Brice Cemetery

Duplin County North Carolina

Surveyed by John Evans June 2010




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

Location: on Hwy # 41 across the road from Azalea Lane.



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    GPS Coordinates:
    34.74765 N
    77.95813 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Double Stone Theodore F Long May 13 1896 Jan 22 1944 Lorena Carter Long Dec 4 1905 Aug 25 1967 Allie Faye Dempsey Batts Jun 29 1928 Aug 25 2004 John W. Batts Aug 31 1850 Mar 18 1928 Maggie Caroline Daughter of Geo. F. & Nancy J. Dempsey Wife of Jno. W. Batts Dec 21 1857 Jun 7 1894 Aged 36 yrs 5 mos 16 ds Margaret E. Brice Wife of L. J. Batts Oct 1 1870 Jun 14 1921 Martha J. Batts Wife of John W. Batts Apr 11 1875 Apr 13 1939 Nathan Yates Son of J. W. & M. J. Batts Dec 21 1895 Aug 23 1898 Sarah M. Daughter of J. W. & M. J. Batts Apr 1 1916 Nov 3 1917 Beattrice Carter Blackwelder 1887-1922 James C. Blanton North Carolina PVT 3402 SVC COMD UNIT World War II Oct 19 1919 Mar 28 1956 Double Stone Blanton Judd D Nov 26 1882 Dec 15 1951 Lueller B Sep 16 1888 Jan 10 1966 Janie Wife of S. B. Boney Married Jun 11 1923 May 28 1898 Nov 19 1934 Double Stone Boney Elma Jay Feb 7 1916 NOD Leamon Sep 6 1916 Nov 12 1995 Double Stone Boney Lula M May 10 1902 Sep 21 1959 Willie Oct 12 1893 Mar 8 1975 FS Willie Boney PVT US ARMY World War I Oct 12 1893 Mar 8 1975 Double Stone Bonham Wm. Blaney Oct 19 1888 May 6 1951 Hattie H Feb 18 1891 May 17 1969 Double Stone Bonham Elizabeth Lucille Cole Oct 13 1925 Nov 15 1993 James William "Dick" Jun 20 1926 Jun 11 1995 Double Stone Brice Daisey Wells Feb 22 1904 Oct 12 1970 John W. Brice Mar 25 1903 Feb 4 1976 Double Stone Brice Dillie N Feb 17 1887 Feb 12 1975 Frank R Nov 3 1868 Dec 3 1950 Eddie E. Boney Wife of W. B. Brice 1857-1919 Double Stone Brice Edith Wood Mar 18 1925 Jan 20 1974 Willie Wells Sep 27 1919 Nov 17 1984 Francis Brice Mar 15 1816 Jun 9 1881 Double Stone Brice Lois B Mar 8 1918 Jan 27 2009 Francis P Feb 15 1917 Jul 17 1969 FS Frances P. Brice North Carolina TEC 4 580 MTR AMB CO World War II Feb 15 1917 Jul 17 1969 George Grady Brice North Carolina PFC GAS DET STATION COM World War II Jul 15 1920 Oct 4 1963 Double Stone Brice George Vance Sep 12 1878 Jun 12 1929 Nancy Watson Mar 26 1892 Aug 10 1982 Double Stone Brice Annie Jenkins Aug 17 1925 Oct 11 1987 Herman Lee Oct 25 1916 Feb 27 1976 Double Stone Brice William "Bunk" Boney, Jr. Jun 28 1922 Jul 12 1998 Hilda Wells May 22 1924 Nov 17 2006 FS Hilda Wells Brice Y2 US Navy World War II May 22 1924 Nov 17 2006 FS William Boney Brice, Jr. CPL US Army World War II Jun 26 1922 Jul 12 1998 Bronze Star Medal 2nd Battalion 2nd Infantry Double Stone Brice Irene Savage Jun 23 1875 Sep 18 1958 James Henry Feb 24 1873 Aug 8 1955 John Henry Son of Jim H. & Irene S. Brice Jul 9 1915 Jan 27 1941 Double Stone Brice John J Dec 26 1844 Jan 16 1899 Mary Susan Bryant Oct 23 1841 Jun 2 1918 Joseph E. Brice Son of J. H. & Irene Brice Jul 26 1904 May 10 1922 Aged 17 yrs 2 mos 16 dys Leamon B. Brice May 27 1890 Dec 25 1922 Mattie Brown Brice Jun 11 1894 Dec 17 1976 Nina Sasser Brice May 28 1896 Sep 27 1978 Phillip Cranmer Son of William B. & Nina Sasser Brice Feb 6 1924 Jul 16 1924 W. B. Brice 1863-1919 William Boney Brice Sep 27 1893 May 13 1961 Double Stone Brown James Foy 1878-1962 Penelope D 1879-1963 Triple Stone Brown Priscilla M Nov 8 1856 May 1 1897 John D Jan 23 1854 Sep 18 1929 Margaret I Jun 16 1854 Mar 20 1911 John D Brown May 4 1909 Feb 20 1971 Mary Edith Daughter of James & Myrtie Brown Feb 11 1942 Aug 5 1942 Margaret Bryce Wife of Francis Bryce Mar 5 1819 Mar 8 1879 Sarah W. Bryce Nov 12 1846 Jun 8 1862 Double Stone Burroughs Fred John Mar 10 1902 Sep 12 1986 Bertha Mae Dec 1 1909 Jan 7 1995 Triple Stone Campfield John William Oct 8 1906 Dec 1 1959 Bertha Mae Blanton Dec 31 1912 Jun 14 1999 Eula Mae Garner Dec 18 1935 Mar 19 2009 Double Stone Carter C. H. 1853-1918 Alice 1853-1924 Archie W. Carter North Carolina CPL 50 CO 5 GP MG TNG CEN World War I Nov 15 1890 Oct 15 1957 Double Stone Bobby L Carter Sep 6 1931 Sep 3 2008 Husband of Star Smith Carter Feb 22 1927 Apr 20 2002 Clarence Fitzhugh Carter Feb 18 1912 Feb 10 1988 Daisy C. Carter Mar 15 1892 Jun 13 1961 Double Stone Carter Thomas H., Jr. Mar 8 1877 Oct 5 1949 Emma H Jan 5 1883 Mar 9 1960 Henry Son of T. H. & Sarah E. Carter Mar 18 1871 Apr 14 1873 Double Stone Carter Thelma N Jul 18 1902 Jan 10 1983 Married Feb 11 1925 Hubert B Nov 16 1891 Aug 8 1960 FS Hubert Bertee Carter North Carolina PVT 2 B & S DET 56 INF World War I Nov 16 1891 Aug 8 1969 Joseph L. Carter Jul 14 1882 Feb 21 1940 Double Stone Carter Mary E Apr 18 1858 Jan 6 1923 O. W. May 23 1849 Nov 26 1905 Michael Obed Carter Oct 18 1893 Nov 14 1980 FS Michael Obed Carter PVT US Army World War I Oct 12 1893 Nov 14 1980 Mollie Daughter of T. H. & Sarah E. Carter Jun 17 1873 Nov 22 1877 Norma Estell Carter Oct 26 1895 Jan 19 1896 Double Stone Carter Viola T Nov 21 1899 Jul 1 1992 Oscar S Mar 28 1897 Nov 4 1929 Sarah E. Bryant Wife of T. H. Carter Nov 26 1853 Nov 26 1927 Rev. T. H. Carter Sep 26 1848 Apr 7 1915 Willie T. Carter Mar 9 1904 Aug 18 1940 Willie Son of T. H. & Sarah E. Carter Jun 15 1885 Aug 13 1885 Winnie Dell Daughter of T. H. & Sarah E. Carter Jan 15 1883 Dec 12 1885 Double Stone Carter Winnie Mae Jul 30 1918 Feb 3 2006 Lenner Mae Jul 30 1918 NOD Sarah E. Conklin Oct 2 1979 Apr 25 1980 Brenda C. Conklin May 4 1955 Apr 25 1980 Alex Benjamin Clifton Son of Perry M. & Nettie Dempsey Jul 25 1907 Apr 2 1909 Double Stone Dempsey Arthur Dec 9 1882 Oct 8 1960 Married Jan 24 1926 Minnie C Jan 18 1902 Nov 10 1975 Double Stone Dempsey Charles D Sep 20 1929 Sep 17 1968 Louise P NOI FS Charles D. Dempsey North Carolina CPL AMEDS USAR Sep 20 1929 Sep 17 1968 G. F. Dempsey Jan 23 1830 Dec 25 1909 FS George F. Dempsey PVT CO B 1 NC HV ARTY Confederate States Army Jan 23 1830 Dec 25 1909 SERG Kinchen H. Dempsey CO E 30 NC INF CSA Aug 22 1848 Jan 30 1914 Margaret C. Dempsey Wife of K. H. Dempsey Feb 14 1843 Oct 19 1890 Ann L. Dempsey Jul 4 1841 Jul 31 1881 Double Stone Dixon Willie Aug 27 1898 Sep 1 1961 Lula Mar 27 1903 Mar 20 1997 MM Albert H. Futrell 1969-1969 Nannie M. Grimes Nov 29 1887 Mar 22 1945 Rex Hardford Grimes Aug 20 1883 Jul 8 1956 Double Stone Hardison Sam Oct 22 1880 Nov 12 1959 Barbara S Jun 6 1886 Feb 27 1960 Double Stone Hardison John R Jan 23 1909 Nov 14 1961 Sarah K Feb 25 1907 Apr 6 1985 Leslie Hardison Jul 9 1905 May 9 1953 Oscar Hardison Dec 23 1913 Aug 9 1957 Double Stone James Robbie Alleen Sheffield Jun 1 1925 NOD Jerome Sep 13 1919 Dec 18 1998 Loving Parents of Barbara Alleen, Mary Beth, Jerri Lynn FS Jerome James US ARMY AIR FORCES World War II Sep 13 1919 Dec 18 1998 Prisoner Of War Annie Batts Jenkins Nov 2 1891 Sep 20 1956 C. C. Jenkins Sep 13 1887 Dec 22 1938 Double Stone Jenkins John C Dec 8 1876 Jul 4 1964 Dora Register Jun 26 1874 Sep 23 1931 Henry Jenkins Jan 16 1848 Jun 24 1907 Mary Magalene Jenkins Nov 10 1888 Aug 2 1978 Virginia Wife of Henry Jenkins Jan 7 1847 Dec 5 1912 Double Stone King Arthur H Jan 4 1883 Jul 20 1956 Emma R Jun 19 1878 Dec 30 1930 Elijah King Oct 20 1851 Jan 26 1922 Triple Stone King Fitahugh 1904-1922 Katie T 1883-1912 Perry 1880-NOD Double Stone King Leslie C Sep 7 1891 Apr 7 1961 Flonnie Norris Jan 28 1898 Mar 21 1969 Double Stone King Dorothy H. Stallings Nov 15 1919 Jun 27 2000 Fred Mar 16 1918 Aug 5 1969 Infant Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. A. H. King Oct 20 1925 Harry King Mar 24 1918 Jun 10 1920 Harry Wilson King Son of Dorothy & Fred King May 10 1943 Mar 13 1948 Homer H. King Jul 24 1916 Dec 8 1920 James Fredrick King Son of Dorothy & Fred King Apr 11 1940 Nov 19 1977 FS James Fredrick King PFC US Army Vietnam Apr 11 1940 Nov 19 1977 Sallie B. Wife of Arthur Hill King Apr 22 1893 Jun 18 1981 Double Stone Langston Elgin F Dec 3 1912 Dec 22 1978 Married Mar 7 1937 Helen Brice Oct 11 1916 May 17 1991 Double Stone Lanier Bonnie Dell 1896-1941 B. J. 1898-1967 Triple Stone Marley Cora E. Murray Apr 16 1910 Nov 23 1952 Alton R. Marley Aug 15 1905 Oct 10 1972 Catherine Wimbley Marley Apr 14 1923 NOD Pattie Jenkins Matthews Dec 6 1881 Apr 9 1966 Double Stone Mills Margaret Eunice Murray Apr 12 1935 May 3 2007 Married Nov 14 1953 John Timothy "Tim" Sr May 8 1929 NOD Double Stone Moore James W Feb 3 1879 Nov 17 1938 Betsy J Feb 25 1883 Jun 12 1940 Double Stone Murray Albert Roe Oct 10 1929 Jul 12 2007 Married Sep 22 1950 Ethel Mae M Oct 3 1927 Jul 30 2004 A. Graham Murray Oct 17 1927 Sep 15 1984 Double Stone Murray Thelma R Jul 5 1908 Aug 29 1985 Bedford F Nov 10 1898 Jul 2 1966 Carroll Murray 1902-1946 Connie Sheryl Daughter of Thomas & Peggy Murray Aug 1 1962 Aug 2 1962 Elizabeth Murray Daughter of J. J. & Nellie Murray Born & Died Jul 2 1947 John Franklin Son of N & M. C. Murray Died Nov 17 1870 aged 6 yrs, 4 mos, & 18 days Double Stone Murray John I Nov 24 1892 Sep 13 1951 Minnie D. Oct 8 1911 Jun 17 2000 Double Stone Murray Johnnie Jefferson Mar 25 1897 Oct 9 1966 Marie J. Stallings Aug 21 1915 Jan 12 2000 FS Johnnie J Murray North Carolina PVT US Army World War I Mar 25 1897 Oct 9 1966 Johnny Graham Murray Jul 3 1952 Apr 22 2004 Jaunita Howell Wife of Graham Murray Sep 19 1935 Feb 7 1953 Katie E. Murray Sep 20 1903 Sep 29 1995 Mary C. Murray Mar 13 1840 Sep 2 1883 Nathan Murray Mar 11 1838 Aug 21 1886 Nellie Gray Creech Wife of J. J. Murray Oct 13 1914 Jun 26 1949 P. S. Murray Nov 13 1898 May 2 1919 Sarah M. Wife of S. H. Murray Aug 25 1868 Nov 18 1911 Stephen H. Murray Jan 31 1862 Dec 18 1927 Willie D. Murray Nov 2 1894 Aug 2 1950 Evelyn Sheffield Newton Oct 23 1918 Apr 6 1999 Russell A. Newton, Jr. Sep 10 1948 Dec 29 1948 Raymond E. Son of D. I. & Hettie Parker Apr 4 1921 Mar 7 1923 Margie Maready Hardison May 10 1914 Dec 30 1998 Catherine E. Daughter of E. G. & Lela Register Jul 18 1922 Oct 26 1922 Mary J. Jones Wife of R. P. Register Jan 7 1836 Jan 10 1929 Double Stone Rivenbark Ann Foy Sep 28 1925 Mar 10 2002 Henry Ford Mar 2 1915 Sep 3 1999 Double Stone Rivenbark Irene A Feb 23 1929 NOD Edsel B Sep 12 1923 Mar 4 1994 FS Edsel Bryant Rivenbark PVT US ARMY AIR CORPS World War II Sep 12 1923 Mar 4 1994 Emma Brice Rivenbark Jan 26 1886 Apr 14 1949 Double Stone Rivenbark Wilton Brice, Sr. (Wixie) May 6 1912 Sep 23 1986 Jennette Wells Aug 27 1910 Jan 2 1988 Double Stone Rivenbark William Horace, Sr. Aug 13 1913 Mar 5 1988 M. Fulton Turner Jan 31 1913 Aug 1 1999 Mildred H. Rivenbark Daughter of W. M. & Emma Brice Rivenbark Sep 1 1904 May 5 1961 Velma Daughter of W. M. & Emma Rivenbark Oct 15 1905 Dec 8 1915 Walter Murphy Rivenbark Oct 15 1873 Nov 7 1950 Carlton Allen Sheffield Beloved Husband of Johnny Morrison Sheffield Aug 22 1900 Jul 16 1957 Florence J. Sheffield Aug 22 1884 Oct 13 1918 James W. Sheffield, Jr. Jun 27 1914 Aug 6 1940 James W. Sheffield Mar 15 1876 Jan 8 1954 John B. Sheffield Sep 27 1874 Jun 15 1938 MM Lois Whiteside Sheffield Oct 4 1912 May 21 2009 Age 96 Mamie Jones Sheffield Nov 23 1899 Oct 30 1979 Margret Dempsey Sheffield Jul 22 1879 Apr 13 1958 Mary Susan Daughter of J. W. & Mamie Sheffield Sep 10 1930 Dec 26 1930 Robert J. Sheffield Nov 25 1910 Apr 5 1963 Robert J. Sheffield, Jr. Dec 4 1947 Dec 17 1947 C. D. English Oct 29 1842 Mar 5 1906 Double Stone Sheffield Robert T Dec 18 1878 Nov 1 1964 Bertha B Sep 11 1880 Aug 26 1957 Vivian Lane Sheffield Aug 10 1922 Aug 21 1985 Double Stone Teachey Leona M May 17 1935 NOD Married Oct 25 1959 Billy Jan 25 1932 May 27 1986 Double Stone Bivie B Jan 19 1890 May 15 1937 J. R. Teachey Dec 18 1876 Feb 28 1953 Infant Son of Leona M. & Billy Teachey Jan 14 1964 Jan 16 1964 Infant Daughter of Leona M. & Billy Teachey Sep 2 1961 Double Stone Thompson Eleanor Murray Apr 6 1937 NOD Married Jul 3 1966 Walter Thomas Sep 24 1932 Oct 17 2000 Beatrice Brown Watkins Oct 7 1888 Feb 4 1954 Cora & Cola Twins of D. A. & B. M. Watkins Born & Died Oct 7 1923 Danny Glen Watkins Jul 6 1972 Jul 7 1972 Double Stone Watkins Edna Hatcher Nov 17 1924 NOD Leonard V. Watkins Jun 11 1918 Mar 9 1990 FS Leonard V. Watkins PVT US ARMY World War II Jun 11 1918 Mar 9 1990 Leroy Edison Son Of O. A. & B. M. Watkins Jan 3 1920 Oct 15 1923 Margaret Irene Wife of O. A. Watkins Mar 23 1884 Jan 27 1918 Mary Evelyn Watkins Jan 31 1946 Obed Alexander Watkins Jun 5 1882 Mar 23 1955 Solon Carr Son of O. A. & B. M. Watkins Jan 2 1922 Feb 1 1923 Wiliam Woodrow Watkins Oct 30 1912 Aug 16 1933 Cecil Hubert Wells Dec 23 1897 Jun 16 1964 Cecil Ray Wells CPL US ARMY Korea May 14 1933 Sep 14 2002 Emily Sheffield Wells Jul 12 1907 Jun 24 1992 Gloria Johnson Wells May 30 1937 Feb 24 2005 Double Stone Marshal T. Wells Aug 7 1836 Oct 21 1916 Mary Catherine Wife of M. T. Wells Nov 17 1844 Mar 1 1929 Double Stone Elijah King Oct 20 1851 Jan 26 1922 Margaret E. Norris Sep 13 1856 Feb 22 1948 Double Stone Murray Mary Alice Sep 28 1863 Dec 5 1933 Major Sep 11 1870 Apr 2 1936 Double Stone Norris Daniel Vance Dec 9 1937 NOD Married Aug 5 1962 Kara Ramsey Oct 21 1938 NOD Double Stone Norris Daniel A Jun 6 1901 Jan 29 1970 Ethelyn B Aug 6 1913 Sep 24 2004 Grace Brice Winner Jul 25 1909 Jun 11 1934 Margaret C. Dempsey Wife of K. R. Dempsey Feb 14 1843 ??? 19 1890 Stone Broken James Frederick King PFC US ARMY Vietnam Apr 11 1940 Nov 19 1977 Jesse? D M P Aug 22 18 The rest of this stone is impossible to read and it is broken. If anyone knows who it is please let me know and I will put the information in. ________________________ Flowers on Grave NOI MM Unreadable Stone NOI Stone NOI 2 Stones NOI Stone NOI WDC NOI Stone NOI Stone NOI Stone NOI Stone NOI Stone NOI Stone NOI Stone NOI Stone NOI Stone NOI Stone NOI MM Unreadable Flowers & Flag NOI

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