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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