Whats New Page
Here you will find anything new that I have added to this website.
12/10/2006 - Memphis TN, Shelby County Deaths
12/20/2006 - William Monroe Beal and Alma Ruth Humphrey Beal Photos. Thanks to Zelia Humphrey Cline.
12/21/2006 - George Beal Draft Registration.
12/31/2006 David Tucker family added.
01/01/2007 John David Troutman Family added.
01/14/2007 Wiley A Hamby Family added.
01/27/2007 George Fletcher Frady Document
02/02/2007 Robert Glenn Pope and May Aileen Bynum Pope headstone. Son of Daniel Alfred Pope and Martha E Dagenhardt.
02/07/2007 Earl Cook Obit.
02/11/2007 Lawson Henry Sigmon family added.
02/17/2007 Carrie Edwards Benfield Headstone.
02/17/2007 Clyde Noel Benfield Headstone.
02/17/2007 Charles C Benfield and Minnie B Fox Benfield Headstone.
02/19/2007 Elijah Pope and Eva Miller Pope Headstone.
02/19/2007 Jonas Monroe Pope Headstone.
02/19/2007 Harrell Henry Pope & Margaret Dera Crawford Headstone
02/19/2007 Fredrick Lee Benfield Headstone
02/19/2007 Bethel Lutheran Church, Claremont, Catawba Co, NC.
02/24/2007 Ranson Hill Headstone. Son of Simeon Hill Photo taken by Rodney Trent Biles.
02/24/2007 William Wallace Hill Headstone. Son of Ranson Hill. Photo taken by Rodney Trent Biles.
02/24/2007 Fairgrove Methodist Church, Davidson Co, NC - Photo taken by Rodney Trent Biles.
02/25/2007 John Alexander Pope Family Son of Elijah Pope & Eva Miller
02/25/2007 Jeanetta Gosnell Clark Daughter of Margaret Elizabeth Sams Gosnell & Dudley Solomon
02/25/2007 Jeanetta Gosnell Clark Headstone
02/25/2007 William Rollins Gosnell & Agnes Caldona Sams Gosnell Headstone
02/26/2007 Alfred Burton Mays Headstone. Son of Larkin Benjamin Mays.
02/26/2007 Dicy Dixon Mays Headstone. Wife of Alfred Burton Mays.
02/27/2006 William McLellan "Mack" Scott, Mary Alice Mays Scott, Avery Scott & Mary Drake Scott Headstone. Mary Alice Mays was the daughter of Madison Wayne Mays & Nancy Tuley.
03/02/2007 Robert Brevard Cook Headstone Son of Frances Cook & Susan Laura Sigmon.
03/03/2007 Bobby F Troutman Headstone. Son of Benjamin Franklin Troutman and Ida Cornelia Williams.
03/04/2007 Maiden City Cemetery, Maiden, Catawba Co, NC
03/10/2007 Daniels Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lincoln Co, NC
03/10/2007 Byrd Mays Headstone, Mollie Mays Headstone, John Mandeville Mays Headstone, Sarah Fulbright Mays Headstone.
03/11/2007 Brookford Cemetery, Catawba Co, NC.
03/11/2007 Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Catawba Co, NC
03/20/2007 Added 7 headstones - Maiden City Cemetery
03/24/2007 Rocky Springs United Methodist Church Cemetery, Hiddenite, Alexander Co, NC.
04/01/2007 Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church, Lincoln Co, NC Added headstones.
04/01/2007 Added Albert Pinkney Brown & Mary Susanna Melinda Hoke headstones.
04/12/2007 Added Hopewell United Methodist Church Cemetery - Sherrills Ford, Catawba Co, NC.
04/12/2007 Updated the Elisha Cook page.
04/13/2007 Added and completed my survey of Brookford Cemetery, Catawba Co, NC.
04/22/2007 Added Mays Chapel United Methodist Church, Catawba Co, NC.
04/27/2007 Added Alfred William Dellinger Family.
04/27/2007 Added Woodrow Marion Crouse headstone.
04/28/2007 Added Gladys Crawford Pope and Annie Lucille Pope Yount to Elijah Pope Family
04/28/2007 Added Ophelia Alma "Cookie" Cook Shepherd & David Hill Shepherd Headstones to Elisha Cook Family.
04/29/2007 Added Headstone Photos for Pope Family Members Charlie H Pope & Susan Mary Sigmon Pope, Tate W Pope & Gladys Crawford Pope, Phyliss Pope Neuen.
05/01/2007 Added Concord United Methodist Church, Catawba, Catawba Co, NC.
05/01/2007 Added Center United Methodist Church, Catawba, Catawba Co, NC.
05/07/2007 Added John Melchior Troutman Family.
05/13/2007 Updated Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery page.
05/21/2007 Updated Brookford Obituary Page.
05/24/2007 Brookford Newspaper Articles Added.
05/26/2007 Updated Maiden City Cemetery Page
05/26/2007 Added Photo of Laura Gosnell Gunter and daughters Ola, Carrie and Lillian Gunter.
05/26/2007 Added Photo of Laura Vista Gosnell & Nathen Gunter.
05/27/2007 Added Photos of Robert Bartley Gosnell - son of Margaret Elizabeth Sams & Solomon Dudley, Mary Elizabeth Lewis - Wife of Robert Bartley Gosnell., of George J Gosnell - son of Wiley Sylvester Gosnell, Milford Wade Gosnell - son of William Wallace Gosnell & Margaret Elizabeth Sams., Milford Gosnell - George Henderson Gosnell and Tennie Norton, Lula Bell Gosnell Mace Family.- Lula was the daughter of George Henderson Gosnell., PhotoWiley Sylvester Gosnell and Lillie Ingle Family,Pender Henderson Gosnell & Howard Edward Gosnell - sons of Leroy Gosnell and Claudia Beril Ammons, Photo of Gosnell, Massey & Chandley Family.,Lattie and Tom Ammons. - sons of Zebulon Ammons and Leona Clark.
05/29/2007 Added Tennessee Norton Noe Gosnell Family
06/01/2007 Added Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Vale, Lincoln Co, NC
06/1/2007 Updated Brookford Obituary Page.
06/02/2007 Added Mt Ruhama Baptist Church Cemetery, Catawba Co, NC
06/17/2007 Elsie Gosnell Turner - On Trial for the Murder of her husband W G "Stub" Turner.
6/22/2007 Added Headstone Photos- Catawba Memorial Park, Catawba Co, NC.
6/22/2007 Added Obit for Marshall Hoke Brown And William Cecil Brown
6/23/2007 Added John Miller & Barbara Bobst page.
6/23/2007 Added Family Photos. Mostly Gosnell Surnames.
6/24/2007 Added Family Photos for James Woodrow Miller, Jr Family.
6/29/2007 Added Photos of 3 possible Smith Males on the Solomon Smith page. Photo 1, Photo 2, & Photo 3. If you can identify these men, please email us! Also added Photo of Susanna Piety Smith.
7/4/2007 Added Newton Family.
7/7/2007 Added Truesdale Family, SC.
7/8/2007 Added Union Mill Workers, Maiden, NC - 6/19/1936 - Photo provided by Virginia Crouse Pope, Daughter of Marion "Mack" Crouse and Minnie Dellinger. I will try to identify others in that photo on another page.
7/8/2007 Updated Berry Banks Page. Added Obits for Woodfin Banks, Ethel Autrey Banks, Sally Banks Edwards. Added headstone photo for Alta Banks Benfield.
7/8/2007 Added Partial Listing of Pine Crest Cemetery, Granite Falls, Caldwell Co, NC.
7/9/2007 Added Partial Listing of Mt Zion Baptist Church, Sawmills, Caldwell Co, NC.
7/13/2007 Added Partial Listing of St Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery, Conover, Catawba Co, NC
7/15/2007 Added McCaslin Cemetery, Maiden, Catawba Co, NC
7/15/2007 Added Partial Listing of Providence Baptist Church Cemetery, Catawba Co, NC
7/16/2007 Updated Daniels Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lincoln Co, NC.
7/16/2007 Updated Catawba Memorial Park, Hickory, Catawba Co, NC
7/17/2007 Added Obituary for Mattie Jane Mays Blankenship and William Porter Blankenship.
7/21/2007 Added headstone photo for Noah Miller. Noah was the son of John Miller and Barbara Bobst.
7/21/2007 Added obituary for Esther Mays. Daughter of Cephus Filo & Renda Jane Willet Isenhour Mays.
7/21/2007 Added Obituary for Sarah "Sallie" McLain Mays wife of Joseph Caldwell Mays and her brother Adolphus N McLain.
7/23/2007 Added Obituary for Margaret Clemetine Mays Patterson daughter of Hiram Mays & Eliza Scroggs.
7/23/2007 Added Obituary for Eliza Scroggs Mays wife of Hiram Mays.
7/23/2007 Added Obituary for Mary Mays McLain. Daughter of Winston Mays & Anna Walker.
7/24/2007 Updated Center United Methodist Church Cemetery Page.
7/24/2007 Added Saint James Lutheran Church, Newton, Catawba Co, NC.
7/24/2007 Added Lucille Pope Yount and Glen Yount headstone photos. Lucille was the daughter of Charlie Henry Pope & Susan Mary Sigmon.
7/25/2007 Added Headstone photo for Edward Baxter Bagwell & Sarah Carson Mays Bagwell, Daughter of Hiram Mays & Eliza Scroggs Mays.
7/25/2007 Added Headstone photo for William Porter Blankenship & Mattie Lewis Blankenship. William was the son of T William Blankenship & Martha "Mattie" Jane Mays Blankenship.
7/25/2007 Added Headstone photo for Charles Clinton Blankenship & Mary Murdock Blankenship. Charles was the son of William Porter Blankenship & Martha "Mattie Lewis Blankenship.
7/26/2007 Updated the Mary Payne page.
7/27/2007 Added Leah Hefner Miller Obituary Wife of Noah Miller
7/27/2007 Added Rufus Philo Pope Obituary Son of Elijah Pope & Eve Miller
7/27/2007 Added John Alexander Pope Obituary Son of Elijah Pope & Eve Miller
08/03/2007 Added Zelpha McLelland Tucker Obit. Daughter of J Wilson McLelland and Miranda Jane Mays.
08/03/2007 Added John Nelson McLelland Obit Son of J Wilson McLelland and Miranda Jane Mays.
08/06/2007 Updated Garfield Wood Page. Added another child Ruth Wood. Brought to my attention by Tim Lewis great-grandson of Garfield Wood, Sr.
08/06/207 Updated Grace Lutheran Church Cemetery Page.
08/06/2007 Added Concord Presbyterian Church Cemetery Loray, Iredell Co, NC.
08/06/2007 Added Long Creek Memorail Baptist Church Cemetery Dallas, Gaston Co, NC.
08/06/2007 Added Holden Family Cemetery, Supply, Brunswick Co, NC
08/06/2007 Added Royal Oak Cemetery, Supply, Brunswick Co, NC
08/07/2007 Updated the Robert Mays page. Added Obit for Florence Victoria McLelland Tucker Dau of Miranda Jane Mays & Joseph Wilson McLelland. Miranda was the Dau of Absolom Mays son of Benjamin Mays and Susannah "Sooky" Brown.
08/08/2007 Added Ivey Memorial United Methodist Church, Lincoln Co, NC
08/09/2007 Added Nancy Caroline Julian & William Fox Page. Nancy was the daughter of Theodosia Mays and David Julian.
08/10/2007 Updated Matilda Mays Page.
08/11/2007 Updated Simeon Hill page, Johann Warner page, Joseph Spaugh page, Troutman page.
08/12/2007 Added Union Ridge Cemetery, Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co, NC.
08/15/2007 Updated my Brookford, Catawba Co, NC Page.
08/18/2007 Updated Charles Gosnell page. Visited Grapevine area of Madison Co, NC. Talked with John "Paul" Gosnell son of James Lawson Gosnell.
08/19/2007 Updated Berry Banks page. Added grave marker photos for Gaither Banks, Pauline Israel Banks, Sally Banks Edwards and Charles L Edwards.
08/19/2007 Updated Clark Page. Added Grave marker photos for Quillen Ammons & Ovie Ammons.
08/20/2007 Added Gosnell Cemetery, Grapevine area, Madison Co, NC.
08/25/2007 Added death certificate for Sally Banks Edwards. Daughter of Goldman & Harriett Maynor Banks.
11/11/2007 Added Veteran Service, Macedonia Cemetery, Alexander Co, NC.
11/12/07 Updated Matilda Mays Page. Added Photos of William Pinkney and Loucinda Fox Mays and their daughters. Photos provided by Ed Lyons.
11/15/07 Added Jackson Mays headstone photo. Added photo of Hardy and Erva Mays Teague.
11/15/07 Added photo of Wittenburg School 1938, Reese School and EllenDale School, Alexander Co, NC.
11/18/07 Added Alfred Burton Mays family.
11/18/07 Added Obit for Rhondle Henry Mays.
11/20/07 Added Obit for Vicki Lee Beal Markham.
12/6/07 Added Obit for Alda Drum Crouse Bumgarner.
12/31/07 Added Julius Pinkney Hoyle and Barbara Caroline Smith Family.
12/31/07 Added Parital listing of Sunset Cemetery, Caldwell Co, NC.
1/5/08 Updated Julius Pinkney Hoyle page with Betty Lou Jane Hoyle Duncan and Julius Elmore Duncan grave photo.
1/5/08 Updated Alfred Burton Mays page with Alfred Pinkney and Anne Vanessa Mays grave photo.
1/12/08 Updated Brookford Obituary Page.
1/14/08 Updated Brookford Articles Page.
1/17/08 Added Mary Mays Smith Obit.
1/19/08 Updated Sunset Hills Cemetery, Granite Falls, Caldwell Co, NC.
1/27/2008 Updated Tennesse Norton Noe Gosnell page.
1/28/2008 Updated Brookford Obituaries page.
2/2/2008 Added Headstone photos for Ezekial Hulin, Nancy Harrison Hulin and Gloria Bell Hulin. - Photos taken by Sandi Hugg.
2/3/2008 Added Obit for Pearl Miller Freeman.
2/9/2008 Added Grave photo for Fred Lawrence and Mary Bryte Carpenter Brown.
2/9/2008 Added my note on Matilda Mays Page.
2/9/2008 Updated William Maynor Page.
2/9/2008 Updated Berry Banks Page.
2/9/2008 Updated Henry Pope Page.
2/15/2008 Updated Daniel C. Benfield Page.
2/17/2008 Updated Mary Payne Page.
2/19/2008 Updated Daniel C. Benfield Page.
2/23/2008 Added Etta Rachel Massey Chandley Family.
2/24/2008 Added a Iredell Co, NC Troutman Family Page.
2/27/2008 Updated the Iredell Co, NC. Troutman Page.
2/29/2008 Updated Nancy Caroline Julian and William Fox Page.
3/1/2008 Added Obit for Earl Durant Mayes, Sr. #204.
3/1/2008 Added Obit for Alice Sipes Mays.
3/1/2008 Added Obit for Exie Miller Shook.
3/3/2008 Added George Luther Detter page.
3/4/2008 Added Arthur Joe Franklin Propst Family.
3/6/2008 Updated Concord Presbyterian Church Loray, Iredell Co, NC.
3/8/2008 Added grave photos for Earl Durant Mayes, John Durant Mayes, Herman Wesley Mayes, Lula Blanche Mayes, William Claude Mayes, Elmer S Mayes, Glenn Eugene Mayes and Florence Victoria McLelland Tucker and Alfred Scott Tucker to the Robert Mays page.
3/8/2008 Updated Rufus Philo Pope Page.
3/8/2008 Updated George Luther Detter Page.
3/11/2008 Updated John Knox Pope page.
3/12/08 Added James Forney Caldwell and Zettie Ida Dellinger Family.
3/16/2008 Added grave photo of James Franklin Finger.
3/16/2008 Updated John Miller page.
3/17/2008 Added Henry Miller family. Son of Noah Miller and Leah Hefner.
3/22/2008 Added Jacob M Miller and Elizabeth Fulbright family. Jacob was the son of John Miller and Barbara Bobst.
3/22/2008 Updated Rufus Philo Pope page.
3/22/2008 Updated Candes Levina Pope Page.
3/23/2008 Updated Sally Fulbright Drowned Daughter of David James Fulbright. Landmark of Statesville 4/30/1907. Provided by James W Miller, Jr.
3/28/2008 Updated John Hoyle page. Added Grave photos for John Asbury Hoyle and Alice Harriet Frye Hoyle.
3/28/2008 Updated Robert Mays page. Added grave photos for James Columbus Mays and Annie Lou Laxton Mays.
3/29/2008 Updated Brookford Obituaries Page.
4/3/2008 Updated Hiram Mays page. Added Obit for H F Queen, married to Hiram's youngest daughter.
4/5/2008 Added John B Campbell Family. John married Dorcy "Dovie" Mays daughter of Absolom Mays and Jane Walker. Absolom was the son of Benjamin Mays and Susannah "Sooky" Brown.
4/6/2008 Added Sidney Miller and Susan Price Family. Research By James W. Miller, Jr.
4/6/2008 Updates John B Campbell page. Added Grave Photos for Robert Franklin Campbell and Jessie Bentley Campbell, Elizabeth J Campbell.
4/7/2008 Added Milas Gavin Mays Family. Son of Jackson Mays and Orpha Mahala POPE.
4/8/2008 Updated Matilda Mays page.
4/11/2008 Updated Matilda Mays page. Added at least 20 new grave photos for this family.
4/12/2008 Updated Joseph Caldwell Mays and Sarah "Sallie" McLain page. Added Obit for their son James A Mays.
4/13/2008 Added Obituaries for burials at Troutman Cemetery, Iredell Co, NC.
4/15/2008 Added Obit for Cephas Lafayette Mitchell. Husband of Cora Mays. Cora was the daughter of Joseph Caldwell Mays and Sarah "Sallie" Jane McLain.
4/21/2008 Added Obit for Kimberly Rae Kirby Mays.
4/26/2008 Added Obit's for James Melvin Shaver Jr. and Edmon Osborne Shaver. Sons of James Melvin Shaver, Sr and Clementine Hall Furches.
5/4/2008 Added Obit for Ronald Coleman Shuford.
5/5/2008 Added grave photos of Camp Carolwood, Buffalo Cove, Caldwell Co, NC on the Robert Mays page, Cozart page and Mary Payne page.
5/11/2008 Added Photos for John Valentine Brown, Sewell Roosevelt Brown and John Nelson Brown on the John Brown page.
5/18/2008 Added Obit for Christopher "Chris" Shane Herman.
5/21/2008 Added Obit for Noel Denton Benfield son of William David Benfield and Amy Lillian Moose.
5/25/2008 Added Photos of John Valentine Brown family. Photos provided by Ida Mae Banks Pate, daughter of Gaither and Pauline Helen Israel Banks. Pauline was the step-daughter of John Valentine Brown.
5/25/2008 Added Photos of Gaither Berry Banks and Pauline Helen Israel. Photos provided by Ida Mae Banks Pate, daughter of Gaither and Pauline Helen Israel Banks.
5/25/2008 Added Photo of Gaither Berry Banks and Woodfin Sevier "Polly" Banks. Sons of Goldman Brice Banks and Harriet Maynor.
6/7/2008 Added Photo of Turkey Creek Baptist Church, Buncombe Co, NC. Used for a School until 1920. Some of John Valentine Brown's Children and step-children are in the photo.
6/7/2008 Added Death Certificates for Thomas Caney Brown, Mark Wiley Brown, Canie Napolean Brown and Robert Maynor
6/7/2008 Added lots of death certificate's, so many I can't list them all.
6/11/2008 Added grave photos of Frances Nathan Mays and Helen Minerva Smith Mays. Photo's taken by findagrave volunteer Tom Reece. Thanks Tom!
6/21/2008 Added photos of John C Miller and Cordie Payne and Henry C Miller and Minnie Mays. Photos provided by James Miller, Jr.
6/22/2008 Added Charles Robert Lail Obit.
6/23/2008 Added lots of photos for Jackson Mays family. Photos provided by Ed Lyons.
7/3/2008 Added Photos of Fletcher Cemetery, Peter Lentz Tomb and Martin B Lance among other graves. Photos Provided by Tony Pope.
7/16/2008 Added Photos of Sidney Miller and Susan Price and their children: Annie Pearl, Noah, Robert Lee, Roxanna and Florence. Photos provided by James Miller Jr.
8/23/2008 Added Obit for Esther Hilderbrand Crouse.
8/30/2008 Added Obit for Paul Melanchton Miller. Paul was the son of son of James Sylvester Miller and Rose Lee Witherspoon Miller.
9/20/2008 Added Grave Photos for Willie Austin Smith, Mary Mae "Mamie" Truesdale Smith and Lt. Col. Marion H. Smith.
1/11/2009 Added Photo of Juanita Fox Beal and her Mother.
3/22/2009 Added Photos of Mary Louisa Hartley Mays and Martha Caroline Mays Greer. Photos provided by Denise Burja.
8/23/2009 Photos of Berry and Louisa Penix Banks headstones.
12/11/2009 Added Obits for Ava Lee Banks Spangler and Shirley Ann Banks Gosnell.
12/31/09 Added Obit for Virgina Mae Crouse Pope.
12/31/09 Added Obit for Clyde and Mary Lou Workman Sprouse. Provided by their daughter Brenda Sprouse Suggs.
12/31/09 Added photo of Clyde and Mary Lou Workman Sprouse and their children Larry and Brenda.
12/31/09 Added grave photo of Clyde and Mary Lou Workman Sprouse. Photo provided by Brenda Sprouse Suggs.
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