Salem Church Cemetery

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This page last updated on 31 May 2006

Location: 933 Salem Church Road.
Directions: From Roxboro, take 49S to right on Salem Church Road (SR1172) just before Gordonton. Cemetery and church are on left.
Access: Active cemetery open to public.
Survey: on May 22 2006 by Amy Ralston
GPS: 36 18 08.1 N 079 07 31.3 W
Notes: This cemetery is a match for WPA # 175.

Graves

1.Grady Trust RHYNE / 1910-2001 / (Funeral home marker)

2. Russell Vanburen DAY / Nov 26 1905 Dec 10 1981 / Home is the sailor, home from the sea / and the hunter home from the hill

3. Vondon FRANCIS / Aug 12 1922 / June 13 1970

4.Cornelia Lou ALLEN / wife of / Luther D LONG / Oct 2 1906 Dec 14 1953 / a tender mother, a faithful friend

5. Luther Davis LONG / Apr 1 1894 / Jan 6 1957 / Although He Sleepth / His Memory Doth Live

6. Fred T LONG / North Carolina / Sgt US Army / World War II, Korea / Dec 27 1925 March 13 1973

7. Walter Wootson LONG / North Carolina / Pvt US Army / World War I / May 29 1890 July 17 1976

CATES (double stone)
8. James Coleman / July 8 1914 / Apr 5 1966
9. Mary Bradsher / Oct 1 1913 / Feb 15 2002

BRADSHER (double stone)
10. Walter Linwood / May 31 1901 / Mar 7 1988
11. Minnie Lee WINSTEAD / June 19 1902 / May 3 1992 / (fs) MLWB

TILLEY (double stone)
12. Chester L / Oct 21 1918 / Sept 21 1981
13. Allene WHITFIELD / June 13 1917 / Apr 26 1996

SOLOMON (double stone)
14. George Thomas / Dec 29 1893 / Oct 1 1974
15. Alice Watson / June 27 1893 / Dec 19 1974

16. Malcolm M SOLOMON / US Army / June 24 1926 Nov 6 1977

SOLOMON (double stone)
17. James Thomas / Apr 19 1920 / Aug 9 2000 / (fs) James T L SOLOMON / S Sgt US Army / World War II / Apr 19 1920 Aug 9 2000 / Purple Heart
18. Rose WALKER / June 20 1924 / (living)

LONG (double stone)
19. Bernard Allen / Oct 5 1923 / Mar 15 2001 / (fs) Bernard Allen LONG / PFC US Army / World War II / Oct 5 1923 Mar 15 2001
20. Cleo SOLOMON / Apr 6 1928 / (living)

ROBERSON (double stone)
21. Woodrow L / July 4 1912 / July 16 1990 / (fs) Daddy
22. Dorothy C / May 20 1920 / (living)

CULBERTSON (double stone)
23. James K "Cubby" / Aug 19 1914 / Dec 8 2003
24. Lucy GRAGG / Aug 5 1913 / July 18 2004

25. Herbert Manley LEA Sr / Jan 29 1929 / Mar 9 1983 / Loving Daddy & Faithful friend

26. Tracy Leigh / ELLIOTT / June 8 1977

27. Texie(?) CLAYTON / (1862? or 1892?) 1975 / ( This grave is marked by a field stone and funeral home marker. The marker is broken and some letters and numbers are loose. A check of Ancestry.com returned these dates. March 15 1892 & May 1975)

BRADSHER (double stone)
28. James Lewis / May 15 1906 / May 8 1973
29. Frannie WRENN / Nov 21 1908 / Aug 1993

30. Edward Dallas WATSON / May 9 1906 / Apr 25 1968

WHITFIELD (double stone)
31. Allen Bryant / Dec 9 1933 / Apr 26 2005 / (fs) Allen B WHITFIELD / SP3 US Army / Dec 9 1933 Apr 26 2005
32. Nell LONG / Jan 20 1935 / living

33. Elizabeth W MALONE / Born / Apr 18 1828 / Died / Aug 10 1891 /Asleep in Jesus / ( Headstone is twisted on base)

34. Susan G / wife of / James A PHELPS / born / July 20 1838 / died / Feb 17 1890 / Asleep in Jesus
35. Calvin / son of / TD & Fannie LEA / Feb 13 1899 / Nov 13 1903 / ( this stone is broken in half, some writing is unreadable.)

36. Thomas D LEE / June 1 1861 / Nov 12 1916 / Gone but not forgotten / (fs) (blank)

37. Fannie F LEE / wife of / Thomas D LEE / Oct 11 1870 / Dec 3 1921

38. Gerald Loren / NORRIS / Feb 17 1938 / (living)

39. Shelbra B / NORRIS / Sept 10 1937 / Dec 14 2002 / Our Nana

BLAYLOCK (double stone) (WATCH out for bees in holly bush )
40. Wylie James / June 20 1910 / May 11 1988 / (fs) Daddy
41. Ivaline BREEZE / Oct 1 1917 / (living)

LONG (double stone)
42. Robert O / 1918-1986 / (fs) Robert O LONG / PFC US Army / World War II / Nov 4 1918 Apr 1 1986
43. Elva D / (fs) Elva DAVIS LONG / Beloved wife and mother / May 6 1930 / (living)

HURDLE (double stone)
44. Clarence G / Nov 25 1926 / Feb 2 2004 / (fs) Clarence Garvey HURDLE / Tec 5 US Army / World War II / Nov 25 1926 Feb 2 2004
45. Christine G / Sept 24 1921 / (living) / (fs) Christine G HURDLE / Beloved wife & mother / Sept 24 1921 (living)

46. ROGERS / (fs) Donny / Donald Hassell ROGERS / Little Friend / July 26 1956 Sept 6 1978 / Only the good die young / Billy Joel / ( This headstone is the size of a triple stone)

ALLEN (double stone)
47. Isaac Hassell / June 28 1911 / Mar 4 1997
48. Gertie BRADSHER / Sept 9 1912 / (living)

49. Full of life / Jimmy / James Thomas CRABTREE / Feb 3 1947 / July 1 2005 / Rest sweet rest

CRABTREE (double stone) / Love never faileth
50. Brodie Hughes / Oct 24 1915 / Feb 23 1998 / (fs) Daddy
51. Shirley BLALOCK / Feb 5 1914 / (living)

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