Zion Rest Cemetery

Mitchell Co. Cemeteries of TX

If you have loved ones interned here and they are not listed or do not have markers, please contact me by email: Gloria B. Mayfield  



Location: Go North from Colorado City, on Highway 208. Turn East (right) on FM 1982 at Buford. Go 4 Þ miles. Cemetery sits on South side of road.

Zion Rest Cemetery is nicely maintained and located in the middle of fields about 200 yards off the road, the gate is on the road. The cemetery was established in 1908.

Photos by Bruce Carter

Inscriptions by Cheryl Hoyle, May 3, 2002. Submitted by Pat Hudgins.

Last, First, Birth, Death, Comments
Bassinger, Gus V., 1895, 1975, Pvt. U.S. Army, WWI (M9)
Bassinger, Mary L. 1901, 1998, Wife of Gus (M8)
Bassinger, Dennis Feb 23 1939, May 07 2003 (M10)
Beeman, D. S. (David), August 30, 1848, May 8, 1922, K13)
Beeman, Josie L., March 8, 1870, May 25, 1933, wife of D. S. Beeman (K12)
Beights, David Lee, July 27, 1917, August 1, 1917, Son of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Beights, (Exhumed & Moved to Loraine Cemetery) (J2)
Britton, Emanuel O. 1871, 1923 (D16)
Britton, Lizzie C. 1871, 1921 , wife of Emanuel Britton (D15)
Britton, O. C., 1914, 1915, Son of Emanuel & Lizzie Britton) (D17)
Caswell, Mary A., March 4, 1874, January 24, 1915, Wife of R. L. Caswell, (C17)
Daniel, R. G., November, 1874, April 18 1915 9Woodmen of the Worth) (K1)
Fowler, Lydia A., March 19, 1871, March 1, 1916, wife of Godfred Fowler, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. McCarley (H17)
Haygood, Marked with White Cross (F1)
Haygood, Marked with White Cross (F2)
Haygood, Marked with White Cross (F3)
Haygood, Marked with White Cross (G1)
Haygood, Marked with White Cross (G2)
Haygood, Marked with White Cross (G3)
Hall, John H., 1861, 1927
Hall, Mattie S., 1867, 1936, Wife of John H. Hall (I19)
Harraman, Alice, May 30 1900, February 16, 1910; Daughter of O.C. & D. B. Harraman, (A8)
Harraman, Curtis Franklin, February 28, 1911, November 14, 1914, son of O. C. & D. B. Harraman (A9)
Hilderbrand, Infant Twin Son of Thurber & Sallie Britton Hilderbrand (D18)
Hilderbrand, Infant Twin Daughter of Thurber & Sallie Britton Hilderbrand (D19)
Holley, John T., 1855, 1909 (A1)
Holley, Martha Ann, 1857, 1946 , Wife of John T. Holley (A2)
Holley, Maud, 1889, 1923, Daughter of John T. & Martha Ann Holley (A3)
Hoyle, Cherrie M., October 22, 1929, November 30, 1998, Wife of Henry F., Hoyle, married March 4, 1948 (I17)
Hoyle, Henry F., May 6, 1924, No Death Date, Husband of Cherrie M. Hoyle, (I18)
Hudgins, Estella, August 25, 1892, February 20, 1910, Wife of M. J. Hudgins, Daughter of L. T. & L. B. Britton (A16)
Hudson, Marjorie, July 19, 1912, June 25, 1916, Daughter of C. L. & Florence Hudson, (H8)
Jacks, Mary E., 1853, 1913 (M1)
Jacks, Robert N., 1846, 1917 (M2)
Jacks, Thomas L., 1883, 1937 M3)
Jackson, Elizabeth Ann, 1854, 1932; Wife of William Thomas Jackson (C6)
Jackson, William Thomas, 1848, 1932 ; Husband of Elizabeth Ann Jackson (C7)
Kennedy, Robert D., May 26, 194, February 12, 1922 (H5)
Lagow, Elder W., August 28, 1835, August 3, 1910, Husband of Lucinda Lagow (E2)
Lagow, Lucinda J., October 28, 1840, January 3, 1924, wife of Elder W. Lagow (E1)
McCarley, A. J., August 16, 1844, October 17, 1912 (H14)
McCarley, Nancy Virginia, December 1, 1850, October 31,1918, wife of A. J. McCarley (H13)
McCarley, Jesse Homer, March 7, 1884, February 2, 1917, son of A. J. McCarley (G14)
McCarley, James Gaston, December 18, 1880, December 30, 1918, son of A. J. McCarley (G11)
McCarley, George L., June 30, 1916 , December 28, 1918, son of James Gaston & Cora (G8)
McCarley, Emma Lexia, December 19, 1911, January 2, 1919, Daughter of James Gaston & Cora (G7)
McCarley, Andrew, 1913, 1999, husband of Virginia, son of James Gaston McCarley (F10)
McCarley, Virginia, 1919, 1996, wife of Andrew (F11)
Moore, Cornelia E., 1875, 1938 (M5)
Moore, James R., 1866, 1950 (M6)
Moore, James T., 1899, 1973 (M7)
Moore, John W., August 11, 1900, March 16, 1972 (M4)
Robertson, Lydia Ethel, February 1, 1885, March 15, 1915, Mother of Carl Weldon (H2)
Robertson, Carl Weldon, March 15, 1915, August 17, 1915, Son of Lydia Ethel Robertson (H3)
Reeder, Johnnie L., Sr., 1900, 1930 (B7)
Reeder, Victoria E., 1871, 1910 (B6)
Sellers, Joseph B., June 17, 1923, June 6, 1944, PFC.Co.C 740 Tank Bn., WW II, Died in the Line of Duty (F24)
Smith, Jewel Obera, September 22, 1899, January 17, 1918, wife of E., &  Daughter of Will & Tecia Cornelia (Harris) Hamilton (I-14)
Stanley, Bonnie A., October 3, 1894, March 31, 1921, Daughter of John & Mattie Hall, (I21)
Tillison, J. W., 1860, 1915 (D1)
Turnbow, James A., December 10, 1854, February 16, 1923 (L1)
Watkins, Mrs John    Mar 07 1893 in TX died Dec 21 1918    d/o J. A. & JInell Groves Buckalew (TX Death Records)  grave unmarked
Watkins, John  born about 1890 in Miss and died Dec 15 1918 (TX Death Records)  grave unmarked
Williams, Joseph Land, November 23, 1861, February 26, 1936, Husband of Mary McKinley Williams (I5)
Williams, Mary McKinley, June 7, 1862, January 12, 1929, Wife of Joseph Land Williams (I6)
Williams, Sam C., July 30, 1890, July 10, 1922, Son of Joseph & Mary Williams (I4)
Williams, Myrtle Holley, 1897, 1986 (A4)
Unmarked, White Cross, (B1)
Unmarked, White Cross (F21)
Unmarked, White Cross (F22)
Unmarked, White Cross (F23)
Unmarked, White Cross (H20)
Unmarked, White Cross (I9)
Unmarked, White Cross (K6)
Unmarked, White Cross (K9)
Unmarked, White Cross (K10)
Unmarked, White Cross (L8)
Unmarked, Marked with small cement head stone, Nothing is on the stone but Long line at top. (K8)
Unmarked, Marked with homemade rock marker. Letters are hard to make out. , Looks like it is not all there. Probably broken. (J1)