Ira D. and Frances Stroud Sparrow Cemetery

Lenoir County, NC

Surveyed by Glenn Fields April 2008




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Ira D. and Frances Stroud Sparrow Cemetery in Lenoir County, NC.

Location On Eric Sparrow Rd off of Liddell Rd.

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    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Patrick R Sparrow ca 1795 ca 1830 Progenitor of the Sparrow Family of Lenoir County, NC Infantryman, 2nd Regiment NC Militia War of 1812 Infant Daughter of Horace & Annie Mae Grady Aug 20 1956 Bennie B Grady Jun 22 1916 Feb 7 1950 Shirley M Taylor Wife of Donald Branch Mar 9 1936 Apr 5 1962 Double Stone Smith Ira Aug 16 1909 Feb 21 1965 Ora M Mar 19 1906 Nov 23 1974 William Albert Moore Aug 18 1862 Mar 30 1928 Annie Jackson Moore Oct 11 1874 Jun 24 1948 Darlene Daughter of Henry & Peggy Meready Aug 23 1961 Apr 29 1964 Henry Dail "Dink" Meready Dec 29 1924 Jun 16 1997 Double Stone Caris Mar 1 1901 Sep 2 1950 Daisy B May 29 1905 Mar 7 1985 Horace Wiley Nov 2 1935 Jun 27 1983 Ottia Wiley Mar 14 1886 Nov 29 1932 Orion Albert Meready PFC US Army World War II Aug 16 1927 Jun 23 1980 McCoy Hill Jr Apr 3 1935 Lived 5 hours Carl Hill May 4 1931 Jan 27 1932 Double Stone Hill H McCoy Jan 12 1902 Mar 21 1973 Lola Lambert Nov 13 1897 Dec 21 1958 Ivey Woodrow Taylor North Carolina S 2 C USNR World War II Jan 1 1913 Dec 23 1947 James A Taylor Pvt US Army 1917-1975 I Clinton Son of Ivey & Estelle Taylor rest of stone buried Jeffery Woodrow Taylor Sep 17 1954 Jan 4 2006 Double Stone Taylor Ozzie G May 30 1886 Feb 11 1968 Claude Sep 25 1880 Aug 5 1959 MM Baby Boy Termyna 1967-1967 Rosa T Tyndall Apr 23 1909 Apr 12 1985 Mary L Daughter of Z V & Hattie Sutton Dec 15 1901 Feb 16 1915 Zeb Son of Z V & H G Sutton Aug 1 1923 Dec 10 1923 Double Stone Sutton Zeb V Sep 20 1875 Apr 23 1927 Hattie F Apr 5 1885 Jan 26 1956 Elizabeth Sparrow Walker Aug 16 1920 Jun 8 2003 Bonnie Mae Sparrow Jul 12 1909 Dec 30 1988 Hepsie Stroud Wife of Amos Stroud Mar 14 1841 Stone broken can't read rest Frances E Stroud Wife of Ira D Sparrow Oct 21 1874 Sep 19 1943 Ira D Sparrow Sep 8 1858 Dec 15 1919 Debby J Daughter of I D & F E Sparrow Nov 23 1895 rest of stone buried Izetta Daughter of I D & F E Sparrow Feb 4 1897 May 12 1898 Berwyn Daughter of I D & F E Sparrow Feb 10 1900 Nov 22 1900 Infant Son of I D & F E Sparrow May 10 1902 Dec 3 1902 Infant Daughter of A M & Carrie Mae Sparrow Born & Died Apr 30 1929 Ira Wilson Son of A M & Carrie MAe Sparrow Oct 19 1925 Oct 24 1929 Infant Son of A M & Carrie M Sparrow Born & Died Jun 13 1933 Lewis Stroud Apr 24 1848 rest of stone broken off Sallie Wife of John Hill Dec 21 1842 May 10 1928 Fannie C Hill Feb 22 1900 Aug 17 1951 Thomas Hill Jan 13 1904 Nov 4 1954 William Fredric Grady Sep 29 1912 Jan 9 1938 Double Stone A H Grady Nov 26 1883 Dec 1 1924 Sudie Wife of A H Grady Jul 10 1881 Dec 6 1942 John I Mercer Aug 29 1859 Jun 1 1929 Penie Mercer Daughter of J I & S S Mercer Sep 28 1890 Sep 27 1965 Mary Ellen Daughter of H W & Bertie Grady Aug 21 1925 May 13 1926 Leon Vance Son of H W & Bertie Grady Nov 13 1923 Aug 18 1924 James Grady Jan 11 1925 Mar 1 1925 Grady Aug 7 1932 NOI Ada Moore Wife of James Warren Grady Sep 13 1878 Jun 23 1938 Grady Jan 22 1941

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