Johnston County NcArchives Photo Tombstone.....Coats, Mary O. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kristen Stephens kozs4@aol.com January 2, 2009, 12:21 am Cemetery: Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery; Cleveland, NC; Johnston Co. Name: Mary O. Coats Date Of Photograph: December 29, 2008 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/johnston/photos/tombstones/shilohbaptistchu/coats1804gph.gif Image file size: 115.5 Kb Mary O. Coates Inscription on tombstone reads: In loving memory of our mother, Mary O. Coates, Wife of Thomas Coates. She lived as she died a Christian Buried at Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery in Cleveland, NC; Johnston Co. Additional Comments: Note: There are no dates on this headstone. Based on family research, it is believed that Mary O. Coates is Mary Obeda "Bedie" Stevens.She was probably born abt 1825 in Johnston County, NC. It is unclear if her maiden name was Stevens or Stephenson. The Tombstone has been damaged (broken in two pieces) and has been roughly repaired. This cemetery has many Coates and Coats burial plots. Thomas and Mary O. Coates/Coats are alongside Cleveland Road. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/johnston/photos/tombstones/shilohbaptistchu/coats1804gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb