The epitaphs are as follows:

Edwin Morris Thompson
Dec. 2, 1916
May 28, 1991

John Neil Taylor
Sept. 10, 1920
Oct. 19, 2000

Thomas Luther Thompson
Oct. 25, 1872
Jan. 8, 1952
Same stone
Mary Jodie
Feb. 14, 1880
Jan. 12, 1954

Eddie B. Faison
Nov. 25, 1907
Dec. 26, 1991
Same stone
Alice R.
June 5, 1909
Nod

Willis James Taylor
July 23, 1925
July 5, 1997
MM

Charlie Benjamin
Aug. 31, 1909
Jan. 19, 1992

Roberta B. Peterson and Baby
Sept. 22, 1920
June 30, 1954

Samuel Benjamin
Sept. 16, 1914
Feb. 24, 1982
TEC 5 US ARMY WW II

Bunyan Benjamin
Sept. 20, 1885
Feb. 9, 1957
Same stone
Hester
April 12, 1892
Dec. 2, 1962

Levie Tann
Jan. 22, 1932
Sept. 23, 1976

Nellie A. Bell
April 15, 1909
Nov. 30, 2004

Jesse James
Jan. 6, 1906
Feb. 2, 2007
Age 101 years

Jesse David Bell
Sept. 9, 1928
July 24, 1980
PVT US ARMY WW II

Charles Ashford
Feb. 4, 1896
Aug. 21, 1964
NORTH CAROLINA 
CO. A 344 SERVICE BN I QMC
WW I

John Edwards
April 11, 1920
May 2, 1950
NORTH CAROLINA
PFC 696 PRD A M M O CO.

Eva Exum
May 8, 1900
Jan. 2, 1987

Thompson Family Stone

Fred Thompson
June 10, 1890
July 6, 1960
Same stone
Claressie Thompson
Jan. 27, 1894
May 3, 1976

Lillie B. Garner
April 20, 1908
April 3, 1985

Menzo Price
1919
1985
PVT US ARMY

The Garners
Rev. Arthur Garner
1884
Dec. 24, 1962
Same stone
Annie
July 4, 1879
Oct. 31, 1967

Evangelist
Ella Lee Butler
Dec. 5, 1918
June 12, 1981

Henry Shaw
May 14, 1890
July 4, 1951
NORTH CAROLINA
PVT 323 LABOR BN OMC WW I

Mabel Shaw
July 22, 1900
July 14, 1986

Willie Mae Hobbs
March 14, 1902
Feb. 23, 1989

Catherine Hobbs
Feb. 6, 1926
Feb. 18, 1983

Rudolph Hobbs
Jan. 3, 1932
Sept. 1, 1985

Napoleon Faison, Jr.
April 15, 1938
March 7, 1962

Peter Fryer
June 6, 1887
Aug. 24, 1964

Samuel E. Faison
 Aug. 2, 1892
March 17, 1961
NORTH CAROLINA
CO D 801 PIONEER INF. WW I

Mrs. Tobitha Stevens
Jan. 23, 1915
April 26, 1966

James Egbert Weeks
Nov. 13, 1877
March 10, 1972
Same stone
Josephine H.
May 9, 1881
March 1, 1961

Johnnie Stevens
1904
1951

Janie B. Highsmith
1895
1984

Mordecai W. Thompson
Dec. 29, 1933
Jan. 4, 1995
CPO US NAVY VIETNAM

Julius Thompson, Sr.
June 22, 1907
Aug. 22, 2004

Scottie B. Thompson
Feb. 10, 1914
Oct. 18, 1988

Bee W. Dent
Sept. 18, 1906
Dec. 23, 1965
NORTH CAROLINA
PVT 2058 QM TRUCK CO. WW II

Flora S. Dent
Sept. 10, 1912
April 25, 1994

Mattie S. Weeks
Wife of D. L. Weeks
Oct. 9, 1898
April 21, 1948

Maryland Edwards, Jr.
Oct. 18, 1927
Feb. 1, 2003

Rev. L. W. Faison
May 3, 1894
May 25, 1943

William Boyette
Dec. 27, 1927
May 25, 2002
A2 C US AIR FORCE

Lucille B. Smith
Sept. 27, 1930
Dec. 24, 2000

Leroy L. Smith
March 27, 1920
April 2, 1984

Unmarked Grave

Bessie George
1891
1985

Letha L. Blount
April 9, 1909
Sept. 16, 1989

Doan J. Blount
1892
1958

Jesse W. Adams
Feb. 4, 1902
Feb. 27, 1988

James H. Adams
June 13, 1900
Dec. 22, 1960

Eddie E. Adams
1871
1924
Same stone
Ophelia F.
1884
1972

Morris M. Stevens
Aug. 31, 1931
Dec. 26, 1984
US ARMY KOREA

Lloyd Brewington, Jr.
June 5, 1919
Dec. 30, 1989
PFC US ARMY WW II

 Unmarked grave

Catherine L. Hill
1954
1989

Emma Clyde Hill
June 19, 1930
July 2, 2001

Robert Williams
June 2, 1896
Aug. 24, 1962
VIRGINIA 
CFE US ARMY WW I

James Parker
May 27, 1926
March 24, 1955
CPL MED CO. 32 INFANTRY KOREA

Charles G. Thompson
Dec. 4, 1903
May 23, 1966
Same stone
Nina S.
May 29, 1911
Nod

Edwin S. Thompson
Dec. 14, 1930
April 27, 2002
CPL US ARMY KOREA

Katie A. Parker
1907
1987

2 Unmarked Graves

Isham Faison
Aug. 27, 1889
Sept. 30, 1949
NORTH CAROLINA
PFC 347 SERVICE BN QMC WW I

Jenkie H. Becton
July 12, 1900
Dec. 31, 1988

Cornell Becton
Aug. 10, 1942
Sept. 5, 1981

Kinnon Hicks
Aug. 31, 1902
Dec. 15, 1975

Howard G. Faison
Sept. 9, 1919
Dec. 26, 1978
NORTH CAROLINA
PFC 207 BASE UNIT AAF WW II

Samuel Faison
Sept. 7, 1909
Feb. 4, 1967
NORTH CAROLINA
PFC CO A 837 ENGR. AVN BN WW I

“Mama Julia”
Julia A. Faison
Sept. 12, 1902
Aug. 23, 1962

Georgia Faison Thompson
Sept. 12, 1913
Nov. 17, 2003

James M. Thompson
Dec. 13, 1911
Oct. 14, 1939

Willie Lee Smith
May 23, 1941
Feb. 12, 1986

William L. Holmes
Feb. 4, 1923
July 27, 1991

Lessie J. Smith
June 16, 1918
Jan. 30, 1972
NORTH CAROLINA
PVT US ARMY AIR FORCE WW II

Mr. Lessie Smith
Dec. 25, 1900
Dec. 13, 1956

Charles Sampson
Sept. 25, 1893
April 4, 1963
NORTH CAROLINA
PVT. CO. D 810 PIONEER INF. WW I

Mary Sampson
Oct. 15, 1905
Nov. 25, 1956

Beatrice Smith
Feb. 8, 1910
July 2, 1977

Crawford W. Taylor
March 4, 1890
Nov. 13, 1955

George Hebert Butler
1887
1980

Allie Butler
Dec. 1, 1900
Aug. 19, 1975

Mr. Alonzo Butler
Dec. 25, 1891
Aug. 8, 1968

Lucina Newkirk
May 5, 1882
Jan. 12, 1963
Same stone
Mary L.
Oct. 15, 1886
Nov. 19, 1954

Matthew Lee Faison
June 3, 1898
April 18, 1959

Hattie R. Hargrove
June 1, 1894
Sept. 27, 1972

Leslie E. Hargrove
Nov. 11, 1906
April 4, 1987

Pennie A. Matthews
Sept. 11, 1910
Dec. 29, 1994

Rufus Bunting
Jan. 15, 1909
Dec. 19, 1985

David E. Stevens
Sept. 3, 1929
Feb. 13, 1985

Rufus Newkirk
June 27, 1913
March 4, 1964
Same stone
Rev. Lucille Newkirk
Jan. 6, 2925
Nov. 2, 1965

Frankie Thompson
March 20, 1886
May 20, 1959

Jesse J. Oates
Oct. 29, 1925
Feb. 27, 1989

Jimmie S. Dent
Sept. 25, 1904
Sept. 24, 1977
Same stone
Carrie M.
Jan. 1, 1896
Sept. 21, 1976

James H. Waters
March 17, 1917
Aug. 27, 1997

Aaron Waters, Sr.
March 16. 1919
Feb. 26, 1965
PVT US MARINE CORPS WW II

Napoleon Faison Sr.
Dec. 23, 1914
July 9, 1961
NORTH CAROLINA
TEC5 3780 QM TRUCK CO. WW II

Henry J. Waters
May 2, 1921
June 16, 1964

Lillie B. Waters
May 1, 1921
June 10, 1992

Amelia Faison Melvin
July 10, 1902
April 15, 1961

Martha Stevens Faison
May 21, 1900
Dec. 22, 1970

Tydmon Faison
Dec. 25, 1898
Sept. 13, 1969


Matthew James Cobb
	Feb. 29, 1929
April 10, 1952
   MICHIGIAN
PFC CO A 171 MIL POLICE BN

Matthew Cobb
Oct. 2, 1903
March 22, 1980

Lila M. Cobb
Aug. 29, 1912
July 12, 1989

Charlie Russell Stevens
Dec. 25, 1907
May 1, 1954
Same stone
Essie Pearl (Rogers)
Jan. 19, 1910
March 14, 2002

Peter D. Fryar
Jan. 22, 1913
Nov. 19, 1991
Same stone
Frances
Sept. 15, 1915
May 22, 1988

Mary L. Adams Hayden
Dec. 13, 1911
Oct. 7, 1991

Julius Thompson
1876
Nov. 21, 1945

Mrs. Maggie D. Thompson
Feb. 16, 1894
Dec. 30, 1968

Geneva Stevens
1894
1979

Mrs. Annie H. Stevens
June 30, 1869
Dec. 27, 1969

Leary D. Brewington
July 23, 1911
Dec. 21, 1982
SGT US ARMY WW II

Annie Marie Brewington
July 7, 1914
Dec. 27, 2002

Herbert Houston
Sept. 21, 1896
March 4, 1992
PVT US ARMY

MM Marker
Unreadable

John Stevens
May 11, 1891
Feb. 24, 1969

Brewington Stone
Laying down
Unreadable

Levie Mathis
1876
1963

William H. Mathis
Sept. 8, 1906
Oct. 22, 1993

Lenora C. Mathis
Feb. 3, 1910
March 8, 2001

Daisy P. Tann
July 26, 1900
May 25, 1982

Ernest Tann
July 7, 1893
Sept. 2, 1984

Mattie M. Tann
June 23, 1923
Aug. 12, 1986

Unmarked Grave

Minnie B. Slocumb
1895
1980

Isham F. Slocumb, Jr.
Nov. 14, 1916
Oct. 13, 1994

John R. Bowden
May 6, 1873
Aug. 31, 1959

William E. Craddock
Jan. 20, 1913
Sept. 5, 1975
US ARMY WW II

Willie R. Craddock
May 5, 1934
Oct. 24, 1986

Flonza Craddock
March 15, 1909
July 10, 1989

Robert J. Thompson
March 28, 1932
June 30, 1981
MGY SGT US MARINE CORPS KOREA

Marion D. Thompson
March 21, 1961
July 8, 1966

Harry W. Faison
Jan. 16, 1915
March 13, 1975
SSGT US ARMY WW II

Pitt Ashford
Sept. 4, 1913
Nov. 17, 2003

Jeremiah Hemingway
1949
2005
MM

Robert Aaron Blount
July 6, 1914
Sept. 26, 1961
Same stone
Jessie Faison Blount
March 31, 1914
April 4, 1979
 
Stone Unreadable

Easter Best
1900
1972

Stone
No info

Richard M. Parker
March 19, 1928
Nov. 17, 1971

Hubert Goodman
Dec. 15, 1907
Nov. 16, 1983
Same stone
Jaunita Goodman
1914
July 31, 1964

Hattie P. Harrington
Sept. 12, 1928
April 23, 1970

Kathleen H. Lofton
Oct. 15, 1903
March 21, 1970

Bennie R. Williams
Dec. 8, 1894
Feb. 11, 1960

Freddie Bell
Nov. 9, 1948
June 2, 1971
NORTH CAROLINA
PFC US MARINE CORPS

Donald L. Williams
April 1, 1929
Sept. 21, 1978
US AIR FORCE
Same stone
Artie R.
March 8, 1932
Nov. 15, 1978

Bennie R. Williams
Dec. 8, 1984
Feb. 11, 1960
Same stone
Mary K.
Dec. 14, 1898
May 25, 1998

Jim W. Hargrove
Sept. 14, 1881
Oct. 15, 1951
Same stone
Mrs. Addie L. Hargrove
Sept. 4, 1896
Oct. 17, 1965

Willie David Darden
Nov. 21, 1921
July 17, 1965
NORTH CAROLINA
CPL US ARMY WW II

Algeon Stevens
June 3, 1902
June 18, 1971

James Altas Goodman
1912
1970

Frances Goodman
May 5, 1911
April 2, 1987

Ira Baggett
June 13, 1903
Sept. 8, 1964

Helen Darden
July 8, 1932
Feb. 23, 1980

Rev. Julius Hill
  Nov. 22, 1893
Sept. 19, 1964
Same stone
Delia B.
July 25, 1897
April 9, 1999

Bertha Baggett
May 25, 1886
June 25, 1964

Nathan Baggett
Feb. 18, 1889
June 28, 1971
NORTH CAROLINA
US ARMY WW I

Kenneth Ray Faison
Nov. 4, 1959
 Aug. 26, 1989

Malcolm D. Faison
June 2, 1930
March 30, 1972
PFC US ARMY KOREA

Odell H. Faison
Jan. 12, 1909
Oct. 30, 1990

Alonza Foy
Jan. 30, 1906
Dec. 6, 1962

Lillie Brewington
Oct. 18, 1896
Jan. 13, 1963

James Walter Smith
Dec. 23, 1895
Nov. 3, 1963
NORTH CAROLINA
PVT QMC WW I

Elizabeth Smith
July 9, 1895
Aug. 1, 1967

Elnora Smith
May 31, 1914
Dec. 11, 1988

Martha Hussey
Oct. 19, 1917
Oct. 28, 2005
MM

Jesse J. Oates
Oct. 29, 1925
Feb. 27, 1989

Elnora Smith Troublefield
Dec. 18, 1920
Jan. 3, 1958

Francis Smith
Aug. 25, 1879
March 4, 1957

Hiaw Atha Fryer
Nov. 27, 1932
June 26, 1955

Sadie E. Faison
Sept. 7, 1900
Sept. 24, 1976

William Jackson
Died 16th of Oct. 1952 
At Faison, N.C.

Annie M Harrell
Aug. 22, 1897
Jan. 15, 1981

Annie H. Green
July 27, 1926
Nov. 13, 1988

Annie O. Johnson
Sept. 17, 1930
Aug. 20, 2006

Matthew L Stevens, Jr.
June 29, 1906
Nov. 11, 2000

Jessie B. Stevens
1910
1986

Bessie Jolyn Stevens
June 29, 1948
Nov. 19, 1965

MM Marker
Unreadable

Noah George
Feb. 9, 1911
Jan. 10, 1986
Same stone
Lucile Hicks
April 30, 1915
Jan. 12, 1979

Unmarked Grave

William Boyette
June 13, 1896
Jan. 14, 1961
NORTH CAROLINA
PFC HQ CO. 24 INFANTRY WW II

Mrs. Helen H. Boyette
Feb. 27, 1902
June 1, 1965

Samuel M. Hicks
Dec. 14, 1923
Aug. 14, 1979


Luther C. Parker
Dec. 30, 1888
Dec. 13, 1974

Maggie J. Parker
Aug. 29, 1899
March 3, 1987

Henry L. Parker
Jan. 16, 1919
March 14, 1987
US ARMY WW II

Solomon Simmons
Aug. 27, 1896
Oct. 21, 1974
PVT US ARMY

Unmarked Grave

Mary Darden Bell
Sept. 13, 1920
Aug. 8, 1960

Rev. Joe Lee
No date
July 17, 1962

Luevater Lee
1903
2002
MM

Charlie F. Parker
1906
1962
Same stone
Lillie E.
1886
1954

Unmarked Grave

Harvey J. Cobb, Sr.
Aug. 17, 1905
Sept. 6, 1986

Daisy S. Cobb
April 20, 1918
June 16, 2002

Beatrice Oats
Sept. 6, 1903
May 22, 1931

John E. Oats
1888
1963

Pearlie L. Oats
May 22, 1926
Oct. 5, 1966

Ivey L. Royal
June 20, 1933
March 1, 1983

Vennie R. Oates
June 2, 1911
July 9, 1963

J. H. Oates
Dec. 9, 1910
Nod

Mary E. Simmons
Nov. 2, 1883
Nov. 2, 1978

Billie S. Herring
Sept. 29, 1915
July 6, 1966

Jim Davis Harper, Sr.
Nov. 38, 2935
Nov. 25, 1999

James Harper
Sept. 31, 1897
Aug. 2, 1960

Lolo L. Harper
Oct. 8, 1903
Sept. 19, 1979

Weldon Turner Hobbs
Husband of Ora E. McClain
March 9, 1907
May 7, 1966

VAULT
Eliza Royal Faison McLamb
Jan. 30, 1910
April 8, 1986

Mrs. Lula Simmons
Feb. 22, 1904
Oct. 8, 1968

Charlie B. Mitchell
Sept. 1, 1921
Nov. 30, 1966

Jerome Hargrove
Dec. 4, 1903
May 2, 1974

Susan J. Hargrove
July 28, 1939
Sept. 28, 1967

Rosa Mae Smith
July 13, 1913
Feb. 4, 1971

Roscoe Thompson
Nov. 18, 1889
March 16, 1966
NORTH CAROLINA
PVT US ARMY WW I

Almira Lofton Faison
1900
Sept. 12, 1967

MOTHER
In loving Memory
Carrie Lee Bell Everett
Dec. 14, 1909
Jan. 8, 1964

Broken stone 
Unreadable

Beadie L. Shambly
May 5, 1902
April 15, 1970

William I Harrell
May 3, 1924
Oct. 3, 1984

Mary W. Harrell
Sept. 9, 1931
Aug. 19, 1983

Clarence Faison
Nov. 21, 1930
Jan. 7, 1961
NORTH CAROLINA
PVT US MARINE CORPS

Lonnie P. Carr
March 25, 1958
June 22, 1993

Johnnie Lee Middleton
Dec. 22, 1924
Aug. 8, 1966
NORTH CAROLINA
TEC5 394 QM TRUCK CO. WWII

Lela K. Weeks
 Dec. 28, 1900
Jan. 19, 1953

Pervis Weeks
July 18, 1897
Feb. 8, 1970

Eva M. Weeks
May 1,1918
March 24, 1997

Jesse Lee Tann
July 7, 1924
July 30, 1966

HUSBAND
Joe Isaac Tann
Dec. 5, 1914
Sept. 14, 1984

WIFE
Pauline King Tann
Feb. 26, 1914
Dec. 15, 1994

Hattie T. Moore
May 7, 1903
March 2, 1985

Unmarked Grave

Louise T. Moore
May 30, 1936
Oct. 25, 1972

Tyron Tann
Dec. 25, 1939
June 27, 1988

Phillip Watkins
July 31, 1919
Feb. 4, 1980
SGT US ARMY WW II

Nolan A. Bell
Aug. 27, 1926
Jan. 12, 1973

Furnie David Bell
Aug. 28, 1945
Oct. 24, 2005
SP4 US ARMY VIETNAM

Maggie Darden Bell
Oct. 2, 1891
April 10, 1969

Howard T. Bell
Aug. 16, 1949
July 16, 1972

Spec 4 Reginald C. Bell
June 6, 1948
April 16, 1968
NORTH CAROLINA
SPEC4 CO. E BN 502 INF VIETNAM PH

Percy Hargrove
Jan. 1880
Sept. 1964

Hosea Hargrove, Jr.
Nov. 13, 1941
Nov. 15, 1963

Willie Arthur Darden
July 7, 1914
Feb. 3, 1965

Jesse L. Darden
Nov. 6, 1922
Oct. 1, 1985

Maggie E. Ireland
May 15, 1886
May 5, 1982

Dock Ireland
July 4, 1900
Aug. 26, 1968

John Sanders, Jr.
May 22, 1888
Jan. 10, 1986
Same stone
Maylon H. 
1891
Aug. 22, 1947

MM Marker
Unreadable

John E. Aycock
Oct. 28, 1946
Aug. 23, 1994

Rev. Marion Aycock, Sr.
Dec. 8, 1912
May 22, 1990

Fred A. Barksdale
Nov. 13, 1922
Jan. 28, 1962

Blonnie Brewington Wright
July 17, 1921
Dec. 19, 1996

OUR BABY
Patrice O. Wright
Jan. 22, 1954
July 1, 1954

Will Smith
Jan. 9, 1887
Oct. 2, 1961
NORTH CAROLINA
PVT CO. D DEVELOPMENT VN WW I

Leroy Benjamin
Nov. 7, 1912
May 26, 1994
Same stone
Mildred
Sept. 21, 1918
June 29, 1996

Delton Oberry Thompson
Sept. 12, 1923
April 2, 2005
Same stone
Madie Bea Sanders
Aug. 10, 1923
Nod

Rev. Edgar O. Thompson
Feb. 20, 1880
Jan. 14, 1948
Same stone
Margie Lewis
July 5, 1891
Dec. 30, 1970

Unmarked Grave

Mary J. Chambers
July 7, 1905
April 25, 1969

Charles Chambers
Feb. 14, 1907
July 7, 1964

HUSBAND
Rev. Alonzo F. Thompson
July 3, 1910
May 6, 1957
Same stone 
WIFE
Katie C.
April 16, 1914
Nod

There are several iron rods I do not know if 
they mean anything or not.

Candis B Aycock
May 5 1907
Nov 20 2007

Eddie E Faison Jr
Mar 10 1984
Feb 3 2008





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