B W Mathews Cemetery

Duplin County, NC

Surveyed by Lillian and Pearl Houston August 2007
Resurveyed September 2011




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the B W Mathews Cemetery in Duplin County, NC.

Location: In Rose Hill take Pope Rd. Cemetery is 1 mile on the left in a field, very hard to see and extremely overgrown.

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    GPS Coordinates:
    34.81128 N
    77.67884 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    William David Matthews Jul 14 1895 Dec 21 1960 Dollie L Mathews Dec 22 1904 Dec 24 1904 Sarah M Mathews Wife of J W Mathews Nov 24 1861 Apr 19 1917 James William Matthews Oct 11 1845 Oct 11 1944 Fannie A Wife of W A Everett Oct 21 1891 Feb 2 1919 Sarah C Mathews Oct 26 1850 Jan 23 1922 Broken Stone NOI Sarah E Mathews Mar 11 1827 Nov 23 1906 B W Mathews Jun 21 1818 Feb 8 1915 Double Stone Howell James B Feb 2 1911 Dec 25 1954 Thelma M Feb 23 1911 NOD I Hall Peterson Died Apr 22 1895 Age 37 years Infant Babies of B F & H E Mathews Jul 25 1903 William Sloan Son of B F & H E Mathews Mar 11 1905 Aug 20 1905 Infant Son of B F & H E Mathews Helen Elizabeth Harrell Wife of B F Matthews Feb 19 1871 Feb 23 1941 B F Matthews Dec 29 1866 Jul 12 1926 Basheby C Wells Died Oct 29 1916 Age 70 years Heubert Lee Infant Son Of A H & Maggie U Mathews Oct 18 1911 Jan 5 1912 Mary Elizabeth Daughter of Lester & Gertrude Fussell Oct 26 1923 Feb 20 1925 Double Stone Matthews Maggie U Dec 13 1876 Jun 11 1942 Archie Henry Feb 29 1872 Mar 23 1928 Cole Monument Charlie Henry Cole North Carolina US Army Sep 16 1928 Dec 21 1957 Van Jones Jr District of Columbus Pvt 16 Infantry 1 Duv World War II Jun 7 1923 Nov 17 1944 Joan Daughter of J B & Thelma Howell Nov 10 1932 Jun 6 1933

    Lillian Houston Send your questions (and thanks) directly to Lillian.

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