The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Lanier-Thigpen Cemetery in Duplin County, NC.
Location Beulaville Hwy 24, take Lyman road–3 miles to Quinn Store road turn right cemetery is about 0.2 miles on right
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View photos of the headstones here.
GPS Coordinates:
34.88800 N
77.73885 W
The epitaphs are as follows:
Lemuel Brinson Jr.
US Army
Korea
Dec 8 1926
Feb 22 1984
Double Stone
Brinson
Annie C
Aug 9 1907
Feb 10 1985
Lemuel
Oct 18 1898
Aug 18 1957
Don Beamon
Son of
Lem & Annie C Brinson
Jun 6 1935
Dec 27 1936
Infant
Son of
Lemuel & Annie Brinson
Mar 6 1935
Dec 27 1935
Double Stone
Thigpen
Bernice L
Jun 5 1912
Aug 31 2005
married
Oct 27 1934
Gordon B
Jun 10 1913
Apr 26 1978
Double Stone
Thigpen
Susan Ophelia
Dec 7 1871
Sep 1 1903
Decatur Cox
Feb 5 1874
Oct 30 1944
Double Stone
Powell
Laura
Apr 21 1895
Apr 16 1986
Edd
Aug 9 1892
Nov 9 1946
FS
Eddie Powell
North Carolina
PFC 119 Inf
World War I
Aug 9 1892
Nov 9 1946
Susan Ozelle P. Turner
Sep 21 1919
Feb 6 2000
Edgar Van Brown
Dec 24 1908
Aug 4 1944
Lela
wife of
Walter Brown
Aug 5 1881
Oct 12 1952
Walter Brown
Jan 18 1880
Jan 20 1946
Double Stone
Bostic
W D
Jan 24 1934
Dec 20 2000
Patricia
Nov 5 1941
Dec 7 2004
Double Stone
Edwards
Minnie S
Jan 19 1934
NOD
Roland G
Jul 13 1934
Feb 8 2005
Triple Stone
Edwards
Lila Maud S
Aug 21 1904
Feb 25 1979
Lloyd H
Sep 8 1887
Jul 7 1959
Alda Lou
Oct 15 1924
NOD
Jerry H
Son of
BW & Brunnie Thigpen
Jun 9 1939
Nov 11 1940
Double Stone
Thigpen
Bryson W
Apr 4 1910
Jun 3 1977
Brunnie L
Feb 29 1912
Oct 19 2002
Double Stone
Thigpen
Martha Elizabeth
Jun 1 1882
Mar 14 1942
Joseph B Thigpen
Aug 31 1875
Mar 17 1942
Double Stone
Thigpen
Iris O
May 11 1921
Feb 29 1991
Earl
Sep 30 1915
Nov 14 1995
Adron M Thigpen
Sep 22 1911
May 2 1942
Double Stone
Jones
Billy Pigford
Mar 27 1912
Jun 11 1973
Florence T
Aug 21 1908
Mar 31 1992
Double Stone
Lanier
Durward S
Dec 7 1918
Apr 20 1979
Married
Aug 26 1939
Ozelle B
Aug 20 1922
Oct 18 1995
Double Stone
Thigpen
Rowena T
Sep 5 1907
Dec 6 2000
Clarence C
Feb 26 1906
Nov 23 1949
Double Stone
Thigpen
Walter E. Thigpen
Mar 29 1883
Aug 15 1945
Julia Dean
Mar 19 1885
Jun 4 1965
Lavise Eldon
Son of
CG & Rowena Thigpen
Oct 3 1929
Apr 27 1931
Infant of
CG & Rowena Thigpen
Apr 23 1931
May 15 1931
Double Stone
Edwards
Ruffin
Jul 5 1893
Sep 3 1962
Flora S
Jan 29 1907
Mar 8 1978
Nellie Iona
Daughter of
R & Flora Edwards
Jun 19 1935
Apr 16 1954
Double Stone
Edwards
Blanche
wife of
C. R. Edwards
Oct 7 1899
Jul 1 1920
Infant
Son of
CR & Blanche Edwards
Born & Died
Jun 24 1920
Infant of
JB & Lizzie Thigpen
Born & Died
Sep 24 1914
M Blanchie Thigpen
Sep 21 1884
Aug 1 1913
M Inez Thigpen
Oct 25 1905
Oct 9 1906
Sudie A Simpson
Nov 11 1893
Mar 31 1903
Sarah J
wife of
Bithel Thigpen
Sep 27 1850
Sep 8 1928
Bithel Thigpen
Mar 4 1847
Sep 19 1892
Double Stone
Edmond Simpson
Jan 1 1869
Dec 10 1936
Minnie Lou
Mar 23 1872
Jan 20 1937
Eldon Ward
Son of
Hubert & Letitia Simpson
Jul 22 1928
Sep 2 1943
Infants of
Delano & Nancy Simpson
Baby Girl
Apr 1960
Apr 1960
Baby Boy
Feb 1964
Feb 1964
Double Stone
Simpson
Hubert C
Jun 14 1902
Oct 17 1975
Letishia J
Dec 7 1910
Jan 10 1970
Double Stone
Simpson
Murphy J
Sep 19 1912
Dec 13 1991
Maude N
Oct 11 1911
Jan 4 1999
Norma Quinn
1900-1901
Age 1 yr
Bruce Quinn
Age 2 ½ yrs
Infant of
David & Beulah Williams
Born & Died
Sep 17 1929
Twins
Infants of
TR & Isla Quinn
Born & Died
Mar 3 1926
Grover Myrone
Son of
A. S. & Rosa Bell Quinn
Jul 20 1928
Aug 20 1928
IJ Quinn
Mar 29 1858
Apr 8 1929
Infant of
David & Beulah Williams
Born & Died
Sep 8 1926
David Williams
May 21 1898
Mar 26 1936
Della
Wife of
IJ Quinn
Jan 24 1898
Dec 11 1938
Lavae
Daughter of
Marion & Alma Quinn
Apr 8 1937
Jun 10 1937
Double Stone
Quinn
Marion
Jul 29 1893
Nov 15 1962
Alma B
Sep 13 1906
Aug 29 1992
Geraldine Quinn Rand
Jan 16 1926
May 25 1992
William Neil Rand
Jun 22 1923
Feb 21 1994
FS
William Neil Rand
S Sgt US Army
World War II
Jun 22 1923
Feb 21 1994
Carl Stevens Thigpen
Oct 7 1926
Feb 14 1954
Double Stone
Quinn
Wayne C
Aug 21 1906
Apr 4 1977
Married
Dec 21 1921
Mable L
Oct 4 1909
Jan 25 2000
Marion Quinn
North Carolina
Pvt Btry D 115 Field Arty
World War I
Jul 29 1893
Nov 15 1962
Triple Stone
Thigpen
Ada M. Bass
Aug 2 1890
May 28 1927
Murphy Millard
Feb 13 1887
Apr 11 1951
Mildred Adams
Feb 8 1897
Jan 6 1987
Unreadable
Alavia Bell
Daughter of
M M & A M Thigpen
Nov 1 1911
Apr 26 1921
Arthur Seawell Quinn
Nov 22 1898
Apr 30 1961
Double Stone
Thigpen
Eddie P Sr
Nov 2 1889
Feb 26 1947
Sadie A
Oct 20 1892
Dec 28 1991
Eddie Paul Thigpen Jr
SFC US Army
Persian Gulf
Aug 5 1934
Nov 30 2001
Twin
Daughters of
Harry & Letha Deal
Oct 1 1955
Infant
Son of
Percy & Dora Thigpen
Dec 31 1914
Jan 3 1915
Baby of
PE & Henrietta Thigpen
1910
Baby of
PE & Henrietta Thigpen
1912
Patrick
Son of
Phillip & Josephine Harris
Dec 12 1944
Dec 13 1944
Double Stone
Thigpen
Dora E
May 11 1886
May 4 1985
Percy E
Nov 5 1884
Aug 21 1947
Infant of
EP & Sadie Thigpen
Oct 21 1913
Oct 21 1913
Vena May
Daughter of
E P & Sadie Thigpen
Sep 14 1920
Jun 18 1922
Noreen Thigpen
Jul 11 1922
Jun 18 1929
Ada Lanier
wife of
J M Norris
Jan 19 1887
Oct 4 1922
J B Lawhone
Jun 24 1855
Jan 21 1913
Oliver Enoch Lanier
Sep 18 1896
Sep 12 1952
Vernon B Horne
PFC US Army
Aug 31 1922
May 7 1974
Aileen W. Horne
Mar 29 1921
Aug 10 1996
Teresa Grace
Daughter of
Ed & Dunnie Lanier
Nov 15 1913
Nov 10 1919
Ludie Ray
wife of
Arthur Seawell Quinn
Sep 7 1902
Dec 3 1922
Double Stone
Lanier
Dunnie
Jul 31 1876
Nov 17 1953
E. D Lanier
Feb 27 1874
Jan 25 1923
PVT
Ivey L Lanier
Co H
66 NC Inf
CSA
1844–1895
Leah
wife of
Ivey L Lanier
Aug 11 1851
Mar 11 1930
Dock E Lanier
Aug 23 1904
May 16 1937
Maurice Allen
Son of
Lester & Eunice Williams
Jun 4 1927
Jul 30 1928
James May
SOn of
MM & Ada Thigpen
May 27 1927
Jul 8 1927
MacKenzie Lynn Shook
Feb 1 1973
Daughter of
Pat Williams Shook
Granddaughter of
Linwood & Doris Williams
Julius L Williams
North Carolina
Cook Co K 119 Inf 30 Div
World War I
May 23 1896
Oct 29 1952
Eunice L Williams
Feb 13 1901
Jan 30 1992
Double Stone
Jackson
John H
Oct 6 1855
Dec 8 1924
Julia K
Jul 22 1857
May 11 1948
Double Stone
Lanier
Govenor V
1882–1958
Sena
1907–2003
Double Stone
McDowell
R Clyde
Mar 4 1912
Dec 30 1961
Carrie T
Nov 23 1913
Dec 22 2004
MM
Nancy P Simpson
1935-2008
MM
Delano M Simpson
1934-2008
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