Bethany Methodist Church Cemetery

Bethany Methodist Church Cemetery Lenoir County, NC Surveyed by Jane Garner March 2008

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

Location From Kinston , head southwest on NC-11 S/NC-55 W (the Greenville Highway). Not far from Cunningham Road, which is perpendicular to NC-11, take a slight right off of NC-11 onto NC-55. Go about 3 miles and take a slight right onto Seth West Road. Go 0.7 miles and turn left onto British Road. Once you turn onto British Road, you will see Bethany Methodist Church on the right. The cemetery is at the church.

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The epitaphs are as follows:



James Alex Daughety
Aug. 2, 1936
April 1, 1997

Hildah Ann Daughety
July 20, 1905
April 16, 1994
FS
Hildah Ann Daughety
Granny

Unreadable
Dau. Of J. L. & Hilda Daughety
Nov. 15, 19?
Nov. 16, 19?

Lucine(?) White
Rest of Stone is Unreadable

Our Daddy
James L. Daughety
May 20, 1896
Dec. 8, 1943
(footstone)
James L. Daughety
North Carolina

Nancy West Dixon
May 8, 1875
April 13, 1958

Rev. F. E. Dixon
Oct. 14, 1872
June 6, 1940

Hope J. Dixon
Feb. 20, 1905
Aug. 8, 1929 

Garland K. Dixon
Dec. 9, 1900
June 29, 1902

Nancy Moye
Wife of Wm. H. West
Born
Jan. 11, 1836
Died
Aug. 8, 1866

William Henry West
Born
Aug. 23, 1828
Died
Oct. 20, 1892

Emma Estelle
Daughter of
Seth & Laura A. West
Born
Nov. 28, 1888
Died
Sept. 11, 1893

Susie D.
Wife of
W. H. West
Born Nov. 10, 1844
Died Jan. 2, 1905

Infant of 
Seth & Laura A. West
Unreadable

Ida C.
Daughter of
Seth & Laura A. West
Born
Jan. 6, 1881 (?)
Died
Aug. 15, 1881

Infant of
Seth & Laura A. West
Born 
May 14, 1879

Kathleen
Daught. Of
Seth & Laura A. West
Born
Feb. 22, 1898
Died
June 29 (?), 1898

Eula Mae Cox
Jan. 24, 1925
June 20, 2007

Joseph W. Kilpatrick
June 4, 1876
June 27, 1956

Franklin Napoleon West
Dec. 10, 1853
Nov. 25, 1910
Uncle

Robert Lee West
June 8, 1864
March 21, 1895
Father

Paul E. West
Feb. 12, 1894
March 6, 1952

Robert L.
Son of E. R. & Susie C. West
Mar. 24, 1899
Apr. 27, 1919

J. Emma
Wife of 
E. R. West
Dec. 5, 1872 (?)
May 20, 1923

Father
Edward R. West
April 8, 1861
Feb. 24, 1939

Susie R.(?)
Wife of
E. R. West
Oct. 26, 1878
Died
Sept 4, 1904 (?)

Joseph Watson
Son of
E. R. & S. C. West
Born March 10, 1902
Died Oct. 30, 1903

Double Stone
West
Mother
Bessie Ann
Feb 3, 1884
Nov. 22, 1957
Father
Zeb Vance
Jan. 6, 1876
July 5, 1939

Double Stone
James L. West
Mar. 8, 1850
Mar. 20, 1898
Margaret West
Oct. 19, 1858
Oct. 5, 1896

Nina Willie West
Dau. Of
Margaret Ann & James Lewis West
Mar. 10, 1884
Feb 25, 1959

Loranie (?) West
Oct. 9, 1914
Dec. 24, 1921

Virginia West
Aug. 27, 1927
Aug. 31, 1937
 
Double Stone
Ada West Carpenter
Feb. 12, 1880
May 24, 1968
Seymour B. Carpenter
June 2, 1876
Sept. 3, 1922

Mother
Sophia Alice
Wife of
Jesse F. Evans
Dec. 2, 1856
Sept. 8, 1916
(The West and Evans families believe that Jesse F. Evans is buried 
beside Sophia, but no headstone is there.)

Double Stone
Thomas Lindsey
May 28, 1827 (?)
June 30, 1902
Hanna Lindsey
Mar. 4, 1836
Jan. 27, 1909

James L. Daughety Jr.
April 27, 1923
April 8, 1991

Double Stone
James LaFayette Daughety
Dec. 2, 1888
Dec. 20, 1859
Bertie West
Nov. 15, 1896
May 4, 1986

Edward Milton
Son of
J. L. & Elizabeth Daughety
May 31, 1913
April 6, 1930

William Vann Donerson
North Carolina
PVT. 119 Inf. 30 Div.
October 10, 1918

Mary Ann
Wife of  W. V. Donnerson
March 17, 1882 or 1892
Nov. 10, 1912

Lewis Henry Evans
CO K, 2 NC Regt.
CSA
March 21, 1843
June 6, 1903

Seymour B. Carpenter
June 2, 1876
Sept. 3, 1922

Mary James
Wife of Adolphus S. Powell
Sept. 28, 1864
Oct. 15, 1940

A.S. Powell
Mar. 15, 1864
Feb. 4, 1934

Unreadable
Levi  Floyed (?)
Son of A. S. & M. J. Powell

In loving memory of 
Our dear father
E. J. Cox
Died 
Dec. 18, 1891
Aged
74 yrs. 3 mos. & 6 days

Albert Robertson
Apr. 24, 1880
June 8, 1927

Double Stone
Glennie Abby Perry
Daughter of 
Frances Watson
1878-1953
Edward Calvin Perry
Son of
Joseph & Sarah Perry
1860-1936

Willie May Kilpatrick
Wife of
O. H. Rhem
Born
Apr. 28, 1879
Died
Jan. 17, 1953

John E. Kilpatrick
Nov. 4, 1892 (?)
Jun. 7, 1910 (?)

Double Stone
J. C Kilpatrick
May ?, 1844
Dec. 25, 1899
Sarah D. Kilpatrick
Nov. 3, 1861
May 30, 1904

Unreadable
Daughter of 
H. G. & Huldah A. White
Born
Jan. 27, 1900
Died
Sept. 1, 1902

Unreadable
Daughter of H. G. & Huldah A. White
Unreadable

Huldah Unreadable
Wife of H. G. White
Born Oct. 12, 1878 (?)
Died Aug. 4, 1917 (?)
Unreadable

Mother – Sister
Nina Iola White
Jul. 4, 1920
Jan. 5, 1999

Leone E.
Daug. Of H. G. & Huldah Whte
Nov. 9, 1905
July 5, 1925

Margaret A. White
Oct. 30, 1878
Jan. 27, 1964

Double Stone
Tyndall
Infant Son
April 18, 1935
Susie W.
Sept. 14, 1907
Mar 9, 1996
Leo F.
Sept. 21, 1906
Aug. 18, 1982

Seth West
Died Feb. 18, 1907
Age 55 Yrs. 11 Mos.
An Honest Man The
Noblest Work of God.

Laura Ann West
Mar. 8, 1857
Jan. 9, 1939

Mabel W. Griffith
Jan. 5, 1887
Jan. 4, 1970

Hazel D. West
Sept. 13, 1899
May 20, 1923

Seth L. West
May 25, 1893
June 18, 1965

W. Hampton West
Dec. 8, 1876
Mar. 3, 1943

Lottie Alexander
Wife of George West
Jan. 22, 1865
Aug. 28, 1949

George West
July 3, 1862
May 23, 1937 





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