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274    MANGUM FAMILY (Wake Forest Country Club)

Location - at the Wake Forest Country Club in the back of the condos/townhomes that overlook the golf course, where the backyards would be.

Coordinates: 35d 59m 56.7s N; 78d 31m 30.5s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: Take US 1 North; turn Left onto Club Villas Drive; take to end. Follow the sidewalk heading East. The cemetery sits behind the condos/townhomes. The cemetery is also at the highest part of the land in this area.

Col Ransom Sutherland may be buried here along with members of his family. There are a lot of graves marked by a field stone only.

There is a plaque under a weeping cherry tree in honor to Mr. Tommy Byrne. He is not buried here. The plaque has: Tommy Byrne (Dec 31, 1919 - Dec 20, 2007) Professional baseball player, entrepreneur, mayor, civic leader, US Navy veteran, and founder of this golf course.

Surveyed by Mrs. Deborah Scott Spencer, Raleigh NC in August 2009.
Updates and renamed by Allen Dew in September 2017.

1. Ray, Patricia Thackston   (b. 26 Jul 1938 - d. )
Wife of William Turner Ray, Jr. "Best Friends"
2. Ray, William Turner Jr.   (b. 7 Aug 1938 - d. 24 Nov 1999)
Husband of Patricia Thackston Ray. "Best Friends"
3. Sutherland, Ransom (Colonel)   (b. Abt 1740 - d. 2 Sep 1822)
Colonel Ransom Sutherland, Rev. War Officer, 4th Regiment, NC Continental Line. Guilford Co. Militia. 1740-1822. Wake Forest Landowner, Member of the NC Council of State, Built "Wakefields" in 1790, donated land for Wake Union Church in 1792. Dedicated June 30, 1996. Colonel. NC Minute Men, Rev. War. Erected by Gen. James Moore Chapter, DAR. Erected in 1939. Placed in the Mangum Family Cemetery.