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for Cherokee County

Bear Paw Church & Cemetery

My thanks to Sandra Ratledge for providing these photos and data.



This is Bear Paw Baptist Church in Cherokee County, NC.
The church cemetery is located on a hill above the church.
This picture is shot from the road to the cemetery.




Thomas Styles



Louisa (Smith) Styles



NameBornDied
Nancy Allen8/11/18503/11/1931
James Barnes
aged 48 years, 1 mo., 26 days
6/13/18118/09/1859
Susanna Barnes9/23/181310/14/1886
Nora Bell Burger12/04/18873/12/1912
Dethia Mae Campbell2/10/192111/12/1933
J.B. Campbell10/05/19218/12/1922
Bertha Ann Cash
wife of James Comer Cash
10/12/19054/30/1988
James Comer Cash
GA PFC Co. K 12th INF BSM-PH WWII
3/29/19147/23/1966
Carl Wesley Chancey12/01/19706/08/1989
Garfield H. Clark2/04/19081/30/1985
John L. Crain
husband of Mary A. Crain
11/11/18659/22/1905
Mary A. Crain4/05/18652/17/1941
Davis
4 sons of Mr. & Mrs. T.A. Davis
no other
names or
dates

Robert Decker5/01/189110/18/1918
Amy Michelle Doggett
infant dau. of Robert & Mellissia Doggett
7/12/19868/23/1986
Fred A. Fair2/18/19112/20/1911
Jessie B. Fair
dau. of W.A. & S.T. Fair
4/28/18971/12/1911
W.P. Fair1/26/18661/17/1939
Mrs. W.P. Fair5/05/18715/13/1939
Enoch Farmer
Co. C 3rd TN MTD INF


C.M. Floyd
husband of Dora Floyd
6/29/18881/23/1980
Dora Floyd
wife of C.M. Floyd
7/22/18885/12/1967
Geneva S. Floyd
wife of Lester R. Floyd
7/30/1936
George A. Floyd4/25/18708/02/1901
Gilbert Charles Floyd19221988
Harvey Floyd
infant son of Mr. & Mrs. George Floyd


Jane Floyd
wife of George Floyd
9/111/18663/05/1952
Lester R. Floyd
husband of Geneva S. Floyd
1/10/1927
W.H. Floyd Infant
2 markers


Evelyn Mashburn Gray
dau. of George P. & Frances C. Mashburn
wife of James Alexander Gray
9/04/193011/09/1991
Sylvia Williamson Green18931930
Ada Ann Headrick
wife of George McKinley Headrick
11/15/19005/27/1980
George McKinley Headrick
NC PVT HQ Co & Fa Repl Draft WWI
10/17/18964/12/1954
Note from Mary Reese Bell -- In reviewing the list from Bearpaw Baptist Church Cemetary, Hiwassee Dam, NC; Ada Ann Headrick should read wife of George McKinley Reese not Headrick, George McKinley Headrick should read George McKinley Reese.
E.L. Hedrick8/08/1918
Emaline Hedrick8/18/18367/09/1885
Frank Hogsed1/24/19212/25/1940
A.H. Horton11/07/18383/01/1910
Martha Stiles Horton3/19/18523/07/1904
Alice Cunningham Johnson
wife of J.L. Johnson
5/09/18577/04/1914
Chesley E. Johnson5/01/18871/01/1889
David Johnson 3/23/180510/21/1880
Elizabeth Johnson
wife of David Johnson
18071/23/1893
Erwin Johnson8/19/19008/06/1928
Fred L. Johnson10/24/190510/13/1969
Infant Johnson
son of W.H. & Florence Johnson
1/12/19081/12/1908
James Johnson
husband of Mary Ball Johnson
10/01/18562/19/1944
John J. Johnson
2nd Lt. Co. A 29th Regt. NC Inf. CSA
18341865
John S. Johnson3/26/18527/05/1934
Joseph L. Johnson8/05/18586/22/1933
Margaret Johnson6/24/18522/24/1885
Mary Ball Johnson
wife of James Johnson
5/20/186010/10/1943
Thamer E. Johnson4/13/18971/31/1968
Winslow Ellis Kirkland6/01/19057/27/1976
Adalee Mashburn7/31/18724/05/1961
George Patton Mashburn7/11/19281/23/1973
Logan B. Mashburn
Co. A. Thomas' NC Legion CSA


Luther Mashburn3/15/19009/19/1923
Martha E. Mashburn4/05/183510/12/1908
Tillman C. Mashburn8/20/18714/26/1951
Nancy Allen Moody18971966
Mika Lynn Palmer6/09/1973
Teresa Hogsed Palmer1/05/19545/22/1989
Wilma Reese Parker
wife of Vincent Parker
2/13/19264/20/1990
J.P. Parnell4/13/18779/07/1910
Josephine Parnell12/10/18789/14/1962
Besse M. Payne
dau. of J.H. & Cynthia Payne
5/08/18997/29/1899
Cenia Payne
wife
18641942
Cynthia M. Payne12/15/186812/20/1943
Edward Payne
son of J.W. & M.J. Payne
6/04/19096/11/1909
Elizabeth Johnson Payne
wife of Thomas J. Payne
12/23/18373/02/1919
Icy Payne1/28/19013/02/1901
James H. Payne5/02/186812/25/1955
John T. Payne
Reverend
1/23/18621930
Josie J. Payne
infant of L.P. & S.P. Payne
3/02/19044/14/1905
L.P. Payne
husband of S.E. Payne
18751938
Lillie A. Payne9/02/186912/29/1942
S.E. Payne
wife of L.P. Payne
18771955
Payne
son of G.F. & S.E. Payne
11/26/18901/03/1891
Thomas J. Payne
Sgt. Co. F 2nd Reg E TN Cav
Co G 3rd Regt. TN Mtd. Inf.
husband of Elizabeth Payne
1/09/18367/30/1917
William P. Payne3/26/18738/29/1946
Virgie O. Payne
son of L.P. & S.P. Payne
7/24/19089/10/1908
Fran Hesita Peels9/06/195912/09/1959
Mary H. Picklesimer
wife of George Picklesimer
10/13/18439/01/1898
Emma G. Reese3/19/18637/06/1881
G.H. Reese8/05/18839/13/1884
Goldman W. Reese
Corp. US Army
1/25/19224/07/1974
Mary A. Reese
dau. of John Farrow
8/25/18328/23/1928
Moses F. Reese
Co F 2nd Regt TN CAV
1/13/182911/12/1912
Pauline Reese
dau. of Mr. & Mrs. G.M. Reese
11/08/19273/23/1938
Sarah Ann Reese
wife of W.H. Reese
5/05/186219__
W.H. Reese
husband of Sarah Ann Reese
1/30/18566/18/1935
Effie Johnson Roberson10/14/188311/19/1910
Dolphas Rodgers
aged 35 years

11/16/1907
Elizabeth Rogers
wife of H.W. Rogers
7/18/18538/26/1936
G.G. Rogers
son of H.W. and Elizabeth Rogers
9/15/18808/11/1897
H.W. Rogers
husband of Elizabeth Rogers
4/15/18577/11/1937
Henry O. Schenck
NC Sgt. 115M G BN 30th Div
7/24/1926
A.L. Simons8/20/18611/15/1927
Bessie Simonds11/03/189212/28/1910
Carl J. Simonds1/24/18991/15/1952
Elizabeth Simonds
wife of A.L. Simonds
11/05/186312/13/1944
J.J. Simonds
husband of Mary E. Simonds
1/01/18553/12/1930
John J. Simonds8/20/18854/08/1899
Lillie Simonds9/29/186612/05/1908
Luther Simonds1/06/18853/29/1901
Mary E. Simonds
wife of J.J. Simonds
4/17/18653/30/1913
Donald Ray Sneed
son of Mr. & Mrs. Pinkie Sneed
12/16/19364/12/1937
Edith M. Sneed
wife of J. Pinkie Sneed
5/29/1920
J. Pinkie Sneed
husband of Edith M. Sneed
11/06/190412/06/1961
Robert Dale Sneed
son of Mr. & Mrs. Pinkie Sneed
10/29/195911/05/1959
Arvil Stewart
Reverend
husband of Parthenia Stewart
8/12/19123/13/1987
Parthenia Stewart6/15/1916
Arvilee Stiles1/03/19161/03/1916
Benton Stiles9/13/188710/20/1922
Claude Stiles2/17/19182/02/1983
Cleam Stiles
son of Mr. & Mrs. J.G. Stiles
2/03/19322/09/1932
Clidia Stiles4/12/18915/04/1894
Clyde Ervin Stiles
NC PVT 7th Cav WWII
4/21/191412/11/1957
Cora Stiles11/01/189511/01/1895
Glen Stiles
son of John and Nolia P. Stiles
1/07/190911/30/1979
Ham Stiles
son of Q.W. & P.L. Stiles
8/19/19081/28/1909
Hariett Stiles
wife of T.G. Stiles
5/26/18542/06/1926
Homer Stiles
son of E.C. & Icey Stiles
3/06/19312/20/1932
J.M. Stiles7/09/184712/04/1903
John N. Stiles
husband of Nolia P. Stiles
5/12/18829/15/1962
Josie Stiles
dau. of W.Z. & Sarah Stiles
2/19/188812/11/1889?
Linton Stiles
son of Q.W. & P.L. Stiles
8/28/19007/09/1901
Louisa Stiles
wife of Thomas Styles (broken tombstone)

8/16/1910
Marcella Stiles
Mr. & Mrs. J.G. Stiles
11/16/19278/23/1929
Marion Stiles19231984
Mattie Stiles8/13/18852/29/1896
Maybell Stiles8/28/18793/20/1922
Nolia P. Stiles
wife of John N. Stiles
5/09/18826/09/1958
Normie Lee Stiles6-01.19188/08/1918
Oscar Lake Stiles
son of Hayes & Vesta Stiles
2/29/19364/04/1937
Pearlie Stiles
wife of Q.W. Stiles
5/25/18791/08/1930
Q.W. Stiles11/08/18755/11/1920
Ruth Stiles
dau. of Mr. & Mrs. J.G. Stiles
5/25/193010/23/1930
Sam Stiles
son of Q.W. & P.L. Stiles
8/19/190811/28/1910
Sarah Stiles
wife of W.Z. Stiles
3/15/18556/21/1934
Stella Jean Stiles
dau. of Mr. & Mrs. C.T. Stiles
4/20/193410/28/1935
T.G. Stiles5/04/18491/19/1929
W.Z. Stiles
husband of Sarah Stiles
2/23/185011/12/1907
Thomas Styles
Co. A 1st TN Scouts & Guides


James H. Thompson
husband of Martha Jane Thompson
11/20/185112/02/1928
Martha Jane Thompson
wife of James H. Thompson
7/22/18526/09/1933
Shirdon Totherow3/01/192012/28/1990
Florence Floyd Walker4/15/19197/11/1983
John E. Walker
NC TECS 489 Amph. Truck TC WWII
6/13/19175/14/1952
A.J. Williamson9/18/18656/27/1949
Dorothy Williamson9/10/19186/06/1923
H.L. Williamson9/19/18956/18/1923
L.W. Williamson4/19/190312/03/1923
Mary Williamson
wife of A.J. Williamson
5/28/18639/14/1925
Robert A. Williamson1/10/192010/31/1924
Vauliena Williamson12/20/19219/21/1924
Mira Willson7/14/183510/11/1905
Docia Russell Voyles
wife of W.L. Voyles

1912
Samuel H. Voyles
NC M. Sgt. US Air Force Retired WWII
6/13/190512/04/1965
Talitha Voyles
mother
18651907
W.L. Voyles18581916

Note: Guy Keenum writes: "An omission in your listing of people buried in Bearpaw Cemetery are two children of Wesley and Jennie Keenum. Although not identified individually, there is a marker indentifying them as Wes and Jennie's children."




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