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070    PROVIDENCE BAPTIST CHURCH   -   Surname starts with G

Location - 1319 Virgilina Rd (Hwy 49), Roxboro.

Coordinates: 36d 24m 55.2s N; 78d 57m 04.8s W Click here for Online Maps

Providence Baptist Church Cemetery is located on NC 49 approximately 2 miles north of Roxboro. The oldest part of the cemetery is on the north side of the educational building which stands now and was built in 1955. This building is on the site where the first church was built in 1862. According to the church records, the first pastor, Rev. William Ennis Oakley, was the first one to be buried in the cemetery. He was born April 3 1805 and died Sept 7 1876. No doubt there are some earlier graves but no markers exist as proof. The cemetery on the west side of the educational building is the next oldest. The third cemetery is on the other side of the old road leading from Roxboro to South Boston Va.. The oldest grave in this area is 1918.

In 1961 Longhurst Cotton Mill deeded the private cemetery joining the church cemetery to the church. This portion of the cemetery is located off of Providence Road. The Dunn cemetery which is joined to the Longhurst Cotton Mill cemetery is not included in this list below at this time. Several graves were moved to Providence Cemetery in April 1977, when CP&L constructed Mayo Lake as part of the construction of the Mayo Power Plant. Even though all of the graves appear to be associated with the Providence Cemetery, only 3 are kept up by the church, the Dunn Cemetery and Old Longhurst cotton mill cemetery are kept up by family members. At the present time a person has to be member of Providence Baptist Church to obtain a cemetery lot in the church portion and some of the Longhurst Cotton Mill Area. Most of the Longhurst Cotton Mill Area and the Dunn Cemetery are owned by family members who purchased them from the Cotton Mill before 1961. But to me, all of these cemeteries are collectively known as the Providence Cemetery.

View #2 of the cemetery. View #3 of the cemetery. View #4 of the cemetery. View #5 of the cemetery.
View of the church. View of the church sign.

Survey by Danny Lamberth in April 2000. Survey updated by Allen Dew in January 2016. Survey updates by Melanie Sabins in February 2016. All photographs by Melanie Sabins and John Sabins in January 2016.



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1. Garrett, Kathy Patterson   (b. 5 May 1962 - d. 20 Apr 2001)
Wife of Stephen David Garrett
2. Garrett, Matthew Hunter   (b. 16 Oct 1986 - d. 10 Apr 2008)
Gone To Live With Jesus
3. Garrett, Stephen David   (b. 19 Mar 1957 - d. Reserved)
Husband of Kathy Patterson Garrett
4. Gentry, Claude Johnson   (b. 5 May 1920 - d. 1 Nov 1966)
5. Gentry, Della Whitt   (b. 17 Mar 1898 - d. 26 Apr 1987)
Wife of Stephen Pleasant Gentry, Sr. Gentry monument.
6. Gentry, Frances Heath   (b. 21 Feb 1924 - d. Reserved)
Wife of Stephen Pleasant Gentry, Jr. Married 2 Dec 1947
7. Gentry, Frances L.   (b. 27 Oct 1920 - d. 1 Mar 2013)
8. Gentry, Frank Whitt, Sr.   (b. 29 May 1927 - d. 23 Jan 1991)
Husband of Estelle Robertson Gentry. Gentry monument.
9. Gentry, Herman A., Sr.   (b. 1905 - d. 1985)
Funeral Home Marker. Husband of Pinkey Whitt
10. Gentry, Huey A.   (b. 22 Nov 1877 - d. 9 Dec 1944)
Husband of Lucy Perkins Gentry
11. Gentry, Jack   (b. 1863 - d. 23 Sep 1918)
Husband of 1) Mary Ann Yarborough Gentry and 2) Susie Burch Long Gentry
12. Gentry, John Ed   (b. 11 Jul 1922 - d. 15 Mar 1986)
13. Gentry, John Roberson   (b. 3 Jun 1887 - d. 10 Sep 1962)
14. Gentry, Lucy Perkins   (b. 22 Nov 1876 - d. 30 May 1955)
Wife of Huey A. Gentry
15. Gentry, Maggie Carver   (b. 3 Nov 1891 - d. 4 Nov 1961)
16. Gentry, Martha Buchanan "Patsy"   (b. 1786 - d. Aft 1880)
Wife of Simon Gentry
17. Gentry, Odelia Perkins   (b. 15 Nov 1917 - d. 12 Aug 2009)
Wife of Rev. Walter Francis Gentry
18. Gentry, Patsy Buchanan   (b. 1784 - d. 1880)
Wife of Simon Gentry
19. Gentry, Pinkey Whitt   (b. 14 Mar 1904 - d. 9 Sep 1959)
Wife of Herman Gentry
20. Gentry, Simon   (b. 1785 - d. 1868)
Husband of Patsy Buchcanan Gentry
21. Gentry, Stephen Pleasant, Jr. "S.P."   (b. 17 Mar 1918 - d. 19 Oct 2014)
Age 96: Husband of Marian Frances Heath Gentry: Married 67 years. Married on 2 Dec 1947. Son of Stephen Pleasant Gentry, Jr. and Della Whitt Gentry. Father of Becky G. Wilson and Cathy R. Gentry. Grandfather of Corey Wayne Wilson, Stephen Lewis Wilson, and Jenny W. Whitt. G-Grandfather of Hayley Wilson, Tristan Wilson, Brennen Wilson, Brayden Wilson, Keegan Wilson, and Pierce Whitt. He was owner/operator of S. P. Gentry Store for over 66 years. Since 1948, one of the last country stores in the area. S.P. Gentry's store is known for selling hoop cheese, cigarettes, overalls, shoes, seed and feed, and chocolate covered peanuts. His store was the first in the area with air conditioning, and to sell and service TVs, and to sell Sherwin Williams paint. He served in the US Army during WW-II where he was a D-Day veteran. A member of the 82nd Infantry Division, and then the 101st Airborne Glider Division. Native of Person Co., NC. Died in Person Co., NC. Military marker.
22. Gentry, Stephen Pleasant, Sr.   (b. 17 Feb 1888 - d. 2 May 1950)
Husband of Della Whitt. Masonic emblem. Died in Person Co. NC. Gentry monument.
23. Gentry, Susie Smith Burch Long   (b. 12 Aug 1858 - d. 31 May 1926)
Wife of 1) John Long, and 2) Jack Gentry
24. Gentry, Walter Francis (Rev.)   (b. 22 Apr 1914 - d. 8 Jan 2008)
Rev. Gentry. Husband of Odelia Perkins Gentry
25. Gill, Connie Marvin   (b. 3 Dec 1924 - d. 24 Jun 2012)
Husband of Hazel Oliver Gill
26. Gill, Hazel Oliver   (b. 3 Sep 1929 - d. 30 Jan 1993)
Wife of Connie Marvin Gill
27. Gilley, Baxter B.   (b. 13 Feb 1889 - d. 5 Aug 1938)
Husband of Rebecca A. Gilley
28. Gilley, Edna Marie   (b. 14 Jul 1942 - d. 3 Mar 2004)
Wife of John Oakley Gilley. Married 7 Jul 1959
29. Gilley, Gracie Carver   (b. 19 Jun 1922 - d. 30 Aug 2009)
Wife of Oakley Gilley
30. Gilley, John Oakley   (b. 23 Dec 1939 - d. Reserved)
Husband of Edna Marie Gilley. Married 7 Jul 1959
31. Gilley, Oakley   (b. 14 Apr 1916 - d. 14 May 1972)
Husband of Gracie C. Gilley
32. Gilley, Rebecca A.   (b. 5 Nov 1886 - d. 17 Jan 1966)
Wife of Baxter B. Gilley
33. Gilliland, J. Henry   (b. 21 Apr 1914 - d. 17 Sep 1981)
Husband of Louise J. Gilliland
34. Gilliland, Louise Jackson   (b. 9 Jun 1914 - d. 27 Aug 2005)
Wife of J. Henry Gilliland
35. Gilliland, Steve Donald   (b. 6 Sep 1954 - d. 28 Dec 1994)
Husband of Connie Crute Gilliland
36. Gilliland, Walter T.   (b. 19 Apr 1922 - d. 10 Dec 1997)
S1 US Navy WW-II
37. Gillis, Jewell P.   (b. 24 Jul 1923 - d. 9 Aug 1997)
Wife of Wayland W. Gillis
38. Gillis, Wayland William   (b. 25 May 1915 - d. 11 Mar 1993)
Husband of Jewell P. Gillis. US Army WW-II Military marker.
39. Gooch, Ellis Green   (b. 25 Aug 1942 - d. 25 Aug 1942)
Infant Death of Frank and Fannie Lucas Lamberth Gooch
40. Gravitte, Addie Bell   (b. 12 Jan 1898 - d. 25 Dec 1976)
Wife of Elbert Buchanan
41. Gravitte, Alice Gentry   (b. 1875 - d. 1902)
Wife of Thomas S. Gravitte
42. Gravitte, Anna Gentry   (b. 15 Sep 1882 - d. 11 Aug 1968)
2) Wife of Caleb "Piggy" Gravitte
43. Gravitte, Anna Shotwell   (b. 1867 - d. 8 Jan 1898)
1) Wife of James A. Gravitte
44. Gravitte, Arthur Charlie   (b. 21 Apr 1885 - d. 20 May 1964)
Husband of Fannie S. Gravitte
45. Gravitte, Bennie L.   (b. 20 Sep 1865 - d. 4 Apr 1936)
Husband of Minnie B. Pool Long Gravitte
46. Gravitte, Bryant DeVon   (b. 5 Sep 1938 - d. 14 Apr 2014)
Husband of Katie Lou Neal Gravitte. Married 52 years. Son of S. Bradsher and Aline Holt Gravitte. Brother of S. Bradsher Gravitte Jr., Dwight Sherman Gravitte, and Ruth Gravitte Williams. Father of Amy Rose Gravitte, and Carla Gravitte Garrett. Grandfather of Katie Ann Oakley. PFC US Army Military marker. Retired from Universal Leaf Tobacco Company for which he had been vice president and general manager of Southern Processors, Inc. in Danville, VA. He was also a retired tobacco farmer. Member of Providence Baptist Church. Native of Person Co., NC. Died in Durham Co., NC.
47. Gravitte, Caleb Wright "Piggy"   (b. 15 Aug 1882 - d. 28 Dec 1969)
Husband of 1) Matsie Gentry and 2) Anna Gentry. Gravitte monument.
48. Gravitte, Carrie Floyd   (b. 1905 - d. 9 Feb 1909)
Daughter of C. P. and Matsie Gravitte
49. Gravitte, Cora Anna Shotwell   (b. 1872 - d. 8 Jan 1898)
50. Gravitte, Doxie C.   (b. 13 Oct 1915 - d. 12 Feb 2002)
Daughter of Jesse J. and Rosa D. Gravitte
51. Gravitte, Drury   (b. 1812 - d. 1885)
Husband of Mahaly Gentry Gravitte
52. Gravitte, Dwight Sherman   (b. 14 Sep 1944 - d. 9 Sep 2004)
The world's best dad
53. Gravitte, Ella Sue   (b. 13 Jul 1913 - d. 8 May 1952)
Gravitte monument.
54. Gravitte, Ella Virginia Walker   (b. 1 Jul 1912 - d. 28 Feb 1996)
Wife of Johnnie Clyde Gravitte. Forever with the Lord. Foot marker.
55. Gravitte, Fannie Slaughter Gentry   (b. 16 Jan 1890 - d. 31 Dec 1932)
1) Wife of Arthur Charlie Gravitte
56. Gravitte, Infant Daughter   (b. 1913 - d. 1913)
Infant Daughter of Caleb P. and Anna G. Gravitte
57. Gravitte, James A.   (b. 1859 - d. 7 Mar 1921)
Husband of 1) Anna Shotwell Gravitte and 2) Mary Long Gravitte
58. Gravitte, Jesse J.   (b. 1 Aug 1903 - d. 7 Oct 1956)
Husband of Rosa Dillehay Gravitte
59. Gravitte, John   (b. 1847 - d. 1865)
Son of Drury and Mahaly Gentry Gravitte
60. Gravitte, John H.   (b. 4 Jan 1898 - d. 23 May 1960)
On same stone as Lloyd Denny Gravitte
61. Gravitte, Johnnie Clyde   (b. 23 Jul 1915 - d. 11 Sep 1957)
Husband of Ella Walker Gravitte. Foot marker.
62. Gravitte, Katie Lou Neal   (b. 5 Oct 1943 - d. Reserved)
Wife of Bryant DeVon Gravitte
63. Gravitte, Lloyd Denny   (b. 14 Jun 1904 - d. 28 Oct 1972)
On the same stone as John H. Gravitte
64. Gravitte, Lonie   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Unmarked
65. Gravitte, Mahaly Gentry   (b. 28 Dec 1824 - d. 19 Mar 1905)
Wife of Drury Gravitte
66. Gravitte, Mamie   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Unmarked
67. Gravitte, Margaret   (b. 1849 - d. 1865)
Daughter of Drury & Mahaly Gentry Gravitte
68. Gravitte, Mary Alice   (b. 23 Jul 1927 - d. 11 Jun 1929)
69. Gravitte, Mary Fannie Slaughter Gentry   (b. 16 Jan 1890 - d. 31 Dec 1932)
Wife of A. C. Gravitte
70. Gravitte, Mary L.   (b. 1871 - d. 1905)
2) Wife of James Gravitte
71. Gravitte, Mary Long   (b. 19 Apr 1890 - d. 8 Nov 1977)
Gravitte monument.
72. Gravitte, Matsie Gentry   (b. 1883 - d. 1907)
1) Wife of Caleb "Piggy" Gravitte
73. Gravitte, Minnie B. Pool Long   (b. 18 Sep 1891 - d. 13 Mar 1939)
Wife of Bennie L. Gravitte
74. Gravitte, Ollie C   (b. 22 Mar 1890 - d. 23 Aug 1940)
Husband of Mollie Long Gravitte. Gravitte monument.
75. Gravitte, Rosa Della Dillehay   (b. 27 Aug 1890 - d. 6 Oct 1966)
Wife of Jessie J. Gravitte
76. Gravitte, Ruth Dorcas   (b. 1 Mar 1921 - d. 13 Jul 1921)
Daughter of Ollie and Mollie Gravitte. Gravitte monument.
77. Gravitte, Sadie Dunn   (b. 27 Aug 1904 - d. 27 Feb 1998)
Dunn monument.
78. Gravitte, Sarah Jane Brooks   (b. 1863 - d. 1892)
Wife of William M. "Willie" Gravitte
79. Gravitte, Shirley Day   (b. 14 Sep 1943 - d. Reserved)
Wife of "Brad" Simon B. Gravitte
80. Gravitte, Simon Bradsher, Jr. "Brad"   (b. 25 Jan 1941 - d. 1 Sep 2008)
Husband of Shirley D. Gravitte
81. Gravitte, Simon Bradsher, Sr.   (b. 16 Sep 1911 - d. 20 Jun 1959)
Husband of Aline Holt. A Friend to his Country and a believer in Christ. Gravitte monument.
82. Gravitte, Simon D.   (b. 1862 - d. Unknown)
Husband of Ella Buchanan.
83. Gravitte, Thomas S.   (b. 1869 - d. 1901)
Husband of Alice Gentry Gravitte
84. Gravitte, William W. "Willie"   (b. 1857 - d. 2 Jun 1898)
Husband of Sarah Jane Brooks Gravitte
85. Gravitte, Willie Thomas   (b. 10 Mar 1903 - d. 11 Nov 1970)
86. Griles, Rachel   (b. 14 Mar 1908 - d. 5 Dec 1991)
87. Griles, Rowaner W.   (b. 10 Sep 1911 - d. 8 Oct 1997)
In God's Care
88. Grimes, Tony Carlos, Sr.   (b. 24 Jul 1957 - d. 30 Jul 1980)
Private US Army Military marker. - Cameo picture.
89. Guill, Frank Elwood   (b. 23 Nov 1905 - d. 29 Nov 1990)
Husband of Nannie Finch Guill
90. Guill, Nannie Finch   (b. 5 Aug 1908 - d. 25 Jan 1999)
Wife of Frank Elwood Guill
91. Gupton, Patricia Ann Tuck   (b. 31 Jan 1944 - d. 25 Apr 1990)
Wife of Roland P. Gupton
92. Gurley, Emsley Frank   (b. 1879 - d. 1947)
Husband of Martha H. Gurley
93. Gurley, Martha H. Buchanan "Patsy"   (b. 1871 - d. 1945)
Wife of Emsley Frank Gurley. Gone But Not Forgotten