Big Zion AME Zion Church fifty years members

Mrs. Emma Picken, was born in 1892 and died in 1976. She is buried in Big Zion Cemetery. Mrs. Idella Cosby was born in 1889. Her time of death is unknown. Mrs. Lilly Harrison Zanders was born in 1891 and died in 1975. She was married to Edward Zanders and they lived in Roseland, Louisiana, according to the 1950 United States Federal Census. Mrs. Rose Curry was born in 1894, she as married to Oscar Curry. 

Source: Amite Genealogy Library

Rev. & Mrs. Hollis Callahan

Rev. Hollis Callahan was the Presiding Elder of Big Zion African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in 1971.  Big Zion Church is the oldest Black Church in Tangipahoa Parish. Rev. Hollis was born around 1905 in Roseland, Louisiana. He was the son of  Sam and Virginia Callahan. His siblings were; Aluman, Emma, James M., Daniella, Della, Rosetta, Herman, and William according to the 1910 United States Federal Census. Rev. Hollis Callahan died in 1999. He is buried in Big Zion Cemetery.

Source: Dedicatory Service Booklet (1971) Amite Genealogy Library