Wake County, NC - Mt. Olivet Baptist Church Cemetery ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6/12/2006 Mt. Olivet Baptist Church Cemetery 0 State Farm Rd. Raleigh, Wake Co. Meredith Twp., NC 27607 Directions: From the intersection of Blue Ridge Rd., (SR 1664) and Reedy Creek Rd., (SR 2400) at the traffic light in front of the NC State Museum of Art, turn NW on Reedy Creek Rd. Go exactly 1 mile on Reedy Creek Rd. You will cross Edwards Mill Rd., (SR 2300) at .6 mi., and continue on Reedy Creek Rd. which is a gravel road after you cross Edward's Mill Rd. Take a left turn on to State Farm Rd., a dirt road,no SR number, and go .1 mi. to the cemetery on your right. Behind the cemetery is state property, with a sign "Schenk Forest". Lat. 35°48'55" Long 78°43' 17" Park on the side of the road and enter through a gate. This is a pleasant small cemetery, tidy and cared for. There is room for more burials. Located near the burgeoning growth around the RBC Center, (home to the NHL Hurricanes), it is surprisingly untouched and surrounded by green rolling fields. Originally a log cabin church stood next to the cemetery, long since moved and now, no longer a small log cabin church, Mt. Olivet Church is located at 3500 Edward's Mill Rd., about 5 miles away. The cemetery belongs to the church and contains about .5 acre. My thanks to Beth Medlin and her Grandma, Ms. Louise Hicks, for their kind assistance. I walked the cemetery and transcribed from all the readable headstones. Shirley Olson, shirley32olson@yahoo.com Blake, Betty Ella, b. 1 Jan 1879, d. 24 Oct 1935 Choplin, Maude S., b. 1898, d. 1971 Choplin, Nancy B. B., b. 29 Feb 1864, d. 3 May 1933, "Mother" Choplin, Ransom, b. 8 Dec 1858, d. 8 Oct 1936, "Father" Choplin, Zebert G., b. 1889, d. 1934 Cooper, Andrew J., b. 22 Jan 1878, d. 23 Aug 1936 Cooper, Jerusha Bishop, b. 13 Mar 1888, d. 23 Jul 1953 Cooper, Jessie Edwin, b. Sep 1929, d. Dec 1929 Cooper, William Caleb, b. Jan 1916, d. Jul 1960 Dean, David Lee, b. 1928, d. 1969, Brown-Wynne FH Edgar, Thomas, b. 11 Feb 1876, d. 9 Mar 1970 Emory, W. F., b. 9 Aug 1846, d. 5 May 1916 Emry, Walter Jackson, 8 Jan 1903, Aged 29 yrs., 11 ms., 3 ds. Fry, Percy A., b. 28 Sep 1913, d. 18 Jan 1914, s. o. L. H. & Reada Fry Hicks, Charles Earl, b. 20 Sep 1947, d. 4 Jun 1981 Hicks, Charles Franklin, b. 3 Oct 1916, d. 27 Nov 1992 Hicks, Clara Collins, b. 16 Feb 1887, d. 9 Jun 1965, s. w. LeRoy Hicks Hicks, Jesse Mae, b. 28 Jul 1925, d. ??, s. w. Charles Franklin Hicks Hicks, LeRoy, Sr., b. 12 Mar 1872, d. 7 Jan 1943 Hicks, Selma K., b. 5 Dec 1923, d. 23 Apr 1931, dau. o. LeRoy & Clara Hicks Jackson, Charles Henry, b. 1847, d. 1908 Jackson, Sarah A. R., b. 1876, d. 1955 Jackson, Winney Ann, b. 1844, d. 1926 Jessup, Henry W., b. 28 May 1916, d. 7 Aug 1937 Liggins, Margie Ann, b. 14 Feb 1962, d. 17 May 1985 Maynard, Alvis, b. 1905, d. 1934, Brown-Wynne FH Maynard, Ella Foy, b. 8 Jul 1907, d. 7 Jun 1998, age 90, Apex FH Maynard, Ida, b. 1873, d. 1950, Brown-Wynne FH Maynard, James Carl, b. 24 Mar 1898, d. 8 May 1972, NC Sgt US Army WW1 Maynard, James David, b. 1866, d. 1930, Brown-Wynne FH Maynard, Oscar, b. 20 Aug 1870, d. 2 Sep 1899 McMahan, Philip Ray, b. 6 Jun 1931, d. 13 Jun 1931, s. o. K. G. & Mary Hicks McMahan Patterson, Jessie Lee, 27 Nov 1984, age 88 Truelove, Leonard P., b. 19 Mar 1881, d. 27 Nov 1948 Truelove, Lonnie Jack, b. 8 Sep 1922, d. 23 Dec 1947 Truelove, Unnie F., b. 14 Mar 1888, d. 27 Jan 1930 Unreadable FH marker next to Ella Maynard Five unmarked field stones grouped Unmarked grave behind Walter Jackson Emry Two unmarked field stones next to Percy Fry A grave marked with a field stone behind Betty Blake Two broken unreadable headstones Grave marked with a field stone behind Oscar Maynard, in front of a tree A large plot marked out with cement blocks contains 4-5 unmarked field stones next to David Dean ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Shirley Olson - shirley32olson@yahoo.com ______________________________________________________________________