The epitaphs are as follows:

Annie Dempsey Murray
Sep 4 1909
Jan 7 1989

Ellie Murray
Feb 16 1900
Apr 25 1967

Janice Lynn Murray Harrell
May 14 1959
Aug 8 2011

Herbert Marcus Murray
Feb 27 1929
Jun 18 2005

Cornelia Ann
Daughter of
Ellie & Annie Murray
Feb 16 1940
Oct 24 1940

David H
Son of
Ellie & Annie Murray
Sep 26 1938
Nov 15 1938

Bertha I 
Daughter of
W F & L E Bowen
Jun 28 1882
Jul 29 1916

William F Bowen
Jun 30 1854
Jun 28 1918

Laura E
Wife of 
W F Bowen
Feb 14 1856
Sep 14 1932

Mollie C Hall
Mar 6 1869
May 8 1946

Benajah Carroll
Apr 18 1836
Oct 28 1905

Ella Mae Hocutt
Wife of 
Isaish Carroll
1865-1925

William B K Carroll
Dec 26 1877
Nov 5 1948 

Haywood Murray
Nov 15 1876
Jul 31 1955

Annie Jones
Wife of 
Haywood Murray
May 22 1875
Oct 17 1964

Double Stone
Murray
Willie Murray
Jan 6 1898
Jul 8 1978
Elizabeth Murray
Apr 28 1897
Sep 14 1996

Lavina J Dobson
Wife of 
James T Carroll
Jan 26 1836 
Duplin County NC
Mar 14 1914
Pender County NC

Double Stone
Colwell
Harry Carroll
Mar 7 1907
Jan 30 1986
Evelyn Ament
Nov 5 1912
Oct 3 1991

Maud Carroll
Wife of 
Council Wooten Colwell
Oct 5 1868
Dec 14 1933

Council Wooten Colwell
Mar 12 1860
Nov 28 1911

John Thomas Colwell
Sep 4 1887
Feb 19 1939

Nellie Jane 
Daughter of
C W & Maud Colwell
Nov 20 1897
Dec 13 1900

T A Carroll
Co C
13 NC L Arty
CSA

Susan R
Wife of 
Augustus Carroll
Jun 6 1846
Aug 26 1911

Sallie A Hall
Wife of 
R H Hall
Mar 28 1872
Nov 12 1925

Herbert Carroll
1877-1933

Hattie Carroll
Feb 9 1875
Jul 25 1940

Infant 
Son of
Lawrence & Laura Cox
Sep 5 1923
Sep 6 1923

Lucy C Stanley
Sep 21 1906
May 16 2003

John C Carroll
Apr 19 1981
Feb 8 1932

Raymond C Wheeler
Dec 24 1913
Apr 14 1989

Zora Holland
Wife of 
Raymond Wheeler
May 29 1916
Apr 8 1972

James Piner
Feb 16 1833
Aug 15 1887

Matilda Piner
Mar 27 1835
Apr 8 1928

Mary E Wheeler
Wife of 
W F Wheeler
Sep 15 1893
Jul 21 1914

Ellis Ray Wheeler
Nov 20 1937
Nov 12 2009

D Boney Harrell
Dec 1 1878
May 29 1926

Winnie A Turner
Wife of 
D Boney Harrell
& 
D M Drew
Jan 11 1889
Sep 29 1945

Anne Batson Pierce
Jul 24 1940
Feb 3 1998

Ruth Batson Chagaris
Dec 5 1943
Jan 21 2007

Double Stone
Batson
Farris Batson
Mar 18 1907
May 6 1984
Married
Oct 14 1939
Gertrude Harrell
Nov 6 1917
Jan 16 1993

Vance Turner
Oct 16 1895
Aug 5 1932

Double Stone
Asbury Turner
Sep 1 1854
Jan 11 1922
Mary W Moore
Apr 30 1856
Jun 30 1922

Albert R Turner
Dec 19 1886
Nov 18 1915

Minnie H Saunders
Oct 9 1877
Aug 15 1966

Helen D
Wife of 
J P Newton
Jun 27 1884
Aug 8 1909
Age 25 yrs 1 mo 11 dys

Double Stone
Newton
Joseph S Newton
Aug 13 1835
Aug 14 1908
Lizzie S
Aug 29 1844
Feb 10 1929

Carleton
Son of 
J S & L S Newton
Dec 9 1879
Nov 30 1893
13 yrs 11 mos  21 dys

Susan Newton
Jan 2 1792
Jan 2 1876
Age 84 yrs

Infant 
Son of
Carlton S & Dora L Newton
Born & Died
Apr 12 1930

Joseph J Newton
May 11 1863
May 23 1944

Frances C Newton
Dec 17 1868
Feb 27 1940

Charles T
Son of
I & C R Carroll
Jan 16 1874
Feb 18 1874

Charity R
Wife of 
Isaiah Carroll
Sep 19 1842
Oct 7 1978

Sarah Alderman
Oct 29 1806
Oct 18 1890

Infant of
I & E M Carroll
Jun 22 1893

Infant 
Son of 
J B & L D Johnson

Fred A Johnson
1903-1904

Joseph J Johnson
1912-1927

Lura Dean
Wife of 
J B Johnson
1873-1914

James B Johnson
1866-1957

Nettie Harrell
Wife of 
J B Johnson
1873-1949

G L Whitehead
Veteran of World War I

Infant
Daughter of
G L & Norma Whitehead
May 6 1950

Infant 
Son of
G L & Norma Whitehead
Dec 11 1943

Infant 
Son of 
G L & Norma Whitehead
Sep 4 1942

Infant 
Son of
C L & Norma Whitehead
Aug 21 1933

Double Stone
Whitehead
George L
Apr 27 1895
Aug 15 1950
Norma B
May 20 1911
NOD

Mildred Wheeler
Wife of 
Leonard W Wells
Aug 20 1919
Nov 19 1940

Inez Thratt Kibbey
Apr 7 1894
May 5 1978

Estelle Rivenbark Kibbey
Jul 12 1922
Mar 13 1995

Oscar “Hook” Kibbey
Nov 3 1918
Aug 13 1993

Sharon D Kibbey
NOI

Oscar D Kibbey
NOI

Linda K Kibbey
NOI

Eunice Rivenbark Taylor
May 5 1936
Oct 15 1997

Carrie M Rivenbark
Aug 30 1895
Jul 18 1995

Stewart Rivenbark
Nov 20 1893
Jan 26 1962

Lucille 
Daughter of
Stewart & Carrie Rivenbark
Dec 7 1914
Feb 28 1932

Mary R Blalock
Nov 21 1927
Mar 7 2007

Robert R Wheeler
Aug 17 1892
Jan 21 1962

Infant 
Son of
J H & Lila Mae Tatum
Nov 14 1938
Nov 14 1938

Double Stone
Rivenbark
Arthur Douglas
Mar 3 1913
Mar 5 2007
Married
Mar 30 1946
Thelma Wheeler
Jan 30 1928
NOD
FS
Arthur Douglas Rivenbark
US Army
World War II
Mar 3 1913
Mar 5 2007

Double Stone
Rivenbark
Danny Ray
Feb 14 1948
Mar 7 1996
Sandra Rivenbark
Jul 5 1948
NOD
FS
Danny Ray Rivenbark
US Army
Vietnam
Feb 14 1948
Mar 7 1996
Purple Heart

Double Stone
Lanier
Gertrude Wheeler
Sep 3 1911
Jun 17 1989
Walter Raleigh
Nov 16 1910
Apr 4 1983

Cary W Wheeler
May 24 1913
Jul 5 1935

Double Stone
Wheeler
Irene M
Jan 26 1887
May 29 1975
Archie W
Nov 10 1884
Oct 4 1933

Martha E
Wife of 
Joe N Brittain
Oct 7 1884
Jul 18 1903

Robert R Wheeler
Aug 17 1892
Jan 21 1962

Ranson Carl Wheeler
Mar 9 1919
Dec 11 1958

Double Stone
Gurganious
William B
Jan 6 1856
Jan 26 1941
Penelope C
Mar 22 1855
Nov 27 1936

Infant 
Son of
William B & Penelope Gurganious
1885

Katherine
Daughter of
William B & Penelope Gurganious
1884

Double Stone
Bowen
Timothy T
May 2 1822
Sep 23 1902
Margaret 
Nov 12 1835
Sep 18 1908

T Ivey Bowen
May 28 1876
Nov 11 1952

Mollie Murray
Jul 21 1893
Oct 16 1978

Infant of
J D & D C Croom
Oct 1 1905

Infant of 
J D & D C Croom
Aug 29 1891

Willie A
Daughter of
W T & J J Jones
May 11 1870
Jun 4 1877

Docia Jones
Wife of 
J D Croom
Oct 26 1872
Oct 10 1903

John David Croom
Oct 2 1870
Feb 11 1960

Mittie Fryar
Wife of 
J D Croom
May 2 1879
Feb 9 1945

Robe Bradshaw
Jul 26 1886
Oct 30 1957

Ben Bradshaw
Jul 7 1883
Feb 25 1934

Infant 
Daughter of
Cornelius & Mary Christal Murray
Sep 22 1920
May 21 1921

Double Stone
Murray
Cornelius
Nov 2 1884
Jun 1 1972
Mary Chrystal
Jul 3 1890
Jun 17 1972

Joseph Wilbourne Murray
May 18 1922
Dec 7 1942

Double Stone
Bohoei Moi Xpetoe
(In Greek Lettering)
George Angelo Venetos
Sep 21 1900
Jun 12 1984
Nellie Murray Venetas
Apr 2 1909
Sep 20 1999

Jeanette Mary Berman Register
Oct 19 1928
Jun 16 1985

India Stroud
Wife of 
Fenn Garriss
Jan 16 1885
Jun 30 1922

Acy Taylor Tatum
Jun 7 1917
May 28 1999

Abner Lee Tatum
Dec 28 1911
Aug 24 1958

Abbie Sears
Wife of
James A Tatum
Sep 30 1878
Apr 11 1963

James A Tatum
Sep 24 1868
Nov 26 1936

Leaton W
Son of 
J W & S C Highsmith
Aug 17 1900
Oct 27 1900

Christine Ina Sears
Apr 9 1870
Aug 10 1885

Martha Wheeler
Wife of
H P Pierce
Jan 18 1853
Dec 12 ????

Hogan Pierce
Aug 29 1859
May 26 1947

Daniel Webster Page
North Carolina
Pvt 1Cl Med Dept
Feb 6 1898
Dec 18 1939

Bessie Ramsey P Best
Jan 28 1900
Mar 3 1986

Gertrude
Daughter of 
C E & L Jones
Died 
Oct 15 1894
Aged 5 yrs 5 mos 18 dys

Charlie E Jones
Husband of 
Lou Jones
Jul 30 1866
Aug 30 1906

Letha Brinkley
Dec 15 1913
Mar 28 1937

Benjamin R Brinkley
Apr 29 1886
Jul 23 1950

Eula Q Brinkley
Feb 24 1892
Jan 1 1980

Benjamin Cecil Brinkley
Sep 4 1919
Apr 8 1967

Erma Mae Brinkley
Apr 11 1916
Mar 3 1992

Double Stone
Joseph Hall McGowen
Nov 23 1866
Dec 23 1944
Mary Adeline Powers
Dec 5 1889
Oct 13 1944

Double Stone
Hanson Powers
Dec 9 1844
Nov 15 1922
Mary A Gavin
Aug 27 1858
Feb 27 1954

Infant 
Son of
John & Eloise Powers

Bruce B Ramsey
Feb 2 1892
Oct 10 1910

Frank Ramsey
Apr 3 1858
Oct 21 1934

Mary J Ramsey
Mar 22 1866
Dec 22 1909

Tobitha P Ramsey
May 12 1908
Nov 7 1908

Unmarked Stone

William T Jones
Mar 15 1830
May 17 1905

Mamie
Daughter of
A W & J E Jones
Jan 7 1892
Nov 7 1892

Mary E Bowen
Wife of 
Benjamin Brinkley
Age 83 yrs

Double Stone
Brinkley
Dempsey H
1848
Apr 18 1895
Ada J
Apr 3 1851
Aug 15 1940

George Dempsey Brinkley
Nov 25 1883
May 4 1955

Mattie Norris Brinkley
Wife of
George D Brinkley
Aug 22 1889
Mar 11 1967

Lee R Moore
Jun 16 1887
Jun 20 1962

Mary Butler Moore
Wife of 
Lee R Moore
Feb 4 1889
Mar 4 1971

Mildred Moore Bass
Feb 1 1911
Apr 17 1968

Duncan J McMillan
1847-1912

Mary McMillan
1848-1927

Archiebold McMillan
1813-1893

Sarah A McMillan
1824-1906

M Irene Johnson McMillan
Aug 1 1884
May 8 1963

Archie Allie McMillan
Dec 22 1877
Mar 25 1966

Elbert Anderson
Sep 9 1899
Apr 17 1944

Callie M Anderson
Apr 23 1899
Sep 15 1975

Lenora-Theodore Anderson
Nov 17 1922
NOD

Double Stone
Bowen
Robert Nixon
Nov 23 1879
Mar 9 1935
Lucy Lillian
Nov 12 1879
Sep 20 1932

Gladys Mae Bowen
1914-1921
Age 7 yrs

Ruby Inez Bowen
1919-1919
Age 5 mos

Edna Lillian 
Daughter of
R N & L L Bowen
Dec 22 1916
Apr 20 1917

Infant
Daughter of
Emma Moore & Leon Rooks
Jan 21 1932

Henry Platt Moore
May 7 1891
Sep 15 1917

John B Wiggins Jr
Infant 
Son of
Mr & Mrs J B Wiggins
Sep 5 1931

Lawrence Mace Cox
North Carolina
Wagoner Co D 105 Ammo Tn
World War II
Jun 13 1897
Feb 15 1968

Laura C Cox
Oct 6 1902
Oct 21 1972

Double Stone
Rivenbark
Walter K
Nov 3 1877
Sep 17 1938
Roxie M
Nov 16 1882
Nov 14 1964

Dale Eugene Dyer
Dec 13 1970
Oct 31 1989

Dolores Ann
Daughter of
Julius & Edna Blanton
Sep 29 1948
Oct 1 1948

William David Carter
Jun 20 1921
Jan 4 1973

Ruby Rackley Carter
Dec 10 1911
Oct 20 1988

Walter J Rackley
Jul 9 1906
Feb 28 1948

Double Stone
Horrell
Virginia Smith
Feb 15 1885
Aug 26 1978
Clinton Morris
Jun 12 1877
Apr 3 1956

Leroy Horrell
Apr 18 1916
Nov 27 2009

Double Stone
Piner
Lou Ellen
May 29 1868
Jun 4 1947
W Thomas
Feb 1 1868
Mar 20 1941

Madeline S Rackley
Jun 11 1917
Apr 21 1947

Ben Dick Rackley
Oct 27 1912
Nov 9 1985

Larry Winfred
Son of 
G L & Angela Boehm
Jul 10 1953
Jul 13 1953

Clyde M Moore Sr
Dec 18 1896
Nov 30 1956

Katie Jolly Moore
Jul 26 1901
Mar 17 1978

Walter J Rackley
Jul 9 1906
Feb 28 1948

Double Stone
Dyer
Donald Wayne
May 14 1939
NOD
Married
Apr 28 1962
Martha Murray
Feb 17 1943
NOD

Hazel H Murphy
Feb 5 1914
Aug 11 1979

Columbus Eugene Murray
May 6 1915
Nov 20 1998

Daniel J Powell
Apr 16 1852
Mar 9 1923

Myrtle Ann 
Infant 
Daughter of
W F & Sallie D Wheeler
Oct 14 1939
Oct 18 1939

Sallie Deal Wheeler
Wife of 
Walter F Wheeler
Jun 1 1907
Jul 16 1987

Walter Felix Wheeler
Husband of 
Sallie D Wheeler
Jul 18 1887
Jul 17 1944

Double Stone
Wells
Sidney A
Feb 3 1882
May 21 1959
Callie R
Apr 11 1888
May 7 1956

Double Stone
Jackson
Robert Graham
Sep 12 1947
Oct 11 2002
Married
Jan 25 1966
NOI

Robert Allen Sutton
SP4 US Army
Nov 24 1939
Mar 17 1989

Robert Graham Jackson
US Army
Vietnam
Sep 12 1947
Oct 11 2002
Purple Heart

Double Stone
Fussell
Elwood Murchis
Jun 14 1948
NOD
Married
Apr 8 1966
Linda Murray
Jan 1 1949
Jun 11 2008

Kristina Marie Fussell
May 13 1987
Nov 16 1987

Mattie Hilda Tatum
Wife of 
Chancie Tatum
Sep 13 1907
Dec 5 1951

Chancie C Tatum
Nov 3 1904
Jun 10 1962

Walter D Powell
North Carolina
Pvt
156 Depot Brig
World War I
Sep 8 1891
Dec 20 1948

Amanda Jane Garriss
Wife of 
Sidney J Rivenbark
Feb 26 1874
Sep 20 1943

Lee Audrey Rivenbark
North Carolina
Pvt US Army
World War I
Jan 6 1897
Sep 15 1972

Bedford Moore
Jun 6 1855
Aug 25 1919

Emily C Moore
Feb 18 1857
May 30 1923

Archie E Hassell
Jun 7 1891
Dec 31 1982

Myra Pearl Hassell
Sep 23 1885
May 13 1935

Double Stone
Powell
David John
Apr 16 1852
Mar 9 1923
Annie Hollingsworth
Nov 28 1865
Apr 25 1938

Kilby A Powell
Oct 3 1900
Nov 12 1927

Margaret Edna
Infant 
Daughter of
J T & Annie Mae Murray

Infant 
Son of
J T & Annie Mae Murray

James T Murray
Mar 7 1888
Dec 25 1965

Annie Mae Crews
Wife of 
J T Murray
May 3 1894
Jun 16 1953

Lillie Murray Brinson
Oct 23 1916
Apr 2 1958

Raymond J Powell
Sep 9 1928
Jun 4 1955

Clifton Jerome Powell
Apr 19 1951
May 4 1979

Margaret Ann Aman
Mar 14 1901
Feb 2 1982

Double Stone
Piner
Alfred P
Aug 12 1836
Apr 23 1926
Mallisa Catherine
Mar 2 1861
Oct 31 1955

Roy H Hassell
Sep 1 1917
Oct 29 1972
FS
Roy H Hassell
North Carolina
TEC4 709 Ord Lt Maint
World War II
Sep 1 1917
Oct 29 1972

Lonnie 
Son of 
Alfred & Melissa C Piner
Jul 10 1894
Jan 23 1905

Bessie Shepard Rivenbark
Aug 25 1909
Aug 9 1945

MM
Ruby Catherine Rivenbark
Sep 1 1939
Nov 19 2009
Age 70 years

MM
Robert Henry Rivenbark
May 3 1936
Feb 2 2006
Age 69 yrs

Infant 
Daughter of
Alex & Vashti Aman
Born & Died
Nov 20 1913

Carl
Son of 
Alex & Vashti Aman
1905-1930

Double Stone
Aman
Vashti Aman
Dec 9 1869
Apr 25 1948
Alex Aman
Jul 28 1856
Jan 29 1940

Rev James D Cavenaugh
Sep 3 1837
Feb 26 1904

Martha Teachey
Wife of 
Rev James D Cavenaugh
Nov 1 1827
Apr 24 1914

Lula Rooks Murray
Aug 27 1903
Oct 12 1986

Finnie Ardrey Murray Sr
Pvt US Army
World War I
Jan 11 1897
Apr 28 1986

Double Stone
Newton
Carlton S Sr
Mar 5 1907
Jan 23 1990
Dora Baker
Jun 11 1911
Apr 10 1992

Sinnott H Baker
Apr 15 1878
May 18 1934

Anna Laura Furmidge
Aug 28 1902
Sep 23 1903

H N Furmidge
Aug 16 1872
May 17 1928

Carrie Lee Baker
Wife of 
H N Furmidge
Feb 19 1870
Oct 15 1930

Double Stone
Jackson
Edna I Murray
Aug 24 1931
Nov 5 1985
Cazy Leonard
Aug 4 1916
Dec 18 1981

R A Thratt
NOI

Eloise Hodges Croom
May 6 1863
Jun 28 1954

Maria Jane
Daughter of
Thomas & Sophie Lee
Wife of 
W T Hodges
1829
Dec 18 1916

William T
Son of
Hollowell & Sarah Hodges
May 23 1827
Oct 10 1903

John Lemuell Carroll
1897-1918

Mary E
Wife of 
Isaiah Carroll
Dec 23 1833
Jan 6 1891

Isaiah Carroll
Aug 14 1838
Apr 21 1909
Member of Co 1
18TH Regt NC Vols
CSA

Double Stone
Murray
John Hanson
Jan 22 1856
Feb 10 1906
Cornelia Myriah
Sep 8 1857
Jun 8 1932

Bruce Murray
Jul 7 1882
Sep 13 1961

Rena Marshburn Murray
May 25 1906
Jul 28 1991

Joseph Ewell
Son of
J P & Louise Newton
Feb 10 1918
Dec 10 1919

J H Newton
Son of 
J S & L S Newton
Oct 1 1883
Jun 11 1885

Infant 
Daughter of
J P & H D Newton

Infant 
Daughter of
J P & H D Newton

Helen D
Wife of
J P Newton
Jun 27 1884
Aug 8 1909
Age 25 yrs 1 mo & 11 dys

Minnie H Saunders
Oct 9 1877
Aug 15 1966

Unmarked Stone 

Robert Allen Sutton
SP4 US Army
Nov 24 1939
Mar 17 1989





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