The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Faison Cemetery # 2 in Duplin County, NC.
Location on Highway # 117/50 2/10 mile from Bowden Cross Road on the left next to a mobile home park.
African American Cemetery
View Google map here.
View photos of the headstones here.
GPS Coordinates:
35.06111 N
78.11597 W
The epitaphs are as follows:
David Lee Best
Feb 8 1940
Mar 16 2009
Bobbie J Whitfield
Jul 6 1955
Nov 15 2008
Mettice Wallace London
Jan 22 1936
Apr 28 2001
Leslie J London
Sep 12 1960
Aug 1 1981
Marvin K Wallace
Dec 26 1939
Jul 14 1979
Preston C Wallace
Jun 22 1910
Oct 19 1985
Dorothy Wallace
May 1 1916
Oct 8 2000
Preston L Wallace
1935-2003
MM
Unreadable
MM
Unreadable
MM
Unreadable
Ronnie J Best
Nov 24 1964
Apr 9 1985
Maudie M Faison
Jul 27 1913
Jun 22 1986
Leslie J Faison
Mar 6 1906
Jun 4 1993
Helen F Abraham
Jun 12 1927
Jun 14 1981
Anna M Cox
Aug 4 1929
Mar 14 1988
Robert A Williams
Aug 6 1952
Oct 3 1982
Leslie J Faison Jr
Jun 1 1934
Jun 13 1990
Willie J Faison
Jun 20 1946
Feb 17 1989
MM
Joseph Faison
Feb 13 1932
Oct 3 1995
Age 63
Sula V Faison
Apr 14 1908
Jun 25 2007
MM
Unreadable
MM
Alicia P? Faison
Dec 11 1903
Jun 23 1995
Extremely hard to read
dates might be wrong
MM
Unreadable
Alton L Skinner
Sep 17 1927
Aug 24 1991
MM
Unreadable
Unmarked Grave
Stacy Champ
Apr 4 1965
Feb 15 1995
MM
Unreadable
Antonio Lesesne
Mar 2 1969
Mar 29 2000
Unmarked Grave
MM
Unreadable
MM
Unreadable
Unmarked Grave
Arethea W Joyner
May 8 1921
Mar 29 2000
Alma Pearsall
Oct 18 1923
Nov 7 1981
Lemion F Best
May 18 1947
Sep 15 1991
Melvin McKnight
North Carolina
PFC
838 ENGR AVN BN
World War II
Jan 28 1926
Nov 25 1952
Livvie Mae Brickhouse
Feb 6 1905
Mar 6 1950
Vinnie Evans
Apr 17 1880
May 19 1954
Barbara Ann Carter
Oct 19 1954
May 21 1990
Beatrice M Carter
Jul 4 1922
May 8 2000
John D Melvin
PFC US Army
Korea
Jul 28 1927
Nov 15 2008
MM
Unreadable
Herman Joyner
North Carolina
PFC 3299 QM Service
World War II
Feb 24 1917
Jun 9 1956
Mamie Jane Hebron
Sep 19 1902
Sep 12 1918
Robert H “Bobby” Moore Jr
Jan 27 1947
Apr 1 2010
Ray A Moore
Sep 11 1956
Dec 2 2008
Elouise Smith
Jul 11 1922
Feb 24 1994
Earl Lee Smith
Oct 28 1938
Oct 3 1993
Double Stone
Will A Smith
May 8 1892
Sep 2 1985
Lula J Boyette
Aug 30 1896
Jun 18 1970
Double Stone
Frederick
Elnora B
Dec 5 1885
Nov 2 1964
Charlie P
May 8 1884
Nov 5 1967
FS
Elnora B Frederick
Dec 5 1885
Nov 2 1964
FS
Charlie P Frederick
May 8 1884
Nov 5 1967
Dawsey L Frederick
Apr 21 1906
Sep 28 1957
Charlie Pugh Frederick Jr
Jan 27 1919
Aug 17 1981
Double Crypt
Williams
Leslie I William
Jan 29 1888
Jul 25 1966
Atha Lena Williams
Jul 6 1892
Feb 7 1968
Eleanor Williams Snelling
May 24 1906
Oct 1 1973
Stone turned over
Can’t read
MM
Unreadable
MM
David Lee Faison
May 12 1933
Jan 3 2000
Danny Lee Frederick
Jan 22 1947
Jan 9 2004
Bobby R Melvin
Dec 13 1950
Jul 5 1971
Leedell Barden
Apr 9 1943
Apr 5 1983
Eliza J Barden
Aug 17 1897
Aug 9 1982
Helen Virginia Best McRae
Apr 7 1942
Aug 9 1998
Thomas Best
Dec 31 1948
Apr 11 1992
Evelyn B Mason
Jun 10 1932
Feb 27 2000
Double Stone
Bass
Lloyd
May 3 1892
Apr 14 1957
Maggie
Mar 3 1893
May 20 1970
Lloyd Bass Jr
May 5 1922
Dec 27 1990
MM
Unreadable
Eddie J Williams
1943-1968
Debbie Ann Davis
Jan 25 1959
Mar 30 1992
Unmarked Grave
Mary Maggie Monk
Sep 1 1933
Sep 24 2011
Cement Slab
Died Apr
Rest Unreadable
MM
Unreadable
Hurley M Champ
Jul 20 1929
Jul 30 1987
Joseph Champ
May 10 1908
Sep 14 1986
Annie Mae Champ
Dec 26 1905
Jun 22 1978
Richard Champ
May 11 1944
Feb 15 1972
Unmarked Grave
Alexander Monk
Jul 1 1948
Sep 26 1970
William Champ
Jan 19 1927
Oct 23 1980
Lessie D Fryar
Jan 6 1921
Mar 10 1982
MM
Baby Boy Morrisey
NOI
Ollie M Black
Jan 6 1919
Sep 3 1990
Joe O Smith
Jul 26 1892
Oct 16 1972
Sylvia Smith Pearsall
Apr 26 1897
Jun 5 1966
Eddie Brickhouse
May 9 1900
Apr 11 1964
King S Garris
Jul 22 1941
Jun 5 2002
Iron Stake
Herman Joyner
North Carolina
PFC 3299 QM Service
World War II
Feb 24 1917
Jun 9 1956
David Jones
North Carolina
PVT
407 RES Labor BN
QMC
World War I
Jul 17 1888
Jul 19 1946
Pauline McLamb Genus
Sep 30 1951
Aug 31 2009
Bessie R Vann
May 7 1912
Jun 18 1985
Baalam M Boyette Jr
May 9 1904
Jun 24 1975
MM
Unreadable
Willie V Bowden
Mar 22 1914
Nov 10 2003
Johnny M Bowden Sr
Nov 11 1906
Dec 19 1967
Mary Bowden
Feb 3 1886
Aug 22 1949
John F Bowden
Apr 13 1883
Jun 20 1945
Leonard Mason
North Carolina
PFC
4053 QM SVC CO
World War II
Oct 28 1912
Dec 7 1969
Amie Cooper McClain
Oct 24 1910
Jun 23 1992
Double Stone
Cooper
John C
Sep 15 1877
Mar 9 1959
Sarah C
Aug 23 1884
Mar 11 1968
Robert J Cooper
Apr 16 1911
Mar 5 1947
Infant
Son of
Theodore & Jessye Deans
Nov 11 1947
Lawyer T Deans
North Carolina
TEC 5
QMC
World War II
Mar 28 1916
Feb 8 1960
Charlie Clem Boyette
Apr 24 1908
Feb 3 1991
Stone turned over
Unreadable
Mary Ann Williams
May 3 1947
Feb 12 2006
Dorcella M Hand
Oct 18 1984
Mar 31 2000
Katie W Hand
Mar 15 1920
Nov 2 2009
Johnnie Luther Hand
May 15 1915
Mar 21 2006
Chakarra Ladson
Jun 22 1971
Nov 16 1993
Mary E Felder
Aug 24 1927
Jun 30 1986
Johnnie Hand Jr
Nov 24 1941
Sep 5 1983
Johnnie Hand III
Nov 25 1966
Jan 1 1976
Felisca Hand
Feb 14 1975
Jan 1 1976
Joel Hand
Jun 29 1970
Jan 1 1976
Natasha J Hand
Aug 6 1968
Jan 1 1976
Albert Lejune Hand
Jul 11 1944
Mar 27 1947
Lillian Houston Send your questions (and thanks) directly to Lillian.
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