Providence Methodist Church Cemetery
Round O, South Carolina
located at the corner of Kelly Bay Road and
Lindsey Road (both unpaved)
off Round O Road between Alternate 17
and Highway 61, east of Round O.
The Providence
Methodist Church is on Round O Road.
Tombstone transcriptions can be found on pages 203-205:
Cemetery Inscriptions of Lower Colleton County, South Carolina
by the Old St. Bartholomew Genealogical Chapter
Copyright 2000
Photographs of some individual tombstones:
Elizabeth S. Risher
Wife of
B. L. Risher
Oct 14 1836
Nov 28 1922
Having served her generation
by the will of God she fell asleep
B.L. Risher
Born
August 27, 1826
Died
Feb. 20, 1888
Not lost bless thought
but gone before
Where we shall meet to part
no more
Oren B. Risher and Blanche C. Risher
Oren B.
Sept 29, 1888
Dec. 18, 1977
Blanche C.
Aug. 3, 1891
June 13, 1980
(monument erected by their daughter -
they are buried in Ft. Denaud Cemetery, Hendry
Co, FL)
Thomas Raysor Risher
Oct. 31, 1858
Feb. 9, 1937
Alice Rowell
Wife of
T. R. Risher
Oct 24, 1865
Nov. 2, 1923
She was a kind and affectionate wife, a fond
mother, and a friend to all.
Leonidas M. Risher
May 28, 1882
July 13, 1929
Zilla Bailey Risher
July 10, 1886
Oct. 9, 1948
Gone but not forgotten
Willard Risher
July 3, 1915
Nov. 19, 1981
Gone but not forgotten
Chalmers H. Risher
Oct. 27, 1907
July 16, 1932
Gone but not forgotten
Pauline Victoria Risher
Nov. 9, 1920
Dec. 19, 1973
SACRED
To the memory of
My Husband
Benjamin Risher **
Born October 5th 1805
April 20th 1874
He died as he lived
Trusting in Jesus
SACRED
To the Memory of
_______
Mary S. Risher **
She was born February 24, 1841
She died Nov. 8th, 1861
Blessed are the dead which d___
in the Lord from hereefor ___
Yea saith the ____ may
rest from their labor
_______
B. Risher
Sept. 1853
Aug. 18, 1927
**The tombstones of Benjamin Risher and Mary Risher (his daughter) were relocated here. These graves are listed in the Cemeteries of Upper Colleton County as being in the Sheider, Raysor, Risher Cemetery on Highway 61, 11 miles north of Walterboro.