Middleton Cemetery

Duplin County, NC

Surveyed by Lillian and Pearl Houston August 2007




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

Location In Kenansville take 903 going toward Magnolia The Cemetery is on the left next to Duplin County School Bus Garage.

African American Cemetery



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    GPS Coordinates:
    34.95108 N
    77.97531 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Rev. Edward Lee Batts Jan. 6, 1927 June 14, 2006 Nathaniel Dixon, Sr. Aug. 6, 1934 June 14, 1992 Willie Faison April 18, 1912 Aug. 18, 1996 Wilhelmania M. Faison April 18, 1917 Aug. 15, 1998 Billie Marvin Hill, Sr. May 24, 1942 Oct. 4, 1998 Edgar Eli Frazelle June 7, 1921 Sept. 11, 2006 US NAVY Floy Dell Oglesby Jan. 12, 1941 Aug. 31, 2001 Same stone Mae West Nov. 20, 1949 Nod Tommie Farrior, Jr. Jan. 10, 1942 Oct. 22, 1996 Gertrude J. Farrior April 1, 1912 Nov. 2, 1988 Walter L. Jones April 10, 1910 Nov. 4, 1995 Nathaniel Jones Aug. 21, 1948 Nov. 1, 1996 Norwood Pearsall, Jr. May 22, 1923 Sept. 12, 1993 Carroll Graham Jan. 1, 1910 Feb. 25, 1993 Lacy Jones July 8, 1908 Jan. 5, 1999 Pennie F. Jones April 2, 1925 April 4, 2005 Charlie H. McArthur July 12, 1919 May 20, 1987 Same stone Louise F. May 15, 1917 July 16, 1998 Wedding date Dec. 26, 1942 Nathaniel White June 20, 1921 Sept. 28, 2007 Same stone Martha E. May 27, 1922 March 22, 1985 James W. Cooper Dec. 24, 1922 Feb. 8, 1971 ST3 US NAVY WW II Wanda L. White March 24, 1960 Nod Lucy McArthur 1917 1964 Allen Middleton Aug. 13, 1957 Oct. 24, 1986 2 Unmarked Graves Martha M. Farrior Oct. 29, 1916 Sept. 9, 2004 Jimmie E. Middleton Oct. 17, 1962 Jan. 19, 1970 I unmarked grave Robert E. Jones Jan. 21, 1946 Feb. 20, 1971 Martha Graham Nov. 8, 1918 Dec. 31, 1983 Lettia A. Taylor Sept. 25, 1978 Oct. 23, 1987 Willie A. Farrior March 3, 1936 Aug. 1, 1974 Hugh F. Moore, Jr. June 10, 1963 July 16, 2007 William L. Graham June 29, 1953 Dec. 29, 2000 Ben J. Jones Feb. 6, 1914 Jan. 25, 2001 Rosie L. Jones April 26, 1920 June 7, 1987 Addie D. McIver Nov. 9, 1905 June 8, 1985 William A. Farrior May 1, 1927 March 3, 1997 Thomas Jones Jan. 11, 1929 Dec. 10, 1997 Davis Miller Aug. 10, 1901 Feb. 18, 1965 Perry Ashford June 16, 1912 Feb. 6, 1992 Same stone Lucy Ashford May 6, 1914 Feb. 19, 1979 Wedding date Nov. 3, 1934 Maggie L. Farrior June 26, 1910 May 27, 1976 Lib Farrior Dec. 15, 1906 June 28, 1983 Helen R. Dobson Aug. 7, 1913 Dec. 5, 1999 David Dobson Jan. 6, 1910 June 21, 1983 2 unmarked Graves John W. Cooper Oct. 26, 1922 Jan. 8, 1981 STMI US NAVY WW II Fannie Mae Cooper Oct. 5, 1918 Nov. 25, 1992 Joyce F. Miller Oct. 30, 1936 April 9, 1997 David J. Miller July 3, 1927 April 7, 1994 US ARMY WW II Leroy B. J. Miller April 2, 1924 Dec. 26, 1961 Perry Miller July 4, 1895 Dec. 22, 1964 Same stone Ida B. Miller April 27, 1897 March 20, 1983 Mm Marker No info Cleo M. Stewart Nov. 5, 1925 May 30, 1998 David T. Brinson Dec. 29, 1889 Aug. 12, 1962 Katie L. Brinson March 26, 1896 Oct. 21, 1982 Lila B. Latimer Nov. 28, 1918 Dec. 28, 1988 David Lloyd Brinson May 25, 1929 April 30, 1990 Emily W. Brinson Dec. 29, 1930 Oct. 23, 1994 Sudie S. Farrior Sept. 26, 1889 April 5, 1990 William W. Farrior Feb. 26, 1929 July 12, 1985 Fannie M. Jones May 10, 1910 Oct. 21, 2003 Odell C. Southerland July 28, 1906 Nov. 20, 1975 Hallie E. Southerland Sept. 23, 1907 June 23, 2000 Willie Benson April 8, 1908 Nov. 4, 1995 Grover Cleveland Mathis 1912—197 TEC 5 US ARMY WW II Alonzo Williams Aug. 18, 1933 Oct. 8, 2007 Tiesha N. Farrior Nov. 21, 1975 March 13, 1986 Dorothy M. Faison July 6, 1928 Sept. 15, 1993 David E. Glaspie Dec. 17, 1919 April 13, 1989 Lena Glaspie Hill June 10, 1917 Aug. 10, 1994 Della M. Royal Sept. 5, 1905 Oct. 10, 1999 Preston D. Brown May 13, 1923 Oct. 30, 1989 Same stone Martha E. Feb. 5, 1926 Nod Joseph H. Royal Oct. 4, 1909 July 12, 1994 Inez Henderson Nov. 9, 1927 July 3, 1997 Sarah Jackson Aug. 19, 1925 Feb. 8, 2007 Eddie Lee Smith April 15, 1923 Oct. 31, 2003 James D. Dixon Oct. 27, 1947 March 21, 1993 Lynn S. Dixon June 9, 1961 Sept. 16, 1993 Brenda D. Newton June 26, 1956 Jan. 3, 1996 James Rice Feb. 11, 1902 Sept. 7, 1978 Mittie E. Rice Jan. 26, 1905 June 5, 1969 Carl McIver Jan. 7, 1933 Dec. 7, 1981 Johnnie Hill Farrior Feb. 8, 1917 Jan. 22, 2005 Same stone Nellie McKiver March 5, 1915 March 30, 2002 Hall McIver Sept. 16, 1886 Feb. 2, 1961 Same stone Rebecca McK. June 2, 1893 Aug. 21, 1963 Laura M. Davis Dec. 20, 1909 Feb. 6, 1991 Dilsia F. Carr Sept. 7, 1901 Dec. 11, 1992 Dewitt Farrior May 28, 1914 Sept. 10, 2000 PFC US ARMY Annie Mae Miller March 5, 1907 Oct. 30, 1960 Lillie Mae Dobson Wife of Daniel Dobson July 28, 1928 May 13, 1999 Beloved Mother of Delores, Pesnell, Shirley Colcough Larry Dobson Daniel hill Dobson Husband of Lillie Mae Dobson Nov. 20, 1924 Jan. 25, 2002 Beloved father of Delores, Pesnell Shirley Colclough Larry Dobson Louise McGowan Aug. 11, 1919 March 6, 1993 Melvia McGowan Oct. 28, 1917 June 13, 1996 Tom McGowan Feb. 14, 1912 Jan. 12, 1986 Gertha McGowan Dec. 4, 1924 June 1, 1976 Ella McGowan Buried Oct. 1, 1964 Nod Sylvester McGowan June 3, 1908 Feb. 24, 1979 Herber Farrior March 12, 1898 July 28, 1994 Rebecca Farrior May 18, 19--- Jan. 7, 19--- Valeria G. Matthews April 23, 1961 May 12, 1995 Martha A. McKiver April 6, 1880 Aug. 19, 1983 Annie M. Miller May 1, 1908 June 27, 1986 Moses McIver Carlton Sept. 7, 1931 June 1, 1987 PVT US ARMY KOREA Unmarked Grave Lila P. Judge Dec. 11, 1915 Sept. 15, 1988 Julia C. Jones Jan. 5, 1920 July 14, 2005 Mary E. Williams March 13, 1940 May 28, 2003 Elnora H. Manley Nov. 4, 1923 Jan. 20, 1999 Eva Glaspie 1911 1987 MM Charles Brandon II April 12, 1909 Feb. 9, 1958 Same stone Dorothy J. Jan. 19, 1917 Feb. 2, 2001 Jonathan Brown June 10, 1955 June 10, 1955 Tyson Carr Sept. 16, 1903 Dec. 3, 1976 Hannah B. Sims July 7, 1916 March 9, 1992 Lafayette Sims Oct. 31, 1945 Nov. 22, 1996 Ohie Sims July 26, 1918 Aug. 21, 2003 Jessie Lee Faison Aug. 13, 1932 June 24, 1961 James F. Southerland, Jr. April 7, 1928 Aug. 3, 1990 Katie McGowan April 15, 1881 Aug. 16, 1950 Levi Moore Nov. 27, 1907 Jan. 31, 1961 Mary Moore May 12, 1909 Nov. 1, 1994 Lee P. Chrome Aug. 16, 1917 Nov. 15, 1994 SGT US ARMY WW II—KOREA Henry F. Farrior May 28, 1929 May 1, 1998 Ernestine Shuler Sept. 21, 1937 Dec. 19, 2005 Glendoria Miller Dec. 2, 1956 July 29, 2005 “Littlebud” FATHER Normus Graham Dec. 23, 1928 April 12, 2006 Elma M. Kea Dec. 14, 1950 Jan. 6, 1993 Marion K. Moore July 1, 1922 April 16, 1999 PFC US ARMY WW II Darner M. Byrd July 6, 1900 Aug. 21, 1972 John H. Byrd Feb. 2, 1891 Dec. 17, 1973 Catherine Byrd Middleton March 10, 1875 July 10, 1957 Evangelist Annie L. Brown Sept. 12, 1912 Feb. 1, 1962 Thomas Brown May 18, 1909 Jan. 1, 1994 Herman Middleton Aug. 14, 1921 Jan. 16, 1994 Unmarked Grave Virginia Bell Brown March 3, 1915 Jan. 28, 1996 Eugene Middleton Aug. 16, 1924 June 1, 2004 James W. Glasper Feb. 12, 1947 Feb. 14, 1999 Leeourtha G. Carr June 30, 1928 July 11, 1996 Richard Miller July 11, 1911 April 2, 1979 Albert D. Miller Nov. 11, 1916 Feb. 2, 1976 SPC US ARMY KOREA VIETNAM Cora Miller Dec. 6, 1886 Nov. 25, 1970 Janie Miller April 8, 1907 Nov. 15, 1982 Jim Henry Miller Aug. 3, 1870 Nov. 19, 1949 Mary Emma Miller Nov. 13, 1914 May 22, 1985 Leanna Miller April 18, 1882 March 5, 1964 Douglas Miller Jan. 2, 1890 May 18, 1962 Daisy Stackhouse May 15, 1889 Dec. 28, 1939 Samuel Stackhouse Sept. 9, 1884 July 15, 1955 2 MM marker no info 2 unmarked graves Natalene Bradshaw Feb. 19, 1948 Sept. 17, 1987 James A. Bradshaw Feb. 21, 1945 March 13, 2002 Dawson Andrews Jan. 15, 1938 Nod NORTH CAROLINA PVT I CL 365 INF 92 DIV Daisy J. Best March 25, 1938 June 19, 2005 Eula Jones Oct. 9, 1965 April 30, 1991 Unmarked grave William M. Jones July 2, 1932 Feb. 20, 1985 Elouise Reeves July 27, 1922 May 21, 1983 David L. Jones March 25, 1938 April 6, 1986 Annie Jones July 5, 1892 April 21, 1970 Laura Cooper Aug. 26, 1915 April 3, 1998 Jake L. Washington May 1, 1919 April 14, 1966 NORTH CAROLINA PVT 91 ENGINEER BN WW II John Albert Southerland Dec. 15, 1944 Nov. 19, 2003 SPR US ARMY Lillie F. Southerland June 30, 1924 Nov. 7, 1996 Hannah S. Kenan Jan. 1, 1919 Feb. 9, 1989 Marie M. Cooper March 16, 1896 May 11, 1915 Mattie M. Brown Sept. 16, 1918 Dec. 14, 1991 Robert E. Miller 1920 1991 US NAVY Ethel L. Graham Nov. 24, 1930 Dec. 19, 1992 John Wesley Graham Feb. 19, 1896 May 21, 1966 NORTH CAROLINA US ARMY WW I 2 Unmarked Graves Clifton M. Graham Jan. 10, 1906 March 17, 1994 Charlie B. Pearsall Jan. 15, 1892 Feb. 16, 1960 Hattie Louise Austin Aug. 1, 1909 Nov. 16, 1949 Matt. L Moore May 10, 1885 March 6, 1960 Same stone Lizzie S. May 6, 1889 July 5, 1981 I Unmarked Grave Bessie B. Middleton Sept. 26, 1904 Nov. 14, 1971 Timothy Middleton March 12, 1901 Oct. 2, 1949 Johnnie L. Faison Oct. 1, 1910 June 25, 1974 Ambrose Jones March 3, 1891 Jan. 7, 1990 Marimon Middleton 1938 Nod Katie M. Jones March 12, 1904 Sept. 16, 1990 Robert Joe Middleton Died 1948 Nod Same stone Donson 1961 Nod Randolph Miller July 7, 1908 Jan. 2, 1997 Lillie Mae Miller Aug. 28, 1917 Dec. 3, 1966 Marker No info Miller No info MM Hattie B. Buckette Jan. 12, 1894 Nov. 29, 1954 James A. Buckette Sept. 14, 1929 Nod VIRGINIA PVT US ARMY Judson Middleton Aug. 18, 1913 Oct. 4, 1995 Mary B. Middleton Nov. 11, 1916 Sept. 21, 1998 James Nathaniel Adams 1927 1990 TEC US ARMY WW II Charlotte F. Adams Feb. 7, 1936 Jan. 12, 2005 Mary A. Mathis July 23, 1910 Feb. 20, 2005 Vera G. Faison Jan. 21, 1921 March 14, 2007 Robert Faison Feb. 24, 1919 March 7, 1959 TEC 3 268 STARION HOSP. WW II Burnice Faison March 24, 1923 March 12, 1946 NORTH CAROLINA PVT ICL 392 ENGERS William Henry Farrior Jan. 2, 1919 Oct. 12, 1998 MM Ruth M. Farrior Sept. 6, 1922 Dec. 15, 1984 Bryant Moore Nov. 14, 1919 Aug. 30, 1983 Wilbert Moore Sept. 4, 1921 June 2, 1980 Fred D. Newton Aug. 8, 1902 Nov. 17, 1996 Same stone Sarah M. Newton April 28, 1906 April 6, 1971 Isham L. Belle, Sr. Oct. 17, 1895 March 18, 1981 Daisy M. Bell Nov. 24, 1900 Feb. 26, 1973 Benjamin Belle Dec. 18, 1917 Feb. 2, 1928 Isham Belle, Jr. May 30, 1939 March 18, 1987 Sallie E. Belle 1925 1989 Robert G. Middleton May 18, 1926 Jan. 2, 1994 Alex Kornegay May 2, 1876 July 19, 1943 Same stone Martha E. Kornegay April 16, 1878 May 4, 1970 Mrs. Mary Middleton March 4, 1894 March 3, 1968 David Middleton July 23, 1917 March 3, 1987 Chelcy Pearsall 1870 Oct. 20, 1936 Richard E. Middleton July 20, 1877 Sept. 14, 1949 Sallie Pearsall Middleton Dec. 16, 1880 Jan. 24, 1950 William E. Middleton Aug. 1898 Aug. 1964 Susan Wife of Tony Swinson Feb. 10, 1863 Aug. 14, 1913 Stephen Miller Sept. 18, 1893 June 5, 1965 NORTH CAROLINA PVT US ARMY WW I Annie C. Wife of R. R. Middleton Feb. 16, 1850 Aug. 18, 1910 Joe Southerland Feb. 9, 1858 March 12, 1935 Susan Southerland Died July 12, 1944 Nod 2 Unmarked Graves Hattie Cotton Nov. 26, 1896 Nov. 27, 1912 Dorothy T. Williams Nov. 28, 1924 Nov. 2, 2000 Nina E. Williams Oct. 24, 1899 Oct. 29, 1976 James Williams March 2, 1896 Jan. 22, 1978 Beatrice I. Moore Sept. 13, 1914 April 21, 1977 Henry L. Moore Aug. 7, 1907 June 8, 1974 Cora C. Moore Jan. 6, 1877 Jan. 7, 1974 Avis P. Moore Feb. 5, 1945 March 14, 2005 Eddie Farrior May 12, 1882 Oct. 12, 1926 Reatha Mae Farrior May 1, 1923 May 3, 1924

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