The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Little Mission Cemetery in Duplin County, NC.
Location: on Bonham Road (SR# 1117) about 2/10 mile on the left behind some old chicken houses in the field. Sign at the path that leads to the cemetery.
African American Cemetery
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View photos of the headstones here.
GPS Coordinates:
34.85721 N
78.10756 W
The epitaphs are as follows:
Willie Merritt
Nov 13 1912
Jan 18 1989
Martha Merritt
Aug 22 1939
Jun 29 1987
Mack Merritt
Mar 12 1910
Apr 9 1987
Thomas Merritt
May 2 1906
Nov 2 1982
Elkenia H Williams
1882-1928
Elkenia Williams
Feb 3 1881
May 5 1928
Francine S Williams
Mar 31 1891
May 27 1983
Willie H Williams
North Carolina
PFC
CO M 369 Inf
World War II
Nov 28 1921
Apr 6 1956
Ada Jane Williams
Feb 14 1919
Feb 15 1960
Juddie Edna W Vann
Jul 29 1926
Apr 3 1984
Ernest Graham
PVT
US Army
Jan 29 1894
Feb 9 1975
Ernest Graham
Jan 29 1894
Feb 9 1975
Martha W Graham
Jun 14 1902
Apr 4 1986
Lessie B Armwood
Mar 22 1922
Feb 6 1992
Willie Mae Judge
Jun 6 1929
May 30 1999
MM
Unreadable
Gladys James
Oct 23 1915
Jun 5 2005
Thomas James
May 7 1914
Nov 11 2000
Gloria Ann
Daughter of
Astor & Rebecca Southerland
Aug 1 1950
Jan 3 1951
Rebecca J Southerland
Sep 22 1918
Dec 10 1988
Rebecca J Southerland
Sep 22 1918
Dec 10 1988
Christopher M Southerland
Sep 23 1955
Jan 27 2007
Christopher M Southerland
Sep 23 1955
Jan 27 2007
Elizabeth Ward
Aug 10 1945
May 27 2006
Charlie Merritt
Jan 17 1904
Nov 30 1988
Richard Williams
Dec 1900
Jul 1952
Elnois Williams
Jan 23 1953
Oct 24 2001
Travis J Williams Jr
Mar 7 2004
Mar 7 2004
Beverly Ann Williams
Dec 22 1960
Apr 22 2005
Travis J Williams
Apr 30 1876
Sep 1 2007
FS
Travis J Williams
SN US Navy
Apr 30 1976
Sep 1 2007
Elkanie “L K” Nichelson
May 25 1940
Nov 10 2008
Elkanie Nickelson
May 25 1940
Nov 10 2008
Allie N Savage
Apr 24 1933
Sep 30 2007
L Bernice Bland
Oct 13 1935
Apr 28 2000
Nathaniel Nickelson Jr
Jul 14 1947
Jun 24 1999
James H Nickelson
Jun 28 1937
Oct 29 1976
Minnie Lee Bennett
Dec 1 1899
May 5 1988
George H Lee
Jun 25 1919
Feb 7 2000
Geretta Vernette Council Cowan
May 2 1926
Jul 2 2009
Annie Ruth Southerland
Oct 26 1930
Feb 8 2006
Rev Tonya E Southerland
Nov 7 1961
Aug 4 2005
Enoch W Southerland
Jan 10 1939
Feb 25 2000
Mitchell Robinson
SKSN US Navy
Vietnam
Oct 11 1951
May 23 1997
Susie M Southerland
July 26 1913
Feb 9 1983
Samuel Donald Southerland
Jan 21 1932
Oct 19 1980
Mattie Jackson
May 12 1894
Mar 14 1969
Double Stone
Southerland
Malachi
May 1 1906
Jun 27 1966
Lila M
Oct 10 1909
Jun 7 1981
James S Boney Sr
Aug 12 1980
Apr 7 2010
Sarah M Bryant
May 14 1885
Feb 20 1932
Anna Bryant
1887-1966
Rena Bryant
Jul 1884
Oct 22 1940
Jakie Bryant
PVT US Army
World War II
1913-1985
Ivey Bryant
Apr 20 1916
Feb 3 1989
Broken Stone
Unreadable
Rachel A Bryant
Jul 2 1924
May 7 2011
Lillie B Williams
Jul 7 1908
Jun 4 1994
Turner C Williams
Mar 19 1951
Aug 3 2008
Rev Selena Bryant
Dec 25 1931
Apr 9 2009
Mittie F Mitchell
Nov 26 1898
Dec 1 1990
Nettie G Bryant
Nov 26 1896
Jun 5 1981
Manuel Bryant
Feb 1 1901
May 20 1982
Frances W Nickolson
Wife of
Nathan Nickolson
Jun 28 1911
May 3 1964
Nathaniel Nickelson Jr
Mar 13 1911
Jun 17 1988
Lucy Mae Williams Stevenson
Oct 25 1916
May 11 1957
Lillian Houston Send your questions (and thanks) directly to Lillian.
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