The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Friendship United Methodist Church Cemetery in Duplin County, NC.
Location: about 0.7 mile from the intersection on Veach's Mill Road and Friendship Church Road on the right on Friendship Church Road. Behind the church.
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View photos of the headstones here.
GPS Coordinates:
35.05969 N
78.03607 W
The epitaphs are as follows:
Cecil M. Swinson
CPL US Army
Korea
Apr 27 1938
Oct 11 2004
James E. Swinson
North Carolina
CPL CO G 9 INF 2 INF DIV
Korea Purple Heart
May 8 1934
Jul 20 1953
William H. Swinson Jr
Mar 26 1960
Gladys Guy Creech
Dec 10 1905
Dec 13 1999
Joshua Eli Creech
Jun 29 1898
May 5 1978
Mary E. Creech
1890-1936
Double Stone
Creech
Harriette C
May 2 1871
Jan 30 1948
Elias D
Jan 16 1861
Feb 5 1949
Edgar Ivey Creech
Aug 19 1887
Apr 9 1945
MM
Joshua E. Creech
1898-1978
Carlton Melton
Oct 12 1911
Jan 11 1992
Dock Callaham
Nov 3 1910
Sep 14 1974
Levi D. Swinson
Dec 9 1893
Jan 12 1969
Carson Marion Merritt
Mar 14 1884
Aug 16 1963
Double Stone
Nolan
John Calvin
Nov 10 1912
Mar 21 1961
Octavia Merritt
Oct 18 1908
Apr 10 1990
John W. Swinson
1908-1987
MM
McDonald Swinson
Mar 19 1973
Mar 27 1973
John E. Swinson
May 8 1833
Apr 30 1910
Margaret Frances
Wife of
J. F. Bailey
Aug 9 1817
Sep 7 1907
John F. Bailey
Jul 10 1835
Sep 25 1910
Samuel
Son of
Mr. & Mrs. W. B. Bailey
Born & Died
Sep 3 1904
Ella Brown
Daughter of
W. B. & Nannie J. Bailey
Dec 11 1909
Isaac Stroud
Son of
J. L. & Sallie Swinson
Jan 6 1913
Sep 17 1913
Pearl E.
Daughter of
J. W. & Pearl Swinson
Jul 31 1913
Aug 5 1914
Frances W. Wooten
Daughter of
J. W. & Pearl Swinson
Jun 6 1906
Aug 14 1931
Pearl Bailey Swinson
Oct 25 1873
Dec 26 1947
John Wilkes Swinson Sr
Jun 18 1867
Jun 7 1941
Harriett Elizabeth
Daughter of
J. W. & Laura Swinson
Apr 13 1931
Oct 6 1931
Sallie
Daughter of
Jessie L. & Sallie S. Swinson
Died
Nov 21 1916
age 6 hours
Henry Ward
Son of
J. L. & Sallie Swinson
Born & Died
Dec 21 1915
Double Stone
Veach
Samuel J
1845-1919
Susan C
1876-1967
John Wesley Veach
Apr 7 1912
Dec 29 1941
Double Stone
Swinson
Katherine Q
1857-1941
Henry W
1859-1905
MM
Unreadable
J.Carlyle
son of
H. W. & Catherine Quinn Swinson
Jul 9 1897
Jan 1 1921
Leona Lewis Jones
Oct 6 1898
Nov 25 1987
James H. Lewis
Aug 26 1891
Jul 6 1940
Edward Burnham
1883-1967
Daisy Burnham
1885-1966
John F. Burnham
Jul 3 1835
Jun 9 1921
Fannie Dobson
Wife of
John F. Burnham
Jul 4 1853
Jan 15 1930
H. L. Burnham
Oct 17 1876
Oct 27 1927
Wlliam Perry Burnham
Feb 8 1875
Jan 20 1941
Selena Bunham Kornegay
Sep 20 1888
Jan 27 1941
Jim Brock
Sep 22 1878
Apr 17 1936
Winnie Ann Brock
Dec 12 1855
Jul 30 1940
Levi Brock
Sep 12 1840
Nov 1 1923
Minnie Ezzell
1899-1970
E. "Wash" Ezzell
1875-1941
Pollie Dunn
1920-1968
Double Stone
Langston
Johnnie G Langston
Nov 6 1873
Oct 5 1948
Mollie P Langston
Nov 13 1870
Jul 23 1924
Mary K. Sheffield
Wife of
Henry E. Ezzell
Nov 24 1847
Apr 26 1936
Eva B. Brock
Wife of
Ransom Ezzell
Oct 4 1897
Nov 23 1980
Ransom Ezzell
May 9 1880
Mar 30 1959
Charlie L. Ezzell
North Carolina
PFC US Army
Nov 27 1911
Jun 30 1967
Elmon Wood
Sep 25 1898
Nov 14 1951
Harvey L. Wood
Oct 12 1907
Dec 25 1950
In Loving Memory
of the
Five Infants of
Roland & Pearl Beasley Gainus
who died
at or near birth
1935-1945
Double Stone
Beasley
Isaac E
Dec 9 1860
Aug 27 1937
Olive Caroline
Mar 26 1871
May 9 1946
Annie B. Carter
Sep 1 1907
Mar 26 1998
Frances Elliott Carter
Jan 25 1943
Aug 26 2002
Frank C. Carter
Mar 14 1892
May 19 1952
Clyde M. Carter
Aug 18 1935
Aug 21 1954
Lillian K. Houston Send your questions (and thanks) directly to Lillian.
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