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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View photos of the headstones here.
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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