Lanier-Thigpen Cemetery

Duplin County North Carolina

Surveyed by Lillian & Pearl Houston September 2011




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

Location Beulaville Hwy 24, take Lyman road–3 miles to Quinn Store road turn right cemetery is about 0.2 miles on right



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    GPS Coordinates:
    34.88800 N
    77.73885 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Lemuel Brinson Jr. US Army Korea Dec 8 1926 Feb 22 1984 Double Stone Brinson Annie C Aug 9 1907 Feb 10 1985 Lemuel Oct 18 1898 Aug 18 1957 Don Beamon Son of Lem & Annie C Brinson Jun 6 1935 Dec 27 1936 Infant Son of Lemuel & Annie Brinson Mar 6 1935 Dec 27 1935 Double Stone Thigpen Bernice L Jun 5 1912 Aug 31 2005 married Oct 27 1934 Gordon B Jun 10 1913 Apr 26 1978 Double Stone Thigpen Susan Ophelia Dec 7 1871 Sep 1 1903 Decatur Cox Feb 5 1874 Oct 30 1944 Double Stone Powell Laura Apr 21 1895 Apr 16 1986 Edd Aug 9 1892 Nov 9 1946 FS Eddie Powell North Carolina PFC 119 Inf World War I Aug 9 1892 Nov 9 1946 Susan Ozelle P. Turner Sep 21 1919 Feb 6 2000 Edgar Van Brown Dec 24 1908 Aug 4 1944 Lela wife of Walter Brown Aug 5 1881 Oct 12 1952 Walter Brown Jan 18 1880 Jan 20 1946 Double Stone Bostic W D Jan 24 1934 Dec 20 2000 Patricia Nov 5 1941 Dec 7 2004 Double Stone Edwards Minnie S Jan 19 1934 NOD Roland G Jul 13 1934 Feb 8 2005 Triple Stone Edwards Lila Maud S Aug 21 1904 Feb 25 1979 Lloyd H Sep 8 1887 Jul 7 1959 Alda Lou Oct 15 1924 NOD Jerry H Son of BW & Brunnie Thigpen Jun 9 1939 Nov 11 1940 Double Stone Thigpen Bryson W Apr 4 1910 Jun 3 1977 Brunnie L Feb 29 1912 Oct 19 2002 Double Stone Thigpen Martha Elizabeth Jun 1 1882 Mar 14 1942 Joseph B Thigpen Aug 31 1875 Mar 17 1942 Double Stone Thigpen Iris O May 11 1921 Feb 29 1991 Earl Sep 30 1915 Nov 14 1995 Adron M Thigpen Sep 22 1911 May 2 1942 Double Stone Jones Billy Pigford Mar 27 1912 Jun 11 1973 Florence T Aug 21 1908 Mar 31 1992 Double Stone Lanier Durward S Dec 7 1918 Apr 20 1979 Married Aug 26 1939 Ozelle B Aug 20 1922 Oct 18 1995 Double Stone Thigpen Rowena T Sep 5 1907 Dec 6 2000 Clarence C Feb 26 1906 Nov 23 1949 Double Stone Thigpen Walter E. Thigpen Mar 29 1883 Aug 15 1945 Julia Dean Mar 19 1885 Jun 4 1965 Lavise Eldon Son of CG & Rowena Thigpen Oct 3 1929 Apr 27 1931 Infant of CG & Rowena Thigpen Apr 23 1931 May 15 1931 Double Stone Edwards Ruffin Jul 5 1893 Sep 3 1962 Flora S Jan 29 1907 Mar 8 1978 Nellie Iona Daughter of R & Flora Edwards Jun 19 1935 Apr 16 1954 Double Stone Edwards Blanche wife of C. R. Edwards Oct 7 1899 Jul 1 1920 Infant Son of CR & Blanche Edwards Born & Died Jun 24 1920 Infant of JB & Lizzie Thigpen Born & Died Sep 24 1914 M Blanchie Thigpen Sep 21 1884 Aug 1 1913 M Inez Thigpen Oct 25 1905 Oct 9 1906 Sudie A Simpson Nov 11 1893 Mar 31 1903 Sarah J wife of Bithel Thigpen Sep 27 1850 Sep 8 1928 Bithel Thigpen Mar 4 1847 Sep 19 1892 Double Stone Edmond Simpson Jan 1 1869 Dec 10 1936 Minnie Lou Mar 23 1872 Jan 20 1937 Eldon Ward Son of Hubert & Letitia Simpson Jul 22 1928 Sep 2 1943 Infants of Delano & Nancy Simpson Baby Girl Apr 1960 Apr 1960 Baby Boy Feb 1964 Feb 1964 Double Stone Simpson Hubert C Jun 14 1902 Oct 17 1975 Letishia J Dec 7 1910 Jan 10 1970 Double Stone Simpson Murphy J Sep 19 1912 Dec 13 1991 Maude N Oct 11 1911 Jan 4 1999 Norma Quinn 1900-1901 Age 1 yr Bruce Quinn Age 2 ½ yrs Infant of David & Beulah Williams Born & Died Sep 17 1929 Twins Infants of TR & Isla Quinn Born & Died Mar 3 1926 Grover Myrone Son of A. S. & Rosa Bell Quinn Jul 20 1928 Aug 20 1928 IJ Quinn Mar 29 1858 Apr 8 1929 Infant of David & Beulah Williams Born & Died Sep 8 1926 David Williams May 21 1898 Mar 26 1936 Della Wife of IJ Quinn Jan 24 1898 Dec 11 1938 Lavae Daughter of Marion & Alma Quinn Apr 8 1937 Jun 10 1937 Double Stone Quinn Marion Jul 29 1893 Nov 15 1962 Alma B Sep 13 1906 Aug 29 1992 Geraldine Quinn Rand Jan 16 1926 May 25 1992 William Neil Rand Jun 22 1923 Feb 21 1994 FS William Neil Rand S Sgt US Army World War II Jun 22 1923 Feb 21 1994 Carl Stevens Thigpen Oct 7 1926 Feb 14 1954 Double Stone Quinn Wayne C Aug 21 1906 Apr 4 1977 Married Dec 21 1921 Mable L Oct 4 1909 Jan 25 2000 Marion Quinn North Carolina Pvt Btry D 115 Field Arty World War I Jul 29 1893 Nov 15 1962 Triple Stone Thigpen Ada M. Bass Aug 2 1890 May 28 1927 Murphy Millard Feb 13 1887 Apr 11 1951 Mildred Adams Feb 8 1897 Jan 6 1987 Unreadable Alavia Bell Daughter of M M & A M Thigpen Nov 1 1911 Apr 26 1921 Arthur Seawell Quinn Nov 22 1898 Apr 30 1961 Double Stone Thigpen Eddie P Sr Nov 2 1889 Feb 26 1947 Sadie A Oct 20 1892 Dec 28 1991 Eddie Paul Thigpen Jr SFC US Army Persian Gulf Aug 5 1934 Nov 30 2001 Twin Daughters of Harry & Letha Deal Oct 1 1955 Infant Son of Percy & Dora Thigpen Dec 31 1914 Jan 3 1915 Baby of PE & Henrietta Thigpen 1910 Baby of PE & Henrietta Thigpen 1912 Patrick Son of Phillip & Josephine Harris Dec 12 1944 Dec 13 1944 Double Stone Thigpen Dora E May 11 1886 May 4 1985 Percy E Nov 5 1884 Aug 21 1947 Infant of EP & Sadie Thigpen Oct 21 1913 Oct 21 1913 Vena May Daughter of E P & Sadie Thigpen Sep 14 1920 Jun 18 1922 Noreen Thigpen Jul 11 1922 Jun 18 1929 Ada Lanier wife of J M Norris Jan 19 1887 Oct 4 1922 J B Lawhone Jun 24 1855 Jan 21 1913 Oliver Enoch Lanier Sep 18 1896 Sep 12 1952 Vernon B Horne PFC US Army Aug 31 1922 May 7 1974 Aileen W. Horne Mar 29 1921 Aug 10 1996 Teresa Grace Daughter of Ed & Dunnie Lanier Nov 15 1913 Nov 10 1919 Ludie Ray wife of Arthur Seawell Quinn Sep 7 1902 Dec 3 1922 Double Stone Lanier Dunnie Jul 31 1876 Nov 17 1953 E. D Lanier Feb 27 1874 Jan 25 1923 PVT Ivey L Lanier Co H 66 NC Inf CSA 1844–1895 Leah wife of Ivey L Lanier Aug 11 1851 Mar 11 1930 Dock E Lanier Aug 23 1904 May 16 1937 Maurice Allen Son of Lester & Eunice Williams Jun 4 1927 Jul 30 1928 James May SOn of MM & Ada Thigpen May 27 1927 Jul 8 1927 MacKenzie Lynn Shook Feb 1 1973 Daughter of Pat Williams Shook Granddaughter of Linwood & Doris Williams Julius L Williams North Carolina Cook Co K 119 Inf 30 Div World War I May 23 1896 Oct 29 1952 Eunice L Williams Feb 13 1901 Jan 30 1992 Double Stone Jackson John H Oct 6 1855 Dec 8 1924 Julia K Jul 22 1857 May 11 1948 Double Stone Lanier Govenor V 1882–1958 Sena 1907–2003 Double Stone McDowell R Clyde Mar 4 1912 Dec 30 1961 Carrie T Nov 23 1913 Dec 22 2004 MM Nancy P Simpson 1935-2008 MM Delano M Simpson 1934-2008


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