Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Brunswick County NC

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Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery Contributed by Cindy Hardy Sellers January 2008 Brunswick County, North Carolina
Bethel Church Cemetery Bethel Road Southport, NC From north end of the cemetery, starting on the west side by the woods, working back toward the road by rows click on photos for larger images thanks to Cindy Hardy Sellers for the photographs.
Sam Raymond Watts Dec 17, 1909 - Nov 30, 1974 Sam R Watts PFC US Marine Corps; World War II Hazel Hickman Watts Jan 23, 1913 -
Alfred Smith Goewey Sept 1, 1930 - May 21, 1986 Married Oct 22, 1952 Patricia M Wallace Goewey Apr 12, 1933 -
Rodger Dean Goewey Nov 2, 1954 - Sept 4, 1998 Died at sea
Mary Elizabeth Reynolds Feb 9, 1899 Mar 3, 1932
Maggie Mae Reynolds June 5, 1900 June 28, 1919
Edward Van Reynolds Apr 27, 1917 Mar 20, 1918
William Van Reynolds June 4, 1883 - April 3, 1933 Minnie Roberts Reynolds Mar 21, 1898 - July 15, 1933
John Reynolds Mar 8, 1857 - Jan 31, 1934 Sarah Jane Reynolds Mar 16, 1860 - Sept 7, 1934
Lowell Sterling Son of J B and R W Dosher Jan 26, 1939 - Sept 10, 1939
Marvolyn Daughter of J B and R W Dosher Jan 26, 1939 - Oct 24, 1939
Pastor J Bryan Dosher July 11, 1910 - Apr 26, 1993 Woodrow Walton Dosher Dec 8, 1912 - Dec 14, 2001
John Dawson Price US Coast Guard; Vietnam May 30, 1920 - Dec 6, 1997
Walter Leon Smith Jan 1, 1906 Feb 17, 1990
Althea Price Smith Nov 5, 1906 June 2, 1987
Leroy E Price Jan 29, 1916 Jan 30, 1977
William A Price Aug 22, 1866 - Apr 24, 1941 Carrie G Price June 19, 1870 - Oct 15, 1945
Eliza V Price Born Nov 29, 1918 Died Nov 29, 1918
Carrie J Price Born June 20, 1912 Died Oct 18, 1924	.
Clement W Daley May 28, 1916 Jan 3, 1988
Floyd W Wescott PFC US Army; World War II July 29, 1916 - Oct 16, 1994
Nellie Lewis Wescott 1893 - 1991 Roland H Wescott 1884 - 1919
Mammie L Wescott 1888 - 1909
Liza B Wescott Mar 25, 1886 Aug 13, 1911
Roland Paul Wescott Aug 7, 1920 Jan 9, 1942
Charles B Hammond Jr 1950 - 1953 Doris M Hammond 1923 - 1953
William W Price, Sr 1913 - 1997
Cecila Price 1918 - 1919 Maude A Price 1897 - 1963 John D Price 1892 - 1952
Dale Allen Price May 30, 1956 Dec 23, 1971
Catharine M Price Dec 5, 1935 Oct 9, 1997
William Ayers Price Us Coast Guard May 1, 1932 - Jan 30, 2002
Mary Alena Wife of H V Tharp Born Jan 22, 1859 Died Jan 4, 1903 Age 43 Yrs, 11, Ms, 12 Ds
Lemmie Vinson Son of H V and M A Tharp Born June 16, 1890 Died Nov 29, 1890 Age 5 Ms 13 Ds
Edith Talmadge Daughter of H V and M A Tharp Born May 22, 1888 Died June 15, 1888 Age 24 Days
Lena Alma Daughter of H V and M A Tharp Born May 11, 1877 Died Oct 13, 1878 Age 1 Yr 5 Ms 2 Days
Daisy Apr 13, 1928 Infant daughter of Clifford E Johnson and Daisy Hickman Johnson
John Burroughs Simmons, Sr S1 US Coast Guard; World War II Aug 25, 1921 Mar 5, 1992 Glennie Price Simmons Aug 16, 1925 Sept 3, 2003
wooden post
*Sacred to the Memory of Martha Wife of Isaac D Reynolds Born Mar 9, 1837 Died Apr 26, 1873 Age 36 Yrs, 1 Mo, 13 Dys (broken stone)
*Penelopy Wife of John H Swain Born Feb 12, 1805 Died Aug 17, 1875 Erected By Julia A Price
*John H (Swain) Son of Levi and Charity Swain Born Oct 14, 1793 Died May 19, 1864 Erected By Julia A Price
William David Dick Mar 14, 1916 Feb 22, 1991
Odis B Bozeman, Jr Feb 1, 1949 Feb 14, 1949
Clare E Drew Oct 23, 1877 Nov 20, 1952
Bell E Drew Feb 18, 1879 June 2, 1879
Mary W Drew Aug 14, 1854 Sept 23, 1936
Charles B Drew Dec 4, 1849 Jan 18, 1904
Charles I Son of J B & A L Drew Apr 10, 1911 - June 6, 1911
John B Drew Sept 23, 1880 July 26, 1948
Anna Lee Drew Jan 6, 1882 Feb 15, 1957
Mary Eliza Guthrie Oct 20, 1889 July 28, 1945
William W Guthrie Aug 18, 1885 Feb 24, 1951
Albert Johnson Cumbee May 7, 1924 - Oct 24, 1994 Frances Cox Cumbee Mar 13, 1925 -
Amelia Swain 1878 - 1943
Infant Drew son of Tammie and Rusty Drew Dec 4, 1976
Ola Lewis Wife of C B Drew Jan 5, 1901 Jan 28, 1976
Charles Son of C B and Ola Drew May 27, 1922 June 28, 1936
Ethel E Wescott Daughter of J & S R Wescott Born Feb 3, 1874 Died Sept 1, 1878 Aged 4 Yrs 6 Mos & 29 Ds
John Wescott Galloway's Co; NC Coast Guard CSA Aug 28, 1845 Mar 17, 1936
Sarah Drew Wescott Dec 25, 1847 June 10, 1932
Calvin Lendon Wescott Jan 20, 1882 - June 29, 1948 Katie Belle Wescott Aug 22, 1894 - June 3, 1916
Vera Wescott McKeithan Aug 12, 1913 May 16, 1997
James Lendon son of W E and Vera McKeithan Sept 15, 1935 June 3, 1936
W E "Tony" McKeithan July 14, 1911 Sept 26, 1966
Mary Teresa Infant daughter of Frances & Johnson Cumbee Oct 9, 1954
Warren K Price May 31, 1909 July 24, 1979
C Robert Poindexter Mar 14, 1917 - Dec 13, 1985 Kathleen Lamb Poindexter July 2, 1918 -
Rosa E Dosher Oct 15, 1879 - April 30, 1960 Thomas L Dosher Mar 16, 1870 - Nov 7, 1938
Mary E Dosher
Ruth D Spencer
D C Spencer
In Memory of Samuel Wescott Born May 18, 1815 Died April 14, 1882
Benny Noah Jones PFC US Army; World War II July 4, 1924 - Dec 21, 1993 Noah Jones 1924 - 1993 Married Mar 28, 1946 Myrtle Jones 1928 -
Mack H Moore 1920 - 2000 Mack Henry Moore M Sgt US Army; World War II Aug 20 1920 - Apr 16, 2000 Faye H Moore 1925 - 2003 Married Mar 21, 1941 Poppie and Faye "Fulfillment" June 5, 1925 Dec 14, 2003
Nora Evans McKeithan 1882 - 1962
Rev W H McKeithan 1876 - 1949
Dora Virginia McKeithan 1922 - 1943
Owen S McKeithan Nov 14, 1917 Jan 21, 1966
Fannie Dosher
John E Dosher
In Memory of Frank Wescott's Family Erected by J T Wescott Apr 28, 1861 Jan 12, 1941
Hutchinson B White July 2, 1919 - Lillian P White Sept 14, 1914 - July 23, 2003
Samuel Tharp Born Nov 28, 1796 Died Sep 2, 1885 Aged 88 Yrs, 9 Mos, 4 Ds
Susanah Tharp Born Mar 5, 1805 Died July 22, 1872 Aged 67 Yrs, 4 Mos, 17 Ds
Mary A wife of W T Jones Born Feb 17, 1846 Died Jan 20, 1905 Age 58 Ys 11 Ms 3 Ds
William Thomas Jones Mar 1849 Dec 31, 1927
Joyce Emma Robbins 1932 - 1989
James F Hart Died April 20, 1936
Unmarked stone
Ezekial Skipper Feb 6, 1861- June 5, 1934 His Wife Sarah J Skipper Sept 4, 1856 - Mar 4, 1901 (A separate older headstone still stands for Mrs Sarah J Skipper)
In Memory of Murry J Skipper Born April 20, 1889 Died July 16, 1892 "Precious Murry he has left us, left us yes forevermore. To dwell with Jesus on that bright and happy shore." Erected by Papa
Little Minda Skipper March 13, 1888 Died July 13, 1888 "We had a little treasure, loved by us, probably too well, God called her from us, with Jesus forever to dwell." Erected by Papa
Geneva C Floyd Jan 26, 1930 Nov 19, 1984 Wife of Thomas C Floyd
William Layton Floyd Qm 3 Us Navy; Vietnam Jan 13, 1949 Apr 8, 1977
Thomas Crattie Floyd PFC Us Army; World War II Nov 18, 1917 Jan 4, 1998
Freddie C Rudd July 12, 1906 Nov 1, 1931
Albie Bass Fincher Aug 9, 1909 - July 22, 1985 William Clinton Fincher April 14, 1908 - Oct 4, 1998
George H Greer Dec 18, 1873 Apr 29, 1928
Virda Greer Jan 19, 1874 Aug 18, 1936
top of stone/name illegible son of Geo. and Virda Greer Born Sept 18, 1898 Died Nov 2, 1899
John T Born July 5, 1877 Died May 22, 1878 and Willie W Born Oct 22, 1878 Died July 5, 1884 Children of G F and S E Drew
George F Drew Mar 3, 1853 - June 28, 1921 His Wife Sarah E Drew Dec 18, 1853 - Sept 4, 1923
M Singletary
Fairlee Lewis Jones Aug 21, 1919 Jan 8, 2005
James Edgar Jones Apr 4, 1919 Arpil 21, 1986
Anna Maria Pendleton Dec 6, 1972 Nov 12, 1988 Our Daughter…at Peace
Graves no longer marked: These graves were visible and listed in the 1983 book "The Cemeteries of Southport" by Dorcas W Schmidt. They could not be found by this contributor on January 9, 2008. This information is taken from the 1983 book. Josephine Thorpe April 17, 1848 Dec 21, 1890 Mattie Spencer 1878 - 1931 Vida Spencer 1913 - 1928
*The graves of John H and Penelopy Willetts Swain and their daughter Martha Swain Reynolds were originally located on property now occupied by the Progress Energy nuclear power plant. They were noted as Swain gravesites on page 53 of the 1983 book "The Cemeteries of Southport" by Dorcas W Schmidt. They were moved in recent years to the nearby Bethel Church Cemetery on Bethel Road. The stone of Martha is broken in several pieces with some lettering missing or unclear. Her inscription is taken from the book. John H and Penelopy Willetts Swain are this contributor's husband's great great great grandparents.