Sumner Cemetery

Duplin County, NC

Surveyed by Lillian and Pearl Houston September 2007




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

Location from Beulaville take Hwy 24 East at the edge of Beulaville turn right on Turkey Branch Road, app 1/2 mile turn left on Newt Gresham lane. Cemetery is about 2- 3 tenth mile in the field



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    GPS Coordinates:
    34.93381 N
    77.79040 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Edd T. Sumner Dec. 2, 1889 June 9, 1945 Lonnie McCoy Sumner Dec. 23, 1916 April 7, 1934 Infant Son Of E. T. and Cora Sumner June 13, 1915 No other dates Eddie H. Son Of E. T. and Cora Sumner Aug. 15, 1914 July 12, 1915 Husband and Father Lewis H. Kelly March 27, 1867 Oct. 16, 1915 C. B. Sumner Aug. 11, 1892 Nov. 20, 1934 Mary A. Wife of Martin Sumner March 7, 1853 Dec. 1, 1922 Martin Sumner June 30, 1833 July 21, 1903 R. Chancy Sumner, Sr. June 27, 1895 June 30, 1961 Annie M Daughter of W. M. and M. S. Sumner Oct. 12, 1913 Dec. 24, 1915 Andrew J. Sumner Son of W. M. and M. S. Sumner Nov. 17, 1911 May 2, 1913 William M. Sumner Oct. 5, 1870 Dec. 9, 1959 Emma Kelly Wife of William M. Sumner April 15, 1883 Oct. 10, 1900 Willie Martin Sumner Feb. 22, 1908 Feb. 12, 1956 Dollie E. Wife of Chancy Sumner Nov. 30, 1894 Feb. 8, 1936 Lonnie G. Sumner Nov. 8, 1884 March 3, 1905

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