Joseph R. Croom Cemetery

Lenoir County, NC

Surveyed by Glenn Fields April 2009




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

Location North of NC Hwy 55 between Seven Springs and Kinston. Approximately 2.5 miles from the intersection of Hwys 55 & 11 turn right onto Croom-Bland Road which is in the first curve. Cemetery is about .5 mi. on the right behind a mobile home.

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    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Double stone T Roosevelt Casper July 16 1903 July 5 1985 Blanch A Casper Feb 15 1913 July 13 2001 Walter Howard Oct 2 1921 Aug 1 1987 Norman R Mitchell Sept 2 1940 June 8 2008 “Hot Rod” Rufus Aldridge US Army World War II Sept 22 1922 Jan 16 1981 Janice Fay Daughter of Clifford W & Betty Hudson July 31 1944 April 13 1945 Broken Stone NOI Kinsey Aldridge Nov 26 1861 Aug 26 1934 Josephine Aldridge 1880 March 2 1957 Clara Gilbert Aldridge Mar 22 1907 Sept 3 1944 Burrell Aldridge Son of Kinsey & Josephine Aldridge Nov 2 1910 Dec 17 1983 Doris Wetherington Whaley Jackson Nov 10 1927 Aug 30 1989 William Guy Wetherington North Carolina CPL CO F 120 Infantry World War I August 1 1895 March 17 1964 PH Essie Wetherington Long Nov 15 1906 April 16 1968 Herbert R Long July 30 1908 Feb 7 1973 Clifton Ray Son of Bobby C & Catherine W Wetherington Our Little Man We Love You Jan 7 1965 July 5 1989 Bessie A Collins 1900 – 1928 Charlie Collins Died 1926 Thomas E Aldridge Nov 10 1950 Mar 21 1987 Wooden marker NOI Father Samuel C Dail March 11 1867 March 10 1906 C B Dail Born Nov 12 1824 Died Aug 8 1891 Matilda Wife of C B Dail Born Nov 14 1829 Died June 12 1905 Andrew Aldridge Jr 1916 NOI Annie Laura Wife of Andrew Aldridge Born May 27 1877 Died May 16 1916 Andrew A Aldridge Aug 29 1876 Jan 11 1944 Ruby A Casper 1904 – 1959 Leslie Aldridge 1910 – 1927 Willard A Son of Z W & Gladys Brown Born April 28 1926 Died Jan 8 1928 Gladys A Brown 1902 – 1930 Sammy Zearge Davis Gardner May 16 1878 March 29 1936 Concrete marker NOI 2nd Lt Charles S Croom Co E 61 N C Inf CSA Aug 1 1839 March 26 1876 Elizabeth Croom Born March 13 1873 NOI 1st Sgt Henry N Croom Co A 40 N C Troops CSA Nov 6 1829 Jan 11 1900 Sarah A Croom Wife of Jerry Sutton March 13 1854 Aug 6 1937 Vivian Wife of J G Haynes Born Jan 6 1878 Died March 9 1907 L L Croom Born 1885 Dorn (sic) 1906 Close up of previous grave J A Croom Born 1850 NOI Close up of previous grave Mary E Croom Born Dec 30 18(?)5 Died Oct 25 1937 Close up of previous grave Double stone CROOM Rudolph July 8 1878 Sept 6 1939 And Wife Annie Bessie Nichols Sept 8 1880 May 19 1950 Mother Ann Mariah Wife of W A Croom Born April 19 1842 Died March 29 1919 Father William A Croom Born Oct 9 1837 Died Nov 30 1899 Henry Phineas Son of William A & Ann M Croom Born July 13 1864 Died Apr 12 1883 Eugene Son of Wm A & Ann M Croom Born Oct 11 1872 Died July 25 1873 Conoly Son of Wm A & Ann M Croom Born Jan 26 & Died Oct 8 1871 Joseph R Croom Apr 4 1807 Mar 23 1860 Page 2 Nancy Croom July 5 1804 Sept 2 1889 Lucy Cauley Brock Daughter of Stephen C & Emma E Cauley May 13 1891 Aug 25 1939 Concrete grave top of Previous grave Double stone Stephen C Cauley Dec 25 1862 July 30 1915 Emma E June 3 1868 Sept 24 1922 Concrete grave top of Previous grave Concrete grave top of Previous grave Concrete grave top of Previous grave Dollie Mae Wife of Percy Cauley May 1 1902 June 30 1922 Concrete grave top of Previous grave Concrete grave top of Previous grave Grave top NOI Grave top NOI Grave top NOI Mother Nancy Haynes Wife of Seth Croom Dec 22 1883 Dec 14 1940 Seth Croom June 15 1882 Jan 27 1952 Marie B Croom May 6 1920 July 26 1949 Harry Lee Son of J J & Mary M Croom Aug 17 1920 June 17 1940 Eva Daughter of J J & Mary Croom Sept 3 1915 Sept 6 1915 Mary Moore Wife of Jesse J Croom Aug 1 1879 Dec 21 1950 Jesse J Croom Feb 14 1862 Sept 22 1954 Maud M Wife of J J Croom Born Aug 29 1869 Died May 30 1910 Infant of J J & M M Croom Ada Daughter of J J & M M Croom Born Oct 14 1899 Died Jan 10 1901 Double stone CROOM Father Rufus P Aug 20 1874 Nvo 27 1931 Mother Meta Haynes Oct 2 1881 Oct 13 1941

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