Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Cemetery
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Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Cemetery

Claiborne, Monroe County, Alabama, USA

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  • Get directions CR-39 (Grain Elevator Road)
    Claiborne, Alabama 36445 United States
    Coordinates: 31.53822, -87.52388
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The Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery is unique in all aspects. The church/cemetery sits among a vast expanse of tall pine trees a short distance off the banks of the Alabama River at Claiborne Landing. Small clearings have been cut out of the wilderness and family plots took shape in the clearings. Between the cleared areas will be wide paths on which auto traffic has access. There are deep, passable trenches through or along the margins of the burial areas to allow for good drainage. The picture you see here is just one such clearing and at the far side of this plot is a pathway that might lead to another burial area. Around each plot is space for workmen and for parking when needed. Careful, though, as the grounds can become soggy so one must use caution to stay on the packed roadways.

To reach the church/cemetery one should start at the community of Ollie, a suburb of Monroeville, Alabama. Get onto Hwy-84 west toward the Alabama River and the communities of Purdue Hill and old Claiborne. At Perdue Hill is CR-39. Turn left here and continue south (also known as Grain Elevator Road) for less than one mile. Mount Zion is on the right (a large red brick structure surrounded by tall timber pines and oak trees. If traveling from Mobile drive north toward Jackson and turn right onto Hwy-84. Turning east onto Hwy-84 continue until crossing the Alabama River. Look for the CR-39 signs. Turn right onto CR-39 and proceed to the Mount Zion church and cemetery.

The Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery is unique in all aspects. The church/cemetery sits among a vast expanse of tall pine trees a short distance off the banks of the Alabama River at Claiborne Landing. Small clearings have been cut out of the wilderness and family plots took shape in the clearings. Between the cleared areas will be wide paths on which auto traffic has access. There are deep, passable trenches through or along the margins of the burial areas to allow for good drainage. The picture you see here is just one such clearing and at the far side of this plot is a pathway that might lead to another burial area. Around each plot is space for workmen and for parking when needed. Careful, though, as the grounds can become soggy so one must use caution to stay on the packed roadways.

To reach the church/cemetery one should start at the community of Ollie, a suburb of Monroeville, Alabama. Get onto Hwy-84 west toward the Alabama River and the communities of Purdue Hill and old Claiborne. At Perdue Hill is CR-39. Turn left here and continue south (also known as Grain Elevator Road) for less than one mile. Mount Zion is on the right (a large red brick structure surrounded by tall timber pines and oak trees. If traveling from Mobile drive north toward Jackson and turn right onto Hwy-84. Turning east onto Hwy-84 continue until crossing the Alabama River. Look for the CR-39 signs. Turn right onto CR-39 and proceed to the Mount Zion church and cemetery.

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  • Added: 25 Jan 2013
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