St. Paul A.M.E. Zion Cemetery, Rutherford County, North Carolina USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Compiled by Bill Floyd (wdfloyd@rfci.net) Copyright, 1997 W.D. Floyd ST. PAUL A.M.E. ZION CEMETERY By W. D. Floyd This cemetery is in the city limits of Forest City, NC. Take West Main St. past the school to the second street to the left. As soon as you turn on this street cross railroad and turn right and go to the second street to the left. The church and cemetery is behind the power substation. I was there September 30, 1997. This is an African-American cemetery. THE SURNAMES ALEXANDER, BRIGGS, BRISTOL, CALDWELL, CARTER, DAWKINS, DICKERSON, EARNEST, EAVES, FOSTER, FRANCIS, FREEMAN, GAFFNEY, GOODE, HAMILTON, HARRILL, HEAD, HENSON, HILL, HILTON, HOLLY, HOLMES, JACKSON, JOHNSON, KEITT, KNUCKLES, LATHAN, LEWIS, LOVETT, MARLOW, MARLOWE, MARTIN, MCCALL, MCCRAW, MCENTIRE, MCKINNEY, METTS, MILLER, MILLS, MOORE, PHILLIPS, PHILSON, ROBERTS, SCOTT, SMITH, SUBER, TWITTY, WALTON, WEBB, WHITESIDE, WHITESIDES Unknown Roberts, Theodore No Dates Temp. Jackson, Beauty Mae December 25, 1913 January 14, 1965 Hamilton, Lee H. 58 years c1959 Francis, Willis c1872 c1951 Francis, Julia c1874 c1951 Francis, John Howard, Jr. August 15, 1936 March 22, 1967 Francis, George F. June 13, 1899 August 15, 1967 Francis, Mattie E. September 27, 1902 ------ Francis, Angela Y. November 18, 1973 November 24, 1973 Francis, Matilda M. May 31, 1914 January 14, 1993 Francis, John H. May 30, 1911 ------- McKinney, Richard June 23, 1930 -------- McKinney, Ruth M. June 11, 1927 October 27, 1990 Mills, Lisa Ann November 26, 1963 ------ Gooden, Rosa Lee Mills February 26, 1937 January 8, 1996 Miller, John Jobie January 26, 1951 April 5, 1980 Mills, Zulia January 8, 1900 December 8, 1957 Mills, Richard January 18, 1891 March 18, 1950 Twitty, Billie October 15, 1928 March 19, 1985 Twitty, Annie M. April 14, 1925 March 20, 1995 Whiteside, David September 7, 1926 October 10, 1947 WW II Whitesides, Reggie L. July 4, 1941 July 4, 1971 Phillips, Jeremiah October 30, 1917 March 22, 1993 Twitty, James Robert No Dates Unreadable Bristol, George D. December 1, 1925 August 4, 1992 WW II Metts, Alma Viola March 11, 1939 November 5, 1960 Metts, Julius W. January 1, 1898 January 21, 1947 Eaves, Inez c1909 October 9, 1947 Hamilton, Jacob c1934 c1997 Temp. Marlow, Maude No Dates Marlowe, Claude June 11, 1920 June 20, 1987 Marlowe, Mary L. August 11, 1926 ------- Unreadable McCall, Minnie c1890 c1947 McCall, Johnson c1886 c1947 Lovett, Charles Brooks May 14, 1929 August 8, 1993 WW II Lovett, Eula W. October 16, 1889 April 4, 1991 Hamilton, Buster Edward March 5, 1914 December 1, 1988 WW II Knuckles, Minnie November 20, 1889 November 14, 1949 Moore, Ada October 30, 1872 May 10, 1949 Gaffney, Huldy No Dates October 12, 1910 Suber, Nettie Louise June 10, 1908 April 23, 1988 Suber, Minnie V. Aull August 9, 1886 June 27, 1972 Keitt, Ollie Caldwell April 6, 1918 July 10, 1982 Caldwell, Robert E. March 4, 1938 March 2, 1975 Hamilton, Charles c1928 c1988 Temp. Lathan,Patricia Ann November 20, 1952 November 12, 1973 Hamilton, Patsy M. 43 years March 1, 1978 Temp. Martin, Loge November 30, 1924 September 21, 1946 WW II Alexander, Lela A. February 13, 1883 October 2, 1985 Jackson, John J. January 10, 128 May 19, 1984 Mills, Sam D. August 1, 1898 November 2, 1976 Mills, Mary Tabby December 4, 1861 May 10, 1939 Harrill, Edna August 30, 1897 September 28, 1967 Harrill, Oscar ------- -------- Head, Esther E. November 19, 1912 July 5, 1995 Earnest, Walter, R. October 1, 1916 March 29, 1978 Earnest, Lossie H. October 12, 1895 June 5, 1991 Earnest, George W. October 17, 1888 February 13, 1964 Earnest, James William January 3, 1919 September 23, 1950 Head, Robert C. c1938 c1946 Head, Lisa B. December 17, 1960 January 19, 1971 d/o Daisy & Cling Head, Thomas M. November 8, 1954 September 6, 1957 Holly, Lisa Rena August 14, 1965 June 20, 1988 Carter, Esdale Ellis c1912 c1986 Miller, Josephine May 7, 1928 July 9, 1932 d/o Dock Miller, May Willie September 25, 1905 December 22, 1910 d/o Dock Miller, John c1863 c1941 Miller, Nancy Jane May 17, 1872 April 23, 1977 Freeman, Wilma M. April 22, 1910 October 27, 1979 Miller, Fons B. c1898 c1985 Hill, Della December 4, 1873 October 19, 1957 Hill, James C. March 15, 1870 January 6, 1955 McEntire, July 19, 1869 November 18, 1951 Philson, Idell September 26, 1904 February 4, 1971 Lewis, C. C. No Dates Lewis, Annie D. No Dates Briggs, Euria January 1, 1892 November 29, 1974 Dickerson, Ruth Mae Scott April 11, 1912 September 18, 1997 Temp. Briggs, John Frank c1883 c1957 Walton, Oilen H. August 8, 1917 July 11, 1944 Henson, Leaner R. Walton December 5, 1924 November 17, 1954 Johnson, Dora March 5, 1913 April 1, 1962 Scott, Thomas October 20, 1862 September 15, 1920 Foster, Ellen September 29, 1930 September 28, 1935 Scott, James O. May 7, 1886 July 18, 1918 Scott, Clara Lou April 20, 1916 May 16, 1918 McCraw, Angeline A. February 15, 1850 November 13, 1952 McCraw, John c1844 c1908 McCraw, Rev. Modest c1873 c1973 McCraw, Lillie July 1, 1894 December 10, 1962 McCraw, Nothing Else Scott, William Marshall, Sr. December 25, 1889 December 16, 1952 Webb, A. C. March 15, 1855 October 11, 1931 Harrill, Clin September 1868 March 1939 Webb, Janie McCraw November 15, 1869 June 26, 1951 Harrill, Essie R. January 26, 1891 December 19, 1955 Holmes, Minnie c1885 c1971 McCraw, Johnnie Mae No Dates McCraw, Walter Dates Buried WW II McCraw, Ritus c1920 c1988 Temp. McCraw, Nannie G. September 27, 1903 April 25, 1993 Jackson, West January 20, 1892 March 17, 1959 Smith, John Wesley January 10, 1880 January 29, 1959 Dawkins, Bessie Kate July 28, 1911 September 26, 1958 Hilton, Lester July 6, 1891 April 7, 1944 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HomePage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ These pages and information thereon are not to be reproduced in any form for profit or distribution without the permission of W. D. Floyd © Copyright 1997 Be in Touch