LATTIMORE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY

This Baptist Church cemetery is situated in Cleveland County, NC in No.
7 Township and in the town of Lattimore, N.C about nine miles northwest
of Shelby, N.C.

Owner of Cemetery: Lattimore Baptist Church

Approximate number of marked graves: 107
 Unmarked graves: 62

Earliest marked grave: J. Archie Bridges, d. Jan. 17, 1888

General condition of cemetery: Fair condition.

Date of survey: July 22, 1939
Workers: Forest Williams and Anson G. Melton

Inscriptions:

Bridges, John
B. Mar. 15, 1813
D. Oct. 14, 1898

Bridges, Cynthia, wife of
 John Bridges
B. July 11, 1817
D. Dec. 3, 1899

Blanton, Jesse Miles, son of
 J. S. & G. E. Blanton
B. Sept. 9, 1912
D. Oct. 17, 1912

Bridges, Jihny [Johny per "Original
 Index"] C.
B. Sept. 12, 1873
D. Aug. 23, 1909
(Masonic Emblem)

Calton, Mary Lydia, wife of
 J. D. Calton [Catton per "Original
 Index.]
B. Jan. 24, 1864
D. Oct. 24, 1899

Green, A. E.
B. Aug. 25, 1885
D. Jan. 26, 1900

Lattimore, Mary Jane, wife of
 Audley Martin Lattimore
B. 1849
D. Mar. 4, 1914

Tessoneer, Lillie
B. Jan. 7, 1881
D. Feb. 14, 1908

Rayburn, Una
B. Nov. 11, 1899
D. Aug. 9, 1900

McSwain, Maggie M., daughter of
 W. B. & D. S. McSwain
B. July 31, 1893
D. Aug. 15, 1906

Bridges, Plato, son of
 Mr. & Mrs. B. M. Bridges
B. Oct. 18, 1891
D. Sept. 5, 1895

Bridges, Claudia E.
B. Dec. 24, 1875
D. Sept. 19, 1894

Bridges, J. Archie
B. June 27, 1886
D. Jan. 17, 1888

Bridges, [Blank]
B. Feb. 19, 1883
D. Mar. 22, 1896

Bridges, Euzelia
B. Dec. 1, 1888
D. Dec. 17, 1905

Jones, Ader A., wife of
 R. L. Jones
B. Sept. 8, 1877
D. July 27, 1906

Crowder, Nell, daughter of
 W. A. & Fannie Jones Crowder
B. April 13, 1914
D. April 23, 1914

Crowder, Mary E., wife of
 W. A. Crowder
B. Jan. 15, 1872
D. Oct. 23, 1911

Crowder, Matthew
B. Oct. 26, 1823
D. July 31, 1897
(Bronze Marker with C.S.A.
 1861-1865)

Lovelace, J. G.
B. May 31, 1885
D. Dec. 24, 1914

Lee, Infant son of
 L. U. & S. O. Lee
B. & D. Aug. 12, 1899

Short, W. M.
D. May 30, 1911
Age about 65 years

Bridges, Goyen Franklin, son of
 J. G. & E. Bridges
B. Aug. 8, 1909
D. Dec. 21, 1909

Price, Willie Gaynell, daughter of
 S. G. & M. D. Price
B. May 30, 1893
D. Sept. 1, 1901

Price, Mamie Dorcas, wife of
 S. G. Price
B. Aug. 23, 1870
D. July 31, 1894

Stroud, B. B., wife of
 W. B. Stroud
B. Jan. 19, 1846
D. June 30, 1919

Stroud, William B.
B. Aug. 25, 1820
D. Aug. 25, 1820
[If the above Wm. is the spouse
 of B. B. Stroud, date of death
 is definitely in error.]

Jones, Sallie A.
B. June 26, 1847
D. Nov. 10, 1920

Hamrick, D. A. F.
B. Nov. 9, 1846
D. Oct. 26, 1901

Jones, M. Jane, daughter of
 Edward P. & Charlotte Jones
B. Sept. 8, 1850
D. Jan. 4, 1910

Stroup, Jonas Laban
B. Mar. 10, 1870
D. Sept. 12, 1906

Stroup, Hugh Cephas, son of
 J. L. & M. A. Stroup
B. May 30, 1904
D. Jan. 9, 1905

Jones, William J.
Co. H. 28 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
(Govt. Marker)
[No dates]

Barnett, Sarah M.
B. Nov. 19, 1857
D. April 23, 1911

Jones, Selma Adeline
B. Feb. 29, 1909 [This is wrong as
 the year 1909 was not a Leap Year.]
D. Sept. 10, 1911

Wright, George W.
B. June 10, 1836
D. April 25, 1922

Jones, Selma, Mother
B. Sept. 23, 1827
D. Feb. 1, 1912

Jones, W. A., Father
B. Feb. 3, 1827
D. April 26, 1898

Jones, D. D.
B. Aug. 3, 1866
D. Sept. 18, 1908

Putnam, Daisy Gertrude
B. May 18, 1895
D. Bef. 2, 1900

Putnam, Flossie May
B. Sept. 17, 1899
D. April 6, 1910

Hamrick, Elphus
B. May 29, 1836
D. Jan. 4, 1912

Beam, J. H.
B. 1844
D. 1897

Hughes, J. B., infant son of
 N. D. & A. M. Hughes
B. Sept. 21, 1914
[No other data.]

Webb, Rushy, son of
 D. E. & E. A. Webb
B. July 26, 1912
D. Sept. 2, 1912

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