Worley Cemetery, Cherry Grove
Columbus County, NC

Transcribed by David B High, March 1999, from the private publication "They're Buried in Our Past, Columbus County, NC, 1808-1984 (Vol 2)" dated June, 1984. This cemetery is #100 in the survey. Permission granted by the authors, Anita Barfield and Kay Duncan.

Additional information and all photos were submitted by Natasha Miles, November 2009.
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Fannie M Worley
18 October 1883 - 20 September 1974

Luther Yates Worley
2 May 1881 - 22 October 1973




Glenn, son of Mr & Mrs B Webster Worley
18 July 1954

Ellen, daughter of L Y & F M Worley
9 September 1914 - 17 July 1916

Ella Mae Martin Worley
13 October 1925 - 22 October 1991

Bruce Webster Worley
28 March 1920 - 25 March 1984
Ralph Jennings Sayre Jr
Capt US Marine Corps
WWII Korea
1920 - May 1953

Lula Grace Worley Sayre
11 January 1927 - 10 May 2006

Obituary: RALEIGH – Lula Grace Worley Sayre, 83, died May 10, 2006. She was a resident of Brighton Gardens, Raleigh. She was a native of Fair Bluff, and the daughter of the late Boyd and Minta Hammond Worley. Sayre attended Meredith College and UNC Chapel Hill. She met Captain Ralph Jennings Sayre Jr. at Chapel Hill and was married Dec. 22, 1944. Capt Sayre, a pilot with the US Marine Air Corps, served during the Korean Conflict and was killed in an aircraft carrier accident in 1953. She is survived by her daughter, Jackie Elliot and husband, Rev. Dr. Roger Elliott of Raleigh; a daughter, Dr. Sally Weinrich and husband Dr. Martin Weinrich of Augusta, Ga. and a son, Ralph J. Sayre III and wife Kristie Sayre of Atlanta, Ga. and Santa Fe, NM. “Granny,” as she was fondly called by her 10 grandchildren, who also survive her, Luise Weinrich, Emily Dilday, Maria Weinrich, Jenny Collins, Brent Powers, Kimberly Powers Barbee, Matt Sayre, Suzanna Grace Sayre, Stephanie Sayre, and Mark Sayre. In addition she is survived by her nine great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Friday, May 12, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 824 North Bloodworth St., Raleigh. Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, 831 Wake Forest Rd, Raleigh handled the arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Wake County Mental Health Association, PO Box 46833, Raleigh, NC, 27620-6833 or to the Worley Family Cemetery Foundation c/o Chandler Worley, 11005 Swamp Fox Hwy, Cerro Gordo, NC 28430.
Fulton M
Son of L. Y. & F. M. Worley
1 September 1910 - 18 December 1910

Mary S Worley
18 May 1854 - 21 March 1936

Jonch Worley
24 May 1838 - 25 February 1906
Lula Worley Baldwin
23 October 1888 - 12 August 1922

Oran Luther Baldwin
27 April 1921 - 21 October 1934

Oran Hampton Baldwin
4
February 1876 - 16 December 1969







Lizzie Worley Baldwin
8 January 1883 - 10
September 1964
Etta Strickland
Wife of Frank W Graham
4 May 1870 - 1 June 1954

Ruby Lee McAlister
27 September 1911 - 13 November 1996

Flake Martin McAlister
22 June 1909 - 4 February 1997

W Roy McAlister
6 September 1939 - 15 June 1959

Louceill Worley
Wife of Coy Britt
10 November 1906 - 21 January 1927

Sandford Jurney Inman
26 June 1891 - 6 June 1906

Frances M, wife of B H Buffkin
3 September 1843 - 21 January 1928

B H Buffkin
8 February 1844 - 11 July 1928
Zadock M Buffkin
18 April 1870 - 25 March 1936

Eugene, son of Lenue & Leatha Buffkin
15 May 1943

Rosa Lee Harrelson
12 July 1926 - 10 November 1992

Lizzie Mae Worley
6 June 1918 - 29 September 1992

Walter Johnson Worley
7 October 1909 - 5 May 1985

Beverly E
Infant of Mr & Mrs H S Strickland

Ellis McKoy Worley
10 June 1874 - 9 January 1936

Alfred M Worley
2 November 1877 - 25 April 1933

Mattie D Worley
14 October 1885 - 24 July 1961

Beulah Worley Driggers
3 April 1910 - 22 November 2000

Infant son of Mr & Mrs Alonzo Worley
19 August 1938

Infant daughter of Mr & Mrs Alonzo Worley
19 October 1940

Willie Leroy Worley
2 September 1884 - August 1972

Married 31 January 1906

Maggie Jane Worley
14 November 1888 - 22 November 1959

L C Worley
20 January 1927 - 5 November 1969
Douglas A "Buck" Worley
21 April 1930 - 7 January 1999

Bernice G Worley
7 November 1924 - 20 December 2008

Olivia Miller Worley
16 September 1927 - 8 September 2008