Wilson Family Cemetery

Duplin County, NC

Surveyed by Lillian and Pearl Houston October 2007




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

Location Highway # 403 from Faison, past North Duplin High School, Turn left on White Oak Bridge Road. Cemetery is .01 mile on the left.



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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.13929 N
    78.07608 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:



    TRIPLE STONE Father Earl C. Wilson May 22, 1935 No other dates MOTHER Zelma P. July 21, 1936 No other dates DAUGHTER Sheron Y. Aug. 4, 1961 No other dates Herman Wilson Oct. 22, 1911 Aug. 23, 2002 PFC US ARMY WW II Same stone Mary Jane H. Oct. 22, 1910 Feb. 8, 1981 Wedding date Jan. 10, 1954 Joe Wilson, Jr. Oct. 23, 1915 July 29, 1973 Same stone Ollie Powell Aug. 18, 1915 Aug. 23, 2002 Buckner F. Summerlin Jan. 1, 1886 Dec. 15, 1963 Same stone Lillie Mae Feb. 11, 1922 Jan. 30, 2004 SON John R. Lane Jan. 15, 1962 April 21, 1984 Charlie C. Vestal April 10, 1892 Nov. 20, 1975 Same stone Charlotte S. June 9, 1932 No other date Wedding date Oct. 8, 1963 John R. Summerlin Feb. 7, 1881 Dec. 30, 1960 William Elbert Summerlin May 28, 1916 July 27, 1977 Same stone Sallie Mae Wilson June 12, 1917 Sept. 5, 1996 Wedding date March 7, 1932 Joe Wilson Feb. 20, 1884 Sept. 10, 1961 Same stone Fannie Pate June 12, 1893 May 9, 1955 Sam Wilson Oct. 15, 1924 Sept. 7, 1964 Same stone Betty Gardner Oct. 20, 1924 No other dates Peter Ruffin Wilson July 8, 1914 Jan. 13, 1991 Same stone Mamie Grady No other dates Luther Grady May 31, 1913 Aug. 7, 1990 Douglas Allen Carter May 26, 1967 May 8, 1991 Relms R. Coats March 9, 1940 June 8, 1968 Same stone Catherine W. Oct. 7, 1942 No other dates Kelly Marie Asbury Stillborn Feb. 23, 1986 Pamela Jo Stillborn July 20, 1967 Wayne William Breakison Sept. 6, 1924 Feb. 19, 2005 US ARMY WW II Haywood Summerlin Aug. 18, 1921 April 19, 1961 NORTH CAROLINA PFC US ARMY WW II OUR SON Charles William Summerlin, Jr. April 12, 1971 April 24, 1976 Mr. Charles Wilson Summerlin, Sr. Aug. 2, 1939 July 11, 2007 MM Walter Grady Summerlin Oct. 21, 1889 Dec. 6, 1975 Same stone Cora May Jan. 14, 1908 Oct. 23, 1991 Ronald M. Turner Nov. 16, 1934 April 20, 1997 Joseph James Gore Nov. 30, 1916 Jan. 6, 1964 Jerry Lee Gore Jan. 8, 1953 Nov. 15, 2006 Hazel Lee Gore Aug. 31, 1944 Dec. 11, 1960 Lula Bell May 1, 1911 Dec. 10, 1991 Libby R. Brock Feb. 4, 1902 Jan. 16, 1971 Claudie Foss, Jr. Dec. 31, 1920 Oct. 10, 1975 Same stone May Bell June 11, 1919 No other dates Raeford D. Bradshaw April 24, 1925 July 5, 1995 Same stone Willie Mae April 11, 1931 No other dates Elwood Berron Brock May 27, 1927 April 2, 1989 Angela Darlene Williams May 3, 1969 May 4, 1969 Arthur Newton Bradshaw Aug. 21, 1953 April 28, 2004 Jerry Melvin Foss March 4, 1924 Feb. 27, 2001 PFC US ARMY WW II Same stone Audrey B. Foss Sept. 12, 1929 Sept. 23, 1986 Jessica Elaine B. Farrior July 3, 1964 Sept. 24, 1993 Forrest Lee Farrior June 4, 1962 No other dates Bobby D. Bell May 29, 1944 Jan. 13, 1994 Same stone Joan S. Jan. 15, 1948 No other dates 2 Cement Blocks Gregory D. Heath 1975 1995 MM Harmon Sanderson Dec. 4, 1927 Aug. 23, 1972 NORTH Carolina US ARMY WW II 2 Unmarked Graves Ralmon Sanderson Feb. 17, 1897 March 19, 1962 Same stone Annie H. Aug. 6, 1898 Feb. 22, 1966 Mary Kay Sanderson James Dec. 2, 1956 Jan. 18, 2007 MM Kenneth DeWayne Foss Nov. 25, 1968 Nov. 26, 1968 J. Elwood Best March 29, 1933 No other dates Same stone Corene F. Jan. 4, 1934 Dec. 19, 1999 Wm Earl Son of Major and Clara Mae Kornegay Aug. 7, 1954 Aug. 14, 1964 Clyde J. Foss June 28, 1927 Sept. 5, 1999 US ARMY WW II William K. Bowman July 17, 1914 Oct. 4, 1979 Same stone Mary F. Wells April 12, 1931 No other dates Luby H. Powell Sept. 15, 1918 Jan. 15, 1991 Same stone Anaria F. March 4, 1919 July 23, 1961 Joyce Ann Powell Dec. 30, 1956 Dec. 30, 1956 Lizzie Hardison Sept. 27, 1910 Jan. 16, 1957 Melvin Hardison April 20, 1905 April 12, 1975 Same stone Annie J. March 8, 1924 Dec. 14, 2002 Robert Hardison July 28, 1900 July 31, 1975

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