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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