Knowles Family Cemetery

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 Knowles Family Cemetery in Duplin County, NC.

Location: across the road from the Rose Hill Cemetery on Fire Tower Road (SR#1141) between Yellow Road (SR#1147) and Cottle Lane.

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    GPS Coordinates:
    34.83644 N
    78.01412 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Lisa Fussell Sheffield Jul 25 1969 Mar 5 2001 FS Lisa Fussell “Babe” Sheffield Jul 25 1969 Mar 6 2001 Ralph D Sheffield Dec 14 1910 Oct 20 1991 Lee Anna Sheffield Nov 15 1916 Feb 15 1998 Willie G “Billy” Sheffield Aug 25 1937 Dec 9 1977 Johnnie L Knowles North Carolina PFC 3314 QM Truck Co World War II Oct 3 1911 Jan 9 1967 Aaron C Knowles North Carolina SGT CP B 762 Tank BN World War II May 19 1927 Mar 5 1952 Daniel Franklin Knowles Jul 22 1878 Feb 10 1942 Mattie Register Knowles Oct 29 1889 May 6 1961 Milton Ray Knowles North Carolina PHM3 USNR World War II PH May 24 1925 Apr 2 1953 Double Stone Wells Henry Z Jr May 22 1929 Sep 6 2006 Married Jun 18 1954 Dorothy W Jul 27 1935 Mar 4 1997 FS Henry Z Wells Jr PVT US Army Korea May 22 1929 Sep 6 2006 Michael Dean Wells Mar 22 1970 Mar 22 1970 Henry Lee Wells Mar 20 1955 Feb 25 2008 MM Geraldine Kennedy Wells Feb 2 1935 Jan 11 2012 Gerald Bettis “Jerry” Watson Apr 29 1954 Dec 12 1991 Double Stone Moore Amy Joseph “Joe” Dec 23 1953 Apr 25 1995 Sandra K Jun 12 1958 NOD Elizabeth S Jernigan Oct 1 1949 Mar 25 1995 MM L Wayne Quinn 1949-2009 M William D Stanley 1941-2010 James Edward Wells May 10 1932 Nov 23 1983 Double Stone Wells Henry Zekiel Sr Oct 12 1905 Mar 24 1974 Annie Mae Jun 12 1906 Mar 7 1997 William Daniel Stanley SM3 US Navy Mar 1 1941 Sep 5 2010 Effie Knowles Stanley Jun 14 1921 Mar 21 1999 Luther Stanley Feb 3 1912 Sep 9 1971 Double Stone Knowles J D May 21 1933 Apr 18 2002 Linda A Aug 11 1944 Feb 7 1992 Double Stone Knowles Avnor F Sep 2 1909 Aug 19 1965 Thelma R Oct 12 1913 Oct 30 1998 Thomas E Knowles Jan 11 1942 Apr 9 1981 Earl Wayland Knowles HM3 US Navy Mar 7 1930 May 18 2011 MM Earl W Knowles 1930-2011 Gertrude K Sheffield Jun 27 1919 Feb 21 1992 Infant Daughter of Hubert & Martha Knowles Aug 3 1957

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