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We have commemorative bookmarks, stickers, stationary, and other ephemera related to the projects of the Mount Zion Memorial Fund.  In exchange for donations, we will gladly send you some items from our inventory.

Please make checks payable and mail to:
The Mount Zion Memorial Fund Inc.
P.O. Box 1114
Oxford, MS 38655

The Mount Zion Memorial Fund is a tax deductible 501(c)13 corporation. All donations will be used directly for the placing and upkeep of cemeteries. Thank you.

For more information, contact us at tmoriver@gmail.com.

We also accept donations via debit card, credit card, and Paypal.  Click the 'Donate' button below.

Upcoming Fundraiser

On September 3, 2015, the MZMF is sponsoring a benefit concert to repair and raise the sunken and sullen grave marker of Eugene Powell, aka Sonny Boy Nelson, at the Blind Pig in Oxford, Mississippi.  Local-based musicians Eric Deaton, Davis Coen, and the eminent Tyler Keith will perform at the event.

“Sonny Boy Nelson’s greatness,” Keith asserted, “and his influence owe much to his knowledge of all types of songs from blues to novelty to dance numbers…It’s important to celebrate this tradition. It’s always good to have a place blues nerds, drunken white boys and those seeking some sort of mojo, can get drunk and leave an empty bottle of liquor.”

Special thanks to Rebecca Long Snow at the Local Voice.

Sam Chatmon update

Sanders Garden Memorial Cemetery, Hollandale, Mississippi

Thanks to the Mississippi Blues Foundation, the Indianola Blues Society, Mortimer Funeral Home, and all the other generous contributors who made this project possible. The bench will be erected forthwith! And a formal dedication will follow later this year.

Special thanks to Euphus Ruth and Libby Rae Watson (in photo w/ guitar) who did the lion's share of work on this project. Libby has now performed at his funeral in February 1983, his headstone dedication in March 1998, and the installation of his new beveled headstone on August 10, 2015--"Sitting on Top of the World."

Sam Chatmon's new headstone and commemorative bench

Sam Chatmon's new beveled headstone and commemorative bench floated down the Mississippi River on flatboats yesterday to Greenville, Mississippi. Thanks to all who contributed to this project. We hope to have them both installed within the next couple of weeks!!!

Photographs of marker: Euphus Ruth
Photograph on marker: Rambling Steve Gardner