Cemetery Records - Rural NW LA African American Genealogy

Upper Zion Cemetery

Caddo Parish, Louisiana

Take Louisiana Highway #1 north from Interstate #220 approx. five miles, turn left onto Louisiana Highway 538, go approx. three miles, Upper Zion Church and cemetery will be on the left (west) side of road. This is in Section 27 Township 19 Range 15W (GPS 323647N-935342W. This is an African-American cemetery that is in fair shape, but there are numerous unmarked graves and funeral home markers that contain no data. The earliest marked death date is 30 May 1951. This survey was made Dec 2005 by John and Wanda Head.
Ebenezer Church

Name	Birth	Death	Inscription
Adams, Virginia	1900	1989	None
Adams, ?	Jul 15, 1883	Dec 26, 1964	None
Argusters, Elizabeth Mary	Dec 10, 1941	Aug 12, 1993	None
Ashley, Dolphus	Dec 4, 1903	Dec 19, 1986	None
Ashley, Louis	Jul 25, 1947	Oct 6, 1983	None
Batsley, Maggie	Mar 3, 1893	Mar 15, 1976	None
Battle, Jim	Jun 17, 1902	Oct 17, 1982	None
Battle, Lee	Jul 27, 1890	Apr 14, 1968	Louisiana PFC US Army World War I
Battle, Pearl B.	Oct 18, 1902	Feb 24, 1994	None
Battle,Will H.	May 22, 1906	Nov 13, 1963	Louisiana PFC HQ Det 84 Sig HV Cons BN World War II
Blaze, Dolly Hector	May 16,1882	Aug 21, 1963	None
Burris, Percy	Jun 16, 1910	Nov 2,1954	None
Burton, Pale Lee W.	Apr 22, 1894	Oct 30, 1976	None
Calton, Sarah	Feb 22, 1921	Sep 23, 1980	None
Carpenter, Holias	Sep 7, 1917	Nov 28, 1997	None
Carpenter, Howard	Oct 26, 1911	Dec 25, 1991	None
Carr Clark, Mary	Nov 21, 1923	Apr 14, 2004	None
Charles, Zebbie T.	Jan 12, 1925	Apr 4, 1997	US Navy World War II
Clark, Elbert II	Apr 22, 1953	Jul 23, 2003	None
Clark, Roy Dean	Mar 30, 1958	Jul 27, 1998	None
Clark, Thomas Jr.	headstone unreadable	headstone unreadable	None
Clark, Thomas Sr.	Feb 31, 1941	Feb 7, 1970	None
Clark, Thomas Jr.	Nov 22, 1946	Dec 20, 1968	Louisiana PFC Co. B1 BN 27 INF. 25 INF Div. Vietnam
Clay, Ben	1924	1982	US Navy
Clay, Nancy	Jul 15, 1883	May 31, 1959	None
Clay, Pearl	Jul 30, 1904	Nov 30, 1970	None
Clay, Robert	Mar 10, 1920	May 21, 1981	PVT US Army World War II
Clay, Tom	1878	Aug 17, 1961	None
Clay, Willie	Jun 12, 1911	Jul 11, 1995	US Navy World War II
Clay, Bernard	Oct 23, 1904	Apr 7, 1978	None
Clay, Ida	Dec 28, 1914	Sep 12, 1956	None
Clay, Rosie Lee	Mar18, 1910	Sep 24, 2003	None
Clay, Roslyn G.	May 30, 1962	Nov 29, 1976	None
Clay, Tom	1878	Aug 17, 1961	None
Cole Webb, Easter	Aug 1, 1902	Oct 30, 1984	None
Cole, Malinda B.	Apr 8, 1893	Mar 26, 1962	None
Cole, Sam	Mar 17, 1905	Mar 18, 1985	None
Collins, Annie Lee	Apr 13, 1926	Oct 19, 1977	None
Collins, Mary Ann	Apr 29, 1957	Dec 16, 2003	None
Collins, S.E.	?	Sep 23, 19??	None
Crawford, John L.	Nov 25, 1941	Jun 10, 1974	None
Davis, Zebede	Aug 19, 1921	Feb 15, 1970	Texas PVT Btry A 466 AAA AW BN World War II
Davis, Chestine	Sep 9, 1912	Dec 17, 2002	None
Davis, Earnestine	Mar 25, 1910	Nov 15, 2003	None
Diggs, Everleaner	1895	1982	None
Diggs, George	Dec 4, 1895	Feb 16, 1964	None
Edward, William	Apr 7, 1872	Nov 17, 1951	None
Edwards, Albert	Feb 10, 1901	Jun 6, 1956	None
Edwards, Dee	Mar 16, 1900	May 16, 1982	PVT US Army
Edwards, Susie	Dec 12, 1873	May 9, 1968	None
Edwards, ?	headstone unreadable	1984	None
Edwards, Hubbard,	Mar 14, 1941	Aug 19, 2002	None
Edwards, Roosevelt	headstone unreadable	Oct 30, 198?	None
Fields, John L. Sr.	Feb 27, 1927	Dec 31, 2005	None
Fields, Maggie A.	Apr 5, 1893	Jul 13, 1984	None
Figgins, Alma	1936	2006	None
Fisher, Simon	Aug 14, 1886	Jun 15, 1951	None
Ford, Willie	Jul 16, 1899	Nov 20, 1971	Louisiana PVT AAF World War II
Ford, Annie Lee	Apr 8, 1903	Jun 18, 1984	None
Ford, John	Jul 22, 1903	Oct 4, 1981	None
Fuller, Matilda	Oct 22, 1884	Oct 21, 1960	None
Fuller, Inez L.	1939	2001	None
Fuller, M.E.	Oct 9, 1911	Feb 14, 1993	None
Fuller, Monroe Jr.	Oct 15, 1964	Dec 17, 1986	None
Fuller, Quintn L.	Oct 23, 1962	Dec 9, 1983	None
Fuller, Rachel	?	?	None
Gibson, Marie	Dec 18, 1899	Sep 21, 1981	None
Graham, J.B.	1914	1996	None
Green, Ada	Apr 22, 1892	Sep 9, 1986	None
Green, Elnora H.	Dec 18, 1925	Feb 8, 1996	None
Green, Sam Sr.	Aug 12, 1891	Jul 28, 1965	None
Green, Christelle	Jan 8, 1937	Nov 25, 2004	None
Green, Dalton N.	Jan 14, 1953	Dec 17, 2003	None
Green, Norma Jean	Jan 23, 1945	Jan 7, 1952	None
Green, Willie L.	Feb 24, 1917	Jul 29, 1998	None
Hagin, Elizabeth J.	1938	1998	None
Hall, Charlie	?	Dec 26, 19??	None
Handy, Bessie Lee	Apr 15, 1910	May 8, 1991	None
Harris, McKeener Jr.	Oct 18, 1972	Oct 18, 1972	None
Hatcher, Jennie	Dec 24, 1900	Mar 7, 1959	None
Hector Blaze, Dolly	May 16, 1882	Aug 21, 1968	None
Holden, Dea Will	Jun 3, 1877	May 15, 1966	None
Holmes, John D.R.	1913	1985	None
Holmes, Kathilee P.	Apr 22, 1921	Dec 29, 1985	None
Holmes, Woodrow Wilson	Oct 10, 1953	Apr 10, 1976	None
Holms, Bertha L.	1938	2001	None
Holms, Frances	Dec 17, 1885	Sep 4, 1973	None
Homes, Emma Pearl	Aug 17, 1926	Dec 23, 1954	None
Howard, Roberta	?	Jan 2, 1990	None
Johnson, Annie B.	Mar 20, 1938	Oct 4, 2004	None
Johnson, Alicia	Jul 18, 1975	Nov 29, 1976	None
Johnson, Christopher B.	Aug 9, 1967	Nov 29, 1976	None
Johnson, Geneva Ann	Aug 9, 1945	Nov 29, 1976	None
Kirksey Henry, Mary Eliza	May 23, 1917	Apr 13, 1973	None
Lindsey, Moses	May 5, 1925	Oct 14, 1990	None
McCrady, Dave Jr.	Apr 8, 1908	Jan 11, 1975	PFC US Army
McCrady, David	Mar 19, 1947	Oct 22, 2000	None
McCrady, George	Aug 9, 1889	Jun 4, 1961	None
McCrady, Georgia Mitchell	Jun 29, 1917	May 20, 1991	None
McCrady, Lucy	Jul ?, 1905	Dec 25, 1990	None
McCrady, Will	Oct 12, 1907	Dec 14, 1980	None
McCrady, Corzetta	Dec 7, 1900	Aug 17, 2001	None
McKeever, Henry	Aug 11, 1886	Jun 18, 1963	Louisiana PVT Co. C 2 Devolpment BN World War I
Mitchell McCrady, Georgia	Jun 29, 1917	May 20, 1991	None
Montgomery, Clara Epps	Aug 27, 1910	Feb 2, 2007	None
Morris Stewart, Mary	Oct 14, 1916	Apr 13, 1998	None
Oliphant, Willie B.	1920	1985	None
Osborne, A.C.	May 20, 1953	Jun 9, 1971	None
Osborne, Andrew III	Aug 3, 1961	Nov 14, 2000	None
Osborne, Andrew Sr.	?	Apr 26, 1965	None
Osborne, Austalia	Jun 12, 1905	Dec 27, 1984	None
Osborne, Margaret	Apr 13, 1950	Jun 21, 2009	None
Osborne, Martha C.	Jul 15, 1926	Feb 17, 1978	None
Osborne, Andrew Jr.	Mar 7, 1936	Apr 1, 1978	None
Osborne, Charisesetta	1918	1986	None
Osborne, Johnny L.	Dec 16, 1957	Aug 22, 2003	None
Osborne, Martha C.	Jul 15, 1926	Feb 17, 1978	None
Osborne, Ray Charles	1959	1992	None
Osborne, Willie C. Jr.	Sep 7, 1954	Sep 7, 2003	None
Peterson, Knoxson Roy	Oct 7, 1938	Nov 23, 1970	None
Peterson, Rance	Dec 1, 1894	Dec 30, 1964	Louisiana PVT 161 Depot Brig. World War I
Peterson, W.	May 4, 1937	Jun 26, 1981	None
Peterson, Cleo	Apr 22, 1912	Oct 11, 1981	None
Phillips, Alex A. Jr.	Dec 6, 1929	Mar 27, 1984	None
Phillips, Alex Sr.	May 12, 1907	Mar 27, 1986	None
Phillips, Rosie	Oct 26, 1911	Dec 9, 1985	None
Robinson, Mamie M.	Jul 14, 1928	Mar 6, 1996	None
Robinson, Leroy	Jul 18, 1959	Jul 5, 1975	None
Robinson, Susie Mae	Sep 1, 1908	?	None
Salter, Frances	1876	Jun 4, 1955	None
Simon, Joe	Dec 15, 1885	Dec 8, 1960	None
Smith, Robert Lee Burus	Sep 3, 1965	Mar 19, 1991	None
Spearman, Gloria Jean	Mar 27, 1945	Dec 15, 1988	None
Spillman Fuller, Ruth	Nov 11, 1920	May 13, 2003	None
Spillman, Eddie	Feb 16,1 918	Feb 21, 1973	None
Spillman, Jinnie T.	1865	Nov 17, 1969	None
Spillman, Lizzie	May 1, 1917	Dec 23, 1986	None
Spillman, Robert	Jan 25, 1914	Sep 11,1978	PFC US Army World War II
Spillman, Walker	Jul 4, 1893	Nov 15, 1981	None
Spillman, Willie	May 31, 1892	Feb 1, 1967	None
Stewart, Beverly Ann	Jan 4, 1957	Mar 7, 1957	None
Stewart, Cornellia	Sep 22, 1884	Jul 23, 1972	None
Stewart, Roy Thomas	1935	1995	None
Stewart, Dave	Nov 12, 1931	Dec 2, 1967	None
Stewart, Dock Rev.	Aug 7, 1898	Jan 27, 1984	None
Stewart, Hazel 'Scottie'	Sep 9, 1934	Jun 9, 2001	None
Stewart, Lonzo Sr.	Jul 9, 1908	Feb 8, 1983	None
Stewart, Robert	Feb 2, 1896	Jan 12, 1966	None
Stewart, Rosie	Feb 2, 1902	Dec 31, 1989	None
Stewart, Tom	Apr 13, 1900	Jun 28, 1995	None
Stinson, Peter	Oct 19, 1948	Aug 29, 1997	None
Taylor, James	1924	1988	US Army World War II
Thomas Draper, Barbara Ann	Oct 4, 1941	Sep 3, 1998	None
Thomas, Frank	May 23, 1910	Apr 23, 1955	None
Thomas, John Lee	Feb 28, 1918	Jan 29, 1977	None
Tyler, James C. Rev.	Mar 4, 1941	Jun 20, 1990	None
Walker, Kenneth	Jan 28, 1951	Jan 9, 1966	None
Walmsley, Marie	Jul 15, 1878	Jun 14, 1959	None
Wamsley, Will	Sep 5, 1875	Jul 23, 1961	None
Warl, John	? 8, 1940	Nov 7, 1991	None
Washington, George Jr.	Apr 25, 1920	May 16, 1996	None
Washington, Ruby	Aug 30, 1921	Jul 29, 2004	None
Washington, Louella	Sep 30, 1926	Nov 20, 2003	None
Williams, Charles Ray	May 29, 1945	Dec 19, 1986	None
Williams, Debra Lou	Dec 25, 1954	Jul 25, 1967	None
Wilson, Henry Jr.	1943	2008	None
Winston, Willie Stewart	Mar 16, 1891	Apr 20, 1974	None
Woodrow, Wilson Holmes	headstone unreadable	headstone unreadable	None

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