OAK   GROVE  UNITED  METHODIST  CHURCH  CEMETERY

Highway  89  East       

MT. AIRY, N. C.

 

Surveyed 1983 by Lemuel Wallace Kallam.  

Transcribed 2005 by William Hines Smith

 

Directions:   Cemetery and church are approximately one mile East of old Highway 52 in Mt. Airy, N.C.   Some stones are weathered and difficult to read.   Some stones have been vandalized, and have information missing.  

 

 

 Name                          Birth                             Death               Comments

 

 

______, Elizabeth         9/27/1847                    6/7/1911          among Riddles & Griffiths

______, Etta H.           1/12/1878                    2/14/1947       

______, James C.        12/16/1873                  2/27/1924       

______, Katie Lee       2/20/1908                    4/20/1909        broken stone

Armfield, Albert L.       abt 1852                      9/14/1881        29-9-22 days.  Broken

Armfield, Almedia Gray            9/24/1843                    12/20/1915      w/o Isaac Monroe Armfield

Armfield, Isaac                                                                         11-24-18 days  Broken

Armfield, Isaac             4/22/1900                    2/2/1896          (dates ?)

Armfield, Isaac Monroe            10/12/1845                  4/8/1883

Armfield, Maggie B.     abt 1870                      9/13/1875        5-5-22 days

Armfield, Mary             7/9/1811                      8/28/1881        grand d/o Isaac Armfield

Armfield, Mary Matilda            8/21/1854                    8/30/1854        0-0-9 days

Arrington, Frances        5/17/1857                    12/18/1932     

Arrington, Ila Mae        3/30/1854                    1/12/1903                   

Arrington, W. P.           6/27/1854                    1/12/1903       

Atwood, Annie L.         8/17/1882                    8/30/1902

Atwood, Clifton W.      3/10/1909                    12/1/1944        died in Epinal, France

Atwood, Mary E.         9/12/1911                    2/20/1932        flat granite marker near

Badgett, Bertha Harrell 1918                            12/30/1982      64-0-22

Beasley, James Warren             1/3/1906                      9/11/1916        0-9-8 days

Beasley, Mary A.         11/19/1846                  2/2/1930          w/o Alex Owen.   Mother.

Belton, K. C.                11/14/1881                  8/5/1953          “Lum”

Belton, Mary Ann         6/2/1855                      11/5/1934

Belton, Matilda             9/4/1836                      9/4/1865

Boyles, Samira             6/9/1845                      9/19/1873

Bratley, B. T.                1810                            1866

Brim, Mildred J.           3/19/1933                    2/6/1974          Picture of dau. on stone

Brim, Zenobia H.          12/21/1916                                          Father.   single date shown       

Brinkley, Emmet W.     6/1/1910                      3/29/1911        s/o J.W. & S.J. Brinkley

Brinkley, Robert W.     4/2/1908                      5/24/1908        s/o J.W. & S.J. Brinkley

Carpenter, Ada            1876                            1951                Mother

Carpenter, Addie W.    6/24/1906                    3/19/1981        Father

Carpenter, Catherine C.            3/24/19xx                                             living

Carpenter, James          1878                            1960                Father

Carpenter, Joe              2/11/1916                    10/27/1918      s/o J.W. & Ada Carpenter

Childress, A.                9/22/1817                    11/3/1875

Cook, William W.        10/14/1862                  6/1/1864          broken

Cox, James William “Buck”      11/23/1853                  1/22/1941        s/o Martin & M.P. Cox

Cox, Jesse L.               3/20/1890                    12/4/1911        w/o V.L. Ashburn        

Cox, Myrtle B.             4/4/1895                      3/17/1914        d/o J.W. & Margaret Cox

Cox, Nellie Blanche      6/3/1903                      9/13/1904        d/o J.W. & Margaret Cox

Davenport, George F.   5/24/1856                    5/15/1926        flat face stone

Davenport, Mary Jane  5/1/1872                      11/30/1932      w/o G.W. Atwood. our Mother

Atwood,Mary Jane Davenport  5/1/1872                      11/30/1932      w/o G.W. Atwood. our Mother

Davenport, Susie E.      9/6/1852                      2/12/1940

Davis, Ailene Dick        1/10/1870                    6/10/1947        w/o John A. Davis

Davis, Frank                 2/12/1890                    3/5/1963          s/o John A. & Ailene Davis

Davis, Maxie                2/7/1921                      2/8/1980          Mother

Davis, Robert Edwin     8/17/1938                    8/21/1976        s/o J. Frank & Mona Davis

Dick, Hattie Elizabeth   1/28/1875                    6/18/1914        w/o Ernest Selden Hatcher

Fletcher, Emmet           8/17/1858                                            single date only

Forkner, Samuel           1835                            1873                mason

Forkner, Samuel L.       5/26/1869                    8/1/1911         

Forkner, Sarah J.          8/21/1838                    2/11/1852        d/o E.M. Forkner

G., R. J.                                                                                   foot stone:  “R.J.G.”

Goad, Cora C.             6/20/1883                    3/22/1929        Mother

Going, Mary Ann          7/27/1873                    8/22/1904        w/o J.C.A. Going

Goins, Jesse F.             5/5/1849                      6/25/1907       

Griffith, Benjamin F.      8/29/1882                    12/27/1918      picture on stone

Griffith, Conice             7/6/1912                      8/9/1918          s/o J.D. & Sallie Griffith

Griffith, Ephraim           10/25/1905                  12/20/1918     

Griffith, Ethel                1/25/1904                    9/13/1905        16” granite rock markers

Griffith, infant                12/25/1918                                          d/o B.E. & M.L. Griffith

Griffith, Mary L.           5/19/1917                    12/20/1918     

Griffith, Mary Lenora McBride 12/6/1877                    3/22/1965

Griffith, Rebecca J.       7/16/1832                    12/3/1903        w/o Benjamin Griffith

Griffith, Robert F.         1861                            1944                mason                         

Griffith, Virginia            1865                            1920

Griffith, William             11/19/1914                  12/28/1918

Harrell, Drew               11/27/1892                  1/31/1963        Father

Harrell, Ila                    7/19/1918                    7/24/1919        d/o D.H. & V. Harrell

Harrell, L. N.                                                                            no dates shown

Harrell, Vina                 5/26/1892                    4/6/1980          Mother

Hatcher, Hattie Elizabeth D.      1/28/1875                    6/18/1914        w/o Ernest Selden Hatcher

Hatcher, W. C.             5/5/1857                      7/11/1934

Haymore, Mildred E.    8/6/1863                      4/22/1928        w/o Emmet Fletcher

Hill, infant                     2/1/1914                      8/1/1914          d/o Lacy & Maggie Hill

Holder, Allen Ray         5/1/1939                      5/1/1939          twin

Holder, Barbara Lane   5/1/1939                      5/1/1939          twin

Hollingsworth, infant     12/6/1910                    12/28/1910      i/o W.H. & L.B. Hollingsworth

Hooker, infant              12/2/1906                    1/23/1907        i/o J.T. & Ila Hooker

Hundley, John R.          10/15/1862                  3/11/1910        Broken stone

Jackson, John W.         11/20/1826                  5/9/1901

James, J. W.                 5/22/1861                    2/24/1934

Kirkman,                                                                                  information missing

Kirkman, Hurley T.       7/29/1908                    10/11/1922

Kirkman, Maggie          5/23/1847                    10/4/1874        broken stone

Landsford, Chady         1/7/1890                      5/22/1900        w/o J.S. Landsford  (?)

Lemons, Lucy T.          6/02/1887                    6/25/1887        d/o W.L. & N.S. Lemons

Lineback, Bessie Lillian             11/11/1877                  9/11/1902        w/o V.W. Lineback

Lineback, Ethel                                                 5/15/1913        d/o H.W. & M.T. Lineback

Lineback, Fannie                                              12/10/1912      d/o H.W. & M.T. Lineback

Lowery, Mary J., Sr.    abt 1824                      12/8/1897        about 73 yrs.

Mahone, J. M.                                                  6/22/1896        assumed to be death date

Mears, Annie Pruitt       about 1889                   1/23/1978        Mother  89-6-13 days

Mears, Joe H.              1877                            1954                Father

Midkiff, George W.      9/30/1848                    7/29/1920

Midkiff, Jack                11/7/1852                    12/20/1931      broken

Midkiff, James Bruce    6/15/1898                    9/15/1902        foot stone:  “JL” , “GA”

Midkiff, John                4/3/1814                      1/6/1890          Father

Midkiff, Louisa A.        7/24/1862                                            broken.  foot stone: “Sister”

Midkiff, Mary               1/27/1849                    12/20/1928      w/o W.H. Midkiff.   “MBC” 

Midkiff, Sallie               1/24/1821                    8/6/1894          Mother

Midkiff, William H.       4/29/1847                    12/26/1926

Moser, David W.         1/13/1853                    8/1/1934         

Moser, Sallie A.           4/11/1861                    6/21/1903        Mother

Nester, Ima                  3/10/1910                    9/30/1922

Norman, John Fred      9/20/1880                    10/28/1918      broken

Norman, Mildred M.    8/3/1910                      1/3/1911

Norman, William Robert           9/6/1904                      3/16/1973       

Owen, Mary A. Beasley           11/19/1846                  2/2/1930          w/o Alex Owen.   Mother

Parris, Luada B.           5/5/1904                      7/11/1904        d/o H.L. & M. A. Parris

Poore, Allen M.            2/19/1915                    2/24/1917        s/o A.T. & Lauba Poore

Poore, J. M.                 abt 1851                      5/12/1916        age 65.    broken stone

Poore, Minerva V.        5/8/1852                      3/27/1903        w/o J.M. Poore

Poore, Richard S.                                             5/4/1911          s/o Taylor & Lauara Poore

Poore, Vallie A.            4/13/1912                    1/8/1913          s/o J.M. & Dovie Poore

Prather, Charity Ruth    7/25/1840                    6/1/1866          d/o T.F. & Charity B. Prather

Prather, Charles Edgar  5/7/1860                      1/29/1863        s/o T.F. & Charity B. Prather

Prather, Elisha Milton    10/16/1856                  9/9/1857          s/o T.F. & Charity B. Prather

Prather, Emma Louisa   12/10/1842                  6/6/1862          d/o T.F. & Charity B. Prather

Prather, Sarah Jane       8/24/1835                    5/18/1897        w/o Thomas Smith

Riddle, D. A.                1884                            1917

Riddle, Flora                4/4/1880                      2/1/1977         

Riddle, Francis             9/19/1906                    7/4/1907          broken stone

Riddle, Francis E.         12/12/1876                  8/22/1949       

Riddle, Herald              10/3//1902                   5/12/1911        s/o W.W. Riddle

Riddle, Lucy James       8/4/1885                      10/24/1918      w/o F.F. Riddle

Riddle, M. Katherine    10/30/1876                  7/6/1933

Riddle, Mary B.            9/13/1923                    10/4/1929        d/o W.W. Riddle

Riddle, W. Y.               5/10/1873                    6/10/1951

Riddle,James E.            5/22/1860                    8/19/1936        a tall stone

Rose, Dellia M.            2/23/1905                    9/12/1906        d/o J.S. & M.B. Rose

Rose, Lettie L.              6/15/1902                    9/12/1906        d/o J.S. & M.B. Rose

Samuel, Jennie              12/20/1854                  6/22/1899        w/o John H. Samuel

Samuel, John H.           4/4/1856                      9/9/1912          broken

Samuel, Mamie A.        11/19/1892                  6/10/1905        d/o John H. & Jennie Samuel

Sanders, Elizabeth        2/18/1847                    9/28/1923        w/o S.H. Sanders

Sanders, infant                                                  1/2/1889          i/o S.H. & ___ Sanders

Sanders, Isbell R.                                                                     w/o Robert Sanders

Sanders, Samuel D.      8/17/1878                    7/28/1879        i/s/o S.H. & ___ Sanders

Sanders, Samuel H.      7/31/1845                    11/10/1906

Shaw, Frank                 abt 1840                      4/25/1910        Father.   Age 70 yrs

Shaw, J.C.                                                                               another unmarked grave near

Shaw, James T.            abt 1878                      8/12/1904        granite marker

Shelton, Annie M.         7/7/1886                      12/3/1907        w/o M.N. Shelton

Shelton, Bernard W.     6/24/1924                    7/29/1975        U.S. Army, Pvt.

Shelton, M. N.                                                                         16 yrs.   Broken stone

Shelton, Sallie Marsh    4/26/1855                    8/31/1942

Shelton, William M.      9/12/1853                    10/2/1922

Short, Elizabeth            9/27/1847                    9/30/1925       

Shouse, Mary E.           3/20/1841                    8/24/1897        sunken grave, pink stone

Smith, E. H.                  9/1/1869                      8/11/1916

Smith, Sarah Jane Prather         8/24/1835                    5/18/1897        w/o Thomas Smith

Smith, William Franklin abt 1844                      11/15/1857      s/o T.A. & J. Smith, 13-1-7

Snoddy, Annie C.         8/26/1889                    11/18/1979     

Snoddy, Elizabeth         4/21/1850                    7/9/1944         

Snoddy, G. E.              4/9/1893                      4/17/1943

Snoddy, infant                                                  4/27/1929        d/o S.R.V. Snoddy

Snoddy, James A.        9/21/1891                    2/5/1929                     

Snoddy, John W.          1/13/1851                    5/2/1905          Father

Snoddy, John Witcher  10/11/1902                  7/28/1976        U.S. Navy, MM1

Snoddy, Robert V.       5/18/1880                    4/7/1944          s/o John & E. Lewis Snoddy

Sparger, John               6/13/1831                    7/20/1912

Stanley, Ellen                1862                            1936   

Stanley, R. F.               1858                            1915                six sunken, no ID

Steele, Walter Leonard 6/26/1934                    5/14/1982        U.S.M.C., M/Sgt.

Stewart, Catherine McBride     5/9/1892                      7/15/1957                   

Thackett, Noble C.       8/10/1890                    10/12/1906      s/o C.W. & S.J. Thackett

Wall, Byron Ingram      3/7/1896                      4/1/1921          s/o W.M. & M.S. Wall

Wall, infant                                                       6/4/1896          i/o E.F. & M.E. Wall

Wall, John Howard       6/21/1897                    4/4/1897          s/o E.F. & M.E. Wall

Wall, Lemesa               1/27/1831                    7/28/1913        w/o William Pinkney Wall

Wall, W. M., Rev.        6/19/1862                    4/1/1928          mason

Wall, William Pinkney   7/24/1829                    12/25/1891

Welch, Laura Frances   2/10/1926                    1/25/1923        (dates ?)

Wells, George William Thomas6/12/1860                     2/14/1935

Wells, Mary E.             3/18/1831                    2/19/1902       

Wells, Nancy Susan      10/27/1855                  7/9/1912         

Wells, William Thomas 4/2/1858                      10/19/1917      relative of Clayton Wells

York, Sanford              abt 1860                      8/11/1901        s/o J.Wesley & Mary A. York 

 

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