Rice Cemetery
This small family cemetery is off Cowan Mill Road just west of its intersection with Bright Star Road – back in the woods behind Cowan Mill Church. There are ten graves that are identifiable by name, four others that are the infants of one family, and six that cannot be identified except as to whether they are the graves of children or adults.
Joel Rice
No dates known
Caroline VanSant Rice
W/o Joel Rice
Born abt 1813
Died 1909
Louisa Rice
Born 1831 (or perhaps 1841)
Died 1911
Barbara Rice
Born 1843
Death date unknown
James Rice
Born 1847
Death date unknown
Emanuel Rice
Born July 15, 1848
Died July 3, 1905
Winnie Freddie Teal
Born July 3, 1902
Died July 13, 1902
Infant d/o Sam Teal
Born and died November 28, 1903
Infant s/o Sam Teal
Born and died November 8, 1904
Samuel Theo Teal
Born April 26, 1908
Died June 15, 1908
James Theron Teal (twin of Samuel)
Born April 26, 1908
Died June 10, 1908
Eunice Mae Rice
D/o J.T. and M.L. Rice
Born February 16, 1889
Died September 1, 1891
Bessie Landers
Born abt 1806
Died 1906
Marlowe (Given name and gender not known)
No dates known
There are six additional graves – three adults and three children.
surveyed by Sandy Whittington