Concord United Methodist Church Cemetery Gaston County, N.C. Surveyed October 5, 2003 by Jan Heavner and Greg Payseur ---------------------------- This cemetery is located in Bessemer City on Tryon Courthouse Rd. From the Cherryville city limits on Hwy. 279 or Dallas-Cherryville Hwy. Go east 4 miles. Turn right onto Tryon School Rd and go 2 miles. Turn left onto Tryon Courthouse Rd. The church is located ½ mile on left. The cemetery is located approx. ¼ mile behind the church on a dead end road. ---------------------------- Surnames: Absher, Allen, Baldwin, Beam, Bess, Blackwood, Brafford, Bridges, Brown, Canley, Carpenter, Clark, Clemmer, Coon, Costner, Craft, Dameron, Davidson, Davis, Eaker, Falls, Farmer, Farris, Foster, Froneberger, Golf, Gray, Green, Hager, Harlow, Harrelson, Hastings, Herbert, Holland, Homesley, Hovis, Hucks, Huffstetler, Huss, Jones, Kincaid, Kiser, Lamb, Lewis, Limerick, Lingerfelt, Long, Lovelace, Mason, Mauney, McKeown, Miller, Mitchem, Mitchum, Moore, Morgan, Moses, Murray, Neal, Neill, Payseur, Raffield, Ramsey, Rayfield, Rice, Riddle, Robertson, Royster, Self, Sellers, Shubert, Smith, Sneade, Spivey, Starnes, Steele, Stower, Stroup, Stroupe, Tod, Thompson, Thornburg, VanDyke, Warlick, Watts, Weaver, Wells, Westmoreland, Williamson, Wilson, Witherspoon, Wood ---------------------------- Hovis, Thomas M. April 26, 1883 - April 8, 1964 Hovis, Elizabeth Lewis February 26, 1884 - September 6, 1967 Hager, Marvin Roosevelt September24, 1906 - July 18, 1959 Hager, Britt Lee Wood November 2, 1918 - October 11, 2002 Kincaid, Ira Raymond May 2, 1899 -August 1, 1984 Kincaid, Martha Ellen Westmoreland October 5, 1901- July 10, 1988 Kincaid, Robert Norman September 8, 1924 -July 12, 2001 WWII S/o Ira & Martha Kincaid Tod, James McCoy December 11, 1911 - September 24, 2001 WWII Tod, Martha M. Kincaid April 21, 1921- August 8, 1984 - 1984 Williamson, Curtis James December 30, 1939- October 16,1999 Kincaid, Christopher Mark October 1, 1991 -April 27, 1992 S/o William & Sally Kincaid, Jr. Hager, Joe Anderson June 24, 1872 - May 16, 1955 Hager, Barbara Farris July 30, 1876 - December 26, 1938 Miller, Addie Hager December 11, 1900- July 17, 1969 (dau.) D/o Joe & Barbara Hager Hager, Rufus L. July 12, 1897 - June 12, 1953 S/o Joe & Barbara Hager Hager, Giles A. July 6, 1895 - August 30, 1967 Hager, Mamie Homesley May 8, 1892- July 15, 1974 Riddle, Tommy Wilkinson April 23, 1949 - November 22, 2000 Vietnam Riddle, Belinda Lovelace July 13, 1952 - Wells, Alfred William August 16, 1980 (Only Date) Farris, Herbert S. 1904 - 1969 Farris, Ruth K. 1909-1986 Farris, Samuel Herbert B&D September 15, 1934 One Grave Royster, James January 3, 1874 - May 11, 1955 Allen, J.P. January 3, 1874- May 11, 1955 Kiser, Dewey L. October 10, 1898 - September 12, 1973 Kiser, Annie August 24, 1907 - December 14, 2001 Kiser, Jeffrey Lee August 22, 1959- April 15, 2003 Kiser, Annie Lee August 9, 1931 - October 7, 1937 Wells, Alfred William B&D August 16, 1980 Neal, Fred Smith February 6, 1921- December 19, 1958 Neal, Betty S. Shubert December 23, 1927 - July 14, 1988 Starnes, Mack Kal August 14, 1898 - November 24, 1966 Starnes, Chloe Ella June 6, 1894 - September 6, 1984 Craft, M. Logan August 27, 1857 - February 2, 1936 Craft, Elizabeth F. January 21, 1881 - August 5, 1960 Lovelace, Fred R., Jr. March 28, 1922 - Lovelace, Flora B. November 9, 1924 - February 27, 1977 Lovelace, Fred Roberts, Sr. March 28, 1897 - December 16, 1961 Lovelace, Ellen Josephine December 8, 1938 - December 29, 1963 W/o Polhemus Lovelace Spivey, Pearl Kiser Lovelace November 23, 1900 - February 7, 1988 Lovelace, infant son B&D February 22, 1925 S/o F.P. & C.P. Lovelace Neal, Jessie Lee June 26, 1901 - April 16, 1954 Bridges, Lanie N. Neal January 13, 1912 - September 13, 2002 Bridges, Harvey Lee April 18, 1907 -October 9, 1962 Kincaid, Eugene Curtis December 2, 1927 - Kincaid, Mary Ellen Harrelson February 19, 1930 - Golf, Edgar Harrison July 7, 1918 - May 7, 1993 Golf, Ruby Royster July 29, 1919 - November 23, 1999 Beam, Jacob Carl March 30, 1908 - July 26, 1997 Beam, Mary Royster May 18, 1908 - September 25, 1995 Royster, John Edwin July 29, 1916 - March 14, 1950 Royster, Kathleen Jones June 30, 1914 - December 8, 1993 WWII, Korea, Vietnam Lt.Col. Rice, Hilda Virginia June 17, 1917 - August 25, 1993 Royster, Nannie Berthenia November 8, 1909 - March 22, 1957 Royster, Thomas S. March 19, 1880 - January 28, 1951 Royster, Mary Jane McKeown October 8, 1882 - August 7, 1967 Limerick, Thomas A. 1922 - 1975 WWII Limerick, Martha Hovis August 25, 1925- March 13, 2000 Hovis, Walter Miller December 24, 1895 - March 20, 1980 Hovis, Iva Eaker November 2, 1893 - January 11, 1973 Hovis, Wiley E. July 7, 1922- July 3, 1924 S/o W.M. & I.B. Hovis Mauney, Dorus C. October 26, 1885 - June 15, 1968 Mauney, Fannie Inez Brown December 22, 1879 - May 12, 1945 Mauney, Margaret March 12, 1918 - May 27, 1919 D/o D. C. & F. I. Mauney Eaker, Richard Lee May 20, 1888 - December 3, 1961 WWI Eaker, Leona Kiser July 24, 1894 - March 8, 1983 Eaker, W. Sylvanus January 3, 1885 - January 26, 1969 Royster, infant son of T.S. & M.J. Royster B&D July 15, 1922 Eaker, Miles R. August 3, 1844 - May 17, 1928 Eaker, Martha Jane December 28, 1848 - January 16, 1922 Kiser, Tyree H., Sr. June 30, 1899- September 4, 1971 Kiser, Annie Mae Payseur March 29, 1903- September 3, 1989 Robinson, John B. December 3, 1893 - January 23, 1955 Robinson, Myrtle Richardson March 9, 1892 - February 2, 1984 Harrelson, Charlie C. January 2, 1894- November 3, 1972 Harrelson, Florence K. September 28, 1904- July 30, 1996 Harrelson, Daniel S. December 21, 1938 - June 17, 1956 Foster, Melody Danette May 6, 1959- March 18, 1999 Stroup, David L. May 1, 1925 -October 9, 1944 WWII Stroup, Margaret D. B&D May 23, 1945 Stroup, Winfred L. January 19, 1900 - September 25, 1967 Stroup, Geneva K. March 28, 1903- December 24, 1993 Thompson, Caroleen S. September 20, 1923 - August 18, 1967 Kiser, David A. February 28, 1881 - February 27, 1956 Kiser, Margaret L. Eaker November 11, 1879 - December 20, 1950 Moore, Cicero January 8, 1859 - August 3, 1937 Moore, Ida November 7, 1875 - February 13, 1950 Kiser, James L. August 2, 1878 -May 5, 1946 Kiser, Julia E. Eaker December 13, 1874 - April 21, 1937 Kiser, David Wiley August 3, 1903 - August 6, 1904 S/o J.L. & J.E. Kiser, Allie Jane July 29,1901 - July 28, 1902 D/o J.L. & J.E. Kiser, James Paul September 25, 1901 - January 30, 1962 Kiser, Michael August 15, 1842 -March 6, 1910 Kiser, Barbara December 5, 1847 - July 11, 1913 Kiser, Sidney Lee July 18, 1868 - April 14, 1948 Kiser, Ellen Kenley July 15, 1873 - April 22, 1960 Mauney, James L. January 4, 1860 - January 13, 1938 Mauney, Laura Francis February 6, 1859 - August 21, 1928 Mauney, infant son B&D August 15, 1893 Mauney, infant dau. B&D May 27, 1905 Mauney, Mary Ellen October 27,1884 - November 24, 1948 Mauney, Caleb April 29, 1829 - June 27, 1882 Mauney, Barbara Jane October 7, 1834 - June 17, 1916 Bess, Michael March 15, 1857 - March 1, 1934 Bess, Margaret E. November 4, 1854 - June 12, 1926 Mauney, Andrew April 1, 1853 - September 4, 1896 Mauney, Mary Jane May 3, 1849 - June 15, 1930 Hager, Christy S. June 24, 1872 - December 15, 1941 Hager, Mary Catherine Eaker July 10, 1870 - March 10, 1933 Royster, Infant son of T.S. & M.J. B&D July 15, 1922 Hager, Ernest S. (D) February 2, 1937 Canley, Sarah March 3, 1834 - November 6, 1894 W/o S. Canley Kiser, Flora E. May 12, 1895 - December 14, 1895 D/o Dr. S.L. & S.E. Kiser Coon, John A. July 14, 1871 - March 24, 1939 Coon, Elizabeth S. Stroupe September 6, 1876 - December 15, 1951 Coon, Harry S. June 26, 1915 - November 20, 1918 S/o J.A. Coon Ramsey, William Blaine February 22, 1887 - July 13, 1955 Ramsey, Minnie Kiser June 18, 1880 - February 25, 1956 Clark, Edward P. December 5, 1859 - May 15, 1938 Clark, Adam R. January 31, 1824 - February 5, 1865 Clark, Mary A. July 20, 1830 - February 8, 1921 Clark, Sarah C. October 28, 1850 - February 27, 1929 Blackwood, A.J. July 6, 1860 - August 12, 1906 Blackwood, S.A. January 5, 1863 - May 27, 1906 Blackwood, Sarah August 1, 1827 - July 8, 1904 Falls, Fred Homer July 15, 1907 - March 23, 1994 Falls, Ruby Kincaid April 2, 1910 - March 25, 1997 Falls, Fred Homer, Jr. B&D May 12, 1930 Kincaid, Agnes Daisy March 30, 1884 - November 22, 1907 Kincaid, Ida Lillian April 24, 1900 - July 30, 1902 D/o J.F. & I.C. Kincaid, Belos B. July 22, 1897 - September 5, 1898 S/o J.F. & I.C. Kincaid, Felix March 1, 1854 - March 3, 1910 Kincaid, Ida C. Stroup July 13, 1873 - February 25, 1959 Kiser, Kemp September 20, 1895 - March 9, 1897 S/o Dr. & Mrs. W.C. Kiser Kiser, Adali Stevenson July 13, 1892 - July 27, 1892 S/o Dr. & Mrs. W.C. Kiser Stower, Gerald Andrew December 16, 1955 - November 10, 1994 Stroupe, M. Drayton April 29, 1929 - November 1, 1986 Korea Stroupe, Geneva W. November 13, 1932 - Self, E. Ray February 22, 1897 - June 20, 1963 Self, Mildred Huss February 4, 1897 - March 31, 1988 Self, Mary Lou November 2, 1926 - July 12, 1968 D/o E.R. & Mildred Stroup, Albert Augustus January 1, 1934 - January 22, 1996 Stroup, Martha Ellen Clark May 13, 1936 - Stroup, D. Russell November 21, 1909 - February 3, 1999 Stroup, Pauline H. January 4, 1914 - Mauney, Robert Rolandus April 10, 1869 - September 1, 1945 Mauney, Laura Etta Sellers January 3, 1875 - May 17, 1957 Stroupe, Fred K. February 24, 1922 - July 8, 1994 WWII Stroup, infant daughter of M/M Russell Stroup (No Dates) Stroup, (can't read) Stroup, David Augustus January 3, 1885 - July 13, 1931 Stroup, Hallie Buena Kiser December 28, 1887 - August 18, 1965 Stroup, Moses March 2, 1838 - May 18, 1920 Stroup, Susan G. December 8, 1853 - March 11, 1912 Stroup, Susan Ann Carpenter November 7, 1843 - October 23, 1881 W/o Moses Stroup, Andrew J. July 11, 1868 - June 5, 1884 S/o Moses & Sarah Stroup, Mabel Pearl October 14, 1886 - June 17, 1887 D/o Moses & Susan (can't read) Absher, Marion James 1882 -1965 Absher, Etta Ross 1887- 1969 Absher, Marion Blythe June 21, 1926 - June 2, 1962 Absher, Robert R. August 4, 1885 - February 10, 1941 Absher, Lula C. March 1, 1885 - February 3, 1952 Witherspoon, Lorrie May August 26, 1903 - June 28,1904 D/o M/M G.A. Witherspoon Froneberger, Catherine July 12, 1819 - October 8, 1909 Age- 90 yrs., 2 months, 27 days (can't read) Watts, L.H. November 9, 1850 - January 30, 1923 Watts, Lavinia A. August 25, 1850 - June 14, 1919 (can't read) Moses, Sarah R. Watts September 20, 1829 - December 26, 1917 Watts, Andy C. May 21, 1889 - October 7, 1939 Watts, Candes Blackwood June 27, 1883 - “no death date” Absher, Charlie C. 1892-1985 Absher, Mamie C. 1893- 1982 Absher, William Claude March 6, 1922 - October 22, 1970 Wilson, Andrew F. B&D May 5, 1996 Hager, Robert Floyd March 19, 1925 - March 28, 1994 WWII Hager, Mirah M. May 18, 1920 - Robertson, Doctor Pearson October 13, 1894 - (No death date) Robertson, Sallie Ada Gray September 24, 1894 - June 12, 1961 Absher, Robert Lee, Sr. February 10, 1925 - July 25, 1986 WWII Absher, Gladys Wilson March 6, 1927 - (M) July 24, 1948 Absher, Howard Michael January 11, 1949 - January 20, 1949 Dameron, Robert Chal September 9, 1878 - November 3, 1954 Dameron, Ada Eaker April 4, 1881 - July 25, 1926 Dameron, Sarah M. B&D May 5, 1917 Dameron, Infant October 4, 1913 s/o R. C. & L. A. Dameron Dameron, Wiley R. June 17, 1919 August 1920 s/o R. C. & L. A. Dameron Sellers, Eli October 5, 1819 - March 31, 1902 Sellers, M.M. December 4, 1844 - February 25, 1916 Sellers, Elizabeth November 12, 1815 - (can't read dates) Sellers, Abraham October 12, 1824 - September 26, 1864 Sellers, Ester C. April 23, 1832 - August 25, 1875 Sellers, Jacob December 22, 1860 - September 12, 1935 S/o A.& E. infant - (rock broken-can't read) infant - (can't read) Sneade, Ervin May 28, 1902- June 28, 1902 Bess, Martin December 27, 1867 - December 28, 1886 Bess, Michael March 15, 1857 - March 1, 1934 Bess, Margaret E. November 14, 1854 - June 12, 1926 Bess, infant son B&D October 12, 1883 Bess, infant son August 22, 1884 - August 25, 1884 Absher, infant daughter of C.C. & M.C. B&D September 18, 1915 Absher, Lester July 4, 1909 - July 8, 1909 S/o ???? (can't read) Absher, John W. January 28, 1880 - February 1, 1951 Absher, Ida Neill June 9, 1879 - October 2, 1951 Absher, Ila July 24, 1907 - October 10, 1908 Absher, (son) (can't read name) July 4, 1908 - July 8, 1909 Absher, Philip February 28, 1878 - October 30, 1899 S/o W.S. & M.C. W/o Mary Stroup Absher, Grover Cleveland January 30, 1892 - August 1, 1909 S/o W.S. & M.C. Absher, William S. July 26, 1858 - July 20, 1935 Absher, Mary C. March 11, 1852 -April 2, 1916 Absher, W.S. August 18, 1885 - July 20, 1923 Absher, Dooley? Clyde? May 7, 1861 - December 6, 1895 Long, Oscar Lee July 14, 1885 - May 13, 1908 S/o A.J. & M.E. Long, Lula (can't read dates) D/o A.J. & M.E. Long, Maggie E. June 10, ?? - December 28, 1925 D/o A.J. Long Smith, Elizabeth H. (no dates) w/o F.C. Smith Smith, Naomi (no dates) d/o F.C. Smith Smith, Arvil K. July 16, 1899 - September 30, 1945 S/o F.C. & Elizabeth Hucks, Jason K. December 17, 1836 - October 20, 1908 (can't read) Bess, Albert S. January 11, 1828 - February 12, 1907 M.G. Davis May 28, 1833 - April 30, 1900 Davis, Rufus L. May 14, 1868 - October 30, 1950 Brafford, William T. May 8, 1882 - November 27, 1957 Brafford, Margaret R. September 24, 1884 - November 21, 1963 Green, Anderson B. February 21, 1923 - March 22, 1924 Mason, Calvin C. September 28, 1859- October 27,1937 Mason, Margaret Susan October 20, 1856 - August 13, 1925 Mitchum, Sarah March 4, 1855 - February 17, 1933 Mitchum, Mary C. (D) September 28, 1900 Age-54 yrs. W/o R.S. Mitchum Murray, John L. January 2, 1888 - June 16, 1953 Murray, James Alonzo February 14, 1878 - January 13, 1918 Murray, Joseph September 26, 1884 - October 4, 1901 S/o John & M.J. Murray, John Oliver September 8, 1844 - October 15, 1913 Murray, Martha Jane September 19, 1854 - September 7, 1921 (can't read) Carpenter, Philip J. 1851 - 1921 Carpenter, Jane October 18, 1856 - August 22, 1910 Eaker, Child-(can't read) Eaker, Philip A. February 11, 1875 - April 6, 1895 Mitchem, W.M. December 18, 1832 - January 21, 1910 Mitchem, Margaret S. February 2, 1830 - July 19, 1915 (can't read) Mitchem, Miles Lee August 31, 1866 - July 28, 1882 (can't read) Costner, W.W., Sr. January 29, 1888 - December 16, 1923 Costner, W.W., Jr. November 1, 1916- December 16, 1923 Baldwin, John W. December 25, 1859 - January 1, 1934 Baldwin, Ester P. Raffield March 8, 1861 - June 20, 1897 Baldwin, infant daughter B&D June 9,1897 Baldwin, Barbara E. Weaver August 16, 1878 - March 15, 1958 W/o John W. Baldwin, Miles A. 1907 - 1957 Baldwin, Annie B. 1907 - 1993 Baldwin, Eva April 29, 1921 - October 13, 1925 D/o John W. & B.E. Baldwin, infant son B&D June 2, 1919 S/o John w. & B.E. Baldwin, Oscar M. February 11, 1893 - August 16, 1960 Rayfield, Russell H. May 10, 1898 - July 21, 1940 ‘can’t read’ Rayfield, William G. April 6, 1929 - April 29, 1929 S/o R.H. & Sallie Rayfield, B.F. January 22, 1853 - March 15, 1903 Rayfield, Elnora C. August 12, 1862 - January 21, 1939 Baldwin, Robert H. March 21, 1901 - June 13, 1966 Baldwin, Nannie L. April 14, 1899 - September 11, 1956 Baldwin, infant son B&D December 4, 1937 Baldwin, Ernest J. B&D July 26, 1933 Lamb, Louvenia E. June 3, 1871 -July 8, 1953 Holland, Emaline 1850 - 1934 Steele, Thomas E. October 26, 1885 - October 26 1959 Steele, Bessie Ann Warlick June 10, 1892- May 30, 1964 Warlick, Henry C. January 23, 1849 - December 17, 1924 Davidson, Frances L. September 11, 1920- October 8, 1920 D/o C& D. Davidson Rayfield, Arnold April 21, 1894 - April 29, 1966 Rayfield, M. Jane B. January 23, 1883 - April 12, 1979 Rayfield, Geneva Elizabeth March 13, 1915 -March 14, 1915 Huffstetler, Alice Costner June 4,1873 - February 26,1942 Costner,Thomas Lee February 16, 1893 - May 31, 1923 Huffstetler, Learzy August 15, 1910 - September 20, 1925 Huffstetler, Calvin September 20, 1925 - October 22, 1925 Huffstetler, Roberta January 28, 1914 - July 7, 1938 Morgan, Juanita Huffstetler July 10, 1912 - January 17, 1951 Herbert, Roy March 4, 1923 - September 17, 1987 Holland, John W. December 7, 1894 - April 12, 1963 Holland, Katie C. November 15, 1894 - August 1, 1984 Holland, Annie E. March 31, 1876 - June 8, 1949 Holland, Walter G. December 3, 1896 - “no death date” Hastings, Peter S. October 30, 1881 - April 8, 1958 Hastings, Lula L. June 28, 1889 - August 17, 1956 Hastings, Lessie Leona September 5, 1914 - July 4, 1915 Hastings, Margaret Eva March 17, 1913 - April 9,1913 Hastings, Bertie B. March 3, 1909 - January 6, 1911 Children of P.S. & L.L. Wells, Letha Mae September 23, 1909 - October 23, 1910 Farmer, Tyre November 17, 1906 - June 27, 1907 S/o W.R. & C.R. VanDyke, J.A. April 23, 1823 - January 1, 1898 VanDyke, Barbara March 19, 1827 - July 14, 1903 VanDyke, Frances M. April 11, 1866 - March 3, 1891 Daughter VanDyke, Jesse D. August 8, 1900 - June 22, 1902 S/o C.D. & D.E. Lloyd (can't read) August 9, 1906 - July 2, 1908 Lingerfelt, Jacob L. February 18, 1863 - March 20, 1917 Lingerfelt, Frances M. March 6, 1864 - October 20, 1916 VanDyke, Mary Ellen February 24, 1880 - February 15, 1898 D/o P.H. & M.L. VanDyke, Lilion R. May 5, 1891 - January 6, 1893 VanDyke, Twin infants B&D December 30, 1889 VanDyke, Minnie L. February 10,1894 - October 8,1901 VanDyke, Arthur D. December 19, 1903 - January 22, 1904 VanDyke, Infant B&D September 11, 1901 Children of P.H. & Laoma VanDyke VanDyke, Laoma September 16, 1865 - February 11, 1909 W/o P.H. VanDyke VanDyke, Laura L. September 24, 1879 - January 21, 1880 D/o E.S. & S.S. VanDyke, John September 29, 1886 - February 20, 1889 S/o J.L. VanDyke VanDyke, John L. November 24, 1862 - December 5, 1945 VanDyke, Sarah J. July 19, 1859 - September 20, 1940 Harlow, Robert W. 1890 - 1964 Harlow, Mary Frances 1889 - 1977 Farris, Alexander October 21, 1850 - October 2, 1922 Farris, Catherine Mauney May 27, 1854 - May 28, 1914 Rayfield, (can't read) Rayfield, (can't read) December 10, 1844 - September 28, 1898 W/o R.F. Rayfield Clemmer, Jerome L. July 10, 1852 -April 4, 1921 Clemmer, Martha S. October 13, 1855 - July 1, 1937 Thornburg, J. Larkin December 2, 1862 - July 7,1951 Thornburg, Mary Margaret Smith May 1, 1870 - April 15, 1919 Infant son B&D November 22, 1909 Farris, Nora Berta December 12, 1898 - November 11, 1918 W/o M.A. Farris -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These pages and information thereon are not to be reproduced in any form for profit or distribution without the permission of Jan Heavner Copyright 2006