Kelly Cemetery

Duplin County, NC

Surveyed by Lillian and Pearl Houston November 2007




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Kelly Cemetery in Duplin County, NC.

Location In Chinquapin Highway # 50 1 mile Turn Right on Old Field road. Cemetery is app. 2 miles on left next to the road

African American Cemetery



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    GPS Coordinates:
    34.80703 N
    77.80060 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:



    J. W. Kelly April 1, 1874 Sept. 5, 1933 Silva Wife of J. W. Kelly Nov. 23, 1880 July 11, 1938 Lillian G. Chasten Aug. 1, 1903 Dec. 2, 1970 John A. Chasten Jan. 27, 1898 July 28, 1977 VAULT Esther Chasten Dec. 14, 1933 Dec. 24, 1993 James Aaron Williams May 22, 1922 July 21, 1981 PVT US ARMY WW II Ervin L. Chasten Oct. 29, 1926 Jan. 23, 1983 Same stone Dorothy M. July 8, 1923 Jan. 4, 2003 Robert Lee Jones Oct. 16, 1923 June 17, 1983 PFC US ARMY WW II James H. Chasten Nov. 22, 1924 March 18, 2000 Mrs. Alice S. Kenan April 12, 1901 Sept. 20, 1970 Leslie Norman Kenan July 8, 1897 Feb. 13, 1983 PVT US ARMY WW I Roma Edward Kenan March 21, 1926 Sept. 25, 1987 TEC US ARMY WW II Owen W. Hall Oct. 16, 1901 March 4, 1987 Unmarked Child Grave Herman Lee Pickett Nov. 22, 1948 Jan. 18, 1996 Gregory J. Chasten July 7, 1973 Sept. 7, 1994 Queen E Pickett Aug. 4, 1910 July 6, 1997 J. Elworth Pickett Dec. 3, 1934 Feb. 19, 2001 Allie W. Hall 1906 1996

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