BURKE COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Missionary Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed (with the author’s permission) for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: W. D. Floyd ==================================================================== MISSIONARY RIDGE BAPTIST CEMETERY Burke County, NC By W. D. Floyd To get to this cemetery from Morganton, NC go south on Highway US-64 about 4-6 miles and find Jenkins Road going off to the east. It is almost adjacent to Denton's Chapel Church. It will be about a mile out Jenkins Road. You will see the back of the church and a new driveway going in at the back of the church. I did the audit November 3, 2000 and I started in the southeast corner. There is quite a number of unmarked graves in this cemetery. THE SURNAMES ANDERS, ANGER, BARRA, BASS, BENFIELD, BENTON, BERRY, BOLLINGER, BOMAN, BOWMAN, BROWN, BUFF, BYRD, CARSWELL, CAUSBY, CHAPMAN, CHRONISTER, CLARK, CLARKE, COOK, COURTNEY, CRAWFORD, CRAWLEY, DALE, DUCKWORTH, EARWOOD, EDWARDS, ENGLAND, EPLEY, FARR, GATES, GURLEY, GWYN, HAMER, HAMRICK, HINES, HOLLAND, HOUSER, HUDSON, JOHNSON, LAIL, LANCE, LANE, MOODY, MORRIS, NORMAN, PATTON, PEARSON, PHILLIPS, PIERCY, POTEAT, POWELL, PRESSLEY, PROPST, PRUETT, PUFFER, RICH, ROPER, RUDICIL, SAUNDERS, SCOTT, SHUPING, SMITH, STACY, SUTTLE, VICKORY, WARLICK, WATERS, WATTS, WILLIAMS Norman, Mack Wesley Feb 19, 1932 Nov 12, 1999 Norman, Harriet Yount Sep 24, 1934 ---- Married Feb 16, 1952 Lail, Larry A. Aug 14, 1943 ---- Gwyn, Jennie F. Jun 9, 1923 ---- Gwyn, William W. Aug 8, 1922 ---- Lance, Margie G. Jul 25, 1947 ----- Lance, Terry J. Jul 12, 1943 Mar 31, 1999 Piercy, Howard Nov 8, 1922 Sep 15, 1996 WW II Piercy, Pearl C. Aug 15, 1925 ----- Chapman, Lee Jan 3, 1879 Jan 10, 1961 Chapman, Lola W. Mar 31, 1888 Feb 10, 1988 Chapman, Oscar D. May 23, 1901 Feb 28, 1976 Children: Pearl, Nell, Mary, Martha Chapman, Ila W. Jul 15, 1906 ---- Married Aug 15, 1924 Saunders, Odas H. Dec 7, 1923 Sep 24, 1982 WW II Saunders, Nell C. May 24, 1929 ---- Hamrick, Pauline W. 1920 1965 Hamrick, Bill B. 1924 ---- Edwards, Vicki S. Aug 25, 1956 Oct 2, 1998 Married May 19, 1978 Edwards, Tim A. Dec 29, 1954 ----- Watts, Ernest Marvin Oct 15, 1923 Jun 25, 1960 WW II Pruett, Phillip Andre Feb 5, 1956 Apr 25, 1960 Duckworth, John E. Oct 5, 1902 Apr 25, 1960 Duckworth, Minnie V. Dec 18, 1910 Dec 7, 1995 Married Jun 2, 1928 Duckworth, Donna Lynn Nov 26, 1963 Nov 27, 1963 Duckworth, J. Hardy Aug 11, 1904 May 4, 1987 Duckworth, Gertie A. Jul 1, 1914 ---- Pressley, James V. Aug 13, 1928 Sep 22, 1986 Korea Pressley, Katherine I. Feb 27, 1931 ---- Duckworth, Ruben Feb 17, 1911 Jul 28, 1953 Duckworth, John Sep 28, 1924 May 14, 1952 Duckworth, Marshall L. Oct 8, 1888 Dec 23, 1974 Duckworth, Sally Mae Oct 20, 1890 Sep 18, 1961 Smith, Charlie Samuel Jul 7, 1948 Jul 7, 1948 Smith, William L. May 23, 1914 Oct 9, 1981 Smith, Dorothy E. Sep 25, 1915 ----- Causby, Zula Gates Feb 10, 1912 Oct 22, 1993 Causby, Billy R. May 27, 1936 Jul 11, 1991 Causby, Emma Jean Jun 19, 1939 ---- Married Jun 22, 1957 Chapman, Danny L. Dec 31, 1953 Mar 1, 1954 Chapman, Phyllis A. Nov 16, 1954 Dec 4, 1954 Byrd, Daniel Moody, Sr. Sep 23, 1902 Mar 6, 1979 Byrd, Olivette Martin Dec 13, 1907 Jan 19, 2000 Byrd, Daniel Moody, Jr. Sep 28, 1945 May 3, 1973 Byrd, John A. Jan 13, 1944 May 29, 1983 Byrd, Lynda W. Sep 14, 1947 ---- Married Mar 6, 1965 Roper, Lula Louise J. Mar 18, 1886 Jan 23, 1969 Causby, Justin Curtis May 30, 1991 Jun 16, 1991 Causby, Eliza Ethel Sep 30, 1895 Jan 7, 1897 d/o CM & LA Causby, Charles Luther Jun 30, 1911 Feb 5, 1912 s/o CM & LA Farr, Infant B & D May 4, 1893 d/o RG & MA Farr, Hattie Oct 30, 1880 Mar 31, 1896 d/o RG & MA Crawley, Lee No Dates Crawley, A. Eliza Micheals Oct 12, 1858 Jun 14, 1907 Crawley, William No Dates Waters, Richard G. Jan 10, 1946 Dec 30, 1991 Waters, Eva Cline Jun 16, 1925 Jan 25, 1997 Waters, Ray Stoner Jul 9, 1922 Sep 21, 1999 WW II Scott, Linda Jean Warlick Oct 13, 1948 Apr 23, 2000 Holland, M. Viola Oct 24, 1910 Jun 25, 1979 Holland, Grover S. Aug 17, 1904 Mar 30, 1991 Warlick, Archie J. Jun 14, 1913 May 19, 1989 Warlick, Virgie C. Oct 24, 1917 Dec 12, 1990 Cook, Jeffrey Lee 1969 2000 Temp. Berry, Margaret Rollins May 22, 1916 Feb 17, 1947 Berry, Donald ?. Mar 22, 1940 Apr ?, 1940 Watts, William Zero Oct 20, 1923 ---- Watts, Jean Roper May 31, 1929 Apr 27, 1990 Phillips, William S. Jul 29, 1978 s/o Austin & Teresa Phillips, Marjorie E. Jul 29, 1978 d/o Austin & Teresa Gates, Delbert H. Jan 1, 1908 Sep 12, 1965 Unknown Clark, Elbert Tillman May 7, 1920 Apr 12, 1940 Clark, Robert K. Dec 5, 1889 Oct 25, 1914 Clark, Arthur Edney Sep 14, 1899 Jan 21, 1961 WW II Clark, John H. 1852 1947 Clark, Mary E. 1861 1907 Clark, Fannie Oct 13, 1894 Jul 20, 1895 d/o JH & ME Unknown Crawford, Rev. Robert H. Oct 19, 1835 Jan 26, 1894 Crawford, Rachel Jane Nov 25, 1842 Jan 21, 1910 w/o Robert H. Unknown Lane, Maybelle S. Jun 11, 1895 Apr 7, 1979 Smith, Daniel Rome May 30, 1919 Aug 5, 1966 Smith, Robert J. Sep 1, 1861 Nov 16, 1927 Unmarked Smith, Betty Jane Sep 2, 1862 Dec 29, 1937 Smith, Charlie S. Sep 12, 1874 Aug 22, 1943 Smith, Hubert H. Sep 7, 1908 Mar 20, 1974 Lane, Bessie Mae Aug 25, 1933 Oct 28, 1946 Roper, Charlene Elaine Aug 5, 1952 Mar 9, 1953 Smith, Rena M. Apr 16, 1883 Sep 29, 1961 Dale, Ruhama B. Jun 8, 1932 ---- Dale, Clarence D. Aug 24, 1930 Feb 19, 1999 Dale, Infant May 22, 1958 s/o Clarence D. Dale, Russell A. 1903 1952 Dale, Minnie E. 1903 1997 Smith,. Jamie Katherine Nov 23, 1969 Jan 29, 1972 Gurley, Mammie Aug 30, 1877 Mar 30, 1956 Gurley, John Henry 1847 Apr 29, 1931 Gurley, Nancy Isbelle 1860 Oct 25, 1914 Watts, Zula C. Nov 19, 1905 Oct 30, 1994 Watts, Willie Jasper Oct 26, 1900 Dec 24, 1984 Benton, Horace P. Sep 14, 1935 Dec 17, 1995 Benton, Linda J. Sep 16, 1939 ---- Married Jun 9, 1956 Shuping, David W. Oct 11, 1956 May 13, 1987 Johnson, Walter M. Nov 2, 1912 Aug 22, 1998 Johnson, Eula B. Oct 10, 1914 Nov 28, 1987 Suttle, Ethel Mae Aug 6, 1888 Jun 16, 1980 Bowman, Eliza A. 72 years Mar 22, 1903 Bowman, Samuel 73 years Dec 11, 1900 Unknown Bollinger, Andrew Dec 22, 1865 Feb 10, 1933 Bollinger, Etta Feb 3, 1875 Dec 9, 1900 Boman, J. A. Aug 5, 1851 Feb 11, 1890 Boman, James Jul 11, 1848 Jul 30, 1882 Boman, Loretah 5m, 25d Dec 3, 1862 Propst, Hugh Jackson Apr 17, 1933 Jan 6, 1993 Korea Gurley, Walter 1927 1952 Gurley, C. Luther May 22, 1899 Sep 21, 1979 Gurley, Junnie P. Jun 8, 1898 May 2, 1996 Epley, Ivey W. Sep 20, 1908 Apr 2, 1984 Epley, Lennie W. Jul 29, 1902 Oct 10, 1973 Brown, William Ed Oct 10, 1894 Jan 11, 1965 WW I Brown, Emma J. Sep 8, 1903 Mar 13, 1984 Watts, Sarah A. 1889 1974 Watts, Vance Z. 1883 1973 Earwood, Obie Sep 9, 1891 Dec 13, 1956 Earwood, Ada Feb 22, 1892 Apr 10, 1986 Earwood, Conley C. Dec 11, 1924 Aug 11, 1950 WW II Crawley, Infant Jan 1, 1897 Jan 3, 1897 i/o M & SA Crawley, Cora E. Jun 11, 1891 Jun 15, 1897 d/o M & SA Crawley, Sarah Ann Jan 31, 1868 Feb 15, 1908 w/o Mike Crawley, Mike 1851 Dec 14, 1932 Clark, Paul Edney Sep 25, 1918 Mar 21, 1989 Clark, J. Woodrow Jan 15, 1913 Sep 28, 1988 Clark, Hettie S. Mar 14, 1915 Jul 23, 1987 Clark, Norman E. Mar 3, 1944 Nov 20, 1997 Rich, M. M. May 27, 1869 Nov 24, 1888 Hines, Jane A. 1843 1884 Hines, A. R. 1833 1914 Hines, Sarah C. 1831 1878 Hines, Harriet Matilda Sep 11, ???? Oct ??, ???? d/o AR & SC Hines, Sarah M. Jul 23, 1810 Jul 31, 1868 w/o JM Watts, David Asaff Apr 11, 1857 Feb 23, 1945 Hines, M. B. No Dates Co. K 35 NC Inf. CSA Barra, Jonathan 1986 1986 Chapman, Sam Jan 9, 1898 Aug 16, 1985 Chapman, Emma May 31, 1898 Mar 28, 1940 w/o Sam Watts, Abel Jul 4, 1858 Aug 29, 1941 Watts, Mary Joe Lane Apr 19, 1859 Dec 2, 1948 w/o Abel Bass, Joseph C. Mar 23, 1895 Sep 2, 1971 Bass, Vangie W. Nov 19, 1902 ----- Clark, Annie C. 1908 1993 Clark, Clingman P. 1908 1969 Clark, Ruth R. Oct 8, 1907 --- Clark, M. Gorman May 3, 1898 Dec 7, 1969 Clark, John Robert May 12, 1930 May 20, 1949 WW II Clark, Mary Jane May 24, 1909 Feb 28, 1965 Clark, Benjamin Marcus Jun 14, 1906 Feb 6, 1968 Stacy, George L. Dec 21, 1843 Jan 9, 1920 Clark, Carma S. Dec 12, 1915 ----- Clark, John B. Apr 28, 1895 Dec 25, 1975 Stacy, Miles W. Aug 14, 1819 Mar 13, 1872 Epley, James A. Aug 20, 1834 Jun 14, 1877 Epley, Nancy E. Mar 5, 1846 Oct 27, 1975 Epley, Daniel W. Aug 24, 1875 Mar 17, 1880 s/o JA & NE Propst, Mary Clarke Dec 14, 1914 Jul 10, 1991 Propst, Clyde Houston Feb 17, 1915 Feb 27, 1970 Buff, Gary W. Apr 4, 1961 Feb 1996 Morris, Joyce A. May 28, 1942 ---- Morris, Richard N. Jun 3, 1939 May 15, 1985 Anders, Thelma C. Mar 21, 1943 ---- Anders, Keith "Red" Feb 29, 1940 May 25, 1995 Pearson, Horace Jul 4, 1918 ---- Pearson, Martha Nov 22, 1940 Mar 7, 1984 Hudson, Jess No Birth Date Dec 24, 1968 Hudson, Lemmie Aug 9, 1908 Dec 28, 1982 Pearson, Arthur Jun 1, 1925 Jun 16, 1991 Pearson, Laura Jul 4, 1880 Jan 7, 1958 Pearson, Clarence "Bud" May 1, 1935 Sep 9, 1992 Pearson, John Jul 4, 1908 Dec 11, 1946 Pearson, William 1881 1937 Lane, Eleyaleth 1840 1932 Lane, Ephraim M. No Dates Co. B. 54 NC inf. CSA Lane, Cordelia 1892 1893 d/o Henry & Elva Pearson, Nathan A. Jul 13, 1884 Jul 13, 1887 s/o W & M Clark, Robert A. 1871 1942 Clark, Martha J. 1875 1966 Clark, Benjamin No Dates Co. D 11 NC Inf. CSA Clark, Ida Chapman Mar 3, 1910 Jun 2, 1943 Houser, Claudia Mae Jul 21, 1900 Jun 29, 1955 Carswell, William G. Oct 7, 1874 Mar 25, 1962 Carswell, Sallie Clark Oct 18, 1877 Apr 21, 1966 Rudicil, Newton Filmer Sep 28, 1892 Feb 26, 1969 Rudicil, Frances L. Jul 21, 1890 Feb 9, 1947 Benfield, Tessie Lou 1894 1919 Clark, Nancy S. Oct 29, 1852 Sep 14, 1914 w/o JL Clark, Joe L. No Dates Co. B 11 NC Inf. CSA England, William Feb 7, 1817 May 15, 1894 England, Rachel May 21, 1820 Jun 10, 1885 w/o William Clark, Willie 1875 1877 Clark, Belvia F. Jan 29, 1902 Mar 5, 1902 d/o MP & AE Pearson, Maggie 1856 Jan 28, 1898 w/o George Poteat, Minnie Lovelace Feb 26, 1951 Feb 22, 1995 Chronister, Rev. Clarence Mar 6, 1908 Feb 12, 1990 Chronister, Lillie Mae Sep 30, 1908 Sep 1, 2000 Married May 5, 1928 Smith, Mary Jane Sep 16, 1960 1965 Lane, Nancy J. 1869 1897 Smith, Spiey A. 1843 1917 Smith, Thomas 1842 1918 Clarke, Ruby P. Jun 20, 1930 Jan 12, 1993 Clark, Solan A. Feb 10, 1913 Sep 7, 1914 Clark, Edward A. Feb 13, 1920 Apr 14, 1933 Clark, Margaret Estell Jan 27, 1926 Dec 23, 1945 Clark, Worth Joe May 3, 1917 May 20, 1949 WW II Clark, John Ivey May 11, 1888 Dec 3, 1956 Clark, Nettie Estell Amos Sep 17, 1890 Nov 26, 1961 Clarke, Lillian A. Nov 22, 1918 Mar 28, 1988 Powell, Kimberly A. Feb 5, 1966 ---- Clarke, Harold McDonald Oct 21, 1938 May 15, 1994 Clark, Amanda Elizabeth Dale Jul 21, 1881 Jun 30, 1958 Clark, Mills Pinkney Aug 10, 1870 Sep 22, 1918 Vickory, Lottie E. Clarke 1903 1929 Clark, Joseph Alexander Mar 2, 1920 Mar 14, 1920 Clark, Infant Mar 30, 1915 Apr 15, 1915 s/o MP & AE Clark, Rosia Lee Dec 20, 1908 Jan 20, 1911 d/o MP & AE Clark, Steve E. May 11, 1934 Sep 13, 1959 Clark, Manley E. Dec 26, 1906 Jul 31, 1977 WW II Clark, Paul Dale Nov 18, 1941 Sep 29, 1977 Lane, Regenia Meshell Jun 11, 1976 Jun 12, 1976 Lane, Maggie P. Sep 19, 1919 ----Married Jun 15, 1940 Lane, Wesley Aug 18, 1920 Feb 20, 1969 Lane, Nannie S. Feb 14, 1895 Dec 1, 1970 Married Dec 1, 1919 Lane, Holden Jun 11, 1894 Oct 14, 1967 Puffer, Cecil May 4, 1923 Oct 7, 1988 Hamer, Ruth V. Jan 8, 1925 Sep 25, 1979 Smith, Henry D. Oct 22, 1897 Mar 2, 1943 Hamer, Steve O'Neil Jan 1, 1944 Feb 20, 1944 Smith, Perry 1875 1948 Anger, Martha S. 1900 1989 Anger, Armand J. 1900 1967 Moody, Alisha S. Feb 26, 1987 Mar 11, 1987 Pearson, Minnie Emma Gates Jul 4, 1897 Sep 13, 1987 Causby, Jimmy F. Sep 30, 1944 Jan 7, 1988 Williams, Carl N. 1904 1983 Williams, Louannie C. 1903 1989 Lane, Barry Dean Jul 29, 1956 Oct 16, 1978 Lane, Lewis Apr 26, 1924 May 20, 1978 Lane, Candice M. Sep 19, 1929 Jun 27, 1984 Chapman, John P. Nov 23, 1892 May 27, 1969 WW I Chapman, Hailey Jul 12, 1901 Jul 18, 1968 Courtney, Mary A. Jul 11, 1905 Nov 12, 1967 Courtney, George W. May 16, 1907 Dec 26, 1977 Lane, Delbert L. Jul 7, 1922 Nov 27, 1977 Lane, Viola P. Jul 22, 1938 ---- Lane, Gene Jun 3, 1947 Apr 5, 1997 Lane, Maxine Hensley Feb 10, 1954 ---- Clark, Minnie W. Mar 23, 1936 Dec 25, 1997 Clark, Manley E., Jr. Jun 11, 1932 May 8, 1996 Korea Clark, Clyde Hoey Sep 4, 1936 Jul 3, 1985 Clark, Roy Eugene Dec 17, 1937 Jun 19, 1969 Clarke, Ronald Jay Jun 17, 1939 s/o NW & AG Clark, N. Weldon Apr 6, 1913 Nov 22, 1985 Clark, Annie B. Jun 19, 1918 Aug 28, 1977 Clark, Monnie Aileen Sep 21, 1940 Aug 26, 1983 Lane, Christopher A. Oct 10, 1966 Jul 26, 1999 Lane, Robert W. 1928 2000 Temp. Unmarked (New) Patton, Casey Troy Feb 8, 1981 Jan 9, 2000