Rice-Owens Cemetery
Joe Carver Road
Jonathan Creek, Haywood County, NC



To get to this cemetery, take Hwy. 276 down Jonathan's Creek toward I-40 and
Tennessee. Take Joe Carver Road which turns off to the left beside the old Rock Hill School (now the Good Samaritan Baptist Church) approximately 1 mile. The cemetery is on the right off of Joe Carver Road marked only by a very small sign which says "cemeteries."
Going through the gate and to the top of the hill, this cemetery will be on your left.
This cemetery is completely surrounded by a cinder block wall five runs high with steps going up and over the wall. There are a few graves marked only with fieldstones and a few with markers which have become unreadable. I have listed all these as "unknown."
This cemetery has been beautifully maintained. It is inside a pasture, so any visitors should be very careful to close all gates securely.

Starting at the bottom of the cemetery and moving from right to left:

Row 1:
Daniel A. Owen
12-25-1835
10-31-1916
Double headstone
Martha J. Owen
4-1-1840
4-5-1921

unknown

Lizzie
daughter of
H.C. & L.E. Rice
9-9-1874
2-23-1875
age 5 mos., 13 days

J.D. Rice
11-15-1797
7-21-1875
age 77 yrs., 8 mos., 6 days

Sarah Rice
2-10-1802
12-27-1877

Row 2:
2 unknown

J. E.
husband of
Mary E. Rice
& son of
Jno. & Sally Rice
11-16-1840
3-4-1865

Aunt Hester Long Owen
2-19-1879
2-20-1961

Norman F. Owen
5-31-1884
9-23-1947

 

 

(c) 1998 - present, Haywood Co., NC

(c)Survey done May 6, 2000 by Rebecca Howell and Ruby Howell Sutton