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070    PROVIDENCE BAPTIST CHURCH   -   Surname starts with J

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. Jackson, Bertha F. Reid   (b. 3 Jan 1888 - d. 11 Feb 1941)
Wife of John Albert Jackson
2. Jackson, Bruce Edward   (b. 22 May 1934 - d. 17 Jul 2001)
US Army Korea
3. Jackson, Herbert F.   (b. 9 Jun 1914 - d. 3 Mar 1946)
Husband of Ora Reavesa Jackson
4. Jackson, Jack Orvid   (b. 18 Mar 1908 - d. 18 Mar 1974)
Husband of Viola Jackson
5. Jackson, John Albert   (b. 20 Feb 1888 - d. 20 Jun 1972)
Husband of Berta F. Reid
6. Jackson, John Albert, Jr.   (b. 16 Jan 1913 - d. 15 Aug 1980)
7. Jackson, Joseph   (b. 5 Jan 1948 - d. 30 Sep 1982)
US Army Vietnam
8. Jackson, Lennie J.   (b. 1 Jan 1895 - d. 11 Jul 1987)
Wife of Lonie S. Jackson. Married 15 Jan 1920
9. Jackson, Lonie S.   (b. 11 Jul 1892 - d. 24 Mar 1975)
Husband of Lennie J. Jackson. Married 15 Jan 1920
10. Jackson, Lonnie E.   (b. 16 Jun 1921 - d. 1 Apr 1993)
CPL US Army
11. Jackson, Ora Reaves   (b. 16 Dec 1918 - d. 15 Jun 1986)
Wife of Herbert F. Jackson. Daughter of Eligah King Jackson and Minnie Jackson Reaves
12. Jackson, Orvid Jack   (b. 18 Mar 1908 - d. 18 Mar 1974)
Husband of Viola Cates Jackson
13. Jackson, Viola Cates   (b. 4 Jun 1915 - d. 9 Dec 2004)
Wife of Orvid L. Jackson
14. Jacobs, Andrew Gattis   (b. 27 May 1899 - d. 9 Sep 1967)
Husband of Maude D. Jacobs
15. Jacobs, John W.   (b. 20 May 1922 - d. 23 Jul 1981)
T SGT US Army WW-II
16. Jacobs, Maude D.   (b. 25 Dec 1896 - d. 29 Mar 1977)
Wife of Andrew G. Jacobs
17. Jeffers, Marilyn   (b. Unknown - d. 23 Jul 1954)
18. Jeffery, Donald Cleveland   (b. 17 Sep 1931 - d. 24 May 1997)
PFC US Army Korea
19. Jeffrey, Margaret Ann Thaxton   (b. 1936 - d. 25 May 2012)
20. Johnson, Odell V.   (b. 15 Apr 1911 - d. 25 Sep 1987)
21. Jones, Charlie T.   (b. 22 Jul 1903 - d. 3 Jun 1970)
Husband of Minnie Eugenia Oliver Jones
22. Jones, Haywood   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Husband of Margaret Jones
23. Jones, Ira   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
24. Jones, Jesse Daniel   (b. 12 Aug 1897 - d. 5 Nov 1956)
Husband of Lillie Eva Castle Jones
25. Jones, Joyce Marie   (b. 5 Jan 1933 - d. 27 Jan 1933)
Daughter of Charlie Jones and Minnie Eugenia Oliver Jones.
26. Jones, Lillie Eva Castle   (b. 31 Oct 1897 - d. 29 Nov 1959)
Wife of Jesse Daniel Jones
27. Jones, Martha Iris Nelson Pentecost   (b. 10 Nov 1916 - d. 29 Apr 2001)
Wife of Rupert C. Jones
28. Jones, Maude Vaughn   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
29. Jones, Minnie Eugenia Oliver   (b. 13 Feb 1905 - d. 11 Feb 1978)
Wife of Charlie T. Jones
30. Jones, R. Lester   (b. 1 May 1929 - d. 29 May 1974)
31. Jones, Richard Kelvin "Richie"   (b. 4 Nov 1987 - d. 1 Aug 2009)
PFC US Army Afghanistan. Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart. Operation Enduring Freedom, Military marker. I'd like the memory of me to be a happy one; I'd like to leave an afterglow; Of smiles when life is done; I'd like to leave an echo; Whispering softly down the way; Of happy times and laughing times; And bright and sunny days; I'd like the tear of those who grieve; To dry before the sun; Of happy memories; That I leave when my life is done. Back side. - Cameo.
32. Jones, Ruben R.   (b. 5 May 1911 - d. 9 Sep 1965)
33. Jones, Rupert Coy   (b. 3 Jan 1915 - d. 22 Apr 1998)
Husband of Martha Iris Nelson Pentecost Jones
34. Jones, Tom R.   (b. 24 May 1940 - d. 17 Mar 1988)
35. Jones, W. J.   (b. 27 Jan 1884 - d. 12 Jul 1928)
His toils are past his work is done, he fought the fight the victory won. Another view.
36. Jones, William Thomas   (b. 27 Jan 1884 - d. 12 Jul 1928)
Husband of Bessie Edwards Jones
37. Jordon, Mattie Ford   (b. 18 May 1879 - d. 5 Dec 1945)
38. Jordon, Minnie Moriah Painter   (b. 24 Sep 1907 - d. 20 May 2012)
Mother. Funeral marker.