The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Rockfish African Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery in Duplin County, NC.
Location From Wallace Take Road # 1102 Highway Cemetery is on left behind the church
African American Cemetery
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GPS Coordinates:
34.74662 N
78.02767 W
The epitaphs are as follows:
Catherine Williams
Jul 8 1915
Dec 27 2004
Annie L. Newkirk
Sep 25 1917
Jun 6 1988
Olivia N. James
Sep 22 1945
Sep 2 1981
Mary L Underwood
Mar 26 1920
Nov 28 2000
Joseph Lawrence Jr
Dec 20 1948
Apr 14 1994
Melvin Spencer
Nov 6 1920
Oct 3 1999
Double Stone
Spencer
James
Apr 2 1918
NOD
Melvin
Nov 6 1920
Oct 3 1999
Joseph Tucker Williams
1939-2007
Malissie F. J. Boney
Mar 28 1918
Dec 1 2005
Sears James Sr
Feb 4 1938
Jun 12 1995
Cora Lee Murray
Jan 10 1907
Mar 17 1984
Luetta Rouse
Sep 5 1912
Aug 28 1977
Unmarked Stone
Unmarked Grave
Double Stone
Andrew Herring
Mar 15 1866
Dec 8 1956
Martha W.
May 10 1868
Feb 5 1953
Chancy
NOI
Wallace Sam Wells
Nov 28 1940
Nov 28 1994
Mary Love Daniels
Jun 9 1922
Aug 11 2006
Jimmy Love
Sep 1 1939
Aug 10 2000
Lee Davis Love
Jan 9 1928
Jan 17 1999
Willie Love
TEC 5 US Army
World War II
Mar 22 1918
Jul 24 1985
Muriel D. Coston
Mar 17 1959
May 16 1975
Lucille C. Williamson
Sep 14 1906
Mar 21 1983
Beulah Love Williams
Mar 4 1926
Jan 13 1994
Tyrone Vaughn
LCPL
US Marine Corps
Jan 2 1954
Sep 5 1986
Jake Andrews
Jun 6 1912
Jun 6 1996
Mattie Lee Clibbons
Jun 10 1935
Jan 18 1991
Willie Caroll Dixon
Jan 10 1943
Feb 8 2003
Aaron Gray
Sep 25 1911
Jun 18 1998
Elizabeth E. Gray
Jan 6 1906
May 18 1999
James T. Turner
Jul 15 1916
Nov 12 1987
Gene Gregory Jordon
US Army
Dec 23 1967
Sep 2 1994
MM
Matthew Peterson
NOI
Alfonso Peterson
Feb 27 1939
Oct 21 1987
James Peterson Jr
NOI
Levi N. Carr
Apr 6 1915
Jan 22 1999
MM
Levie Nixon Carr
Jan 1999
Edward L. Carr
May 2 1956
Jan 16 1978
Mary L. Carr
Mar 10 1915
Apr 12 2004
MM
Linwood Carter
Died
Sep 2001
Lucille W. McCoy
1906-1985
Wilma W. Miller
Aug 28 1924
Nov 14 1994
Sophia W. Murphy
Sep 26 1909
Dec 7 2001
Unmarked Grave
Children of
Linnie & Janice Carter
Darryl Peace
Nov 23 1968
Dec 14 1972
James Tyrone
Mar 10 1970
Dec 14 1972
Dennis Fereli
Feb 10 1971
Dec 14 1972
Elliot Powell
NOI
Georgia Carter Goodwin
Jul 9 1902
Mar 19 2006
Sam Bloont
Died
Aug 25 1963
Age 72
Michael Rollins
Son of
Rev. John Rollins
Apr 3 1964
Jun 12 1997
Mary Boney Williams
Nov 25 1900
Jul 16 1992
Waymond Boney
May 8 1892
Oct 21 1971
Atwood Melvin
Feb 24 1912
Nov 9 1979
Lonnie Stevenson Wilson
SP4 US Army
Aug 26 1954
May 25 1979
MM
Ervin Simmons
1953-2004
Oscar McMillan
North Carolina
PVT 441 RES
Labor BN QMC
World War I
Jul 4 1868
Oct 9 1971
Josh May Banks
Died
Jan 1952
Jack Carr
Died
Feb 6 1947
Wade Petterson
Jul 4 1886
Dec 22 1961
Unmarked Stone
W. H. Peterson
Died
Jun 30 1924
Age 45 years
Norma Peterson
NOI
Broken Stone
NOI
Unmarked Stone
Unmarked Stone
Unmarked Stone
Unmarked Stone
Frank Showers
Aug 4 1887
Jan 22 1978
Unmarked Stone
Unmarked Stone
Jessie Wells
NOI
Unmarked Stone
Charlie Love
Mar 7 1913
Oct 24 1941
Mrs. Corena Wallace
Died
Feb 13 1964
Alice Wells
Died
Oct 8 1959
Wells
NOI
Suelar Bell
1889
July 1911
Unmarked Stone
Earnest Pearsall
1896-1977
Nancy E Boney
Jul 4 1858
Feb 7 1919
Broken Stone
NOI
Lucy C. Wells
Wife of
Sam. A. Wells
Died
Mar 16 1918
age 34
Emly C.
Daughter of
Amana and Lucy Wells
Jan 14 1916
Jun 25 1926
Martha C. Williams
Feb 28 1869
Mar 1 1947
Hillery Murray
1845
Nov 12 1919
Unmarked Stone
Jerry Marvin Williams
Apr 29 1955
Mar 26 2010
Annie C. Lawery
Aug 13 1933
Nov 23 1972
James Noah Newkirk
Dec 22 1915
Aug 3 1979
Thomas S Herring
Nov 10 1938
Sep 18 2007
Sue Best Murray
Apr 15 1910
Aug 7 1997
Francis A. Boney
May 14 1907
Feb 28 1990
James P. Rouse
Oct 1 1909
Jun 12 1981
Unmarked Stone
Lila Hayes Williams
Mar 25 1900
May 3 1974
Zula M. Reed
Nov 30 1919
Mar 25 1987
Lottie Murphy Williams
May 23 1933
Apr 23 1994
Dorothy W. Lowe
Dec 12 1935
Dec 16 1998
Helen Peterson
Dec 10 1920
Jun 20 2004
Iola Murphy Love
Oct 5 1926
Mar 17 2006
Carrie M. Hall Carter
Mar 23 1881
Jun 8 1957
Lillie Love Mathis
Dec 6 1924
Sep 4 1976
Julia J. Love
1894-1980
Tyrone Vaughn
Jan 2 1954
Sep 5 1986
Georgia M Miller
Feb 18 1929
Sep 6 2009
Adell Turner
Sep 19 1907
Nov 6 1985
Maeola Wallace
Jan 22 1921
Apr 10 1989
Sarah M. Wilson
Sep 1 1915
Mar 30 1991
Maceo Wallace
Aug 18 1923
Jan 26 1977
Rosa Bell Jordon
Sep 6 1919
Dec 4 1988
William E. Jordon
Mar 2 1915
Jul 3 1990
James R. Jordon
1936-1993
Bertha T. Henderson
Nov 9 1930
Aug 14 1995
Hazel L. Thomas
Aug 16 1904
Mar 29 1980
Mae G. McMillan
Aug 26 1934
Nov 28 2002
John S. Williams
May 31 1910
Feb 20 1984
Roberta L. McMillan
Jul 16 1908
Jun 22 1988
Cora Lawrence
Feb 9 1912
Nov 30 1992
Dilcm Bryant
NOI
Zelca Peterson Murray
Mar 2 1915
Jun 15 1968
Isabella A. P.
Nov 23 1907
Jun 4 1970
Vernette M. Bryant
May 2 1903
Jul 14 1984
Waymond Boney
North Carolina
Pvt Co H
365 Infantry
World War I
May 8 1892
Oct 21 1971
MM
Lynette Moore
1950-2009
Rita J. Highsmith
1951-1982
MM
Clifton Highsmith
Aug 1999
Lonnie S Wilson
Aug 26 1954
May 25 1979
Lucretia M. Franklin
Aug 17 1913
Jun 18 1979
Patience Ford
Died
May 11 1961
55 yrs.
Mary A. Jordon
Sep 23 1935
Oct 22 1962
Unmarked Stone
Felix Boney
Husband of
Rosella Boney
Died
Mar 29 1903
age 75 yrs
Unmarked Stone
Gertrude B. Pickett
Dec 22 1929
Jun 16 2002
Unmarked Stone
Unmarked Stone
Unmarked Stone
Gentile Peterson
NOI
Gentile Peterson
Oct 1874
Jun 1 1901
Lois S. Matthews
Aug 6 1908
Sep 18 1974
Pearl Shower
Jan 24 1913
Mar 30 1962
Rena L. Murray
Wife of
James K. Crumpler
Jul 26 1904
Aug 1 1944
Thomas J. Murray
North Carolina
Pvt SN Corps
May 1 1939
Collistia Wells
Wife of
J. J. Teachey
Died
Nov 18 1925
age 49 years
Unmarked Stone
Charity Sellars
Daughter of
JF & MA Williams
Jan 1855
Nov 14 1921
Samuel Pearsall
Mar 6 1922
Jul 13 1973
Broken Stone
Nov 23 1861
Jan 13 1909
Earnest F Williams
May 31 1915
Aug 22 1970
Evelyn N. Farrior
Jan 29 1948
Jul 4 2007
Helen Wakefield Williams
Dec 14 1937
Sep 18 2007
Elma Parker
Mar 22 1909
Dec 22 1998
Jacquelin D. Penister
Feb 7 1953
Feb 15 1992
C. Odell Murray
Dec 5 1904
Dec 20 1979
Double Stone
Herring
Martha W
May 10 1868
Feb 5 1953
Andrew
Mar 15 1866
Dec 8 1956
Zylphia Wells
Jun 16 1903
Jul 16 1945
Annie Julia Love
Apr 4 1933
Mar 28 2010
Lillie Love Mathis
Dec 1924
Oct 1970
Linwood Carter
Sep 2001
NOD
Bernice Harrison
May 14 1927
Dec 1 2003
MM
Walter Kent Bryant
Dec 1998
NOI
Willie L. Murray
1925-1980
Hildred Wallace
Sep 11 1940
Dec 2 2000
Herman Wallace
Aug 23 1920
Sep 24 1977
MM
Helen Peterson
2006
NOD
Walter McMillan
Jul 8 1905
Feb 15 1977
Mary P. Blount
Jul 28 1903
Aug 3 1982
Louise M. Highsmith
Mar 13 1928
Feb 25 1989
Broken Stone
NOI
Unmarked Stone
Betsy Glason
Died
Dec 14 1945
14 yrs 1 mos 9 days
Sherman Williams
May 8 1879
Oct 21 1945
Rosa H. Williams
Feb 22 1888
Mar 5 1981
Janie Peterson
Feb 10 1888
Aug 27 1960
Unmarked Stone
Bertha Peterson
Dec 6 1883
Feb 20 1970
Unmarked Stone
Nellie Wells
NOI
Wells
NOI
Broken Stone
NOI
Broken Stone
NOI
Broken Stone
NOI
Johnnie Williams
1894-1986
Leona Williams Roulette
Jul 1 1928
Feb 17 1975
MM
Gloria W McKenzie
1946-2010
Lillie H. A. Davis
Mar 30 1929
May 13 2005
Mollie Williams Hand
Feb 7 1916
Nov 15 2000
Willie L Murray
PFC US Army
World War II
1925-1980
Sgt Gene G Jordan
Dec 23 1967
Sep 2 1997
Brester Capot Wallace
Sep 27 1912
May 25 1972
Eddie Highsmith
NOI
Joe Davis Wallace
Dec 9 1945
Jan 17 2003
Lloyd D. Henry
Jun 18 1944
Nov 5 1973
Kitty Carr
1851-1913
Johnnie I Boney Sr
Oct 23 1927
Dec 26 2003
Norman Peterson
Sep 22 1910
Oct 23 1968
Broken Stone
NOI
Broken Stone
NOI
John A. Murray
1906-1958
Broken Stone
NOI
Matthew P. Williams
Oct 17 1884
Sep 5 1896
Carolyn A. Evans
Aug 28 1948
Jan 3 1985
Crettie L. Hatten
Oct 23 1915
Nov 10 1999
Willie Mae Lawrence
Jan 2 1925
Mar 16 1986
Gladys M Sloan
May 27 1980
Apr 28 2009
Frank Wells Jr
Oct 30 1932
Apr 28 1999
William L. Murray
Apr 12 1932
Apr 24 1998
Connie Murray
Sep 1 1938
Nov 7 1995
Janie L. Williams
Oct 1 1885
Nov 25 1972
Willie Love
Mar 22 1918
Jul 24 1985
Josephine Carter Barden
Oct 24 1918
Jul 25 1994
My Children
Price David Barden
James Henry Barden
Rebecca B. Boney
Pauline B. Peterson
Mildren Barden
Carrie M. Barden
Patricia B. Newkirk
Jacqueline B. Tanner
Guendolyn B. Carr
Tyrone Barden
Deceased Infant Son
Laura Bryant
Nov 30 1955
NOD
Dazerine F. Turner
Aug 3 1928
Oct 2 2000
Timothy "Buddy" Edison Turner
Oct 20 1922
Feb 15 2004
Timothy "Buddy" E Turner
Oct 20 1922
Feb 15 2004
James D Hand
MOMM 2 US Navy
World War II
Jun 29 1915
Jun 1978
Willie J Beamon
Oct 4 1951
Jan 13 1989
Ada M Hand Murphy
Dec 9 1921
Apr 15 2009
Ellen Larkin Williams
Mar 31 1951
Dec 5 1998
Dawson Jordan
Jun 23 1892
Feb 17 1977
MM
Thelma P Powers
NOI
John William Bryant
North Carolina
PVT
161 Depot Brig
Jun 25 1936
Abia Sheffield
Jan 8 1922
Nov 10 2006
Lucille W. Turner
Sep 28 1922
Dec 12 1993
Broken Stone
NOI
Francis Boney
Died
Jan 1956
age 86
Easter Boney
1853-1916
Unmarked Stone
Unmarked Stone
Judy Caroline
Jun 3 1894
Jun 19 1945
Hillard Wallace
Aug 10 1910
Sep 17 1953
Unmarked Stone
James Williams
Apr 1 1826
Apr 24 1904
Martha C. McMillan
Feb 7 1888
Nov 23 1919
Sarah Williams
Mother of
Nancy Williams
Sep 20 1811
Oct 19 1991
Martha A.
Stone Buried
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Janice Wells
NOI
Mrs. Bessie Wells
Jun 12 1896
Aug 30 1968
Glennie Peterson
Oct 18 1877
Jun 1 1961
L. S. Peterson
Died
Dec 4 1938
Age 4 years
William D. Boney
Died
Jul 6 1959
MM
Vera White
Died
May 2000
Elliot Power
Sep 16 1871
Dec 13 1937
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