The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Rio Grande Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery in Craven County, NC.
Location 1125 Spring Garden Rd
African Amercian Cemetery
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GPS Coordinates:
35° 12.432 N
77° 09.635 W
The epitaphs are as follows:
Rio Grande
Baptist Church
Rev Dennis T Walston
Est Nov 7 1883
Dedicated Nov 22 1998
Jessie Lee Spikes
Feb 23 1932
Jun 14 1976
Unmarked Stone
Marion Spikes
1875-1955
Mary E Spikes
May 1 1899
Nov 10 1967
Peter Spikes
May 6 1891
Mar 13 1955
Charlie Wesley
1913-1968
John Henry Fonville
Jan 24 1881
Dec 12 1951
Unmarked Stone
Mamie D Gardner
Mar 3 1939
Apr 19 1978
Mary Francis Hill
1935-1983
George F Dawson Jr
Nov 12 1933
Nov 22 1993
George F Dawson
Dec 22 1914
Nov 13 1976
Deacon Willie Harris
Jan 25 1920
Oct 20 2005
Ophelia S Harris
1929-1984
Mary L Smith
Feb 24 18?2
Aug 2 1855
Stone hard to read
Romeo P Gaskins
Jan 21 1930
Jul 20 1981
Mariah Spikes Gaskins
Jul 18 1900
Nov 19 1990
Unreadable Stone
Hogan? Gaskins
1908-1953
Stone faded very hard to read
Douglas E Gaskins
Jan 29 1924
Sep 15 1969
Robert E Gaskins
Apr 26 1932
Jan 5 1977
Johnnie Cox
1913-1968
Patsy Bryant
Aug 10 1880
Sep 19 1949
Lewis G Gardner
Jun 25 1875
Mar 3 1949
Mary J Gardner
Mar 3 1877
Jul 11 1947
Unmarked Stone
Fred Rasberry
Feb 20 1887
Jul 31 1956
Mamie S Rasberry
Nov 20 1896
Apr 28 1967
Claudie M Rountree
May 9 1922
Sep 18 1942
MM
Hilda B Cox
1924-1998
William M Bryant
1920-1990
Curley Bryant
Dec 14 1913
Mar 4 1972
Katie A McConner
1883
May 1 1932
Destroyed Grave
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