GASTON COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Friendship 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 ==================================================================== FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CEMETERY Gaston County, NC By John W. Helms Location From I-85 in Gastonia take exit 20 this is Dallas /New Hope Rd. exit. also known as 279. Take 279 east 7.4 miles on left across from Friendship Baptist Church. THE SURNAMES ARMSTRONG, BAILEY, BLANTON, BOST, BRANDON, BRUMBARLOW, CARNES, CARROLL, CUDD, CULTHBERTSON, DAVIS, DEATON, ELLER, ETHRIDGE, GHOLSON, GILES, GWINN, HARPER, HESTER, ISENHOUR, KISTLER, LEDFORD, LINER, MATHESON, MATHIS, MATHISON, MCCUEN, MCGRAW, MILLEN, MILLS, MOSS, MULL, OWENBY, PATTERSON, PEARSON, PERKINS, PHILLIPS, POPE, QUEEN, RHYNE, RUPPE, SEARS, SHOOK, SMITH, SPARROW, SPRINGFIELD, STEPHENS, THORNEBURG, TIDWELL, WOODAL, WORLEY, WRAY 1. Earnest Young Springfeild Jun 29 1892 Jan 5 1967 2. Ella McCuen Springfeild Oct 22 1893 Oct 24 1970 3. Young E, Springfeild WWI Jan 29 1892 Jan 5 1967 4. A.P.Preacher (Pete) Millen May 19 1908 May 26 1984 5. Nellie Mae Hudspeth Millen Jul 24 1910 Apr 24 2000 6. Dorthy Ann Millen May 14 1930 Jan 19 1934 7. James C, Armstrong Jun 17 1919 Aug 19 1992 8. Roxie G Armstrond May 19 1917 N/D 9. Claude Benjamin McCuen Jun 1 1889 Mar 1 1965 10. Robert Wesley Rhyne May 30 1908 Apr 15 1960 s/o A.F.& G.H. 11. Gussie Hand Rhyne Jun 9 1890 Mar 13 1989 12. Dolly Ann Tidwell Sep 13 1959 d/o Jim & Kazuk 13. Archie Phillips Jan 9 1936 Jun 6 1958 14. John Frank Rhyne Jul 19 1886 Sep 5 1968 s/o C.M.& S.L 15. John Price Rhyne Oct 18 1916 Jul 12 1964 WWII 16. David Reese Moss Jan 4 1935 Jul 29 1993 17. Kenneth Earl Gholson Oct 12 1933 May 17 1984 Served @ Korea 18. Graham Dale Moss Aug 13 1961 Aug 16 1961 19. Mae S, Woodall Apr 8 1886 Jul 1 1957 20. Vassie Mae Smith Jun 16 1924 Apr. 18 1974 21. Garnett E Smith Aug 19 1920 Oct 21 2000 22. Joel Dean Matheson Sep 14 1963 N/D Married Aug.10 1986 23. Angelia Weaver Matheson Nov 28 1964 Mar 23 1996 24. Milford D. Eller May 19 1910 Mar 17 1980 25. Beulah N. Eller Oct 2 1913 Sep 21 1993 26. Inf D/O M.D.Eller Jun 27 1953 Jun 27 1953 27. Edith S, Ethridge May 29 1916 N/D 28. Lewis B. Ethridge May 16 1902 Jan 17 1984 29. Wymer B. Wray 1908 1984 30. Dora B. Wray 1910 1994 31. Joseph (Joey) A. Mills Nov 25 1974 May 8 1995 32. John Mitchell Pope Jun 7 1910 Aug 6 1983 WWII 33. Frances A. Pope Nov 5 1912 Apr 1 1985 34. J.A.Worley Jan 27 1925 Oct 25 1980 WWII 35. Retha C. Worley Nov 23 1925 Jan 30 1993 36. J.A.Worley Apr 22 1985 Mar 19 1987 37. Tammy Lynn Worley Jan 29 1980 Feb 10 1980 38. Harve W. Deaton Nov 14 1907 Jul 3 1997 39. Birte A. Deaton Jul 27 1916 Jun 16 1957 40. Zeb M. Ledford 1897 1985 41. Emma Jane Ledford 1903 1997 42. Kimberly Michelle Perkins Jan 10 1991 Same 43. Birl Pearson Jun 19 1914 Jun 25 1968 44. Olene H. Pearson Jun 19 1918 Jun 29 1990 45. Irene Stafford Harper Jan 6 1912 Aug 26 1990 46. Rev Alvin Erith Harper Jun 27 1908 Jul 4 1984 47. George A. Carroll Dec 11 1911 Jun 30 1970 48. Ruth B. Carroll Nov 15 1916 N/D 49. Alfred Junior Sears Aug 26 1920 Jul 1 1977 50. Gennievee P Sears Oct 11 1929 May 27 1995 51. Ruth Gailey Smith Sep 21 1917 Aug 9 1996 52. James Warlick Smith Apr 15 1908 Oct 12 1980 53. Theo Lee Bailey Apr 15 1934 Jan 7 1997 54. Hazel McGraw Aug 26 1921 Feb 11 1998 55. Bert A. Hester Feb 8 1928 Dec 9 1983 56. Christeen A. Hester May 12 1925 Dec 31 1995 57. Jack Pearson Dec 25 1909 Nov 24 1982 58. Irene H. Pearson Jul 29 1919 N/D 59. Charles Z. Thorneburg May 18 1902 Jul 13 1977 60. John T. Owenby Oct 11 1877 Dec 5 1956 61. Alawayne Hosea Davis Nov 30 1930 Sep 10 1967 62. Thomas C. Brandon jr. Sep 4 1944 Mar 20 1972 Vietnam Vet. 63. Warren W. Stephens Sep 10 1913 Jul 14 1974 64. Ruby P. Blanton Nov 27 1918 Dec 20 1975 65. B.Harland Blanton May 21 1913 Sep 7 1988 66. Anne Womack Cuthbertson Nov 12 1919 Aug 5 1990 67. Robert D. Cuthbertson Aug 1 1915 Feb 15 1977 68. Collis L. Blanton Mar 21 1921 May 27 1974 WWII 69. Kimberly Starr Davis Sep 24 1970 Sep 25 1970 70. Inf Daughter of Claude & Mildred Kistler Dec 7 1961 71. William Warren Queen Jan 12 1921 N/D 72. Marie M. Queen Jun 29 1924 Jan 21 1999 73. Inf Dau. Bobby & Nancy Kistler Jan 22 1971 74. Inf Son Bobby & Nancy Kistler Nov 11 1969 75. Luther Thomas Matheson Jul 25 1896 Feb 17 1958 76. Myrtle Matheson Aug 28 1900 Apr 23 1995 77. Leslie L. Matheson Jan 19 1919 Jul 26 1999 78. Laura M. Matheson Mar 16 1922 79. Robert Ed Mathison Aug 25 1903 Apr 8 1975 80. Kate Byers Mathison Apr 18 1908 Apr 3 1980 81. William Vernon Bost Dec 7 1918 Jan 18 1978 82. Minnie Featherston Bost Mar 15 1922 N/D 83. Larry W. Patterson Feb 25 1949 Apr 5 1949 84. Z Palestine Ruppe Aug 31 1880 Sep 16 1964 85. Susan Alice Ruppe Jun 6 1881 Jan 6 1965 86. Lula Vinson Gwinn Nov 23 1909 Apr 21 1964 87. Maude K. Sparrow Apr 8 1881 Aug 3 1966 88. Roy Hugh Gwinn June 23 1901 Jul 25 1965 89. Everette L. Brumbarlow Jul 17 1923 Dec 31 1983 90. Lucy Molton Brumbarlow Jul 21 1920 N/D 91. Peal H. Shook Apr 7 1914 N/D 92. Francis Shook Sep 6 1910 Jan 5 1969 93. James E. Giles Apr 4 1911 Nov 12 1968 94. Willa D. Giles Aug 14 1927 N/D 95. Michael Keith Owenby Apr 8 1973 same 96. Patsy L Isenhour Jan 3 1839 Oct 23 1982 97. James M. Liner Feb 9 1912 N/D 98. Ruby C. Liner Nov 31 1910 N/D 99. Garland F. Mull 1917 1997 100. George Colell Cudd Jun 12 1908 Nov 4 1989 101. Betty Lou Amos Cudd Mar 20 1912 N/D married Jan 16 1932 102. Evelyn S. Mathis Oct 13 1926 Sep 20 1987 103. Claude H. Carnes Sr, Oct 3 1928 Feb 2 1987 104. Donnivie S. Carnes Jan 31 1930 N/D John W. Helms © Copyright 2001 Be in Touch