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Saint Mary Freewill Baptist Cemetery
Wake County, North Carolina

9305 Holly Springs Rd
Holly Springs NC
Tel. # 362-0678

Lat: 35°39'01"N, Lon: 78°50'00"W

Contributed by Shirley Olson, Dec 17, 2001 [shirley32olson@yahoo.com]. Total records = 122.

Directions from downtown Raleigh: Take Hillsborough St. (SR 3007, becomes Hwy. 54) to Jones Franklin Rd. (SR 1319) Go South to the stop sign at Walnut St. (SR1313) Continue across Tryon Rd. (SR 1009) to Holly Springs Rd. (SR 1152), continue South, cross SR 1010, continue South 2-3 miles to the church on the left side of the road.

Until recently this area of Wake Co. was predominantly African American and rural. It is in the process of dramatic change with an upscale country club and expensive homes changing the landscape.

This African American cemetery is the property of the church. Records show a 1900 building date on 2.91 acres. The cemetery is not laid out in any practical manner. There are some graves near the front of the cemetery, another 2 rows of graves a little distance further back from the road and to the left of the front burials, another 2 rows semi shielded from view by some trees further back and then a scattering of graves in the rear.

Many of the graves are marked only by funeral home metal plates, some have lost their letters. There are other graves with no marker of any kind. There is plenty of room for more burials. At the bottom is a list of funeral homes who may be able to offer assistance in researching names of those buried in the unmarked graves.

Transcribed from tombstones by Shirley and Gordon Olson, Dec 10, 2001.

- Shirley Olson

Abrams, Peggy, E., b. 24 May 1940, d. 20 Sep 1972
Allen, Charlie U., b. 1930, d. 1986
Allen, Marie A., b. 1932, d. ????
Banks, Louise Stewart, b. 14 Jul 1929, d. 21 May 1972
Bass, Frank, b. 31 Aug 1920, d. 24 Jun 1977
Bratcher, Ethel, b. 1902, d. 1982
Bratcher, Leonard, b. 6 Jul 1894, d. 5 Sep 1977
Burt, Charie E., b. 1948, d. 2001
Burt, Excell, b. 4 Feb 1927, d. 26 Sep 1979, Sgt US Army WWII
Burt, Rev. Patrick, b. 6 Auf 1915, d. 1 Mar 1995
Burt, Rosie M., b. 6 Jun 1920, d. ????
Burt, Walter, b. 24 Jan 1916, d. 10 Jan 1967
Burton, Eva Bell, b. 8 Apr 1926, d. 24 Feb 1991
Campbell, James, b. 1 May 1920, d.17 Jan 1971
Campbell, Kattie, b. 12 Feb 1911, d. 9 Nov 1991
Carrington, Robert B., b. 1924, d. 1991
Cobb, Christine Kersey, b. 1925, d. 1985
Council, Crystal Lavern, b. 14 Nov 1973, d. 14 Dec 1973
Council, Joe L., b. 1935, d. 1997
Council, Louise W., b. 30 Jan 1919, d. 26 Jan 2000
Council, Lucille, b. 28 Feb 1931, d. 22 Nov 1991
Council, Mary, b. 1956, d. 1980
Council, P. Albert, b. 10 Mar 1910, d. 1 Jun 1985
Council, Preston C., b. 7 Oct 1940, d. 20 Feb 1997, from Lufkin Assoc.
Council, William, b. 1922, d. 1994
Dancil, Susie Bell, b. 1943, d. 1990
Dixon, Alton, b. 23 Dec 1923, d. 26 Jul 1982
Fine, Bill J., b. 1904, d. 1993
Foster, Joann W., b. 18 Nov 1957, d. 13 Dec 1999
Harrington, Jessie Lee, b. 1935, d. 1998
Harris Augustine R., b. 10 Aug 1910, d. 5 Sep 1965
Harris, Cleno, b. 1910, d. 1972
Harris, Joseph Sr., b. 15 Jan 1915, d. 21 Aug 1971
Harris, Lunaria Taylor, b. 5 Jun 1937, d. 20 Nov 1972
Harris, Sarah, b. 9 Jul 1909, d. 22 Aug 1981
Harrison, Robert F., b. 13 Aug 1926, d. 28 Apr 1998
Hinton, Clarine J., b. 29 Mar 1930, d. 10 Apr 1991
Hinton, David Jr., b. 1921, d. 1995
Hinton, Henrietta W., b. 3 Dec 1922, d. 9 May 1997
Hinton, Lula S., b. 24 Nov 1897, d. 4 Feb 1998
Hinton, Olivia C., b. 1917, d. ????, married 9 Dec 1935
Hinton, Roosevelt, b. 22 Dec 1924, d. 29 Nov 1998
Hinton,Theodore C. Sr., b. 1915, d. 1985
James-Kersey, Ruth, b. 2 Jul 1935, d. 20 Dec 1996
Jefferies, Levi, b. 6 Feb 1869, d. 15 Jul 1935
Jefferies, Mother Odelia, b. 1907, d. 1999
Jefferies, William R., b. 15 Jan 1902, d. 29 Jan 1980
Jeffries, Carl L., b. 11 Jul 1938, d. 15 May 1975
Jeffries, Cleve, b. 1895, d. 1979
Johnson, Tom Eugene, b. 1942, d. 1990
Joint, Kenneth A., b. 1961, d. 1992
Joint, Leon, b. 1957, d. 1996
Joint, Mary E.W., b. 28 Oct 1929, d. 23 Aug 1968
Joint, William, b. 25 Jun 1925, d. 26 Jun 1976 "Pie"
Kersey, Elizabeth Ray, b. 1918, d. 1984
Kersey, James, b. 1916, d. 1993
Leach, Nykeim, b./d. 1995
Lipscomb,Furman Lee, b. 1 Jan 1934, d. 31 Dec 1995
Lipscombe, Robert, b. 1929, d. 1992
Lockley, Willie, b. 1 Apr 1896, d. 29 Nov 1974, Pvt US Army, WWI
Marrow, James, b. 28 Nov 1895, d. 18 Mar 1993
Marrow, Marie J., b. 7 Oct 1899, d. 14 Oct 1963
McDougal, Bill, b. 1919, d. 1984
McKinney, Almira Stewart, b. 25 Jul 1900, d. 30 Nov 1969
McNeil, Charles Jr., b. 1934, d. 1985
McNeil, James Otis, b. 1940, d. 1983
McNeill, Allie R., b. 22 Apr 1931, d. 8 Jan 1987
McNeill, Charles E. Sr., b. 1915, d. 1962
McNeill, Hattie M., b. 1913, d. 1967
Norris, James F., b. 1949, d. 2001
Osborne, Rev. Lillian, b. 10 Apr 1920, d. 31 Aug 1985
Osborne, Walter E., b. 1924, d. 1991
Powell, Elbert, b. Aug 1943, d. 8 Jun 1972
Ray, Ella Mae Johnson, b. 25 Nov 1935, d. 18 Sep 1988
Ray, Gertie M., b. 4 Jul 1904, d. 4 Mar 1968
Reynolds, James, b. 1939, d. 2001
Roberts, Alice, 1973 no readable marker, Lightner Fun. Home
Rowland, Mrs. Anzola W., b. 1929, d. 1991
Scott, Marian, b. 1942, d. 2001
Smith, Carolyn T., b. 1950, d. 1991
Smith, Lula U., b. 10 Apr 1905, d. 20 Dec 1970
Smith, Shellie, b. 12 Dec 1897, d. 17 Mar 1962
Snelling, Lillie Mae, b. 27 Aug 1927, d. 12 Nov 1972
Stevenson, Barbara A., b. 10 Jul 1943, d. 4 Dec 1998
Stewart, Addie, b. 11 Oct 1872, d. 30 Jun 1949
Stewart, Charlie, b. 1905, d. 1989
Stewart, Claudis, b. 10 May 1921, d. 29 Sep 1983
Stewart, Elder Walter, b. 3 May 1894, d. 18 Jun 1981
Stewart, Hattie, b. 1914, d. 1996
Stewart, Linwood, b. 1928, d. 1988
Stewart, Margie Ree, b. 20 Jan 1926, d. 29 Nov 1981
Stewart, Mrs. Nezzie Lee, b. 1925, d. 1987
Stewart, Ranzy, b. 2 Apr 1918, d. 30 Mar 1981
Stewart, Rome, b. 1861. d. 30 Dec 1930
Stewart, Vance Lee, b. 30 Dec 1941, d. 15 Oct 1950
Stewart, Wallace, b. 4 Jul 1922, d. 23 Dec 1974
Stewart, Wiliam L., b. 28 Jan 1966, d. 30 Jan 1966
Taylor, Catherine Allen, b. 1 Jun 1926, d. 6 May 1989
Taylor, DeWitt Jr., b. 24 Mar 1921, d. 27 Apr 1970
Taylor, DeWitt Sr., b. 1895, d. 1946
Taylor, Dorothy Leach, b. 3 Dec 1940, d. 27 Mar 1998
Taylor, Ella Stewart, b. 30 Sep 1902, d. 19 Feb 1959
Taylor, Frank, b. 10 May 1933, d. 9 Mar 1983
Taylor, Thenonia, b. 10 Jan 1929, d. 27 Nov 1977
Taylor, Timothy D., b. 8 Jul 1927, d. 19 Mar 1991
Taylor, Willma N., b. 1931, d. 1990
Thompson, Rendocie, b. 7 Oct 1931, d. 20 Jan 2000, Cpl US Army Korea
Wilkerson, Gladys Kersey, b. 24 Apr 1928, d. 8 Apr 1999
Wilson, Arthur L., b. 10 Aug 1923, d. 27 Nov 1997
Wilson, Dora Mae, b. 22 Jul 1923, d. 8 Jun 1989
Wilson, Hattie R., b. 23 Apr 1904, d. 20 Jun 1981
Wilson, Lacy Green, b. 20 Apr 1901, d. 22 Feb 1963
Wilson, Roger A., b. 1963, d. 2000
Woodard, Andrew J.,Sr., b. 25 Nov 1910, d. 19 Jan 1981
Woodard, Gregory, b. 1959, d. 1998
Woodard, Mary F., b. 1942, d. 1999
Woodard, Mary V., b. 25 Dec 1918, d. 28 Mar 1995
Woodard, Terry, b. 1956, d. 1994, Pvt US Army
Woodard, Vera J., b. 1892, d. 1912
Woodard, William Wesley, b. 1939, d. 2000
Yates, Ella C., b. 1934, d. 2001
Yates, Walter D'andra, b. 1972, d. 1984

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