The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Murray Family Cemetery in Duplin County, NC.
Location: Jack Dale Road (SR# 1945) on the right about ½ mile from Highway # 41 between Island Creek and Gourd Hill Road.
African American Cemetery
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GPS Coordinates:
34.77136 N
77.93484 W
The epitaphs are as follows:
Mary Edwards Fennell
Jul 31 1905
Jun 4 2000
Tyrone Jordon
Jul 17 1944
Dec 30 2004
Callie S Jordon
Nov 26 1944
Dec 10 2008
Barbara Sloan Matthews
Oct 17 1941
Apr 16 2005
Fred Patrick
Oct 15 1910
Feb 8 1999
Hattie Bordeaux
Nov 4 1912
Mar 2 1998
Edward Brice
Apr 16 1951
Mar 4 2006
Leslie Brice Jr
Sep 17 1929
May 5 2001
Leonard P Herbert
Jan 22 1969
Jun 24 2002
Martha A Brice
Feb 5 1938
Jan 2 2008
MM
Lillie K Brice
1929-2011
MM
Mark Sloan James
Sep 2000
Carson B Sloan
Jul 10 1936
Dec 19 1983
Minnie B Sloan
Apr 14 1911
Dec 18 1991
Robert Sloan
Jun 22 1909
Oct 31 1980
Unreadable Stone
Alberta M Fillyaw
May 1 1914
Jun 5 1982
George H Fillyaw
Jan 2 1911
Jan 24 2001
MM
Lillie Brice
Jun 1998
MM
Brice
1953-1973
MM
Willie Brice
1909-1984
Leslie Brice
Oct 28 1910
Sep 3 1952
Katie Brice
Aug 6 1912
Mar 23 1954
Jerry Brice
Apr 25 1882
May 13 1959
Jerry Brice
Apr 25 1882
May 13 1959
Johnnie A McGee
Dec 28 1925
Aug 4 1973
L D Brice
1947-1977
Frank L Brice
Sep 18 1933
Mar 15 1991
Emmer Brice McMillan
Jan 1 1906
Jun 28 1997
Betty L Brice
Jun ?? 193?
Jan 13 1932
Randolph Kenan Jr
Jan 30 1952
Oct 16 1971
Veche H Brice
Mar 19 1944
Jun 1 1955
Gladys B Kenan
1929-1984
Randolph "Mary K" Kenan
Dec 30 1928
May 28 2006
Mary Jane Brice
Sep 1 1876
Nov 10 1944
Lizzie Fillyaw
1865-1939
MM
Banks Boney
Died
Sep 16 1935
Age 54 yrs 6 mos 4 dys
Jerry Brice
Died
Jul 15 1922
Age 81 years
James Henry Fillyaw
May 10 1871
May 11 1957
Len George Fillyaw
Feb 14 1938
Jan 1 1961
Mary R Fillyaw
Aug 4 1905
Apr 10 1971
William R Fillyaw
May 8 1939
Oct 28 1992
Rosco Fillyaw
May 15 1905
May 7 1994
William Ann Fillyaw
Jun 2 1934
Jun 18 1974
Olivia R Fillyaw
Nov 8 1909
Jan 20 2003
Unmarked Stone
Fannie B Davis
1933-1985
Livvie Fillyow
Jun 6 1912
Mar 2 1988
Callie F Wilson
Oct 31 1942
Jan 28 2003
William H Fillyow
Oct 10 1940
Dec 18 1988
Paul D Wilson
Feb 26 1935
Nov 21 2008
MM
Jarmari J Southerland
2003
MM
Ida Mae Chester
1960
MM
Janice Chester
1963
William H Boykin
May 10 1912
Mar 4 1971
Gussie Boykin
May 16 1912
Feb 9 2002
Ethel Mae Boykin Batts
Sep 11 1917
Mar 5 2001
Inez Chester
1924-1982
Clara B Stallings
Jul 15 1898
Sep 17 1982
MM
James A Boykins
Lula B McGee
Mar 29 1921
Jun 6 2008
Dorothy S Lanier
Apr 22 1915
May 9 1988
Unmarked Stone
Joyce Louise Phillips
Jul 24 1950
May 29 2004
Elsie B Witherspoon
Feb 14 1917
Feb 18 1993
Rosella R Bryant
Mar 12 1915
Jan 10 1993
Hiram B Bryant
Feb 12 1912
Jun 2 1992
Lucy C Keith
Sep 14 1900
Mar 11 1986
Lucy Catherine Keith
Sep 14 1900
Mar 11 1986
Liston Bryant
Feb 2 1892
May 23 1981
Unmarked Grave
Smith C Bryant
North Carolina
PVT Co A 444 Res
Labor BN QMC
World War I
Jul 14 1894
Nov 12 1961
Leon J Bryant
Apr 9 1914
Sep 15 1953
Unmarked Stone
Pheney Bryant
Oct 1872
May 12 1916
Carson B Bryant
Mar 15 1872
Mar 13 1958
Nancy Boney
Died
Jan 20 1963
Unmarked Stone
Jake Boney
1909-1977
Bertha V Boney
Oct 21 1911
Aug 30 1986
MM
James Boney
1921-1980
James Boney
Military Stone
buried unreadable
MM
Eric Boney
2003-2004
MM
James Boney Jr
1955-198
Roosevelt Boney
Jun 4 1912
Feb 20 1993
Unmarked Stone
John Robert Boney
1906-1983
Rose B Boney
Mar 8 1914
Apr 23 1987
Mildred K Phillips
Feb 28 1922
Jul 27 1984
Edward R Phillips
Mar 28 1921
Dec 18 1982
MM
Arcaster Philyaw
1913-1982
Edward M Graham
Dec 20 1930
Jan 26 1991
Robert D Kenan
Oct 12 1938
Feb 3 2008
James H Graham
Dec 12 1938
Mar 31 1992
Dennis Lee Horne
Apr 17 1980
Jul 18 1994
James Graham
Sep 1 1914
Jul 16 1994
Bessie M Graham
May 1 1916
Nov 16 1990
Hardy Graham Jr
1913-1986
Paul Graham Jr
PVT
US Army
May 3 1933
Feb 11 1986
Mary Graham Kenan
Aug 17 1909
Feb 16 1995
James W Dortch
STM2
US Navy
World War II
Feb 8 1922
Aug 30 1985
Charlie Williom McArthur
May 14 1958
Annie R McArthur
Sep 3 1921
Mar 27 1985
Dorothy M Carroll
Aug 8 1951
Dec 4 1988
Dave Chester
Jun 9 1964
Jan 23 1994
Anthony L "Monty Hall" Chester
Nov 24 1974
Aug 15 1994
Vernette C Green
May 8 1961
May 6 2001
Helen G Flowers
Jul 4 1928
Jan 29 2008
MM
Bessie Bryant
1915-1988
MM
Essie Robinson Smith
Jun 1999
Lillie M Peterson
Aug 7 1916
Oct 17 1996
Joseph Smith
Jul 7 1921
Sep 28 1998
Mary L Smith
Aug 18 1927
Oct 21 2001
MM
Robert Sloan
1980-2004
James Edward Lamb
Nov 28 1921
Sep 15 2000
Sarah Lamb McGee
Mar 31 1924
Apr 5 2008
Levie McGee
Jun 1 1919
Sep 8 1980
Richard McGee
North Carolina
Corp 44 Labor Bn
Jun 16 1931
Eura W Hayes
May 22 1902
Feb 16 1997
Unmarked Stone
Unmarked Stone
MM
Unreadable
MM
Unreadable
Clennie Williams
Apr 27 1898
Jul 18 1976
Emma S Williams
Mar 1 1895
Dec 18 1992
John H Smith
1916-1986
Robert McKoy
PVT US Army
World War II
Jun 26 1914
Dec 5 1975
Annie E W Bryan
Jan 4 1953
Nov 24 1974
Geraldine B Chester
Jan 16 1937
Jul 10 2006
Robert Chester
Oct 9 1934
Jul 17 2006
Wilbert Boykin Sr
US Navy
World War II
Dec 16 1923
Mar 29 2009
Wilbert Boykin
Dec 16 1923
Mar 29 2009
John W McGee
Jun 8 1938
Jan 19 2011
James S Philyaw
Mar 24 1942
Aug 22 2004
Bernice T Philyaw
Sep 10 1932
Jun 4 2006
Eliase Tolbert
Aug 25 1913
Jul 15 2003
William J Smith
Oct 24 1901
Mar 12 1987
Josephine B Smith
Apr 12 1909
Mar 8 2001
Unmarked Grave
Unmarked Grave
Wooden Marker
Wooden Marker
Fred Douglas Newkirk
Dec 7 1915
Dec 6 1986
Eddie Catherine Newkirk
Jul 29 1916
Oct 24 1989
P C Murray
Oct 1882
rest buried
W E Murray
Born
Oct 1882
rest buried
Double Stone
Murray
Garner W
Oct 21 1960
Aged 70
Charity
Mar 23 1956
Aged 70
MM
Stevie Stokes
1949-2001
Willie B Bryant
Jul 1 1952
Jan 4 2005
MM
Creddie Bryant
1925-2005
Willie Beatrice Booker
Nov 3 1928
Jan 15 2005
Lizzie Bryant
Mar 18 1900
Jan 1 1976
Matthew Bryant
PVT
Rest buried
Bessie G Bryant
Sep 12 1915
Oct 15 1988
Norman H Bryant
May 27 1927
Mar 25 1999
Norman H Kenan
Sep 16 1974
May 26 1994
MM
Gary L West Jr
1977-2012
Perry Boney Jr
Apr 19 1933
Jan 26 2004
Larry Boney
Feb 23 1951
Dec 29 2004
Lillian Houston Send your questions (and thanks) directly to Lillian.
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