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St. Lydia Baptist Church Cemetery
(US Hwy. 264 - Lake Landing Twp.)


2001 photo by Kay Midgett Sheppard


Cornerstone - photo by Maldine Whitaker Wallace

This cemetery was surveyed in October 2001 by Kay Midgett Sheppard and again in March 2012 by Maldine Whitaker Wallace and her niece, Beverly Merrick Mann.  If Maldine missed any, I've added the few that I photographed in 2001.  A few of the upright stones had sunk into the ground but most of the graves had flat concrete inscription stones and were mostly readable.  Information held in brackets came from other sources such as the SS Death Index, military records, obituaries, etc.

Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Epitaph
Benson, Marvin April 17, 1907 Mar. 13, 1989  
Blount, Stella Mae Lucas Sept. 28, 1935 Jan. 18, 1994 A Tender Mother and Faithful Friend; Let Our Father's Will Be Done
 [2001 photo by Kay M. Sheppard]
Brown, Mary L. June 18, 1933 June 18, 1961 Not My Will But Thine Be Done
Collins, Pearlie G. May 30, 1921 Sept. 9, 1961 [2001photo by Kay M. Sheppard]
Credle, Lula S. photo by Kay Sheppard March 14, 1922 Sept. 10, 1980  
Credle, Weldon Jr. Jan. 9, 1944 Jan. 17, 1989 Hyde birth cert. states birth as Jan. 11, 1944.
G.D. (no other name but possibly a Dudley)

1934

1968

 Rock of Ages
Dudley, Alfred Jr. May 23, 1941 June 6, 1977  
Dudley, Daisy Mar. 6, 1886 Aug. 5, 1976  
Dudley, Ella S. Jan. 1, 1888 Mar. 3, 1984 Gone But Not Forgotten
Dudley, Mary N. Feb. 28, 1912 Oct. 8, 1990  
Fonville, Fred photo by Kay Sheppard 2/27/1947 11/19/1970  
Gidds [Gibbs], Connie 10/26/1915 12/30/1964  
Gibbs, Duck July 6, 1872 Jan. 9, 1979  
Gibbs, Ernest M. [Mitchell] Oct. 21, 1939 [sunk into ground]  
Gibbs, Isabell
[see another photo]
[photo of Maldine Wallace with tombstone]		 Apr. 30, 1927 Mar. 17, 2003 To my Children & Loved Ones: I'm your guardian angel; I'm your special friend
I'm Free - In Loving Memory
Gibbs, Jessena 6/17/1917 2/1/1973  
Gibbs, Lem Dec. 26, 1890 Dec. 7, 1959 At Rest
Gibbs, Mittie May 7, 1925 March 6, 1964 Asleep In Jesus
Gibbs, Pauline Mar. 26, 1890 Jan. 1, 1962 Mother At Rest
Gibbs, Seward April 29, 1923 April 30, 19?? North Carolina; PFC US Army; World War II
Gibbs, Thomas Lee Aug. 31, 1935 Apr. 15, 1968 [bottom of tombstone]
Gibbs, William M. July 29, 1912 April 30, 2002  
Gilliam, Loston Oct. 1, 1890 Jan. 17, 1981  
Greene-Blount, Andre Apr. 15, 1974 Dec. 19, 1984  
Jennett, Colleen G. photo by Kay Sheppard June 9, 1925 July 13, 1968 Gone But Not Forgotten
Johnson, Ernestine [Mar. 10, 1940] [Feb. 13, 2008] [see obituary]  no photo
Johnson, John Sept. 8, 1898 Oct. 31, 1978  
Johnson, Pernell Sept. 1, 1954 Dec. 14, 1990 Father
Johnson, Viola Gibbs May 24, 1914 May 3, 2004 [see obituary]
Johnson, William H. Nov. 28, 1937 Nov. 3, 1991  
Lucas, Florida Benston photo by Kay Sheppard Sept. 8, 1896 Jan. 8, 2001

[see obituary]
Lucas, James W.      
Lucas, Mary Sadler April 6, 1893 July 5, 1981  
McClaud, Nathaniel July 6, 1914 Feb. 12, 1982 Rest In Peace
McCuller, James Axson April 26, 1957 June 27, 1990  
McCuller, Froza [Jan. 28, 1922] [Sept. 2. 2007] [see obituary]  no photo
McCullor, Arthur Jan. 1, 1892 Nov. 17, 1987  
McCullor, Isiah L. Nov. 2, 1917 Jan. 7, 1990  
Mann, Mercida [Sept. 8] 1933 [Apr. 17] 2009  
Moore, Collie Aug. 1, 1894 Aug. 5, 1975  
Moore, Nancy Oct. 3, 1897 May 15, 1975  
Murray, David Jr. [Jan. 31, 1934] [Feb. 21, 2007] [see obituary]  no photo
Murray, Emmitt Edward [Sept. 1, 1925] [Aug. 25, 2008] [see obituary]  no photo
Murray, Samuel photo by Kay Sheppard Feb. 8, 1898 Nov. 8, 1964  
Peterson, Sophronia 7/16/1895 10/4/1977  
Saddle [Sadler], Luella Apr. 12, 1910 Mar. 14, 1964  
Sadler, Armstead 9/24/1907 2/10/1974  
Sadler, Bobby [Oct. 6] 1935 [May 19] 2010 [see obituary]
Sadler, Louise M. 12/14/1904 9/26/1978  
Shelton, Alton photo by Kay Sheppard June 13, 1933 Sept. 25, 1970  
Shelton, George A. photo by Kay Sheppard Jan. 21, 1921 Mar. 2, 1989  
Shelton, George T. [Thomas] Mar. 15, 1942 July 15, 1961  
Shelton, Henry photo by Kay Sheppard July 5, 1931 Feb. 1, 1976  
Shelton, James Ernest Sept. 11, 1943 Sept. 23, 2011 [see obituary]
Shelton, Kennie Dec. 4, 1925 March 21, 1964 North Carolina Tec 5 Engineers; World War II
Shelton, Lester photo by Kay Sheppard

[June 26] 1961

1983

  
Shelton, Rena D. Mar. 7, 1964 May 10, 1979  
Shelton, Sally Ann photo by Kay Sheppard May 10, 1965 Jan. 21, 2001 In Loving Memory
Shelton, William L.  photo by Kay Sheppard [unreadable] Dec. 3, 19[unreadable] [handwritten in concrete]
Spencer, Delma G.  photo by Kay Sheppard Aug. 1, 1941 Jan. 1, 2001  
Spencer, Jesse William Feb. 23, 1953 Jan. 27, 2005 [see obituary]
Spencer, Jessie W. Feb. 2, 1934 April 17, 1991  
Spencer, Larry Sept. 23, 1954 Dec. 27, 1994  
Spencer, Leslie A.  photo by Kay Sheppard [sunk into ground] [sunk into ground] Pfc. US Army World War II
Topping, Mildred Lucas [Feb. 1956] [Jan. 26, 2000] [see obituary]  no photo
Weston, Albert April 14, 1907 May 12, 1965 Gone But Not Forgotten  [bottom of tombstone]
Weston, Lucy April 18, 1901 April 27, 1947 [buried in this cemetery according to her death certificate]
Young, Annie Johnson June 20, 1889 Oct. 29, 1989 Grace Be To You