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199    LOVES CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH [H15.1]   -   Surname starts with R

Location - Matthews Township, Siler City. On north side of US 64, west of New US 421

Coordinates: 35d 44m 03.4s N; 79d 26m 11.0s W Click here for Online Maps

In June 1997 and May 1998, Audrey O. Heiser and Elizabeth Hains recorded 991 grave markers and 8 unmarked graves or illegible markers. In 1987, Suzanna Ann Jones was reinterred from Oakwood Cemetery (H12.1), Siler City, North Carolina. In 1988, Joseph Benjamin Guyton was reinterred here from White Rose Cemetery, Pacelot Mills, South Carolina.
Photos by Kevin Taylor in July 2013.

View #2 of the cemetery. View of the church.

Owner: Trustees of Loves Creek Baptist Church.
Legal Description: Deed EF-261, 26 Dec 1903, 7/8 acre from John O. Smith.
Topo Quadrant: Siler City.
Church owned: Yes. Denomination: Baptist.
Used: Yes.
Number of graves: 1000.
White: Yes.
Unrestricted access: Yes.
Well maintained: Yes.
Enclosed: No.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 992.
Last burial: 1998.
First burial: 1822.
Listed: Yes.
Listed explanation: DAR, 1957.
Last canvassed by: Audrey Heiser and Elizabeth Hains (June 1997). Date: May 1998.



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1. Rayle, Gordon Henry   (b. 25 Sep 1913 - d. 9 Nov 1993)
Row 35. Husband of Helen Smith Rayle. Double headstone.
2. Rayle, Helen Smith   (b. 4 Apr 1921 - d. Unknown)
Row 35. Wife of Gordon Henry Rayle. Double headstone.
3. Rayle, Infant   (b. Unknown - d. 21 Sep 1943)
Row 35. Infant son of Gordon Henry and Helen Smith Rayle. Small, with lamb.
4. Reinhart, Linda A.   (b. 17 May 1945 - d. 30 Dec 1991)
Row 10. "Loving Wife and Mother".
5. Renn, Grady Thomas   (b. 19 Jan 1915 - d. 22 Feb 1995)
Row 8. Husband of Lalah Pickett Renn. Double headstone.
6. Renn, Lalah Pickett   (b. 7 Nov 1921 - d. 17 Nov 1989)
Row 8. Wife of Grady Thomas Renn. Double headstone.
7. Richardson, Pyrena   (b. 8 Sep 1836 - d. 26 Jan 1909)
Row 10. Wife of W. H. Richardson. "Nearer my God to Thee" "In memory of".
8. Rightsell, Boyd B.   (b. 3 Jul 1901 - d. 11 May 1979)
Row 40. Husband of Evelyn M. Rightsell. Double headstone. Information on footstone.
9. Rightsell, Evelyn M.   (b. 13 Aug 1907 - d. 9 Oct 1991)
Row 40. Wife of Boyd B. Rightsell. Double headstone. Information on footstone.
10. Rosson, William M.   (b. 5 Apr 1805 - d. 27 Nov 1863)
Row 17. 3' pedestal.