Avery County, NC - Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery AVERY COUNTY BETHEL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY LOCATION: On 19-E about one mile inside Avery County, driving from Spruce Pine. Turn right at the top of a hill when you see the sign and the church. The cemetery access road is a steep right turn from the front of the church. ACCESSIBILITY: Easy. CONDITION: Very good. Nice view of Green Valley. OLDEST DATED GRAVE: # 41, 1978. SURNAMES: AUSTIN, BUCHANAN, BUNTON, BURNETTE, CASSIDA, COOK, FISHER, GOFORTH, GREENE, HENLINE, HOLLIFIELD, HUGHES, HUSKINS, INGRAM, JONES, LEDFORD, McCLELLAN, McFALES, McKINNEY, MURDOCK, OLLIS, PITTMAN, STAMEY, STATON, WHETSTINE, WILSON, WISE, WISEMAN 1. Paul Edward Whetstine 30 June 1925 19 May 2004 S/o Fred & Ada Grindstaff Whetstine. 2. (Living) 3. (Living) 4. Larry Fisher 27 Sept 1973 18 Sept 2001 S/o Joe & Nellie Carpenter Fisher. 5. (Living) 6. Thomas M. Wiseman 6 Aug 1944 5 Aug 2000 S/o Dick & Clarece Wiseman. 7. (Living) 8. George J. McClellan 28 Dec 1930 30 March 2000 S/o 40 & 41. 9. (Living) 10. Michael Dale Shook 3 July 1996 14 April 1998 S/o Mike & Michelle Shepard Shook. 11. Tilmon B. Jones 1 April 1915 4 Nov 2000 12. Kate Jones 12 Jan 1928 11 March 2006 Wife of # 11. 13. Lawrence R. Ledford 31 Jan 1934 1 March 2003 S/o Albert & Hattie Patrick Ledford. 14. (Living) 15. Bill P. Murdock 21 July 1944 10 March 2001 16. Carolyn G. Murdock 4 Jan 1945 24 July 2000 Wife of # 15. 17. Charles D. Freeman 29 Jan 1910 24 April 1997 S/o William Larkin & Fannie Blalock Freeman. 18. Zora B. Freeman 8 June 1908 1 Jan 1988 (Zora Biddix). Wife of # 17. 19. William Shelby Cassida 28 March 1931 11 June 1988 "Korea". S/o David Crockett & Martha Gouge Cassida. 20. Maxine F. Cassida 23 Aug 1933 28 March 1997 Wife of # 19. D/o 17 & 18. 21. W. Avery Goforth 13 Dec 1913 10 Nov 2002 S/o Merritt & Lula Thacker Goforth. 22. (Living) 23. Diane Ingram 20 Sept 1954 6 Sept 1989 D/o James & Joannah Laughter. 24. Suzanne Marie Hughes 21 Dec 1995 21 Dec 1995 25. Kerwin Cuaptano McFales 25 Oct 2005 26 Nov 2005 26. Kyla McFales 25 Oct 2005 29 Nov 2005 27. (Living) 28. Norma Sue Bunton 26 Sept 1946 2 Dec 1995 D/o David Lincoln & Zora Burrus Clark. 29. Harold Alvin Huskins 29 May 1928 24 July 2003 S/o Alvin & Sallie Johnson Huskins. 30. (Living) 31. Bobby Cook 8 Aug 1932 25 Oct 1992 S/o Ross & Clara Cook. 32. (Living) 33. (Living) 34. Anna F. Buchanan 31 March 1944 6 June 1997 D/o Edgar & Maggie Stafford Ledford. 35. (Living) 36. Burnie W. Staton 25 June 1907 14 May 1985 S/o Charlie & Bettie Peters Staton. 37. Edna M. Staton 4 April 1908 17 March 1993 Wife of # 36. D/o Will & Eliza Woody McClellan. 38. Vance H. McClellan 8 Feb 1933 7 March 1984 S/o 40 & 41. 39. (Living) 40. Ellen J. McClellan 30 May 1899 21 Feb 1989 D/o Joseph & Mary Jones. 41. Herbert L. McClellan 26 May 1905 7 Sept 1978 Husband of # 40. S/o Will & Eliza Woody McClellan. 42. Arnold M. Ollis 16 June 1921 8 Aug 1998 S/o George Washington & Ida Singleton Ollis. 43. (Living) 44. Floyd Y. Ollis 1 June 1927 4 May 1983 S/o George Washington & Ida Singleton Ollis. 45. Grace M. Ollis 18 April 1929 26 Oct 1990 46. Roy C. Ollis 6 May 1914 15 Jan 1987 S/o George Washington & Ida Singleton Ollis. 47. Ethel C. Wise 13 March 1911 17 Feb 1990 48. Adam Lee Freeman 7 April 1914 23 Oct 1992 S/o Charlie & Effie Estes Freeman. 49. Nora Ellen Freman 15 Sept 1912 14 April 1990 Wife of # 48. 50. Johnnie Robert Pittman 25 Sept 1936 25 Jan 1985 S/o Coleman & Rhoda Pittman. 51. (Living) 52. Arthur B. Buchanan 20 March 1932 13 Feb 1986 S/o Green & Lizzie Duncan Buchanan. 53. Johnny W. Henline, Jr. 10 Feb 1963 18 Sept 2001 S/o Wayne & Pat Henline. 54. Jonathan Kyle Henline 30 Sept 1988 30 Sept 1988 S/o Jerry & Amy Boone Henline. 55. Mark Ray Henline 8 May 1986 26 Dec 1988 S/o Jerry & Amy Boone Henline. 56. Jeremy Shane Ollis 7 Feb 1975 14 Oct 1995 S/o Wayne & Patricia Silver Ollis. 57. Mack J. Staton 12 Nov 1912 10 April 1989 58. Ethel Staton 4 Jan 1920 28 Dec 1997 Wife of # 57. D/o David & Mollie King McClellan. 59. Clay McClellan 4 March 1925 2 Nov 1997 S/o 40 & 41. 60. Helen P. McClellan 23 Feb 1928 16 April 1998 Wife of # 59. D/o Gaither & Ada Carpenter Phillips. 61. Judy C. Burnette 15 Nov 1945 5 July 1999 D/o 59 & 60. 62. Evelyn Buchanan 6 Oct 1933 23 Dec 1999 63. Michael Van Stamey 8 Dec 1970 12 May 1989 64. (Living) 65. Judith M. Hollifield 10 March 1960 16 March 2006 "D/o Arthur & Reba Hollifield". 66. Patrick Scott Jones 22 March 1971 2 July 1990 "S/o Richard & Alma Jones". 67. Earl G.C. Ollis 11 Feb 1929 4 Jan 1997 68. Marie Ledford 18 April 1931 9 April 2003 D/o Owen & Bessie Lee Matthews Asycue. 69. Zeb Vance Greene, Jr. 17 Sept 1954 9 Sept 1995 S/o 70 & 71. 70. Zeb Vance Greene 30 July 1928 23 Jan 2000 "WWII", "Korea". S/o Luther & Jadie Greene. 71. (Living) 72. Norris M. Wilson 1935 2002 73. (Living) 74. Barney R. McKinney 28 Jan 1924 28 May 2004 "WWII". S/o Melvin & Mary Jane Autrey McKinney. 75. (Living) 76. Robin Carver Austin 23 Sept 1968 14 April 1998 "S/o Luther & Phyllis Austin". ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mark Lawson - rmlawson67@hotmail.com ______________________________________________________________________