Richard Rouse Cemetery

Duplin County, NC

Surveyed by Lillian and Pearl Houston January 2008
Resurveyed May 2012




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

Location on Burncoat Rd (SR#1551) at Wooten Crossroads. Cemetery is on the right and inside Lenoir County Line very overgrown.

African American Cemetery

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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.148695 N
    77.764145 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Daniel Roland Aug 28 1933 Sep 14 1988 Linda C Roland Aug 20 1950 Dec 7 1990 John D Roland Aug 28 1937 Jul 24 1986 Jimmy Roland Aug 8 1941 Nov 20 1985 Delsie ?? 1931-19?? rest missing Headdie Horsley Feb 22 1923 Nov 25 1923 Emmit Horsley Jul 4 1919 Sep 4 1986 William Horsley Mar 3 1903 Nov 25 1930 Unmarked Stone William Horsley Jr North Carolina TEC 5 3994 QM Truck Co Jun 6 1924 May 5 1946 Hattie Rouse Lawson Mar 12 1910 Dec 12 2001 Patrick Rouse 1919-1994 Triple Stone Rouse Celia Sep 14 1880 May 11 1950 William Jun 10 1877 Mar 19 1953 Johnnie Mar 11 1924 Mar 4 1951 Amie Garner 1915-1981 Frederick E Garner Sep 12 1946 Nov 11 1988 Yolanda Garner Jun 21 19?? Jan 24 19?? rest buried Bruce W Garner Jan 30 1935 Jun 8 1991 Due to undergrowth were unable to find these stones: Richard Rouse 1906 Sep 11 1951 Roscoe Garner Sep 1 1910 Dec 27 1961 Gary W Stanley Sep 18 1969 Oct 30 1986 Bernice Phillips Jul 11 1917 Apr 4 1999 Harry Davis May 11 1922 Savanah CA

    Lillian K. Houston Send your questions (and thanks) directly to Lillian.

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