Yancey County, NC - Hensley Cemetery

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HENSLEY CEMETERY:  On Bald Mountain just before reaching Riddle Branch, look 
up to the right on a hillside.  Two cemeteries, one above the other, fenced 
and well kept.

SURNAMES:  EDWARDS, FENDER, HENSLEY, HIGGINS, MCCURRY, 

Kittie Hensley Pate, 7-15-1883 – 9-16-1938 “Rest Mother, rest in quiet sleep, 
      while friends in sorrow o’re thee weep” (D/o Back & Ruth Wilson Hensley)
Lee E. Edwards, 9-6-1915 – 7-3-2002
Cleo F. Edwards, 8-23-1917 – 9-10-1987, W/o # 2 (D/o John & Nettie Hensley Fender)
Backus S. Hensley, 12-22-1839 – 10-2-1912  72Yrs. 9 mo. 10 days
Ruth, Wife of B.W. Hensley,  1860 – 3-13-1898
Walter, Son of B.W. & Ruth Hensley, 9-14-1897 – 11-29-1901
Fred Wilson Hensley, Son of B.S. & Nettie Hensley, 2-2-1902 – 6-22-1933
Nettie Hensley Fender, 10-24-1877 – 3-15-1967, W/o # 9 (D/o John & Martha Hensley Wilson)
John S. Fender, 9-7-1895 – 12-9-1991
Jewel Orr Hensley, 2-17-1914 – 3-10-1968, W/o #  11 (D/o Augustus &v Elizabeth Howell Ore)
Oscar B. Hensley, 11-20-1905 – 5-6-1970 (S/o Baccus S. & Nettie Wilson Hensley)
Pauline C. Hensley, 112-12-1909 – 2-20-1990
Raleigh Fender, 2-15-1915 – 1-17-1996
Mary Lee Fender, 4-26-1922 -               , W/o # 13
Allan R. McCurry, 5-25-1951
Rita Ann McCurry, 2-9-1953 – 9-20-1997, W/o # 15 (D/o Lester & Wilma Fender Wilson)
Sam McCurry, 5-10-1920 –
Anna Pearl McCurry, 12-1-1930 – 2-12-2001, W/o # 17 (D/o Allison & Dorothy Hensley Edwards)
Dorothy H. Edwards, 12-29-1911 – 3-19-1971, W/o # 20 (D/o Baccus & Finetta Wilson Hensley)
Allison M. Edwards, 5-22-1908 – 3-15-1994 (S/o Turner Anderson & Martha Pate Edwards)
Mark Edwards, 11-11-1956 – 11-22-1957 (S/o Stewart & Belle Wilson Edwards)
Infant daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Stewart Edwards, 1960 – 1960
Gerald S. Edwards,  3-141951 – 9-9-1996
Old base
Old base
Small round stone - unreadable
Gaston Higgins, Co.G. 3rd NC MTD INFTY -  7-20-1848 – 2-7-1919(S/o John & Winnie Phillips Higgins)
Creed Edwards, 10-15-1933 - 6-17-1936 (S/o Allison & Dorothy Hensley Edwards)

(Info in parentheses is from death records or other sources)

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