Gray Cemetery

Lenoir County, NC

Surveyed by Catherine Harrison April 2012




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

Location Off Institute Rd between Highway 258 and Wheat Swamp Church, on the same side of the road as North Lenoir High School. It is located next to a home but you can access the fenced cemetery without having to access the driveway of the home. It is clean and maintained but there are several broken and missing stones as well as many that are unreadable. Some still have the wooden stakes.

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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.334362 N
    77.666253 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    

Mary A
Daughter of
J P & M A Gray
Wife of
J B Banks
Jan 9 1866
Oct 2 1896

Albert
Son of
Jesse & Lizzie Barfield
Apr 4 1909
Jul 13 1909

Jason L Elija Thomas Owen Barfield
Son of
M & Martha Jane Barfield
Apr 16 1895
Dec 28 1912

Jesse V
Son of
Jesse & Lizzie Barfield
Jun 2 1921
Jun 28 1921

Henry
Son of
Jesse & Lizzie Barfield
Aug 9 1914
Aug 11 1914

Martha Jane Barfield
1851
Mar 4 1921

Micajah Barfield
Died
Jun 30 1918
Age 72 yrs

Thomas Gray
and Wife
Susan Gray
Thomas Gray 
was the son of
John Gray & Tabitha Haskett Gray
Served as School Trustee
for both Dobbs & Duplin Counties
Member of House of Commons
1769
Served in
Provencial Congress at
New Berne 
1773-1774
Officer in
Capt Wood's Regiment
in the
American Revolution

Vernon Cornelius
Son of
Cornelius & Mary Susan Gray
Feb 17 1897
Jul 10 1900

Double Stone
Gray
T W
Jun 22 1885
May 11 1942
Dora B
Sep 16 1890
Feb 12 1970

Cornelius Gray
Son of
William & Mary Ann Gray
Mar 30 1854
Dec 11 1918

Edith Mewborn Gray
Daughter of
Parrot & Lydia Hardy Mewborn
Wife of
John Gray
Born
Sep 7 1791
NOI

Elsie Gray
1795-1882
Born in Slavery
Nurse of
Children of
John & Edith Mewborn Gray

George M Gray
His Wife
Mary Ann Mewborne
Their Children
George F Gray
Mary M Gray

George T Gray
Oct 25 1924
Apr 26 1925

John Gray
Son of
Thomas Gray
Born
Apr 3 1786
NOI

John P Gray
Nov 12 1837
Apr 26 1908

Laney E Gray
Infant
Apr 2 1930

L N Gray
Daughter of
C & M S Gray
rest buried

Levi J Gray Jr
Apr 11 1933
Jan 29 1934

Mary A L
Daughter of
William & Mary Gray
Nov 16 1860
Nov 11 1862

Mary Ann E
Daughter of
C & Mary S Gray
Apr 23 1886
Jul 16 1887

Mary Anne
Wife of
William Gray
Oct 26 1816
Dec 31 1861

Mary Susan
Wife of
Cornelius Gray
Sep 30 1867
Nov 28 1928

Parrott M Gray
Feb 9 1841
Feb 3 1902

Phebie
Daughter of
R H & I M Gray
Born & Died
Sep 14 1904

Swannie L Gray
Jun 1 1916
Nov 4 1916

Rachel M Gray
Infant
Feb 18 1927

Sudie Gray
Jan 29 1859
Apr 10 1934

Thomas Gray Sr
Feb 2 1852
Jul 30 1919

F J Hill
Oct 8 1860
Jun 20 1911

Minnie M Sugg
Wife of
Edgar J Hill
Sep 26 1873
Feb 8 1908

Mary A
Wife of
Jesse H Kennedy
Jan 18 1846
Oct 20 1894

Reverend Joseph Parker
Buried on this site
1705-1791
One of the early founders
of the Original Free Will Baptist
in Eastern NC
Serving Little Creek,
Grimsley, Gum Swamp and Wheat Swamp
Churches, early Preacher, Teacher.
(Organizer of Churches)

Zilpha M Smith
Wife of
Parrott M Gray
Apr 12 1848
Mar 11 1905

Sallie
Daughter of
D F & ELizabeth H Spivey
Mar 18 1892
Sep 18 1893

Double Stone
Spivey
Noah
Son of
D F & Elizabeth Spivey
Aug 30 1881
Dec 11 1947
Bertha
Daughter of
Guilford & Fannie Phillips
Feb 10 1887
Apr 20 1972

Edith E
Daughter of
D F & Elizabeth H Spivey
Nov 19 1896
Aug 30 1912

Nola
Daughter of
D F & Elizabeth H Spivey
Jun 4 1884
Dec 19 1908

Annie Mae
Wife of
W C McLawhorn
Oct 12 1907
??? 10 1930

Roxy R
Daughter of
L J & Bertie Sugg
Apr 23 1924
Dec 6 1928

Osceola Sugg
Oct 3 1871
May 10 1933

Double Stone
Sugg
Bertie H
Oct 28 1880
Nov 11 1969
Luther J
May 17 1876
Feb 10 1939

Earl
Son of
L J & Bertie Sugg
Aug 18 1917
Jun 26 1918

Edith Ann
Wife of
Josiah H Sugg
Feb 7 1837
Jan 23 1885

Florence Hill
Wife of
Osceola Sugg
Aug 16 1870
Jul 12 1916

Franz
Son of
R L & Lillie A Sugg
rest of stone missing

Hardy P Sugg
Apr 11 1851
Feb 2 1909

James H Sugg
Mar 22 1862
Jan 29 1929

Josiah H Sugg
Jul 18 1834
Dec 18 1902

Julia A
Wife of
Hardy Sugg
May 3 1818
Jan 23 1883

Marvin W
Son of
E J & Bertie Sugg
Dec 22 1909
Aug 18 1911

Mina May
Daughter of
Luther & Bertie Sugg
Sep 10 1904
Mar 9 1906

Sam
Son of
R L & Lillie A Sugg
Oct 11 1905
Oct 12 1905

John W
Son of
Aquilla Suggs
Mar 18 1837
Nov 7 1862

Jesse Richard
Son of
A W & Hettie C Taylor
Sep 28 1902
Apr 23 1905

Mary Josephine
Daughter of
A W & Hettie C Taylor
Jul 28 1901
Oct 1 1901

Evelyn Joyce Wade
Apr 6 1933
Dec 21 1936

Infant
Son of
Tommie & Minnie Wade
Dec 22 1928

Sarah J Whitfield
Wife of
Hardy P Sugg
Jan 20 1851
Sep 13 1899

Odie J
Son of
R L & Lillie A Sugg
rest of stone missing


    

    

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