Let me try this: I'll try breaking it up. It will be tedious to read, but maybe this will work. Lynn **************************************************************************** ** My deepest gratitude to Peggy TOWNSEND for allowing me to reproduce her hard work from Vanishing Ancestors. Peggy, may you be in Heaven a hundred years before the devil knows you're dead. God bless you for letting me copy this. Your type script was read in 99% of its entirety by my OCR program, and all I had to do was format it to send it out! I tried to put it in columns, but that I could not do, no matter how hard I tried. Sorry about that, folks. This is somewhat long, but this is the best I could do. Lynn **************************************************************************** ***** Raft Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery Rev. Roy Tyner March 28, 1886 September 17, 1939 Wife of Roy Tyner Susan Bruce Jan. 12, 1890 September 22, 1965 Elias Warren Tyner Dec. 10, 1853 Aug. 11, 1937 (son of Benjamin Tyner & Mary Ann Prevatte) Elizabeth Townsend Tyner November 13, 1860 Feb. 25, 1936 (dau. of Alfred & Peggy Townsend) William Berry Tyner December 14, 1890 Dec. 29, 1961 NC Pvt. US Army WW I Beulah Stone Tyner B. Oct. 15, 1906 - Sandy Tyner B. Dec. 14, 1888 D. Dec 22, 1967 Wife - Lora B. Oct. 12, 1890 D. Dec. 9, 1947 Lewis Edward Tyner B. July 5, 1849 D.Dec. 20, 1924 Wife- Martha Barnes Tyner B. May 16, 1854 D. May 13, 1945 Twin Daughters of WH & Margaret Tyner. May 8, 1943 Etta Tyner B. April 19, 1855 D. June 8, 1924 Caroline Tyner B. Dec 5, 1868 D. Dec. 22, 1916 William Asbury Tyner (son John Tyner & Etta Prevatte) B. Jan 27, 1876 D. Nov 3, 1964 Laura Caroline Prevatte Wife of William Asbury Tyner B. Sept 17, 1879 D. April 27, 1965 John M. Tyner B. Feb. 19, 1875 D. July 30, 1955 Bennie Tyner NC Pvt. US Army WW I B. Sept. 28, 1895 D. July 3, 1961 Luther B. Tyner D. Sept. 18, 1971 (Luther Benjamin was B.July 14,1892 the son of Benjamin Tyner and Mary E. Ausley) Ellen G. Tyner(dau. of Ed. Lewis) B. Nov. 17, 1892 D. Aug. 24, 1957 (wife of Luther B. Tyner) ) Rev. John Prevatte B. Mar. 11, 1845 D. July 4, 1922 Wife Martha J. B. Nov. 30, 1847 D. June 26, 1926 Ben J. Tyner B. Dec. 5, 1861 D. Jan. 11, 1946 (son of Ben Tyner & MaryAnn Prevatte) Downie Ausley Wife of Ben J. Tyner B. Feb. 5, 1871 D. Nov. 1, 1903 Lacy Tyner B. Oct. 27, 1894 D. March 12, 1957 James J Prevatte B-. Nov. 2, 1798 D. Sept. 5, 1862 He gave the land on which Raft Swamp Church is built and paid pastor's salary for first year. Nancy Prevatte wife of FG Odum, Sr. B. Feb. 13, 1843 D. May 14, 1907 Charlie B Odum B. April 8, l853 D. June 20, 1915 Henry Prevatte Jan. 24, 1825 D. June 20, 1835 (broken stone on pile at back of cemetery- ) Jerry Odum B. May 18, 1883 D. Jan. 6, 1958 Jackson P. Townsend NC Pvt. 9 Regt. FA Refl Draft WW I B. Sept. 2, 1896 D. July 27, 1968 Elias Prevatte B. Dec. 9, 1842 D. Sept 22, 1904