LINCOLN COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Macedonia United Methodist Church Cemetery Macedonia United Methodist Church Cemetery Vale, North Carolina By Christopher C. Boyles Macedonia United Methodist Church has a Methodist Historical Marker out on the road that reads: Organized circa 1850. In 1916 William Rolander Boyles and Ida Hilderbran Boyles, with Curtis Evan and Kate Scronce Boyles, deeded to the church this tract of 1 2/5 acres. To get to this church and cemetery from Lincolnton, NC go west, from the courthouse on NC 27 to the first traffic light and turn right. This will be the Reepsville Road. Follow this road for about 10-12 miles. You will come to the community known as Cat Square, keep straight ahead. After you cross over Cat Square crossroads, you will be on the Reeps Grove Church Road, keep staright until you come to Peeler Road, which will on the right side, turn here and watch for Macedonia Church Road, turn left onto this road. The church and cemetery is a half a mile down this road, the church will be on the left hand side and the cemetery is behind the church. THE SURNAMES ABERNATHY, BIVENS, BOYLES, BRENDLE, CHAVEZ, CLINE, CRAWLEY, CRAY, DAVIS, DENTON, GARNER, HASTINGS, HOUSER, HOWELL, HOYLE, ISABELL, LEATHERMAN, LOWERY, MITCHUM, REEP, ROBINSON, RUDISILL, SAIN, SHORT, WALKER, WHALEY, WILLIAMS, WILLIS, WISE. ROW 1 Hoyle, Richard Swain February 7, 1910 - December 11, 1985 Hoyle, Juandetta Sword May 11, 1914 - Davis, Earvin Carl September 16, 1900 - March 5, 1972 Davis, Roxanna Bracket April 12, 1905 - March 19, 1985 Robinson, Roy McKinney March 29, 1912 - November 2, 1957 Robinson, Dollie Mae S. October 17, 1914 - Hoyle, R. Ellis December 21, 1891 - March 22, 1962 Hoyle, Valeria S. November 5, 1897 - November 26, 1981 Hoyle, Ruth Aileen July 31, 1917 - February 22, 1999 Hoyle, Leonard Duel March 4, 1920 - May 11, 1983 Hoyle, Camilla W. March 18, 1924 - ROW 2 Hoyle, Jerry M.N. July 1, 1867 - April 2, 1949 Hoyle, Ada L. King August 1, 1870 - August 4, 1964 Hoyle Infant August 25, 1946 Daughter of R.S. Hoyle Isbell, Hugh B. December 13, 1949 - March 18, 1950 (Son of H.B. Isbell) Crawley, Calvin December 3, 1906 - February 6, 1986 Crawley, Annie Rudisill June 13, 1918 - December 11, 1970 Rudisill, John Wesley 1893 - 1954 Rudisill, Maude Bivens 1903 - 1974 Davis, Clarence Dewey "Coot" August 3, 1889 - July 28, 1959 Davis, Barbara Ann November 9, 1971 - November 11, 1971 Howell, Evie Neal March 26, 1921 - January 19, 1982 Rudisill, E. Keith August 11, 1960 - November 29, 1990 (Son of Earl & Margaret Rudisill) ROW 3 Wise, John F. February 23, 1892 - January 31, 1970 Wise, Gertrude F. April 14, 1900 - December 18, 1965 Wise, Avery October 14, 1923 - December 18, 1923 Wise, Infant Girl May 3, 1922 - May 3, 1922 (Children of John F. Wise) Wise, Helen Gene November 23, 1947 (Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Wise) Wise, Infant October 5, 1942 (Son of Loy & Ora Wise) Leatherman, Ora Hoyle November 16, 1914 - September 21, 1997 Bivens, Vertie Mae December 23, 1929 - June 25, 1931 (Daughter of Dock & Annie Bivens) Bivens, Dock William September 15, 1900 - April 4, 1987 Bivens, Annie Mae May 3, 1901 - September 9, 1985 Short, Forest R. March 8, 1912 - February 28, 1978 Short, Bonnie Wise July 19, 1920 - Short, Everett L. April 25, 1925 - September 5, 1978 Short, Plato Robert May 21, 1898 - April 23, 1993 Short, Bedie Beatrice H. November 17, 1901 - march 21, 1993 Short, James David May 3, 1929 - October 15, 1996 Short, Revonda Lea July 15, 1943 - Houser, Ray F. May 29, 1927 - May 15, 1981 Houser, Lela M. November 6, 1926 - Houser, Bobby Ray August 15, 1949 - January 3, 1999 Cray, Lila "Mary" July 6, 1948 - November 16, 1987 ROW 4 Bivens, Rev. John B. February 13, 1869 - January 16, 1949 Bivens, Dovie C. August 18, 1869 - August 13, 1949 Statue of Angel watches over several old unmarked graves. Hoyle, Clarence Ernest July 21, 1915 - January 31, 1999 Hoyle, Irene Poole July 26, 1925 - Willis, Georgie Mae November 26, 1915 - December 20, 1997 ROW 5 Bivens, James C. April 27, 1925 - July 31, 1997 Bivens, Pauline Whaley August 29, 1930 Williams, Ransom June 17, 1831 - December 5, 1913 Williams, Mary Boyles April 28, 1833 - January 23, 1913 Williams, Loye April 3, 1915 - May 15, 1949 Unmarked graves Brendle, Lester S. March 8, 1905 - November 27, 1968 Brendle, Lois M. January 7, 1909 - October 30, 1995 Houser, John Keith May 25, 1946 - January 21, 1970 ROW 6 Williams, Arthur April 10, 1886 - March 25, 1954 Williams, Benjamin August 28, 1888 - March 31, 1914 Williams, Boyd H. October 31, 1854 - November 7, 1927 Williams, Mary Saine February 18, 1863 - October 24, 1936 Garner, Gregory Benjamin March 29, 1991 - April 3, 1991 Mitchum, Nathaniel April 1836 - unreadable Unmarked graves Lowery, Calvin Died June 25, 1947 age of 100 years old. Lowery, Amanda Hoyle July 19, 1875 - July 11, 1958 Williams, Doras A. October 4, 1883 - February 3, 1958 Williams, Etta Martin May 2, 1891 - April 23, 1956 Abernathy, Thomas C. 1914 - 1983 Abernathy, Zeda Pearl 1922 - 1978 ROW 7 Cline, Warren Died March 12, 1922 age of 1 year and 2 months (Son of Hoyle J. Cline) Cline, Florence Rhoney October 14, 1902 - January 27, 1936 (Wife of Hoyle J. Cline) Cline, Hoyle J. October 16, 1898 - September 17, 1953 Cline, Camilla G. May 9, 1906 - May 25, 1965 (Wife of Hoyle J. Cline) Cline, Emma Hoyle October 2, 1869 - November 18, 1941 (Wife of J. Ambrose Cline) Cline, Cletus Ambrose April 18, 1893 - December 26, 1977 Cline, Maude Wright December 7, 1894 - March 30, 1957 (Wife of Cletus Cline) Cline, Betty Lay August 8, 1900 - March 7, 1967 (Wife of Cletus Cline) Boyles Infant April 12, 1932 (Daughter of Curtis & Kate Boyles) Boyles, Donald Ralph May 15, 1927 - January 11, 1933 (Son of Curtis & Kate Boyles) Boyles, Curtis Evan May 22, 1889 - June 12, 1964 Boyles, Kate Lillian Scronce July 27, 1890 - June 26, 1968 Bivens, William Berry May 14, 1922 - Bivens, Margaret Neal November 13, 1922 - March 7, 1986 ROW 8 Sain, Beauford August 11, 1920 - July 18, 1943 (Son of D.E. & Willard Sain) Sain, DeMott E. March 26, 1899 - August 26, 1980 Sain, Willard Hoyle March 27, 1902 - October 2, 1991 Sain, Harold Dean, Sr. January 30, 1933 - May 10, 1979 Sain, Willie Martin January 29, 1937 - August 20, 1997 Sain, Harold Dean, Jr. August 21, 1962 - December 23, 1987 ROW 9 Whaley, John G. December 27, 1860 - February 8, 1961 Whaley, Asia C. Lovell November 17, 1894 - Denton, Ginger Elaine June 24, 1974 (Daughter of Calvin & Jerlean Denton) Davis, Tim June 15, 1958 - October 17, 1978 Bivens, Everette Daniel May 29, 1928 - December 24, 1996 Bivens, Hattie Buff October 13, 1934 - Hastings, Nelson K. July 28, 1954 - November 21, 1978 Davis, Wilford January 21, 1926 - May 12, 1984 ROW 10 Reep, Ophelia H. April 20, 1936 - December 26, 1992 Wise, Jerry C. August 12, 1910 - October 5, 1997 Wise, Ola Street March 10, 1913 - October 6, 1981 Walker, John Francis July 28, 1909 - February 23, 1991 Walker, Ada Wise July 9, 1913 - August 22, 1989 ROW 11 Short, Brea M. "Tootie" January 25, 1981 - October 4, 1987 Chavez, Judy Lee June 23, 1953 - December 29, 1985 Short, Carl Edward July 14, 1932 - February 4, 1992 Short, Doris Martin February 20, 1937 - ==================================================================== 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: Christopher C. 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