Rockfish African Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery

Duplin County, NC

Surveyed by Lillian and Pearl Houston August 2007
Resurveyed September 2011




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 No Photos: 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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