Sandy Plain Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery

Duplin County, NC

Surveyed by Lillian and Pearl Houston April, 2007




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Sandy Plain Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery in Duplin County, NC.

Location on the right side of HWY 241, about five mile south from Beulaville, N. C.



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    GPS Coordinates:
    34.97377 N
    77.76155 W


    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Sammy LaFayettee Sumner Apr. 23, 1958 Oct. 24, 1979 Ralph Sumner Sept. 18, 1926 June 13, 2001 same stone Janie Dec. 15, 1923 Jan. 22, 2002 Donald R. Kennedy Aug. 17, 1947 Jan. 9, 1966 NORTH CAROLINA A 3 C HQ 3560 AIR BASE GP AF Herbert Kennedy Oct. 6, 1924 no other dates same stone Georgia L. Kennedy Mar. 12, 1925 May 27, 1997 Claudie Sumner June 5, 1919 Apr. 18, 1965 MASONIC EMBLEM same stone Grace B. Nov. 9, 1916 July 16, 1985 EASTERN STAR EMBLEM Willard Sumner Dec. 9, 1922 Jan. 2, 1981 same stone Mabel K. May 5, 1930 Mar. 11, 2006 Frank Baker Sept. 23, 1909 Apr. 2, 1981 same stone Callie 1920 No other dates Herbert E. Keel 1920 1970 same stone Inez H. 1920 1988 Mary Jane Thigpen Aug. 29, 1882 Sept. 4, 1979 Coy Sumner May 7, 1917 Nov. 23, 1973 same stone Effie H. Jan. 15, 1913 no other dates Durwood Hall Dec. 2, 1924 Nov. 23, 1973 same stone Lucille Dec. 28, 1928 Dec. 8, 1974 Fannie S. Koonce Nov. 30, 1896 Dec. 25, 1978 Virginia Ranson Kennedy Oct. 28, 1920 no other dates Joel Kennedy 1907 1993 same stone Annie O. 1903 1975 John Martin Sumner Sept. 23, 1908 June 22, 1980 same stone Lina A. Mercer June 6, 1911 Oct. 4, 1996 Ann S. Chesmore May 3, 1940 Apr. 14, 1992 James C. Turner Dec. 16, 1950 no other dates VIETNAM 1969--70 Jay D. Whaley no dates same stone Etta K. 1923-1992 Mervin Sumner 1931-2005 MM Lina Rose Hall 2001-2001 MM

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