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112    PETTIGREW-RICE FAMILY CEMETERY

Location - In NW Cheeks Township at the end of a private drive off Old Sourwood Trail, a private lane off Saddlecreek Road (SR #1346) about 0.3 mi. south of its intersection with Cummings Drive. Private property.

Coordinates: 36d 07m 40.2s N; 79d 15m 12.2s W Click here for Online Maps

Survey - Margaret Jones of the Orange County Environment and Resource Conservation Department and Milton Forsyth surveyed this cemetery 7 Feb 2007 with the permission of the property owner.

Graves, Marked - There are 17 graves marked with memorial stones. The earliest marker commemorates a death in 1846.

Graves, Unmarked - Scattered fieldstones indicate some unmarked graves.

Comments - This fenced, well-maintained old family cemetery is located on the grounds of "The Old Place Bed and Breakfast," which opened in 1989 in a reconstructed 200-year-old house listed on the National Register of Historic Places on property that has been in the Rice family for generations.

1. Beaddles, Robert James "Dink"   (b. 4 Jan 1959 - d. 28 Nov 1982)
2. Pettigrew, Amanda   (b. - d. )
Handmade concrete marker.
3. Pettigrew, Charles   (b. 1788 - d. 1846)
4. Pettigrew, J. Elkins   (b. 1815 - d. 1888)
5. Rice, Alice   (b. 17 Sep 1939 - d. 23 Dec 1939)
6. Rice, Alice C.   (b. 28 Aug 1871 - d. 2 Jun 1961)
Wife of Charles L. Rice.
7. Rice, Charles L.   (b. 1 May 1866 - d. 17 Jan 1948)
Husband of Alice C. Rice.
8. Rice, Charlie Lee   (b. 20 Jul 1906 - d. 4 Oct 1973)
Inscription: At Rest Beyond the Sun
9. Rice, Euphrasia Pettigrew   (b. 1846 - d. 1910)
10. Rice, Infant Dau   (b. - d. )
Inscription: Infant Dau. of Robert K. and Martha E. Rice
11. Rice, Infant Son   (b. - d. 6 Oct 1928)
Inscription: Infant son of Bill & Annie Bell Rice - Our Darling
12. Rice, Martha E.   (b. 1839 - d. 1899)
Wife of Robert K. Rice. Inscription: Mother - At Rest.
13. Rice, Paul Anthony "Tony"   (b. 3 May 1966 - d. 10 Aug 1985)
Inscription: The Lord is My Shepherd
14. Rice, Robert K.   (b. 1840 - d. 1925)
Husband of Martha E. Rice. Inscription: Father - At Rest.
15. Rice, W. J.   (b. 17 Jul 1869 - d. 19 Dec 1935)
16. Rice, Walter L.   (b. 1904 - d. 1906)
17. Rice, William   (b. 27 May 1934 - d. 27 May 1934)