 8-30-1898 | w/o W.D. |
| Witherspoon | Maude | Pearl | 3-29-1896 | 4/27/1968 | - |
| Witherspoon | May | Belle | - | 7/28/1914 | w/o J. W. |
| Witherspoon | Nannie | - | 11-2-1853 | 2/19/1902 | John M. |
| Witherspoon | O.H. | (Ollie) | 1-11-1887 | 11/25/1972 | - |
| Witherspoon | Oliver | b: | 2-8-1870 | 2-10-1879 | s/o M.E.and |
| Witherspoon | Rebecca | A. | 8-31-1837 | 11-5-1886 | (***maiden name |
| Witherspoon | Sallie | b: | 5-12-1852 | 11/28/1917 | - |
| Witherspoon | Sam | B. | 1865 | 1950 | - |
| Witherspoon | Sammie | D.(Bob) | 5-4-1898 | 12/7/1980 | Beloved brother |
| Witherspoon | Sarah | C. | 1-23-1849 | 8-11-1894 | - |
| Witherspoon | Sarah | Y. | 6-25-1822 | 11-28-1857 | (***she was 1st wife of J. H. Witherspoon and died 6 days after the birth of her youngest child.Joseph |
| Witherspoon | Stella | - | 8-21-1885 | 10-20-1887 | Two less to love on Earth, Two more to meet in Heaven |
| - | - | - | - | c/s with Charley, d/o J.Y. & Carrie Witherspoon | |
| Witherspoon | W.D. | - | 1848 | 1912 | - |
| Woodall | Infant | - | 9/16/1901 | 9/20/1901 | infant son of- W.M. & S. E. Woodall |
| Young | J.P. | - | 5-19-1869 | 4/29/1920 | He has gone to the mansions of rest |
| Young | Maudie | - | 10-12-1872 | 3/3/1947 | Our mother |