Magnolia Cemetery

Duplin County North Carolina

Surveyed by K Ned Beasley June 2010




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

Location: in Magnolia from 903 turn on N Pope St. N Pope St will turn left into Cemetery St or you can stay n N Pope St, either way you will circle the cemetery.



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    GPS Coordinates:
    34.89565 N
    78.06435 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Annie D. Baker Sep 2 1872 Mar 23 1947 Elbert Baker WT3 US Navy World War II Jun 19 1913 Sep 10 1975 2 Sided Stone Jacob Baker 1820 Nov 5 1904 Lucy J. Wife of Jacob Baker Died Jan 27 1896 aged 57 y 6 m, 20 d Double Stone Baker Joseph Hill Nov 29 1865 Jul 25 1951 Nellie H. Bradsahw Nov 4 1881 Sep 11 1950 Lenord Hill Son of Jesse H. & Allie L. Baker Jun 21 1933 Aug 9 1934 Annie Elizabeth Lanier Wife of J. T. Batts Jul 8 1872 Jul 4 1929 John Thomas Batts Jun 12 1867 Apr 23 1956 Leslie Batts Mar 30 1900 Apr 19 1949 Nellie Bradshaw Batts Jul 1 1903 Nov 22 1990 Ruby D. Wilson Wife of Leslie Batts Jan 17 1905 Nov 27 1935 Letta Mae Daughter of John & Mary Brown Jan 10 1918 Feb 16 1918 John Brown Nov 26 1881 Nov 21 1924 Double Stone Burdette David Aldon May 16 1918 Jan 19 1980 Lennie Arzola Jul 27 1922 Oct 26 1979 Double Stone Burns Robert R. Jan 23 1906 Aug 8 1989 Nellie M. Baker Sep 29 1911 May 5 1988 Hubert E. Carr TEC 5 US Army World War II Mar 21 1919 Oct 17 1993 Josie Daughter of O. J. & M. A. Carroll Oct 28 1873 May 9 1874 Bryon Son of J. F. & L. B. Croom Jan 20 1878 Nov 22 1878 Ellen Daughter of J. F. & L. B. Croom Jan 4 1895 Jun 11 1895 Henry Son of J. F. & L. B. Croom Sep 3 1887 May 24 1890 John Franklin Croom Feb 13 1847 Jan 1 1938 John Robinson Croom Jul 6 1893 Jul 15 1956 SGT Judson W. Croom CO A 51 NC Inf CSA NOI L. Louise Croom Oct 17 1896 Jun 8 1984 Leah B. Robinson Wife of John F. Croom Jan 28 1853 Nov 23 1945 Maye Pickett Croom May 24 1896 Jun 9 1960 Priscilla Daughter of J. F. & E. P. Croom Jul 27 1874 Oct 20 1874 Priscilla Gavin Wife of John F. Croom Sep 13 1849 Aug 22 1874 Almeta Naomi Edwards Sep 6 1902 Mar 5 1999 Cora Belle Edwards Sep 12 1897 Jan 2 1969 Lizzie G. Edwards Jun 17 1883 Oct 2 1961 George Edwards Sep 7 1857 Jan 1 1918 Maggie W. Edwards Mar 22 1851 Dec 27 1932 B. H. Ezzell Apr 22 1861 May 12 1939 Cornelia Powell Wife of B. H. Ezzell Oct 29 1867 Jan 29 1934 Mary Jane Whaley Wife of Robert M. Gavin Sep 19 1878 Dec 14 1947 Robert F. Gavin Apr 25 1905 Apr 4 1962 Robert M. Gavin Mar 22 1863 May 1 1917 Alton Gaylor Jul 22 1890 Jan 2 1945 Charles P. Gaylor Aug 11 1860 Apr 7 1916 Mattie E. Wilson Wife of C. P. Gaylor Oct 11 1861 May 2 1896 Priscilla Ann Gaylor Jan 13 1838 Mar 1 1908 Aged 70 years Little Ruby James Son of C. P. & Hattie Cox Galor Jan 11 1900 May 29 1900 Eva Beecher Croom Wife of John K. Hamblin Jul 1 1880 Oct 11 1906 John H. Haste Sep 12 1873 Nov 3 1933 Bettie Wife of J. H. Heath Jun 17 1842 Jan 27 1898 Jake H. Heath Aug 4 1945 May 29 1916 Lanie Barden Heath Nov 28 1885 Nov 23 1964 Perry J. Jr. Son of P. J. & Lanie Heath Aug 19 1916 Sep 7 1916 Charles W Hollingsworth North Carolina S1 US Navy Mar 13 1911 Jul 7 1937 Fred Owen Hollingsworth Nov 10 1887 Jul 4 1955 Henry Hollingsworth Jan 23 1824 Jul 5 1893 Alma Melvin Horne Nov 9 1900 Sep 15 1989 Betty F. Horne 1903-1981 Florence H. Horne 1871-1960 J. C. Horne 1865-1915 John H. Horne Died Jan 1 1888 aged 30 yrs 9 mo 11 dys Jordan C. Horne Born Edgecombe County 1828-1874 Died Magnolia, N.C. Nancy J. Wife of Jordan C. Horne Dec 11 1827 Nov 17 1913 Ralph Cofield Horne Jul 28 1893 Dec 11 1960 Alice Bradley Croom Wife of Shelton B. Hunter Nov 13 1876 Nov 1 1948 Born in Duplin County Shelton Brinson Hunter Aug 2 1877 Nov -8 1961 Born in Savannah, Ga Eurie James Johnson Apr 6 1883 Feb 11 1959 Double Stone William R. Johnson May 15 1848 Jun 15 1927 Margaret D. Hollingsworth May 7 1858 Aug 22 1936 Lizzie Robinson Wife of S. F. Kelly Jul 12 1877 Jul 8 1942 Alice V. Kornegay Apr 30 1893 Oct 16 1975 Sallie S. Wife of J. G. Kornegay Daughter of J. H. & Bettie Heath Oct 16 1869 May 4 1915 Adolphas R. Merritt Sep 17 1886 May 28 1906 Bennie C. Merritt Husband of Katie Merritt Aug 22 1911 Aug 22 1969 G. W. Merritt Jun 26 1849 Sep 15 1916 David Julius Merritt Oct 21 1900 Sep 14 1965 Doris Marie Infant Daughter of Mr. & Mrs.Bennie Merritt Born & Died 1943 Double Stone Merritt Eurie L Jul 26 1892 Oct 18 1931 Laura E Mar 19 1897 Jul 30 1982 Double Stone Merritt Virginia Quinn Apr 10 1928 NOD Married Dec 16 1945 Fred Elmore Oct 27 1922 May 25 1964 Haywood C. Merritt Sep 22 1917 Apr 7 1988 FS Haywood Clark Merritt GM3 UN Navy World War II Sep 22 1917 Apr 7 1988 Infant Daughter of B. K. & Clyde Merritt NOI Katie Groves Merritt Wife of Bennie Merritt Jul 27 1913 Aug 16 2000 Margarett E. Daughter of E. L. & L. E. Merritt Sep 25 1916 Oct 24 1918 Norman C. Merritt Sep 6 1898 Dec 5 1940 Double Stone Merritt Sarah M May 19 1868 Dec 25 1952 Robert S Mar 20 1863 Jun 30 1936 Double Stone Merritt William H Jun 29 1912 Nov 27 1963 Neva C Dec 5 1913 Jun 4 1997 William J. Merritt PVT US Army Nov 11 1895 May 30 1975 William L. Merritt May 17 1880 May 3 1960 Edward D. Murphy, Jr. NC CPL MED DEPT WW II Mar 4 1918 Aug 12 1944 George Egbert Son of H. E. & Eleanor Newbury Died Sep 23 1871 aged 1 yr & 5 mos Martha Southerland Wife of H. E. Newbury Aug 31 1849 Nov 26 1923 Henry E. Newbury Born East Haddam, Conn. Mar 9 1838 May 3 1908 Eleanor Paddison Wife of H. E. Newbury Jun 13 1837 Jun 16 1873 Double Stone Newbury William Richard Aug 4 1865 Sep 16 1929 Mattie Lewis Oct 11 1867 Aug 5 1953 Margaret Infant Daughter of W. R. & M. L. Newbury Sep 15 1900 Nov 20 1904 Elizabeth Daughter of W. R. &. M. L. Newbury Jul 20 1898 Dec 9 1899 Lewis Donald Son of W. R. & M. L. Newbury May 3 1897 Sep 18 1897 William Richard Son of W. R. & M. L. Newbury Sep 1 1891 Dec 7 1892 Infant Son of W. R. & M. L. Newbury May 10 1888 Infant Daughter of W. R. & M. L. Newbury Apr 9 1890 Apr 12 1890 Daisey Foard Daughter of H. E. & Eleanor Newbury Died Jun 29 1869 Aged 10 mos & 12 dys Allen B. Pope North Carolina S SGT 1409 SVC COMD UNIT World War II Jan 25 1923 Aug 23 1950 Hubert Dennis Pope USAAF Feb 11 1924 Jul 12 2001 Double Stone Potter Benagy Jun 25 1879 Nov 16 1939 Mattie Quinn May 4 1887 Dec 25 1953 Harry Potter Dec 10 1906 Feb 19 1981 Harvey Potter Sep 6 1911 Dec 24 1953 Jessie Taylor Wife of Harry Potter Jan 14 1910 Nov 13 1979 Lillian Bessie Potter Nov 11 1895 Sep 30 1959 Claudie W. Powell North Carolina PVT US Army World War I Mar 30 1895 Jun 29 1965 Double Stone John G. Powell Jun 29 1862 Mar 6 1912 Lessie Wilson Dec16 1869 Mar 17 1958 Sallie Mae Hollingsworth Wife of P. V. Rochelle Apr 24-1907 Oct 29 1929 David John Rogers Apr 13 1874 Oct 19 1928 Mary Daisy Wife of D. J. Rogers, Jr. Aug 11 1881 Jan 29 1909 Molly A. Rogers 1884-1946 George R. Rogers 1873-1922 James Henry Rogers Jul 30 1930 Sep 2 1994 John Henry Rogers May 24 1901 Mar 29 1977 Billy Carson Rogers Apr 25 1946 Dec 12 1971 Vernette Rogers Wife of Ransom Murphy Jan 14 1926 Jun 12 1963 Macy Lee Dove Wife of John H. Rogers Dec 15 1906 Dec 31 1967 Charles Raphael "Skitter" Rogers Oct 3 1952 Dec 12 1971 Lawrence Steve Rogers PVT US Army 1948-1979 James Curtis Spearman North Carolina PFC MEDICAL DEPT World War II Feb 3 1912 Jul 8 1969 Ava Quinn Smith Feb 15 1894 Nov 18 1969 Emily Rogers Quinn Aug 14 1912 Jan 20 1989 Estelle Ezzell Quinn Apr 29 1906 May 23 1931 Estelle Linnie Quinn Apr 21 1931 Jun 19 1931 Henry Quinn Dec 31 1893 Jan 29 1958 Robert Quinn Jun 24 1900 Jan 4 1949 Nettie Catherine Quinn Aug 30 1941 May 5 1945 Robert Lenard Quinn Apr 21 1931 Jun 15 1931 Mary Bass Quinn Feb 3 1881 Jan 3 1956 Dr. Robert F. Quinn Jan 30 1886 Jul 1 1947 Double Stone Register Albert James May 24 1896 Oct 25 1959 Ellie Mae May 11 1897 Mar 27 1975 Duland A. Son of S. A. & Lillian Sanderson Jan 16 1928 Feb 26 1928 Lillian T. Sanderson Nov 6 1902 Dec 11 1968 Sivvie A. Sanderson Mar 15 1902 Feb 12 1957 Gordon M. T. Sanderson Aug 27 1926 Apr 20 1971 Double Stone George B Sikes Oct 7 1850 Apr 30 1930 Eksy Elizabeth Bradshaw Jul 18 1849 Sep 7 1928 Nancy C Strickland Sep 13 1849 Mar 25 1915 Hiram M. Swinson Apr 30 1850 Dec 16 1926 Annie L. Swinson Oct 26 1877 Oct 14 1960 Alice L. Robinson Wife of H. M. Swinson May 17 1852 Apr 21 1929 Double Stone Strickland Charlie W Sep 16 1866 Nov 6 1939 Thora S Sep 17 1893 Nov 8 1977 Retha B. Strickland Apr 23 1933 Jun 10 1934 Jeffrey Brian Sanderson Aug 10 1979 Jul 5 1993 Julius Sylvester Sutton May 18 1870 Jun 25 1935 James R. Son of J. S. & M. O. Sutton Aug 15 1900 Mar 18 1921 Martha Byrd Sutton Jan 19 1875 Dec 8 1957 William Frank Sutton North Carolina PVT 47 INF 4 DIV Feb 7 1941 NOD Maggie Southerland Dec 3 1911 Sep 2 1993 Anthony J. Southerland Jul 4 1900 Feb 17 1987 Sabrella D. Smith Aug 24 1931 Dec 7 1998 Martha J. Sellers Jul 7 1839 Jun 9 1914 Double Stone Southall John Lafayette Oct 26 1866 Jul 12 1942 Minnie Newbury Dec 16 1866 Nov 21 1947 Henry Emmons Son of J. L. & M. N. Southall Jul 11 1892 Jun 14 1893 Carrie Elenor Daughter of J. L. & M. N. Southall Feb 16 1888 Jun 19 1888 Mabel Daughter of J. L. & M. N. Southall May 19 1894 Jun 4 1897 James Southerland Oct 2 1814 Apr 26 1887 Sarah Ann Wife of James Southerland Apr 12 1819 Jan 11 1883 Mary Frances Smith Oct 17 1928 Jul 11 1930 Double Stone Smith Mattie F Feb 16 1882 Jul 16 1964 Jonas Mar 17 1889 Jan 2 1945 Margaret Etta Wife of S. D. Strickland Aug 20 1881 Jun 18 1933 Haven R. Scott Jun 4 1907 Jul 25 1979 Lee David Scott Apr 22 1907 Apr 4 1980 E. F. Southerland Mar 27 1863 Aug 30 1917 Nannie Belle Daughter of E. F. & Nannie B. Southerland Nov 28 1898 Jun 22 1900 Jessie Brazil Chestnutt Wife of W. L. Merritt Dec 22 1882 Jul 19 1947 Charlie F. Taylor Oct 30 1927 Nov 8 1994 Baby of Ernest & Effie Taylor NOI Effie F. Taylor Wife of Ernest F. Taylor Apr 8 1896 Nov 9 1930 Effie Dobson Taylor Apr 8 1896 Nov 9 1930 Richard O. Taylor Oct 31 1919 Dec 25 1946 Nellie J. Taylor May 19 1895 Jul 14 1939 Moses D. Taylor May 24 1893 Nov 4 1973 Fannie E. Taylor Oct 31 1919 Aug 3 1920 Freddie B. Taylor Jul 6 1917 Jan 29 1919 Stephanie L. Taylor Daughter of Veronica Taylor & Leon Blue Jan 1 1981 Apr 17 1981 Baby of Ernest & Effie Taylor Mar 13 1915 Waymon E. Taylor Jun 9 1944 Dec 7 1998 Waymon E. Taylor SP4 US Army Jun 9 1944 Dec 7 1998 Fannie D. Taylor Jan 16 1893 Jul 7 1987 D. Washington Taylor Jan 23 1887 Mar 20 1954 Owen F. Taylor Aug 13 1862 Sep 12 1922 O F Taylor Aug 13 1862 Sep 12 1922 Fannie F. Taylor 1965-1963 Fannie Barden Taylor Wife of Owen F. Taylor 1865-1963 Fannie L. Johnson Mar 2 1907 Aug 9 2003 Fannie Lillian Taylor Johnson Mar 2 1907 Aug 9 2003 Double Stone Taylor Matilda McLaughlin Jul 17 1912 Sep 13 2004 Married Oct 15 1939 James Owen Apr 25 1902 May 17 1993 Nellie J. Wife of M. D. Taylor May 17 1895 Jul 3 1939 J. Herbert Taylor May 12 1910 Oct 16 1948 Veteran of WW II CO A, 44th Armored Inf. Bn William Homer Taylor Nov 1 1905 Jan 16 1962 Mary Pope Wife of W. F. Taylor Sep 17 1847 Nov 14 1928 Chauncey W. Taylor Jan 7 1878 Nov 30 1940 Anna Merritt Wife of Chauncey Taylor Oct 18 1884 Jan 8 1960 Norma Gaylor Jan 11 1889 May 8 1914 Double Stone Tucker Robert Glenn Jan 11 1905 Apr 20 1982 Ethel Johnson Oct 19 1912 Oct 30 1957 Double Stone Mathew James Tucker Apr 14 1857 Jul 10 1942 Mary Carolyn West May 22 1867 Dec 21 1944 Archie D. West Jul 5 1860 Mar 10 1948 Georganna Wife of A. D. West Aug 13 1866 Jun 16 1916 Laney Baker Wife of J. W. West May 5 1877 Jul 8 1901 Robert E. Williams Belgium PVT OM Corps World War II Sep 6 1921 Mar 9 1945 Allen James Wilson 1914-1968 Ammie H. Wilson Aug 19 1884 Jan 23 1941 Annie Laura Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. L. F. Wilson Sep 20 1911 Dec 6 1915 age 4 yrs 2 mos 16 days Double Stone Wilson Pulaska G Jan 4 1855 May 13 1931 Catherine P Dec 10 1852 Jan 6 1929 Double Stone Wilson Cecil R Oct 16 1874 Jul 18 1957 Rebecca M Oct 26 1878 May 16 1959 Double Stone William Dexter Wilson Aug 7 1883 Dec 6 1935 Ella B . Wilson Oct 25 1893 Jul 29 1980 F. M. Wilson Son of James D. & Elizabeth Wilson Jan 5 1842 Dec 12 1916 age 74 yrs 11 mos 7 days Double Stone Wilson John A Feb 11 1888 Mar 8 1963 Lennie B Dec 6 1892 Jul 14 1956 Joseph Edward Wilson Jan 21 1916 Dec 19 1970 FS Joseph E. Wilson North Carolina M SGT US Marine Corps World War II Korea Jan 16 1916 Dec 19 1970 Laura A. Boyette Wife of F. M. Wilson Oct 15 1849 Oct 12 1933 Leon F. Wilson Jan 31 1878 Apr 11 1954 Leta E. Daughter of A. H. & Bessie Wilson Sep 24 1911 Nov 1 1913 Lula May Edwards Wife of Leon F. Wilson Mar 6 1887 Jan 8 1941 Mark A. Wilson Aug 22 1960 Aug 22 1960 Mary Brown Haste Wilson Jan 10 1891 Jun 26 1977 William D. Wilson Sep 26 1910 Oct 15 1976 Mildred C. Wilson Aug 14 1917 NOD Mildred Leona Daughter of L. F. & L. M. Wilson Jul 10 1915 Oct 24 1925 Milton Son of A H & Elma Wilson Aug 13 1906 May 18 1907 Rebecca Daughter of J. A. & Lennie Wilson Sep 7 1914 Mar 5 1929 Teddie Elma Bradshaw Wife of A. H. Wilson Feb 11 1886 Jun 18 1907 Vera May Daughter of L. F. Wilson May 17 1914 Jun 1 1914 Zenith Melva Wilson Jan 20 1920 Mar 17 1964 Eva Ezzell Jun 4 1892 NOD Double Stone Bradshaw Minnie A Feb 27 1868 Dec 6 1953 Luther Feb 20 1868 Jul 16 1931 Daisy Neal Croom Apr 7 1876 Jul 27 1949 Double Stone Tucker John W Oct 1 1902 Dec 24 1971 Selma C Oct 19 1910 Feb 6 1989 Double Stone James Preston Tucker, Sr. Oct 12 1890 Mar 16 1978 Henrietta S. Gaylor Nov 12 1891 Nov 9 1934 Infant Son of M. J. & Mary B. Kelly NOI Rebecca M. Kelly Sep 9 1914 Sep 24 1937 Major James Kelly Jun 11 1913 NOD Mary Lou B. Kelly May 4 1911 NOD Capt. Lawson G. Mathews HO A. A. C. Signal Corps Jun 9 1918 Sep 16 1945 J. Lester Mathews Jun 27 1880 Apr 18 1952 George A. Edwards Jun 22 1894 Oct 25 1959 Pamela Suzanne Daughter of George & Helen Potter Sep 12 1961 Feb 28 1995 Stone Face Down Unable to turn over Lem Newman North Carolina TFC 4 591 AAF BASE UNIT World War II Mar 7 1908 Mar 21 1948 Minnie W. Gavin Jul 24 1885 Feb 4 1964 Edwin Winthley Gavin Aug 4 1876 May 22 1943 Sybil Onell Tucker Nov 4 1929 Feb 7 1960 Matthew Thomas Tucker May 21 1898 Jul 7 1953 Ralph A. Poindexter Apr 3 1913 May 5 1968 Double Stone Johnson Mattie B. Chestnutt Feb 25 1873 Jan 24 1963 Oscar C Johnson Aug 16 1873 Oct 10-26 1954 Earl Cochran 1884-1952 Jane Cochran 1888-1979 MM Mildred G. Whaley 1927-1989 Daisy Ezzell Thornton Oct 19 1903 Jun 6-26 1968 O. L. Ezzell Jul 30 1879 Aug 29 1943 Katie Guy Ezzell Jun 11 1879 Sep 21 1965 Almira Guy Nov 28 1870 Apr 15 1959 Double Stone Blackburn Lonnie Gordon Sep 15 1921 NOD Married Dec 4 1948 Alma Baker Dep 17 1916 Nov 17 2004 Jane Abbott Wife of ? Hill Lake Stone Broken Polly Ann Williams May 4 1864 Jun 2 1956 Double Stone Pope Annie Lou Sep 25 1897 Aug 2 1991 Ellie Randolph Feb 18 1896 Jan 13 1978 Clyde Parker Ezell Mar 7 1887 Dec 7 1969 Pearlie James Ezzell Mar 20 1888 Oct 24 1959 Donnell Slade Ezzell S1 USNR World War II Feb 15 1922 Jul 28 1963 Albert L. Ezzell Nov 17 1909 Apr 3 1989 Matthew Earl Busbee Jul 12 1994 Jul 16 1994 Margaret Ozell Culbreth Dec 23 1929 Jul 27 1998 Harvey "Buck" Culbreth May 24 1959 Nov 4 2004 Mary Susan Whaley Oct 6 1949 Jan 17 1967 Johnnie W. Whaley SGT US ARMY World War II Apr 12 1917 Apr 19 1982 Double Stone Horne Estelle Whaley May 9 1915 Feb 27 2000 Troy Ambrose Nov 7 1902 Apr 24 1967 Louisana S. Knowles Jul 13 1900 Aug 30 1975 Flowers Marking Grave NOI Infant Of Sallie J. & Claud Evans May 24 1921 Sallie J. Wife of Claud Evans Aug 23 1897 Jun 25 1921 Age 23 years 10 mo and 2 days Jessie Newman Aug 6 1873 NOD Emma Newman Feb 14 1876 Feb 17 1977 Inez Evans Wife of Ed S. Parker Oct 20 1888 Nov 10 1976 Dollie Mae Drew Nov 24 1913 Feb 16 1942 Double Stone Drew Nancy Susa Wells Dec 3 1883 Jul 3 1957 Chancy Leonard Oct 10 1884 Dec 23 1953 LLoyd M. Dunn 1953-1875 Double Stone Wilson Lila S Dec 2 1894 Aug 6 1983 Berkley B Sep 3 1884 Dec 26 1962 Minnie Mathis Brooks May 6 1872 Mar 17 1961 John Alvin Brooks Jun 10 1874 Apr 2 1939 Double Stone Pope M. C. (Claudie) Jun 17 1886 Sep 18 1960 Nellie H Aug 30 1890 Jun 11 1964 Addie Mae Pope Usher Oct 27 1918 Dec 22 1998 Ed S. Parker Sep 12 1880 Jul 6 1914 Double Stone Croom Ammie W Dec 6 1895 NOD Pearl T Dec 31 1896 Mar 20 1959 Double Stone V. D. Wilson Jan 6 1912 NOD Alma C Wilson Jun 7 1921 Dec 14 2001 Double Stone Wadsworth John Sinkler Nov 21 1905 Feb 26 1981 Edna Taylor Oct 26 1907 Sep 23 2000 Double Stone Parker Ramon Emmett Sep 15 1929 Nov 24 1989 Allene Wadsworth Parker Feb 24 1930 NOD Joseph William Ferrell Jan 6 1883 Jun 18 1951 Lennie Hinnant Ferrell May 28 1887 Mar 3 1963 Joseph Lloyd Ferrell Sep 1 1912 Apr 16 1965 Essie Mae Pope Nov 7 1902 Mar 30 1970 Samuel E. Pope Nov 30 1898 Jul 3 1990 Virginia Pope Aug 30 1924 Mar 21 1965 Henry James Dunn North Carolina PFC US ARMY World War II Sep 25 1922 Mar 24 1971 James Haywood Ferell Jan 19 1916 May 8 1959 Ethel Ferell Woods Mar 22 1919 Dec 31 1992 Jennie Lue Pruitt Ezzell Sep 5 1948 Dec 14 1990 Double Stone Whaley Warren Lennie Oct 17 1921 Oct 3 2002 Peggy Jean Holland Sep 10 1938 NOD MM Mildred D. Pope 1923-2002 Kirby Pope May 27 1959 May 27 1959 Bettie Mae Chestnutt Jul 16 1942 Feb 27 1943 Double Stone Chestnutt Lloyd Dec 9 1912 Jun 21 1943 Married Sep 19 1932 Marie Jun 28 1917 Jan 9 2003 Double Stone Loucks Donald Charles Sep 11 1942 NOD Married Oct 4 1969 Sara Evelyn Jul 20 1946 Jul 4 1996 Wooten Victor Parker Jan 26 1889 Mar 30 1950 Name buried North Carolina PFC Co W 322 Inf World War I Dec 6 1895 Mar rest of death date buried Lillie Newman May 24 1890 NOD John T. Pope Sep 12 1862 Nov 27 1936 Mary Emma E. Pope Feb 28 1867 Jul 6 1961 Infant Son of J. T. & Mary Emma Pope May 27 1913 May 29 1913 Ezzie Jane Daughter of J. T & Mary E. Pope Nov 2 1888 May 21 1905 Infant Son of rest buried Carl Pope Jan 2 1914 Oct 9 1915 Nellie B. Wife of Carnie C. West May 31 1882 Sep 24 1904 Double Stone West Annie B 1900-1964 Carnie C 1871-1949 Double Stone Tucker Samuel L Mar 4 1912 Jun 23 1972 Married Oct 27 1940 Nettie R May 26 1920 NOD Willis A. Tucker Mar 3 1877 Nov 14 1938 Blanche S. Tucker Mar 7 1884 Aug 11 1969 Infant Daughter of Mr & Nrs. Preston Boone Oct 17 1950 Oct 17 1950 Granddaughter of Mr. & Mrs. Willis Tucker Tommie T. Tucker May 29 1915 Dec 18 1966 Henry Wade Son of C. G. & Louise Hines Born & Died Oct 7 1943 Betty Merritt Fussell West Nov 10 1868 Aug 6 1952 Infant NOI Infant NOI MM NOI Sarah F. Faison Dec 28 1823 May 23 1909 Herman Carr Son of D. J. & Mary D. Rogers Jan 18 1909 May 13 1909 Johnson Stone 1 Calvin Andrew Johnson Aug 13 1850 Jul 11 1931 His Wife 2 Easter Sophia Baker Johnson Jun 3 1873 Dec 30 1930 Their Children 3 Joseph E. Jun 29 1897 Jul 11 1897 4 Luciel Johnson Merritt Aug 11 1898 Oct 28 1958 5 Mary Elizabeth Jul 27 1912 NOD 6 Infant Daughter Jul 23 1914 And 7 Hilda Christeen Brown Dec 1 1925 Infant Daughter of Lillie Mae Johnson & Alvah Lee Brown 8 Bradshaw Infant Jul 11 1897 Twin sister of O. Graham Bradshaw 9 Cinderella Turner Johnson 1855 ? to 1895 ? First Wife of C. A. Johnson Plot layout 4 2 1 9 3/8 6 5 7 Presented in loving memory by the Grandsons of Calvin Andrew Johnson Dallas Earl Johnson Linwood Allen Brown Aug 13 1995 Garland Lee Brown Thomas Fryar Born in Sampson Co. Mar 22 1829 Jun 28 1903 Died in Magnolia, NC Janie Fryar Wife of Levy Moore Died Jul 6 1908 Eliza Wife of Patrick Murphy Aug 9 1822 Apr 29 1900 W. H. Croom Mar 2 1851 Mar 29 1923 Mary C. Rivenbark Wife of W. H. Croom Apr 12 1867 Nov 1 1938 MM Unreadable William L. Frederick Apr 21 1852 Oct 29 1904 Elizabeth Frederick Jan 5 1854 NOD Lilla A. Frederick Aug 19 1891 Mar 10 1920 Prescilla E. Frederick Aug 11 1879 Mar 12 1920 Rosa F. Herring Dec 2 1882 Aug 21 1902 Sallie C. Hatcher Wife of William B. Hatcher Sep 29 1899 Mar 16 1930 Infant Son of S. B. & A. C. Hunter, Jr. Feb 1 1939 Hiram W. Rouse Mar 3 1863 Jul 27 1914 Lula Wife of H. W. Rouse Died Jun 22 1939 Age 38 years Emma S. Chestnutt Wife of Frank Chestnutt Oct 20 1870 Mar 13 1947 G. F. Chestnutt Co C 51 NC Inf CSA NOI Infant Son of Judd & Thelma Chestnutt Born & Died Dec 10 1938 Elizabeth Wife of E. G. Chestnutt Died Mar 17 1902 Aged 52 years E. G. Chestnutt Apr 9 1850 Jul 29 1918 E. J. Chestnutt Apr 11 1846 Sep 27 1890 Rebecca Wife of W. T. Rivenbark Feb 25 1836 Nov 27 1897 W. T. Rivenbark Apr 23 1835 Feb 11 1908 Lucy M. Wife of W. T. Rivenbark 1840 Mar 4 1910 M. E. Maxwell Nov 8 1828 Apr 17 1890 Ruth H. Daughter of W. H. & M. C. Croom Dec 6 1894 Jul 31 1895 3 Sided Stone William A. Son of W. H. & M. C. Croom Jan 10 1891 Dec 22 1894 Bennie Son of W. H. & M. C. Croom Nov 7 1893 NOD Sallie R. Daughter of W. H. & M. C. Croom Jul 7 1892 Dec 24 1894 William Fred Pickett Nov 25 1867 Sep 28 1925 Annie Barden Wife of William Fred Pickett Nov 28 1874 Aug 25 1914 Infant Son of J. D. & Bettisue Hunt Sep 26 1940 Infant Daughter of P. J. & Lanie Heath Dec 30 1923 Perry J. Heath Oct 11 1872 May 4 1945 W. E. Hobbs Aug 1 1872 Nov 5 1951 Ealie Mathews Wife of W. E. Hobbs Oct 7 1877 Jan 19 1914 Everett Son of W. B. & M. Brice Aug 31 1881 Aug 25 1884 Minnie Lou Daughter of D. & M. A. McMillan Feb 10 1860 Jun 4 1891 Wooden Marker Dr. Milton K. Devane Apr 4 1819 Aug 26 1888 M. M. Devane Wife of Dr. M. K. Devane Stone Broken NOI Infant Son of Ralph & Alma Horne Jun 2 1941 Jun 3 1941 Florence Horne Gallier May 2 1925 Apr 2 1993 Infant Son of Ralph & Alma Horne Born & Died Jul 1931 Stone NOI Infant Son of J. C. & B. F. Horne Born & Died Dec 1898 Brick Grave NOI Julius A. Mathis Jul 14 1857 Oct 16 1910 Stacy Son of W. H. & L. E. Rouse Sep 22 1892 Oct 16 1895 Julian Richard Son of J. A. & H. Mathis Apr 29 1896 Jun 12 1896 Oscar E. Son of J. A. & H. Mathis Aug 16 1885 Feb 19 1888 Mary D. Daughter of J. A. & H. Mathis Apr 24 1889 Oct 14 1890 Infant Daughter of J. A. & H. Mathis Born & Died Jun 16 1894 Wooden Enclosure Wooden Marker Wooden Marker Wooden Marker Wooden Marker Wooden Marker Harold D. Rackley May 1 1920 Mar 21 1951 Wooden Marker Stone Marker NOI Stone Marker NOI Stone Marker NOI Stone Marker NOI Walter Gray Maxwell Jan 24 1928 Mar 12 1999 Double Stone Maxwell Walter Oct 22 1883 Jan 13 1951 Daisy S Jun 9 1886 Jul 27 1979 Dearmand Edward Matthews Sep 23 1900 Apr 29 1916 Annie Wife of D. E. Matthews Daughter of Haywood & Susan L. Glisson Apr 4 1870 Jun 16 1904 Son of J. F. & L. B. Croom Jan 21 1890 Apr 16 1890 Daughter of J. F. & L. B. Croom Jan 21 1890 Mar 23 1890 Daughter of J. F. & L. B. Croom Feb 3 1885 Mar 23 1885 Lula T. Daughter of J. L. & M. E. Mathis Oct 20 1870 Oct 13 1924 Joseph L. Mathis Feb 18 1831 Sep 8 1917 Mary E. Mathis Mar 10 1833 Dec 27 1891 Thadeus Gustave Mathis Died Feb 21 1956 age 80 years Maggie Hudson Wife of T. G. Mathis Nov 21 1893 Feb 7 1953 Christiana Mathis Aug 30 1865 May 3 1941 Double Stone Barnett Leslie Barnett Oct 16 1877 Mar 21 1951 Martha Strickland Feb 1 1870 Jul 10 1945 Double Stone Rackley Bessie Strickland Oct 13 1896 May 1 1982 John L Oct 22 1889 Nov 28 1945 Charles H. Rackley May 25 1915 Apr 30 1996 William W. Jones Jul 26 1827 Jul 27 1892 Johnnie Aner Daughter of W. W. & Eliza Jones Born Aug 24 1868 Died age 2 years Double Stone Ezzell Thomas James Jun 11 1858 Mar 29 1907 Mary Eliza Sep 26 1858 Feb 7 1947 Double Stone Groves Rebecca J Dec 31 1850 Mar 23 1933 J. H. Dec 28 1850 Nov 30 1920 Double Stone Register John R May 6 1870 Feb 27 1918 Bettie E. Goff Jan 28 1872 Dec 2 1914 Infant Son of F. N. & Annabel Bardin Jan 31 1917 Nettie H. Infant Daughter of E. G. & N. S. Outlaw Died Feb 28 1914 Frank N. Bardin Jun 22 1880 Jan 1 1952 George W. Son of W. W. & Eliza Jones Born Jul 14 1872 Died age 11 years L. A. Merriman Feb 23 1823 Jul 16 1874 "Charity" Nancy M. Wife of L. A. Merriman Died May 27 1865 Aged 29 years & 2 Months Cora N. Daughter of L. A. & N. M. Merriman Died Apr 18 1858 aged 6 month & 21 days Lillian Corinne Daughter of F. A. & E. M. Newbury born in Magnolia, NC Apr 29 1857 Died in Berlin, CT. Jul 29 1858 Aged 1 year & 3 months Sophia Calnett Daughter of F. A. & E. M. Newbury Born in Berlin, Ct. Jul 2 1849 Died Magnolia, NC Nov 20 1862 Aged 13 years & 4 months Frank Merriman Newbury Only Son of F. A. & E. M. Newbury Died Sep 9 1866 aged 7 years & 1 month Emily M. Newbury Jul 30 1821 Sep 13 1875 Double Stone Rebecca G. Stokes Wife of L. A. Merriman J. C. Hamblin J. W. Stokes Jun 5 1844 Jan 5 1918 John Charles Hamblin Mar 1 1833 Jun 25 1884 Born Greenville, Penn. Died at Magnolia, NC Concrete Block NOI MM Charlotte Chestnutt 1886-1979 Concrete Block NOI 2 Concrete Blocks NOI Nancy Chestnutt Hunter Mar 21 1892 Jul 24 1958 Herbert A. Son of Mr. & Mrs. J. A. Everett Feb 9 1913 Jul 4 1914 A. J. Whitehead Jun 13 1874 Sep 26 1917 Willie Florence Whitehead Apr 2 1902 Feb 19 1938 Anderson Whitehead North Carolina PVT CO M 366 Infantry World War I May 20 1891 Feb 7 1951 Johnny Vann Jun 3 1912 May 8 1958 Dillie Parrish Died Nov 28 1940 Aged 65 Years Virginia Southerland Wife of J. M. Hartsell Feb 12 1846 Nov 11 1895 J. M. Hartsell Apr 11 1836 Jun 14 1883 Stone Face Down NOI May Daughter of J. M. & J. Hartsell Jun 2 1871 Oct 3 1872 MM Lorraine Henry Jan 1969 Dec 2006 Marie Carr Quarterman Apr 4 1911 May 10 2003 Joseph W. Murphy May 18 1909 Oct 12 1992 Ernest J. Murphy, Sr. Nov 30 1905 Jul 9 1989 Henry T. Murphy Feb 23 1886 Jun 3 1962 Annie B. Murphy Oct 25 1881 Apr 23 1980 Double Stone Murphy Henry T Feb 23 1886 Jun 3 1962 Annie B Oct 25 1881 NOD Jessie J. Murphy Jul 23 1914 Jan 7 1996 Eddie E. Mathis Aug 30 1948 Feb 7 1970 Minnie Parker Murphy May 3 1912 Jul 6 1968 Wiliam Garfield Mathis Jun 21 1911 Jun 9 1958 Gertha L. Mathis Apr 23 1914 Oct 18 2005 Shirley S. Bright Jan 23 1937 Jul 26 2006 Lillie R. Carr Jul 14 1918 Dec 5 1987 Raeford Carr, Sr. Aug 20 1929 Apr 5 1983 Johnie R. Carr, Sr. North Carolina PVT 2 Co 2 Devolpment Bn World War I Jan 14 1891 Oct 13 1942 Hattie R. Carr Nov 20 1901 May 23 1978 Luada C. Lowe 1916-1957 Bertha C. McDuffie 1921-1962 Double Stone Murphy E. D. Apr 27 1874 Feb 20 1958 Estella Pugh Mar 25 1883 Sep 17 1963 Back of Stone Murphy Given by Their Children Raymond Estelle Ruth Mae Rossyebelle Seymore Shirley Gertha Lou Harvey A. Carr, Sr. Jan 31 1925 Dec 18 1988 Ruth O. Carr Jan 13 1927 Dec 24 1998 Harvey A. Carr, Jr. Dec 23 1945 Nov 22 2005 Harvey A. Carr, Jr. A1C US Air Force Dec 23 1945 Nov 22 2005 MM NOI M. L. Murphy Mar 24 1905 Dec 17 1942 James Thomas Murphy S SGT US Marine Corps Korea Vietnam Jul 10 Stone Broken Jesse J Murphy Jul 23 1914 Jan 7 1996 John P. Pickett Died May 6 1860 aged 26 years Joseph Edward Son of J. L. & B. L. Mathews Sep 13 1916 Sep 15 1916 Helen Louise Daughter of J. L. & Bertha L. Mathews NOI John K. Groves Jan 10 1813 Died about 1881 Susan A. Groves Jan 13 1820 Died about 1870 B. W. Bostic Apr 12 1836 May 18 1894 Mary E. Wife of B. W. Bostic Jul 15 1842 Jan 10 1913 MM NOI Leon Murphy North Carolina PFC 801 INF World War I Aug 4 1888 Sep 27 1944 Children of Guilford & Caroline Farrior NOI Caroline Farrior Jun 22 1842 May 1 1920 Iris R. Pearsall Nov 27 1924 Aug 10 1991 Sarah R. Huffam Jul 17 1940 Dec 15 1992 Theresa A. Sutton Hall Nov 9 1967 Dec 13 1993 MM Franco Frederick May 30 1930 Sep 5 2006 Age 76 Jennifer Murphy Hawkins Sep 20 1949 Nov 10 1985 Janie Maxine Murphy Aug 22 1952 Jun 4 1977 Maggie Sue Branch Fillyaw Oct 12 1938 Jul 19 1972 Pearl E. Williams Sep 6 1891 Oct 13 1943 Irene Avery Williams Carr Jun 22 1900 Jun 14 1983 Graham Carr Mar 8 1908 NOD Joshua R. M. Bright 1925-1943 Jimmie Smith Bright Jun 26 1917 Apr 30 1921 Amos Parker Died Jan 3 1925 W. F. Parker Dec 12 1890 Jan 23 1917 Grave Covering NOI James Bright Jan 19 1895 Feb 3 1970 Double Stone Listiney Murphy Oct 3 1853 Aug 14 1923 Sarah Middleton Nov 25 1897 NOD Malisie Murphy Jun 10 1899 Apr 7 1952 Lillie B. Glaspie Sep 13 1893 Aug 12 1981 Rosa M. Lunsford Feb 22 1926 Feb 12 1983 James T. Graham May 4-1922 Jun 22 1963 James T. Graham rest buried Stone Face Down NOI Annie Vann White May 17 1904 Jul 11 1995 Paul Vann, Sr. Dec 24 1901 Dec 25 1955 Mary C. Taylor Robinson May 10 1866 Aug 17 1941 Double Stone Williams Catherine Died Jul 19 1934 Alfred Died Sep 7 1937 Carrie L. Gillispie Oct 17 1912 Nov 25 2003 Newberry Robinson Apr 4 1867 Jun 8 1945 Letha T. Bennett Jun 6 1923 Oct 2 2005 Rebecca T. Burton Apr 11 1915 Oct 3 1991 MM NOI Nellie M. Davis Aug 12 1945 Aug 12 1945 Sidney Whitehead May 3 1903 Sep 17 19?? piece missing Victor Pearsall Dec 6 1966 Sep 30 2000 Junious C. Pearsall Sep 20 1909 Jun 28 1990 Bertha E. Pearsall May 2 1909 May 3 1981 Hercules Pearsall Aug 11 1938 Nov 8 2005 2 MM NOI Leroy J. Carr Jun 23 1914 Jul 27 1992 Nellie G. Carr Jul 16 1922 Nov 2 1999 Wilis C. Carr Jan 10 1939 Jul 14 1974 Pernell Carr Dec 27 1944 Jun 9 1963 Charlie Barden Jan 19 1893 Jul 13 1947 Randolph Wallace Aug 18 1938 Apr 1995 Alice Wife of R. H. Boykin 1861 Jan 20 1919 J. A. Marriman Jan 4 1862 Sep 26 1927 Mary Bright Carr Apr 18 1905 May 13 1991 Vann D. Carr Nov 29 1902 Oct 6 1966 Joanna Robinson Jul 20 1850 Dec 7 1919 Walter Newkirk 1914-1961 Sons--Bud, Clifton, Jimmie George & Steve NOI Mrs. Margaret E. Autry Nov 4 1924 Mar 1 1960 Double Stone Robinson Dub Robinson Jul 12 1852 Oct 23-1917 Margia A Robinson Aug 1 1854 Apr 23 1946 James Oliver Groves Dec 23 1874 Sep 15 1926 Addie Almond Merritt Sep 4 1906 Dec 27 1941 Cornelius Gray Culbreth Feb 13 1955 Dec 24 1955 Mary Elizabeth Daughter of Thomas - Mary M. Wood Aug 12 1945 Jan 12 1946 Double Stone Ezzell Gussie V May 24 1912 May 31 1970 James C Sep 29 1906 Jul 19 1971 Double Stone Malpas G. C. "Pete" Aug 2 1880 Aug 30 1931 Nolia R Apr 3 1890 Sep 12 1946 Double Stone John King Chestnutt Jan 4 1876 Nov 5 1943 Barbara Ellen Pierce May 18 1887 Mar 18 1961 Double Stone Joyner Freddie L Feb 5 1890 Mar 15 1943 Minnie D Sep 30 1895 Mar 11 1969 Double Stone Groves Margie Rodgers Nov 20 1887 Apr 3 1980 Boney W Groves Jun 28 1884 Mar 22 1950 Wayne "Bulldog" Hatcher Oct 15 1947 May 21 2002 Buried at Sea Jessie R. Hatcher May 4 1926 Dec 18 1961 Haines Bowden Apr 2 1861 Mar 26 1911 Jane Kenan Died Jan 31 1911 aged 65 Louise M. Bass Nov 12 1901 Sep 21 1980 Annie Well Bass 1880-1935 Jesse E. Bradshaw North Carolina PVT 117 Engineers 42 DIV World War I Nov 2 1894 Sep 19 1945 Henrietta Gaylor Bradshaw Jun 25 1864 Jul 19 1942 Arthur E. Chestnutt Feb 5 1919 Feb 23 1972 Jesse J. Howard Sep 22 1869 Mar 18 1945 Emma Johnson Wife of J. J. Howard Aug 29 1862 Sep 6 1933 Margaret Sue Daughter of Wiley & Mary Johnson Mar 15 1888 Aug 4 1931 Leonard J. Faison North Carolina PVT CO G 57 Pioneer Inf World War I Mar 12 1894 Mar 15 1962 Ella Merritt Wife of J. L. Faison Oct 23 1894 Mar 4 1951 Sallie A. Faison Aug 15 1918 Jul 17 1919 Triple Stone Groves J. A. Groves Feb 21 1874 Apr 4 1929 Maggie His Wife Jan 22 1885 Apr 4 1929 Bettie Alma May 10 1926 Apr 4 1929 Jonathan Parker CO B 3 NC Inf CSA NOI James Oliver Son of John J. & Sudie Parker May 12 1917 Dec 18 1917 Minnie Joyner May 22 1896 Mar 22 1974 Harriet H. Joyner Jul 10 1868 to Dec 4 1938 Stone Marker NOI Herbert Earl Son of Lemuel & Lena P. Maxwell Dec 15 1918 May 2 1922 Mary R. Wilson NOI Double Stone Maxwell Lemuel Nov 13 1885 Feb 13 1962 Lena Parker Jun 24 1899 Jul 16 1987 Elonza Tate Merritt Aug 23 1885 Jul 17 1944 Nancy E. Goff Apr 27 1847 Oct 27 1925 Fredrick Micheal Zirges Aug 31 1961 Sep 1 1961 Jacob B. Horne Jul 13 1937 Sep 11 1937 Bradshaw NOI Double Stone Devane George W Mar 28 1858 Apr 19 1928 Mittie F Jun 25 1885 Apr 4 1923 Double Stone Whaley David F Apr 14 1882 Dec 9 1944 Lena E Mar 1 1891 Aug 22 1927 Double Stone Pope Anna David Sloan Daughter of David H. & Elizabeth Matthews Williams Oct 6 1854 Sep 24 1936 Married Jan 27 1886 Sylvester Pope Son of John & Polly Kerr Pope Born Oct 16 1850 NOD Double Stone J. H. Turner Feb 2 1863 Oct 3 1927 F. E. Turner Feb 25 1871 Mar 26 1930 Abram J. Son of B. D. & A. V. Kornegay Feb 24 1915 Jul 22 1915 Barney D. Kornegay Sep 3 1887 Jan 3 1933 Milton B. Kornegay Oct 26 1921 Mar 24 1977 Icey Maria Bradshaw Jul 18 1882 May 20 1970 Mittie C. Bradshaw Nov 4 1870 May 2 1939 Margaret Jane Bradshaw Oct 27 1866 May 17 1936 R. R. Bradshaw Apr 6 1847 Mar 5 1923 Samuel Tilden Bradshaw Aug 14 1877 Jul 11 1964 William F. Bradshaw Sep 15 1847 Jun 14 1929 Ella Carter Wife of William F. Bradshaw Jun 1 1870 Jan 8 1933 Double Stone Mathis Lewis H Aug 16 1845 Apr 13 1930 CO A 51st NC REG CSA Sarah A Jan 10 1868 Aug 17 1934



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