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221    PROVIDENCE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH (Walters Mill Rd)

Location - 5762 Walters Mill Road at intersection of Walters Mill Road (SR-1500) and Old NC 86, on the north side of the Providence community.
[Partial Survey]

Coordinates: 36d 30m 25.4s N; 79d 22m 08.1s W Click here for Online Maps

Survey of the Boswell Family Section by Janice B. Poteat in March 2008. The Boswell Cemetery is a fenced area located along side of Walters Mill Road and is located within the Providence Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery in the Providence community.

Other burials from obituaries and other sources.

1. Boswell, Andrew Howell   (b. 20 Nov 1862 - d. 10 Apr 1933)
"Was married to Mary E. Boswell March 13, 1894". "God's finger touched him and he slept." [Boswell Family Section]
2. Boswell, Carrie Guthrie   (b. 12 Oct 1898 - d. 24 May 1977)
Wife of Glenn Boswell. [Boswell Family Section]
3. Boswell, Dawson   (b. 11 Feb 1907 - d. 18 Sep 1981)
husband of Edna McFarling Boswell and son of Andrew H. and Mary W. Boswell. Served in USAAF WW-II 1943. [Boswell Family Section]
4. Boswell, Edna McFarling   (b. 22 Aug 1911 - d. 20 May 1989)
Wife of Dawson Boswell. [Boswell Family Section]
5. Boswell, Frank B.   (b. 26 Jun 1944 - d. 30 Jun 1944)
child of Frank & Willie S. Boswell. [Boswell Family Section]
6. Boswell, Gipsy G.   (b. 25 Aug 1922 - d. reserved)
wife of Glenn Boswell, Jr. [Boswell Family Section]
7. Boswell, Glenn   (b. 11 Jul 1895 - d. 8 Mar 1983)
husband of Carrie G. Boswell and son of Andrew H. and Mary W. Boswell. [Boswell Family Section]
8. Boswell, Glenn, Jr.   (b. 20 Jan 1924 - d. 31 May 1987)
"Gone but not forgotten". husband of Gipsy G. Boswell and son of Glenn & Carrie G. Boswell. [Boswell Family Section]
9. Boswell, Henry   (b. 4 Aug 1930 - d. 30 Mar 2007)
(no stone yet). husband of Annie B. Mahaley Boswell and son of Glenn and Carrie G. Boswell. [Boswell Family Section]
10. Boswell, John A.   (b. 25 May 1857 - d. 6 Nov 1947)
Brother of Andrew H. Boswell. [Boswell Family Section]
11. Boswell, Mary Williams   (b. 5 Oct 1873 - d. 5 Apr 1956)
Wife of Andrew H. Boswell "Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep". [Boswell Family Section]
12. Boswell, Minnie   (b. 25 Mar 1897 - d. 6 Sep 1912)
Wife of J. W. Wilson. "In God We Trust". daughter of Andrew H. and Mary W. Boswell and mother of John A. Wilson. [Boswell Family Section]
13. Boswell, Susan B.   (b. 15 Feb 1859 - d. 31 Mar 1924)
Wife of J. W. Marshall. "Farewell dear Mother, sweet thy rest." sister of Andrew H. Boswell. [Boswell Family Section]
14. Davis, John Henry   (b. 16 Feb 1849 - d. 10 Feb 1923)
John Henry Davis was a Civil War soldier, sawmiller, cabinet maker, and merchant. He owned and operated a country store at Purley, built a house there that is occupied today (2008) by his descendants, and created beautiful walnut furniture . He sawed the lumber for Purley Methodist Church and for Providence Missionary Baptist Church. That he was a Civil War Veteran, having served in the 38th Virginia Infantry, is borne out by his gravestone at the Providence Baptist Church. According to his ancestors, he volunteered for military service (Confederate States of America) at age 13 and was wounded when age 14 at Gettysburg (part of Pickett's Charge behind General Armistead). After the Civil War ended he moved to Caswell County to operate Walters' Mill in Providence.
15. Hobbs, Johnnie Clinton   (b. 4 Apr 1918 - d. 24 Nov 1983)
"Gone but not forgotten". husband of Ruth Boswell Hobbs. [Boswell Family Section]
16. Hobbs, Naomi Ruth   (b. 15 Jan 1943 - d. 10 May 1944)
"Asleep in Jesus". child of Ruth Boswell Hobbs and Johnnie C. Hobbs. [Boswell Family Section]
17. Hobbs, Ruth Boswell   (b. 5 Feb 1921 - d. reserved)
wife of Johnnie Clinton Hobbs and daughter of Glenn & Carrie G. Boswell. [Boswell Family Section]
18. Lewis, Earl Randolph   (b. 2 Oct 1920 - d. reserved)
husband of Elizabeth Boswell Lewis. [Boswell Family Section]
19. Lewis, Elizabeth Boswell   (b. 15 Oct 1925 - d. 13 Oct 1965)
wife of Earl R. Lewis and daughter of Glenn and Carrie G. Boswell. [Boswell Family Section]
20. Major-Gibson, Jasime Saige   (b. 11 Aug 2001 - d. 23 Jun 2007)
Great-granddaughter of Glenn, Jr. and Gipsy G. Boswell. [Boswell Family Section]
21. Marshall, Harry   (b. 31 Nov 1892 - d. 3 Mar 1927)
"His record is on high". [Boswell Family Section]
22. Williams, Nannie T.   (b. 9 Jun 1860 - d. 19 Jun 1935)
"Tho' lost to sight, to memory dear". sister of Mary W. Boswell. [Boswell Family Section]
23. Wilson, Edna A.   (b. 7 Oct 1915 - d. 26 Mar 1986)
wife of John A. Wilson. [Boswell Family Section]
24. Wilson, John A.   (b. 6 Sep 1912 - d. 9 Mar 1975)
husband of Edna A. Wilson and son of Minnie Boswell Wilson and J. W. Wilson. [Boswell Family Section]