Richard King Cemetery

Lenoir County, NC

Surveyed by Jeanette Corcoran August 2008




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

Location Near Southwood Church. Take 58 south to Roses Lane, looking for Carla’s Treehouse sign. Follow path to graveyard on left. Mixture of old black moldy tombstones and modern marble ones.

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    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Raymond Cleveland King Jr Cpl US Army Aug 3 1932 Jan 8 1982 Doris Daughter of T W & Queenie Mae Sykes Jul 5 1911 Jun 10 1912 Clarence Richard King PFC US Army Korea Aug 26 1925 Feb 18 2000 Katherine W King Sep 6 1923 Aug 16 1980 Ernest Lee King Apr 10 1918 Apr 25 2000 Double Stone Johnson Marlene M Apr 20 1934 NOD Arthur Sep 13 1928 NOD Frank King North Carolina TEC 5 305 Fld Arty Bn World War II May 15 1920 Feb 6 1972 Double Stone King Horace G Oct 22 1933 NOD Dixie Grady Nov 14 1932 Jan 25 2006 Gertrude King 1927-1927 Eugenia King 1933-1937 Double Stone King Maude L Nov 1 1889 Jun 27 1968 William F Apr 16 1889 Oct 19 1939 Annie Catherine Wife of Richard King Jul 22 1867 Mar 4 1901 Richard King Jan 18 1864 May 28 1937 Etta Mae Wife of Richard King Oct 24 1876 Jan 28 1937 Hal Hoke King North Carolina Eng 2?G? USNRF? World War I ? Aug 18 1896 Apr 2 1947 Florist J Daughter of T W & Queenie Mae Sykes Jun 28 1930 Aug 17 1931 Reba Loftin King May 13 1896 Mar 26 1959 MM Kenneth R King 1931-2008 Thomas W Sykes Jul 28 1877 Sep 4 1937 Etta L King Harvey Feb 12 1936 Apr 19 2008 Bertha Mae Daughter of T W & Queenie Mae Sykes Jul 6 1923 Apr 17 1925 Edna King Craft Mar 10 1925 Jan 24 1973 Katie Daughter of Richard & Annie Catherine King Mar 4 1901 May 2 1901 Ray C King Sr Aug 2 1891 Dec 10 1960 Annie R King Dec 7 1890 Dec 19 1981 Triple Stone King E Tillman Jul 13 1943 Jan 19 2008 Mack Oct 21 1997 Jan 25 2006 Marietta S Aug 27 1953 NOD Joel E King Jun 22 1926 Jan 1 1982 Laura J King Jul 2 1922 NOD Rodolph D King Mar 22 1941 Feb 14 1992 Double Stone King Rodolph F Feb 12 1909 Nov 10 1980 Ruth Lane Apr 7 1919 Jan 15 1999

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