Little River Presbyterian Church Cemetery

We are very indebted to Mary Louise Gossum (top photos) and Carma McKee Boaz (bottom photos) for these wonderful photographs of the church and cemetery!

"Little River Presbyterian Church, organized in 1761, Henry Patillo, pastor, 1761-1774; charter members:  James Wm. Murdock, John Hall, Joseph Allison, Wm. Deal"

Mary (Ray) Robinson, wife of Michael Robinson, 8/5/1732 - 11/7/17__; dau. of William and Catherine Ray

John B. Ray, b. 3/16/1827 - d. 4/6/1905

Lydia Ray-McKee, wife of Rankin McKee, b. 12/5/1781 - d. 4/18/1851; dau. of John and Sarah Miller-Ray

Rankin McKee, b. 9/7/1772 - d. 8/3/1835; son of William McKee and Mary Rankins-McKee

Thomas Rountree; bronze plaque placed behind the original stone seen at top of picture; wife Evy Sturgis Rountree, buried to the right, her stone is now missing.

William Henry McKee, b. 2/25/1866 - d. 11/27/1928; wife, Cornelia Harris McKee, b. 11/25/1869 - d. 2/5/1949

Thomas F. McKee, b. 7/12/1890 - d. 11/25/1944 Wife, Ida N. Riley-McKee, b. 3/177/1900 - d. 12/29/1954

"To the Glory of God and in Loving Memory of these Charter Members Little River Presbyterian Church Organized 1761 John Hall. Rev. War, died 1785, Jean Deal. Died 1792. His Wife William Deal. Rev. War. Died 1791. Her Father Emigrants from Haddington, Scotland and Ireland and In Loving Memory of Robert (Sharper) Hall 1764 - 1857. Ruling Elder. Their Son Mary Erwin Riggs 1778 - 1841.  His Wife Nelson Parrish Hall 1817 - 1902. Ruling Elder. Their Son Nancy Robinson Bowles 1820 - 1856.  His Wife Robert Nelson Hall, CSA, 1846 - 1926.  Their Son Mary Ann Villines1853 - 1933.  His Wife Martha Gadys Hall 1877 - 1978.  Their Daughter Rev. William R. Rickman, B.A. 1869 - 1947.  Her Husband This Marker Placed By William Villines Rickman Born 1907.  Their Son Ruling Elder of First Presbyterian Church Danville, Virginia 1983"

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