Thompson Cemetery

Duplin County, NC

Surveyed by Lillian and Pearl Houston August 2007




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

Location From Warsaw # 41 West 17 miles. Cemetery is on the right just before you get to Alderman road.

African American Cemetery



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    GPS Coordinates:
    34.73642 N
    78.13900 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:



    R. M. Thompson Feb. 14, 1854 July 4, 1921 Adlaid Thompson Aug. 15, 1862 April 15, 1912 Corina M. West 1911 1983 Ruby M. Underwood March 11, 1918 June 13, 1987 Alonzy Underwood, Sr. Aug. 25, 1909 May 4, 1990 Jimmy A. Underwood June 19, 1943 Sept. 2, 1994 Billie D. Underwood Aug. 25, 1950 Aug. 15, 1992 Daniel Lee Alderman April 5, 1919 Nov. 20, 1989 US ARMY WW II Lorraine L. Carter Jan. 1, 1905 Oct. 12, 1988 Franklin Reynolds Turner Sept. 22, 1932 March 1, 2003 Andre Archillius Scott Jan. 6, 1960 Nov. 23, 1998 US ARMY Nellie Fennell Newkirk May 11, 1918 Jan. 24, 2001 Vernell S. Cromity Aug. 16, 1927 April 11, 1993 Lou Berta D. Turner 1983 1992 MM Annie W. Newkirk July 23, 1926 Feb. 17, 1992 Charlene A. Newkirk Sept. 5, 1964 Jan. 7, 1989 Carolyn N. Williams Jan. 31, 1949 April 2, 1990 MM Marker Unreadable Otha H. Robinson Sept. 3, 1936 July 15, 1992 Annie E. Sutton Jan. 1, 1939 Sept. 3, 1991 Charlie Sutton Feb. 28, 1929 Oct. 25, 1990 Thomas Williams June 2003 Nod MM Ester Melvin Nod MM Ella Corbett Nod MM Raymond Newkirk Nod MM Teresa Newkirk June 1, 1969 June 6, 1998 RM3 US NAVY Verdell Turner Nod MM Tekarolyn J. Murphy May 5, 1991 July 27, 1993 Mary Newkirk Rhodes June 1998 Nod MM Haggie Cherry Nod MM Unmarked Grave Tean Scott Nod MM Wife and Mother Bonnie Ruth S. Pratt Jan. 17, 1949 April 6, 2002 In Loving Memory of My Beloved MOTHER Sallie West McEackin 1904 1965 Kivie McEackin Feb. 14, 1905 Aug. 3, 1965 TEC 5 126 PORT CO. TC WW II Beloved Brother Willie S. McEackin Jan. 1, 1901 Jan. 26, 1965 Liddie Fennell Died Oct. 4, 1926 Age 78 years Benjamin C. Ellis 1920 1984 Flora S. McEachin 1888 1981 Watson McEackin April 11, 1894 March 2, 1972 NORTH CAROLINA PVT US ARMY WW II Frances B. McEackin April 24, 1913 Jan. 9, 1992 Walter McEackin March 28, 1896 Dec. 4, 1964 NORTH CAROLINA RVT 50 CO. 153 DEPOT BRIGADE WW I Mary E. McEackin 1886 1983 Unmarked grave Donnie L. West 1950 1983 Benjamin West Sept. 25, 1926 March 25, 1972 Rufus Williams Feb. 9, 1929 May 24, 1967 Artis DeVanne May 13, 1927 April 3, 1976 MM Marker Unreadable Unmarked Grave James Dan Boney March 12, 1913 Dec. 27, 1994 Unmarked Grave Oddie Wright 1932 2007 MM Mae Bell Corbett 2006 Nod MM John F. Williams 1919 2007 MM Rosa Williams 1930 2005 MM Alice M. Pearsall July 20, 1956 Sept. 8, 2001 Essie Beal Herring Aug. 8, 1948 Aug. 4, 2007 Louiza Williams 1899 1982 James Williams 1911 1982 Mable B. Wright April 25, 1922 Dec. 11, 2001 Charles A. Murphy Nov. 27, 1964 July 25, 2002 Lonzy Underwood Died April 1998 Nod Clem Fennell 1919 1995 Christine N. Hall Nov. 25, 1953 Dec. 1, 1975 Charlie W. Newkirk March 10, 1916 March 17, 1993 Luberta W. Turner 1935 1986 Angela Williams 1924 1985 Elnora Beal Underwood 1946 1995 Louella C. Williams 1908 1983 Earl C. Highsmith 1927 1981 Susie C. Williams 1910 1976 Cleveland Williams 1905 1981 George Cromitie 1924 1977 John T. Williams July 25, 1934 Sept. 16, 1986 James Cromaritie 1915 1978 Eli F. Brown June 6, 1911 Death date Unreadable Roy S. Herring 1947 1986 John C. Cromartie April 20, 1918 Aug. 24, 1987 Norwood Boney Aug. 31, 1923 May 28, 1991 US NAVY WW II James Dallas Johnson 1943 1979 SP4 US ARMY VIETNAM Bertha M. Newsome 1924 1983 David T. Pratt Dec. 25, 1963 May 3, 1983 PVT US ARMY David Pratt April 5, 1943 July 6, 1985 Fannie Ford June 20, 1897 July 9, 1990 Mary Frances Boney Aug. 29, 1914 April 16, 2006 Unmarked Grave Ben Herring 1890 1971 Sally West Herring Feb. 20, 1895 July 9, 1972 Edna Evelyn Murphy May 27, 1938 March 12, 1999 Walter C. Murphy Aug. 31, 1914 Jan. 1, 1985 Same stone Bertha West Dec. 4, 1915 Dec. 14, 1987 Charles A. Murphy June 27, 1939 Feb. 28, 1998 James Roscoe Wright March 26, 1926 Jan. 13, 1982 PVT US ARMY Lattice M. Herring Feb. 23, 1919 Oct. 21, 2002 Frank Herring Dec. 7, 1913 Nov. 11, 2000 Eunice Herring Hughes Jan. 4, 1916 June 18, 2000 Leonard Newkirk, Jr. 1937 1984 Leonard L. Newkirk March 20, 1913 Sept. 20, 1991 Chole S. Newkirk 1915 1979 Cora Herring Aug. 6, 1900 Dec. 22, 1973 Eliza A. Basden June 25, 1892 Sept. 29, 1991 Aaron L. Basden Nov. 11, 1954 June 19, 1970 Rufus Williams Feb. 9, 1929 May 24, 1967 John H. DeVone, Jr. 1924 1975 PFC US ARMY WW II Unmarked Grave Dorothea James July 5, 1963 June 8, 1981 Same stone Alice Mae Freeman Oct. 18, 1931 March 22, 1983 Abb Williams 1992 1982 US ARMY WW I John a. hayes Sept. 22, 1902 March 7, 1976 Norwood King 1911 1980 Albert Williams 1925 1979

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