BELMONT BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY, Oconee County, SC A.K.A. Mountain Rest, SC Version 1.0, 5-Feb-2002, C009A.TXT, C9 **************************************************************** REPRODUCING NOTICE: ------------------- These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, or presentation by any other organization, or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. **************************************************************** LOCATION: --------- Find intersection of Highways 28 and 107. Take Highway 28 south 1.9 miles, until you come to Whetstone Road (S-37 193). Go 1.3 west until you come to the Belmont Church on your left. Continuing driving another 0.1 miles and cemetery is located on your left. Latitude N34 48.852 x Longitude W83 08.958 HISTORY: -------- In 1932 a group of interested people, realizing the need for a church in the Belmont community, met and organized the Belmont Baptist Church. Preaching and Sunday School were held each week at the Belmont School until the first church building was built in 1938. Many people were involved in the church building project and spent many hours in planning and the actual building construction. Beulah Gillespie Beaty, who was a charter member, remembers two who were influential in the success of this project: her grandfather, Sherman Gillespie, and Mrs. Odell Wilbanks. Mrs. Beaty's husband, Harmon, was asked by her grandfather to help on the building - he would pay him $1.50 per day. He had to walk from where he lived on Highway 28 to Belmont each day and would work long hours to help speed the completion of the church. The first building was remodeled to met the needs of the growing congregation, and a few years ago the members began thinking about a new sanctuary. In February of 1981, when Rev. Edward Bryson was pastor of Belmont Church, he and his wife, Joanne, attended a funeral at the Old Mountain Rest Baptist Church, which would soon be vacated when their new building was ready. Belmont voted to submit a bid on the old building, and they had the high bid. The building was moved to a site near the original church and after months of renovating and remodeling by members and friends donating the materials and labor, the beautiful new Belmont Baptist Church was completed in the spring of 1982. The cemetery is in the churchyard at the original site, and the old building is used for recreation. Rev. R.B. Marcengill is the present pastor. DATAFILE INPUT . : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Aug-2000 Linda Flynn at (visit above website) in Apr-2002 DATAFILE LAYOUT : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Aug-2000 HISTORY WRITE-UP : Mountain Rest Community Club in 1984 IMAGES ......... : Gary Flynn at (visit above website) in Feb-2002 LIBRARY REFERENCE: ____________ at ____________ in _______ LOCATION WRITE-UP: Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Aug-2000 TRANSCRIPTION .. : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Aug-2000 TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: -------------------- a. = age at death b. = date of birth d. = date of death h. = husband p. = parents w. = wife CRAIN, Berry Hoyt (Sr), b. 3-aug-1905, d. 29-nov-1983, w. e. crain CRAIN, Eva McCall, b. 1-aug-1916, d. 2-sep-1985, h. b.h. crain CRANE, James Edward, b. 11-jul-1931, d. 19-mar-1982 DAVIS, Eva Ree, b. 12-mar-1911, d. 7-apr-1956, h. w.f. davis DAVIS, W. Frank, b. 21-aug-1905, d. 15-mar-1957, w. e.r. davis ELROD, Danny Fay, d. apr-1965 EMERT, Danny Lee, b. 1950, d. 2000 FULGIUM, Charlotte F., b. 15-feb-1923, d. 28-mar-1980 FULGIUM, Walter E., b. 21-sep-1922 TURNER, Clara M., b. 22-apr-1908, d. 20-may-1979, h. c.c. turner TURNER, Clemson C., b. 2-feb-1902, d. 30-mar-1970, w. c.m. turner TURNER, Sybil, b. 30-nov-1932, d. 5-apr-1995, h. warren turner TURNER, Warren, b. 21-nov-1912, d. 13-aug-1980 TURPIN, Michelle Rinea, b. 21-oct-1970, d. 22-oct-1970 TURPIN, Randall Scott, b. 13-jan-1966, d. 13-jan-1966 TURPIN, Regina Ann, b. 11-aug-1908, d. 12-aug-1968 WILBANKS, Annie Page, b. 20-sep-1916 WILBANKS, Burt S., b. 26-oct-1881, d. 30-sep-1952 WILBANKS, Charlie, b. 28-mar-1909, d. 10-nov-1963, w. l.j. wilbanks WILBANKS, Clem, b. 29-feb-1874, d. 13-jan-1954 WILBANKS, Cullen, b. 1912, d. 1981 WILBANKS, Helen L., b. 8-jul-1927 WILBANKS, Hershel Lee, b. 30-dec-1903, d. 16-oct-1993 WILBANKS, Leila J., b. 7-sep-1910, d. 28-nov-1982, h. charlie wilbanks WILBANKS, Lex, b. 22-oct-1906, d. 9-feb-1986 WILBANKS, Odell, b. 1897, d. 1981 WILBANKS, Ollie D., b. 5-aug-1898, h. samuel wilbanks WILBANKS, Samuel, b. 11-dec-1871, d. 2-apr-1956, w. o.d. wilbanks WILBANKS, Thomas Edward, b. 6-dec-1917, d. 25-feb-1991 WILBANKS, Wibb, b. 20-jan-1928, d. 28-aug-1961