Rio Grande Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery

Craven County, NC

Surveyed by Diane Siniard April 2009




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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