The epitaphs are as follows:
Page 1
Unidentified grave
Janie S Donald
May 8 1909
July 4 1992
Grave cover
Arlanders Hunter
March 9 1914
August 5 1977
Headstone
Arlanders Hunter
March 9 1914
August 5 1977
Elias Jones
Mar 20 1887
Feb 24 1973
Jesse James Gray
May 1 1911
May 9 1973
Unmarked Grave
Unidentified grave
Mrs Nelia C Jones
Wife of Elias Jones
Sept 28 ‘84
Age
Rest
Robert A Jones
Oct 15 1918
Dec 11 1993
MM
Mr Will Donald
Died Sept 24 1954
NOI
Mr Robert M Dixon
(Born July 1 1906-Ancestry.com)
Died April 11 1956
Age 49
Unidentified grave
Lillian Jacobs Payton
1886 – 1983
Phillip Payton
Nov 16 1907
July 1 1974
Annie Bell Lovick
Dec 5 1914
Aug 9 1987
Luther Lovick
Mar 24 1904
Aug 13 1973
Allen T Hunter
March 30 1915
June 15 1959
MM
Travis A Briggs
July 26 1974
Aug 5 1974
Rancy S Dudley
Mar 1 1907
June 9 1974
Rev Anthony Dudley
Mar 14 1887
July 14 1975
Lillie C Dudley
Born Nov 8 1890
Died Sept 13 1967
Grave Cover
Queen Esther Gardner
Dec 31 1912
Nov 2 1982
Headstone
Queen Esther Gardner
Dec 31 1912
Nov 2 1982
MM
Unidentified grave
Unidentified grave
Unidentified grave
Lossie M Miller
Dec 14 1930
Nov 12 1990
Samuel Coward
Died Feb 23 1958
NOD
Steve Clay Coward Sr
SGT US Army
Mar 13 1952
Sep 25 2007
Unidentified grave
Unidentified grave
Unidentified grave
Unidentified graves
Nanny
Beatrice Robinson Coward
May 11 1924
Aug 28 1998
Mrs Ammie Coward
Born 1876 Dec 22
Died Sept 7 1959
Jacob J Coward
PVT US Army
World War II
Apr 10 1917
Feb 6 1990
Alvin Coward
US Navy
World War II
Oct 17 1907
June 2 1985
Charlotte Holmes
Nov 3 1901
March 19 1953
FATHER
Rouse Holmes
July 3 1896
Nov 22 1962
Unidentified grave
Willie I “Boot” Holmes
Mar 19 1944
May 12 1981
MM
Glendal Holmes
1943 – 2009
MM
Mr Charles Holmes
Jan 21 1949
June 22 2007
James Henry Coward
PFC
US Army
World War II
Jan 8 1924
Dec 15 1980
Unidentified grave
Unidentified grave
MM
Mrs Alice Lovett
July 1 1952
Age 81 yrs 6 mos 8 days
Louise Kirkman
April 12 1900
July 19 1988
Page 2
Laura Fisher
Born 1873
Died April 13 1958
Sidney D Porter
Aug 13 1936
Apr 27 1997
Unmarked Grave
Unmarked Grave
MM
Collin Jones
Mar 9 1957
Apr ? 2006
Raymond Earl Miller
Sept 2 1933
July 20 1969
Mary Elizabeth Rosenboro
Nov 14 1951
July 3 1986
Maude Miller
June 16 1897
Mar 18 1976
Beulah Lee Hall
May 10 1908
Apr 3 1988
Mable Miller
Oct 4 1919
Dec 30 2000
MM
Missouri Miller
Sept 10 1926
July 2 1989
Age 53 years
Pearlie Mae Bryant
Sept 9 1902
Aug 25 1994
Estella Cannon
Mar 13 1923
Oct 8 1987
Hopie Brooks
Dec 26 1903
Apr 3 1980
Jimmy C West
Sept 30 1947
Oct 26 1971
Roman L Williams
Sept 11 1911
May 1 1978
James Henry Williams
1913 – 1985
Edward M Dixon
Born Feb 15 1916
Died Dec 24 1959
Unidentified grave
Ethel Dixon
1903 – 1977
Lillie M Payton
Born April 14 1920
Died Nov 20 1968
Unidentified Graves
Fred Thomas Kornegay
Nov 24 1962
Dec 21 1969
Unmarked Grave
Unmarked Grave
Unidentified Graves
Bruce Rountree
Oct 27 1897
July 30 1945
Unidentified Grave
Unidentified Graves
Alfred Howard
Born 1864
Died Nov 6 1964
Faithful to his family, his church,
his countless friends and beloved by all.
Close-up of previous stone
Alice
Wife of
Alfred Coward
July 28 1874
July 28 1944
John
Son of
Alfred Coward and Wife of
1913 – 1942
Veteran’s marker
Ernest Lee Artis
North Carolina
Sgt US Army
Korea
Feb 26 1931
Nov 11 1959
Grave cover
Sgt Ernest L Artis
Born Feb 26 1931
Died Nov 11 1959
Bessie G or C Wilson
Born Nov 15 1935
Died Dec 9 1961
Betty Jean Dixon
Oct 12 1945
Dec 13 1980
Helen Jackson
Sept 7 1899
June 12 1981
Mimie Lee Artis
Feb 17 1909
Mar 6 1985
Sherron D Phillips
Oct 24 1968
Dec 26 1977
Herman Lee Phillips
May ? 1934
May 2 1980
Unmarked Grave
Sampson Moore
US Army
World War II
1911
1980
Multiple stone
WILSON
Eugene
Dec 15 1915
Mar 19 1950
His Wife
Jessie Mae
Oct 28 1914
Jan 4 1952
Pearson
Dec 20 1870
Jan 14 1982
Nathanael
Jan 26 1906
Oct 2 1951
Hattie Wilson
May 25 1880
July 19 1953
Brother
Sam Wilson
Jan 26 1905
April 1 1957
Willie James Wilson
Oct 28 1948
Jul 27 1997
Eva Wilson Cobb
June 6 1917
Apr 11 199?
Gay Cannon Edwards
Mar 19 1909
July 24 1973
Gladys Mae Clayton
Born Mar 19 1911
Died Feb 24 1967
Page 3
Lillie V Edwards
Born Jan 5 1923
Died Feb 2 1963
LeRoy Edwards
May ? 1928
Rest unreadable
Double stone
MOORES
Claude
Died May 3 1947
Fannie
Died June 1 1953
NOD
Sam Grimes
North Carolina
PVT US Army
World War I
August 20 1885
September 16 1972
Sam Grimes
Aug 20 1889
May 27 1962
Hattie Grimes White
May 5 1910
Daughter of
Sarah C White
NOI
Family Stone
SIMMONS
Mother
Hattie S
NOI
Samuel Simmons
Feb 15 1868
July 13 1937
Unidentified Grave
Unmarked Grave
Unidentified Grave
Annabelle Locust
Sept 18 1918
Dec 31 1944
Nomi Locust Scott
Born Aug 29 1899
Died Oct 20 1958
Rosa Lee Brown
Oct 25 1911
Jan 7 1996
Ina King Hunter
Oct 4 1908
June 22 1998
Unmarked Grave
MM
NOI
John P Grimes
Apr 12 1896
Oct 25 1932
Family Stone
BROWN
Addie Brown
Wife of
Oscar Grimes
May 22 1886
Feb 3 1945
Oscar Grimes
1884
Aug 8 1944
John S Brown Jr
June 16 1896
Oct 21 1943
Charles S Brown
June 2 1890
Mar 8 1943
Priscilla Brown
Wife of Griffin Rich
June 2 1888
Oct 16 1937
John S Brown
Feb 15 1860
Nov 26 1933
Allie B Cannon
June 20 1898
Sept 29 1969
James Brown
Oct 2 1897
Apr 12 1980
James N Coward
US Navy
Feb 26 1926
Nov 28 1998
Clinton Moore
Sept 7 1906
Mar ? 1995
Hazel D Coward
Mar 20 1907
Nov 27 1991
McKinley Williams
Nov 5 1919
Sept 11 1986
Mamie Ruth Williams
Oct 11 1916
Oct 3 1986
Hazel V Exum
May 3 1929
July 29 2006
Edward Exum
1917
July 29 1998
Martha Jones
Born
July 18 1887
Died
April 28 1904
Johnson S Smith
Oct 25 1909
Mar 1 1988
Unidentified Grave
Unidentified Grave
Unidentified Grave
MM
Pauline Nobles Murphy
Mar 25 1931
Feb 9 2000
Age 70
MM
Larry Allen Murphy
May 6 1931
Feb 25 2000
Age 71
Maudecie Caple
Feb 16 1883
March 21 1934
William Caple
1869
April 6 1928
Willie K Caple
Aug 18 1909
April 15 1960
Rosa C Moss
July 14 1906
May 4 1972
Laura Dixon Willis
Jan 8 1936
Dec 16 1970
Mark G Dixon
Dec 24 1880
July 5 1953
Mattie J Dixon
May 27 1903
Oct 24 1989
Maxine C Nobles
Feb 16 1932
Oct 1 1996
Page 4
MM
Infant Da-Seo P Marrow
June 3 2000
June 6 2000
Unidentified Graves
MM
Charles Lester Smith
? 27 1935
? ? 2000
Unmarked Grave
Rosemary Maye
Jan 8 1944
Dec 10 2005
Burnie Rayfield Brock
Jan 11 1958
Aug 28 1973
Wilbert J Rasberry
North Carolina
CPL
3458 QM TRUCK CO
World War II
December 9 1926
August 31 1956
Mary E Farrow
Jan 8 1888
Feb 5 1971
Oscar Farrow
Born Oct 14 1877
Died May 6 1963
Unidentified Grave
Unidentified Grave
Broken Stone
NOI
Unmarked Grave
Catherine Smith
Jan 1 1861
Aug 9 1946
MM
NOI
Jesse Kornegay
Aug 8 1890
Aug 4 1961
George Pierce
Jan 18 1874
Jan 4 1938
Cora Pierce
Mar 20 1876
Aug 18 1935
MM
NOI
Eliza
Wife of
Jas. Best
Died
Nov 14 1909
Age 33
Susie Porter
May 14 1889
May 15 1925
Unidentified Grave
Tempy
Wife of
Eli Strong
Jan 29 1949
May 4 1914
MM
NOI
Sarah Elizabeth Carroll
Born Sept 19 1895
Died Aug 11 1911
Jack Sugg
Born
March 1 1843
Died
Aug 4 1911
Multiple stone
COWARDS
Richard
Died 1936
Clara
Died 1927
Augusta
Died 1933
Carolina
Died 1929
Unidentified Grave
Richard Edwards
Born Nov 3 1847
Died Sept 23 1921
Unidentified Grave
Mollie Jane Aytch
April 14 1896
June 20 1974
L Cannon
Dau of
J S & C L Cannon
Born June 25 1914
Rest underground
Unidentified Grave
Unmarked Grave
K of G
Katie Payton
Mar 10 1840
Sept 21 1918
Sydney Payton
Oct 13 1885
Sept 6 1947
Julia Gooden
Born
July 15 1977
Died
Mar 24 1916
Edmon Brooks
Died June 17 1919
Age 52 Yrs
MM
NOI
Nannie Bell Jones
NOI
Nannie M Jones
Jan 3 1922
Feb 14 1991
Lydia Rasberry Moore
Born 1895
Died Sept 28 1937
Iris Moore Bethea
Oct 1 1924
Nov 27 1988
Sarah Lewis Carrow
Sept 21 1937
6 Months 17 Days
Beatrice S Phillips
Jan 28 1920
July 9 1980
William A Phillips
Mar 17 1915
Apr 14 1987
Ida Mae Phillips
Sept 30 1957
Oct 9 2004
Retha Mae Phillips
Mar 31 1960
Sept 4 2007
Walter Rasberry Sr
1904 – 1939
Mabel Glenn Watkins
Apr 11 1900
Sept 25 1990
Page 5
Carrie L Brown
Born
Oct 25 1883
Died
Sept 22 1972
MM
NOI
MM
NOI
Mary Ethel Stephens
Feb 18 1920
Jan 18 1994
Stanley K Patrick
North Carolina
L CPL
US Marine Corps
Vietnam
February 8 1948
July 29 1967
Carolyn J Patrick
Born Aug 17 1948
Died Jan 16 1961
K of G
Matthew Patrick
July 25 1886
Sept 9 1923
Willie Patrick
Aug 18 1907
June 17 1976
Martha Cogdell
Born May 12 1910
Died May 24 1958
MM
NOI
Unidentified Grave
Byrdie May Smith
Born Apr 15 1910
Died Mar 10 1948
William
Son of
Ed & Letitia Brown
Born
Oct 15 1915
Died
June 1 1918
David Williams
Oct 5 1916
Feb 11 1976
Annie Murphy
Oct 9 1931
Nov 1 1992
Addie G Murphy
Aug 7 1903
June 26 1984
J C Murphy
Nov 11 1936
May 14 1977
MM
NOI
K of G
Susan McCoy
Dec 24 1862
Sep 25 1918
MM
Mr Brokerna Larry
Jan 20 1977
Jan 1 2009
Veteran’s Headstone
Charlie Strong
US Army
World War II
Nov 26 1926
Feb 23 1997
Grave Cover
Charlie Strong
Nov 26 1926
Feb 23 1997
Waldo Phillips
July 8 1925
Nov 24 1992
Mary Lee Smith
Oct 4 1909
Mar 1 1985
MM
Harold Ross or Rose
Jan 3 1909
June 18 2008
Kin Artis
Aug 1 1878
June 4 1916
S T
Son of
Capt & Nettie Rogers
Jan 14 1916
June 26 1916
Nancy Taylor
Mar 22 1870
Aug 27 1924
Annie R Miles
Apr 12 1934
Oct 23 1979
Doris M Darden
Feb 22 1931
Apr 18 1978
Alfred Lovick
June 6 1902
Oct 13 1970
Julia (?) Waters
? 18 1885 or 1888
? ? 1976(?)
Cora L Dunn
Nov 3 1867
Aug 3 1969
Gladys B Hopkins
Jan 20 1910
Jan 27 1972
Frances Burney
Oct 3 1881
June 7 1970
Odell Burney
Born Mar 1 1914
Died Nov 21 1962
MM
NOI
Unidentified Grave
Nancy
Wife of
Isaac Morris
Born June 1 1862
Died June 13 1933
Jane Lovick
Born
Mar 5 1834
Died
Oct 20 1918
Alfred Lovick
June 3 1846
June 3 1932
Unidentified Grave
MM
NOI
MM
Mr John A Burney
Mar 15 1937
Age 2 years 10 months 10 days
Walter Chapman
Son of
Luevenia Chapman
Jan 9 1919
July 18 1938
Unidentified Grave
Unidentified Grave
Jane
Wife of
Thomas Morris
Died
Mar 13 1922
Age 72 years
G H Gooden
Born Feb 25 1861
Died May 9 1919
Levy Morris
Jan 11 1897
Sep 5 1914
Thomas Morris
Died May 3 1913
NOD
Page 6
Betsy J Canady
Jan 1 1839
Feb 5 1921
Rev Charlie Gooden Sr
1881 – 1962
Unidentified Grave
MM
NOI
Marjorie C Jackson
Sept 14 1930
Dec 29 1999
Freddie Lee Jackson
June 23 1927
Sept 7 1990
Unidentified Grave
MM
NOI
Doris C Daniels
Mar 12 1936
Dec 10 2004
Izora M Sheppard
Aug 1 1908
Dec 1 1986
Fred Corey
Born Aug 20 1901
Died May 22 1970
Helen M Corey
Born Sept 25 1906
Died July 15 1969
Matilda Coward
Died
May 13 1915
Aged 70 yrs
Jack
Son of
J Coward
Aug 21 1915
June 23 1919
Pretrice Dunning
1977 – 2005
Annie E Brock
June 15 1937
March 29 2003
Annie Brock Davis
Apr 2 1920
Jan 8 2001
Edward L Davis
Aug 30 1917
May 30 1959
MM
NOI
Ida F Davis
Aug 29 1900
Nov 16 1989
Unidentified Grave
MM
Mr Ralph Davis
Died 1998
NOD
Lydia Gaskins
Born
Jan 15 1813
Died
Nov 20 1898
Unidentified Grave
Unreadable Stone
Unidentified Grave
Herbert Coley Jr
Apr 23 1896
Oct 8 1983
Unidentified Grave
Unidentified Grave
MM
Maxine Reed
May 3 1948
Dec 24 1955
MM
Mr Ralph Jones
Nov 29 1956
Mar 6 2007
MM
NOI
Unmarked Grave
Unmarked Grave
MM
NOI
Unmarked Grave
Unmarked Grave
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