Fayette Co., AL: Zion Methodist Cemetery (218)
Fayette County, Alabama
~ Zion Methodist Church Cemetery ~
Location:
North of Bankston past Cleveland Church on west side of County Road 93 (S36-T15S-R11W)
Copied by:
Herbert M. Newell Jr. & Jeanie Patterson Newell - 5 Sep 1958 ~ (additions/corrections are highlighted)
ARY, Daniel - Oct 17, 1851 -
Jan 28, 1929
ARY, M.I. - Aug 27, 1849 - Sept
25, 1917
BAILEY, J.W.R. - May 12, 1830 -
Oct 25, 1893
BAILEY, J.W.R. (Mrs.) - Nov 3,
1828 - Dec 4, 1902
BERRY, Joshua - Dec 6, 1844 -
Jan 31, 1862
BLANKENSHIP, Casandra - Aug 15,
1802 - Aug 19, 1870
BRASHER, William H. "Billy" -
Mar 19, 1821 - Apr 1, 1891 ~ (Fayette
County Home Guards, 2nd Class Militia - Member of Masonic Lodge,
Bankston, AL; original headstone: post marker with masonic emblem) 
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BRASHER, Nancy Caroline
Garrison, wife of William H. Brasher - July 9, 1826 - Jan 1910 ~
(unmarked grave beside husband)
[1]
BURNS, Arthur, son of W.V.
& S.E. Burns - Oct 4, 1880 - June 6, 1890
CHANEY, H.W. - Jan 29, 1827 -
Dec 23, 1857 ~ "Sacred
to the Memory of ... Who Was Born in Williamson
county, Tenn." [3, 4]
COTTON, Cynthia - Dec 25, 1812
- July 28, 1916
COTTON, E.J. - 1848 - 1932
COTTON, G.H. - Feb 1839 - Oct
13, 1899 ~ (George
H. Cotton) [3]
COTTON, Norma Ola - Feb 13,
1886 - Feb 10, 1896
COTTON, Rudolphus - June 6,
1877
- Jan 29, 1904
DYER, Elizabeth, wife of Samuel
Dyer - 1780 - 1859 ~ (b. in
Granville
District, SC)
EDMONDSON, C. ~ (no dates)
EDMONDSON, Martha Jane, wife of
A.Q. Edmondson - Feb 13, 1847 - Apr 20, 1901 ~ (nee
WEBB; first wife of Aquilla Q, Edmondson, who was buried at Oak Grove Methodist Church Cemetery)
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EDMONSON, Effie - 1884 - 1974
~ (nee ALLREAD)
[5]
EDMONSON, Seola - 1881 - 1951
~ (Osceola Edmonson, son of Aquilla
Q. Edmon(d)son & Martha Jane WEBB) [5]
ELLIS, L.H. - Nov 6, 1841 - Jan
10, 1924 ~ “Mother” (nee Luticia PORTER)
[3]
ELLIS, W.A. - Mar 24, 1835 -
June 20, 1918 ~ “Father” (William Asbury Ellis;
"Uncle Billy") [3]
FORTENBERRY, H.T. - Oct 13,
1835 - Apr 10, 1880
FORTENBERRY, N.J., wife of H.T.
Fortenberry - June 30, 1834 - Oct 24, 1923
FOWLER, F.E., wife of I.E.
Fowler - Nov 17, 1835 - June 28, 1910 ~ (nee
Francina Elizabeth PRICE; headstone broken) [5]
FOWLER, Freddie, son of Naomi
E. Fowler - Mar 11, 1900 - Jan 12, 1901
FOWLER, Hosea C. - Apr 10, 1876
- July 8, 1901
FOWLER, I.E. - Nov 15,
1821 - Nov 14, 1892 ~ (Israel
Eddie Fowler; he and his wife are said to have been full-blooded
Cherokees who changed their name to Fowler for protection; headstone
broken) [5]
FOWLER, J.E. - Apr 6, 1857 -
Dec 13, 1886
FREEMAN, Jesse (Rev.) - Aug 14,
1804 - 1885
FREEMAN, Rebecca, wife of Rev.
Jesse Freeman - Mar 22, 1799 - Apr 26, 1882
HAMMACK, J.W. ~ Co. D, 22 Georgia Inf., C.S.A.
HYDE, Johnnie E., dau of J.H.
& S.F. Hyde - June 5, 1867 - Oct 23, 1868
JENKINS, Mary C. - Dec 8, 1858
- Jan 2, 1938
JENKINS, Sidney P. ~ (no dates?)
JOHNSON, James A. - June 27,
1856 - Jan 12, 1936
JOHNSON, Thomas H. - Apr 28,
1830 - Apr 1, 1881 ~ Freeman (?)
KELLER, John ~ Co. C, 18 Illinois Inf., U.S.A.
MILLER, Davis, son of M.H.
& E.J. Miller - Oct 8, 1881 - Sept 25, 1884
MILLER, E.J., wife of M.H.
Miller - Dec 12, 1852 - Sept 8, 1919
MILLER, Elizah J. - Jan 9, 1852
- Sept 8, 1919 ~ “Mother” (same as
above but with different DOB)
MILLER, Harrison - Nov 15, 1888
- Dec 27, 1900
MILLER, Infant dau of M.H.
& E.J. Miller - May 15, 1877
MILLER, Jacob G. - Sept 16,
1826
- Feb 8, 1900
MILLER, Jacob H., son of M.H.
& E.J. Miller - Aug 17, 1874 - Jan 16, 1892
MILLER, Micajah (?) - May 17,
1850 - Sept 13, 1922 ~ “Father” (McAjahn "Cage" Miller,
son of Jacob & Rhoda Miller) [3]
MILLER, Rhonda M. - Mar 5, 1825
- June 8, 1895 ~ (Rhoda,
wife of Jacob G. Miller) [3]
MILLER, William W., son of W.J.
& M.S. Miller - Aug 6, 1882 - Aug 12, 1882
NEWTON, Philip M, son of P.M.
& R.H. Newton - Dec 28, 1865 - Oct 11, 1873
OAKLEY, Arminda H., wife of
J.D. Oakley - Jan 7, 1860 - Mar 8, 1895 ~ (nee
Armanda FOWLER, first wife of "Jeff" Oakley) [3]
OAKLEY, Clide M., son of J.D.
& E.J. Oakley - Jan 27, 1901 - June 24, 1902
OAKLEY, Lynn D., son of J.D.
& E.J. Oakley - Nov 26, 1905 - July 14, 1907
POWELL, Sarah - Jan 1, 1791 -
Aug 22, 1869 ~ (b. in Laurens
District, SC)
SIMPSON, L. Uriah - Dec 8, 1889
- Dec 12, 1954
SIMPSON, Myra L. - July 5, 1891
-
SIMPSON, William B. - Mar 24,
1919 - Mar 4, 1943 ~ Ala. 1st Lt.,
U.S. Air Corps, 324 AAF Bomb. Sq. WWII (William Bryan Simpson)
[3]
STOUGH, Infant dau of J.D.
& Susie Stough - July 11, 1910 ~ (only
one date)
STOUGH, Lucy M., dau of J.D.
& Susie A. Stough - Sept 6, 1906 - Sept 30, 1908
TIDWELL, Ruby H. - Feb 26, 1905
- July 7, 1907
TRAWEEK, F.A., wife of S.P.
Traweek - Oct 18, 1837 - Aug 8, 1905
WEBB, J.R. - Apr 1, 1851 - Sept
9, 1914
Additional sources:
[1] Frances Lowrey Brasher,
e-mail message, 24 Jun 2004
[2] Frances Lowrey Brasher,
e-mail message w/photo, 22 Mar 2006
[3] Carrie Sawyer Deavours, "History
of Old Zion"
[4] Frances Lowrey Brasher,
e-mail message w/photo, 09 Apr 2006
[5] Frances Lowrey Brasher,
e-mail message w/photos, 13 Mar 2007 
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