Whaley Cemetery

Duplin County North Carolina

Surveyed by Pearl & Lillian Houston




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

Located Hwy 24 North app. 5-6 miles, turn right on Wagon Ford road, app. 0.6 miles cemetery on right close to the road.



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    GPS Coordinates:
    34.95110 N
    77.70857 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Owen Thomas Whaley Nov. 7, 1929 Apr. 30 1993 Pearl D wife of Owen T. Whaley Oct. 11, 1928 no other dates Edna Elnor Foley Mar. 19, 1934 Mar. 27, 1982 Ella E. wife of John H Whaley Mar. 3, 1903 July 17, 1945 John H Whaley Jan. 19, 1896 Mar. 25, 1970 John W. Burns Jan. 31, 1967 May 2, 1970 FATHER Benjamin Rome Whaley Aug. 27, 1927 Aug 27, 1989 SON Joseph Edwards Jan. 27, 1943 Mar. 26, 1943 DAUGHTER Janice Lee Edwards Oct. 10, 1948 May 9, 1949 In Memory of George Lee, Sr. Dec. 16, 1943 June 8, 1998 SP4 US ARMY, VIETNAM Loving father Chester Edwards son of Roscoe & Ida Edwards Oct. 27, 1951 Nov. 8, 2004 Roscoe W Edwards June 5, 1919 Jan. 17, 2006 Ida M wife of Roscoe W Edwards Dec. 14, 1921 Aug. 25, 2006 STONE with Austin Edwards written no dates Given by Friends Alice M. Summerlin Mar. 2, 1904 Sept. 12, 1983 MOTHER Etta W. Taylor Sept. 9, 1899 Nov. 18, 1976 FATHER Eugene Taylor Feb. 12, 1900 Oct. 10, 1962 FATHER George Robert Taylor Sept. 14, 1866 Apr. 29, 1942 Rudolph Sanderson April 28, 1922 Oct. 30, 1984 MOTHER Mary Alice Whaley May 26, 1875 Oct. 5, 1961 William H. Whaley Feb. 28, 1878 Oct. 22, 1938 Clarence Whaley July 28, 1908 Dec. 20, 1948 Leon James Whaley Aug. 15, 1905 Feb. 11, 1969 Purvin James Inf. son of Tharon & Evelyn Whaley Oct. 23, 1953 Jan. 3, 1954 Danny Ray son of Tharon & Evelyn Whaley Aug. 11, 1950 Aug. 5, 1970 Tharon Whaley Nov. 14, 1923 May 17, 1979 PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR II Evelyn T. whaley wife of Tharon Whaley Apr. 23, 1932 Jan. 4, 2003 Marie Gray Atwine Nov. 2, 1916 Jan. 14, 1981 James M. Weeks Aug. 1, 1949 Aug. 17, 1970 Chancey Gray Jan. 29, 1890 Aug. 1, 1948 Mandy wife of W. C. Gray Apr. 2, 1893 Nov. 21, 1937 Janey Worley dau. of Larhie Marie Gray Dec. 12, 1940 Feb. 20, 1941 William T. Gray Sept. 13, 1915 Nov. 6, 1975 Harold Avon Whaley Dec. 23, 1948 June 16, 1949 Mervin Whaley Nov. 10, 1938 Jan. 30, 1939 Cindy Rovine Gray Turner Sept. 10, 1924 Sept. 22, 2001 Thelma G. Daughter of Owen & Viola Whaley May 13, 1936 Nov. 6, 1937 Viola Hall wife of Owen T. Whaley April 7, 1919 Mar. 23, 2006 Owen Tucker Whaley Sept. 27, 1894 Jan. 4, 1985 Libbie Smith wife of Owen T. Whaley Oct. 28, 1900 Nov. 7, 1929 Kurnis Whaley Feb. 29, 1920 Sept. 1, 1976 Eva Whaley Moore Mar. 18, 1906 Nov. 1, 1987 Faroah Moore Mar. 1, 1904 June 11, 1974 Bythale Whaley Aug. 24, 1918 Nov. 1, 2001 Annie L whaley Wife of Bythale Whaley Oct. 16, 1921 No other dates Wed date Dec. 23, 1936 LIBBIE Wife of O T. Whaley Oct. 28, 1900 Nov. 7, 1929 Alvin E Moore Sept. 2, 1934 Apr. 18, 2004 Joyce M. Wife of Alvin Moore May 14, 1934 No other dates

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