Dunn Cemetery

Lenoir County, NC

Surveyed by Glenn Fields July 2008




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

Location From Kinston go north on 11/55 just past NYRA Dr cemetery will be on the right in the field.

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    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Page 1 Unmarked Grave MM Ervetta Platt Oct 21 1971 Jan 31 2005 Walter Lee Best North Carolina CPL US Army World War II Oct 30 1910 Apr 27 1978 MM Alpha B Bryant 1943 – 1986 MM No information MM John H Gibbs 1923 – 1985 MM William “Buddy” Phillips July 24 1927 May 5 2007 Sudie M Sutton April 18 1922 Oct 13 2000 Multiple stone S W & Mary D Clark Little Sister Clark Born & Died 6-10-1913 McAllister R Clark Born & Died 11-4-1926 Lem. Evan Clark Born & Died 10-30-1927 In Memory Ethel L Willis 1911 – 1939 Arrow B Foy Jan 12 1912 Mar 12 1978 MM Unreadable Linda Ann Howard July 2 1977 Dec 8 1986 Age 9 Mr Isaac Cratch Born Nov 30 1917 Died Jan 6 1987 Age 69 Charlie Sutton Dec 8 1916 Sept 20 1989 Robert L Sutton June 3 1933 April 4 1992 “Pennie” Minnie B J M King Mar 9 1911 Dec 5 1991 Tom Harvey Joyner US Army World War II June 9 1922 Feb 1 1994 MM Dora T Robinson May 21 1933 January 11 2003 MM Unreadable Mr. Paul E Atkinson 11-14-46 5-22-02 MM Johnny Simmons August 28 1945 October 2 2002 Age 57 MM Annie Lee Speight Watson Sept 5 1909 Feb 22 2003 MM Michael Lawson May 14 1972 March 15 2003 MM Unreadable MM Unreadable Matthew Harris Jan 17 1915 Nov 18 1983 In Loving Memory of Mrs Ida Williams Arrow January 22 1921 April 1 1978 Pat A Washington 1955 - 1984 Henry Lee Graham Apr 2 1947 Mar 18 1980 William Hill Mumford Mar 27 1930 Dec 24 1978 John Whitfield Born 1879 Died 1948 Rebecca Whitfield Born 1883 Died 1968 Gassie Mumford Dec 29 1904 Jan 10 1955 Rosetta Mumford Feb 19 1935 Dec 30 1952 Charlie F Moore April 29 1899 May 31 1953 George Dawson Born 1889 Died 1963 William B Dawson Aug 7 1942 Nov 7 1985 Double stone H L Reaves Died Oct 13 1909 Mother of Mary T Dawson At Rest Bessie W E D Grimes Dau of Lemuel & Mary T Dawson July 1904 March 1966 Mary A E Wife of L Dawson Born Aug 1855 Died March 9 1918 Multiple stone Lemuel Dawson Sr Apr 3 1860 – 3-10-1950 United in wedlock to Mary A E Teal 5-28-1885 In Loving Memory Lem. O Dawson Jr. Little Sister Dawson Born & Died 1888-1890 MM Eric Maurice King “E” Jan 25 1974 Jan 4 2002 Reatha Mae Sutton Born Dec 24 1898 Died April 14 1970 Fannie Farrow Born Aug 10 1895 Died May 27 1970 Nannie M S Allen Apr 4 1915 July 5 1981 Broken stone Unreadable Aby Wooten Born 1901 Died Dec 17 1923 Wright Son of Everette & Clara Sutton Born Sept 18 1908 Died Apr 30 1915 Rosa Moore April 18 1912 Oct 7 1973 Page 2 MM Unreadable MM Unreabable MM Unreadable Jethro Hargett April 5 1913 Jan 1 1987 Elizabeth Rhodes July 15 1884 Feb 17 1951 Joanna B Rouse June 10 1907 March 18 1976 Cassie D Best Dec 22 1879 Sept 7 1962 Lewis W Best Dec 22 1872 June 22 1935 Mattie Lee Washington Harris Born March 11 1925 Died January 8 1994 Unmarked Grave Mrs Lettice Chapman Born Oct 1 1893 Died June 20 1960 Joe J Fisher Feb 1 1971 NOD Hattie D Goss August 31 1912 March 2 1991 Pearlie Sutton Nov 21 1946 Jan 6 1990 Unmarked Grave Hannah Mae Harris May 23 1927 Jan 3 1982 James Harris 1926 – 1986 Anner M Goss May 15 1908 Apr 21 1967 Clarence Sutton Mar 29 1929 Apr 11 1978 Annie Virginia Starkey June 27 1906 July 20 1938 Louise Cox Jones Feb 23 1922 Jan 23 1957 Lewis Sutton NOI Sylvaious Sutton NOI Roosevelt Moye Aug 28 1936 July 26 1987 Mr Tommy Cox Feb 12 1921 Dec 5 1947 Mr Tommy Cox (Duplicate, more legible) Feb 12 1921 Dec 5 1947 Sarah Moore Oct 1867 Unreadable-More readable below Sarah Moore Oct 1867 Jan 1926 Sameul Moore Died Aug 1929 NOD Robert Moore Nov 1900 Unreadable-More readable below Robert Moore Nov 1900 Jan 1932 MM Unreadable Mrs Willie Mae Arnold Died April 25 1987? Aged 77 years Mr Allen (Tobe) Arnold Died Aug 14 1987 Aged 77 years Dan T Williams 1902 – 1976 Martha Arnold Died Aug 31 1918 Aged 76 years Broken Stone Unreadable Leoria Dixon NOI Mr Johnnie Foy July 15 1937 Sept 23 1995 Clyde Moore North Carolina PVT US Army World War II April 3 1921 February 26 1961 G L Cratch July 9 1927 Sept 5 1959 Robert Earl Sutton Aug 25 1937 Aug 16 2005 Ed Harris Jr Jan 1 1937 Nov 29 2004 Lynwood Hill Aug 11 1965 May 8 2000 Noah N Blackman Mar 22 1975 Apr 5 1998 Unreadable Oppie Harris Dec 12 1931 May 24 1992 Lillie B Jones Sept 16 1908 June 3 1991 Joseph King Jr 1955 – 1985 Jessie Lee Fisher Aug 18 1932 Aug 25 2000 Page 3 Broken Stone Unreadable MM Michael Earl Fisher November 18 1956 September 20 2005 Gertrude Harris Jan 3 1935 Aug 9 2006 Donnie Harris Ray May 7 1955 Sept 29 1975 MM Unreadable MM Mr Mosbon Goss Jan 8 1911 Aug 19 1988 Ed Harris May 29 1905 Mar 22 1959 MM Unreadable Lillian Harris Nov 1 1906 Mar 15 1964 Unmarked Grave Unmarked Grave Unmarked Grave Unmarked Grave Unmarked Grave Mary Dawson 1933 – 1975 Hannah Speight Born Mar 10 1846 Died Aug 21 1925 Lemon Speight Apr 27 1867 Dec 6 1922 Josephine Speight Aug 9 1875 March 19 1934 Sunken unmarked Graves Sunken unmarked Graves Sunken unmarked Graves Sunken unmarked Graves Sunken unmarked Graves Sunken unmarked Graves Sunken unmarked Graves Sunken unmarked Graves

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