The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Edmond Whitehead Cemetery in Duplin County, NC.
Location: from Hwy # 41 turn on Hwy # 111 pass Ludie Brown Rd (SR#1871) and cemetery will be on the left before you reach Willie Hatcher Rd (SR#1816) behind a mobile home.
African American Cemetery
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View photos of the headstones here.
GPS Coordinates:
34.84245 N
77.78459 W
The epitaphs are as follows:
Alexandria Whitehead
Jul 29 1886
Oct 6 1953
Buried Stone
Unreadable
Susanna
Wife of
? Whitehead
1858
Apr 8 1926
Stone 1/2 buried
Edmond Whitehead
Jan 26 1852
Feb 10 1924
Chydie O Whitehead
Aug 5 1857
Oct 29 1916
Stone flipped over
Unreadable
Missing Stone
Theo Andrew Whitehead
May 31 1882
Dec 16 1956
Lillian M Whitehead
1888-1979
Thelmus Whitehead
1920-1967
Samuel Garris
Nov 12 1935
Mar 5 1989
Katie G Braan
Dec 7 1938
Sep 18 1990
James Edmond Whitehead
US Army
World War II
Nov 6 1922
May 23 2002
Katie G Whitehead
Oct 4 1914
Dec 19 2005
Unmarked Grave
Joseph Nick Stokes
Mar 14 1933
Apr 20 1962
Severa J Hill
Mar 5 1922
May 12 1990
Leah Carroll Hill
Jan 1 1893
Jan 20 1966
MM
Unreadable
Luther J Stokes
Mar 3 1891
Dec 10 1967
Flossie H Stokes
Oct 15 1893
Sep 9 1991
Franklin Hill
1940-1993
Ockey Hill
1886
Dec 21 1926
Buried Stone
Unreadable
Margaret B
Wife of
Voil Hill
Nov 2 1920
Nov 19 1956
Double Stone
Chasten
Josephine
Jun 25 1880
Jul 7 1952
Lonnie
Sep 6 1879
May 12 1926
Ada Hill
Jul 1923
Age about
35 yrs
Double Stone
J N Hill
Died
Jan 21 1920
Age 64
Denah Hill
Died
Sep 2 1908
Age 60
Josephine P
Wife of
J P Judge
1877
Feb 9 1929
J P Judge
Nov 15 1871
Sep 28 1948
Flipped Stone
Unreadable
Margie Anna
Wife of
D B Whitehead
Aug 21 1870
Mar 14 1909
Double Stone
Whitehead
Derry B
Jul 4 1858
Jun 19 1924
Margie Anna
Aug 21 1871
Mar 14 1904
* Note difference
in death years with
previous stone
Bernice W Rowe
Sep 28 1933
Jul 30 2011
James Hemphill Jr
Dec 20 1929
Mar 4 1991
Johnnie Whitehead
Jan 26 1914
Oct 10 1974
Lorenzo Whitehead
Mar 5 1890
Sep 15 1978
Cora D Whitehead
May 29 1896
Mar 16 1947
Double Stone
Whitehead
Cora B
May 29 1896
Mar 16 1947
Lorenzo
Mar 5 1890
NOD
Infant
Daughter of
Earnest C & Adele W Jones
Aug 30 1962
Aug 30 1962
Ernest C Jones
Mar 29 1922
Feb 24 1983
FS
Ernest Cralle Jones
TSGT Marine Corps
World War II
Mar 29 1929
Feb 24 1983
Double Stone
Brother and Sister
Alfred Lee Graham
Aug 9 1928
May 1 1958
Virginia R Washington
Oct 9 1920
Aug 1 1956
Willie F Crooms
Jan 12 1944
Jul 6 1969
Samuel Croom
1905-1972
Unmarked Stone
Unmarked Grave
Lillian Houston Send your questions (and thanks) directly to Lillian.
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