The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the James Thigpen Cemetery in Duplin County, NC.
Location: ¼ mile north of Potters Hill, turn right on Kirby Thigpen Road (SR#1713) Cemetery is on the right side of road in a field.
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View photos of the headstones here.
GPS Coordinates:
34.97241 N
77.69649 W
The epitaphs are as follows:
Vera Harrelson Thigpen
Apr 27 1920
Mar 21 2001
Lee B Thigpen
North Carolina
PFC Co I 511 PRCHT Infantry
World War II BSM-PH
Oct 22 1920
Mar 4 1967
Robert Lee Thigpen
North Carolina
EM3 US Navy
Oct 1 1943
Dec 23 1964
James A Thigpen
Jan 8 1952
Jul 20 1953
William A Thigpen
Apr 12 1884
Jun 15 1956
Nancy E Taylor
Wife of
W A Thigpen
Nov 3 1886
Jun 1 1952
Lewis Ivey Thigpen
Apr 6 1865
Dec 29 1927
Alna
Wife of
Ivey Thigpen
Jul 5 1867
Aug 12 1927
James Thigpen
1823-1911
Leslie Thigpen
Sep 4 1913
Sep 12 1914
L K Whaley
Died
Dec 19 1861
Horatio S Thigpen
Jul 28 1911
Jul 21 1912
Joseph D Thigpen
Jul 29 1888
Jul 7 1889
Ruthie
Daughter of
J I & C A Thigpen
Oct 8 1906
Oct 8 1910
Sudie
Daughter of
J I & C A Thigpen
Jul 6 1911
Feb 13 1914
Georganna
Wife of J T Thigpen
Apr 29 1875
Mar 8 1929
J I Thigpen
Feb 8 1876
Mar 8 1950
John R Turner
Aug 1 1886
Jun 11 1888
Dora A
Wife of
J H Thigpen
Jul 27 1871
May 27 1912
J H Thigpen
Jun 18 1861
May 27 1914
Edith Thigpen
Died
Apr 4 1922
Age 96 years
Double Stone
Thigpen
Cyrus C
Jan 13 1897
Mar 10 1972
Lona Q
May 27 1897
Sep 29 1990
Cyllah Cyrus
Son of
C C & Lona Thigpen
Mar 28 1921
Mar 20 1929
Charles Linwood
Son of
C C & Lona Thigpen
Sep 20 1927
Jan 26 1928
Aggie
Wife of
C C Thigpen
Sep 3 1895
Dec 30 1918
Chrissa Jane Thigpen
Mar 27 1851
Jul 24 1921
George I Thigpen
Sep 12 1855
Mar 21 1932
E J Whaley
Oct 1 1890
Mar 8 1932
Edith S Whaley
Daughter of
L K & Susan Whaley
Aug 27 1867
Hettie Whaley
Daughter of
L H & Sue Whaley
Jan 12 1902
Rena
Daughter of
Joe & Sylvia Whaley
Sep 8 1919
Mar 19 1922
Halayers Quinn
Aug 7 1898
Oct 14 1907
Double Stone
Thomas L Quinn
Jun 13 1854
May 10 1935
Pennie L Thigpen
Sep 12 1859
Jan 15 1935
L Kinsey Whaley
Dec 12 1861
Oct 15 1925
Susan T Whaley
Sep 12 1867
Aug 5 1955
Jonah Whaley
Jan 12 1903
Apr 18 1980
Marvin Whaley
North Carolina
S SGT 9 Inf
2 Inf Div
World War II
Nov 15 1921
Dec 14 1944
Wilbert Whaley
PVT
US Army
World War II
Nov 12 1926
Jan 8 2007
Randolph Whaley
Sep 16 1917
Jan 15 1982
Sylvia W
Wife of
Joe Whaley
Jan 5 1898
Nov 13 1972
Joe Whaley
Jan 7 1893
Sep 17 1958
Emmitt Thigpen
Oct 24 1900
Sep 27 1976
Leah Turner
Wife of
Emmet Thigpen
May 24 1890
Feb 24 1964
Kennethy R Turner
Jun 29 1858
Sep 11 1926
Sallie G Turner
Died
May 29 1923
Age 72 yrs
William C Turner
May 29 1884
Jan 24 1917
Wooden Marker
Wooden Marker
Laura Frances Thigpen
Oct 11 1894
Jul 14 1937
Dwight M Stevens
Apr 9 1956
Apr 10 1956
Roy F Thigpen
Son of
C C & Lona Thigpen
May 11 1923
Oct 14 1994
Leland W Thigpen
Son of
C C & Lona Thigpen
May 26 1937
Mar 17 1994
Joe Harold Futrell
Aug 29 1933
Apr 18 2005
Ernest Thigpen
Oct 23 1913
Feb 25 1964
Robert Thigpen
Apr 6 1907
Nov 27 1958
MM
Unreadable
Eddie H Thigpen
Nov 25 1888
Jan 19 1952
Matilda
Wife of
L N Herring
May 29 1866
Feb 24 1949
Lewis H Turner
May 28 1863
Jun 7 1929
Martha C
Wife of
L H Turner
Feb 21 1856
Nov 3 1923
Double Stone
Thigpen
Emma Thigpen
Jan 3 1912
Sep 1 2004
Marrel Teachey
Dec 13 1908
Apr 29 1968
Elwood Thigpen
SP3 US Army
Korea
Jul 17 1932
Nov 4 2009
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