The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Vester Hicks Cemetery in Duplin County, NC.
Location: In Kenansville take Hwy # 11 E. after passing Andy's turn right on Stokes Road. After a mile or so it will merge into Bowden Road. Cemetery is 9 miles on the left in edge of woods.
African American Cemetery
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View photos of the headstones here.
GPS Coordinates:
35.05844 N
78.08903 W
The epitaphs are as follows:
Causie Glaspie
1864
May 6 1945
Louise Hicks
Apr 17 1940
Jun 11 1986
MM
Unreadable
MM
William D Hicks
NOI
Charles Edward Hicks
SFC US Army
Vietnam
Jan 25 1947
Apr 8 1987
FS
SFC Charles E Hicks
Jan 25 1947
Apr 8 1987
William T Hicks
Jun 27 1941
Jun 3 1991
MM
Unreadable
MM
James Edward Hicks
Jul 24 1950
Feb 24 2010
Age 59
MM
Unreadable
MM
Mr Raymond G Russell Jr
May 6 1949
Jul 20 1974
Age 25
MM
Mr Benjamin E Hicks
Mar 27 1945
Jul 6 1980
Age 35
Vester Hicks
Sep 11 1911
Apr 21 1949
Kibbie Lee Faison
Pvt US Army
Aug 29 1940
Sep 5 1988
Unmarked Stone
MM
Mr Glasio Hicks
Oct 8 1936
Jun 15 1970
MM
Cleveland Hicks
Oct 30 1936
Jun 6 1993
Double Stone
Faison
Nina M
Aug 5 1920
Dec 1 1970
Robert L
Oct 17 1914
Jan 28 1973
Mathis Hicks
Mar 13 1948
Dec 10 2008
MM
Unreadable
Unmarked Stone
Unmarked Stone
No Photos:
Abraham Hicks
Apr 8 1940
Jan 13 2007
William J Hicks
Nov 2 1908
Jun 19 1966
Mary K Hicks
Apr 13 1911
Mar 31 1995
Earl Littlerfield Hicks
Mar 4 1937
Apr 23 1992
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