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Cemetery: Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery
Other: Lutheran Church Cemetery
Sign: No
Street: Lexington Avenue
City: Spencer, NC
Township:
County: Rowan County
State: NC
Nation: USA
Zip: 28039
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Directions: On Salisbury Street go to Real's Variety Store and take Lexington Avenue to the right of the store.  The cemetery is a block and a half from Reals's on the left near a large water tower.
Type: Road-public
Location: Suburban-developed
Terrain: Hillside
Watersource: No
Features: trees, overgrowth
Land Type: Public
Access: Open
Enclosure: None
Gate: None
Established: 1890?
Gravestones: 70
Oldest: 1890
Newest: 1925
Removed: Unknown
Relocated: No
Repairs: No
Methods:
Restoration: No
Association: Unsure
Records: Yes
Inventory: Yes
Records location: Rowan Co., Cemeteries, Gen. Society of Rowan Co., Vol. II and also by author, Claude Norris, March 1988
Landscaping:
Paths: Yes
Trees:
Crypts:
Fencing: Yes
Walkways:
Brickwork:
Ironwork: Yes
Sculpture: Yes
Fountains:
Roads:
Buildings:
Cement: Yes
Granite: Yes
Marble: Yes
Native Stone: Yes
Slate:
Other Stone:
Wood:
Materials:
Architectural: Yes
Angels: Yes
Draperies:
Fraternal:
Hands: Yes
Lambs: Yes
Monograms:
Plants:
Photos:
Religious:
Scrollwork:
Urns:
Other_Carvings:
Condition: Cemetery neglected
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried: Yes
Weather problems: Yes
Pollution problems: Yes
Vandalized: Yes
Police report: No
VA: Gravestones-Overturned
VA: Gravestones-Broken
VA: Gravestones-Stolen
Overgrowth: Graves-Disturbing
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Disturbing
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Damaging
Vegetation: Trees
Vegetation: Ground-Cover
Vegetation: Vines
Drainage: Good
Problem: Apathy
Owner: Cemetery
Use:
Bordering: Transportation
Change: Same
Reason:
Visited: Rarely
Archeology: Unknown
Habitat: Unknown
Contacted: Mayor Buddy Gettys, Southern Railway, Christ Lutheran Church

Surnames

Anderson, Astroglow, Bowles, BRYSON, Bullock, Callcott, Dean, Earnhardt, File, Folger, Freeman, Griffin, Grissom, Grubb, Hill, Hoover, Howell, Iddings, Jacobs, Johnson, Jones, Ketchie, Leonard, Loflin, Mims, McDonald, Norris, Page, Pemberton, Penick, Rusher, Sapp, Sifford, Smiley, Smith, Sowers, Stafford, Surratt, Swicegood, Weadon

Other Information

I have contacted the local authorities involved with this cemetery and they do not care.

Support

Mayor Buddy Gettys Rowan Co 704-636-0917 bgettys468.com

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name: Robin Bryson
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Date: 2-01-2002