March 20, 2024
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To recognize the service and sacrifices of local Confederate soldiers, the Savage Goodner Camp 1513 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans is dedicating a memorial plaque to Confederate Veterans interred in the Mount Zion Cemetery, 6369 Lower Helton Road, Alexandria, Tennessee (adjacent to Mt. Zion Church).
The observance will be Thursday, April 11 at 6:00 p.m. A brief ceremony at the cemetery with military and civilian re-enactors will accompany the unveiling of a memorial sign containing the names of the Confederate Veterans buried in the Mt. Zion Cemetery. Mike Corley from McMinnville will be the featured speaker. Mr. Corley is the Commander of the Savage Goodner Camp and is related to one of the Confederate Veterans buried in Mt. Zion.
The public and descendants of these men are invited to attend and witness this ceremony.
The Confederate Veterans being memorialized are:
Francis Wade Hobson, 2LT Co. A 7th Tenn. Inf.
Nathaniel Lemuel Corley, Pvt Co. F 24th Tenn. Inf.
Thomas Ford, Pvt. Co. C 2 nd Tenn. Cav.