White Oak Springs Baptist Cemetery (African-American), 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 WHITE OAK SPRINGS BAPTIST CEMETERY By W. D. Floyd To get to this cemetery from Ellenboro, NC turn north at the cotton gin on Hollis Road, SR 1749, and go six to eight miles which will be past Hopewell until you come to a road to the right at the crest of a long, steep hill. Turn right and the cemetery will be about a mile on your right. This is an African-American cemetery. I did the audit May 13, 1997 and I started in the southwest corner. There are quite a few unmarked and unknown grave in this cemetery. THE SURNAMES BACCUS, BARRETT, BLAND, BOSTIC, BOYKINS, BRAFORD, BRIDGES, BROOKS, CROSS, DAVIS, FINNEY, FULLER, FULLOVE, GANTT, GAY, GOBER, HENRY, HILL, HILLMAN, HOLMES, HUNT, INGRAM, JOHNSON, JONES, JOSEY, KARIMU, KING, LEARY, LOCKLIN, LOWE, MASON, MCDUFFIE, NORRIS, OWENSBY, PADGETT, RAWLS, ROBERTS, RUFF, SHADE, STEWART, SURRETT, SWAIN, THOMAS, VINSON, WATSON, WILLEY Unknown Gober, J.C. c1886 c1958 Gober, C. M. c1888 c1957 Gober, Artis C. February 5, 1907 April 20, 1972 Gober, R. C. August 6, 1931 June 11, 1985 Korea Roberts, Eddie D. c1891 c1964 Henry, John September 15, 1879 January 4, 1960 Henry, Daisy P. February 8, 1886 July 5, 1960 Unknown Johnson, Silas No Date April 20, 1939 McDuffie, B. Lawson August 5, 1881 March 6, 1959 Lowe, Ellis Eugene April 8, 1922 Decembver 30, 1945 Watson, John Henry, Sr. August 1, 1913 March 23, 1983 Watson, John Henry, Jr. April 25, 1939 July 16,1995 Fuller, Laura A. November 10, 1915 March 2, 1955 Hillman, Harriett c1844 May 22, 1939 Gay, Matilda February 1897 September 1932 Finney, Annie Mae May 7, 1930 -------- Finney, Colder February 19, 1919 October 27, 1970 WW II Gober, James May c1855 c1943 Bostic, Franklin March 30, 1808 November 13, 1901 Hunt, L. C. April 11, 1835 April 11, 1894 Unreadable c1854 c1920 Unknown Willey, Harriett R. March 10, 1845 ------ Willey, Frank P. March 3, 1851 March 17, 1926 2 Unknowns Leary, Valor Wright September 28, 1908 February 24, 1985 Baccus, Pearl c1893 c1977 Baccus, Fletcher c1890 c1969 Cross, Sterling June 21, 1905 May 1, 1974 Cross, O’Lillian Baccus July 4, 1912 October 20, 1983 Surrett, Gladys Odessa Baccus May 26, 1933 February 8, 1983 Swain, James Louis February 29, 1901 February 7, 1974 Lowe, Roscoe March 16, 1933 March 17, 1974 Korea Hill, Willis August 21, 1925 October 19, 1977 WW II Lowe, Eurice December 20, 1913 December 6, 1977 WW II Lowe, Charlie December 25, 1881 September 22, 1981 Lowe, Essie C. July 29, 1886 September 4, 1983 Hill, Eula B. January 17, 1906 -------- Hill, Willie T. September 22, 1906 December 23, 1986 Hill, Mattie T. November 25, 1888 June 30, 1981 Stewart, Montaque November 10, 1918 February 27, 1965 Josey, Evelyn Cross c1934 c1993 Temp. Holmes, Solomon April 2, 1904 July 25, 1073 Rawls, Leona F. c1919 c1973 Finney, Iela H. c1887 c1970 Finney, Jim c1886 c1959 Finney, Mrgie No Dates d/o Joseph Finney, Mary F. c1925 c1948 Finney, Fannie Ruth August 29, 1925 August 15, 1988 Davis, Fred March 3, 1918 February 8, 1994 Braford, Eddie Marker in Grd. Jones, Rufus January 17, 1921 May 11, 1987 WW II Mason, Walter B., Jr. April 9, 1948 ------- Mason, Daisy Coleman October 10, 1954 November 13, 1991 Locklin, John December 28, 1894 November 28, 1953 Boykins, John William February 26, 1933 August 24, 1992 Shade, Cynthia Norris August 19, 1914 July 2, 1996 Shade Harry David November 24, 1943 October 12, 1985 Norris, Grover C., Sr. April 10, 1893 March 29, 1965 5 Unknowns Brooks, Lena Bell c1943 c1993 Brooks, Walter R. c1943 c1993 Unknown Bridges, Caroline April 2, 1866 September 11, 1886 w/o JMB 2 Unreadables Padgett, Henry January 29, 1903 March 21, 1984 Karimu, Emma P. c1937 c1995 3 Unknowns Norris, Plez December 11, 1876 January 1, 1947 Norris, Eliza May 18, 1882 September 25, 1980 Owensby, Frank November 12, 1892 September 7, 1949 WW I Ruff, Johnnie B. April 7, 1965 December 25, 1982 Bland, Norcisses V. December 25, 1896 March 24, 1985 Ruff, Lizzie Mae May 22, 1942 March 7, 1996 Barrett, Lourine Norris July 13, 1923 March 18, 1997 Thomas, Annie Nell c1924 c1992 Temp. Ingram, James December 25, 1913 November 16, 1988 Unknown King, Amanda January 16, 1895 April 12, 1951 Fullove, Richard R. March 5, 1947 June 27, 1973 Fullove, Willie J. c1906 c1986 Vinson, Henry c1921 c1957 Vinson, Gregory Gene November 30, 1962 February 16, 1963 Vinson, Reginald Carl January 12, 1965 January 12, 1965 Gantt, Idella c1894 c1995 Gantt, Andy May 6, 1894 February 7, 1961 WW I Vinson, Holsey June 22, 1889 April 8, 1968 Vinson, Lena P. April 1, 1894 March 19, 1979 Unknown Vinson, Annie D. c1924 ------ Vinson, Joe c1927 c1991 Vinson, Willie Frank October 15, 1918 November 26, 1980 Vinson, Bernice M. 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