Hallsville Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery

Duplin County North Carolina

Surveyed by Lillian & Pearl Houston August 2007
Resurveyed January 2012




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Hallsville Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery in Duplin County, NC.

Location: on Sawmill Road out of Beulaville about 5-6 miles turn left beside Hallsville Baptist which is Jackson Road. Cemetery is on right a few tenths of a mile beside the church.

African American Cemetery

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    GPS Coordinates:
    34.90529 N
    77.83099 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Matho Parker Apr 20 1928 Feb 3 2006 MM Unreadable Hattie P. Stallings Aug 12 1911 Jul 19 2002 Evelyn F. Burnette Jun 2 1914 Mar 2 1994 Samuel B. Lucus Sep 10 1911 Oct 21 1987 Mary E. Lucus Mar 25 1935 Nov 22 1981 Pearl V. Williams Nov 15 1915 Jul 29 1987 Lillie B. Hall Mar 19 1902 Jan 10 1988 Delois M. H. McGowan Jun 11 1905 Feb 13 1977 Raymond N. Hall Jan 23 1904 Dec 15 1973 George McGowan July 19 1890 May 5 1970 Mary J. Hall Wife of Richard Hall Apr 26 1874 Apr 2 1953 Herbert H. Pickett Apr 8 1929 Mar 31 1975 Gary F. Pickett Dec 12 1954 Sep 2 1991 MM Unreadable MM Mr Samuel LNU 1909-1978 MM Unreadable MM Unreadable Lizzie Hall Died Sep 9 1955 Age 78 years MM Unreadable Unmarked Stone Lib Hall North Carolina PVT 810 Pioneer Infantry World War II Jan 24 1895 Mar 1 1947 Addie P. Hall Aug 2 1888 Jun 9 1974 Alee E. Hall Dec 6 1921 Jun 15 1987 Unmarked Grave King Solomon Bowen Sr 1896-1963 Unmarked Stone MM Unreadable Mary L Dobson Hall Mar 28 1922 Jan 28 1989 Lillie Mae Pearsall Jan 15 1898 Feb 17 1961 Stone flipped over Unreadable MM Unreadable David J Hall Jun 6 1896 Apr 9 1985 Cora Hall Jun 15 1907 Nov 13 1977 Thelma P Chasten Jun 6 1910 Jun 6 1994 Ruby G Hall Jul 2 1943 Dec 12 1981 Robert F Furlow Sep 27 1932 Oct 25 1981 Beverly Williams Jul 13 1970 Jul 9 1986 Marie M. Williams Jul 7 1912 Mar 22 1997 Marie M. Williams Jul 7 1912 Mar 22 1997 Lula Lee Doss Feb 9 1901 Feb 8 1900 MM Kenneth Kleckley Dec 11 1964 Jun 18 2002 Age 37 Willie C. Davis Feb 12 1951 Jul 14 2006 Jacqueline F. Still Sep 11 1963 Jul 8 2009 MM George Unreadable 19?7-2000 MM Unreadable William James Stroud SP4 US Army Vietnam Jan 16 1947 Feb 18 1999 William Stroud Jan 16 1947 Feb 18 1999 Annie E. Britt Dec 27 1920 Sep 7 2002 Julius H. Britt Sep 23 1921 Jul 7 1990 Double Stone Farrior Geraldine D Jul 8 1940 Feb 2 1990 Married Dec 31 1951 Johnnie W Jul 21 1940 NOD FS Johnnie W. Farrior Jul 21 1938 Nov 19 1998 FS Geraldine D. Farrior Feb 8 1940 Feb 20 1990 Double Stone Davis Lela D. Mar 24 1919 Feb 25 2001 Robert Shag Jul 19 1914 Mar 19 1989 FS Lela D. Davis Mar 24 1919 Feb 23 2001 FS Robert J. Davis Jul 19 1914 Mar 19 1989 Sherman Burgess Mar 5 1968 Aug 15 1980 Lola B. Williams Jan 8 1900 Sep 15 1976 Reba L Ward Sep 16 1919 Mar 3 1976 Grave marked with Statue MM Smith 1967-1970 Unmarked Stone Unmarked Stone Easter B. Williams Mar 12 1870 Apr 5 1968 Dock Williams Mar 5 1894 Apr 1 1966 Delois M. Williams 1937-1981 Charlie William Jr Dec 14 1923 May 5 1965 Charlie Williams Jr Dec 14 1923 May 5 1965 Ella J. Williams Dec 18 1890 Mar 8 1989 Ella J. Williams Dec 18 1890 Mar 8 1969 Noah Davis Mar 15 1911 Mar 13 1968 Edna Daughter of Noah and Sula Davis Feb 8 1934 Aug 27 1955 William J Brinson 1914-1996 William S. Brinson Mar 4 1893 Mar 20 1974 Charlie Powers North Carolina PVT US Army World War I Mar 15 1895 Apr 19 1971 Margie W. Powers 1870-1979 Maggie Hall Brinson May 3 1894 Jul 1 1973 M. Maggie H. Brinson May 3 1894 Jul 1 1973 Matthews Brinson 1887-1977 PFC Larry A Highsmith Jul 1 1956 Oct 25 1976 Larry Allen Highsmith PFC US Army Jul 1 1956 Oct 25 1976 MM Charles San Williams 1952-2011 MM Unreadable Carson D. Bryant Apr 12 1921 Sep 11 1990 Fred Bryant Dec 25 1914 Dec 18 1990 Sylvia Bryant Sep 16 1908 May 6 1991 MM Williams 1920-1998 James Colden McAllister Feb 25 1931 Aug 8 1995 Mary Magadine McAllister Jan 5 1931 Jan 23 2002 Wade James Davis Nov 20 1970 Aug 7 1996 Wade James Davis Nov 20 1970 Aug 7 1996 Lucy C. Williams Oct 25 1917 Dec 6 1987 Richard Farrior Jun 15 1893 Oct 10 1983 MM Unreadable Mary K Wife of Thomas E. Williams Mar 14 1921 Nov 10 1971 Debrow Kelly North Carolina PFC US Army World War II Oct 9 1917 Aug 25 1968 William E Hall US Air Force Nov 14 1935 Jun 11 1980 William E Hall Nov 14 1936 Jun 11 1980 Louis N. Hall Aug 10 1890 Dec 6 1978 Katie B. Hall Sep 27 1897 Jun 19 1988 James A. Deaver Feb 9 1950 Jul 19 1989 Bertha H. Deavers Apr 12 1933 Aug 17 1999 Unmarked Stone Bonie Henry Hall North Carolina PVT US Army World War I Mar 31 1890 Nov 26 1962 Amos J. Whitehead Jun 7 1880 Jul 5 1957 Ardelia Wife of Sam Williams Apr 15 1884 May 28 1954 Ada M. Hall Jan 1 1888 May 17 1952 Roland Deaver Jan 6 1929 Feb 23 1991 Troy Ray Brown Jul 12 1925 Jul 29 1950 Genevia Brown Sep 16 1916 Jun 20 1950 Elisha Brown Feb 18 1905 Jul 11 1962 Tom Southerland North Carolina PVT US Army Jul 7 1940 NOD Marria Riley Aug 6 1883 Oct 15 1939 James Mallard Jul 1 1904 Mar 9 1969 Gertrude B. Mallard Dec 29 1904 Jul 6 1992 William R. J. Son of Richard A. & Frances Farrior Mar 8 1921 Aug 29 1941 MM Unreadable Tommie Ray Son of Gracie Mae Hall Aug 20 1954 Nov 15 1954 Louise Spencer Jan 6 1922 May 12 1947 Frank Pearsall Jul 3 1876 May 18 1952 Martha Annie Hall Jun 6 1851 Mar 11 1947 Lossie Wife of Tom Williams Jun 12 1898 Apr 26 1938 Tom Williams North Carolina PVT US Army World War II Jul 4 1894 Jan 28 1969 Mincella Daughter of Charlie and Josephine Hall Dec 7 1934 Jun 16 1935 Joe Louis Son of Manly and James Stallings Apr 2 1942 Jun 1 1942 Unmarked Stone Hallie Murphy Jan 5 1901 Mar 18 1939 Katie Boone Murphy Apr 14 1903 Feb 16 1960 Charlie Green Williams North Carolina PVT 6 CO 2 Disch Camp World War I Jan 12 1895 Jun 26 1956 Lude Williams May 14 1893 Aug 31 1963 Eddie Pearson North Carolina PFC 344 Service BN QMC World War I Jun 4 1982 Feb 6 1951 MM Unreadable James R. Deaver Oct 3 1952 Sep 18 1986 Donna B. Jarman Mar 2 1927 Feb 6 1985 Callie M. Wife of Edd Pearsall May 5 1899 Jul 24 1970 Willie L Williams Sep 1 1921 Sep 26 1982 David Parker Jun 10 1913 Jun 27 1987 Adell H. Parker Dec 26 1916 Sep 26 2007 Double Stone Parker David Jun 10 1913 Jun 27 1987 Adell H. Dec 26 1916 NOD Noah Burnett PVT US Army World War II Jun 30 1918 Jan 25 1989 Verline H. Burnett Apr 22 1922 Mar 5 2001 Edward Lee Kelly May 31 1923 Jul 21 1998 Eugene William Sr Sep 25 1903 Aug 11 1994 Bettie J. Kelly Jun 14 1941 Dec 22 2002 Mary E Simmons May 28 1926 Sep 24 2009 Cecelia F. Williams Sep 21 1948 Feb 26 2007 James H. Simmons Jr Oct 11 1952 Jun 23 2000 John E. Farrior Dec 19 1934 Oct 10 1992 Thomas G. Farrior Mar 30 1923 Jun 26 1995 Eugene Farrior Nov 19 1950 Apr 11 1991 Double Stone Deaver Rudolph D Dec 12 1898 Oct 26 1995 Sarah H. Jun 24 1900 Jun 28 1997 Rosella Outlaw Mar 29 1904 Mar 27 1978 Vernettie J. Batts Jan 10 1924 Aug 18 1991 Lula Lenix Brown Oct 12 1937 Jun 22 2006 James Dudley Brown Jul 19 1932 Nov 13 1988 Unmarked Grave Willie Pridgen Mar 15 1917 Dec 11 1985 Johnny F. Pearsall Oct 14 1924 Apr 14 1981 Spicey Jane Cooper Mar 3 1908 Aug 29 1996 George L. Cooper Feb 19 1904 Apr 7 1979 Louis Bryant Jul 15 1921 Oct 12 1976 MM Unreadable James E Pla Jun Aug rest unreadable Hallie J. Murphy Dec 24 1925 Aug 2 1976 John R. Williams North Carolina PVT LCL 323 SERV BN QMC Apr 1 1939 NOD Grave marked with statue N L Dobson Jul 13 1912 Jul 13 1931 Lazarus Son of Joe & Cora Spence May 28 1933 Oct 22 1936 Emma M. Williams Nov 9 1907 Sep 22 1996 Bryant E. Williams May 30 1910 Jun 27 1977 Marcus Bradshaw Sep 25 1958 Jun 27 1977 Daisy M. Bryant 1921-1953 William H. Murphy 1922-1985 Gary Winley Oct 31 1960 Jul 4 1995 Double Stone Winley Floria E. 1939-NOD James R. 1935-1992 Rev. James R. Whaley Aug 23 1935 Jun 27 1992 Double Stone Winley Leroy W Sep 16 1910 Nov 16 1985 Married Mar 2 1929 Savannan E. May 22 1914 Oct 2 1992 Helen Winley Ingram Dec 13 1929 NOD William B Cooper Jul 27 1984 Sep 7 2000 Josephine Whitehead Parker Aug 6 1922 Mar 14 2003 Josephine W. Parker Aug 6 1922 Mar 14 2003 Jerry Farrior May 13 1953 Apr 9 2004 Lacy Farrior Jun 13 1919 Oct 6 2004 Gladys M. Farrior Aug 30 1921 Oct 8 2005 Cassie M. Williams Apr 16 1944 Mar 26 2007 Lillie Ruth Miller Mar 31 1938 Nov 20 2005 Lillie R. Miller Mar 31 1938 Nov 20 2005 MM John Willard Davis Jan 8 1938 Oct 7 2011 Age 73 Hilda G Davis Jan 2 1927 Jun 5 2008 Robert Davis PVT US Army World War II Aug 19 1920 Feb 13 1997 Sula Mae Farland Davis Apr 28 1910 Jun 30 2003 James E. Lanier PVT US Army Apr 16 1918 Feb 10 1998 James E. Lanier Apr 16 1916 Mar 20 1998 Lillian G. Lanier Mar 13 1914 Sep 21 2001 Unmarked Grave Unmarked Grave Lillie M. Hall Oct 4 1916 Apr 11 1979 MM Herman Pickett Aug 7 1951 Jun rest hard to read Marie M. Williams Jul 7 1912 Mar 22 1997 MM Laddie Williams 1920-1994 Charlie J. Murphy Jan 23 1928 Jul 29 2004 Hallie J Murphy Dec 24 1925 Aug 2 1975 Hallie Murphy Jan 5 1901 Mar 18 1939 Marshall Edward Hall Sep 3 1922 Jul 25 2003 Jerry Farrior May 13 1953 Apr 9 2004 Louise Spencer Jan 6 1922 May 12 1947

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