Stoakes Wells Cemetery

Duplin County, NC

Surveyed by Lillian and Pearl Houston August 2009




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

Location on Wells Brother Road (SR# 1996) between Fire Tower Road (SR# 1141) and Boney Road (SR# 1932) on the left in a grove of pine trees a beautiful place



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    GPS Coordinates:
    34.83988 N
    77.99064 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    

    

    

Stoakes Wells
Nov. 2, 1812
March 13, 1887

Rachel Caroline
Wife of 
Stoakes Wells
Dec. 2, 1822
Dec. 3, 1893

Lucy Ellen
Daughter of 
D.S. & R. C. Wells
July 8, 1859
June 14, 1862

James David Wells
Sept. 15, 1882
Nov. 21, 1942
Same stone
His Wife
Genie Sheffield
Sept. 27, 1888
March 24, 1955

James S. Wells
Sept. 9, 1852
Nov. 6, 1883
Ella E. Cook
Wife of J
ames S. wells
Nov. 14, 1856
Oct. 11, 1932

Boney Wells
April 8, 1859
May 18, 1924
Same stone
His Wife
S. Annie Murray
Nov. 25, 1889
June 19, 1917

Hanneice--?
Wife of 
J. T. Wells
Oct. 17, 1845
Aug. 9, 1874

William Stoakes Wells
Nov. 5, 1892
Dec. 8, 1969
Same stone
Ruby Matthews
Nov. 6, 1903
June 15, 1987

Cora Stoakes
Daughter of 
C.C. & P.D. Boney
June 7. 1871
Dec. 4, 1871

James Stokes Wells
Aug. 6, 1924
Oct. 22, 2002
Same stone
Willie Holmes
Aug. 25, 1930
NOD
Wedding date
March 4, 1949

Lionel Cecil Evans
Jan. 7, 1927
Jan. 10, 2002
LIONEL CECIL EVANS
CPL US ARMY
Jan. 7, 1927
Dec. 10, 2002
Same stone
Annie Davis wells
Aug. 7, 1937
NOD

Harold Boney Wells
Oct. 30, 1931
NOD

Elizabeth Fisher Wells
Feb. 28, 1934
May 18, 2001

William Stokes “W.S” Wells
July 17, 1930
June 20, 2009
MM

OUTSIDE OF FENCE
STONE WITH
Andy Wells


    

    

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