My people are from Cleveland County, which used to be part of Rutherford County. My great-great-grandfather William Covington is buried in the Zion Church Cemetery outside Shelby, NC, beside his first wife Rhoda Covington and his second wife Mary Rincie Green Covington. One of his sons, Richard Champion Covington, my great-grandfather, is buried in the Double Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Shelby, NC. One of his sons, my grandfather, Wayne E. Covington, is buried in the Double Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Shelby, NC. I have lists of siblings.