Carlton Cemetery

Duplin County, NC

Surveyed by Lillian and Pearl Houston August 2007




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

Location from Warsaw take # 117 toward Faison about 2 miles turn left on Seymour Blackmore Road go to Johnson Byrd Road and Blackmore road turn left, Cemetery is app 3-4 miles on left.

African American Cemetery



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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.03999 N
    78.13980 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Winifred L. Carlton Oct. 7, 1911 Sept. 27, 1979 Same stone Sadie (Rec) Philyaw July 25, 1919 Oct. 27, 2001 Wedding date July 25, 1937 Luther L. Best Jan. 20, 1961 Dec. 11, 2004 Mary S. Carlton Sept. 1, 1925 Jan. 6, 1969 Thomas Best Sept. 14, 1974 July 5, 1986 Raymond Carlton Oct. 25, 1916 Oct. 13, 1991 PFC US ARMY WW II 2 Unmarked Graves Lurie Carlton, Jr. ---30, 1947 Nov. 13, 2002 MM Roman Carlton March 6, 1922 Feb. 26, 1999 Delphine C. Skinner June 17, 1959 March 3, 1996

    Lillian K. Houston Send your questions (and thanks) directly to Lillian.

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