Baker Family Cemetery

Lenoir County, NC

Surveyed by Jeanette Corcoran September 2008




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

Location Hwy 58 South to MAILBOX 1251 Strawberry Branch Dr. The cemetery is on the right side of the road, two sides bounded by trees, its tombstones a mix of new and the old. The road is between two fields of crops.

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    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Floyd C Huggins Oct 15 1911 Jun 7 1949 Unreadable photo to small Daughter of Ira & Mary Heath Dora Elizabeth Feb 10 1930 Apr 3 1937 James E Davis May 17 1875 Feb 25 1950 Sadie M Daughter of H F & Della L Huggins Jun 23 1914 Jul 24 1915 Dexcell A Sparrow Sr Jun 3 1892 Jun 23 1952 Vistoria I Sparrow Jan 20 1897 Apr 28 1955 Ayden M Sparrow Apr 21 1921 Dec 11 1931 Sargett Brown Jr Oct 3 1943 Mar 31 2007 Elvin A Best Aug 4 1887 Jul 24 1921 Tiberious A Best Oct 8 1858 Feb 25 1943 Double Stone Quinn Lela Gertrude Best Quinn Jul 7 1909 Jan 6 1992 Charles Clayton Quinn Mar 17 1906 NOD Bruce C Quinn US Army Vietnam Mar 13 1937 Feb 2 1997 John W Dail Nov 28 1915 Aug 17 1975 FS BAW Cecil Daniel Rouse Aug 5 1958 Oct 16 2000 Mary Baker Amyette Henderson 1927 NOD John E "Jack" Amyette 1927-1959 John P Henderson Jr MD 1919 NOD Nick Baker Son of W K & Eliza Baker May 13 1875 Apr 6 1907 Erma Daughter of H Y & Mary Allen Aug 24 1906 Oct 7 1906 MM Pauline Dunham 1985-1985 MM Baby Boy Whaley Deb 21 1961 Baby GIrl Jones Aug 25 1952 Debbie Daughter of Jane Nathan & Virginia Jones Celia Faye Sumrell Wife of Billy W Baker Sr May 3 1927 Dec 10 1996 Chancey Baker Mar 29 1877 Apr 29 1933 Clarcy J WIfe of J W ROberson Mar 12 1844 Feb 29 1916 Don Carlos Sparrow North Carolina Pvt US Army World War II Apr 30 1898 Apr 8 1972 FS E A Edgar Nathan Baker "Nub" Apr 16 1909 Sep 3 1966 Edna Eliza Daughter of J M & Ruth Baker Jun 9 1924 Oct 24 1925 Double Stone Gates Ella B May 10 1879 Feb 24 1938 Charlie E Sep 26 1872 Nov 21 1947 Frances Tyndall Wife of W Earl Parrish Daughter of Willie & Martha Tyndall Jan 4 1913 Aug 14 1996 Frederick Lee Baker SSgt US Army World War II 1919-1983 George G Sparrow Dec 18 1862 May 20 1942 H F Huggins Oct 18 1874 Jan 26 1925 Double Stone Harriet Eliza Aug 20 1852 Nov 17 1926 W K Baker Dec 2 1847 Feb 20 1930 Harriet Taylor Wife of A Croom Tyndall 1852 May 1937 MM Unreadable Infant Daughter of Billy W & Linda Daughety Baker Jr Jun 1967 Infant Daughter of Mr & Mrs Arthur Arnold NOI Infant Daughter of W R & Rebecca Dawson Sep 6 1916 NOD MM John K Dawson 1916-1984 John M Baker Jun 5 1892 Jun 15 1947 John W Roberson Oct 23 1848 May 21 1922 Katherine Daughter of Willie & Martha E Tyndall Aug 12 1928 Sep 15 1928 Double Stone Whaley Mary Kathleen T Apr 13 1921 NOD Harry Virgil Jan 24 1917 Nov 12 1982 MM Lidda Dunham 1910-1980 Lilla Allen Dunham WIfe of Clyde C Dunham Feb 28 1910 Mar 7 1980 Lillie Mae Wife of W R Dawson Feb 25 1901 Nov 16 1918 Manly Son of W R & Rebecca Dawson Oct 16 1908 Dec 18 1908 Margaret Baker Branch Cpl US Army World War II Aug 9 1918 May 26 1985 Margaret Wray Baker Branch Aug 9 1918 May 26 1985 Martha Wife of A J Barnes 1857 Jun 3 1926 Mildred Daughter of Willie & Martha E Tyndall May 31 1926 Aug 16 1926 Odell Palmer Hill Aug 3 1905 Jan 17 1938 Ruben Son of Willie & Martha E Tyndall Nov 20 1925 Aug 12 1926 Ruth C Loftin Wife of J M Baker Sep 16 1892 Jan 25 1960 Sallie Baker Wife of Chancey Baker Died 1909 Syble Hill Davis Aug 24 1906 Dec 10 1958 Troy Son of C L & Dorcus Jones Jun 8 1909 Aug 15 1911 MM NOI MM NOI MM NOI MM NOI Stone flipped over unreadable Unmarked Stone Unmarked Stone William R Dawson Apr 1 1883 May 3 1954 Double Stone Tyndall Willie 1885-1936 Martha E 1892-1943 Zelphia E Davis May 22 1881 Feb 16 1950 Unmarked Stone Alice M Wife of K James Whaley Oct 2 1873 Oct 30 1945 Alpha A Best Jul 2 1870 Sep 26 1944 Barbara Ann Daughter of Virgil & Kathleen Whaley Jun 7 1943 Jun 18 1943 Bernice I Baker Jan 15 1926 Oct 31 2007 Eddie Smith Oct 20 1887 May 8 1916 Jim Gates Aug 12 1911 Jan 21 1935 Joel E Gates Jan 7 1906 May 31 1939 Lubbie L Son of Elbert? Hubert? & Etta Smith Jan 6 1913 May 20 1944 Nettie Daughter of R C & Nettie G Garvey Sep 2 1912 Sep 24 1912 Newton D Baker July 26 1932 Oct 20 1981 MM NOI MM NOI MM NOI MM NOI

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