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REDDIES RIVER BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY
Burials 1880 - Current

Google Earth Coordinates: 36 15 32.80N, 81 16 59.25W

Reddies River Cemetery
Reddies River Baptist Church Cemetery

Location: About 100 yards northeast of Old Hwy 16 in the Reddies River Community, Wilkes County, NC.

Reddies River Baptist Church Cemetery
Early graves of the Colvard and Whittington families are in the foreground.

Leonard Whittington Alexander Whittington
Grave site of Leonard Whittington - great, great grandfather of Ethel Walker.
Grave site of Col. Alexander Whittington - great grandfather of Ethel Walker.

Wade Hampton Colvard
Grave sites of Wade Hampton and Phoebe Vannoy Colvard - great grandparents of Ethel Walker

Charles Cicero Colvard
Grave sites of Charles Cicero and Laura Whittington Colvard - grandparents of Ethel Walker

100+ Graves

The list below is not an all inclusive list of graves in this cemetery.
Only those related to the ancestry of Grover and Harrison Shepherd are listed.

With the exception of Col. Alexander Whittington and Leonard Whittington, all the grave sites listed below contain descendants of John (Jr) and Pheobe Shepherd.

Several of these are also direct ancestors of Ethel Walker, wife of Grover Shepherd.
Ethel's direct ancestors are in bold type.

Deceased Birth Death Parents
Leonard Whittington Jul. 24, 1770 Feb. 12, 1856 William & Catherine Halfax Whittington - great, great, great grandparents of Ethel Walker
Col. Alexander G. Whittington Mar. 20, 1811 May 23, 1890 Leonard & Sarah Kilby Whittington
Rachel A. Colvard Whittington Jan. 23, 1846 Jun. 22, 1891 Wade Hampton & Phebe Vannoy Colvard
Wade Hampton Colvard July 9, 1805 Jun. 29, 1880 William & Rachel Berry Colvard
Phebe Vannoy Colvard
wife of Wade Hampton Colvard		 July 27, 1816 Nov. 30, 1892 James & Sarah Shepherd Vannoy
Charles Cicero Colvard Jan. 21, 1849 Jul. 5, 1876 Wade Hampton & Phebe Vannoy Colvard
Laura Whittington Colvard
wife of Charles Cicero Colvard, and 2nd wife of his brother Thomas Jefferson Colvard		 Jun. 11, 1855 Jan. 25, 1909 Alexander & Susannah Vannoy Whittington
Phoeba Colvard Nov. 15, 1875 Sep. 7, 1885 Charles Cicero & Laura Whittington Colvard
Ella Maie Colvard Nov. 18, 1899 Sep. 13, 1910 Charles H. & Elizabeth Vannoy Colvard
Laura E. Colvard Oct. 27, 1885 Oct. 25, 1886 Thomas Jefferson & 2nd wife Laura Whittington Colvard
Thornton Staley Feb. 14, 1844 Jan. 2, 1918 Adam & Nancy Kilby Staley
Hamilton D. Staley Mar. 20, 1887 Apr. 1, 1951 Thornton & Susan Dancy Staley
Adam Abraham Staley Apr. 22, 1876 Jul. 19, 1955 Thornton & Susan Dancy Staley
Ambrose Gordon Shepherd Sep. 6, 1882 Apr. 7, 1956 D. Franklin & Sarah Ann Whittington Shepherd
Plato F. Shepherd Feb. 16, 1908 Oct. 14, 1926 Ambrose & Maude Bare Shepherd
James Harvey Vannoy Mar. 9, 1826 Feb. 24, 1898 James & Sarah Shepherd Vannoy
Enoch Noah Vannoy Aug. 1, 1868 Nov. 21, 1928 James & Sarah Shepherd Vannoy
Pansy Vannoy Church Aug. 18, 1906 April 18, 1936 Enoch Noah & Ida Whittington Vannoy
Lewis V. Vannoy Nov. 22, 1840 Jan. 1, 1927 James & Sarah Shepherd Vannoy
Roby B. Vannoy Aug. 14, 1886 Apr. 5, 1965 Lewis & Mary Whittington (2nd wife) Vannoy
Henry Neil Vannoy Jan. 29, 1870 Jun. 9, 1909 Lewis & Louise Burkett Vannoy
Edgar Louis Vannoy Jan. 25, 1909 Jul. 28, 1920 Henry Neil & Sallie Colvard Vannoy
Ora Elvira Vannoy May 9, 1904 Jan. 15, 1950 Henry Neil & Sallie Colvard Vannoy
Mabel Louise Vannoy Dec. 21, 1906 Jul. 17, 1920 Henry Neil & Sallie Colvard Vannoy


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