Mount Zion Cemetery

Stephens County, Cemeteries of Texas

 


Photo by Dolores I. Bishop

 

Location: From Caddo take FM 717 8 miles to LaCasa; take FM 207 west 1 miles; turn south on CR 127 and continue 0.7 miles to cemetery.

Historical Marker: In 1879 this land was owned by Ezekel J. and Louisa J. McCleskey. According to McCleskey Family tradition M.M. McCluskey, a relative of Ezekel and Louisa from Georgia, died while visiting in 1879 and was the first person buried here. Eventually her grave site, near a church/school building, became a community cemetery named Veale for a local pioneer family. It was legally set aside as the Mount Zion Cemetery by the McCleskeys in 1907. The cemetery, enlarged over the years and maintained by an association formed in 1979, continues to serve the Frankell and LaCasa communities.



Last, First, Birth, Death, Comments
Bland, Cleo "Shorty, "Dec 22 1910, Aug 11 1968, H/o Mollie
Bland, Mollie Alice Kennedy, Aug 16 1913, Jun 12 1980, D/o W.H. Kennedy & Ellen Miller Bland,
Bradford, Addie Lee Kennedy, Aug 04 1912, May 04 2001, D/o W.H. Kennedy & Ellen Miller, Bradford,
Bradford, Susan, Sept. 17, 1816, Dec. 7, 1893, Wife of A. S. Bradford Sr., Asleep in Jesus blessed sleep.
Kennedy, Elura E. "Lura" Dixon, Jul 18 1869, Apr 28 1925, B: TN, W/o W.P. Kennedy
Kennedy, J.H. "Jim", Aug 25 1904, Apr 14 1946, 1st H/o Mollie
Kennedy, Sallie Emily Veale, Jun 21 1902, Jul 09 1956, 2nd W/o W.H. Kennedy
Kennedy,Veale Donald Ray, Aug 28 1936,Nov 14 1936, (Adopted) S/o Mollie & Jim
Kennedy, William Pike, Apr 23 1865, Apr 13 1939, B: TN
Kennedy, William Howard "Will", Oct 01 1891, Mar 17 1963, B: TN
Lester, Bessie Lee Kennedy, Jan 02 1894, Dec 22 1924, B: TN, W/o John H. M: Dec 05 1913
Lester, John Henry, Jan 30 1886, Nov 28 1960,
Pockrus, Almay, Oct 12 1913, Mar 20 1973, 1st W/o Hubert
Pockrus, Hubert, Oct 24 1908, Jul 20 1987, 2nd H/o Addie Pockrus
Weldon, Weldon, Apr 14 1908, Sep 24 1963, H/o Addie Lee M: Dec 23 1933