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137    NEW BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH

Location - on Old Creedmoor Rd (SR-1831) at the intersection with Viceroy Dr. and near Carpenter Pond Rd (SR-1901).

Coordinates: 35d 57m 58.9s N; 78d 42m 38.1s W Click here for Online Maps

This was formerly known as Oakwood Grove Baptist Church in the Rogers Store community.

Surveyed by Cathy Moore in Jun 1998. Church and cemetery appeared to be abandoned. New survey by Mrs. Deborah Scott Spencer in October 2009.

Notes 1998: This church and grounds have not been used regularly since 1992. The guest book is still located inside the door of the church with the last signature dated 1992. The church is fully furnished with the Bible open to the book of Daniel and the pages yellowing. The cemetery is in very bad shape. Some of the headstones look as if the ground has eaten them. It appears somebody has moved some of the graves to more open land. Some of the graves are in the midst of a wooded area underneath a gorgeous Magnolia tree. There were 17 graves marked by a stone. Someone had put a stick with a red marking flag on it at each of these graves. There is a huge pile of gravel close by. Some of this gravel was used to cover the newly moved graves. 2 old headstones were unreadable. There were 2 unreadable funeral markers.

Notes 2009: This is a very old church. Cinder blocks have been added to support the original stacked stone foundation. New grave markers and more clearing out have occurred since 1998. The doors to the building are not open as indicated in 1998. The church appears to be in use and the sign posts church times, etc.

1. Arnold, Alma L.   (b. 1888 - d. 1992)
Funeral Marker only
2. Arnold, Audrey   (b. 22 May 1900 - d. 11 Jul 1968)
Wife of Jesse Knox Ray
3. Arnold, Clyde R.   (b. 1898 - d. 1977)
Funeral Marker
4. Arnold, Lattye Eunice   (b. 3 Oct 1891 - d. 20 Jun 1970)
"sister". Wife of Melvin Hayes Arnold
5. Arnold, Melvin Hayes   (b. 1 Jan 1893 - d. 2 Apr 1976)
PVT US Army WW-I
6. Bunn, Frank Marshall   (b. 29 Sep 1919 - d. 21 Feb 1981)
SSGT US Air Force WW-II
7. Carpenter, Benjamin Phillip   (b. 30 May 1936 - d. 21 Feb 1997)
PFC US Army
8. Coley, Annie D.   (b. 12 May 1852 - d. 10 Jun 1946)
9. Coley, Jessie H.   (b. 7 Apr 1852 - d. 2 Jul 1929)
10. Harris, Sallie A.   (b. - d. )
Wife of ??? Harris, dau of W.C. Rogers
11. Harris, Sallie Ruth   (b. 9 Aug 1905 - d. )
Aged 9 months
12. Penny, E.R.   (b. 1850 - d. Mar 1911)
13. Penny, J.H.   (b. 1 Feb 1839 - d. 9 Jul 1923)
14. Pugh, E.M.   (b. 23 Apr 1916 - d. 12 Jul 1916)
son of PD and Venie Pugh
15. Pugh, Lavenia   (b. 7 Oct 1881 - d. 15 Aug 1940)
Wife of PD and JNO. Sherron
16. Pugh, Mary Elizabeth   (b. 22 Jun 1908 - d. 2 Sep 1945)
17. Pugh, Presley D.   (b. 18 Jun 1866 - d. 16 Oct 1918)
Picture of Presley is imbedded into tombstone.
18. Pugh, Sallie Lola   (b. 13 Oct 1876 - d. 31 Aug 1903)
Wife of W.A. Pugh, Dau of E.M. and M.E. Perry
19. Pugh, William Adam   (b. 1869 - d. 1915)
20. Ray, Beatrice Marie   (b. 1895 - d. 1922)
21. Ray, C. O. (Mrs.)   (b. 1838 - d. 1918)
Wife of C.O. Ray
22. Ray, Cedric D.   (b. 1921 - d. 1940)
"Our love is gone"
23. Ray, David   (b. 22 Jun 1962 - d. 28 Jun 1962)
son of Curtis and Helen Woodlieff Ray
24. Ray, Emily Maude   (b. 31 Aug 1905 - d. 10 Apr 1988)
25. Ray, Eudora Penny   (b. - d. )
Wife of George W. Ray [dates covered up by dirt]
26. Ray, Eve Penny   (b. 6 Jan 1867 - d. 1 Jan 1958)
Wife of Robert I. Ray
27. Ray, George W.   (b. 30 Aug 1850 - d. 7 Jun 1927)
Husband of Eudora Penny Ray
28. Ray, J. R.   (b. 16 Aug 1879 - d. 12 Aug 1925)
Husband of Maggie Johnson Ray
29. Ray, Jesse Knox   (b. 25 Aug 1877 - d. 5 Jun 1953)
Husband of Lola Green Ray
30. Ray, Lola Green   (b. 2 Jun 1876 - d. 17 Oct 1942)
Wife of Jesse Knox Ray
31. Ray, Lyda   (b. 10 Jul 1861 - d. 13 Apr 1944)
32. Ray, Macie   (b. 1884 - d. 1962)
33. Ray, Maggie Johnson   (b. 15 May 1882 - d. 23 Oct 1959)
Wife of J.R. Ray
34. Ray, Mattie F.   (b. 23 Mar 1888 - d. 2 Sep 1970)
35. Ray, Nancy Thompson   (b. 10 Aug 1854 - d. 28 Aug 1932)
Wife of William H. Ray
36. Ray, Oma Arnold   (b. 3 Apr 1887 - d. 13 May 1978)
Wife of Sidney Gill Ray. Children: Aileen E. Ray, Virginia F. Ray, S. Garland Ray, Calvin A. Ray.
37. Ray, Robert I.   (b. 24 Jan 1857 - d. 19 Mar 1915)
Husband of Eve Penny Ray
38. Ray, Sidney Gill   (b. 3 Dec 1881 - d. 28 Feb 1953)
Husband of Oma Arnold Ray. Son of Alfonzo Columbus Ray, Sr. and 1st Wife Ella Florence Gill Ray.
39. Ray, William H.   (b. 13 Sep 1847 - d. 15 Jan 1917)
Husband of Nancy Thompson Ray
40. Rogers, Celestia Frances   (b. 31 May 1842 - d. 2 Feb 1916)
Wife of W.C. Rogers
41. Rogers, Joseph T.   (b. 15 Feb 1835 - d. 23 Jan 1909)
42. Rogers, William   (b. - d. 13 Jun 1908)
43. Rogers, Willis C.   (b. 28 Jan 1884 - d. 10 Nov 1908)
44. Ross, Minnie Daphine   (b. 9 Jun 1931 - d. 12 Jun 1931)
45. Rudd, Ardelle Ray   (b. 15 Oct 1887 - d. 1 Apr 1979)
Wife of Zelner S. Rudd
46. Rudd, Carl Dempsey   (b. 23 Nov 1922 - d. 7 Sep 1987)
US Army WW-II
47. Rudd, Howard   (b. - d. 12 Sep 1994)
48. Rudd, James B.   (b. 12 Jun 1864 - d. 26 Jul 1934)
Husband of Sarah G. Rudd
49. Rudd, James Melvin   (b. 26 Sep 1942 - d. 19 Jun 1979)
guitar is engraved on headstone.
50. Rudd, James W.   (b. 26 May 1926 - d. 5 May 1947)
"Husband"
51. Rudd, Sarah G.   (b. 21 Apr 1856 - d. 21 Mar 1939)
Wife of James B. Rudd
52. Rudd, Zelner S.   (b. 23 Apr 1888 - d. 1 Feb 1969)
Husband of Ardelle Ray Rudd
53. Sherron, Sarah B.   (b. 18 Feb 1868 - d. 9 Apr 1915)
Wife of J.M. Sherron