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199    LOVES CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH [H15.1]   -   Surname starts with E

Location - Matthews Township, Siler City. On north side of US 64, west of New US 421

Coordinates: 35d 44m 03.4s N; 79d 26m 11.0s W Click here for Online Maps

In June 1997 and May 1998, Audrey O. Heiser and Elizabeth Hains recorded 991 grave markers and 8 unmarked graves or illegible markers. In 1987, Suzanna Ann Jones was reinterred from Oakwood Cemetery (H12.1), Siler City, North Carolina. In 1988, Joseph Benjamin Guyton was reinterred here from White Rose Cemetery, Pacelot Mills, South Carolina.
Photos by Kevin Taylor in July 2013.

View #2 of the cemetery. View of the church.

Owner: Trustees of Loves Creek Baptist Church.
Legal Description: Deed EF-261, 26 Dec 1903, 7/8 acre from John O. Smith.
Topo Quadrant: Siler City.
Church owned: Yes. Denomination: Baptist.
Used: Yes.
Number of graves: 1000.
White: Yes.
Unrestricted access: Yes.
Well maintained: Yes.
Enclosed: No.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 992.
Last burial: 1998.
First burial: 1822.
Listed: Yes.
Listed explanation: DAR, 1957.
Last canvassed by: Audrey Heiser and Elizabeth Hains (June 1997). Date: May 1998.



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1. Edwards, Amanda S.   (b. 1857 - d. 1943)
Row 23.
2. Edwards, Annie Thomas   (b. 16 Nov 1872 - d. 13 Oct 1925)
Row 6. 1st Wife of Lee S. Edwards. "At Rest".
3. Edwards, Dena Brooks   (b. 6 Oct 1876 - d. 30 Jul 1955)
Row 36. Wife of Jesse David Edwards, M.D. Double headstone.
4. Edwards, Dora L.   (b. 1869 - d. 1943)
Row 6. 2nd Wife of Lee S. Edwards.
5. Edwards, Jesse David, M.D.   (b. 23 Nov 1861 - d. 17 Feb 1940)
Row 36. Husband of Dena Brooks Edwards. Double headstone.
6. Edwards, Lee S.   (b. 21 Dec 1862 - d. 13 Jan 1931)
Row 6. Husband of Annie Thomas and Dora L. Edwards. "Christ is my hope".
7. Edwards, Martha C. Jones   (b. 18 Apr 1858 - d. 29 Mar 1946)
Row 22. Wife of Selma S. Edwards. "His Wife". Double headstone.
8. Edwards, N. Savannah   (b. 25 Jun 1884 - d. 1 Feb 1885)
Row 22. Daughter of Selma S. and Martha C. Jones Edwards. Small.
9. Edwards, Selma S.   (b. 12 Nov 1859 - d. 19 Aug 1950)
Row 22. Husband of Martha C. Jones Edwards. Double headstone.
10. Elden, Walter Lane   (b. 8 May 1913 - d. 21 Sep 1952)
Row 38. Double headstone w/granite curbing.
11. Elder, George Clifton   (b. 19 May 1912 - d. 31 May 1924)
Row 31. Son of John Carl and Georgia W. Womble Elder. With lamb.
12. Elder, Georgia W. Womble   (b. 17 Jun 1880 - d. 2 Jul 1932)
Row 31. Wife of John Carl Elder. "She was the sunshine of our home".
13. Elder, John Carl   (b. 21 Mar 1879 - d. 23 Aug 1942)
Row 31. Husband of Georgia W. Womble Elder. "He died as he lived, a Christian".
14. Elder, Sue Jeannette   (b. 8 Jul 1915 - d. 6 Nov 1990)
Row 31. Funeral marker.
15. Elder, Walter Lane   (b. 8 May 1913 - d. 21 Sep 1952)
Row 38. Double headstone w/granite curbing.
16. Elkins, Charles R.   (b. 1883 - d. 1946)
Row 35. Husband of Mossie C. Elkins. Double headstone. Information on footstone.
17. Elkins, Mossie C.   (b. 1888 - d. 1967)
Row 35. Wife of Charles R. Elkins. Double headstone. Information on footstone.
18. Ellis, Alma Joyce   (b. 2 Jun 1893 - d. 22 Jun 1988)
Row 29. Wife of Tatum Thomas Ellis. Double headstone.
19. Ellis, Charles S.   (b. 10 Dec 1879 - d. 13 Aug 1943)
Row 32. Husband of Dora K. Edwards Ellis. Family headstone. Information on footstone.
20. Ellis, Dora K. Edwards   (b. 24 Apr 1884 - d. 21 Jul 1966)
Row 32. Wife of Charles S. Ellis. Family headstone. Information on footstone.
21. Ellis, Infant   (b. Unknown - d. 4 Jul 1908)
Row 32. Infant twin daughter of Charles S.and Dora K.Edwards Ellis. Family headstone. Information on footstone.
22. Ellis, Infant   (b. Unknown - d. 4 Jul 1908)
Row 32. Infant twin daughter of Charles S.and Dora K.Edwards Ellis. Family headstone. Information on footstone.
23. Ellis, Tatum Thomas   (b. 18 Dec 1893 - d. 29 Aug 1959)
Row 29. Husband of Alma Joyce Ellis. Double headstone.
24. Emerson, John W., Jr.   (b. 28 Aug 1904 - d. 25 Dec 1974)
Row N. side near paved circle drive. Husband of Maude Dunlap Emerson. Family headstone. Information on footstone. June/2002 letter from John H. Emerson, Jr. - hutsie29@aol.com.
25. Emerson, Nannie Maude Dunlap   (b. 6 May 1908 - d. 13 Mar 1982)
Row N. side near paved circle drive. Wife of John W. Emerson, Jr. Granite Footstone. June/2002 letter from John H. Emerson, Jr.
26. Estrige, Joe   (b. Unknown - d. 15 Oct 1936)
Row XX. Ref: Co. Home Register, p. 21.
27. Eubanks, Lumma Sears   (b. 23 May 1881 - d. 17 Apr 1945)
Row 31.