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Forrestville Baptist Cemetery
Travelers Rest, Greenville County, South Carolina

2 Old McElhaney Road
Greenville South Carolina 29617
864.834.4276

Lat: 34° 56' 58"N, Lon: 82° 29' 45"W

Contributed by Janette Ledbetter, Aug 30, 2009, last edited Mar 28, 2011 [yddraig@bellsouth.net]. Total records = 269.

In Travelers Rest, turn onto Roe Ford Road near Furman University Golf Course and follow the signs, approximately 4 miles. Forestville is located on the corner of Keeler Mill and Old McElhaney Road.

This cemetery is owned and maintained by the Forrestville Baptist Church.

It appears to have been established in the early 1900s, judging from the stones, and is still in use.

I walked and read all existing and legible headstones and markers in this cemetery on Jan 31, 2004.

- Janette Ledbetter

Ables Mattie Stone, b. Aug 19, 1899, d. Dec 22, 1966
Ables, Harrison A., b. Feb 14, 1900, d. 1994
Ables, Infant, b. Jun 4, 1965, d. Jun 4, 1965, s/o Milton & Annie Ables
Ables, Virginia, b. 1928, d. 2001
Anders, Harris, no dates, stone sunk in ground
Baker, Blanche T. Gray, b. Sep 26, 1871, d. Dec 27, 1950
Baker, Margie Elizabeth, b. Apr 29, 1927, d. Oct 10, 1927, d/o B.T. & Barbara Baker
Baker, Sara Jeanette, b. Aug 13, 1930, d. Nov 1, 1930
Baker, William C. Sr, b. Sep 9, 1874, d. Mar 7, 1956
Bannister, Inez K., b. Jun 14, 1919, d. no date
Bannister, T. S., b. Feb 13, 1918, d. Oct 19, 1996
Barbare, Dexter, b. Jul 20, 1884, d. Sep 19, 1967
Barbare, Edgar T., b. Jan 14, 1912, d. Feb 9, 1971
Barbare, Lillie W., b. Mar 1, 1887, d. Jul 2, 1969
Barbare, Ruby M., b. Jun 14, 1917, d. Mar 15, 1986
Barbare, Shelby Jean, b. Aug 13, 1945, d. Mar 29, 1947
Barbare, Shirley A., b. Mar 13, 1938, d. Jun 24, 1975
Batson, Ford T., b. Feb 13, 1923, d. Apr 7, 1967, Georgia Cpl 44 Truck CO TC WWII
Bayne, Carl William, b. Nov 9, 1905, d. Oct 15, 1949
Bayne, Laura (Phene), b. Sep 5, 1892, d. Jan 10, 1964
Bayne, Laura Brown, b. Nov 14, 1908, d. Sep 1, 1944
Bayne, Lee S., b. Apr 19, 1890, d. Feb 14, 1973
Bishop, Gary Franklin, b. Oct 8, 1935, d. Sep 26, 1977, Pvt US Army
Bishop, George T., b. May 1, 1910, d. Sep, 27, 1990
Bishop, Nina Lou B., b. Jul 23, 1913, d. Feb 2, 1944, w/o George T. Bishop, m. Nov 23, 1929�(their children Bobby, Joe, Gary)
Blackwell, David E., b. Feb 18, 1913, d. Aug 11, 1976
Blanton, Dewit, b. 1888, d. 1963
Bolding, Ethel H., b. Nov 6, 1917, d. Nov 4, 1976
Bowers, Betty Ann, no dates, (stone sunk in ground)
Bowers, J. B., b. Dec 14, 1931, d. (stone sunk in ground death date covered)
Bowers, Walter Banks, b. Dec 29, 1963, d. Sep 8, 1996
Bratcher, Agnes P., b. Feb 22, 1900, d. Nov 29, 1957
Bratcher, William C., b. May 31, 1880, d. Mar 23, 1952
Bridgeman, Bertha Tate, March 18, 1896
Bridgeman, Eddie Vance, b. Sep 18, 1916, d. Mar 4, 1989, US Navy WWII
Bridgeman, Eloise T., b. 1925, d. 1998
Bridgeman, Lucy Gosnell, b. � March 12, 1867, d. May 26, 1949
Bridgeman, Zebby Vance, b. Apr 25, 1891, d. Jan 26, 1963
Brockman, John B., b. Jun 11, 1885, d. Jul 10, 1942
Brockman, Lilian L., b. Oct 5, 1892, d. Oct 31, 1938
Brockman, Louisa A., b. Jan 3, 1855, d. Jan 12, 1926
Brockman, Thomas O., b. Oct 19, 1854, d. Nov 12, 1925
Brown Eva H., b. Oct 15, 1900, d. Jun 10, 1990
Brown, C. Lenora "Nora", b. 1871, d. 1944
Brown, Claude W. "Hovey", b. Jun 30, 1889, d. Mar 26, 1967
Brown, Grover P., b. Aug 7, 1892, d. Dec 18, 1956
Brown, Leonard "Bud", b. 1864, d. 1940
Brown, Leonard, b. Sep 12, 1927, d. Nov 9, 1930, s/o Mr. & Mrs. G.P. Brown
Brown, Myrtle A., b. Jul 25, 1891, d. Jul 11, 1959
Brown, Summie C., b. Dec 23, 1898, d. Apr 28, 1972
Brown, William Roy, b. Oct 17, 1932, d. Aug 23, 1989, SN US Navy Korea
Brown,��Lonie L. Tollison "Lois", b. Dec 25, 1905, d. May 14, 1992
Burns, James Boin "Jimbo", b. Jan 5, 1983, d. Apr 4, 1996
Carnell, Cornelia M. "Connie", b. Feb 24, 1936, d. no dates
Carnell, Rondy A. Jr "Jay", b. Aug 27, 1964, d. Jan 23, 1999, s/o Cornelia Carnell
Carroll, Charlie Raymond, b. Jun 22, 1903, d. Mar 15, 1963
Carroll, Horace W., b. Apr 17, 1916, d. Mar 15, 1973
Carroll, Martha Hedden, b. Jun 9, 1880, d. May 8, 1959
Carter, Claude A. "Bill", b. Feb 21, 1936, d. Jun 23, 2002
Carter, Claude R., b. May 24, 1906, d. Jul 29, 1984
Carter, Donald Ray, b. Aug 25, 1939, d. Feb 25, 1988 PFC US Army
Carter, Guy, b. Feb 7, 1910, d. Apr 4, 1989
Carter, Infants, b. b. Nov 10, 1933, d. Nov 10, 1933, c/o�Guy & Lucy Carter
Carter, John H., b. Jun 7, 1879, d. Jun 20, 1958
Carter, June C., b. Jun 8, 1941, d. Jul 17, 1994
Carter, Lucy Wynn, b. Dec 15, 1906, d. Apr 30, 1970
Carter, Nannie L. Peterman, b. Mar 13, 1887, d. Sep 28, 1942, w/o J.H. Carter
Carter, Stella C., b. Sep 30, 1908, d. Oct 15, 1987
Childers, Mamie Crain, b. Apr 2, 1880, d. Sep 23, 1947
Childers, Ransom Duke, b. Aug 18, 1869, d. Mar 1, 1948
Childress, Lola T., b. Jul 2, 1956, d. no date
Childress, Richard D., b. Apr 2, 1956, d. Aug 18, 1991
Cisson, Charles Franklin, b. Nov 19, 1934, d. Jan 24, 2000 SP4 US Army
Cisson, Dorothy Joan, b. May 18, 1941, d. no date, w/o Charles Franklin Cisson, m. Aug 29, 1959
Coggins, James A., b. Mar 5, 1906, d. Sep 24, 1983
Coggins, Janie Trull, b. Oct 9, 1910, d. May 22, 1995
Cothran, Betty G., b. Jun 9, 1925, d. Oct 21, 2001
Cothran, Frankie L., b. Jan 16, 1923
Dalton, Ellen H., b. Sep 10, 1888, d. Dec 21, 1972
Dalton, Gaston F., b. Apr 12, 1877, d. Feb 17, 1948
Darnell, Atha Hiott, b. Jun 21, 1888, d. Feb 22, 1968, w/o J.M., m. Jan 14, 1906
Darnell, Dewey A., b. Nov 8, 1906, d. Apr 3, 1975, PFC US Army
Darnell, Ethel R., b. Sep 26, 1910, d. Sep 14, 1992
Darnell, Infant, d. Dec 10, 1934, s/o J.M. & Atha Darnell
Darnell, Joseph M., b. Oct 30, 1885, d. Mar 2, 1969
Davis, Frances Simpson, b. Jun 24, 1934, d. no date
Davis, James Edgar, b. May 22, 1930, d. Apr 12, 1995
Dodgens, Allen Dale, b. Aug 5, 1970, d. Aug 6, 1970
Earnhardt, Victoria F., b. 1906, d. 1965
Fancher, Fred Houston "Kip", b. Feb 25, 1974, d. Apr 2, 1983
Flanagan, Mable C., b. Apr 20, 1910, d. no date
Flanagan, Robert L., b. Feb 25, 1919, d. Jan 20, 1996
Floyd, Sam, b. Mar 2, 1966, d. Aug 5, 1984
Forrester, Henry Jackson, b. Nov 8, 1876, d. Apr 4, 1944
Forrester, Sudie Alma, b. Dec 12, 1884, d. Dec 4, 1963
Fowler, Samuel Wayne, b. Jul 12, 1971, d. Jun 27, 1990
Gantt, Bobby Walker, b. Jul 15, 1939, d. Apr 21, 1990
Gibson, Carl David, b. May 2, 1953, d. Nov 25, 2002
Ginn, Betty, b. Feb 28, 1935, d. Mar 17, 1936
Ginn, Jackie, b. Nov 1, 1931, d. Nov 8, 1931
Ginn, Louie III, b. Jun 7, 1963, d. Jun 11, 1963
Ginn, Vera Ruth, b. Dec 11, 1941, d. May 8, 1954
Goodwin, Betty Ruth, b. Feb 3, 1966, d. Apr 21, 1966
Goodwin, Billie Faye, b. Mar 25, 1963, d. Jul 28, 1963
Goodwin, Dorothy Jean, b. Nov 16, 1967, d. Apr 10, 1969
Goodwin, Maggie Ann, b. Aug 14, 1964, d. May 2, 1966
Gosnell, Frankie L., b. Aug 16, 1929, d. no date
Gosnell, James R., b. Feb 14, 1922, d. Jan 29, 1979
Greene, Barry Stephen, b. Apr 17, 1960, d. Dec 8, 1992
Gregory, James Raygon, b. Mar 10, 1890, d. May 20, 1977, Pvt US Army WWI
Gregory, Jim R., b. 1890, d. 1977
Gregory, John Thomas, b. Jul 17, 1932, d. Sep 27, 1998
Gregory, Minnie L., b. 1898, d. 1967
Grogan, Kenneth�D., b. Mar 7, 1963, d. Oct 5, 2002
Grogan, Lawrence H., b. Sep 23, 1916, d. Dec 20, 1997
Grogan, Sarah "Jackie", b. Apr 21, 1931
Haddon, Emily H., b. Nov 15, 1920, d. Jan 2, 1999
Haddon, Ernest E., b. Jun 16, 1930, d. no date
Harper, Ronnie L., b. Jan 14, 1944, d. Feb 4, 1995
Henderson, Helen W., b. Mar 24, 1932, d. Nov 8, 1969
Hester, Coralee, no dates
Hodgens, John P., b. Jun 9, 1896, d. Mar 3, 1974
Hodgens, Rosa B., b. Oct 9, 1894, d. Oct 7, 1983
Holder, Doyle, b. Mar 14, 1923, d. Nov 6, 1990, PFC US Army WWII
Holder, Joyce P., b. May 6, 1931, d. Mar 3, 1990
Holder, William Joel, b. Jun 8, 1952, d. Jun 9, 1952
Holtzclaw, Clarence C., b. Oct 22, 1908, d. May 27, 1971
Holtzclaw, Lena T., b. May 15, 1908, d. Sep 28, 1996
Huff, Clinton C., b. Oct 23, 1895, d. Mar 30, 1959
Huff, Lelia R., b. Nov 26, 1895, d. Aug 27, 1958
Jewell, Scott Nicholas, b. Apr 7, 1981, d. Apr 7, 1981
Jones, Hezikah Clyde, b. Nov 29, 1971, d. Apr 12, 1980, s/o Carl & Ann Jones
Jones, Joe Earl, b. Mar 9, 1945, d. Mar 10, 1945
Kennemore, A. Willard, b. May 2, 1914, d. Apr 14, 1994
Kennemore, Lucille P., b. Jun 16, 1920, d. Apr 26, 1991
Landreth, James H., b. 1898, d. 1965
Landreth,�Annie Redding, b. Jan 5, 1895, d. May 10, 1953, w/o J.H. Landreth
Lanning, Fred A., b. Apr 29, 1898, d. Jan 3, 1969
Lanning, Luther W., b. May 18, 1889, d. Feb 11, 1976
Lanning, Martha A., b. Nov 27, 1868, d. Jun 15, 1944
Lark, Claud A., b. Jan 22, 1916, d. Jul 18, 1959, SC PFC CO B 51 Signal OPR BN WWII
Lark, Ruth G., b. Dec 19, 1918�, w/o Claud, m. Feb 14, 1937
Layton, Edith Trull, b. Jan 9, 1903, d. Jun 20, 1985
Layton, Henry, b. Jul 5, 1905, d. Nov 20, 1965
Ledbetter, Anna May "Annie" Lee, b. Aug 30, 1914 (Feb 28, 1914), d. Feb 28, 1987
Ledbetter, Homer Harrison, b. Apr 21, 1912, d. Sep 21, 1990
Ledbetter, Infant Boy, no dates
Ledbetter, Infant, d. Jun 8, 1943, d/o Mr. & Mrs. Homer Ledbetter
Ledbetter, Richard I., b. Jul 4, 1872, d. Dec 18, 1939
Lipscomb, Crystal Gail, b. Feb 6, 1982, d. Feb 20 1982
Lipscomb, Gladys E., b. Nov 13, 1914, d. Aug 20, 1967
Lipscomb, Joann H., b. Aug 15, 1932, w/o Richard, m. Jan 28, 1950
Lipscomb, Norma Jean "Cotton", b. Apr 15, 1949, d. Sep 27, 1990
Lipscomb, Phyllis Garland, b. Oct 8, 1956, d. Dec 30, 1977
Lipscomb, Richard B., b. Aug 21, 1929, d. Sep 5, 1993
Lipscomb, Walter F., b. Oct 20, 1912, d. Jun 10, 1987
Mann, Lewis A., b. Mar 15, 1902, d. Jan 3, 1965
Mann, Lilian C., b. Sep 22, 1905, d. Dec 7, 1963
Martin, Allie Belle Trull, b. Dec 1, 1923, d. no date
Martin, Barry G., b. May 5, 1953, d. Mar 15, 1970, s/o William and Katherine Martin
Martin, John Dendy, b. May 26, 1922, d. Sep 13, 1994
Martin, Katherine H., b. May 7, 1920
Martin, William M., b. Mar 31, 1909, d. Jan 28, 1983
Massey Lake D., b. Jul 2, 1920, d. Feb 9, 1989
Massey, Frank, b. 1915, d. 2003
Massey, Lizzie Nichols, b. May 20, 1878, d. Feb 17, 1954, w/o Milborn Massey
Massey, Mary, b. Apr 25, 1959 d/o Lake D. Massey
Massey, Milborn W., b. May 20, 1881, d. Jan 4, 1957
Mathis, Robert Jason, b. Sep 14, 1972, d. Aug 9, 1989
McDonald, Bobby Joe, b. Mar 9, 1935, d. May 5, 1993
McDonald, Eva T., b. Oct 4, 1892, d. Aug 16, 1977
McDonald, Hunter, b. Mar 18, 1890, d. Dec 4, 1961
McDonald, Larry Joe, b. Apr 25, 1962, d. Apr 25, 1962
McGaha, Annie Mae B., b. Feb 15, 1909, d. Nov 10, 1930
Metcalf, Anicee Michele, b. Apr 13, 1972, d. May 26, 1972, d/o Chad & Judy Metcalf
Metcalf, Ashley Ian, b. Dec 2, 1976, d. Mar 14, 1977
Metcalf, Infant, b. Jul 11, 1973, d. Jul 11, 1973, s/o Chad & Judy Metcalf
Moody, Emily Myra Wells, b. Jan 30, 1918, d. no date, w/o Grover, m.�Dec 24, 1935
Moody, Grover Cleveland, b. Dec 20, 1913, d. Mar 7, 2002
Moody, Harold Cleveland, b. Mar 27, 1938, d. Sep 9, 1938
Neely, Charles R., Jun 28, 1939
Neely, Polly C., Nov 13, 1940
Neely, William H., b. Jul 21, 1909, d. Sep 17, 1982
O'Sheal, Cheryl L., Apr 15, 1956
O'Sheal, Lewis Frank, b. Apr 29, 1917, d. Feb 20, 1996
O'Sheal, Margie Wynn, b. Aug 2, 1921, d. no date
Painter, Annie Bess Johnson, b. Apr 27, 1901, d. Jun 6, 1995
Painter, Bosie Raymond, b. Apr 10, 1895, d. Aug 20, 1973, NC Pvt US Army WWI
Parker, Emma Johnson, b. Aug 6, 1880, d. May 14, 1947
Pittman, Leroy J., b. 1896, d. 1970
Pittman, Lois J., b. 1900, d. 1986
Poole, Amos Ervin, b. Nov 4, 1881, d. Jul 13, 1958
Poole, Emma Jones, b. Jan 22, 1891, d. Aug 21, 1974
Poole, Major, b. Apr 29, 1928, d. Nov 30, 1950?, declared dead Dec 31, 1953, In memory of Sgt first class Major Poole who's body lies in the soils somewhere in�the battlefield�of Korea.�M.I.A, Nov 30, 1950
Poole, Newman L., b. Jul 11, 1910, d. Jul 30, 1931
Poole, Tessie Mae, Apr 2, 1916
Ramsey, William L., b. Apr 12, 1935, d. Feb 16, 2003
Redding, Dave, b. Apr 20, 1896, d. Jan 16, 1963
Redding, Ellen H., b. Feb 16, 1905, d. Aug 13, 1979
Redding, Mary, b. Feb 3, 1911, d. Aug 27, 1961
Redding, Wayne Gaston, b. May 31, 1898, d. Aug 22, 1966
Rhodes, B. F., b. Dec 24, 1916, d. no date
Rhodes, Inez B., b. Jan 24, 1921, d. Sep 16, 1989
Rider, General, b. 1900, d. 1994
Roach, J. Price, b. Nov 11, 1865, d. Jan 7, 1933
Roach, Lawrence M., b. Feb 9, 2008, d. Jul 21, 1968
Roach, Lois B., b. Jul 26, 1914, d. Feb 17, 2001
Roach, Mary Ann, b. Jan 10, 1854, d. Mar 3, 1949
Roach, S. Clyde, b. May 15, 1916, d. May 6, 1981
Rochester, Amanda A., b. Aug 29, 1911, d. May 1, 1984
Rochester, Conyers, b. Feb 13, 1902, d. Mar 16, 1983
Rochester, Donnie Ray Jr, b. Feb 3, 1966, d. Feb 16, 1967
Rochester, Donnie Ray Sr, b. Apr 26, 1945, d. Oct 18, 1973 (Masonic)
Rochester, Early P., b. Jun 12, 1909, d. Nov 3, 1991
Rochester, Hubert B., b. Mar 8, 1931, d. Sep 3, 1950, SC PFC 29 Infantry Korea BSM -�PH
Rochester, Keith, b. Dec 29, 1953, d. Jan 8, 1954
Rochester, Mary Lou C., b. Jun 17, 1934, d. no date
Rochester, Sallie�W., b. Oct 31, 1901, d. May 1, 1989
Rochester, Thomas J., b. May 16, 1934, d. Jan 12, 1990
Rochester, Thomas Larry "Larr-Co", b. Feb 21, 1953, d. Jan 28, 2001
Rochester, Thomas Ray, b. Dec 15, 1977, d. Dec 15, 1977
Rochester, Wendy Rena, b. Jun 19, 1965, d. Jun 19, 1965
Roper, Beattie J., b. Sep 14, 1908, d. Apr 8, 1957
Roper, Clyde W., b. Aug 12, 1914, d. Sep 27, 1965, Tec5 US Army WWII
Roper, Nell Mabry, b. May 15, 1913, d. no date
Scalf, John A., b. Jun 29, 1903, d. Nov 24, 1946
Smith, Janice Kay, b. 1952, d. 1970
Smith, Thomas C., b. Aug 24, 1894, d. Apr 10, 1970, SC Pvt 110 Ammunition Train WWI
Stamey, Ernest C., b. Jan 19, 1929, d. May 6, 1990 US Army WWII
Sulima, Alexander, b. Mar 28, 1911, d. Apr 28, 1988
Sulima, Betty Lou, b. Aug 8, 1933, d. no date
Taylor, Lee R., b. Jun 4, 1917, d. Jan 31, 1971
Taylor, Lilian Karen "Kay", b. Feb 13, 1942, d. Dec 31, 1995
Taylor, Lilian M., b. Dec 18, 1919, d. no date
Taylor, Robert Lee, b. Feb 23, 1940, d. Jan 13, 1983, MM1 US Navy Vietnam, Mason emb
Terrell, Annie M. "Bobbie", b. Jun 30, 1924, d. Sep 16, 1980
Thomas, Dale F., b. Jul 8, 1948, d.�Oct 6, 1966,�SC Pvt US Army
Thomas, John Fredrick, b. Feb 9, 1926, d. Jan 2, 1985, PHOM2 US Navy WWII
Thornton John H., b. Dec 13, 1913, d. Feb 17, 1991
Thornton, Ruby G., b. Sep 14, 1916, d. Sep 3, 1999
Trull, Cora Lee B., b. 1918, d. no date
Trull, Joette C., b. Sep 23, 1945, d. no date
Trull, Lilly B., b. Jan 5, 1887, d. Sep 21, 1967
Trull, W. Clifford, b. Nov 2, 1915, d. Apr 15, 1971, SC Pvt US Army WWII
Trull, Wendell C., b. Jan 2, 1944, d. Feb 23, 1999
Trull, William R., b. Nov 24, 1881, d. Mar 21, 1973
Turner George W., b. � May 12, 1881, d. Oct 27, 1961
Turner Minnie T., b. Apr 26, 1894, d. Apr 8, 1983
Turner, Betty L., b. Nov 14, 1928, d. no date
Turner, Carl Edward, b. Sep 23, 1926, d. May 5, 1966, SC Cpl 1380 Base Unit AAF WWII
Turner, Evelyn D., b. Aug 8, 1921, d. Dec 18, 1973
Turner, Jasper A., b. Apr 22, 1921, d. Jan 30, 1981
Turner, Junius F., b. May 3 1929, d. Dec 23, 2000
Vaughn, Lewis J., b. May 10, 1882, d. Dec 15, 1945
Walker, Decie H., b. Nov 9, 1916, d. no date
Walker, James Earl, b. May 19, 1909, d. Apr 5, 1997, Tec5 US Army WWII
Watkins, Mandy, b. Jan 14, 1872, d. Mar 24, 1940, w/o John Lindley
Watson, Eric H., b. Dec 29, 1892, d. Feb 25, 1953
Whitted, Pollie N., b. Sep 10, 1909, d. Oct 6, 1962
Williams, Frances G., b. Oct 27, 1911, d. Dec 20, 2000
Williams, Sherman J., b. May 16, 1911, d. Aug 15, 1992
Wynn, Charles Ford, b. Sep 30, 1923, d. Jan 5, 1979
Wynn, Darryl Tracy, b. Oct 26, 1961, d. Mar 7, 1994
Wynn, Frances E., b. Nov 10, 1910, d. Nov 12, 1966
Wynn, Helen Florence, b. Dec 17, 1918, d. Feb 21, 1951
Wynn, James Benjamin, b. Mar 11, 1881, d. Jan 8, 1951
Wynn, Julia Landreth, b. Nov 20, 1890, d. Feb 24, 1979, w/o James Benjamin Wynn
Wynn, Robert Benton, b. Dec 3, 1925, d. Aug 30, 1971
Wynn,�Annie Marie, b. Dec 20, 1908, d. Aug 31, 1978

Misc:
??, Infant, no dates
??, 11 unmarked
?? (in Ables plot metal marker with paper insert unreadable)
??, one (in Hunt plot)
??, one (in Ramsey plot)
??, one (possibly 2 graves in unmarked plot)
??, (possibly 3 to 4 graves in unmarked plot)