Vance County, NC - Savage Family Cemetery ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SAVAGE FAMILY CEMETERY, OUTSIDE HENDERSON, VANCE COUNTY, NC DIRECTIONS: From Henderson, take highway 39 south. Turn left onto Garrett Road. Go past Southern Vance High School (on the left) and Mt. Carmel Methodist Church (on the right). About a quarter mile after passing Mt Carmel Church, there is a long driveway on the left leading to the Savage Farm. The cemetery is located on the farm. The property is now owned by one of the daughters of Rowland and Hattie Savage and is private property. Permission must be obtained from the owner before visiting the cemetery. Double tombstone: SAVAGE Rowland Lee Hattie Farmer son of dau of Kitchin and Sarah Vincent and Mary Savage Farmer Oct 28, 1871 April 2, 1881 Nov 1, 1941 June 12, 1958 "Grandmama" Elsie Savage Medlin Oct. 7, 1914 March 23, 1985 Michael A. Savage May 6, 1918 - Oct. 10, 1974 Son of Hattie Farmer and Rowland Lee Savage "Home is the sailor, home from the sea, And the hunter home from the hill." Robert Louis Stevenson Footstone: "Boppy" Mary Elizabeth Brame May 29, 1912 May 14, 1974 Elizabeth G. Savage CPL US Army Air Corp WW II Aug. 7, 1907 Jan. 4, 1990 Clara S. Adams Feb. 21, 1907 Jan. 20, 1966 "Give up this life for a better one" "In Memory" Rowland Lee Savage, Jr. Dec. 31, 1922 Nov. 27, 1976 Son of Hattie Farmer and Rowland Lee Savage "He had a great faith in his God and loved his fellow man" ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Mary Elizabeth Brame was the niece of Hattie Farmer Savage. When Mary's mother, Roberta Farmer Johnston Huff, died giving birth to her third child, Hattie and Rowland took Mary in and raised her as their own. All the other people buried here are sons and daughters of Hattie and Rowland. Full Names and spouses: Rowland Lee Savage and Hattie Gertrude Farmer Savage Elsie Ellis Savage Medlin (widow of Thurston Clark Medlin) Michael Angelo Savage (husband of Margaret Mary Leslie Coachys) Mary Elizabeth Johnston Brame (widow of Norman Brame) Elizabeth Gertrude Savage (The year of birth is incorrect on her tombstone. She was born in 1905. Also, her WW II service was in the Woman's Army Auxiliary Corps. She was not married.) Clara Mae Savage Degaetano Adams (wife of Esker Rodolphus Adams, Jr.) Rowland Lee Savage, Jr. (not married) ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Teresa Medlin Munn - tmmunn039@bellsouth.net ______________________________________________________________________