FLDOS Zion Cemetery Oral Histories: African American Burial Grounds Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Antoinette Jackson
Publication Date
Summer 2025
Date
2025-05-21
Abstract
Bentley Plummer shares his family connection to Zion Cemetery in Tampa, Florida. As the family genealogist, he discovered that his great-grandmother, Rachel Williams, and his aunt, Jennie Jerlean Williams, are buried there. Jennie was born on August 31, 1913, to Robert L. Williams and Lila Crane Williams, and died on January 13, 1914. Robert and Lila were the parents of Plummer’s mother, Sarah Williams Plummer. He emphasizes the importance of recognizing the history of Zion Cemetery and the role of Rachel Williams as a matriarch whose support contributed to her sons’ success in Tampa’s cigar industry.
Keywords
Zion Cemetery (Tampa Fla.), Cigar industry, Black businesspeople, Florida. Department of State, Genealogy, Urban redevelopment, Families--History, Rachel Williams (1860-1915), M. Geraldine Williams, Jay Andrew Williams (1944-)
Extent
00:36:21; 17 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.)
Language
English
Digital Date
2025
Media Type
Oral history
Format
Digital only
Identifier
zion_oral_histories_1006
Recommended Citation
Plummer, Bentley, "Bentley Plummer Oral History Interview" (2025). FLDOS Zion Cemetery Oral Histories: African American Burial Grounds Oral History Project. 6.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/zion_oral_histories/6
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