Pate Cemetery

Duplin County North Carolina

Surveyed by Lillian & Pearl Houston September 2011




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

Location: SR 1004 The Summerlin's Crossroads Road about 12 miles from Kenansville on the right before Brocks Chapel Church.



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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.12225 N
    77.98868 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Double Stone Knowles Robert E Jan 19 1931 NOD Married Feb 24 1954 E. Joyce Oct 11 1936 Jun 16 1993 Double Stone Brock Sharon W Aug 30 1956 NOD Jimmy W May 29 1949 Oct 3 1991 Larry Moody Jr Jan 20 1953 Nov 18 1972 Double Stone Herring Hazel B Feb 14 1921 May 10 1996 Louis E Apr 14 1912 Nov 19 1983 Double Stone Brock Haddie H Nov 19 1930 NOD Garland Oct 29 1926 Apr 19 1999 Dennis Lee Holmes Mar 20 1948 Nov 11 1950 James Wade Holmes North Carolina AIC 608 ORGN MAINT SQ AF Vietnam Jan 13 1948 Jul 3 1971 Double Stone Holmes James "Sonny" Oct 5 1923 Apr 9 1986 Clara Bell Apr 21 1923 NOD FS James Russell Holmes US ARMY World War II Oct 5 1923 Apr 9 1986 MM Thomas William Gruebel Apr 25 1950 Aug 17 2010 60 yrs old James DeBoyce Brock Dec 25 194 Dec 12 1999 Hyatt Baby Boys Nov 10 1975 Durwood Lewis Arnette Jan 22 1957 Jul 6 2003 Elizabeth Faye Head Feb 28 1979 Feb 28 1979 Kate Herring Aug 30 1889 Jan 4 1942 Double Stone Brock Currie Aug 5 1917 Sep 8 1970 Eva Louise H Feb 16 1921 NOD Double Stone Brock Ida Mae Jan 21 1898 Jun 19 1968 Horace Jul 17 1891 Jun 27 1954 Double Stone Brock Annie Mae Bennett Apr 26 1931 May 8 1996 Horace Jr Nov 20 1930 Mar 9 1966 Double Stone Brock Mattie E Sep 20 1918 Mar 17 1977 Married Nov 11 1933 Marvin Jun 5 1915 Sep 11 1984 Double Stone Arnett Edna Brock Jun 19 1929 Dec 20 1991 Sammie Apr 30 1921 Jun 2 1993 Marshall Everette Arnett SP4 US ARMY Vietnam Oct 29 1955 Nov 28 2002 MM Unreadable Double Stone Brock Mantha Oct 7 1920 Jun 7 2005 Perry Feb 8 1919 May 20 1977 Walter M. Brock North Carolina PVT 322 INF 81 DIV Mar 2 1935 NOD Creacy P. Brock Sep 26 1867 Aug 22 1932 Elias Brock Died May 27 1924 Thurman Brock Nov 11 1924 Jun 26 1926 Libbie Brock Mar 5 1933 Jul 16 1934 Baby Brock Oct 24 1934 Oct 31 1934 Eldridge Ray Brock Oct 8 1935 Feb 14 1936 J. W. Lambert Feb 21 1874 Dec 26 1925 Double Stone Mollie Arnette Oct 8 1868 NOD Joe W. Arnette May 8 1855 Apr 5 1930 Joe L. Arnette Nov 10 1909 Jan 18 1931 Paul Arnette Jun 28 1928 Nov 9 1952 Double Stone Arnette Bobbie K Aug 11 1933 Jul 20 1997 Married Dec 20 1952 Allie Ray May 28 1928 Dec 8 1996 MM Joe William Arnette Dec 15 1930 Aug 28 2010 Age 79 years old Double Stone Foy Delphia J Jun 6 1944 Nov 24 1972 Joseph L Feb 5 1946 Nov 24 1972 Double Stone Bowden James A Jan 25 1939 Jan 2 2009 Patricia A May 2 1944 NOD Double Stone Garrison K Michele Nov 11 1970 NOD A Bryant Dec 16 1988 Jan 31 2008 Double Stone Holmes Drifty Wayne Oct 28 1962 Jan 28 2008 Married May 8 2003 Ruby Frances Dec 2 1952 NOD Double Stone C. Randy Holmes Jan 8 1957 Oct 29 1999 Married Apr 27 1975 Debbie S Holmes Nov 20 1957 NOD Double Stone Craft Kenneth H Jul 10 1957 Aug 4 1997 Katherine H Oct 2 1948 NOD Nealy Faith Goodson Apr 5 2001 May 20 2001 Double Stone Foss Betty J. Holmes May 22 1956 Feb 29 1988 Jasper Clayton Holmes Feb 5 1933 NOD Doris Helen Arnett May 22 1939 Sep 24 1985 Double Stone Holmes Minnie Lee Nov 18 1926 Dec 27 2009 Drifty Feb 12 1921 Jul 21 1981 Willie Arnett Aug 14 1917 Dec 16 1973 Joe S. Arnette Sep 14 1941 Aug 17 1992 MM Courtland W. Arnette 1979-1979 Double Stone Arnette Lannie Edward Jul 30 1932 Nov 2 1965 Flora Dail Feb 11 1933 NOD MM Unreadable Double Stone Arnette Rosa E. Pate Sep 19 1898 Sep 29 1957 Lannie H Mar 14 1893 Oct 9 1963 Double Stone Pate John Lewis Mar 28 1854 Feb 16 1929 Barbara Allan Kornegay Apr 18 1850 Dec 10 1928 Double Stone S. B Pate Apr 15 1867 Oct 15 1935 Rocky Elizabeth Pate Oct 18 1871 Feb 2 1906 Doris Lucille Daughter of Austin & Bessie Pate Jun 6 1927 Aug 31 1927 Double Stone Pate Bessie Mooring Feb 4 1901 Oct 3 1991 Austin Aug 15 1905 Mar 24 1962 Lou S. Mooring Oct 6 1884 Nov 24 1961 2 Infant sons of Mr & Mrs W. E. Bland Born & Died Mar 28 1934 Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. W. E. Bland Born & Died Jun 25 1935 G. W. Pate Feb 10 1859 Dec 17 1924 Daisy Daughter of G. W. & Latha Pate Mar 18 1900 Sep 10 1900 Double Stone Brock Sceanie P Died Aug 1891 Horace Sr Died Aug 1891 MM & Wooden Marker Unreadable MM Unreadable George D. Brock Son of Benjamin & Glennie Brock age about 1 yr Triple Stone Brock Glennie D. Pate Feb 11 1880 Aug 31 1939 In Memory of our son Glennie M. Brock Killed in Service World War II Buried in Henri Chapel Cemetery Belgium Benjamin F Sep 7 1884 Oct 27 1960 Double Stone Pate Mary Brock Jul 1 1858 May 27 1934 James Jim Tom Apr 25 1860 Sep 2 1927 Durwood B. Brock Jr Jun 6 1956 Sep 9 1973 MM Durwood Benson Brock Sr May 18 1933 Apr 17 2004 Durwood Benson Brock US AIR FORCE Korea May 18 1933 Apr 17 2004 Ashley Cartwright Feb 13 1991 Jun 28 2010 Unreadable Stone Unreadable Stone Helen Marie Brock Jun 14 1928 Jun 29 1997 Double Stone Brock Sadie B Sep 10 1913 Oct 24 1998 Married Mar 18 1927 Harvey F Jul 1 1906 Feb 9 1976 Double Stone Brock Elwood Ray Nov 2 1948 Nov 2 1948 Lynwood Gray Brock Nov 2 1948 Jun 24 1989 FS Elwood Ray Twin Son of Harvey & Sadie Brock Born & Died Nov 2 1948 FS Lynwood Gray Brock SSGT US AIR FORCE Nov 2 1948 Jun 24 1989 Unreadable Stone Raymond Earl Boone Jan 18 1948 NOD Ava Raye Pate Boone Nov 17 1938 NOD John W. Summerlin 1878-1952 Unreadable Stone Unreadable Stone Unreadable Stone Double Stone Pate Mary S. Apr 24 1908 Oct 14 1988 Married Feb 27 1925 Major F Jul 27 1900 May 16 1977 Unreadable Stone Unreadable Stone Double Stone Winders Ella P Jan 22 1899 Feb 4 1976 Albert Aug 29 1891 Oct 10 1957 MM Mary S Pate 1908-1988 MM William E Pate 1927-1962 Henry C. Pate Oct 4 1914 Sep 13 1986 Mary Ann Pate Nov 2 1871 Nov 25 1944 Benjamin Franklin Pate Apr 10 1869 Jan 8 1944 MM Unreadable MM & Stone Unreadable MM & Stone Unreadable MM Nancy A. Winders 1921-1923 MM Albert F Winders 1922-1922 W. R. Pate Aug 5 1828 Mar 11 1906 Mary Ann Winders May 19 1835 Jun 14 1917 Robt. B. Pate Feb 24 1879 Nov 24 1938 Sons of H. S & Annie Kornegay George Nov 15 1900 Jun 5 1902 Henry Jan 4 1904 Jan 8 1909 Carrie M. Thigpen May 10 1896 Jun 30 1976 Vera Mae Thigpen Aug 1 1927 Sep 4 1996 Laura Nicholson Jun 6 1894 Nov 1 1911 Double Stone Nicholson L. K. Jul 19 1857 Jun 20 1911 Mary Susan Apr 7 1859 Nov 5? 1926 H. Stella Patterson Nov 27 1880 Dec 26 1900 Infant Son of H Stella & Frank Patterson Dec 20 1900 Lula Mae Nicholson Sep 20 1899 Jul 24 1900 Emma L. Dau. of L K & Mary Brock Jun 23 1896 Apr 9 1897 Lilly May Dau. of L. & W. Brock Mar 23 1886 Jun 10 1887 Mary Lee Dau. of L & W Brock Aug 29 1884 Jul 3 1885 Emma L Daughter of LA & WA Brock Jun 23 1896 Apr 9 1897 Mattie Daughter of L. A. & Winnie A. Brock Oct 28 1887 Jun 11 1910 Mary A Daughter of WH & LL Price May 31 1896 Nov 28 1897 Unreadable Son of Unreadable Pate Oct 18 1857 Aug 18 1893 Double Stone Jones Leslie L Oct 4 1905 Apr 7 1973 Essie S Aug 4 1910 Jun 10 1970 Infant Daughter of Mr & Mrs Leslie Jones Aug 17 1929 Infant Son of Mr & Mrs Leslie Jones Jan 14 1933 Linda Grace Infant Daughter of Mr & Mrs Leonard Dail Feb 21 1957 Double Stone Henry Smith Jan 20 1884 Feb 23 1952 Alice P. Smith Jul 18 1888 Feb 15 1972 Triple Stone Smith Joe Frank Jul 25 1922 Dec 4 1997 Married Dec 8 1945 Meltha Casper Nov 27 1927 NOD Molly Jo Jul 19 1968 NOD Fannie Smith Goode Dunn 1934 Major F. Pate 1900-1977 Double Stone Margie Whitman Aug 20 1881 Apr 12 1945 Charlie Garland Whitman May 19 1879 Jul 4 1962 James Whitman Dec 7 1949 Dec 7 1949 Daisy May Whitman Aug 24 1951 Jun 1952 Double Stone Whitman Ruby Holland Apr 21 1918 Jul 20 1996 Robert Louis Jun 27 1913 Apr 1 1992 Annie Pearl Whitman Coats Jun 28 1906 Jul 19 1988 MM Major F. Pate, Jr. 1932-1987 Rockey E. Pate Oct 18 1871 Feb 2 1906 Eleanor Marie Daughter of Austen & Bessie Pate Nov 29 1925 Jun 16 1926 Mary Ann Winders May 19 1835 Jun 14 1917 Wife of William Robert Pate Aug 5 1828 Mar 11 1906 Gilbert F. Pate Jun 3 1929 Mar 24 1987 Max Dell Coats Oct 7 1944 Jul 7 2001 MM Unreadable Eloise F. Winders Aug 4 1934 Feb 7 2003 Miss Little Renee Lynn Winders Oct 19 1989 Sep 22 1999 Esther W. Foss Aug 16 1915 Oct 4 1997 Debra Winders Jan 14 1958 Oct 11 1982 Minnie Winders Oct 14 1882 Mar 2 1966 Will Winders Jun 15 1881 Jun 13 1956 MM Unreadable MM Unreadable Burley Glen Palmer US ARMY May 17 1937 Aug 16 2006 Husband of Audrey Father of Nathan Edward I. Creech Aug 10 1932 Mar 6 2004 Margaret Emma Williamson Jan 10 1934 Jan 4 2003 Bob Cherry PFC US ARMY World War II Dec 14 1921 Dec 19 2004 Alonzia B. Creech Jun 10 1939 Jun 21 1972 Raymond Bland Creech North Carolina PVT CO K 120 Infantry Jun 6 1919 Apr 16 1965 Double Stone Creech Emma S. C. Aug 27 1898 Nov 22 1969 Calop B. C. Jul 28 1891 Mar 4 1953 MM Unreadable MM Mrs. Sudie Kornegay Creech Jan 27 1920 Oct 18 2005 MM Unreadable MM Kevin Bland Teachey 1965-2003 Double Stone Ezzell Wilma T 1944 NOD Charles M 1943-1997 Rachel A. Pate Guiles Dec 22 1959 Jul 11 1992 Rachel Rich Lee Sep 5 1927 Apr 29 1987 Double Stone Anderson Marie P Nov 3 1953 NOD Married Jun 8 1973 Melvin Anderson Nov 27 1949 Sep 26 1997 Robert Lewis Price Aug 2 1949 Nov 16 2003 Double Stone Cherry Eloise Jun 24 1932 NOD Married Dec 20 1947 Bob Dec 14 1921 Dec 19 2004 Daniel Lemuel Pate Apr 18 1891 Dec 1 1964 Russell Pate PFC US ARMY Korea Oct 25 1927 Jun 25 2002 Sug B. Pate Oct 1 1979 Nov 19 1983 MM Beulah Pate Taylor Harrell May 10 1936 Aug 14 2004 Double Stone Pate Doris W May 18 1934 NOD Russell Oct 28 1927 Jun 25 2002 Double Stone Pate Sallie C Sep 2 1902 Jul 10 1985 Stephen E Oct 28 1900 Nov 7 1974 Double Stone Pate Daniel L Apr 18 1891 Dec 1 1964 Esther P Oct 12 1916 Nov 17 1988 Edna P. O'Grady Jun 18 1934 Mar 8 1994 Virginia Dale Ingram May 30 1950 Oct 29 2006 Double Stone Price Myrtle P. Price Nov 30 1949 Feb 25 1992 Married Jul 13 1970 Franklin Mar 29 1946 NOD Double Stone Price Maggie A Oct 8 1919 Dec 26 1997 Married Nov 14 1936 Gurney F Aug 14 1913 Dec 10 1989 Daughter Mollie Jean Price Jul 9 1939 Sep 9 1939 Alice R. Pate Mar 3 1880 Aug 1939 Charles Pate May 19 1889 Ella Grant Rich Sep 8 1885 Jun 22 1954 Double Stone Pate John W Apr 29 1902 Feb 1 1973 Annie L Dec 23 1910 Feb 25 1988 Leslie Martin Pate Husband of Sudie Mae Kornegay Oct 7 1939 Apr 8 1975 Howard Craig Davis Oct 1 1961 Apr 14 1979 Ricky J. Davis Mar 4 1967 Jun 24 1985 Double Stone Pate Ruby J Jul 6 1931 Mar 1 1995 Yulis R May 10 1928 Jun 26 1995 Double Stone Pate Emily Estelle Quinn Aug 21 1935 Apr 14 2005 Robert George Steven Pate May 7 1932 Jan 9 1996 Double Stone Timothy Scott Crumpler Aug 2 1978 Aug 13 2005 Married Nov 30 2002 Sara Grace Crumpler NOI Unmarked Stone Double Stone Sanderson Eunice Ward Aug 17 1914 Oct 11 1993 Stanley Sep 16 1916 Feb 2 2005 Double Stone Sanderson Bertha "Bert" J Jan 6 1936 NOD Married Sep 20 1952 S. Milton "Terpin" Oct 30 1935 Feb 9 2000 Unmarked Stone E. Pate NOI J. Pate NOI P. Pate NOI Double Stone Pate Katie Clide Sep 3 1894 Jan 22 1974 Robert Franklin Jun 5 1876 Dec 12 1959 G. Pate NOI MM George Pate Died Nov 27 1960 age 22 Duffie Ray Taylor 1923-1979 Beulah Pate Taylor May 10 1930 Aug 14 2004 MM Kaleena Rose Pate Born & Died Mar 28 1982 Jennie Wife of J. S. Pate Died Aug 15 1931 Age 53 years Oscar Sutton Mar 23 1910 Apr 4 1910 MM Unreadable Katie M. Anderson Apr 8 1911 Jul 20 1931 Barney H. Anderson Dec 7 1907 Aug 12 1935 John W. Anderson Apr 20 1874 Feb 24 1953 Tempie S. Anderson Mar 10 1884 Sep 11 1966 Lucy J. Coltren May 23 1890 Jun 21 1967 MM Unreadable Double Stone Arnett James Adrain Oct 7 1970 Jul 24 1993 Connie Dunn Aug 5 1960 NOD Willis C. Pate US NAVY World War II Double Stone Phillips John E. C. Feb 12 1935 Jul 6 1988 Married Aug 5 1978 Julia C. Jun 12 1948 NOD FS John E. C. Phillips TSGT US AIR FORCE Korea Vietnam Feb 12 1935 Jul 6 1988 Double Stone Coltren Reva H Mar 8 1918 Nov 22 1998 George L Aug 4 1920 Dec 7 1997 MM Unreadable Double Stone Sanderson Wesley Dick May 29 1920 Oct 1 1999 Swannie Mae S Nov 13 1922 NOD Joyce Garris Tucker Dec 6 1942 Nov 11 1994 Durwood "Bud" Tucker Apr 30 1938 Oct 13 2003 Willie James Tucker Sep 22 1945 Dec 10 2002 James A. Lewis Jul 2 1927 Mar 13 1991 MM Eva Roselind Pate Aug 25 1935 Feb 9 2004 Paul Grey Pate US AIR FORCE Mar 17 1929 Dec 8 2003 Willis C. "Bill" Pate Feb 20 1924 Dec 21 1983 Double Stone Tucker Willie N Sep 5 1912 Feb 20 1975 Lizzie H Jan 26 1914 Dec 21 1998 Double Stone Pate Clarence H Oct 27 1902 Jul 17 1974 Married Nov 11 1920 Sudie T Aug 23 1902 May 31 1996 Sudie Arlene Daughter of C. H. & Sudie Pate Aug 20 1926 Nov 22 1940 Annie Rich Tucker Nov 14 1878 Oct 8 1938 George W. Tucker May 23 1870 Nov 10 1949 Jessie D. Tucker May 9 1900 Nov 24 1951 MM Unreadable Wiley Powell Co B 51 North Carolina INF CSA MM Unreadable MM Unreadable Bascom son of Kater & Almira Nicholson Aug 4 1914 Dec 13 1914 Kater Nicholson Sep 24 1882 Jul 10 1917 MM Thurman Ruffin Nicholson Feb 15 1917 Jan 2 1976 MM Unreadable MM Unreadable Ida Pate Thompson 1873 Mar 29 1915 MM Unreadable MM Unreadable Double Stone Garland Gooding Sep 29 1926 Dec 19 1981 Daisy Smith Gooding Jun 5 1927 Apr 6 1983 Evander Hare Apr 1884 Mar 22 1925 John Hare Jul 9 1854 Apr 18 1926 MM James Kirk Smith Jan 18 1954 Jan 21 2003 Bernice Wheeler Jr Jul 15 1944 Jul 29 1965 Double Stone Burnice Wheeler Apr 9 1912 May 13 1971 Lela H. Wheeler Dec 14 1911 Jun 9 1979 Lillie Barnette Hare Jan 30 1892 Nov 3 1981 Gene Autry Smith Dec 10 1950 Mar 19 1985 James E. Wheeler Apr 11 1936 Oct 14 1987 Linwood Earl Sanderson Dec 28 1944 Sep 23 1997 Wesley Leroy Sanderson Jr Apr 28 1969 NOD Wesley L. Sanderson 1942-1991 Evander Hare Feb 5 1924 May 10 1996 Double Stone Hare Willie J Dec 6 1919 Dec 9 2000 Mary S Sep 20 1920 Feb 11 2004 Angel Marker NOI Double Stone Brock Dennis A July 6 1960 Feb 7 2009 Carol T Dec 2 1954 NOD James Wade Holmes Jan 13 1945 Jul 3 1971 Double Stone Potter Cynthia Mills Oct 1 1950 NOD Married Jun 14 1970 Clarence "Tommy" Thomas Sep 5 1949 Oct 5 2008 Parents of Brandon & Lea MM Elias Ivan Locklear Mar 12 2008 Jun 22 2009 Age 1 Sharon Rochelle Aug 19 1954 Dec 29 2008 Robert L. Creel Sep 18 1925 May 28 1978 Carrie Bell Anderson Heim Apr 6 1922 Mar 18 1996 William Joel Heim PFC US Marine Corps World War II Mar 31 1912 May 14 1979 No Photos: Willie James Hare TEC 5 US ARMY World War II Dec 6 1919 Dec 9 2000 MM DWP Died Dec 6 1927 MM Effie Mae Smith ? Nov 13 ???? Unreadable

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