Alderman Cemetery

Duplin County, NC

Surveyed by Lillian and Pearl Houston August 2007




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

Location From Wallace Take # 41 Highway outside of city limits. Turn right on Cornwallis Road. turn right on Log Cabin Road which is about 1 1/2 miles. Turn right on Harry Branch Lane, Cemetery is location behind three mobile homes. Can be seen from road.

African American Cemetery



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    GPS Coordinates:
    34.76238 N
    78.03655 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Benjamin Alderman, Sr. April 12, 1904 July 6, 1993 Annie L. Alderman May 21, 1911 July 28, 2001 Robert S. Alderman Jan. 5, 1811 Dec. 1, 1915 Same stone His Wife Rachel A. Alderman 1844 Feb. 15, 1915 Fisher C. Alderman Carlton July 29, 1885 Sept. 16, 1924 Rev. William Henry Alderman Oct. 16, 1883 Feb. 2, ---- Derry Frank Alderman May 25, 1877 Oct. 10, 1956 Mary F. Newkirk June 18, 1936 Dec. 9, 1984 Robert T. Alderman April 20, 1891 Aug. 17, 1975 Lula Mae Daughter of Doiry and Mollie Alderman Oct. 4, 1899 June 20, 1902 Annie M. Alderman Sept. 4, 1907 Jan. 26, 1978 Walter Murphy June 1, 1857 Jan. 14, 1971 Estella Holmes Wells Jan. 28, 1900 March 15, 1968 Mary Alice Wife of W, H. Spearman No dates Ethel Alderman Peterson Sept. 4, 1889 May 13, 1971 Leatha A. P. Murrell Sept. 27, 1921 Sept. 17, 1981 James W. Smith July 10, 1926 Nov. 19, 1999 Lattice P. Smith Jan. 6, 1929 March 12, 1987 Unmarked Grave Lena B. Murray July 6, 1903 June 17, 1983 Cement Stone Unreadable Cement Stone Unreadable Ida G. Teachey Nov. 15, 1913 March 20, 1986 Julius Teachey July 6, 1910 March 4, 1989 Bruce Lipcomb, Jr. Jan. 13, 1931 Aug. 8, 1986 Ronald B. Williams Aug. 2, 1953 Sept. 9, 1988 Annie M. Brown May 14, 1924 Nov. 27, 1999 Liston Boykin, Jr. July 22, 1925 March 23, 2000 Robert Keith April 10, 1917 June 24, 2005 Lillie H. Curry Aug. 18, 1918 July 2, 2006 Unmarked grave Ricole Renee Wells July 26, 1988 July 15, 2005 Annie Wells Howard Sept. 23, 1915 Aug. 22, 2002 Hattie M. Wells March 14, 1929 Nov. 10, 1989 FATHER Charlie Wells, Jr. Feb. 2, 1926 March 3, 1999 “Punch” Theodore C. Howard June 22, 1915 Oct. 9, 1988 PVT US ARMY WW II Edna Fryer Dec. 10, 1915 Jan. 5, 2006 Henry Martel Fryer Sept. 27, 1912 March 26, 1986 Seymour P. Carlton Jan. 25, 1902 Sept. 11, 1986 Mary B. Carlton Oct. 10, 1905 Jan. 1, 1987 “Beloved Father” James Carlton July 19, 1941 Aug. 16, 2007 James Gregory Carlton April 4, 1960 July 2, 2001 Robert E. Baysden April 26, 1924 April 20, 1987 Professor Carl W. Dobbins May 9, 1907 Nov. 5, 1978 Same stone Hattie C R July 19, 1907 Jan. 3, 2002 James Carlton May 20, 1884 June 19, 1962 Rebecca H. Carlton Nov. 20, 1903 Oct. 8, 1969 Willie B. Carlton Aug. 14, 1913 Oct. 1, 1977 Arthur B. Carlton, Sr. 1928 1979 Evelyn C. Bryant May 2, 1932 Nov. 27, 1989 Gloria C. Dixon Dec. 18, 1959 May 8, 1995 William E. Highsmith July 18, 1926 May 17, 1980 STM1C US NAVY WW II Sylvia Highsmith April 15, 1904 March 27, 1979 Obbie L. Boykins March 10, 1897 Oct. 25, 1986 J. Herman Coston June 21, 1922 Sept. 15, 1986 Annie R. Wms. Coston March 11, 1926 July 28, 1987 Herman Highsmith May 6, 1933 April 16, 1999 Johnny Milton, Jr. Sept. 18, 1935 June 18, 2001 Roger L. Wells March 5, 1950 Aug. 30, 2002 Bettie Highsmith Jan. 27, 1929 April 13, 2007 MM Marker Unreadable Armous Peterson March 9, 1927 March 22, 2002 Edith M. Peterson Feb. 8, 1930 Oct. 12, 1991 Elijah Peterson 1933 1984 Allen McKinley Peterson April 2, 1891 Feb. 26, 1947 Rev. Golia Atkinson Jan. 15, 1891 March 24, 1968 Unreadable Smith, Jr. Jan. 4, 1981 Aug. 3, 1981 Duney Dudley 1923 1986 Marie Boney Lipscomb Aug. 14, 1904 Aug. 23, 1968 Bruce Lipscomb May 9, 1900 May 23, 1963 James O. Wells Oct. 5, 1922 Aug. 13, 1949 NORTH CAROLINA PFC 1045 AAF BASE UNIT WW II Elouise S. Herring July 29, 1916 May 25, 1990 Robert C. Peterson Jan. 1, 1957 March 1, 1995 Melissa L. Boney Feb. 14, 1927 July 18, 1992 Edith M. Taylor Sept. 16, 1930 No other dates Gerald Murray, Jr. March 31, 1952 March 29, 1996 Gerald D. Murray Dec. 27, 1926 May 10, 2005 James R. Moore Dec. 9, 1946 July 30, 2007 Ben Alderman, Jr. Feb. 14, 1931 March 14, 1996 Dorothy Sutton Ellis March 31, 1933 Dec. 17, 1995 Bertha L. Hayes July 10, 1910 Nov. 6, 2005 Charlie Wells, Sr. Aug. 9, 1894 Sept. 22, 1962 Willie C. Peterson May 11, 1911 May 26, 1987 Beatrice S. Williams April 12, 1912 Nov. 11, 1989 Hellena L. McKinnon Dec. 14, 1916 June 3, 1989 Roosevelt McKinnon 1939 1982 Mary N. Sutton 1891 1982 Sam McKinnon April 7, 1908 Sept. 19, 1965 Sarah S. Peterson Dec. 28, 1920 April 12, 1974 Jim C. Williams Oct. 15, 1899 Aug. 2, 1975 Stone No Information Sarah Corbett Wife of Ebb Newkirk March 1859 Aug. 1945 2 Stone No information Stone Unreadable Lillie Bell Hufham Wife of F. C. Thompson Oct. 15, 1893 Jan. 24, 1947 F. C. Thompson Aug. 10, 1915 June 10, 1954 Johnnie Milton July 21, 1913 Nov. 11, 1956 Walter Bryant, Jr. 1928 1976 US ARMY WW II Lucille Davis Smith Feb. 15, 1919 July 2, 2003 Patsy W. Flowers Jan. 21, 1890 July 30, 1972 Henry Davis Oct. 13, 1914 Dec. 19, 1965 James T. Smith Son of Lucille and Thomas Smith Nov. 8, 1945 Dec. 19, 1980 PVT US ARMY Herman L. Teachey May 9, 1921 Oct. 13, 1949 NORTH CAROLINA PFC 658 ORD AMMUNITION CO. WW II Pearl W. Mathis March 23, 1910 May 3, 1979 William E. Mathis Dec. 1, 1918 Jan. 22, 1965 NORTH CAROLINA CPL US ARMY WW II Willie Hayes Dec. 13, 1910 Feb. 19, 1976

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