The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Needham Henry Gainus Cemetery in Duplin County, NC.
Location: on Alum spring Road (SR#1513) approx. 1 and ½ miles from the intersection of Alum Springs and Tram Road (SR# 1500) Cemetery is on the right of road Cemetery is well maintained in a chain link fence.
African American Cemetery
View Google map here.
View photos of the headstones here.
GPS Coordinates:
35.06806 N
77.86601 W
The epitaphs are as follows:
Double Stone
Gainus
Needham Henry
Apr 14 1909
Feb 10 1994
Mary Deaver
Aug 28 1914
May 15 1981
Needham Daniel "Jaybird" Gainus
Jun 23 1944
Jun 14 1993
Double Stone
Deaver
Hester G
Oct 11 1891
Jun 17 1960
John I
Apr 13 1867
Oct 1 1947
Double Stone
Gainus
Morris O
Apr 21 1940
Mar 3 2007
Betty C
Apr 4 1944
NOD
Janice Eileen Foy
Died
Feb 25 1964
5 mo 11 das
Double Stone
Brock
Nancy Deaver
Mar 31 1918
Oct 28 1992
Willie E. “Bill”
Nov 11 1922
Apr 4 1959
FS
Willie Edward Brock
Sgt US Army
World War II PH
Nov 11 1922
Apr 4 1959
Viola
Daughter of
J. I. and Hester Deaver
NOI
Unmarked Grave
Isaac Thomas Grady
Oct 29 1853
Nov 30 1907
Irry Turner
Wife of
Isaac Grady
Died
Oct 10 1941
Aged 70 yrs
Baby Holmes
Sep 26 1939
Sep 28 1939
Webb H Holmes
Jul 23 1905
Sep 9 1948
Evelyn Gainus Davis
Feb 27 1936
Feb 4 1979
Joseph W. Woodard
Dec 8 1990
Dec 30 1997
Lillian K. Houston Send your questions (and thanks) directly to Lillian.
Back to beginning of Duplin County Cemetery Page
Back to Duplin County Page