Faison Cemetery # 2

Duplin County, NC

Surveyed by Lillian and Pearl Houston October 2007
Resurveyed March 2012




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

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    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

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