Zion Baptist Church Cemetary, Roane Co.



I enlisted the assistance of my mother and aunt, who visited the cemetary and recorded the names and dates on the headstones. I have listed the names in the order my mother recorded them, and any comments she wrote are contained in brackets.




[double headstone]
NANCY A. ROSS TAWNEY
16 NOV 1871 - 11 JAN 1958
JAMES W. TAWNEY
22 DEC 1868 - 11 SEP 1958

LUCY F. ROSS
26 MAY 1890 - 1 JAN 1933

ULYSSES S. ROSS
1867 - 1930

WILLIAM N. ROSS
19 MAR 1875 - 20 DEC 1948

MAY E. ROSS
30 SEP 1876 - 8 SEP 1945

ALVAH E. ROSS
4 MAY 1887 - 3 MAR 1952

OTHA WADE ROSS
8 FEB 1885 - 14 OCT 1953

STANLEY F. ROSS
1883 - 1959

CLARA W. ROSS
1896 - 1978

[double headstone]
OLIVE KING ROSS
1918 -
EDISON FORD ROSS
1918 - 1989

F.O. ROSS
4 MAR 1881 - 30 APR 1951

ELLIS C. ROSS
9 MAY 1909 - 26 OCT 1946

M.F. ROSS [Uncle Millard]
11 JUN 1859 - 12 FEB 1943

ROY H. ROSS
1 OCT 1886 - 21 JUN 1941

[Uncle]SPURGEON C. ROSS
24 JAN 1872 - 5 AUG 1937

LUCY A. ROSS
1874 - 1955

WILLIS C. ROSS
1894 - 1946

SHARON LYNN ROSS
20 JUL 1949 - 20 JUL 1949

STEVEN MARK ROSS
13 JAN 1951 - 13 JAN 1951

[double headstone]
DON L. ROSS
1896 - 1956
LILLIE ROSS
1903 - 1980

MABEL M. ROSS
1896 - 1968

HARLEY E. ROSS
1892 - 1967

HOWARD B. ROSS
25 DEC 1914 - 13 FEB 1994

LULA E. TAWNEY
1911 - 1993

GEORGE W. TAWNEY
1905 - 1996
[George was son of Nancy A. Ross and James Tawney. Nancy was daughter of G.W. Ross]




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