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011    ROCKY RIVER BAPTIST CHURCH [B41.1]

Location: Albright Township. On the north side of SR 1346, Silk Hope--Liberty Road, across from junction with SR 1357, Whitely Road

Coordinates: 35d 49m 20.0s N; 79d 29m 15.0s W Click here for Google maps

On 13 October 1993, Will and Audrey Heiser recorded 28 grave markers, and noted 2 illegible funeral home markers.

Owner: Deacons of Rocky River Baptist Church.
Legal Description: Deed FP-200, 24 Jan 1919, 1.00 acre from W.C. and Mary J. Teague. Deed GB-88, 21 Feb 1922, 0.5 acre from J. M. and Myrtle Hackney.
Topo Quadrant: Crutchfield Crossroads.
Church owned: Yes. Denomination: Baptist.
Used: Yes.
Number of graves: 29.
Cemetery size: 70' x 90'.
Black: Yes.
Unrestricted access: Yes.
Well maintained: Yes.
Enclosed: No.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 28.
Last burial: 1993.
First burial: 1944.
Markers damaged: Yes.
Last canvassed by: Will and Audrey Heiser. Date: 13 Oct 1993.

1. ??, ??   (b. 6 Sep 1953 - d. )
Funeral marker. Illegible. Farrar, Siler City. Location row 6. column 3.
2. Bowden, Lonnie J.   (b. 17 Apr 1908 - d. 31 Jul 1986)
Husband of Thelma P. Bowden. "Gone but not forgotten". Combined stone surrounded by marble curbing, covered with white pebbles. Footstone: Father. Location row 1. column 16.
3. Bowden, Mabel M.   (b. 2 Jan 1910 - d. 2 Feb 1973)
Wife of T. Ross Bowden. "At Rest". Combined stone with marble curbing covered with white pebbles. Location row 3. column 15.
4. Bowden, Nicholas Avery   (b. 22 Nov 1984 - d. 2 Feb 1985)
"Suffer not the little children". Location row 5. column 1.
5. Bowden, T. Ross   (b. 1 Jun 1905 - d. 10 Sep 1971)
Husband of Mabel M. Bowden. "At Rest". Combined stone with marble curbing covered with white pebbles. Location row 3. column 16.
6. Bowden, Thelma P.   (b. 23 Jun 1924 - d. 9 Jan 1972)
Wife of Lonnie J. Bowden. "Gone but not forgotten". Combined stone surrounded by marble curbing, covered with white pebbles. Footstone: Mother. Location row 1. column 15.
7. Caviness, Lessie Martin   (b. 28 Aug 1935 - d. 31 May 1983)
"Gone Home" "Mother". Location row 6. column 2.
8. Cheek, Hilda Glover   (b. 8 Aug 1942 - d. 26 Nov 1992)
"Our Father which art in Heaven". Marble stone w/curved concrete curbing. Location row 1. column 1.
9. Dark, Anthony Craig   (b. 29 Aug 1964 - d. 14 Sep 1985)
"Precious Lord take my hand". Marble stone w/marble curbing. Footstone: Son. Location row 6. column 7.
10. Dark, Velma B.   (b. 27 Jul 1937 - d. 11 Aug 1988)
Wife of Wade Junior Dark. Double headstone. Footstone: Mother. Location row 6. column 8.
11. Dark, Wade Junior   (b. 24 Apr 1934 - d. 20 Nov 1980)
Husband of Velma B. Dark. Pvt US Army Korea. Double headstone. Footstone: Wade Junior Dark, Pvt US Army Korea Footstone: Father. Location row 6. column 9.
12. Glover, B. Luegertie   (b. 13 May 1919 - d. 10 Jun 1977)
Wife of Sam O. Glover. Combined stone. Location row 5. column 14.
13. Glover, Geraldine D.   (b. 5 Jul 1953 - d. 9 Jul 1953)
Footstone: G D G. Location row 6. column 15.
14. Glover, Glynis Amanda   (b. 22 Aug 1966 - d. 17 Dec 1966)
Location row 6. column 14.
15. Glover, Harold Lee   (b. 18 Oct 1948 - d. 23 Nov 1968)
NC Corporal Co. B 31 Inf. Americal Div. Vietnam BSM-PH. Military marker. Flat granite Military marker with granite curbing with white pebbles. Location row 5. column 15.
16. Glover, Janice M.   (b. 29 Sep 1950 - d. 8 Nov 1950)
Footstone: J M G. Location row 6. column 16.
17. Glover, Rosa Garner   (b. 24 Jun 1945 - d. )
Wife of Thomas "T" Glover, Jr. Mother of Angela, Thomas, and Tammy Glover. "Wherefore we are no more, we but one flesh, what therefore God has joined together let no man put asunder. Matt 19:6". Double headstone. Three children Angela - Thomas - Tammy. Location row 1. column 3.
18. Glover, Sam O.   (b. 22 Oct 1914 - d. 23 Mar 1977)
Husband of B. Luegertie Glover. Combined stones. Location row 5. column 13.
19. Glover, Thomas "T", Jr.   (b. 29 Jun 1944 - d. 24 May 1993)
Husband of Rosa Garner Glover. Father of Angela, Thomas, and Tammy Glover. "Wherefore we are no more, we but one flesh, what therefore God has joined together let no man put asunder. Matt 19:6". Double headstone. Footstone: Father Three children Angela - Thomas - Tammy. Location row 1. column 2.
20. Marsh, Blanch G.   (b. 14 Jun 1903 - d. 12 May 1981)
2nd Wife of Johnnie Marsh. Footstone: Mother. Location row 7. column 13.
21. Marsh, Caesar L.   (b. 7 Dec 1913 - d. 7 Feb 1976)
PFC US Army WW II. Location row 7. column 12.
22. Marsh, Johnnie   (b. 2 Aug 1886 - d. 6 Apr 1977)
Husband of Mary L. and Blanch G. Marsh. Footstone: Father. Location row 7. column 14.
23. Marsh, Mary L.   (b. 9 Apr 1886 - d. 20 Feb 1944)
1st Wife of Johnnie Marsh. "At Rest". Location row 7. column 15.
24. Martin, Herbert H.   (b. 31 Mar 1932 - d. 27 May 1992)
"Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven". Location row 3. column 1.
25. Martin, Robert McKinley   (b. 27 Apr 1923 - d. 25 Aug 1990)
Funeral marker. Farrar Funeral Home marker. Location row 4. column 1.
26. Scotton, Jesse L.   (b. 13 Aug 1924 - d. 25 Oct 1987)
US Army WW II. Military plaque, w/concrete curbing and white pebbles. Location row 5. column 9.
27. Siler, Carolyn Patterson, Mrs.   (b. 1 Oct 1955 - d. 15 Dec 1988)
Funeral marker. Farrar Funeral Home, Siler City. Location row 6. column 1.
28. Siler, Randy B.   (b. - d. 21 Mar 1978)
Footstone: Son. A child's stone. Location row 3. column 12.