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214    WILLIAMS GROVE CHURCH

Location - off Blue Ridge Rd. (SR-1664 changes to SR-1670 at this point) a little south of the intersection with Glen Eden Dr. and Morningside Dr.

Coordinates: 35d 49m 39.0s N; 78d 41m 37.0s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: From the intersection of Duraleigh Rd. and Blue Ridge Rd. take Blue Ridge Rd. (SR 1664 changes to SR 1670 at this point) north east for 3/4 mile. Park on the south side of the road and cross on foot, since there is no place to park on the other side of the road.

Surveyed by Shirley Olson on August 17, 2005. Photographs provided by Mrs. Deborah Scott Spencer in November 2009.
View #2 of the cemetery.

Although the cemetery fronts on Blue Ridge Rd. it is in a field next to a wooded area and the headstones are in the rear and difficult to spot from the road. Blue Ridge Rd. which starts out as SR 1664, gives up that number to Duraleigh Rd. when Blue Ridge Rd. splits off and becomes SR 1670.

There is no church at the cemetery site. The owner, Williams Grove Baptist Church, is located at 735 Rock Quarry Rd., Raleigh, NC 27610, some distance from the cemetery. The cemetery is a nice 1/2 acre but unkempt. The headstones are in various states, some in good condition, some broken, some home made and hard to read. There are some unmarked graves. The cemetery is no longer in use.

FH marker, rusted, unreadable next to Angeline Lipscomb.

1. Abram, John D.   (b. 30 Jun 1914 - d. 16 Jul 1961)
NC S/Sgt Co A, 25 Sig HV Const Bn, WW-II. Closeup of inscription.
2. Alston, Bessie W.   (b. 6 May 1894 - d. 14 Jul 1942)
symbol crown and star on headstone. Her grave site
3. Alston, Phillips, Sr.   (b. 11 Nov 1885 - d. 9 Nov 1957)
Masonic emblem
4. Booker, Amelia   (b. abt 1844 - d. 8 Sep 1919)
age 75 yrs. Wife of John Booker. "Our Mother"
5. Booker, June   (b. abt 1880 - d. 9 Jan 1925)
Age 45 yrs
6. Durham, Maggie Tyler   (b. 25 Dec 1885 - d. 23 May 1968)
7. Hayes, Ida W.   (b. 1 Sep 1875 - d. 17 Nov 1940)
Wife of William Hayes
8. Hayes, William   (b. 12 May 1882 - d. 29 Jun 1922)
Husband of Ida W. Hayes
9. Hayes, William, Jr.   (b. 11 Aug 1907 - d. 31 Mar 1989)
His grave site
10. Hicks, Earthlen   (b. 19 Dec 1920 - d. 13 Nov 1921)
daughter of W. H. and G. H. Hicks
11. Hinton, Rosabell Alston   (b. 1909 - d. 1993)
Haywood FH
12. Lipscomb, Angeline   (b. 15 Sep 1871 - d. 4 Nov 1949)
Wife of Zack Lipscomb. Ellis D. Jones and Son, FH, Durham, NC
13. Lipscum, Carrie   (b. 15 Oct 1912 - d. 13 Nov 1912)
daughter of Zack and Angeline Lipscum
14. Osborne, Tom   (b. 1896 - d. 25 Sep 1942)
His grave site is off a ways from the other burials.
15. Tyler, David   (b. abt 1877 - d. 1 Nov 1927)
age 50
16. Unknown, ??   (b. - d. May 1914)
17. Unknown, ??   (b. - d. )
18. Wilson, John   (b. abt 1885 - d. 29 Aug 1925)
age 40. Closeup of inscription.
19. Woods, Jefferson David   (b. 18 Aug 1920 - d. 18 Jul 1974)
20. Woods, Lillie L.   (b. 1898 - d. 1961)
Wife of Robert A. Woods. Closeup of inscription.
21. Woods, Lucindy   (b. ???? - d. 19 Jun 1931)
Age 60 years. Wife of Jefferson Woods. "Was always a kind mother. Gone but not forgotten. At rest."
22. Woods, Robert A.   (b. 1885 - d. 1952)
Husband of Lillie L. Woods. Closeup of inscription.