John W. McGowan Cemetery

Duplin County North Carolina

Surveyed by Lillian and Pearl Houston September 2011




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

Location: on SR 1700 ( Sarecta Road ) 0.3 miles from the Houston Cemetery and 0.7 miles up a dirt path around the fields. Sign at the road. There is evidence of many unmarked graves

This is an African American Cemetery

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    GPS Coordinates:
    34.810733 N
    77.996659 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Ruffus Ashford Oct 3 1851 Mar 27 1939 Dacia Yvette Bass May 21 1970 Aug 22 1992 Annie McGee Boney Jan 5 1921 Nov 29 1951 Martha Ann Bradshaw May 13 1930 Dec 20 2006 Juanita Miller Broadie Dec 26 1922 Feb 3 2003 Lisa M Brown Aug 14 1965 Oct 6 2009 Lucy Ann Bryant Jun 15 1895 Aug 19 1971 Eliza M. Carlton Dec 30 1923 Dec 8 1996 Beloved Wife of Willard Carlton, Sr. Loving Mother of Willard Jr., Carrie, Margaret, W. Avery, Ruby, Bernice, Eunice Eliza & Glenda Willard Carlton Sr Mar 20 1908 Apr 2 1995 Beloved Husband of Eliza Miller Carlton Loving Father of Willard Jr., Carrie, Margaret, W. Avery, Ruby, Bernice, Eunice Eliza & Glenda Leroy Dixon Mar 11 1937 May 26 1998 Melinda Dixon Jun 24 1948 Mar 18 1980 Lucy M. Garner 1913-2006 MM Mrs. Lucy M. Garner Apr 28 1913 Jul 19 2006 MM Mary Catherine Garner May 29 1935 May 2 2011 JaHavios McGowan Jones Jun 26 2009 Jul 2 2009 Kimberly M Graham Mar 23 1990 Jun 28 2009 Henrietta Jarmon Nov 10 1918 Dec 22 1992 James L. Jarmon Sep 11 1950 Jun 6 1981 Lucy Jarman May 22 1888 Nov 17 1948 Randolph Jarmon Sr May 16 1917 Mar 17 1984 Unmarked Stone Unmarked Stone MM Unreadable MM Unreadable MM Unreadable MM Unreadable MM Unreadable MM Unreadable MM Unreadable MM Unreadable Andrew Floyd McGee PFC US Army Sep 30 1941 Aug 22 1970 Artis Lee McGee Dec 29 1929 Jun 25 1960 Beatrice McGee Aug 17 1928 Sep 21 1978 Bernice McGee Sep 11 1937 Oct 20 1957 James McGee North Carolna STM1 US Navy World War II May 31 1924 Jun 20 1967 John McGee Jan 10 1889 Jul 19 1942 Sula McGee Jul 31 1898 May 14 1963 William E. McGee Jul 23 1922 Jun 6 1941 Emma Ruth McGowan Aug 15 1932 Jan 19 1951 George McGowan Mar 1 1935 Dec 7 1995 Double Stone McGowan H. C Feb 10 1861 Sep 15 1940 Mary Jan 12 1875 NOD Henrietta MCGowan Nov 4 1876 Aug 5 1976 Henry C. McGowan Oct 12 1932 Jan 10 1998 Henry Ned McGowan Dec 27 1899 Mar 9 1951 John W. McGowan Aug 7 1942 Dec 9 1989 John W. McGowan Apr 5 1871 Nov 5 1937 Johnny Lee McGowan May 22 1940 Jul 4 1992 Lucille O. McGowan Aug 28 1912 Apr 18 1993 Lucy S. McGowan Nov 7 1944 Apr 29 1982 Lyndell McGowan Nov 27 1950 Jun 13 2009 Margie M. McGowan Mar 20 1908 Sep 12 1984 Martha E. McGowan Apr 15 1865 Mar 6 1935 Nathan B. McGowan Jan 2 1910 Jun 30 1966 Percy E. McGowan May 22 1947 Dec 12 1997 Rosa Michelle McGowan Nov 7 1968 Jul 18 1990 Shirley M. McGowan Jul 29 1942 Aug 31 2005 Reginald Lewis McGowan May 17 1966 Oct 18 2010 Bryant McIver May 26 1880 Jul 6 1905 William McIver Nov 25 1895 Nov 19 1954 Bryan McIver Oct 22 1859 Nov 15 1926 Mrs. Amanda J. Miller Mar 21 1893 Jun 13 1974 Carolyn Miller Nov 6 1928 Dec 25 1955 Clayborn Miller Aug 16 1852 Jan 23 1927 Gladys M. Miller Feb 18 1924 Jul 26 1990 Hattie E. Miller Oct 13 1892 Jul 13 1919 J. W. Miller Nov 1 1864 Oct 28 1937 Jack Miller May 4 1831 Aug 29 1909 Jack Miller Mar 7 1872 Jun 22 1940 Joseph C. Miller Jan 12 1888 Oct 8 1959 Mary A. Wife of J. W. Miller Feb 29 1870 Feb 10 1940 Phillips C. Miller North Carolina TEC 5 4011 QM TRK CO World War II Mar 11 1916 Oct 22 1968 Sudie C. Miller Feb 4 1929 Jul 23 1977 W. T. Miller Jun 2 1875 Mar 15 1959 Cornelia McG Outlaw Apr 20 1907 Jul 15 1942 Solomon Outlaw Feb 29 1913 Aug 5 1936 Mattie M. Rochelle Oct 19 1925 Sep 21 2004 Elouise O. Savage Nov 14 1933 Jul 7 1995 Alberta M. Shumbert Aug 19 1932 Apr 10 1976 Nathan Roy Smith Jan 11 1926 Mar 21 1996 Beloved Husband of Margaret G. Smith Loving Father of Nathaniel, Margaret Diane, Elbert & James Unmarked Grave Millie Wallace Wife of Peter Wallace Apr 1872 Oct 5 1945 Louiser Wife of Bryant McIver Mar 26 1860 Jul 6 1903 Wooden Marker

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