Colonel John Williams Cemetery

Lenoir County, NC

Surveyed by Jeanette Corcoran February 2008
Resurveyed by Kathleen Judkins-Gerard April 2012




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

Location Hwy 258 South roughly 5.3 miles from Highway 70 bypass stoplight. Past "Pri Waller Farm Road" sign. Two stone pineapples at entrance. (past Mena Drive but before Stroud's Corners.)

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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.183767 N
    77.623613 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Col Jno Williams Died Dec 11 1850 Aged 64 yrs Seth Tyler Moore Infant Son of Kelly & Jessica Moore Dec 10 2002 Double Stone Williams Edward James Oct 19 1915 Feb 12 1979 Vida Mae White Jan 27 1914 Jun 1 1991 Edward James "Jimmy" Williams Jr Nov 25 1936 Oct 25 1976 Kenneth Edward Moore Born & Died Feb 24 1980 Dennis Bryan Deans Son of Mary & Jerry Evans Feb 18 1980 Dec 8 1998 Margaret Hazel Daughter of B F & Elizabeth Williams May 6 1923 Jun 5 1924 Benjamin E Williams North Carolina Pvt 29th Field Aty Bn 4 Inf Div World War II Mar 29 1921 Mar 1 1944 Mary Elizabeth wife of B F Williams Jul 15 1885 Nov 30 1944 Benjamin F Williams Jul 5 1884 Nov 26 1952 Double Stone Fordham Beulah G Jan 7 1895 Nov 24 1981 Married Aug 13 1916 Robert T Apr 10 1894 Jun 15 1977 Double Stone Fordham Mary E Taylor Feb 15 1865 Apr 18 1962 William Gaston Aug 16 1864 Feb 9 1941 Mary Caroline Daughter of W G & M E Fordham Aug 4 1900 Oct 6 1900 Carrie Mae Whitaker Daughter of W G & Mary E Fordham Jan 8 1907 Mar 14 1908 John Ivey Fordham Dec 4 1891 Apr 15 1925 Katie Elizabeth Fordham Aug 21 1916 Jan 30 1929 Grover Woodrow Fordham Dec 27 1916 Aug 1 2000 Cebie Branch Fordham Apr 21 1914 Feb 14 2001 Dpouble Stone Fordham Caroline B Jan 8 1892 Feb 11 1973 William G Jr Sep 27 1889 Jan 25 1928 Cecil Earl Son of W G & Caroline B Fordham Dec 20 1919 Sep 26 1942 Mildred F Williams Jul 3 1915 Jul 15 1992 Infant Son of Luther E & Camille S Dunn Jul 4 1951 John T Son of J O & J A Sutton Aug 17 1885 Jul 17 1887 Oliver Clyde Son of J O & Julia Sutton Apr 25 1880 rest buried Claudius Woodley Son of J O & Julia Sutton Jan 22 1877 May 2 1880 Caroline E Taylor 1866 Age 5 yrs Susan C Taylor 1818 Age 20 dys Robbert B Son of William G & Caroline Taylor Apr 28 1871 Jul 11 1886 Henrieta V Daughter of William G & Caroline Taylor Aug 19 1873 Sep 5 1883 Minnie Wilkins Wife of William E Taylor Aug 26 1866 Apr 17 1920 William E Taylor Dec 11 1862 Oct 11 1924 Caroline Daughter of Jas & Susan C Williams Aug 22 1882 Oct 2 1907 Baby Boy Son of Jas & Susan C Williams Jun 11 1886 Jun 12 1886 Olive Branch Daughter of J & Sue C Williams Oct 11 1876 Aug 29 1879 Paul C Williams North Carolina Cpl US Army World War I Dec 25 1888 Nov 29 1971 Double Stone Wooten Rosa Lee F Aug 30 1903 Oct 26 1979 John Council Sep 29 1905 Oct 3 1972 __ Taylor First wife of Colonel John Williams Lott B Son of John & Nancy Williams Died Jun 9 1889 Aged 51 yrs Caroline Wife of William G Taylor Apr 30 1839 Aug 26 1904 W G Taylor Dec 11 1826 Sep 7 1922 Infant of B O & Emma Taylor Born & Died Mar 22 1888 Benjamin O Taylor May 18 1859 Sep 15 1895 Infant Daughter of W G & DOra Sutton Jan 11 1920 Willie Green Sutton Son of Jesse Sutton & Julia Taylor Sutton Feb 19 1882 Dec 13 1956 Jesse Oliver Son of J A & Rosa Sutton Jul 28 1852 Mar 13 1897 Julia A Wife of Jesse O Sutton Nov 11 1852 Aug 19 1917 Minnie G Daughter of J O & Julia Sutton Oct 18 1883 Oct 7 1894 Susan G wife of James Williams Aug 21 1850 Sep 22 1916 James Williams Aug 1840 Nov 18 1924 Ann Herring Aged 28 yrs 5 mos 5 dys Nancy Williams Wife of Col Jno Williams Died Jun 27 1867 Aged 70 yrs Nancy Coleman Second Wife of Colonel John Williams

    Kathleen Judkins-Gerard Send your questions (and thanks) directly to Kat

    Jeanette Corcoran Send your questions (and thanks) directly to Jeanette.

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