ZION HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

            This cemetery is located just west of Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church on Mifflin Road in southeastern Madison County, Tennessee. This record was made July 20, 2003. The cemetery was recorded earlier by Jonathan K. T. Smith and appears on page 14 of a supplement to his Tombstone Inscriptions from Black Cemeteries in Madison County, Tennessee. This is referred to as Smith in the notes below.

 

Bell, Goldie, Mr., Apr. 25, 1900-Dec. 19, 1979, temporary marker, Rawls and Baskerville Funeral Home, Humboldt, Tennessee

Brooks, Iola G., Mrs., Feb. 26, 1900-Apr. 12, 2001, temporary marker, Bledsoe Funeral Home

Carver, Nella, d. Nov. 5, 1983, temporary marker, Mercer Brothers

Godwin, Homer, d. Dec. 22, 1992, temporary marker

Godwin, Juanita, Jan. 30, 1986, temporary marker, Mercer Brothers Funeral Home

Hart, Acie H., d. Nov. 29, 1979

Hunt, Lucy Mae, d. Apr. 10, 1980, temporary marker

Ross, Bessie Mae, Feb. 12, 1927-____\Ross, John ____, Feb. 22, 1933-____ (homemade) [John L. Ross, Jr. per Smith]

Ross, Georgia Ann, Feb. 22, 1900-June 22, 1982 [Note the Ross markers are very elaborate homemade markers, constructed with cement blocks, mortar, facing stones, and plastic background and lettering. By 2003 the mortar and glues were failing.]

Washington, E. Sr., Mr., d. Oct. 30, 1992 [not found in 2003; reported by Smith; Emmitt Washington]

Washington, Barbara, no dates [reported by Smith as a funeral home marker with panel of information missing, next to marker for Mr. E. Washington, Sr.]