Broadhurst Cemetery

Duplin County, NC

Surveyed by Lillian and Pearl Houston August 2007




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

Location From Kenansville take Highway # 11 North about 2- 3 miles turn left on Summerlin Crossroad road Summerlin Crossroad is ten miles from Kenansville. At Summerlin Crossroad turn left on Beauteous road Hold this road until you reach Albrittion Road. Turn left the cemetery is 1- 2 miles on right in a field next to Case Farm chicken Mill



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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.13517 N
    78.10095 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:



    W. S. Bowden Aug. 20, 1820 July 23, 1906 Annie J. Wife of W. S. Bowden Jan. 22, 1815 Nov. 4, 1888 Ernest C. Son of S. A. and Penina Bowden April 28, 1886 Dec. 30, 1896 Pearl J. Bowden Daughter of S. A. And Penina Bowden Sept. 29, 1883 Sept. 23, 1884 Samuel Allen Bowden April 3, 1858 Dec. 20, 1928 Same stone Penina Cameron June 28, 1859 Dec. 24, 1928 Esther L. Daughter of S. A. and Penina Bowden Sept. 16, 1900 Oct. 20, 1903 Mary J. Wife of James W. Dixon May 22, 1857 July 26, 1896 Willie E. Dixon Son of James and Mary J. Dixon Feb. 4, 1892 July 20, 1902 Jim W. Dixon Nov. 17, 1851 Feb. 27, 1928 Polly L. Wife of J. D. Thornton March 25, 1879 May 29, 1911 Eliza L. Cherry Wife of L. F. Barnes Mother of L. T. Barnes May 9, 1855 Aug. 17, 1910 Lee C. Cherry July 7, 1877 March 3, 1906 Bryant W. Cherry Dec. 24, 1848 Dec. 12, 1912 Same stone Julia A. Nov. 22, 1858 July 2, 1929 Clyde Lewis Broadhurst April 3, 1883 Dec. 28, 1969 Ellen Moody Broadhurst July 19, 1882 July 14, 1951 John Allen Broadhurst July 10, 1912 March 17, 1940 Charles K. Son of John and H. C. Broadhurst May 5, 1873 Nov. 10, 1889 John Broadhurst June 8, 1847 Jan. 3, 1921 Same stone Helen C. Broadhurst March 11, 1858 Jan. 30, 1925 Emma Herring Wife of John L Herring March 14, 1862 May 28, 1889 Johnnie M. A. Son of John L. and Emma Herring May 23, 1889 Aug. 13, 1889 M. W. Sutton Nov. 18, 1864 April 30, 1900 Ida L. Sutton March 18, 1871 Nov. 4, 1904

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