Holly Hill Church Cemetery

Lenoir County, NC

Surveyed by Glenn Fields April 2009




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

Location From Hwy 258 north turn onto Paul's Path Road west. Church is on the left about 8/10 mile from intersection.

African American Cemetery

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    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Father William King Jan 10 1903 July 1 1958 Mattie B King Aug 13 1908 June 5 1990 Mary King Feb 8 1931 June 29 1990 Fred Lee King Mar 1 1933 Mar 29 2003 MM William King June 19 1928 May 18 2007 Deacon Johnnie C Dawson Dec 20 1897 Mar 31 1999 Lula W Dawson 1903 – 1971 Mamie Braxton Nov 5 1909 Oct 9 1987 Dennis Ray Taylor Dec 11 1951 Aug 21 1961 Wardell Dawson US Army Vietnam Sep 3 1944 Sep 29 2001 MM Illegible Doris D Rouse Dec 16 1931 Apr 15 1986 MM NOI Unmarked Grave Unmarked Grave Grave marked with an axe handle MM Illegible Verna Mae Dawson April 5 1926 April 14 1994 William H Taylor Jr Sept 7 1955 Sept 4 2001 Lemuel Lee Dawson Dec 19 1938 Feb 8 2003 MM Lillie R Dawson 1923 – 1991 MM Mr Edward Earl Dawson July 7 1940 September 12 2004 William H Taylor Sr Aug 14 1926 Oct 30 1997 J C Dawson Cpl US Army Korea Mar 21 1932 Sep 17 1999 Wooden marker NOI Grave marked with concrete block NOI Double stone TAYLOR Ethel D NOI James E Mar 9 1917 Jan 25 2004 MM for previous grave James “Rock” Taylor Jr March 9 1917 Jan 25 2004 MM NOI Leroy Dawson 1922 – 1985 Esther D Poole Born Oct 24 1902 Died May 19 1983 Esther King Feb 28 1930 Nov 26 2005 Miss Chris L Poole May 13 1953 Feb 22 1970 Mary Duncan Williams Soldier of the Battlefield June 4 1916 Dec 13 2004 Multiple stone POOLE Bessie 1928 NOI Alice 1945 NOI Tarance 1965 NOI Lisa 1970 NOI Mamie L Wilson Aug 20 1922 Oct 3 2007 MM NOI Infant Daughter of Nina Banks and Niki Harris Kember Nicole Banks July 22 1999 July 23 1999 Elvin D Jones Oct 18 1966 Mar 11 1981 MM NOI Argenice Poole May 7 1902 Dec 11 1970 Nathaniel Poole Dec 29 1942 Mar 31 2004 MM NOI Double stone WILLIAMS Phoebe D May 25 1905 May 22 1990 Charles E Feb 5 1902 May 24 1960 Mary S Sutton Jan 17 1907 – April ll 1984 Mary, Rosa, Charles, Shirley, Herbert MM NOI Matthew G Becton Jan 16 1912 Nov 24 1976 Rev Henry Mervin Jr July 13 1936 May 16 1989 MM NOI Connie Mae Holloway Aug 5 1915 Aug 9 2001 Americus B Moore PFC US Army Korea Oct 27 1933 Jun 19 1987 Americus Bruce NOI (Previous stone) Tempie Mae Dixon April 16 1912 May 15 1978 Mother Almeter S Darden Oct 1 1924 Nov 26 1988 MM NOI Doris Marie D Thompson May 11 1945 Mar 11 1977 Willie R Darden Sept 15 1924 Feb 8 2000 Charlie Whitfield Oct 1 1906 Oct 1 1972 Carrie Whitfield July 12 1880 Aug 18 1971 Carrie Whitfield 1909 May 9 1991 Hazel R Ingram Mar 16 1916 June 9 1991 MM Charles “Pap” Ingram Oct 31 1948 Nov 10 2008 MM NOI Unmarked grave

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