Fayette County, Alabama

~ Zion Cemetery ~


Location: Just inside northern Fayette city limits; north of houses on 2nd Avenue NW in thick woods; not shown on map (S30-T15S-R12W
Copied by: Chip Collins, personal visit to cemetery - 22 Nov 2012 ~ (additions/corrections are highlighted)
Note: Appears to be an African-American graveyard; rumored to have some old tent-style grave markers but none visible in 2012.  More stones may be hidden in dense thickets of briars, saplings, and leaves.

PHOTO
[ Photo taken 11/22/2012 by Chip Collins ]


CARR, Alice Lucill - Oct 25, 1903 - June 27, 1971 ~ Image 

CARR, Harriett - Mar 10, 1875 - Nov 5, 1959 ~ Image 

CARR, Lucy B. - May 26, 1877 - Oct 24, 1962 ~ Image 

CARR, Sidney - Mar 22, 1914 - May 19, 2004 ~ Pfc., US Army (military marker) Image 

CARR, Sidney W. - June 1, 1872 - Nov 25, 1957 ~ (Masonic emblem) Image   

CORKREN, Emma, wife of Burl? Corkren - Aug 23, 1806 - July 22, 1908 ~ (dates hard to read; actual surname possibly COCHRAN?) Image  

HARKINS, Malinda - Nov 28, 1874 - Aug 11, 1908 ~ Image 

HARKINS, Marandia - 1875 - 1911 ~ Image 

HARKINS, Niner - June 15, 1888 - Dec 14, 1910 ~ Image 

MITCHEL, Mittie - 1871 - 1943 ~ (actual surname probably MITCHELL) Image   

MOORE, Jane - Apr 10, 1826 - June 6, 1905 ~ Image 

MOORE, Mary - Oct 22, 1881 - Jan 13, 1966 ~ (Eastern Star emblem) Image 

NALLS, Joe - 1868 - Sept 8, 1912 ~ Image 

NALLS, John - Apr 10, 1826 - Jan 27, 1893 ~ Image 

RUSSELL, Onzy - Dec 21, 1880 - Oct 9, 1901 ~ (given name hard to read) Image 

WHITSON, G.L. - 1891 - 1934 ~ (Galloway W. Whitson, d. Sept 23, 1934 in Fayette, AL, per Alabama death records) Image   






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