HAYWOOD COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Hyatt Creek Freewill 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 for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Rebecca Howell [DERWYDN@aol.com] on September 5, 2001 ===================================================== Hyatt Creek Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery Log Cabin Road Hyatt Creek Waynesville Haywood County, NC Surveyed August 27, 2001 by Rebecca Howell To reach this cemetery, take Hyatt Creek Road or Plott Creek Road to Green Valley Road. Take Log Cabin Road on the left. Follow Log Cabin Road to the top of the hill. The cemetery is on the left. The building which is being used as a cemetery maintainance shed is all that is left of Log Cabin Baptist Church. It is very apparent that every effort has been made to restore this cemetery and identify and mark all the graves. It is beautifully maintained. There are many graves marked only with a first initial and a last name. To the best of my understanding, these graves contain a child of the person named on the stone. It would appear that of the 85 graves here, 34 are infant graves. This cemetery is still in use. No person is ever truly dead until the last person forgets to remember them. Edith Creasman Cagle April 1, 1921 September 28, 1951 Infant marker Johnny Mac Green May 28, 1951 June 2, 1951 Infant marker Nellie Sue Green November 21, 1949 June 16, 1950 D. Mathis C. Parker **Hand carved in plastic set in poured cement.** Infant marker George A. Parker October 17, 1963 October 17, 1963 J. Parker M. Gibson Infant marker Betty S. Parker September 1952 September 1952 **Hand carved in plastic set in poured cement.** Infant marker R. Lanning June 6, 1948 March 3, 1949 Lanning--double headstone Rebecca M. May 10, 1868 January 7, 1944 Columbus July 10, 1870 June 30, 1943 R. Rathbone R. Rathbone R. Rathbone M. Gibson M. Gibson Wyatt--double headstone Hubert C. October 9, 1903 May 14, 1970 Vennie L. May 29, 1909 December 1, 1991 H. Wyatt H. Wyatt Infant marker infant son of James & Jessie Gunter August 8, 1941 Gunter--double headstone James Wesley December 4, 1918 no death date Jessie Wyatt January 9, 1909 August 3, 1962 Fannie Littrell Crawford September 25, 1900 May 15, 1942 P. Mintz M. Hightower R. Inman twins Infant marker Barbara Sue Ledford May 5, 1961 August 13, 1961 G. Ledford Hester Trull Swanger May 27, 1891 Juily 4, 1967 Wyatt--double headstone John David, Sr. April 24, 1911 March 16, 1986 Mary R. Gunter March 22, 1916 no death date Military marker John David Wyatt US Navy World War II April 24, 1911 March 16, 1986 Infant marker Patsy Ruth daughter of Sanford & Sallie Wyatt April 18, 1953 February 8, 1955 Large granite marker In Memory of Hiram & Mary Wyatt Wyatt--double headstonee Mary Jane Shelton January 24, 1872 May 8, 1961 Hiram E. February 7, 1872 August 20, 1948 H. Wyatt H. Wyatt M. Gibson M. Gibson M. Gibson Richard Gibson February 23, 1936 September 20, 1981 Telitha Webb Mathis July 2, 1882 January 9, 1954 John Merritt Mathis February 14, 1880 August 5, 1955 Mathis--double headstone names & dates on footstones Hattie R. Mathis McCall October 8, 1905 October 23, 1994 Edward L. Mathis May 13, 1904 December 19, 1948 Lanning--double headstone Adlee April 11, 1909 December 23, 1986 Wm. Jules November 20, 1928 February 16, 1966 Clifford Lanning August 6, 1928 November 6, 1947 Clinton Lanning June 11, 1935 October 15, 1949 Infant marker Troy Lanning May 23, 1948 November 25, 1949 Military marker Herbert S. Lanning North Carolina PVT 3860 SVC COMD Unit World War II October 9, 1924 July 11, 1953 C. Colby Lanning--double headstone Dessie Mathis June 22, 1907 December 16, 1983 John James August 4, 1901 February 16, 1983 Military marker William Fred Gibson PVT US Army World War II February 16, 1925 April 12, 1989 Funeral home marker Garrett Funeral Home Waynesville, NC Willaim Fred Gibson February 16, 1925 April 12, 1989 age 64 Funeral home marker Crawford-Ray Funeral Home Anna Marie Wyatt Gibson May 31, 1933 October 9, 1997 age 64 London--double headstonee Martha Pruitt june 5, 1878 June 22, 1956 Riley L. January 9, 1880 May 18, 1956 Minnie May Lomdon January 14, 1913 November 1, 1993 W. T. Moore March 15, 1863 February 25, 1959 Laura Whitner wife of W. T. Moore December 12, 1874 November 4, 1952 Chandler--double headstone Sam June 1, 1883 December 7, 1966 Mary Ann January 25, 1889 July 14, 1952 Greene--double headstone Frank L. March 6, 1897 August 20, 1954 Elzie Wyatt March 6, 1907 no death date C. Phillips C. Green B. Green Green--double headstone Joseph H. May 11, 1889 July 8, 1975 Emma Wyatt February 29, 1900 December 19, 1991 Bessie Green Stiles January 29, 1922 October 2, 1987 Greene--double headstone A. Homer July 1, 1920 August 28, 1970 Lillie M. May 25, 1919 October 23, 1978 Green--double headstone Henry Arvil September 3, 1918 March 10, 1981 Ethel Price July 14, 1919 June 9, 1991 Greene--double headstone Robert T. June 25, 1900 August 28, 1983 Zennie Wilcox June 20, 1904 no death date Williams--double headstone Willie L. November 26, 1915 November 11, 1988 Mae C. November 27, 1928 no death date Willard Vance Green January 5, 1925 May 20, 1989 Cooper--double headstone J. L. (Jim) January 31, 1904 November 9, 1963 Bonnie J. March 12, 1914 August 19, 1991 married January 31, 1931 Infant marker Nikki Sue Morgan June 1, 1955 June 2, 1955 Military marker Leeman C. Morgan PFC US Army World War II May 21, 1922 September 15, 1997 Purple Heart