Iron Mine Burial Park

Duplin County, NC

Surveyed by Lillian and Pearl Houston August 2007




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Iron Mine Burial Park in Duplin County, NC.

Location From Wallace Take # 41 West. Cemetery is on right after passing Iron Mine Road.

African American Cemetery



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    GPS Coordinates:
    34.74375 N
    78.12598 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Mrs. Virginia Murphy Aug. 3, 1931 Jun 6, 1965 Robert E. Bennett Jan. 22, 1934 May 9, 1992 Beaulah J. Bennett Sep 3, 1908 Dec. 30, 1992 Willie E. Bennett 1906-1977 MM Unreadable Estella H. Wife of Archie Bennett June 7, 1870 Nov. 10, 1930 MM Unreadable Wooden Marker Wooden Marker Aldora Highsmith Dec. 5, 1870 Dec. 16, 1943 Double Stone Hayes Hubert D Sept. 17, 1931 Aug. 19, 1990 Mary L. Oct. 28, 1935 Jan. 6, 1974 Ruth M. Hayes Wife of Chauncey Harrison Dec. 27, 1931 June 10, 1981 Charles D. Hayes Jan. 1906 Oct. 1969 Mary H. Newkirk Sept. 10, 1883 March 22, 1971 Ellen Jane Thompson Died Feb 01 0600 Age 86 years Mary Rebecca Hayes Wife of Henry C. Hayes Nov. 11, 1843 May 17, 1917 Henry C. Hayes Died May 8, 1884 Age 81 years Mary Catherine Hayes April 5, 1879 Dec. 16, 1938 Mary A. Hayes July 13, 1904 June 17, 2000 Norman M. Hayes Sept. 10, 1898 Jan. 29, 1969 Unmarked Grave Norman W. Hayes March 23, 1924 July 2, 1996 Jacqueline D. Hayes March 12, 1953 May 6, 2003 Bertha H. Lane Aug. 28, 1886 April 1, 1972 George C. Lane Aug. 4, 1876 Nov. 23, 1971 Annie R. McMillan April 26, 1915 July 10, 1967 Hellina H. Wife of Ben Herring Nov. 1, 1886 March 21, 1954 Clarence D. Son of Ben and Helen Herring July 9, 1918 Feb. 7, 1922 J. V. Highsmith 1868-1944 Carolyn Thompson Stallings Jun 8 1924 Apr 12 2008 Mary Winona Thompson Faison May 20 1915 Dec 15 2008 James Roland Turner April 4, 1901 Sept. 8, 1941 Louberta T. Bryant Jan. 18, 1919 March 29, 1953 Richard Thompson March 22, 1885 Sept. 16, 1954 Mary F. Bennett Thompson Dec. 14, 1893 Aug. 18, 1975 Benjamin Hardy Bryant US AIR FORCE Feb. 23, 1943 Oct. 20, 1986 Benjamin H Bryant Feb. 23, 1943 Oct. 20, 1986 Ivey C. Highsmith 1842-1888 Helen C. Highsmith 1848-1926 JV Highsmith 1868-1944 (duplicate headstone) Barbara P. Murphy Sept. 27, 1944 Aug. 1, 1946 Johnnie L. Murphy March 11, 1935 Sept. 6, 1955 Double Stone Murphy Rev. Charlie H. Sr June 21, 1885 June 6, 1956 Leola V. Baker May 27, 1913 July 7, 1951 Leola Y. Murphy Born and died July 7, 1951 9:30 AM-5:00PM Isaac B. Murphy July 6, 1950 Oct. 22, 1950 Broken Stone Mary Hayes Unreadable Christine Daughter of G. C. and L. B. Lane Dec. 24, 1919 Jan. 11, 1928 Arthur Hayes NORTH CAROLINA PVT 161 DEPOT BRIG July 16, 1938 NOD Annie K. Hayes May 14, 1896 June 4, 1967 Lonnie Wife of Rufus Hatch Feb. 5, 1877 June 10, 1902 Estella H. Wife of Archie Bennett June 7, 1870 Nov. 10, 1930 MM Sandra Kaye Lane April 28, 1955 Sept. 14, 2007

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