Indian Springs Original Free Baptist Church Cemetery

Wayne County North Carolina

Surveyed by Glenn Fields November 2009


The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in Indian Springs Original Free Baptist Church Cemetery in Wayne County, NC.

Location: On the south side of Indian Springs Road approximately 1 mile east of Arrington Bridge Road.



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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.23155 N
    77.94742 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Page 1 Indian Springs Original Free Baptist Church sign Indian Springs Original Free Baptist Church Cemetery Tim Coleman Sarvis Oct 6 1940 Dec 21 1942 Double stone TURNER Mattie E Nov 9 1883 Mar 14 1959 David L Sept 29 1873 Feb 11 1938 James E Son of D L & Mattie Turner Born Sept 1 1919 Died Nov 26 1919 John D Son of D L & Mattie Turner Born Oct 13 1914 Died Oct 23 1914 Albert L Son of D L & Mattie Turner Born Mar 9 1908 Died July 21 1911 Martha A Wife of Herman Blizzard Born June 5 1945 Died July 1 1920 Eddis Linwood Son of Mr & Mrs G W Whitman Mar 23 1934 July 21 1934 Eunice L Daughter of Lannie & Minnie Hines May 4 1935 June 19 1935 Joann Daughter of Lannie & Minnie Hines Oct 18 1937 Oct 19 1937 Infant Son of Lannie & Minnie Hines Sept 26 1951 Double stone HERRING Lola Walker Jan 31 1887 Nov 6 1960 Benjamin R Jan 30 1888 Mar 14 1959 Infant Son of Mark & Virginia Caudell Born & Died Jan 5 1936 Virginia B Wife of Gideon Walker May 11 1860 June 18 1918 Father Jame Graham Fields May 4 1868 Oct 15 1925 Mother Lila Walker Fields June 4 1883 Jan 29 1974 Double stone FIELDS Julian Gasper Nov 13 1934 July 8 2001 Dorothy I Crowther Dec 11 1935 May 14 2006 Mother and Father Of Brenda M Fields And Julian G Fields Julian G Fields June 6 1910 Apr 29 1939 Hazel Winnefred Kilpatrick Fields-Curtis Feb 23 1914 June 10 1997 Mother and Father Of Julian G Fields And Carolyn F Fields Double stone GREGORY Laura M Casey July 8 1919 Aug 10 2003 John Nathan Dec 9 1910 Mar 12 1991 Wed Nov 7 1936 Mary Lillian Daughter of J N & Laura Mae Gregory Aug 13 1937 Dec 3 1942 Christopher Scott Son of John Allen Gregory and Margaret Rose Horne Sept 6 1971 NOD Our Little Angel David Markley Smith Jr Sept 1 1972 Sept 1 1972 Allen Todd Infant son of John Allen Gregory and Margaret Rose Horne Mar 30 1973 NOD Laura Bell Summerlin Aug 24 1909 May 13 1931 Double stone SUMMERLIN Isaac William July 25 1880 Oct 2 1945 Willie E Price July 9 1890 Sept 4 1951 Walter Jackson Son of I W & Willie Price Summerlin Sept 6 1914 Dec 1 1999 Double stone LANE Nancy K Aug 11 1937 Nov 19 2006 No other name or date Double stone COOKE Walter Hardy Cooke Jr Cpl US Army World War II May 29 1918 July 9 2003 Ruby W Cooke Beloved Wife and Mother Dec 10 1931 Jan 22 2007 MM Ruby Lee Wiggs Cooke Dec 10 1931 Jan 22 2007 Age 75 Elise Jones Wiggs June 19 1926 Oct 6 1993 Jessie Cleveland Wiggs Dec 18 1920 Oct 10 1989 Sister Nancy W Tucker Oct 8 1926 Jan 21 1987 Mother Minnie S Wiggs Feb 28 1891 June 18 1976 Father Henry Arnold Wiggs Mar 10 1882 June 18 1946 Julia A Wife of Henry L Wiggs Died May 10 1907 Ag’d 65 yrs Henry L Wiggs Died Aug 27 1910 Ag’d 64 yrs Brother Lennie E Creech Feb 7 1900 Jan 1 1983 Brother William V Creech Aug 27 1909 Feb 5 1950 Effie F Creech Dec 13 1903 May 18 1904 Double stone CREECH Ella Grady Dec 17 1875 Feb 22 1943 Robert Aug 24 1866 Dec 19 1939 Matilda Creech A Loving Mother NOI John Creech A Loving Father NOI Given by the Walter Creech Family NOI Family stone CARTER Reverend Kenneth T Carter Sr Feb 26 1928 Nov 29 1989 Beloved Mother Patty Creech Carter Aug 8 1929 Nov 22 2002 Page 2 Lester D Son of Born April 14 1917 Died Aug 12 1917 Martha Ann Price July 30 1880 Aug 14 1938 Julius Marion Price Nov 18 1874 Apr 28 1965 Needham Clyde Price Aug 26 1911 Dec 4 1972 Jesse Eli Sasser June 25 1907 May 19 1958 Daisy L Carr Wife of Jesse E. Sasser Feb 3 1901 Jan 12 1940 “Lillie” Lillie Summerlin Rich Wife of A Merrimon Rich Jan 2 1889 Jan 8 1978 Elder Willie B Smith Born Aug 20 1868 Died Sept 7 1951 Johnnie E Wife of Elder W B Smith Born June 17 1871 Died Nov 24 1937 Infant son of W B & Johnie Smith Oct 23 1912 Oct 23 1912 Eliza A Smith May 8 1857 Oct 2 1925 S B Smith Born June 14 1934 Died May 16 1919 Martha A Wife of S B Smith Born May 15 1838 Died Jun 22 1891 Lydia Smith Born June 15 1819 Died July 31 1887 Elizabeth Wife of L T Mercer Jan 22 1836 Feb 17 1918 Infant son of John W & Norma Price Dec 15 1923 Dec 15 1923 Double stone PRICE Norma Summerlin June 10 1895 Mar 31 1969 John William Sept 25 1893 Sept 10 1958 Albert O Smith CPL US ARMY World War II Dec 19 1905 Jan 2 1981 Double stone SMITH Frank O Smith Jan 22 1871 July 19 1941 Lola Smith May 24 1884 Feb 18 1949 Alvin Son of W A & Cora Smith Aug 20 1930 Apr 11 1931 Double stone CREECH Eula Winders Sept 16 1906 Feb 2 1948 Benjamin Franklin Dec 2 1896 Oct 1 1950 Robert Wesley Creech Feb 13 1940 May 7 1984 W H Allen NOI Double stone ALLEN Charles G 1870 - 1951 Mary J 1895 – 1971 Connie Rae Daughter of Howard & Mildred Allen Nov 10 1941 Dec 28 1942 Robert Wayne Creech Dec 15 1968 June 28 2002 Son of Edward and Gail Robert Edward Creech Son of Walter L and Gladys G Creech Dec 11 1935 Sept 5 1989 Timothy Edward Creech Son of Edward and Gail June 1 1974 Oct 21 1974 Nancy C Wife of J W Underhill Nov 3 1856 Oct 6 1895 J W Underhill Born June 22 1873 Died July 10 1923 Double stone BOWDEN Sallie C Dec 23 1901 Mar 29 1966 David J Dec 18 1896 May 4 1970 Infant son of D J & Sallie Mae Bowden July 14 1925 NOD Double stone KORNEGAY Roland R June 22 1909 May 6 1974 Elouise C Aug 17 1913 May 2 1984 John Durwood Son of Roland & Eloise Kornegay May 20 1936 July 14 1936 Double stone CREECH Gladys G Aug 25 1899 June 6 1985 Walter L Apr 6 1898 Apr 30 1981 Married Mar 20 1921 Gilbert Ray Creech Son of Walter and Gladys Dec 20 1921 Mar 31 1924 Double stone PRICE Nannie Pearl Price Dec 14 1927 June 20 1928 Frances Margaret Price June 29 1926 Jan 27 1927 Minnie Daughter of Cleveland Thigpen Born Aug 18 1912 Died July 16 1916 Mary Florence Hemby Daughter of J R & N J Hemby Feb 20 1882 Dec 17 1958 Joseph O Hemby Son of J R & N J Hemby Oct 11 1890 Dec 3 1957 George Haywood Hemby Feb 11 1880 Oct 12 1962 Joseph W Thompson Mar 17 1917 Nov 28 1942

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