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085    FREEDOM GOSPEL CHURCH CEMETERY

Location - Old Rockford Rd, Rockford, Surry Co., NC.

Coordinates: 36d 16m 34.8s N; 80d 38m 29.4s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: From intersection of Rockford Rd and Old Rockford Rd in Rockford, take Old Rockford Rd for .8 miles. Cemetery and church are on right.

View of the church.

Surveyed by Bob Carter on May 6, 2006.
Township or district:  Rockford.
Public or Private:  Public Access.
GPS Accuracy (ft.):  18.
Elevation above sea level (ft.):  940.
Status of cemetery:  Well maintained.

This church and cemetery has been in existence for less than 50 years. Has regular maintenance..

Burials survey by Bob Carter in February 2002. Photographs by Bob Carter in August 2011.

1. Akers, Robert E.   (b. 30 Mar 1925 - d. 17 Sep 1999)
Husband of Mamie Key Akers. Son of Rollie Akers and Nannie Crissman Akers.
2. Bryant, Barbara Shumaker   (b. 26 Nov 1946 - d. Reserved)
Wife of Rev. Mack Nesbitt Bryant
3. Bryant, Jantzen Cline   (b. 8 May 1986 - d. 21 Jan 1987)
Son of Cline Bryant and Sharon Hose Bryant
4. Bryant, Mack Nesbitt (Rev.)   (b. 4 Mar 1946 - d. 25 Jul 1993)
Husband of Barbara Shumaker. Son of James Gray Bryant and Pernie Hutchens - Was a minister of the church
5. Dickens, Vibert   (b. 17 Apr 1931 - d. 9 Nov 2009)
Husband of Violet Loretta Spurlock, m. 8 Jan 1953 in Raleigh, WV
6. Dickens, Violet Loretta Spurlock   (b. 21 Sep 1930 - d. 21 Feb 2010)
Wife of Vibert Dickens
7. Higgs, Robert David (Mike)   (b. 11 Jan 1953 - d. 28 Jan 2001)
Second marker.
8. Jenkins, Annie Sue   (b. Abt 1930 - d. 16 Mar 2005)
Wife of Ernest Eugene Jenkins. Age 74 years. (funeral home marker only with no DOB)
9. Jenkins, Ernest Eugene   (b. 25 May 1932 - d. 7 Apr 1997)
Husband of Annie Sue. Pvt. US Army, Korea Military marker.
10. O'Neal, Emma Pauline   (b. 11 Feb 1942 - d. 15 Jan 1992)
Wife of Daniel O'Neal. Daughter of Oscar Marvin Shinault and Esther Whitt.
11. Shumaker, Parks   (b. 20 Mar 1917 - d. 16 Mar 1993)
Husband of Electa Prevette. Born in Iredell Co, NC. Son of Rupert and Myrtle Shumaker.
12. Speas, Alton Ray   (b. 12 Jul 1940 - d. 13 Jun 1999)
Husband of Betty Jean Whitaker. Son of Sanders and Alma Speas - Funeral home marker only - 58 yrs, 11 mo, 1 da
13. Speas, Raymond Dean   (b. 20 Jan 1966 - d. 11 Apr 1992)
Son of Alton Ray Speas and Betty Whitaker.