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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