ZION REST CEMETERY

Directions to ZION REST CEMETERY, WAYNE CO., MS. : From Buckatunna , take the Buckatunna-Millry Road east. Go serveral miles and then turn left onto the Denham-Progress Road. The cemetery is in the North/East corner of the intersection of Denham- Progress Road and Wilburn Taylor Road.

The following is to be considered a partial listing of the gravesites in the Zion Rest Cemetery

The cemetery was researched in Oct. 2003, by Cindy Sullivan.


Robert Lassiter
10-2-1887
4-6-1955

Sarah Pugh
3-30-1890
12-25-1964

Carrie Emily Lassiter
5-21-1919
1-29-1982

Thomas O. Lassiter
2-13-1929
12-18-1985

2 childrens graves Children of Mrs. Charlie Runnels no dates

J.A. Jordan 
4-3-1888
12-19-1918

Theodocia E. Worsham
1879-1945

Claude Jordon no dates

Twins of Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Jordon no date

Mary Lee dau. of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Jordon no date

infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Jordon no date

Ethel Jordan
May 1900- Sept. 1945

Leonora F. Jordon 
6-28-1882
10-1-1960

Loretta Jordan no date

A. D. Jordan
5-17-1896
7-25-1960

Wilbur W. Jordan
1877-1957

Howard Thomas Hulsey Sr.
4-28-1938
11-13-1980

Kiser Tolar Hulsey
4-30-1908
10-1-1947

Vennie Clarice Hulsey
2-1-1912
5-25-1991

Hershel R. Hulsey
4-2-1940
8-1-1993

Ellis E. Pettis
9-12-1908
6-3-1995

Cordie Mae Worsham (wife of Ellis E. Pettis)
7-5-1912
5-1-1987

Joseph Elvin infant son of E.E. Pettis 5-26-1948

Infant of mr. and mrs. James Beasley no date

Ruthie V. Morrison
7-16-1900
7-19-1999

Kelly E. Williams
2-21-1892
3-13-1943

Ruth Hollingshead
2-21-1925
2-5-1999

Talmage V. Williams
11-13-1918

Jimmy Roe Stokely
4-21-1940
3-20-1998

Patricia S. Stokely
12-23-1949

James Evans Stokely
1-1-1952
11-1-1993

Infant of W. E. Williams no date

Austin Felton Williams
12-10-1930
10-23-1931

Sedrick Gray WIlliams
5-18-1928
2-26-1930

Temple E. Shelton
10-1-1885
4-20-1952

Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Jones 11-17-1922

J. Willie Jones
4-5-1899
10-30-1981

Azzie G. Jones
12-9-1895
4-11-1968

C. W. Leonard 33rd Al. Inf. Comp C, CSA (Calvin William Leonard son of Calvin Ware Leonard
and Lucretia Hinson) (h/o Sarah W. Grant) 
1-4-1840
12-31-1918

Sallie Leona Leonard Pettis (dau.of CW Leonard and Sarah Grant, w/o Thomas John Pettis)
9-8-1879
3-17-1944

Thomas John Pettis (son of David E. Pettis and Louizar Ellinder Friddle, h/o Sallie L. Leonard)
1-8-1879
2-22-1972

Bessie Victoria Pettis Pugh (dau. of TJ Pettis and Sallie L. Pettis, w/o Leonard Pugh)
2-28-1901
2-25-1993

Leonard Pugh
7-27-1887
9-19-1967

Mattie Pettis Jones (dau. of David E. Pettis and Louizar Ellinder Friddle; Mother of Edna, Elva,
Epsie, Wm. Levi Sr., and Addie Jones)
12-28-1875
8-22-1939

Levi Jefferson Jones( h/o Mattie Pettis Jones)
3-22-1863
4-12-1921

Joseph Franklin Jones (son of Wm. Levi Jones Sr. and Laverne A. Bunch)
8-8-1936
1-17-1939



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