Avery County, NC - McCoury's Rock Cemetery

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AVERY COUNTY

McCOURY'S ROCK CEMETERY

LOCATION:   Between Plumtree and Frank.  From the Mitchell County 
line drive 13.7 miles north on 19-E.  Park at McCoury's Rock F.W.B. 
Church.  The cemetery is up the hill on your left, if facing the 
church.  You might be able to drive up the grassed over access road 
but turning around would be difficult; walking up is fairly easy for 
most people but it is steep.

ACCESSIBILITY:   Moderate. 

CONDITION:   Very good.

OLDEST DATED GRAVE:   # 35,   1901

SURNAMES:   BEAM, BUCHANAN, BURLESON, DANIELS, ERWIN, GRIFFITH, McCOURY, 
McKINNEY, MARTINCAK, MERIDIETH, PRITCHARD, SCROGGS, WARD.

1.   Will McKinney
1911
1997
S/o Thomas & America Hoilman McKinney.

2.   Odie McKinney
1912
1998
Wife of # 1.   
D/o Harrison B. & Lillian Greene Oaks.

3.   (Living)

4.   Bruce A. McKinney
4 Feb 1927
10 April 1997
S/o Bud & Pearl Buchanan McKinney.

5.   Richard C. Buchanan
5 April 1915
26 June 2004
S/o Eden Vanderbilt & Martha McKinney Buchanan.

6.   Aretis P. Buchanan
9 March 1912
1 July 1991
Wife of # 5.   
D/o Tilman & Faitha Jones Pritchard.

7.   Faye McCoury
26 Nov 1918
26 Jan 2004		
D/o Charlie & Lottie McKinney English.

8.   Frank McCoury
9 Nov 1916
2 June 1998
Husband of # 7.   
S/o 17 & 18.

9.   Zellan E. McCoury
2 Feb 1909
9 Oct 1999
S/o 17 & 18.

10.   (Living)

11.   Grace Beam
11 March 1927
21 Aug 1994
D/o 12 & 13.

12.   Lola Beam
24 April 1911
26 Oct 1993
D/o Sam & Jane Hughes Smith.

13.   Ensley Beam
22 Aug 1904
26 Dec 1977
Husband of # 12.   
S/o Fred & Minnie Buchanan Beam.

14.   Billy Eugene Daniels
22 April 1933
15 May 1995
S/o Dorothy Daniels.

15.   Loddie E. McCoury
22 Feb 1898
13 June 1962
S/o Benjamin M. & Matilda Freeman McCoury.

16.  Dora G. McCoury
18 July 1901
15 Dec 1982
Wife of # 15.   
D/o Chet Greene.

17.   Maude N. McCoury
24 Oct 1888
11 April 1977
(Maude McKinney).

18.   Mackie H. McCoury
26 June 1884
29 July 1968
Husband of # 17.   
S/o Benjamin M. & Matilda Freeman McCoury.

19.   Lonnie Ray McCoury
5 June 1911
19 Dec 1940
S/o 17 & 18.

20.   Unknown

21.   Wesley W. Burleson
29 Oct 1883
5 Oct 1958
S/o Thomas Scott & Mary Ann Buchanan Burleson.

22.   Dovie G. Burleson
24 March 1877
18 May 1958
(Dovie Greene).   
Wife of # 21.

23.   Marjorie M. Burleson
18 Nov 1908
24 March 1993
D/o 26 & 27.

24.   Jeff W. Burleson
7 May 1906
11 June 1984
Husband of # 23.   
S/o 21 & 22.

25.   Pansy T. McCoury
---
16 May 1902
"Aged 2 mos 4 days".

26.   Julia Erwin McCoury
12 March 1871
5 Dec 1947
D/o Robert A. & Eliza C. Erwin.

27.   Isom Ensley McCoury
6 Feb 1872
29 Sept 1954
Husband of # 26.   
S/o 33 & 34.

28.   Robert S. Burleson
23 July 1910
10 March 1972
S/o 21 & 22.

29.   Hazel G. Burleson
18 Nov 1910
25 Feb 2002
Wife of # 28.   
D/o 30 & 31.

30.   Tenny M. Griffith
18 May 1886
16 Dec 1932
D/o 33 & 34.

31.   Seth J. Griffith
8 March 1887
23 June 1968
Husband of # 30.   
S/o Henry Mathison & Jennie Bradshaw Griffith.

32.   Jack McCoury
13 Feb 1884
21 May 1949
S/o 33 & 34.

33.   Margaret Jane McCoury
21 Feb 1848
14 Feb 1920
D/o Andrew Jackson & Sarah Wilhite McCourry.

34.   Tilman H. McCoury, [Rev.]
—     [17 June 1841]
—     [24 Jan 1931]
"Sgt., Co K, 3rd NC Mtd Inf, CSA".   
Husband of # 33.   
S/o Zephaniah & Jane Phillips McCoury.

35.   Harriet Vernal McCoury
26 March 1879
10 Sept 1901
D/o 33 & 34.

36.   Herman J. Buchanan
18 April 1914
24 July 1960
S/o David Taylor & Janette Buchanan Buchanan.

37.   Marie M. Buchanan
11 Nov 1908
11 Aug 1998
Wife of # 36.   
D/o 43 & 44.

38.   Christine Marie Buchanan
26 June 1951
24 Jan 1996

39.   Eddie Arcus Beam
5 June 1939
13 June 1988
S/o 68 & 69.

40.   Birdie McCoury
22 Oct 1886
8 Dec 1965
D/o Robert Jefferson & Emma Pritchard Burleson.

41.   Raymond McCoury
25 July 1886
14 Aug 1969
Husband of # 40.   
S/o Benjamin M. & Matilda Freeman McCoury.

42.   Helen McCoury
17 Feb 1922
24 June 1980
D/o 40 & 41.

43.   John S. Pritchard
23 Aug 1865
28 Dec 1939
S/o Benjamin & Mollie Hughes Pritchard.

44.   Senia A. Pritchard
27 March 1871
23 Aug 1948
Wife of # 43.   
D/o 33 & 34.

45.   Unknown

46.   Unknown

47.   Carolyn Marlene McCoury
12 Oct 1942
10 Nov 1942
D/o Marlin Victor Erwin.

48.   Jewell Erwin Scroggs
31 Aug 1915
20 Dec 1975
D/o 49 & 50.

49.   Date McCoury Erwin
30 Sept 1891
15 Feb 1933
D/o 33 & 34.

50.   Martin Erwin
12 Feb 1892
8 Dec 1928
Husband of # 49.

51.   Unknown

52.   Unknown

53.   Unknown

54.   Unknown

55.   Tommy McCoury
1935
1961
(Probably) s/o 58 & 59.

56.   (Living)

57.   Colleen McCoury Martincak, MD
2 Oct 1951
30 Sept 2005
D/o 58 & 59.

58.   Eddie C. McCoury
18 May 1907
13 Feb 1956
S/o 60 & 61.

59.   Anna R. McCoury
12 Nov 1909
6 May 1974
(Anna Barbara Roth).   
Wife of # 58.   

60.   Maude P. McCoury
25 Dec 1884
17 Jan 1973
(Maude Pitman).

61.   T.Y. McCoury
10 June 1881
31 May 1937
(Tilman Y. McCoury).   
Husband of # 60.  
S/o 33 & 34.

62.   Delmar Ward
25 Nov 1959
5 April 2007
S/o Walter Scott & Maxine Bowen Ward.

63.   Unknown

64.   G.L. Beam
—     [c. 1815]
---
(George L. Beam).   
"Co. H, 8th Tenn Cav."
S/o Daniel & Sarah Solena Summers Beam.

65.   Unknown

66.   Unknown

67.   Maggie Beam
25 May 1883
4 Feb 1954

68.   Arcus Beam
9 June 1902
15 Dec 1973
(Probably) s/o Fred & Minnie Buchanan Beam.

69.   Jennie H. Beam
5 July 1901
5 Oct 1990
Wife of # 68.   
D/o James & Carolina Hobson.

70.   W.F. Meridieth
1856
1922
(Name spelled as it is on the stone).

71.   Zelzah McCourry
20 Oct 1903
9 March 1974
S/o 26 & 27.

72.   Minnie Jo McKinney McCoury
28 March 1900
16 Oct 1997
Wife of # 71.   
D/o Waitsell Marion & Alice Jane Biddix McKinney.

73.   David McCoury
10 Aug 1946
4 Sept 1996
S/o 58 & 59.

74.   (Living)

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