POLK COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Wheat Creek 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: Bill Floyd wdfloyd@rfci.net ==================================================================== WHEAT CREEK BAPTIST CEMETERY Polk County, NC African-American By W. D. Floyd Wheat Creek is located just off exit 170 on Highway US-74 west of Rutherfordton, NC. It is on the north side of US-74. I did the survey on March 9, 2000 and started in the northwest corner. THE SURNAMES CARSON, CRUTE, DABNEY, EAVES, EDGERTON, FLACK, GRAY, HAMILTON, HAMMOND, HARRISON, HINES, KING, MILLER, MOORE, MURRAY, OWENS, PROCTOR, SIMMONS, STOVER, THORNTON, WHISNANT, WHITESIDE, WILKERSON, WILKINS, WRIGHT Unknown Stover, Larry D. Jul 24, 1959 Apr 22, 1983 Stover, Curtis A., Jr. Aug 5, 1962 Apr 22, 1983 Miller, Willie Lee Apr 22, 1935 Dec 10, 1984 Miller, James J. 1952 1997 Temp. Carson, Napoleon Boney 1951 1997 Temp. Carson, Samuel L. 1943 1988 Moore, Perry Lee May 3, 1957 Nov 21, 1988 Murray Infant Murray, ???? Proctor, Willie C. Sep 13, 1904 May 22, 1991 Proctor, Laura L. 1908 1978 Proctor, Horace Simmons, Willette S. 1945 1981 Unknown Whisnant, Anthony Randolph Mar 7, 1967 Jun 2, 1898 Whisnant, Andrew Raydell Jan 26, 1964 Dec 25, 1982 Whisnant, Richard Aire Jan 19, 1943 Jun 10, 1996 Whisnant, Chavis Nov 14, 1896 Sep 23, 1965 Whisnant, Addie K. Mar 3, 1899 Dec 31, 1985 Whisnant, Rayfield Unknown Unmarked Carson, Boney Nov 15, 1906 Dec 31, 1968 Carson, Frank 71 years Apr 25, 1982 Temp. Unmarked Harrison, Alfred 1906 1990 WW II Owens, Lashon Michelle Jun 19, 1971 Aug 9, 1977 Unknown Hammond, Inez H. 1920 1992 Temp. Wilkins, Mary Agnes Apr 16, 1914 Dec 9, 1969 Wilkins, Laura Ila Dec 6, 1909 Mar 17, 1958 Gray, Wiley Feb 24, 1918 May 9, 1971 WW II Whiteside, Ether Berzilla Dec 9, 1910 Oct 30, 1970 Gray, Neathus Apr 10, 1915 Oct 5, 1955 WW II Unmarked Gray, Dora Jane Oct 13, 1912 Jun 5, 1995 Stover, John B. Apr 8, 1904 Jun 3, 1952 Miller, Mary B. Stover Oct 26, 1912 ----- Miller, Jesse Lee Oct 21, 1911 Dec 10, 1979 Moore, Ralph C. Feb 2, 1909 Jan 3, 1975 Miller, Mellisa Dec 25, 1886 May 12, 1976 Crute, Russell A., Sr. Nov 2, 1953 Jul 8, 1992 Moore, Jimmy Oneal Jun 3, 1966 Dec 19, 1992 Moore, Ralph C., Jr. 1951 1999 Temp. Carson, George W. 1905 1978 Carson, Odessa M. 1912 ------ Married Feb 18, 1931 Miller, Walter Nov 20, 1889 Jan 20, 1989 Miller, Alice W. Nov 25, 1892 Jun 21, 1983 Miller, April M No Dates Edgerton, Jerry Antonia Mar 30, 1974 Oct 25, 1997 Edgerton, Brenda Oct 15, 1956 Jul 8, 1994 Dabney, Leslie Mae Nov 18, 1939 Oct 1, 1988 Hines, Rensie Lorenzil Dates Buried Hines, George E. 1932 1998 Temp. Hamilton, Alonzo Mar 15, 1907 Jan 5, 1985 Hines, G. E., Jr, Jul 7, 1971 Thornton, Nothing Else Moore, Dave Flack, Mary Jan 11, 1971 Flack, David Dec 16, 1888 Sep 25, 1959 Miller, Woodrow Feb 6, 1920 Apr 24, 1925 WW II Miller, George Thomas Jan 15, 1947 Nov 2, 1973 King, Joseph E. Aug 8, 1917 Aug 3, 1996 King, Letha Jan 7, 1917 Aug 8, 1972 King, Leroy F. Jun 30, 1942 Jan 6, 1991 King, John H. Mar 18, 1925 ------ King, Hattie W. May 15, 1891 Oct 26, 1973 King, Frank Sep 24, 1887 Oct 2, 1983 King, Miller Sep 27, 1890 Dec 29, 1955 King, Ella Love Oct 25, 1881 Nov 17, 1976 King, Rev. James May 11, 1882 Nov 3, 1951 King, Janet Ellen Mar 3, 1932 Feb 18, 1952 King, Boone J. Nov 30, 1912 Jul 12, 1992 WW II King, Scott Stephen Oct 6, 1948 Jan 8, 1985 Vietnam King, Ruth B. Jan 8, 1917 Sep 12, 1992 King, Rev. Walter Nov 28, 1907 Oct 10, 1968 Wilkerson, Leander N. Sep 22, 1911 Jul 28, 1955 WW II Wright, Corria M. K. Wilkerson Aug 3, 1917 Aug Unknown, Daughter Eaves, Marie King Jul 8, 1913 Sep 12, 1998 King, Ella Mae 1914 1995 King, Mattie E. 1921 ------ Whiteside, Ethel Gray, Janie Carson, Samuel