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070    PROVIDENCE BAPTIST CHURCH   -   Surname starts with O

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. O'Braint, Dorothy M.   (b. 29 Apr 1936 - d. 14 Jul 1999)
Wife of James T. O'Briant
2. O'Braint, Hattie B. Suitt   (b. 26 Dec 1890 - d. 1 Jan 1970)
Wife of John B. O'Briant. Daughter of Samuel Plunk & Emma Jane Powell Suitt
3. O'Briant, Anne Lee Howard   (b. 19 May 1934 - d. 2 Apr 2009)
Our Mother
4. O'Briant, James T.   (b. 17 Jul 1927 - d. 11 Feb 2002)
Husband of Dorothy M. O'Briant
5. O'Briant, John Beechum   (b. 13 May 1895 - d. 29 Jul 1977)
6. O'Briant, Johnson   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
7. O'Briant, Mamie   (b. 1890 - d. 12 Jun 1910)
8. Oakes, Herman Spencer   (b. 30 Sep 1892 - d. 7 Sep 1965)
Husband of Lottie W. Oakes
9. Oakes, Lottie Wilborn   (b. 5 Jun 1894 - d. 16 Apr 1980)
Wife of Herman S. Oakes
10. Oakley, Ann Rebecca   (b. 30 Jan 1852 - d. 26 Nov 1913)
11. Oakley, Bernice F., Jr.   (b. 12 Sep 1958 - d. 13 Sep 1958)
Infant Son of Bernice Oakley, Sr. and Clarice Oakley
12. Oakley, Elisha William   (b. 20 Dec 1857 - d. 10 Jun 1922)
Husband of Jennie Bet Carver Oakley
13. Oakley, Fannie E.   (b. 24 Oct 1849 - d. 21 Jul 1904)
14. Oakley, Jemima Umstead   (b. 8 Dec 1815 - d. 13 Apr 1877)
Wife of Rev. William Ennis Oakley
15. Oakley, William Ennis (Rev.)   (b. 3 Apr 1805 - d. 7 Sep 1876)
Husband of Jemima Umstead Oakley
16. Oliver, Emma C.   (b. 17 Aug 1909 - d. 20 Oct 1990)
Wife of Ralph H. Oliver, Sr.
17. Oliver, Ralph Henry, Sr.   (b. 12 Feb 1908 - d. 16 May 1969)
Husband of Emma C. Oliver
18. Owens, Alice   (b. 8 Mar 1871 - d. 1 Jan 1933)
A Tender Mother And A Faithful Friend
19. Owens, Rosa Dixon   (b. 11 Aug 1899 - d. 7 Oct 1981)
Wife of Tennie Owens. Daughter of George Washington and Sarah Susan Long Dixon
20. Owens, Tennie   (b. 5 Jun 1900 - d. 30 Oct 1988)
Husband of Rosa Dixon Owens
21. Owens, William "Will"   (b. 18 Jun 1892 - d. 27 Jun 1964)
At Rest