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222    WELCOME BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY

Location - In Little River Township at the Eno Township line, at 3100 New Sharon Church Road (SR #1538), 0.4 mi. south of the intersection with Schley Road (SR #1548).

Coordinates: 36d 08m 03.0s N; 79d 01m 18.2s W Click here for Online Maps

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

Graves, Marked - There were 5 burials marked by memorial markers.

Comments - The property for the church and cemetery was acquired 11 Feb 1969 from J. C. and Ollie Mae Wheeler [OC DB 229:1369]. The earliest date on a grave marker is 1971.

1. Bowman, John Richard   (b. 1 Jun 1906 - d. 17 Mar 1980)
2. Bowman, Mary Louise   (b. 25 Oct 1900 - d. 16 May 1974)
3. Bowman, Willie D.   (b. 27 Nov 1900 - d. 24 Sep 1875)
Pvt US Army, World War I
4. Jones, Hazen Oval   (b. 1 Jan 1916 - d. 5 Jan 1971)
Inscription: Gone, But Not Forgotten
5. Walker, Jefferson, Sr.   (b. 1912 - d. 1978)
husband of