YANCEY COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - King, Ray Cemetery ============================================================================ 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. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the North Carolina USGenWeb Archives by: Gwen Bodford gbodford@yahoo.com ============================================================================ KING - RAY CEMETERY Location: After turning down 19W at the old Cane River Post Office location, go about .1 mile and turn left on the first gravel road. Follow this road about .2 mile to the top of hill and Dannie Ray's house. Look to the right and you can see the cemetery on a knoll. Condition: Fair SURNAMES: FOX, KING, MCINTOSH, RAY, SNODGRASS 1. Elaska King, 2/ 28/1900 - 10/7/1900; son of Mr. & Mrs. W.B. King 2. Mary Ray Fox, 1908 - 1940, Daughter of Robert & Serena Eva King Ray 3. Mary L. Ray, 2/24/1839 - 2/10/1879, Wife of Captain John Henry Ray (Parents of Robert A. Ray) 4. Augustus "Gus" Ray, 1894 - 1960; Son of Robert & Serena Eva King Ray 5. Susan E. Snodgrass, 6/29/1889 - 4/8/1971, D/o # 7 & 8. 6. Enid McIntosh, 4/30/1912 - 7/4/1914, Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Zeb McIntosh 7. Cornelius McIntosh, 1852 - 1902 8. Mary Jane McIntosh, 1856 - 1902 9. Robert McIntosh, 1881 - 1882 Many graves are marked with concrete crosses or field stone. Ruby Ray Radford Wilson told me the following were buried at this cemetery: 10. Robert "Bob"Andrew Johnson Ray, 1/6/1861 - 12/14/1938 11. Rena Evie King Ray, 1869 - (?); wife of # 10 (They were the parents of John Richard Ray, Mary Vera Ray Fox, Augustus "Gus" Ray and George Clifford Ray) 12. Infant Ray Child, that was a twin to Richard Ray 13. Carson Ray, (?) - 8/31/1941 15.Unnamed still born Ray infant (13, 14, and 15 were children of Richard and Lillie Fox Ray) 16. Roy F. Ray, 4/20/23 - 7/20/1924, infant twin brother of Troy Ray- children of Clifford Ray