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PLEASANT CHURCH CEMETERY Location: This cemetery is located in the Swiss Community of Yancey County just off 19E. Turn onto Schronce Creek Road (#1395), turn right directly in front of Mt. Pleasant Church. The cemetery is immediately on the right. Condition: Well kept. SURNAMES: ANGEL, BENNETT, BLANKENSHIP, BRIGGS, BUSH, CARTER, EDWARDS, FERGUSON, HENSLEY, HILL, HIGGINS, HYLEMON, JAMERSON, LEWIS, MCINTOSH, MCCLURE, METCALF, MOORE, MOSIER, PATE, PROFFITT, RICE, SHEPHERD, SILVERS, TAYLOR, TOMBERLIN, WILSON FIRST LEVEL: 1. MARY P. BRIGGS, born 1881, died 1967 2. HOWELL W. BRIGGS, born 1880, died 1971 3. GILBERT HILL, born 1873, died 1966 4. VERLINCHIA E. HILL, born 1879, died 1967 5. EUPHIA HILL MOSIER, born February 9, 1909, died May 11, 1991 6. CHARLIE M. HILL, born 1883, died 1965 7. LYDIA E. HILL, born 1887, died 1976 8. QUINCE VERNON HILL, born June 22, 1915, died September 20, 1985- SSgt US Army WW II 9. SALLIE IRENE HILL, born October 18, 1924 10. MILTON L. (LARRY) LEWIS, Born 1904, died 1977 11. IRENE HENSLEY LEWIS, born 1907, died 1969 12. LEMUEL L. HILL, born 1898, died 1946 13. MAMIE L. HILL, born 1903, died 1994 14. LOLA ANN HENSLEY, born March 2, 1913, died May 9, 1995 15. GERALDINE HENSLEY, born December 2, 1931, died October 25, 1994 16. A. PARSON HENSLEY, born 1880, died 1947 17. ARNOLD WAYNE HENSLEY, born September 13, 1920, died July 18, 1985- CWO US Army, WW II 18. TEXANNA TOMBERLIN HENSLEY, born 1885, died 1975 19. FRANK PATE, born April 26, 1897, died May 2, 1956 20. FANNIE PATE, born June 16, 1900, died March 30, 1984 21. HARRIETT PATE, Born 1868, died 19 (Wife of R. L. Pate) 22. MARY MOORE, Born April 11, 1892, died August 30, 1957 23. ALTHEA P. BUSH, born November 22, 1921, died March 3, 1965 24. RICHARD B. PATE, born March , 1926, Died July, 1977 25. WILSE EDNIE WILSON, born February 20, 1890, died August 9, 1960- Children: Paul, Earl, Dovie 26. EMMA MAE WILSON, born September 15, 1887, died July 3, 1960 Tom, Arnold, Madge,Pearl. 27. THOMAS Y. WILSON, born October 1, 1924, died September 24, 1968 28. BABY GIRL PATE - Born 1953 29. BABY BOY PATE - born 1945 30. JUDY MARIE PATE, born 1946, died 1947 31. BILL BLANKENSHIP, born April 5, 1936, died Oct. 21, 1962- NC GM l, US Navy 32. MOLT "MO" PATE, born 1920, died 1979- Pvt. US Army 33. DOROTHY MARIE PATE, born 1926 34. ALFRED HYLEMON, born 1871, died 1971 35. BERTHA HYLEMON, Born August 12, 1900, died February 12, 1974 - 73 years 36. VERGIE PATE, born September 23, 1926, died July 19, 1945 37. BILL H. PATE, born September 20, 1916, died July 27, 1952 38. MONERVIA PATE, born December 13, 1920 39. VANCE R. PATE, born September 19, 1931, died September 14, 1969 40. CHARLIE D. PATE, born August 27, 1923, died November 27, 1995 41. MAE E. PATE, born March 8, 1925 42. BETTY L. PATE, Born April 20, 1933 43. RUTH HENSLEY, born April 24, 1945, died March 24, 1946 44. BILL METCALF, born November 19, 1905, died September 11, 1987 45. ELSIE P. METCALF born May 2, 1914, died March 6, 1989 46. JOHN D. PATE, born February 29, 1893, died October 21, 1981 47. HATTIE W. PATE, born Mary 3, 1895, died October 30, 1978 48. CLARENCE B. EDWARDS, b. Aug.27, 1893, died Jan. 22, 1955, F-2 US Navy WW I 49. CARTIE LEE PATE, born June 8, 1912, died August 6, 1980 50. PENDER PATE, born 1900, died 1961 51. R. L. PATE, born 1872, died 1967 52. NETTIE H. WILSON, born October 9, 1917, died April 9, 1985 SECOND LEVEL: 53. CLYDE C. TAYLOR, born February 10, 1894, died November 16, 1974 54. DESSIE S. TAYLOR, born May 31, 1886, died July 17, 1967 55. REGGIE TAYLOR, born 1916, died 1997 - age 80 56. HORACE SHEPHERD, born 1909, died 1983 57. NELL SHEPHERD (HOLCOMBE) BORN 1906 58. B. E. SHEPHERD, born 1888, died 1975 59. VERGIE S. SHEPHERD, born 1896, died 1972 60. MISS IONA JAMERSON, born May 1, 1872, died August 31, 1964 61. TULA TOMBERLIN HIGGINS, born 1888, died 1969 62. THE FAMILY OF WILLIAM T. AND HARRIETT H. TOMBERLIN (One Large Headstone with foot stones for each family member) 63. HUGH M. TOMBERLIN, born May 13, 1915, died May 14, 1993 64. BRUCE M. TOMBERLIN, born May 14, 1905, died November 27, 1982 65. ROYAL A. TOMBERLIN, born Feb.16, 1908, died February 20, 1993 (MASON) 66. CHARLES B. TOMBERLIN, B. Aug. 27,1910, died May 5, 1988, Pvt. USA WW II 67. WILLIAM T. TOMBERLIN, born September 29, 1872, died Janaury 3, 1959 68. HARRIETT H. TOMBERLIN, born May 10, 1884, died May 10, 1957 69. ANASTASIA TOMBERLIN, born October 16, 1909, died November 24, 1965 Eastern Star 70. MONROE MCINTOSH, born June 9, 1896, died February 7, 1977 71. JAMES E. MCINTOSH, born May 9, 1932, died April 13, 1963 72. LILLIAN T. MCINTOSH, born December 17, 1903, died April 26, 1977 DAUGHTERS OF J. FRANK AND MAE AMMONDS HENSLEY 73. RACHEL WINFRED HENSLEY, born 1922, died 1996 74. MARY LEE H. MCCLURE, born 1911, died 1978 75. LUCY FAYE HENSLEY, born 1914, died 1985 76. RASS WILSON, born December 9, 1911, died August 31, 1987 - Pvt US Army WW II 77. LIZZIE H. WILSON, born October 15, 1927, died May 23, 1952 78. Unidentified grave - I believe this to be the grave of : CARL WILLIAM WILSON, born May 6, 1904, died June 1, 1969 Death cert. shows wife to be Hazel Wilson and buried at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery) 79. HAZEL W. WILSON, born 1920, died 1992 80. REECE L. WILSON, born April 1, 1938, died November 8, 1987 81. W. A. HENSLEY, born 1878, died 1953 82. WOODFIN HENSLEY, born February 20, 1889, died May 4, 1957 THIRD LEVEL 83. WM. TYLER ANGEL, born March 1, 1992, died March 15, 1992 84. JAMES EVAN ANGEL, born March 1, 1992, died March 18, 1922 85. HERMAN L. ANGEL, born November 8, 1903, died April 4, 1959 86. IDA HILL ANGEL, b. 1903- d. July 17, 2000, wife of Herman L. Angel 87. SHERMAN LEE TOMBERLIN, born 1885, died 1963 88. IDA ENGLISH TOMBERLIN, born 1883, died 1961 FOURTH LEVEL 89. PORTER M. PROFFITT, born January 21, 1916, died January 7, 1958 90. DELPHIA A. PROFFITT, born October 12, 1916 91. MARGIE LOUISE PROFFITT, born October 3, 1931, died August 28, 1980 92. WM. ARTHUR PROFFITT, born October 2, 1894, died October 28, 1985 93. MYRTLE HENSLEY PROFFITT, born December 24, 1902, died March 6, 1986 94. CHARLIE L. FERGUSON, born May 10, 1890, died April 4, 1950 95. HATTIE T. FERGUSON, born January 27, 1897, died July 2, 1978 96. MADGE FERGUSON, born July 26, 1921, died January 25, 1983 97. GUS FERGUSON, born July 16, 1914, died August 31, 1991 98. HORACE EDWIN HILL, born September 18, 1902, died September 13, 1995 99. REVA JOE HILL, b. March 26, 1945, d. Nov. 15, 1949 (D/o Mr. & Mrs. Edd Hill) 100. BURGE SILVER , born August 25, 1909, died July 14, 1974 101. AMANDA SILVERS, Born October 21, 1909, died December 5, 1997 102. CECIL SILVERS, born June 28, 1931, died September 4, 1949 103. EMMA D. RICE, born June 25, 1883, died April 6, 1979 104. JOHN HENRY SILVERS, born 1885, died 1967 105. BESSIE H. SILVER, born 1882, died 1948 106. LATTIE R. CARTER, born September 26, 1879, died November 27,1953 107. NORA H. CARTER, born 1884, died 1974 108. RALPH HENSLEY, born october 26, 1931, died September 24, 1993 109. LAURA E. HENSLEY, born September 21, 1914 110. LENORA MADGE CARTER, born January 22, 1916, died December 21, 1989 111. ROBIE WILSON, b. Feb.19, 1918, d.Oct. 12, 1969, PFC NC Co. B 180 Inf. WW II 112. MACK WILSON, born 1942, died 1997 - age 55 113. CECIL BENNETT,, b. died Jan. 10, 1997 114. DELLA BENNETT, born Aug. 16, 1920 - died Aug. 19, 2000, W/o Cecil Bennett (Not sure which level Cecil & Della are buried)