Mission AME Church Cemetery

documented by Sandy Roberts

This was a small church that I found while searching for the Quaker Meadows Cemetery. Since there were not a large number of graves, I thought I would document it, thereby helping someone who is out there searching. It is located in Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina off of Highway 181 on Piedmont Road. There was a plaque on the front of the church that stated that it was originally built in 1884 and rebuilt in 1945. There were a few areas where there were possibly unmarked graves and some that were unreadable. I hope to check with the Church in the near future to see if there are records that I can cross-reference for a more comprehensive list.

As with all things posted on my pages, these entries are as accurate as possible but there is no guarantee that I have translated difficult to read headstones correctly. If you find inaccurate listings for which you have documentation for the correct data, please contact me so that I can make the corrections available to others.

All listings are alphabetically listed by last name for convenience in searching, however, they are typed as listed on the headstone first, then last name followed by birth and death dates. I have included other information from the headstones which helps define family connections etc....

Surnames

AVERY, CALDWELL, CLARK, DAVIS, ERVIN, FLEMING, FORNEY, FULLWOOD, INGRAM, JOHNSON, MAX, PALMER, RUTHERFORD, SCOTT, SURRATT, TATE, THOMAS, WALDEN

Gilmore A. Avery April 29, 1901 - January 11, 1980

Jessie Ervin Avery January 25, 1906 - August 28, 1972

Joseph Avery born: May 19, 1911 died: (no date)

Lizzie F. Avery October 3, 1899 - 1988

Susie D. Avery born: May 13, 1928 died: no dates (if I remember correctly this was on a double stone so Ms. Avery may still be living)

Susie E. Avery May 14, 1922 - September 25, 1989

William A. Avery August 20, 1926 - October 10, 1993 US Navy WWII

Gordon Tate Caldwell August 2, 1925 - February 14, 1989 US Navy WWII

Lola Caldwell November 25, 1877 - June 11, 1958

Betty (Bettie) F. Clark November 30, 1900 - October 12, 1958

Lizzie J. Clark (no date on marker)

Monroe Clark (no dates)

Carolyn Davis March 16, 1945 - September 13, 1947

Florence Davis 1971 (only date, metal marker placed by Ebony Funeral Services)

Hamilton Davis February 18, 1903 - May 13, 1986

Mrs. Harriett C. Davis (no dates)

James "Bud" Davis Sr. 1899 - 1969

Jim Davis March 3, (no year date) - December 23, 1950 age 85 years

Julia Davis January 10, 1874 - November 14, 1959

Junious Davis June 16, 1906 - November 11, 1994

Kenneth John Eric Davis 1960 - 1963

Samuel H. Davis III January 7, 1947 - January 30, 1947

Sarah S. Davis March 8, 1903 - April 18, 1986

William P. Davis August 10, 1890 - April 6, 1957 NC Pvt 313 Service BN QMC WWI (metal marker placed by Ebony Funeral Services)

Willie W. Davis 1932 - 1957 (metal marker placed by Ebony Funeral Services)

Annie M. Ervin 1881 - 1974

Carl T. Ervin May 30, 1948 - May 23, 1963

Christine W. Ervin September 4, 1949 - September 19, 1995

James Boss Ervin May 19, 1916 - September 18, 1989

James Edward Ervin January 30, 1925 - January 15, 1988 US Navy Korea

John L. Ervin February 15, 1942 - May 23, 1963

Lizzie J. Ervin August 14, 1910 - December 31, 1988 (metal place marker next to the headstone read Lizzie Rosanna Johnson Ervin)

Mable O. Ervin 1914 - 1965

Michael A. Ervin July 13, 1952 - October 1, 1977 SP5 US Army Vietnam

Ralph T. Ervin April 12, 1937 - August 21, 1981

Will Ervin 1868 - 1961

Will Millard Ervin March 2, 1932 - September 2, 1984 US Army Korea

William Ervin Jr. March 13, 1910 - February 21, 1998

W. H. Fleming 1870 - 1930 wife Caroline McDowell

Cora H. Forney May 12, 1898 - August 6, 1965

Robert Lee Forney 1904 - 1991 (metal marker placed by Ebony Funeral Services)

Fullwood (no first name) 1907 - 1989 (metal marker placed by Kirksey Funeral Services)

Walter M. Fullwood January 27, 1921 - February 13, 1995 US Army

Mrs. Grace Ingram 1947 - 1988 (metal marker placed by Ebony Funeral Services)

Millard Johnson February 19, 1892 - December 23, 1975

Rebecca Johnson August 19, 1894 - April 8, 1941

Sophie (Sophia) Tate Johnson June 24, 1893

Edward Max 1920 - 1975 US Army WWII

Darrell Anthony Palmer Jr. 1989 (no other dates, metal marker placed by Kirksey Funeral Services)

Dana Denise Rutherford August 8, 1957 - January 8, 1982

Lessie Kanipe Rutherford July 27, 1932 - July 7, 1969

Lula B. Scott 1894 - 1970

Beatrice Surratt February 10, 1918 - July 23, 1972

Ada V. Tate 1892 - 1933

Essie Tate April 8, 1891 - March 22, 1960

Fred Tate 1910 - 1967

Loretta J. Tate April 14, 1925 - January 8, 1980

Norma J. Tate 1861 - 1995 (metal marker placed by Ebony Funeral Services)

Richard M. Tate Sr. March 16, 1916 - April 19, 1994 US Navy

Rose Tate 1892 - 198? (last digit missing, metal marker placed by Ebony Funeral Services)

Samuel A. Tate Sr. January 18, 1914 - February 9, 1993

W. H. Tate (no dates on the stone)

Captoria Allen Thomas July 6, 1920 - October 23, 1995

Hattie D. Thomas April 14, 1909 - August 25, 1989

Verona Thomas January 20, 1910 - August 25, 1999

Clara M. E. Walden September 21, 1928 (only date on the marker)

Larry Donnell Walden Jr. March 3, 1957 - October 2, 1983 Pvt US Army

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