FRANKLIN COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Rock Spring 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. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Danny C. Bunn Calier@aol.com ==================================================================== Rock Spring Baptist Church Cemetery Established April 1874 Franklin County, North Carolina Surveyed by Danny C. Bunn, October 16, 1998 Location: Hwy. 39, north of Bunn,.5 miles north of SR 1754 (Jeffrey Rd.). Survey is divided into two categories - markers showing single names and markers showing multiple names. Single Name Markers ADKINS, Mary Dickerson, 22 Oct 1907, 14 Mar 1995 ALLEN, Derek T., 31 Jan 1966, 23 Sep 1993 BAKER, James Richard Jr., 17 May 1934, 09 Jul 1950 CHEAVES, DeWitt V., 14 Jun 1871, 02 Jun 1952 CHEAVES, Ernestine S., 10 Jul 1890, 17 Jan 1977 CHEAVES, James Ruffin, 15 May 1907, 20 Dec 1949 CHEAVES, Janet Hall, 21 Jun 1941, 19 Aug 1961 CHEAVES, Johnny Lee Sr., 10 Oct 1937, 28 Jul 1992, AN, US Navy, Korea CHEAVES, Mary Lettie, 05 Oct 1881, 12 Mar 1957 DANIELS, Olivia F., 15 Jun 1862, 29 Jul 1890, w/o W. S. Daniels DICKERSON, Lucy Ragan, 03 Jul 1879, 27 Nov 1965 DICKERSON, Samuel Thomas, 18 Jan 1873, 27 Nov 1949 DICKERSON, Virginia Emma Strickland, 16 Dec 1874, 05 Oct 1901 DICKERSON, William Thomas, 24 Jun 1910, 19 Mar 1986 EAKES, William, 12 Apr 1917, 09 May 1919, s/o Willie & Roxie Eakes EDWARDS, Douglas Keith, 07 Jan 1962, 28 Jan 1986 HARRIS, Oliver Perry, 23 Sep 1874, 21 May 1924 HARRIS, Sherwood, 15 Apr 1903, 20 Jun 1917 JEFFREYS, Beatrice S., 15 Feb 1891, 03 Mar 1968 JEFFREYS, Malcolm Conway, 19 Jul 1915, 02 Apr 1964, Pvt , AAF, WWII JOYNER, Eugene, 08 Jul 1918, 14 Oct 1918 MOORE, David E. “Kenneth”, 02 Feb 1915, 21 Oct 1964 MURPHY, Harold R., 12 Aug 1918, 21 Oct 1969 NEWBERRY, Ina, 1890, 1957 NOWELL, J. M., 15 Aug 1852, 07 Mar 1927 NOWELL, Martha Jane, 09 Sep 1824, 09 Oct 1913 NOWELL, Millie A., 01 Apr 1852, 20 Nov 1930 OTT, Coleen Wilder, 09 Jun 1918, 18 May 1989 OTT, Wyatt K., 07 Oct 1896, 01 Apr 1988, US Army, WWI PAUL, Bert, 21 May 1929, 28 Aug 1982 PEARCE, C. H., 28 Dec 1861, 03 Jan 1906 RANSDELL, Matilda A., 25 Oct 1875, 28 Oct 1918, w/o T. F. Strickland STRICKLAND, A. R., 01 Sep 1856, 16 Oct 1944 STRICKLAND, Alpheus U., 24 Aug 1876, 27 Jul 1950 STRICKLAND, Ella D., 11 Jan 1898, 14 Aug 1962 STRICKLAND, Franklin J.,7 Sep 1898, 07 Oct 1901, s/o A R & Sarah Strickland STRICKLAND, Howard Augustus, 1888, 1963 STRICKLAND, H. J., 07 Mar 1861, 01 Jul 1928 STRICKLAND, Martha E., 14 Dec 1853, 29 Mar 1916 STRICKLAND, Mollie, 11 Jun 1885, 15 May 1963 STRICKLAND, Nettie May, 12 Mar 1876, 21 Jun 1955 STRICKLAND, T. F., 21 Apr 1875, 23 Jan 1947 STRICKLAND, Wallace B.13 Jan 1905, 27 Jun 1921, s/o A U & Nellie Strickland STRICKLAND, Wilbur F., 28 Nov 1904, 10 Mar 1969, Pvt, Engineers, WWII STRICKLAND, Willie Chamblee, 1892, 1955 STRICKLAND, W. Seba, 1879, 1955 SWEET, Ernest Carlyle, 26 Sep 1904, 23 Oct 1986 SWEET, Horace Russell “Russ” Jr., 08 Mar 1972, 24 Mar 1987 SWEET, James Osborne, 01 Oct 1908, 31 Mar 1990 TEACHEY, Bernice Baker, 19 Jun 1900, 30 Dec 1990 UNDERHILL, Sarah S., 23 Sep 1855, 26 Oct 1933, w/o A. R. Strickland WARD, Bessie Lee, 10 Aug 1887, 29 Nov 1923, w/o B. F. Wilder Jr. WARD, Jimmie Lavell, 23 Nov 1934, 01 Jul 1987 WHELESS, Lillie S., 12 Jun 1877, 18 Jul 1953 WHELESS, Charlie H., 29 Jul 1860, 02 Nov 1933 WILDER, Bernard F., 29 Dec 1884, 28 Sep 1961 WILDER, Filmore, 1929, 1931 WILDER, Harry Hales, 12 Mar 1927, 17 Mar 1998, Tech 5, US Army, WWII WILDER, Jane, 1932, 1932 *WILDER, John B., 27 Jan 1878, 03 Oct 1956 WILDER, Mamie W., 28 Nov 1888, 19 Sep 1960 WILDER, Melvin C., 21 Feb 1880, 13 Mar 1943 WILDER, Minnie R., 15 Jul 1880, 22 Dec 1958, w/o John B. Wilder WILDER, Syble H., 22 Sep 1903, 16 Feb 1981 WINSTON, Constance Cheaves, 24 Nov 1914, 25 Nov 1988 WOODLIEF, Lona L., 1 Jul 1880, 02 Oct 1910, w/o D. V. Cheaves *There are three markers next to John B. and Minnie R. Wilder that reads: “Baby Wilder” Multiple Name Markers 1. BAKER, Francis M., 15 May 1910, __________ 1. BAKER, Ruth S., 21 Jan 1913, __________ 2. BAKER, James Richard, 27 May 1902, 05 Dec 1982 2. BAKER, Lena Cheaves, 21 Oct 1907, _________ 3. CHEAVES, James P., 05 Mar 1925, 30 Oct 1981 3. CHEAVES, Pauline W., 11 May 1927, __________ 4. DICKERSON, Ben R., 02 Jun 1907, 30 Aug 1983 4. DICKERSON, Myrtle S., 29 Feb 1908, __________ 5. EDWARDS, Nathan M., 23 Mar 1912, 26 Apr 1992 5. EDWARDS, Aletha C., 06 Aug 1911, 01 Feb 1998 6. JEFFREYS, Grover Johnson, 22 May 1918, 31 May 1994 6. JEFFREYS, Hazel Perry, 12 Mar 1920, __________ 7. JEFFREYS, Marion B. “M. B.”, 20 Nov 1926, __________ 7. JEFFREYS, Ann Griffin, 17 Jan 1931, __________ 8. HALES, Millard F., 20 Oct 1878, 14 Jul 1931 8. HALES, Verona R., 22 Mar 1882, 26 Aug 1959 9. HARRIS, Royster Thorne Sr., 13 May 1909, 18 Jun 1978 9. HARRIS, Alice Hunt, 17 Jul 1914, __________ 10. MAY, Walter L., 21 Jul 1866, 17 Jul 1921 10. MAY, Cora W., 15 Jun 1874, 18 Nov 1955 11. OAKES, E. Hayes, 1908, 1964 11. OAKES, Thelma P., 1911, __________ 12. PARRISH, Lucy B., 09 Jun 1929, ________ 12. PARRISH, John W., 29 Oct 1937, 08 Jan 1984 13. PEARCE, Julius “J. C.”, 03 Sep 1921, 01 Oct 1994 13. PEARCE, Mamie R. Hales, 25 May 1926, __________ 14. STALLINGS, Victor Moses, 09 Mar 1924, 24 Jan 1991 14. STALLINGS, Colleen Pearce, 07 Aug 1929, __________ 15. STRICKLAND, Sidney O., 16 Feb 1918, 22 Sep 1983 15. STRICKLAND, Lillian P., 03 Aug 1919, __________ 16. WHELESS, Samuel Thomas, 01 Apr 1867, 15 Apr 1925 16. WHELESS, Geneva Dickerson, 30 Aug 1876, 28 Feb 1940, m. 26 Jul 1894 17. WILDER, James E., 31 Jul 1910, 17 May 1996 17. WILDER, Elizabeth N., 12 Jun 1914, 17 Aug 1972 18. WILDER, Louis Lee, 17 Feb 1937, __________ 18. WILDER, Janice Tillotson, 15 Jan 1941, 14 Apr 1997 19. WILDER, Max Ward, 11 Feb 1914, 06 Apr 1973, Pvt, 106 Inf Div, WWII 19. WILDER, Ruth F., 31 Jul 1920, __________ 20. WILDER, Melvin C. Jr., 23 Nov 1911, 27 Jul 1965, Pvt , HQ TRP 5, Cavalry 20. WILDER, Annie Lee, 03 Sep 1913, __________ 21. WRENN, John Earl, 01 Jun 1933, 30 Nov 1986 21. WRENN, Bobbie E.[dwards], 03 Jun 1935, __________