SALEM 7th-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH CEMETERY, Oconee County, SC A.K.A. Salem, SC Version 2.2, 16-May-2002, C180.TXT, C180 **************************************************************** 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. Paul M Kankula - nn8nn Seneca, SC, USA Oconee County SC GenWeb Coordinator Oconee County SC GenWeb Homestead http://www.rootsweb.com/~scoconee/oconee.html Oconee County SC GenWeb Tombstone Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~scoconee/cemeteries.html http://www.usgwtombstones.org/southcarolina/oconee.html **************************************************************** DATAFILE INPUT . : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in May-2002 Linda Flynn at (visit above website) in Apr-2002 DATAFILE LAYOUT : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Apr-2002 G.P.S. MAPPING . : Gary Flynn at (visit above website) in May-2002 HISTORY WRITE-UP : Nell Redman of Salem SC IMAGES ......... : Gary Flynn at (visit above website) in May-2002 LOCATION WRITE-UP: Gary Flynn at (visit above website) in May-2002 MAP ............ : ____________ at ____________ in _______ TRANSCRIPTION .. : Gary Flynn at (visit above website) in May-2002 CEMETERY LOCATION: ------------------ On Highway 130, just north of Salem. Latitude N 34 53.930 x Longitude W 82 59.068 CHURCH/CEMETERY HISTORY: ------------------------ In the 1920s, Leonard Nations from Pickens county set up a tent near Salem at the Junction of Shallowford and Nimmons Bridge Roads. He was a lay preacher and knew the Bible well. Several people became members of the Seventh-Day Adventist faith and a company was formed. Needing a place to worship, and it being hard times then, an open-air building was erected. This was used as a meeting place ten to twelve years until it deteriorated and was not usable. For eighteen years, there was no church building. In the early 1950s, Earl Jeys, a Seventh-Day Adventist from Tennessee retired to the Salem area. He found some members living in Oconee County and began planning for a church. Many helped with materials, money, and labor. A simple frame building took shape. In 1956, it was dedicated with a charter membership of eighteen. During the years that followed, additions were made, including a fellowship hall. In the 1980s, this building became too small for the congregation and plans were made to build a larger church. The sanctuary was moved to one side and still used while the new church was being built. When the new church was completed, the old building became a church school. The new church was dedicated in 1986. The membership in 1995 is 102. After sharing a pastor with the Greenville Seventh-Day Adventist Church for many years, the Salem church got its own pastor in 1977. The present pastor is Glen Garver. The Salem Seventh-Day Adventist Church is located on Highway 130 north of Salem, half a mile from Highway 11. Submitted by: Nell Redman, 586 Meadow Ridge Drive, Salem, SC 29676. TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: ------------------------------ a. = age at death b. = date-of-birth d. = date-of-death h. = husband m. = married p. = parents w. = wife BOMBARDIER, Gregory Paul, b. 1-sep-1906, d. 20-june-1996, w. rose wilson bombardier CHASTAIN, Janie, b. 1896, d. 1972 CISCO, Jessica Michelle, b. 1987, d. 8-jan-1988, p. james & robin foote COOPER, Jane Elenor, b. 15-nov-1901, d. 21-jun-1996 COOPER, Orlow, b. 18-dec-1892, d. 28-dec-1988, w. jane eleanor wilson loudermilk cooper, f. robert cooper CROWE, Curtis Edward, b. 6-apr-1951, d. 15-jul-1992, w. judy dora smith crowe, p. james wesley crowe & martha lorine phillips crowe owens DUNCAN, Karen Leigh, b. 9-apr-1972, d. 8-mar-1987 HARDY, Louise D., b. 28-aug-1921, d. 26-mar-1997, h. dr. winfield hardy HARDY, Winfield, b. 24-feb-1920 HIGHT, Kenneth Carl, b. 14-aug-1934, d. 29-nov-1995, p. johnny lancing & alpha violet canfield hight, w. kante hight HOSTETLER, E.W., b. 1914, d. 1975 JEYS, Areene M., b. 21-nov-1894, d. 12-feb-1972, beside earl e. jeys JEYS, Earl E., b. 10-mar-1894, d. 12-oct-1973, military marker: sc phm 2 usn WWI, beside alleene m. jeys JEYS, George H., b. 4-nov-1890, d. 11-june-1973 JEYS, Nellah Harrison, b. 17-dec-1891, d. 11-apr-1985, p. richard terrill & nellah pope harrison, h. george h. jeys McWHORTER, Arthur M. (Sr), b. 1907C, d. 29-jan-1983, p. zachary taylor & amanda pruitt mcwhorter MEDLICOTT, Winifred, b. 1895, d. 1992 PEARMAN, Grace I., b. 10-oct-1907, d. 1-jan-1993 RAMEY, J.D., b. 4-july-1914, d. 26-aug-1981, p. wesley & maudie cannon ramey, w. etta mae harper ramey REDMAN, Marshall L., b. 16-mar-1943, d. 21-dec-1973 RIMA, Harold H., b. 14-jun-1895, d. 28-apr-1985, p. john & hattie huff rima, w. irene beatrice lawrence rima RIMA, Irene B., b. 16-july-1896, d. 6-jan-1982 SHANKO, George, b. 27-july-1903, d. 29-oct-1971 SMITH, J.B., b. 1921, d. 2002 SWITZER, Gerald Albert, b. 20-july-1906, d. 30-dec-1983, p. leander & eva lea hernnon switzer, w. ruth jeys switzer SWITZER, Robert Jay, b. 20-may-1928, d. 25-may-1998, p. ruth adeline jeys & gerald albert switzer SWITZER, Ruth J., b. 12-sep-1909, d. 3-nov-1998 TUCKER, Arthur L., b. 21-dec-1911 TUCKER, Grace Ellen Clark, b. 1910C, d. 28-nov-1988, p. percy & rose crist clark, h. arthur l. tucker