Riley's Creek Baptist Church Cemetery

Pender County North Carolina

Surveyed by Matt Hillman June 2008


The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Riley's Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Pender County, NC.

Location: 19845 NC HWY. 210 Corner of NC HWY 210 & Clarks Landing Rd.

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    The epitaphs are as follows:



    E. A. Lewis April 11 1885 February 16 1958 ______________________________________________ Gertrude Harrellson Lewis September 17 1892 May 14 1979 ______________________________________________ Major Allison Rooks October 6 1904 April 19 1980 Same Stone Sabrey Eliza Sikes Rooks January 17 1903 February 23 1940 ______________________________________________ Infant Son of M. A. & Sabrey Rooks January 3 1936 ______________________________________________ Taylor Holmes Rooks October 2 1927 April 7 1928 ______________________________________________ George Holmes Beaty Sikes 1856 – 1938 His Wife Anna Herring Sikes 1860 – 1930 ______________________________________________ W. A. Walker Sr. December 1 1854 December 23 1935 ______________________________________________ Ida Roten Penny December 16 1859 March 5 1943 ______________________________________________ Ester Walker Mason February 27 1860 September 9 1945 Same Stone Ludwig L Mason October 15 1859 February 23 1945 ______________________________________________ Nancy Rooks Rushing January 22 1939 December 16 2005 Same Stone Charles Darrel Rushing March 13 1943 No other Date ______________________________________________ William J. Rooks August 8 1877 August 26 1931 ______________________________________________ Pearl Woodcock Wife of W. J. Rooks June 28 1881 April 20 1928 ______________________________________________ Thomas Mitchel Rooks Son of L. W. & Elma Rooks June 26 1943 August 16 1943 ______________________________________________ Annie Pearl Guyton April 20 1920 May 22 1920 ______________________________________________ Thomas J. Rivenbark Born August 18 1835 Died June 30 1894 ______________________________________________ C. Russ Son of J. E. & Octavia Taylor Born December 11 1899 Died July 26 1904 ______________________________________________ Tonya Joy Daughter of Nancy & Charles Franks August 1 1960 October 15 1960 ______________________________________________ Deliah Barnhill Wife of Major Taylor Rooks October 3 1883 November 27 1962 ______________________________________________ Major Taylor Rooks October 24 1881 December 20 1960 ______________________________________________ Robert Henry Rooks December 18 1883 February 11 1977 ______________________________________________ Daisy Rooks Lockey Wife of William T. Lockey September 24 1889 March 13 1969 ______________________________________________ Isabell Wife of A. A. Woodcock Born January 27 1875 Died April 23 1924 ______________________________________________ Margrette Rivenbark Born July 18 1837 Died January 10 1912 ______________________________________________ Annie Pruitt Smith May 7 1888 March 31 1941 Same Stone Soloman L. Smith September 22 1883 January 16 1961 ______________________________________________ Iseral F. Kieth 1822 – 1898 Same Stone Elizabeth M. Kieth 1823 – 1902 ______________________________________________ James E. Taylor 1872 – 1966 Same Stone Octavia S. Taylor 1875 – 1936 ______________________________________________ Willie Wilson Born (?) 24 1894 Died December 31 1909 ______________________________________________ John F. Simpson May 4 1881 April 23 1954 ______________________________________________ Daughter of John and Mollie Penney February 26 1923 ______________________________________________ Marian H. Williams Wife of John F. Simpson June 6 1896 August 10 1970 ______________________________________________ James E. Barnhill Son of David and Emma Barnhill Born November 22 1883 Died October 21 1908 ______________________________________________ Thelmer R. Justice November 27 1912 November 2 1952 ______________________________________________ Isham A. Justice November 20 1897 August 2 1967 ______________________________________________ Unreadable ______________________________________________ ?uillie Pickett Wife of W. L. Futch May 17 1881 June 25 1916 ______________________________________________ Kensey Lee McIntire 1870 – 1940 Same Stone Janie Tatum McIntire 1873 – 1913 ______________________________________________ Mary E. Wife of R (?) Sanford July 14 1876 March 22 1967 ______________________________________________ James Pickett Born October 20 1846 Died August 13 1908 Aged 61 Y, 9 Ms, 23 Days ______________________________________________ Eliza H. Widow of the Late Daniel T. George Born December 15 1836 Died November 20 1910 ______________________________________________ John E. Pickett Born May 24 1852 Died June 10 1919 Same Stone Charity H. Pickett Born February 6 1853 No Other Date ______________________________________________ Major Clark CO A 1 NC HVARTY CSA June 22 1837 July 23 1923 ______________________________________________ John David Clark October 6 1866 June 26 1957 ______________________________________________ Ethel Rivenbark April 6 1885 February 9 1929 ______________________________________________ William Clarence Costin New York 2D LT SUP DET 3420 ASU World War II April 19 1907 December 28 1966 ______________________________________________ Hattie V. Scott 1860 – 1901 Same Stone William B. Scott 1845 – 1917 ______________________________________________ Oris E. Langston October 17 1914 June 23 1916 ______________________________________________ Julia B. Scott Wife of Ernest A. Langston Sr. December 24 1885 October 21 1927 ______________________________________________ Bruce K. Taylor December 16 1878 October 4 1953 ______________________________________________ Mollie Wilson Taylor February 6 1885 September 6 1960 Same Stone Gurney Otto Taylor July 7 1907 August 14 1936 Same Stone William David Taylor December 10 1871 August 23 1929 ______________________________________________ Joseph Henry Powell November 11 1874 October 31 1952 Same Stone Lucy Lewis Powell October 23 1877 January 7 1965 ______________________________________________ Estelle Taylor Wells July 25 1904 January 13 1993 ______________________________________________ M. Edna Lewis November 11 1901 March 18 2002 Same Stone A. Florence Lewis November 11 1901 March 27 1990 ______________________________________________ D. J. Lewis October 26 1871 December 5 1937 Same Stone Ida His Wife June 1 1873 January 24 1950 ______________________________________________ Harley B. Taylor March 6 1897 November 19 1962 ______________________________________________ Norine Ratley Wife of Denny F. Huggins September 13 1908 December 5 1952 ______________________________________________ George C. Huggins December 17 1865 March 30 1926 Same Stone His Wife Mary Lewis Huggins June 22 1868 January 15 1963 ______________________________________________ C. Preston Scott December 14 1881 July 30 1947 ______________________________________________ Woodman L. Futch 1889 – 1963 Same Stone Emma B. Futch 1885 – 1944 ______________________________________________ Joseph Dupree Mahn Born August 15 1853 Died July 26 1936 ______________________________________________ Mary E. Wife of J. D. Mahn Born May 12 1858 Died June 1 1923 ______________________________________________ Cecil P. Mahn January 25 1891 April 24 1918 Liberty Soldier Truck Co. Nc 2 1st C A Park ______________________________________________ E. Harriss Mahn Born December 20 1882 Died May 7 1901 ______________________________________________ Mary A. Prather September 7 1832 November 11 1913 ______________________________________________ Lina Daughter of W. M. & C. B. Mahn Born May 8 1919 Died July 2 1919 ______________________________________________ Sara Pearl Mahn Daughter of W. M. & C. B. Mahn Born October 25 1931 Died May 12 1992 ______________________________________________ Will Dee Mahn Daughter of W. M. & C. B. Mahn Born September 1 1928 Died December 1 1929 ______________________________________________ Cyna Maie Daughter of Major & Delia Thompson Born September 3 1898 Died October 17 1913 ______________________________________________ Clifton D. Scott North Carolina PVT O M CORPS July 6 1936 ______________________________________________ Della S. Scott 1879 – 1940 Same Stone James B. Scott 1879 – 1939 ______________________________________________ Nellie Bonham Griffin July 4 1906 January 16 1929 ______________________________________________ Baby Girl Bonham Born and Died September 21 1919 ______________________________________________ Louis Bonham August 5 1908 August 12 1927 ______________________________________________ Nancy Watkins Bonham January 11 1886 August 1 1959 Same Stone Robert Henry Bonham June 5 1880 May 14 1936 ______________________________________________ LeRoy Griffin Sr. January 26 1900 December 10 1937 ______________________________________________ Lula L. Johnson July 14 1898 February 7 1992 ______________________________________________ Ira K. Johnson August 18 1895 September 30 1946 ______________________________________________ Elizabeth Clark Rivenbark May 22 1884 January 20 1970 Same Stone Donnie Ellis Rivenbark April 11 1884 February 8 1949 ______________________________________________ Catherine Jane White Wife of R. J. White October 10 1872 May 19 1941 ______________________________________________ Rudolph A. Harts March 31 1873 February 3 1957 ______________________________________________ Sarah Price Raynor January 5 1839 January 14 1904 ______________________________________________ Stephen William Raynor June 24 1834 June 24 1903 ______________________________________________ Minnie R. McIntyre August 30 1874 April 4 1948 Same Stone John C. McIntyre November 19 1879 August 8 1951 ______________________________________________ Maud Daughter of J. C. & Minnie McIntyre Born March 22 1918 Died March 3 1919 ______________________________________________ Pauline Daughter of J. C. & Minnie McIntyre Born June 21 1913 Died November 16 1913 ______________________________________________ W. W. Casteen Died July 18 1903 Aged 91 Years 7 Days ______________________________________________ James Harrelson September 15 1889 August 11 1910 ______________________________________________ W. T. Harrelson October 1 1857 November 24 1934 ______________________________________________ Maggie Harrelson February 14 1862 January 17 1938 ______________________________________________ Don Harrelson September 19 1898 January 12 1957 ______________________________________________ Laura E. Harrelson November 24 1888 May 11 1961 ______________________________________________ Robert White Scott September 18 1887 February 13 1930 Same Stone Exie Harrelson Scott October 27 1894 November 6 1977 ______________________________________________ Elanor Maggie Scott Infant daughter of R. W. & Exie Scott March 7 1914 May 13 1914

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