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Joy Steele (#47692968)
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Bio Photo We live in the small town of Cleveland, NC, of western Rowan County, with easy access to Salisbury of Rowan Co., Statesville and other towns of Iredell County, Mocksville area in Davie Co. and most within 20 miles of us. Several cemeteries are within 5 miles of home including a few in our town.
As an active member and volunteer at Third Creek Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, which maintains a pre-Revolutionary War cemetery as part of its grounds, I'm privileged to help update the very detailed records, totaling over 650 gravestones we can see. We are willing to look up information on both graves we can photograph and those we know are recorded but cannot be seen.
This area is full of historical cemeteries, some of which are still in use. Some are out-of-the-way and others are not. This means being smart with my trips to take photographs in them. Unfortunately, some requests are guesses which can lead to area volunteers wasting fuel and time trying to fill a request. I do my homework and double check the validity in the county cemetery records at our great Rowan County Library History room just to keep that from happening.
Family names being researched for my husband's side are Steele, Chambers, Graham, Knox, Brandon, Cowan, Wilson, Luckey, Locke. My family is Hutcheson, Ellis, Launius/Lanius, Reynolds, Potts, Durham, Chaffin, Dudley, Chiles, Smith, and Johnson.

I will gladly transfer memorials if they are not our family. Please ask for them. And feel welcome to use my memorial photos for genealogical purposes. Just give me credit.
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Robert
Thank You
for the photograph of Ms. Longs headstone, I really appreciate it.
Added by Robert on May 21, 2013 2:00 PM
Henry Webber
Sally & David Beard
Joy,
Thank you so very much for the tombstone photo's for Sally & David. I appreciate it so much. Henry Webber
Added by Henry Webber on May 19, 2013 8:14 AM
Leslie Banks
Third Creek Gravestone
I'd like to thank you and Pam for taking these awesome photos. I really appreciate it.
Added by Leslie Banks on May 13, 2013 5:34 PM
Robert
Thank You
for the photographs of the Kennedy headstone, I really appreciate it.
Added by Robert on May 10, 2013 8:42 PM
Leslie Banks
Niblock Gravestone
I have updated the entry.
Find A Grave Memorial# 110290909

I have also added a few more memorials. Please consider fulfilling them. Thank you.
Added by Leslie Banks on May 10, 2013 6:11 AM
Henry Webber
Beulah Beard Davis
Joy,
Thank you so much for the tombstone photo for Beulah. Glad that you were able to find it. Appreciate it so much, Henry Webber
Added by Henry Webber on May 09, 2013 8:01 PM
Henry Webber
Beulah and Bertha Davis
Joy,
Thanks so much for the tombstone photo for Beulah and Bertha. I appreciate you taking your time to do this.
Im wondering if Beulah Beard Davis don't have a stone. Thanks for checking for her stone. I have added her parents David Rockwell Beard and Sally Lingle Beard and requested photo's. They are also buried in Section 2W.
Thanks so much, Henry Webber
Added by Henry Webber on May 09, 2013 8:01 AM
Donald Lawson
Dwiggins
Thanks for the photo, would you be able to add the photo to her husband John Helse Beck Dwiggins?

Don
Added by Donald Lawson on May 04, 2013 11:12 AM
Digger
Union Chapel Baptist Cemetery
Joy:
Thanks for the photo of William Marlow's headstone. Your help is greatly appreciated.
Added by Digger on May 03, 2013 7:41 PM
Henry Webber
Davis Tombstone Photo
Joy,
Thanks so much for the tombstone photo for Lula Davis and her son, John Davis. I appreciate you taking your time to do this. Thanks, Henry Webber
Added by Henry Webber on May 03, 2013 7:15 AM
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