Woods Grove Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery

Wayne County North Carolina

Surveyed by Glenn Fields January 2010


The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in Woods Grove Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery in Wayne County, NC.

Location: On Central Heights Road near its intersection with US Hwy 13 North.



  • View photos of the headstones here.

  • Google map to find this cemetery

    GPS Coordinates:
    35.39923906573971 N
    77.90165215730667 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    

    

    

Woods Grove Pentecostal Free Baptist Church Cemetery sign

Woods Grove Pentecostal Free Baptist Church Cemetery

Corner post of the old cemetery fence

William Lamont
Son of
Mr & Mrs R H Kennedy
1939
NOD

Jesse Luby
Son of
E & B Anderson
1937
NOD

Double stone
KENNEDY
Robert Hanness
Dec 9 1902
July 5 1955
Zilphia E Taylor
Mar 1 1904
Mar 21 1979

Rossie Kennedy
Nov 14 1895
Nov 29 1990

Sallie A Brown
Oct 28 1902
Jan 20 1974

J W Alphin
Jan 26 1859
Apr 21 1933

Starkey Cathren
Wife of
J W Alphin
Born Mar 4 1863
Died July 22 1952

Dollie P Mitchell
Sept 18 1903
May 10 1970

Walter Anderson
Dec 25 1873
July 24 1948

James A Thomas
Born May 16 1859
Died July 27 1950

Mary 
Wife of
J A Thomas
Sept 2 1871
May 11 1926

Double stone
THOMAS
Nora
Aug 4 1905
Jan 24 1973
Bessie
Mar 1 1901
Nov 13 1076

Glenda Ruth
Daughter of
R W & Esther Taylor
Oct 27 1939
Mar 25 1945

Katy T Taylor
June 4 1875
Mar 24 1944

L G Taylor
Sept 20 1874
June 19 1943

Jackie T
Wife of
L A Lewis
Oct 27 1905
May 8 1929

Infant of
L A & Jackie Lewis
NOI

Estella Anderson
Born Jan 1 1860
Died Feb 14 1924

Benjamin Sauls
Died Jan 21 1887
Age 72 years

Adell Mitchell
Wife of
Alton Colie
Feb 14 1927
Mar 26 1950

Almond Glenn Mitchell
Born Oct 13 1932
Died Jan 8 1952

George H Smith
June 13 1902
Oct 19 1922

Close-up of previous stone

Unidentified Grave

Effie Peele
1897 – 1957

Double stone
GURLEY
W M Gurley
Born
Apr 10 1860
Died
Apr 30 1928
Mary E
His wife
Born
Dec 19 1868
Died
Jan 9 1937

Infant son
Eric Clifford Ezzell
Jan 9 1962
Jan 10 1962

Double stone
GURLEY
W G Gurley
June 5 1893
Dec 22 1951
Annie Gurley
Oct 30 1895
Mar 26 1978

Infant 
son of
Shelton E & Peggy C Smith
Dec 13 1962 or 3
NOD

Linda Combs
Dec 20 1945
Oct 30 1947

Polk Smith
Aug 16 1890
May 21 1952

Samuel M Ridings
Aug 24 1926
Nov 29 1950

E V Strickland
Dec 25 1895
Sept 6 1946

Double stone
GURLEY
Sarah Blanch Gurley
Dec 19 1916
March 11 1968
Addie Lee Gurley
Oct 30 1917
July 11 1991

John G Smith
Nov 3 1895
Dec 31 1968

Nora Gurley Smith
Wife of
John G Smith
Mar 6 1897
June 12 1934

John G Jr.
Son of 
John G and Nora Smith
Sept 6 1929
July 30 1934

Double stone
PEELE
George F Sr.
May 30 1915
Feb 20 1990
Clyde S
Dec 18 1917
Mar 25 2000

Double stone
BUTTS
Elias B
1890 - 1952
Helen S
1896 - 1985


    

    

    Glenn Fields Send your questions (and thanks) directly to Glenn
    

    Back to begining of Wayne County Cemetery Page
    

    Back to Wayne County Page