Beasley Cemetery

Lenoir County, NC

Surveyed by Glenn Fields January 2010




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

Location From US 70 east of Kinston, take Wyse Fork Road south for approximately 1.8 miles. On the right side of the road, look for a Beasley Cemetery sign. There is a path on the left side of the road between a brick house and a mobile home. Follow this path back in the field and the cemetery is on the left just before you get to a thicket

African American Cemetery

This cemetery is in Jones County!

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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.19939 N
    77.48702 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Double stone THOMPSON Robert Jr June 24 1940 March 31 2008 Pearlie M Baker March 6 1942 NOI Ralph W Clark Aug 29 1929 April 12 2000 Allen J Murrell Feb 27 1916 Aug 26 2009 MM James Rosenboro NOI Mary E Murrell Sept 21 1922 Feb 11 1992 Lydia M Rosenboro Jan 12 1919 Dec 31 2003 Wesley L Murrell Sr. Nov 12 1927 Apr 4 1990 Double stone GRANT Evangelist Fannie Estelle Hill April 1 1927 Dec 25 2000 Bishop Benjamin Franklin Sr. Jan 3 1924 NOI Married Oct 23 1943 Fannie Ann Murrell Mar 7 1888 Apr 21 1976 Kuthrell A Murrell Apr 20 1925 Jan 10 1976 Fannie M Murrell Aug 10 1933 Apr 28 1973 Cora Murrell Brother Marvin Harper MM NOI Floyd Hill Jr. Feb 1 1930 Feb 14 1994 Floyd Hill Mar 26 1907 Sept 18 1981 Pearl M Hill Aug 8 1912 July 24 1978 Minnie Simmons June 10 1888 Jan 16 1978 Lelia P Brown Born April 23 1923 Died Oct 4 1969 MM Emma Kornegay November 7 1924 December 7 2005 Double stone STEVENS Glenda H Feb 22 1948 NOD William Earl Dec 8 1946 Oct 21 2005 Married April 2 1977 Willie J Miller Born Feb 26 1889 Died Mar 22 1970 Arlester Miller Born Aug 11 1893 Died Sept 21 1965 Unidentified Grave Unidentified Grave Laura Anderson Dove Born March 12 1913 Died Underground Ollie Murrell Oct 27 1890 May 11 1994 Ashley D Murrell Jan 3 1866 Oct 22 1943 Member Holly Branch ????? Society Demont Lee Taylor July 26 1977 June 13 2006 Lar(ry) B Ker (Baker) Oct 19 00 NOD Veteran's Stone Gabino Santiago PFC US Army World War II Feb 8 1915 Mar 19 1992 Unidentified Grave Unidentified Grave Leah Howard Died Nov 6 1961 Age 41 Yrs Linwood Jones 1953 – 2008 Veteran's Stone James H McDaniel PFC 841 Port Co TC World War II March 1 1921 December 4 1949 Rev Stanley Lee McDaniel Feb 1 1931 June 8 1991 John Henry McDaniel Jan 2 1889 June 24 1997 Leroy Simmons Oct 1924 Oct 1970 Ella Kornegay July 1 1900 Jan 19 1966 James Simmons March 22 1884 April 16 1965 Jane Simmons December 30 1887 April 12 1952 THE FAMILY OF CALVIN & SYLVIA HARPER Richard W King Born Sept 1 1852 Died May 30 1923 Unidentified Grave James Whitfield Sept 10 1881 Oct 3 1944 Johnie E Whitfield June 27 1907 Mar 4 1951 Cora Ann Wife of George Cobb Feb 21 1878 April 30 1952 Elnora Ellis Feb 23 1923 Dec 26 1947 Age 24 Veteran's Stone Benjamin Cobb North Carolina PVT 370 Infantry World War I June 3 1894 June 23 1955 Stephen Cobb May 21 1890 Jan 17 1952 Harriet Wife of Cicero Stevens Nov 23 1895 Apr 28 1942 Minnie L Perry Ward May 22 1928 July 11 1952 Connie Lee Simmons Kitral Feb 2 1909 Mar 31 1951 Hayti S Murrell Aug 28 1887 Feb 26 1946 Ambric Cobb May 19 1904 Aug 6 1966 Carrie C Davis 1908 – 1976 Elizabeth Jones June 2 1878 May 7 1964 MM Janie Ambrose NOI MM Mrs. Doris Styles Isler Jan 18 1939 Jan 6 2008 Veteran's Stone Wilbur Lee Loftin A3C US Air Force Oct 10 1938 Oct 10 2008 Hattie Jones 1952 – 2005 Mary E Johnson Loftin Aug 16 1914 Sept 18 2007 Veteran's Stone Larry Darnell Loftin California SA US Navy January 17 1951 September 15 1969 Veteran's Stone Joseph J White North Carolina PVT 3 Co 370 Infantry World War I December 10 1893 June 25 1954 Ransom Johnson May 13 1907 Nov 15 1971 MM Mr. John White Dec or November 12 1923 July 1 2004 James A Bryant Jr. May 6 1942 June 12 2004 Veteran's Stone Christopher Brion Bell CPL US Army December 10 1973 April 30 2006 MM NOI Laaura H Williams April 16 1916 Feb 22 1992 Abraham L Williams May 28 1914 June 25 2000 Laura Dove Simmons Oct 17 1931 Nov8 2006 MM NOI MM Jamie Worthington December 27 1989 September 22 2009 MM Rico Cameron 1989 – 2009 MM NOI Mack M Hicks Born 1902 Aug 2 1931 Member Scotts Society MM William Earl Stevens December 5 1946 October 21 2005 Broken stone Veteran's Stone Christopher Columbus Rosenboro Rest underground MM Ethel Koonce 1918 – 2002 James T Mitchell Oct 12 1903 Aug 4 1993 MM David W Oliver 1962 – 2001 Neva R Mitchell Sept 10 1925 Aug 7 2006 Veteran's Stone Thomas Glenn Mitchell SSGT US Air Force Persian Gulf July 25 1957 Jan 11 2006 Willard Rosenboro Dec 1 1948 June 9 199 Annie P Taylor July 19 1951 Mar 9 1990 Donna M Mitchell Oct 5 1960 Jan 10 1987 MM ???ton Taylor ???? 1924 – February 28 2008 Glen Perry Feb 15 1885 April 26 1977 Elsie H Miller 1906 – 1984 Corena Wilson Oct 26 1946 Sept 13 1983 Edward McBynum Oct 17 1909 Oct 3 1984 Unidentified Grave Susan M Frederick Wilson Mar 3 1900 Jan 15 1993 George Frederick Wilson May 10 1938 Feb 28 1999 2 MM’s NOI 2 MM’s William Tatem 1928 – 2008 NOI Ella Mae Phillips April 26 1920 August 9 1996 Clyde Phillips Dec 23 1897 Nov 11 1989 William E Ingram Sept 19 1920 Feb 5 1998 Calvin Lee Sutton June 26 1972 Nov 11 2000 Mattie B Houston February 15 1915 February 19 2001 MM NOI Unidentified Grave Unidentified Grave Catherine Cobb 1908 – 1986 Unidentified Grave Sudie Bell Sutton Nov 5 1944 Feb 7 2007 Double stone SUTTON James J Sunrise Sept 21 1928 Sunset Sept 8 1980 Lillie Mae Sunrise June 29 1948 Sunset Nov 26 1990 Viola B Powell Sept 29 1824 Apr 20 1979 Unmarked Grave Laura P Whitfield May 8 1883 Aug 2 1946 Simon Powell Born Aug 1876 Died May 14 1929 Veteran's Stone Claude S Powell North Carolina PFC 842 Co Trans Corps World War I May 21 1895 March 30 1952 Veteran's Stone Willie S Smith North Carolina Underground NOI Ben Rosenboro Jan 6 1914 June 8 1951 Apostle Robert L Rosenboro Sr. Nov 4 1941 July 31 2006 MM Elvia J Keus Feb 9 1950 March 1 2002 Age 52 Eva W Keyes April 3 1906 Aug 5 1978 Gladys Keys Sessoms July 30 1935 Jan 15 1985 Demetrice J Simmons April 30 1963 December 5 1972 Tina L Simmons September 16 1966 December 5 1972 Myron H Simmons August 28 1962 December 5 1972 Donna J Simmons August 28 1962 December 17 1972 Minnie B Simmons September 2 1926 December 8 1972 The previous five family members died as a result of an oil stove explosion in their house at Dover, NC in Jones County. James O Simmons November 18 1915 March 7 1974 Robert S Simmons Jan 25 1922 May 19 1986 Clementine Simmons Wiggins Dec 11 1952 Jan 12 2004 Unidentified Grave Mary J Denecal Jan 7 1922 Aug 24 1976 Sheila Denise Harper June 27 1963 Oct 31 2002 MM NOI Malcolm T Howard Oct 20 1969 Aug 30 1992 Unidentified Grave Mrs Bonnie M Hawkins March 31 1920 Jan 16 1961 Theodore Keys Jr. 1950 – 1982 Beverly Jean Simmons Oct 23 1959 July 23 1999 Willie A Hawkins April 12 1913 July 5 1994 Willie Andrew Simmons Jan 21 1923 Aug 30 1994 Veteran's Stone William Arthur Solomon US Army Jan 30 1924 Apr 20 2003 MM NOI MM NOI MM NOI MM NOI MM NOI Richard Keys Sr. Apr 9 1923 Nov 4 1989 Tessie Keys Brown 1934 – 1982 MM NOI Charlie M Keys TEC 5 US Army World War II Oct 9 1920 July 16(?) 1984 MM Ronald Keys 1952 – 1996 MM John Morgan 1925 - 1997 MM Arthur Kornegay 1922 – 1996 Ida M Bruton Born Feb 26 1927 Died Aug 21 1984

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