John Southerland Cemetery

Duplin County North Carolina

Surveyed by Lillian & Pearl Houston January 2012




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the John Southerland Cemetery in Duplin County, NC.

Location: on Williamson Road (SR#1372) about 2/10 mile from the intersection with Summerlin’s Crossroad Road

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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.16974 N
    78.02467 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Lola Bell Wells Sep 12 1900 Apr 9 1990 Nersey W. Wells Apr 19 1875 May 29 1939 J. W. Wells Jun 23 1871 Sep 11 1928 Roland Son of J. W. & N. W. Wells 1902-1911 Infant son of Major & Minnie Williamson Born & died Jun 5 1921 Double Stone Williamson Major Mar 23 1894 Mar 19 1960 Minnie W. Mar 1 1897 May 31 1978 Major Williamson Jr Mar 4 1925 Feb 10 1983 James Almon Williamson Oct 9 1918 Oct 18 1986 Double Stone Winifred Wells Mar 16 1934 Dec 24 1938 Baby Boy Wells NOI Children of Sadie & Johnnie Mc Wells John W. Son of J. R. & Elizabeth Rackley May 27 1906 Jun 18 1906 Lou Southerland Oct 26 1865 Jul 11 1905 Julius I Southerland Aug 20 1877 Aug 31 1900 F. F. Southerland Mar 20 1872 Jul 1 1905 Roberta E. Daughter of W. H. & M. M. Southerland Jul 2 1902 Jul 25 1917 Double Stone Southerland Minnie Elzene Moore Jan 19 1873 Oct 8 1942 William Henry Dec 23 1869 Apr 14 1937 William Henry Southerland Jr Nov 19 1906 Aug 31 1946 Elizabeth Southerland Rackley Jul 17 1865 Mar 20 1948 James P. Rackley Aug 6 1866 Jan 5 1935 Robert S. Son of J. R. & Kate Rackley Jul 28 1900 Sep 24 1906 Kate P. Southerland Wife of J. R. Rackley Sep 18 1875 Aug 27 1900 Double Stone John Southerland Sep 14 1816 Sep 21 1896 Sallie J. Kornegay Nov 19 1838 Mar 7 1903 Mattie Southerland Nov 26 1867 Jul 16 1876 Charlie Clay Son of J. W. & N. J. Taylor Apr 11 1882 Mar 10 1885 Ernest R. Taylor Mar 19 1879 Apr 10 1930 Joseph H. Taylor Apr 29 1890 Jun 1 1939 Double Stone Carr James B 1882-1925 Nancy T. Carr Kornegay 1888-1960 Fannie E. Southerland Feb 1 1820 Oct 31 1892 Isham Southerland Feb 10 1820 Jan 28 1884 Nancy Southerland Taylor Mar 12 1850 Feb 19 1893 Winnie Southerland Taylor May 28 1860 Nov 24 1947 Robert S. Taylor Jan 8 1876 Jul 29 1923 Mattie Leora Wife of O. E. Franklin Apr 8 1877 Nov 10 1907 Double Stone Albert D Williamson PFC US Army Korea Feb 5 1932 Apr 28 1996 Helen Turnage Williamson May 31 1932 NOD Cora W. Barwick Apr 14 1918 Dec 15 2004 Double Stone Williamson Edna G. Herring Apr 11 1926 NOD Married Jan 7 1945 James Edward Dec 27 1920 Aug 21 1999 Stella Dail Williamson Aug 4 1889 Jan 4 1962 James W. Taylor Nov 8 1849 Mar 17 1919 Double Stone Brown Homer Carr Oct 19 1924 Mar 31 2002 Double Stone Luther Dail Jul 5 1845 Apr 14 1918 Amelia Cutchin Aug 16 1845 Jul 26 1911 Double Stone Wells James F Dec 12 1909 Apr 6 1999 Mamie Ruth J. Aug 14 1922 Mar 18 2001 Luther E. Eastwood Jr Nov 10 1915 Aug 10 1990 J. W. Wells May 10 1928 Oct 31 2007 Double Stone Ellis Shirley W. Mar 29 1927 NOD Fred N Aug 8 1922 Jul 19 2007 Wells Monument Linda Kay Wells NOI Sadie Dixon Wells Oct 28 1907 Feb 2 1985 Johnnie Mc Wells Sep 15 1907 Jul 25 1982 Brick vault NOI Carr Monument John Henry Carr Nov 29 1922 Aug 30 1997 Major US Army Mildred Highsmith Carr Jul 28 1928 Sep 6 2001 Double Stone Wells Alma Jean W Sep 11 1934 Nov 12 2010 James Edward Sr Aug 12 1934 Nov 27 2001 Double Stone Wells L R Sr May 27 1893 Mar 27 1968 Married Nov 22 1930 Hazel S Jun 3 1897 Dec 24 1967 Wells Moument MM Unreadable Mary Emma Daughter of S. D. & Annie Hudson Apr 9 1924 May 20 1924 Mary Emma Daughter of Samuel D. & Annie G Hudson Apr 9 1924 May 20 1924 Wilbert Grady Jan 2 1916 Aug 23 1940 Lloyd F. Grady Jul 16 1888 Aug 16 1941 Lula M. Grady May 5 1892 Jan 1 1964 Johnnie Grady May 22 1923 May 8 1941 Unmarked Stone Unmarked Stone Double Stone Whitfield Juanita Hudson Apr 2 1919 Feb 9 2005 Married Oct 5 1940 Leon Roscoe Aug 7 1918 Dec 5 1973 Annie Juanita Daughter of Leon R. & Juanita H. Whitfield Dec 9 1953 Larry Leon Son of Leon R. & Juanita H. Whitfield Jun 11 1944 Rudolph Ellis Hudson Sep 17 1914 Jul 29 1992 Double Stone Hudson Samuel Daniel Hudson May 19 1878 Jan 8 1946 Annie Elizabeth Grady Jul 15 1887 May 1 1957 Elizabeth Hudson Jones Sep 21 1915 Feb 28 2000 Nunn Monument Edgar Franklin Nunn Oct 19 1892 Apr 13 1987 Maude Hines Nunn Oct 8 1892 Apr 27 1988 Minnie Maebell Daughter of W. B. & B. F. Hines Jan 11 1880 Nov 1 1898 Vivie E. Nora Daughter of W. B. & S. F. Hines Jan 31 1890 Nov 1 1902 Double Stone Hines Sarah F. Mar 20 1855 Aug 11 1946 William B Jul 8 1853 Mar 22 1917 Mertie Caldonia Hines Jul 20 1874 Feb 24 1940

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