Wake County, NC - Cemeteries File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Shirley Olson Dec. 10, 2001 St Mary's Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery 9305 Holly Springs Road, Holly Springs, WAKE Co., NC Tel. # 362-0678 Until recently this area of Wake Co. was predominantly African American and rural. It is in the process of dramatic change with an upscale country club and expensive homes changing the landscape. This African American cemetery is the property of the church. Records show a 1900 building date on 2.91 acres. The cemetery is not laid out in any practical manner. There are some graves near the front of the cemetery, another 2 rows of graves a little distance further back from the road and to the left of the front burials, another 2 rows semi-shielded from view by some trees further back and then a scattering of graves in the rear. Many of the graves are marked only by funeral home metal plates, some have lost their letters. There are other graves with no marker of any kind. There is plenty of room for more burials. At the bottom is a list of funeral homes who may be able to offer assistance in researching names of those buried in the unmarked graves. Transcribed from tombstones by Shirley & Gordon Olson Directions from downtown Raleigh: Take Hillsborough St. (SR 3007, becomes Hwy. 54) to Jones Franklin Rd. (SR 1319) Go South to the stop sign at Walnut St. (SR1313) Continue across Tryon Rd. (SR 1009) to Holly Springs Rd. (SR 1152), continue South, cross SR 1010, continue South 2-3 miles to the church on the left side of the road. Lat. 35° 40' 56" N Long. 78° 47' 14" W Hinton, Lula S., b. 24 Nov 1897, d. 4 Feb 1998 Snelling, Lillie Mae, b. 27 Aug 1927, d. 12 Nov 1972 Smith, Lula U., b. 10 Apr 1905, d. 20 Dec 1970 Roberts, Alice, 1973 no readable marker, Lightner Fun. Home Jeffries, Carl L., b. 11 Jul 1938, d. 15 May 1975 Council, Crystal Lavern, b. 14 Nov 1973, d. 14 Dec 1973 Harris, Cleno, b. 1910, d. 1972 Harris, Joseph Sr., b. 15 Jan 1915, d. 21 Aug 1971 Powell, Elbert, b. ? Aug 1943, d. 8 Jun 1972 Harris Augustine R., b. 10 Aug 1910, d. 5 Sep 1965 McNeill, Hattie M., b. 1913, d. 1967 McNeill, Charles E. Sr., b. 1915, d. 1962 Stewart, Wiliam L., b. 28 Jan 1966, d. 30 Jan 1966 Stewart, Vance Lee, b. 30 Dec 1941, d. 15 Oct 1950 Stewart, Addie, b. 11 Oct 1872, d. 30 Jun 1949 Stewart, Rome, b. 1861. d. 30 Dec 1930 Jefferies, Levi, b. 6 Feb 1869, d. 15 Jul 1935 Ray, Gertie M., b. 4 Jul 1904, d. 4 Mar 1968 Joint, Mary E.W., b. 28 Oct 1929, d. 23 Aug 1968 Campbell, James, b. 1 May 1920, d.17 Jan 1971 Joint, William, b. 25 Jun 1925, d. 26 Jun 1976 "Pie" Bass, Frank, b. 31 Aug 1920, d. 24 Jun 1977 Wilson, Lacy Green, b. 20 Apr 1901, d. 22 Feb 1963 Burt, Walter, b.24 Jan 1916, d. 10 Jan 1967 Burt, Rosie M., b. 6 Jun 1920, d. ???? Lockley, Willie, b. 1 Apr 1896, d. 29 Nov 1974, Pvt US Army, WWI Bratcher, Leonard, b. 6 Jul 1894, d. 5 Sep 1977 Taylor, Thenonia, b. 10 Jan 1929, d. 27 Nov 1977 Harris, Lunaria Taylor, b. 5 Jun 1937, d. 20 Nov 1972 Taylor, DeWitt Jr., b. 24 Mar 1921, d. 27 Apr 1970 McKinney, Almira Stewart, b. 25 Jul 1900, d. 30 Nov 1969 Taylor, Ella Stewart, b. 30 Sep 1902, d. 19 Feb 1959 Taylor, DeWitt Sr., b. 1895, d. 1946 Stewart, Wallace, b. 4 Jul 1922, d. 23 Dec 1974 Banks, Louise Stewart, b. 14 Jul 1929, d. 21 May 1972 Marrow, Marie J., b. 7 Oct 1899, d. 14 Oct 1963 Smith, Shellie, b. 12 Dec 1897, d. 17 Mar 1962 Jeffries, Cleve, b. 1895, d. 1979 Council, Mary, b. 1956, d. 1980 Woodard,Andrew J.,Sr., b. 25 Nov 1910, d. 19 Jan 1981 Stewart, Elder Walter, b. 3 May 1894, d. 18 Jun 1981 Stewart, Ranzy, b. 2 Apr 1918, d. 30 Mar 1981 Wilson, Hattie R., b. 23 Apr 1904, d. 20 Jun 1981 Harris, Sarah, b. 9 Jul 1909, d. 22 Aug 1981 Stewart, Margie Ree, b. 20 Jan 1926, d. 29 Nov 1981 Bratcher, Ethel, b. 1902, d. 1982 Woodard, Vera J., b. 1892, d. 1912 Taylor, Dorothy Leach, b. 3 Dec 1940, d. 27 Mar 1998 Taylor, Frank, b. 10 May 1933, d. 9 Mar 1983 Stewart, Claudis, b. 10 May 1921, d. 29 Sep 1983 Yates, Walter D'andra, b. 1972, d. 1984 McDougal, Bill, b. 1919, d. 1984 Hinton,Theodore C. Sr., b. 1915, d. 1985 Hinton, Olivia C., b. 1917, d. ????, married 9 Dec 1935 Lipscomb,Furman Lee, b. 1 Jan 1934, d. 31 Dec 1995 Woodard, Mary V., b. 25 Dec 1918, d. 28 Mar 1995 Fine, Bill J., b. 1904, d. 1993 Hinton, Clarine J., b. 29 Mar 1930, d. 10 Apr 1991 Taylor, Timothy D., b. 8 Jul 1927, d. 19 Mar 1991 Burton, Eva Bell, b. 8 Apr 1926, d. 24 Feb 1991 Carrington, Robert B., b. 1924, d. 1991 Taylor, Willma N., b. 1931, d. 1990 Dancil, Susie Bell, b. 1943, d. 1990 Stewart, Charlie, b. 1905, d. 1989 Ray, Ella Mae Johnson, b. 25 Nov 1935, d. 18 Sep 1988 Stewart, Linwood, b. 1928, d. 1988 Allen, Charlie U., b. 1930, d. 1986 Allen, Marie A., b. 1932, d. ???? Council, P. Albert, b. 10 Mar 1910, d. 1 Jun 1985 Burt, Excell, b. 4 Feb 1927, d. 26 Sep 1979, Sgt US Army WWII Jefferies, William R., b. 15 Jan 1902, d. 29 Jan 1980 Dixon, Alton, b. 23 Dec 1923, d. 26 Jul 1982 McNeil, James Otis, b. 1940, d. 1983 McNeil, Charles Jr., b. 1934, d. 1985 Cobb, Christine Kersey, b. 1925, d. 1985 Osborne, Rev. Lillian, b. 10 Apr 1920, d. 31 Aug 1985 McNeill, Allie R., b. 22 Apr 1931, d. 8 Jan 1987 Campbell, Kattie, b. 12 Feb 1911, d. 9 Nov 1991 Abrams, Peggy, E. b. 24 May 1940, d. 20 Sep 1972 Stewart, Mrs. Nezzie Lee, b. 1925, d. 1987 Council, Lucille, b. 28 Feb 1931, d. 22 Nov 1991 Wilson, Arthur L., b. 10 Aug 1923, d. 27 Nov 1997 Thompson, Rendocie, b. 7 Oct 1931, d. 20 Jan 2000, Cpl US Army Korea Smith, Carolyn T., b. 1950, d. 1991 Wilson, Dora Mae, b. 22 Jul 1923, d. 8 Jun 1989 Taylor, Catherine Allen b. 1 Jun 1926, d. 6 May 1989 Osborne, Walter E., b. 1924, d. 1991 Lipscombe, Robert, b. 1929, d. 1992 Rowland, Mrs. Anzola W., b. 1929, d. 1991 Kersey, Elizabeth Ray, b. 1918, d. 1984 Joint, Kenneth A., b. 1961, d. 1992 Council, Preston C., b. 7 Oct 1940, d. 20 Feb 1997, from Lufkin Assoc. Johnson, Tom Eugene, b. 1942, d. 1990 Stevenson, Barbara A., b. 10 Jul 1943, d. 4 Dec 1998 Woodard, Gregory, b. 1959, d. 1998 Harrington, Jessie Lee, b. 1935, d. 1998 Wilkerson, Gladys Kersey, b. 24 Apr 1928, d. 8 Apr 1999 Norris, James F., b. 1949, d. 2001 Wilson, Roger A., b. 1963, d. 2000 Kersey, James, b. 1916, d. 1993 Marrow, James, b. 28 Nov 1895, d. 18 Mar 1993 Burt, Rev. Patrick, b. 6 Aug 1915, d. 1 Mar 1995 Burt, Charie E., b. 1948, d. 2001 Council, William, b. 1922, d. 1994 Joint, Leon, b. 1957, d. 1996 Stewart, Hattie, b. 1914, d. 1996 Woodard, Terry, b. 1956, d. 1994, Pvt US Army James-Kersey, Ruth, b. 2 Jul 1935, d. 20 Dec 1996 Council, Joe L., b. 1935, d. 1997 Hinton, Henrietta W., b. 3 Dec 1922, d. 9 May 1997 Leach, Nykeim, b. /d.1995 Hinton, David Jr., b. 1921, d. 1995 Scott, Marian, b. 1942, d. 2001 Yates, Ella C., b. 1934, d. 2001 Reynolds, James, b. 1939, d. 2001 Woodard, William Wesley, b. 1939, d. 2000 Council, Louise W., b. 30 Jan 1919, d. 26 Jan 2000 Foster, Joann W., b. 18 Nov 1957, d. 13 Dec 1999 Woodard, Mary F., b. 1942, d. 1999 Jefferies, Mother Odelia, b. 1907, d. 1999 Hinton, Roosevelt, b. 22 Dec 1924, d. 29 Nov 1998 Harrison, Robert F., b. 13 Aug 1926, d. 28Apr 1998 Funeral Homes: Seagroves, Prince, Trice, Lea and Albright __________________________________________________________________________ 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. 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