TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY This cemetery is located in Cleveland County Township No. 2 about 12 miles southwest of Shelby, N.C., and about 3 miles west of Boiling Springs on cross county road leading from Boiling Springs to Henrietta, N.C. near the Gordon Bostic old home place Owner of Cemetery: Trinity Baptist Church Number of marked graves 34 Before 1914: None After 1914: 34 Unmarked graves: 38 Earliest marked grave: Cynthia Green, d. Mar. 7, 1915 Condition: The cemetery is in good condition Date of survey June 8, 1939 According to an oral report by Mr. E. B. Lovelace, member of Trinity Church, the church was organized in a nearby schoolhouse in the year of 1912, while the church edifice was not built until the next year-1913. It is a frame building painted white. The first building was about 20 x 45 ft. There has been built at the rear of the church a Sunday School Annex about 36 x 50 ft., consisting of ten Sunday School rooms. The annex is 2 stories high. Trinity Baptist Church stands in the southwestern part of Cleveland County about 3 miles west of Boiling Springs on sand-clay road leading from Boiling Springs to Henrietta, being about 12 miles southwest of Shelby, N.C. Mr. E. B. Lovelace also reports that the first pastor was Rev. Mon. Bridges. It was organized, however, by Rev. Jim Lowery. The first deacons were: R. V. Green, B. B. Harris, M. M. Beason, P. E. Harrill and Mose Queen. First Church clerk was R. V. Green. Susan School Superintendent, present incumbent, Mr. Sam Jenkins. The present pastor is the Rev. C. W. Walker of Forest City, N.C. The church has preaching two Sundays a month. Sunday School enrollment is 180, while there are about 225 members of the Church. -- Anson G. Melton - Inscriptions: Bostic, Gordon L. B. Jan. 23, 1866 D. Aug. 28, 1933 Gillespie, Geo. E. B. Feb. 9, 1898 D. Feb. 15, 1920 Green, R. C. B. Jan. 29, 1848 D. Nov. 27, 1925 / Green, Rebecca E., his wife B. Sept. 9, 1854 D. Jan. 3, 1923 Green, Little Jimmie, son of R. C. & R. E. Green B. April 2, 1891 D. Feb. 8, 1917 Green, Nancy S., daughter of W. H. & E. or M. C. Green B. April 15, 1864 D. Sept. 1915 Wall, H. C. B. June 3, 1880 D. April 24, 1919 McSwain, Minnie, wife of Furman McSwain B. Sept. 18, 1888 D. June 30, 1922 Dobbins, Martha, wife of P. C. Dobbins B. Mar. 37, 1894 D. Jan. 7, 1925 Gillespie, Jas. D. B. Aug. 31, 1861 D. Aug. 13, 1919 Beason, Sarah, wife of H. E. Beason B. June 8, 1854 D. June 2, 1917 Beason, H. E. B. June 6, 1856 D. Mar. 31, 1926 Beason, M. M. B. Nov. 22, 1877 D. June 30, 1938 Green, Martha Padgett, wife of J. H. Green B. Dec. 12, 18565 D. June 30, 1930 Green, Cynthia, wife of J. H. Green B. Mar. 13, 1853 D. Mar. 7, 1915 Morehead, Eula Francis, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. O. G. Morehead B. April 25, 1913 D. May 23, 1918 Lovelace, B. G. B. Oct. 19, 1855 D. Jan. 19, 1919 / Lovelace, Mary, his wife B. Dec. 12, 1854 D. Nov. 21, 1921 Lovelace, W. G. B. Sept. 13, 1875 D. Oct. 21, 1920 Bridges, Geo. B. Oct. 3, 1852 D. Jan. 25, 1925 / Bridges, Sarah Susan Hughs, his wife B. July 5, 1868 D. Jan. 5, 1936 Bridges, Nellie Florence, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. G. W. Bridges B. Dec. 18, 1906 D. Sept. 23, 1925 Hicks, Dewitt Talmage, son of Mr. & Mrs. H. M. Hicks B. May 27, 1913 D. May 5, 1925 White, Mary Sue, daughter of H. E. & L. White B. April 2, 1914 D. Nov. 3, 1917 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This cemetery is among the many Cleveland cemeteries included on the Cleveland Count WPA Cemeteries CD, copyrighted 2008, by Ann K. Propst and Derick S. Hartshorn. All listings and cemeteries listings were made prior to 1940 and represent the contions of that time. All information has been donated to the NCGenWeb Project but retains copyright protection by the authors. It may be referenced and briefly exerpted under the universal fair use doctrine. For a copy of the complete Cleveland County WPA Cemetery Survey, see http://www.hartshorn.us/CWPA.htm