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435    RED HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH [P78.1]

Location - Gulf Township. On the south side of NC 42, 1.2 miles west of intersection with SR 1009, Bonlee--Carbonton Road

Coordinates: 35d 31m 31.0s N; 79d 23m 35.0s W Click here for Online Maps

On 18 November 1996, Will and Audrey Heiser recorded 15 grave markers.

Owner: Trustees of Red Hill Missionary Baptist Church.
Topo Quadrant: Bear Creek.
Church owned: Yes. Denomination: Baptist.
Used: Yes.
Number of graves: 15.
African-American: Yes.
Unrestricted access: Yes.
Well maintained: Yes.
Enclosed: No.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 15.
Last burial: 1996.
First burial: 1973.
Last canvassed by: Will and Audrey Heiser. Date: 18 Nov 1996.

1. Beal, Don R.   (b. 17 May 1906 - d. 30 Dec 1989)
Location row 1.
2. Beal, Eula Price   (b. 9 Sep 1920 - d. Unknown)
Wife of Ronder E. Beal. Double headstone. Location row 1.
3. Beal, Ronder E.   (b. 2 Nov 1908 - d. 22 Jul 1986)
Husband of Eula Price Beal. Double headstone. Footstone: Father. Location row 1.
4. Beal, Ross Byrd   (b. 15 Nov 1898 - d. 1 Sep 1977)
Footstone: Father. Location row 1.
5. Burns, J. Frank, Jr. "Jake"   (b. 22 Sep 1945 - d. 10 Oct 2012)
Husband of Diane Dowd Burns. Son of J. Frank Burns, Sr. and Annie Belle Wilson Burns.
6. Canterbury, James Philip   (b. 3 Apr 1942 - d. 9 Feb 2015)
Age 72. Husband of Pearl Morrison Canterbury. Son of James Woodrow Canterbury and Garnet Evelyn Crook Canterbury.
7. Dew, Justin Matthew   (b. 8 Nov 1992 - d. 15 Nov 1992)
"Our Baby". Footstone: Son. Location row 6.
8. Dowd, Alice M.   (b. 30 Apr 1903 - d. 14 Jun 1986)
Location row 6.
9. Edwards, Clyde Thomas, Jr.   (b. 20 Aug 1944 - d. 19 Sep 2014)
Husband of Ruby Tillman Edwards. Son of Clyde T. Edwards, Sr. and Doris Howerton.
10. Elkins, J. Alton   (b. 3 Sep 1902 - d. 25 Sep 1973)
Footstone: JAE. Row 6.
11. Everwine, William James   (b. 21 Feb 1916 - d. 4 Nov 1996)
Funeral marker. Row 6.
12. Gordon, Uless Edward "Jimmy"   (b. 26 Jun 1940 - d. 2 Apr 2014)
Age 73. Husband of Priscilla Mae Gordon. Son of Euliss Grant Gordon and Lula Marie Gordon.
13. McNeill, Joseph W.   (b. 21 Jul 1921 - d. 29 Oct 1992)
Husband of Lucy N. McNeill. "Precious Lord take my hand". Double headstone. Footstone: Pop. Row 6.
14. McNeill, Lucy N.   (b. 4 Sep 1924 - d. Unknown)
Wife of Joseph W. McNeill. "Precious Lord take my hand". Double headstone. Footstone: Mom. Row 6.
15. Miller, Pauline Elkins   (b. 30 Aug 1913 - d. 28 Apr 1995)
Funeral marker. Row 6.
16. Powers, Alton   (b. 8 Sep 1904 - d. Unknown)
Husband of Ollie Stutts Powers. "Blessed be the name of The Lord". Double headstone. Footstone: Father. Row 1.
17. Powers, Douglas Wayne   (b. 16 May 1967 - d. 13 Dec 2013)
Age 46. Son of Alton Powers, Jr. and Mary Ometta Welch.
18. Powers, Ollie Stutts   (b. 23 Dec 1906 - d. 5 Sep 1973)
Wife of Alton Powers. Double headstone. Footstone: Mother. Row 1.
19. Powers, Samantha Jo   (b. 10 Nov 1990 - d. 9 Apr 1991)
"Loved and missed". Row 2.
20. Stone, Charles Mark   (b. 30 Dec 1964 - d. 28 Mar 1982)
Son of Charles and Marie Stone. "To the sky, land and sea, and to Thee we will always love you". Footstone: Son. Row 1.
21. Vanderford, Delsie Lee Beal   (b. 12 Sep 1938 - d. 26 Jul 2013)
Age 74. Wife of 1) Unknown Seagrove and 2) Unknown Vanderford. Daughter of Ronder Beal and Eula Price Beal.