Ward Cemetery

Duplin County, NC

Surveyed by Lillian and Pearl Houston November 2007




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

Location From Harrells Crossroad Turn right on Highway #421, about 1 mile turn right on Barber Road. Cemetery is 1/10 mile on right next to woods.



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    GPS Coordinates:
    34.74110 N
    78.19849 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    

    

    
Rosa Mae Ward
Wife of W Arthur Milton
May 13, 1899
Oct. 7, 1975

W. Arthur Milton
Husband of Rosa Mae Milton
March 11, 1891
June 10, 1962

Elbridge G. Ward
April 4, 1819
Feb. 7, 1897
Same stone
Mary J.
Wife of E. G. Ward
March 13, 1826
March 13, 1877

Thomas (Tom) Ward
Son of Elbridge Gerry and 
Mary Jane Robinson Ward
1850----1867
Died Suddenly fighting a forest fire

James Elbridge Ward
July 2, 1897
Feb. 2, 1973

Alford Johnson Ward
Son of Eldridge Gerry and 
Mary Jane Robinson Ward
Aug. 12, 1855
March 26, 1912

Baby Ward
Nod

Baby Ward
Nod

Baby Ward
Nod

Baby Ward
Nod

Baby Milton
Nod

Alice Ennis Ward
Wife of E. L. Ward
 May 14, 1873
March 29, 1959
 
Edward L. Ward
Feb. 26, 1864
March 4, 1904

Baby Johnson 
1897

Elizabeth M. Ward
Wife of Francis M. Johnson
Oct. 13, 1853
Jan. 1, 1894

Francis M. Johnson
Aug. 15, 1847
Sept. 16, 1926

Ella J. Ward
Wife of Francis W. Johnson
Dec. 14, 1856
Jan. 27, 1939

Sallie Johnson King
Sept. 5, 1893
March 13, 1945

Frank H. Johnson
March 23, 1885
Nov. 13, 1942

Thomas L. Johnson
June 29, 1882
July 14, 1941

Vera H. Johnson RN
Sept. 5, 1890
Nov. 18, 1937

William J. Ennis
Feb. 7, 1878
Jan. 18, 1941
Same stone
Mary
March 23, 1885
Nov. 20, 1946

William Francis Ennis
Feb. 9, 1914
May 11, 1984
TEC5 US ARMY WW II

Infant Son
Of H. W. and Lillie A Johnson
Dec. 14, 1926
Dec. 14, 1926

Hilbert Ward Johnson
March 18, 1887
Oct. 30, 1951
Same stone
Lillie Hall Johnson
Jan. 16, 1893
Sept. 24, 1976

Robert L. Strickland
1946
1948

Karen G. Strickland
March 1, 1954
April 18, 1955

Lacy W. Strickland
Oct. 10, 1923
Jan. 9, 1973

Oscar Stephen Owen
Sept. 17, 1888
Dec. 23, 1929
Same stone
Katie J. Ward
July 12, 1895
June 13, 1987

Alonza Jay Ward
Son of E. G. and Mary Ward
Husband of Marian Lewis Ward
Aug. 5, 1849
Aug. 10, 1900

Catherine A. 
Wife of Robert J. Ennis
Jan. 28, 1847
Oct. 14, 1918

John Truett Hall
July 5, 1935
March 12, 1996

Henry Erwin Hall
March 15, 1931
Feb. 2, 1980

Billie H. Hall
May 31, 1896
Oct. 20, 1952

Isabell J. Hall
Jan. 14, 1899
March 22, 1979

Arthur Clem, Jr.
Son of Clem and Rosa C. Johnson
July 9, 1925
Aug. 26, 1913

Zona Elizabeth
Daughter of Clem and Rosa C. Johnson
June 23, 1914
July 26, 1915

Arthur Clem Johnson
Jan. 15, 1879
Feb. 19, 1919

Rosa C. Pope
Wife of Arthur Clem Johnson
Wife of James Wm. Wells
March 14, 1881
Sept. 21, 1957

Willie Wooten Johnson
Feb. 19, 1889
Nov. 18, 1963
Same stone
Naomi Eakins
June 25, 1903
Feb. 7, 1985


    

    

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