CAPE FEAR BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY
Grays Creek Township of Cumberland Co.


Surveyed and contributed by Mary Lee Boyer     Posted April 19, 2002 by Myrtle Bridges.

This church was established abt. Jan. 1735 and constituted in Jan. 1738. Information from Mr. William Vredery Pate of Grays Creek. Take Hwy 87 south towards Elizabethtown until you come to Butler-Nursery Rd. on the left. Take road around until you come to the church on the left. Cemetery is behind the church. Mary Lee



Averitt, Robert B. 3-27-1874 / 12-22-1904
Baker, Mary Elizer 8-15-1861 / 1-23-1930
Baker, J. I. 8-20-1859 / 11-8-1928
Baker, Lonnie Edward  5-8-1925 / 6-22-1993
Baker, Luther Nash 2-14-1933 / 12-21-1992
Baker, John Murphy 12-2-1926 / 8-10-1990
Baker, Lonnie Mack 9-21-1893 / 6-12-1977
Baker, Ada Jane 7-27-1900 / 8-27-1976
Bishop, Marion Paul 9-4-1917 / 
Bishop, Edna Neal Pate w/o Marion paul 10-13-1920 / 3-16-1984
Bishop, Donald Carey s/o Marion P. & Edna N. 11-22-1846 / 5-9-1994
Blake, Catherine P. B. 1-4-1920 / 7-15-1983
Braddy, R. Thompson 12-3-1913 / 2-6-1959
Braddy, Elizabeth R. 3-15-1916
Breece, George L. 3-22-1859 / 6-28-1923  {transferred 5-6-1988}
Breece, Florida V. w/o George L. 12-10-1869 / 8-23-1914 {transferred 5-6-1988}
Breece, Fred L. s/o George L. & Florida V. Underwood Breece 4-18-1901 / 9-11-1991
Breece, Pearle Hill s/o G.L. & F.V. 5-5-1896 / 5-5-1897   {transferred 5-6-1988}
Breece, Sue Elizabeth d/o C.L & Julia Fisher Butler 4-14-1918 / 9-30-1919  {transferred 5-6-1988}
Bryant, Robert Mitchell 2-7-1960 / 4-28-1989
Bryant, Andrew Franklin 2-20-1970 / 5-8-1992 s/o Andy & Jewell
Butler, Blount 4-28-1914 / 3-18-1983
Butler, Callie M. w/o Blount 4-1-1921 / living
Butler, Archie L. 2-21-1869 / 11-17-1950
Butler, Sallie C. 6-6-1878 / 10-8-1964
Butler, Robert McLemore s/o Floyd Alex & Ester Melvin Smith Butler 7-7-1931
Butler, Charles Turner 12-15-1865 / 10-26-1924
Butler, Ruby d/o A.L. & Sallie Butler 4-16-1903 / 11-23-1908
Butler, Catherine Phillips 1-4-1920 / 7-15-1983
Butler, Thomas Robert 2-17-1915 / 1-24-1997
Butler, Linda Catherine 8-25-1942 / 4-17-1943
Butler, David Phillip 11-27-1948 / 8-2-1949
Butler, William Murdock 4-21-1861 / 2-13-1926
Butler, Annie Horton w/o Wm. Murdock 6-2-1862 / 7-5-1925
Butler, William Hiram s/o William & Sarah 2-24-1861 / 10-18-1861
Butler, Thos. J. s/o William & Sarah 11-9-1862 / 2-12-1886
Butler, Mildred L. 1-6-1913 / 2-2-1971
Butler, Wm. Gordan 6-25-1902 / 7-25-1982
Butler, Daniel 2-6-1842 / 7-13-1914  {transferred}
Butler, Floyd Alexander 12-24-1904 / 9-5-1965
Butler, Joseph K. 7-26-1871 / 9-18-1933
Butler, Lucy Gertrude Pearsall 4-15-1917 / 2-13-1992
Butler, H.B. {Hiram Bonepart} 2-23-1828 / 2-7-1912
Butler, Anna Edwards 8-30-1801 / 2-14-1878
Butler, Rebecca Circa 1840 / Circa 1915
Butler, Robert Lyon 7-7-1874 / 5-26-1932
Butler, Minnie Brisson 4-12-1882 / 11-19-1980
Cain, Algenon Franklin 6-25-1930 / 9-29-1987
Cain, Annie S. w/o Algeman F. 10-21-1940 / living
Cain, Terry Lyon 6-6-1936 / 10-31-1991
Cashwell, Nellie F. 7-28-1918 / 3-29-1978
Cashwell, Malcolm E. 9-15-1856 / 8-24-1926
Cashwell, Margaret I. w/o Malclom E. 6-9-1857 / 12-18-1927
Cashwell, Oscar H. Jr. 3-26-1940 / 1-8-1961 NC A 3C US Air Force
Cashwell, James H. 6-3-1893 / 12-18-1970 NC Cpl 187 Co MTC WWII
Cashwell, Ed Wood 1-21-1882 / 8-12-1970
Cashwell, Lee Anna H.w/o Ed Wood 6-2-1881 / 8-3-1977
Cashwell, Wade H. s/o E. W. & L. A. 7-9-1917 / 8-6-1918
Cashwell, Eugene W. s/o E. W. & L. A. 7-3-1919 / 9-8-1934
Clark, James Sedberry 8-21-1927 / 9-7-1987
Clark, Glenda McLean w/o James S. 8-25-2933 /  Our Children Susan & Sarah
Clark, William Henry 6-17-1890 / 12-14-1963
Clark, Vandalia Butler w/o Wm. Henry 10-11-1898 / 1-12-1992
Clark, Marion A. 9-18-1913 / 9-13-1989
Clark, Flora Norden w/o Marvin A. 10-4-1912 / 9-30-1962
Clark, M. Emma Marsh w/o William Clark 10-30-1856 / 5-26-1896 {transferred 5-27-1995}
Cox, Annie Pate w/o Guy Cox  7-16-1885 / 6-12-1954
Cox, Guy 11-15-1878 / 2-23-1939
Cox, Mann James 6-25-1890 / 3-9-1974
Cox, Annie P. Tolar w/o Mann J. 8-12-1900 / 1-28-1958
Cox, Marvin Lee 1-4-1930 / 5-10-1969
Cox, Hiram "Pete" 1-23-1930 / 11-14-1984
Cox, Bruce J. "Curley" 7-4-1933 / 9-24-2000
Crumpler, Wyatt S. 7-28-1929 / 10-12-1977 SFC US Army
Dew, Owen Franklin 12-31-1962 / 2-22-1999
Dew, Christine Mildred Hester 10-2-1930 / 11-18-1986
Dew, Owen James Jr. 10-2-1928 / 7-4-1987
Dew, Stephen Allen 9-23-1980 / 12-12-1998
Eason, Inf. s/o Kenneth & Emily 12-7-1960
Edge, Infant s/o E.J. & Joyce B&D 7-4-1953
Elmore, Charles E. 5-27-1945
Elmore, Joyce A. w/o Charles E. 9-1-1945 / 2-14-1995
Elmore, Dr. Joseph Lenwood 11-23-1925 / 12-5-1994
Elmore, Frances Joy Cutler w/o Dr. Joseph L. 5-11-1925
Foster, Patrica Dunne 6-10-1906 / 8-23-1971
Garr, Clarence O. 8-19-1905
Garr, Lucele 4-27-1911 / 3-28-1998
Garr, Betty Joella 4-25-1933 / 7-17-1993
Gasque, Arthur Nathaniel 1-23-1982 / 8-24-1984
Graham, May Belle Breece d/o George & Florida U. Breece 5-29-1899 / 8-1-1995
Guy, D. McD. 11-4-1875 / 3-22-1902 {as written}
Guy, Amos J. 1843 / 6-6-1918
Guy, Sarah 9-15-1850 / 12-7-1925
Hall, Harry N. 7-10-1881 / 11-6-1917
Hollingsworth, Mary C. Marsh 5-10-1851 / 5-7-1981 {transferred 5-27-1995}
Ingalls, Clyde C. 7-12-1917 / 6-16-1982
Ingalls, Bertha Smith w/o Clyde C. 4-19-1915 / 3-1-1989
Jones, Herman 8-2-1854 / 11-2-1917
Jones, Martha Rebecca Marsh w/o Herman 1-27-1851 / 12-5-1938
Jones, Pauline 6-10-1886 / 2-20-1978
Jones, Charles Clark Sr. 9-30-1937 / 8-21-1975
Jones, Sarah Clark 11-6-1915 / 10-5-1977
Jones, Ethel LaGrande d/o Herman & Martha R. M. Jones 12-14-1889 / 8-24-1892
Jones, Neill Henry Sr. 8-6-1879 / 3-22-1956
Jones, Nettie Breece w/o Neill H. Sr. 8-23-1890 / 11-15-1961
Jones, Neill Henry Jr. 12-15-1913 / 8-28-1953
Jones, Ruth Marsh 10-8-1891 / 4-27-1983
Knoeller, Michael Clark 7-1-1962 / 9-23-1991
Marsh, Martha Elma d/o Herman & Martha Rebecca Marsh Jones 12-7-1884 / 3-9-1965
Marsh, R. E. Lee 8-20-1864 / 9-19-1865 {Carra D. Marsh is inscribed under his name}{transferred 3-25-1995}
Marsh, Carra D. 10-2-1859 / 9-6-1875 {transferred 3-25-1995}
Marsh, Absolom L. Jr. 10-4-1855 / 9-13-1875 {transferred 3-25-1995}
Marsh, Absalom Leggett 3-16-1816 / 8-1-1893 {transferred 3-25-1995}
Marsh, Mary Butler w/o Absalom 1830 / 1913 {transferred 3-25-1995}
Marsh, Absulom F. 7-31-1943 / 8-3-1943
Marsh, Vance A. 6-17-1893 / 8-1-1946
Marsh, Ruth Tyson 1-30-1889 / 6-24-1951
Marsh, M. Allen 6-12-1913 / 7-7-1978
Marsh, Marcus Byrd Sr. 10-5-1898 / 11-6-1980
Marsh, Johnnie Fisher 6-16-1915 / 12-31-1980
Marsh, Nannie H. 11-21-1924 / 6-8-1988
Marsh, Marcus L. 5-18-1852 / 3-2-1928 {transfered Nov. 1989}
Marsh, Mamie T. 2-13-1917 / 7-9-1990
Marsh, Grady Franklin 2-28-1923 / 1-19-1995
Marsh, Azor 2-21-1817 / 12-3-1883 {transfered 5-27-1995}
Marsh, Elizabeth 10-15-1814 / 2-15-1877 w/o Azor {transferred 5-27-1995}
Marsh, Ocie Wilson 4-10 1919 / 3-1-2000
McIllwinin, Rainey Circa 1775 / 1850 {transferred} Father of Ellen McIllwinin Pate
Mintz, Norman S. 9-1-1923 / 5-6-1987
Mintz, Maggie S. {grandmother} {same stone as Norman S.}11-24-1901 nothing more
Mintz, Norman C. 6-9-1949 / 7-9-1976
Mintz, Martha Lee Marsh 6-30-1952 / 7-9-1976
Odom, Lewis F. 4-28-1915 / 3-8-1942
Odom, Humphery 7-1-1885 / 3-25 1958 Woodsman Of The World
Odom, Mary Jane Hursey w/o Humphery  12-23-1886 / 12-9-1943
Pate, Grover C. Jr., D.D.S. 3-1-1920 / 12-24-1988 US Army Air Corps WWII Korea
Pate, Lois Wilson w/o Grover C. Jr. 7-10-1924
Pate, William Verdery 9-26-1924   wed 6-14-1947
Pate, Mildred Smith w/o Wm. Verdery 11-20-1924 / 2-3-2000
Pate, Hector LLoyd s/o James & Elmira A. 6-6-1883 / 8-18-1905
Pate, Thomas V. 3-26-1919 / 2-26-1996
Pate, Margaret Black w/o Thomas V. 2-27-1923 / living
Pate, James Irby 6-17-1893 / 11-6-1948
Pate, Bessie Cope 11-14-1894 / 2-15-1984
Pate, William Alfred 12-11-1921 / 4-16-1963 NC Pfc Hq Co 118 Parchute Inf. WWII
Pate, Charles R. 2-25-1944 / 12-13-1988 Sfc US Army Vietnam
Pate, Grover Cleveland  11-9-1888 / 8-1-1968
Pate, Mary V.Marsh  w/o G. Clev. 7-22-1891 / 12-24-1984
Pate, Tessie Townsend 6-19-1897 / 3-7-1985
Pate, Gus L. 3-7-1895 . 3-2-1950 NC Pvt 306 SN Tn 81 Div WWII
Pate, Joseph 5-12-1817 / 7-13-1871
Pate, Ellen McIllwinin w/o Joseph 11-15-1818 / 10-14-1892 {transferred}
These **** four are all on the same stone
Pate, Dean R. 2-22-1929 / *
Pate, Wm. Carey 8-1-1928 / *
Pate, Bernice Russ 8-31-1926 11-5-1996*
Pate, James LLoyd , M.D. 11-16-1924 / 11-29-1994* {there's a number 32 after the M.D.}
Pate, Ruth Townsend 12-16-1893 / 8-10-1976
Pate, Marion Butler 12-11-1890 / 10-10-1966
Pate, J. Judson 11-6-1852 / 8-25-1926
Pate, Mary Butler w/o J. Judson 11-11-1852 / 4-1-1950
Pate, Elmira Ann Butler 6-7-1850 / 5-7-1935
Pate, Joseph H. Pate, 6-5-1883 / 2-5-1939
Pate, Annie Pearle Tolar 8-12-1900 / 1-28-1958
Pate, Leta Z. 8-6-1892 / 1-31-1963
Pate, Marvel Lee 1-4-1930 / 5-10-1969
Pate, Sarah Elenor {Sallie} 4-25-1881 / 6-24-1970
Pate, Hiram J. "Pete" 1-23-1930 / 1-14-1984
Pate, James Lloyd 11-16-1924 / 11-29-1994
Pate, Bruce 7-4-1933 / 9-24-2000
Plummer, Hepsey A. 6-29-1813 / 6-16-1885
Plummer, James 10-5-1805 / 10-8-1891
Rackley, George Tate 9-16-1866 / 12-14-1920
Rackley, Margaret Jones w/o George T. Racley 9-28-1881 / 12-26-1973
Regan, Joe Neal 5-10-1871 / 10-27-1919
Regan, Joe Anna 7-4-1875 / 4-29-1963
Scott, Harry R. 11-23-1898 / 4-15-1983
Scott, Maude Butler 12-20-1905 / 4-10-1992
Simmons, A.J.  {died} abt. 1900
Smith, Sarah Mallie 1872 / 1940
Thames, Sarah M. Died 8-14-1930
Thames, Daniel J. Died Feb. 1932
Thames, William J. s/o D. J. & S. M. 10-3-1920 / 10-10-1920
Townsend, Earl Cleveland 11-4-1911 / 9-23-1991
Townsend, Katherine Davis w/o Earl C. 9-20-1914 / 1-26-1999
Townsend, B. Frank 11-11-1883 / 12-29-1999
Townsend, Earl C. Jr. s/o E.C. & Katherine 10-27-1936 / 6-18-1939
Townsend, Alma Pate 2-9-1887 / 6-7-1969
Underwood, Moloy M. w/o Uriah 3-1-1826 / 2-1-1912
Warwick, Emma W. Regan 10-16-1905 / 12-31-1995
Williams, John B. 11-5-1817 / 2-29-1916
Williams, Zelia A. Butler w/o John B. 9-2-1856 / 3-25-1914
Williams, Hardie s/o John B. & Zelia Butler Williams 11-29-1883 / 7-27-1932  This stone was uncovered last 
week from under 2 ft. of dirt while digging for a new burial.
Willis, George Washington  7-14-1902 / 7-20-1977
Willis, James Frank 12-3-1909 / 1-7-1979
Willis, Annie Gladys 6-5-1915 / 9-17-2000
Willis, Stephen Died 12-19-1923
Willis, Coleen Sessoms w/o Stephen  Died Nov. 1958
Willis, Gladys Murry 6-5-1915 / 9-17-2000
Wright, John T. 8-1-1818 / 7-14-1880
Young, Julia Ola Willis 1-1-1913 / 5-27-1981


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