Murphy Cemetery

Duplin County, NC

Surveyed by Lillian and Pearl Houston August 2007




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

Location From Wallace take # 41 west until you come to Iron Mine Road Turn left. Cemetery is 1 mile on the Left.

African American Cemetery



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    GPS Coordinates:
    34.75073 N
    78.13037 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Juanita Murphy Felder Feb. 6, 1939 June 9, 2000 Patrick H. Murphy Aug. 4, 1929 Feb. 8, 1999 Hezekiah Murphy Dec. 6, 1932 Jan. 21, 1995 Hardy Murphy Oct. 25, 1922 Nov. 24, 2988 US ARMY WW II Ever Murphy April 10, 1888 Sept. 19, 1982 Louise Murphy Jan. 21, 1890 Sept. 19, 1974 SGT Vander J. Murphy Nov. 25, 1945 Feb. 27, 1970 Queen Hayes Murphy Fennell June 5, 1921 April 9, 1992 Evander Murphy Sept. 17, 1919 Nov. 6, 1960 Fannie C. Short 1907 1989 Herbert Hoover Short 1928 1988 Elsie Janie McKay Jan. 1870 Nov. 10, 1938 MM Marker Unreadable Pat Murphy April 18, 1888 Dec. 26, 1963 Same stone Annie F. May 12, 1892 Feb. 2, 1988 Ronnie Joe Bradshaw Feb. 24, 1953 Feb. 27, 1997 Mary L. Murphy July 13, 1914 Jan. 12, 1918 Jarvis D. Murphy Aug. 12, 1943 Jan. 21, 2003 Infant Twin Evander and Queen Murphy 1941 1941

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