Approximately 237 Veterans are buried at Zeta. The breakdown of the 186 war veterans is 35 Confederate War veterans, 17 World War I veterans, 90 World War II veterans, 20 Korean War veterans, and 24 Vietnam War veterans.
Tennille Zeta Cemetery Veterans
James Cecil ‘Ike’ Bevill
Corporal
United States Army
Korea
June 4, 1928 – July 23, 2022
In 1950, he was drafted to serve in the Korean War. He was deployed to serve on the front lines along the 38th parallel as part of the 36th Engineers Combat Group.
Willie Clyde Bland
Staff Sergeant
United States Air Force
Korea
March 22, 1931 – November 29, 2024
Buford Oliver Boatright
During World War II Buford served his country for 3 years in the US Navy participating in both the invasion of Normandy and the occupation of Japan, on the destroyer USS Walke, for which he was one of the plank owners.
George Dennis Bussell
Private First Class
United States Army
World War II
November 7, 1920 – May 11, 2008
Charlie Earl Byrne Sr.
Sergeant
United States Army Air Corps
World War II
June 8, 1921 – October 2, 1988
Euall T. Cook
United States Navy
World War II
Career Retired
April 27, 1909 – July 2, 1981
Talmadge Lee ‘Teenie’ Cook
United States Air Force
Korea
August 5, 1935 – November 25, 2013
Harry E. Cunningham Sr.
Seaman First Class
United States Navy
Enlisted – April 26, 1944
Discharged – May 24, 1946
World War II
July 5, 1926 – May 27, 2003
Alvin Fleming Davis
Sergeant
Co. H, 60th Infantry, 9th Division
Killed in Action – France
November 24, 1917 – June 15, 1944
Frederick Gaddey ‘Fred’ Davis
Staff Sergeant
United States Army
World War II
April 2, 1921 – September 4, 1984
Otis Crawford Davis
SSM2
United States Navy
World War II
Fought in the Pacific
October 29, 1914 – July 12, 2007
Truett Irwin Elton
United States Merchant Marines
November 12, 1924 – February 7, 2025
Following his time at North Georgia College, Mr. Elton joined the United States Merchant Marines, training in Brooklyn, NY, before being stationed in San Pedro, CA. He served admirably across eight different ships during his service.
Charles Perry Ennis
Machinist Mate 3
United States Navy
USS Alshain – October 23, 1950 – August 13, 1954;
Korea
December 30, 1930 – January 28, 2004
Minor Jackson “MJ” Etheridge, Jr.
Corporal
United States Marine Corps
World War II
Served in the Pacific Theater in the Philippines
March 13, 1923 – November 7, 2008
Thomas H. Fields
Private First Class
121st Infantry, 8th Infantry Division
United States Army
Killed in Action – France
September 17, 1917 – July 15, 1944
Harry Clayton Gilbert, Jr.
Motor Machinist’s Mate 1st Class
United States Navy
World War II
July 3, 1916 – August 18, 2011
William Benjamin Hall
Technician 5th Grade
335th Infantry, 84th Infantry Division
United States Army
Killed in Action – Luxembourg, Belgium
July 3, 1918 – January 3, 1945
Edward J. “E.J.” Harrelson
Master Sergeant
United States Air Force
Korea, Vietnam
Retired after 22 years of service
July 1, 1935 – March 22, 2010
Henry Phillip Harrelson
United States Navy
World War II
March 16, 1906 – June 11, 1990
Thomas William Hood
86th Infantry Division, 911 Battalion European Theater
United States Army
World War II
December 8, 1922 – March 31, 2014
Jon Eston Ingram Sr.
Specialist Fifth Class
United States Army
Vietnam
October 11, 1946 – January 26, 2013
Newton Mathias “Newt” Jordan
Sergeant
Co. C, 5th GA Reserves
Confederate States of America
April 14, 1846 – February 16, 1930
May 25, 1864, Jordan transferred from Findlay’s Battalion, Georgia Militia to Company C, 5th Georgia Reserves as a Sergeant.
Noah Andrew Lindsey
United States Army
World War II
May 20, 1916 – March 19, 1986
Iverson Lord
Sergeant
Captain Guerard’s Battery,
Georgia Light Artillery
Confederate States of America
November 3, 1844 – March 28, 1928 Sergeant Lord enlisted December 10, 1862 in Macon, Georgia.
Solomon Harris Brantley Massey
1st Sergeant/1st Lieutenant
Co. D, 59th GA Infantry
Confederate States of America
October 10, 1834 – September 29, 1917 He enlisted as 1st Sergeant, May 8, 1862, in Tennille, Georgia. He was elected 2nd Lieutenant in 1863. Wounded at Knoxville, Tennessee on November 29, 1863 and surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9th, 1865.
Horace Anderson Mathis, Jr.
United States Army Veteran
November 7, 1927 – December 31, 2009
Lewis Adolphus Matthews Sr.
Private/Sergeant
Co. K, Co. C, 5th GA Reserved Confederate States of America
March 5, 1846 – January 5, 1913
Sergeant Matthews served as a Sergeant in Co. C and K, Findlay’s Ordnance, 5th GA Reserves, and later, was an officer in Camp Smith, United Confederate Veterans/UCV. Findlay’s Ordnance guarded the Macon Arsenal in Macon, Georgia, as well as rode the railroad when ordnance was being transported. Findlay’s Ordnance became part of the the 5th Georgia Reserves at both Camps Cobb and Oglethorpe near Macon.
William Chandler McMaster, Sr.
Chief Petty Officer
United States Navy
Korea
July 27, 1913 – December 7, 1997
James Evans Meldrim
Private
Co. C, 1st Olmstead’s GA Infantry Confederate States of America
October 30, 1837 – December 1915
He enlisted as a private in Company C, 1st Regiment, Georgia Infantry, (Olmstead’s), August 20, 1861. He was captured at Chattahoochee, Georgia on July 5, 1864. At Camp Douglas in Illinois he took an oath of allegiance to U. S. Government and was released March 13, 1865. Pension records show he was at Baltimore, Maryland at surrender.
George Washington Morris
Private/Corporal
Co. D, 59th GA Infantry
Confederate States of America
March 29, 1845 – January 22, 1924
Morris enlisted as a Private in Captain Horatio N. Hollifield’s Battery Light Artillery, Georgia State Troops, on February 22, 1862. He mustered out at Savannah, Georgia in May of 1862 and then enlisted as a Private in Company D, 59th, GA Infantry.
Daniel Clark Moye
United States Air Force
Served from 1950-1954
Korea
August 29, 1930 – November 10, 2018
Robert J. Moye
Private
Co. B, 12 Battalion, GA Light Artillery Confederate States of America
January 26, 1846 – August 6, 1906
Private First Class
World War II
Killed in Action in Germany March 4, 1945 . Carl was one of three brothers Killed in Action in World War II.
September 15, 1923-March 4, 1945
Zeta Cemetery, Tennille, GA
Harold C. Mullis
Private
United States Army
World War II
Private Mullis entered the service in March of 1943 and was Killed in Action in Italy on February 27, 1944
June 19, 1921 – February 27, 1944
John Oscar Mullis
Private
3rd Marine Division
United States Marine Corps
World War II
July 15, 1919 – March 7, 1945
He was Killed in Action on Iwo Jima on March 7, 1945. He was one of three brothers Killed in Action in World War II.
Milton Green Murchison
Corporal
Co. G, 59th GA Regiment
Confederate States of America
April 12, 1845 – December 31, 1927
Murchison enlisted as a Private in Co. C, 7th GA State Troops on November 16, 1861. He mustered out May 1, 1862, and was appointed Corporal of Co. G, 59th Regiment, GA Infantry on May 6, 1862. On July 10, 1863 he was wounded at Funkstown, Maryland and on May 6, 1864 at Wilderness, Virginia.
William E. Murchison
Corporal
Co. H, 2nd GA State Troops;
Co. G, 59th Regiment, GA Infantry Confederate States of America
June 25, 1847 – January 21, 1918
Wilmot Benjamin “Buddy” Ouzts Jr.
Captain
United States Army
World War II
Lieutenant Colonel
National Guard
October 18, 1919 – June 27, 2012
Zeta Cemetery, Tennille, Washington County, GA
He served as a reconnaissance officer during World War II in the Pacific Theatre. This group was then known as the “Alamo Scouts”. He was awarded a Bronze Star Medal and in 1988 the “Special Forces Shoulder Tab” for his distinguished service with the “Alamo Scouts” As a member of the National Guard, which he joined in 1949, he was instrumental in the creation of the Sandersville Unit. He retired from this unit in 1979 at a Lieutenant Colonel.
George Washington Peacock
Private/Sergeant/Captain
Co. E, 1st Ramsey’s GA Infantry Lieutenant
Co. E, 12 GA Battalion Georgia Light Artillery
Confederate States of America
September 12, 1838 – August 13, 1916
Private Peacock was appointed Sergeant, and then mustered out of Co. E, 1st Ramsey’s GA Infantry on March 18, 1862. He was elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant of 3rd Company B, 12th Battalion, GA Light Artillery, May 1, 1862. He moved up to both 2nd and 1st Lieutenant. He was wounded on October 4th, 1864.
Joseph Harris Peacock
Private
Co. K, 5th GA Reserves
Confederate States of America
October 5, 1846 – December 3, 1927
Charles Woodrow Price
Specialist Fourth Class
United States Army Signal Corps
June 6, 1950 – July 21, 2022
James R. Pritchard
Private
Co. G, 57th GA Infantry
Confederate States of America
December 2, 1845 – July 9, 1899
Pritchard enlisted on December 19, 1862 in the Co. G, 57th GA Infantry. He was captured at Salisbury, North Carolina on April 12, 1865 and sent to Camp Chase Ohio.
John Wesley ‘Johnny’ Rhodes
United States Air Force
March 18, 1948 – February 2, 2022
Emory Aldine Sheppard
Merchant Marines 1944 – 1945
Private First Class
United States Army 1945 – 1946
World War II
September 30, 1925 – June 23, 2016
Charles Vestus Smith, Sr.
United States Army
World War II
March 10, 1923 – February 19, 2003
Isaac L. Smith II
1st Lieutenant
Co. H, 28th GA Infantry
Confederate States of America
April 13, 1825 – September 20, 1889
John Holder Smith Sr.
Staff Sergeant
United States Marine Corps
World War II
January 26, 1925 – October 21, 2003
William Bobby Smith Jr.
Technical Sergeant
United States Army
World War II
May 18, 1918 – January 29, 1998
Bobby Claude Strickland
Airman First Class
United States Air Force
Korea
March 31, 1934 – February 24, 2013
Calvin Cooledge Sweat, Sr.
United States Army
World War II
September 7, 1923 – November 8, 1990
Calvin Cooledge Sweat, Jr.
Specialist Fourth Class
United States Army
Vietnam
December 15, 1949 – November 18, 2005
Richard Taylor
Private
Co. E, 60th GA Infantry
Confederate States of America
1821 – 1875
Taylor began as a Private on August 8, 1861. He transferred to 2nd Company I, 38th GA Regiment, Georgia Infantry on September 1, 1862; to 2nd Company A, 60th Regiment, Georgia Infantry on March 1, 1863; to Company K, 61 Regiment Alabama Infantry, April 11, 1864.
Alfriend Hayes Trawick
Private
Co. C, 49th GA Infantry
Confederate States of America
September 20, 1833 – December 23, 1914 Enlisted as a Private on March 4, 1862 and was discharged with a disability on December 4, 1862. He enlisted again as a Private in Company D, 3rd Georgia Militia. In April of 1865 he surrendered in Augusta Georgia.
Julius Franklin Tyson
Corporal
United States Army
World War I
January 15, 1894 – August 22, 1979
Robert Moses Tyson
Private
Co. A, 5th Infantry
United States Army
World War I
April 13, 1894 – June 2, 1969
Thomas Irvin Tyson
Private
Co. E, Ramsey’s GA Infantry
Confederate States of America
1830 – 1900
Private Tyson enlisted on May 15, 1861 at Augusta, Georgia in Company E, 1st Georgia Infantry. He mustered out on March 18, 1862 and reenlisted as a Private in 3rd Company B, 12th Battalion, Georgia Light Artillery on May 1, 1862. He was wounded at Fisher’s Hill Virginia on September 22, 1864.
Allen Thomas Veal
Technician 5th Grade
United States Army
World War II
May 8, 1905 – January 12, 2007
John H. Veal
Co. H, 2nd GA State Troops
Confederate States of America
1826 – April 18, 1905
Veal enlisted in Sandersville in 1862 and served with Company H/K of the 2nd Georgia State Troops
Leonard Claude ‘Dick’ Warren
Sergeant
United States Army
World War II
June 12, 1918 – June 1, 1968
Richard Rodney Warren
Master Sergeant United States Air Force Vietnam/Career January 21, 1947 – August 11, 2025
Warren served for 24 years with the United States Air Force, attaining the rank of Master Sergeant. During his career with the United States Air Force, he traveled the world with assignments in Korea, Europe and multiple assignments throughout the United States, including Hawaii. He was a decorated Vietnam War veteran and received multiple recognitions, including the Bronze Star for Valor, the fourth highest combat award in the United States Armed Forces.
Henry Grady Webb
Private
Base Hospital 113th
United States Army
World War I
March 21, 1889 – July 2, 1964
Samuel Whitaker
Private First Class
Medical Department
United States Army
World War I
July 21, 1891 – April 29, 1965
Leo Moore Wilkes Sr.
1st Sergeant
United States Army
World War I
September 20, 1891 – March 14, 1981
Cecil Wayne Wommack, Sr.
United States Navy
Korea
March 26, 1930 – January 15, 1991
James Henry Yates
Private
United States Army
World War I
June 8, 1892 – March 21, 1960