The epitaphs are as follows:

Page 1

MM
Nathan Jenkins
1930 – 2008

MM
Marian S Jenkins
1926 - 2006       

Gonnie Mae Shaw
Oct 26 1910
June 8 1999

Helen S McKnight
Jan 15 1919
Dec 18 1992

Lillie B Shaw
Born April 23 1915
Died Jan 18 1973

George D Shaw
North Carolina
PVT 659 ORD AMMO CO   
World War II
Feb 26 1913
Mar 13 1956

John Henry Basden
US Army
Sep 1 1919
June 28 1994

Gladys Shaw Basden
July 2 1924
Aug 30 1949

William J Parker
Feb 10 1902
Aug 18 1989

Thelma S Parker
1908 – 1984

Evangeline P Reddick
June 9 1926
Jan 16 1989

Mattie J Shaw
Mar 3 1885
Apr 9 1978

Carrie Lee Moye
1891 – 1981

Father
William Moye
July 20 1999
Oct 13 1963

Mrs Celess Bell
July 4 1968
NOD

Mr Faison Bell
April 25 1951
NOD

THE CHARLIE H SHAW FAMILY

Vander Davis
Sept 14 1899
Aug 11 1950

Sim Gray
1897 – 1976

Layura Gray
1903 – 1976

Robert B Shaw
1920 – 1993

Double stone
SHAW
Robert
Sept 11 1920
Aug 6 1983
NOI

Sam Hardy Jr
PFC US Army
World War II    Korea
May 9 1926 – May 4 1986

Robert Lee Moye III
Sept 16 1954
Dec 14 1954

Nancy Williams
April 10 1885
March 29 1950

Double stone
CUNNINGHAM
Bible
Aug 26 1883
Aug 31 1950
Mary W
Oct 16 1903
June 7 1995

JOYNER

Elijah Brown
Apr 20 1913
May 22 1982

Barbara Dixon
Jan 17 1943
NOD

Hattie M Mosley
1896 – 1957

Double stone
WATERS
Vivian E
Sept 9 1921
Sept 21 1989
William E
June 23 1919
Mar 29 1981

Elizabeth Mewborn
Aug 16 1921
April 12 1950

Walker Wood
May 16 1899
Dec 24 1950

June Wood Jr
PVT US Army
World War II
April 25 1926
Oct 16 1987

Odessie E Wood
July 10 1903
Dec 9 1970

Ella W Edwards
1931 – 1979

Broken Stone
NOI

Buster Holland
July 8 1915
June 2 1952

Gladys Howard
1928 – 1985

Beatrice Blackmon Joyner
April 28 1903
Nov 1 1975

Joe Robert Joyner
North Carolina
PVT     CO K 156 DEPOT BRIG
World War I
Feb 17 1894
Jan 11 1956

James Ernest Hobbs
Jan 18 1929
June 26 1954

Ava Waters Blackmon
Jan 14 1907
June 13 1954

Lula B Johnson
March 8 1926
Dec 5 1951

THE FAMILY OF ALLEN JOYNER SR

Allen Joyner Sr
Born June 14 1886
Died Mar 27 1965

Allen L Joyner Jr
Born April 16 1921
May (Blank) 1963 (There is a discrepancy with his veterans marker)

Allen L Joyner Jr
North Carolina
PVT  US Army
World War II
April 16 1921
June 5 1963

Georgia Joyner
Born May 8 1894
Died Jan 30 1961


Page 2



George S Bryant
North Carolina
CPL 
US Army
World War II
June 3 1918
June 19 1968

Evelyn Joyner Bryant
July 20 1916
July 29 1975

Odell Joyner
April 9 1918
Nov 3 1987

Lonnie Taylor Jr
May 2 1929
April 28 1963

Mardecia Hill
Dates underground

James Faison Collie
Sept 12 1913
Aug 17 1961

Eddie V Best Sr
Dec 22 1921
July 12 1991

Dennis H Best
June 22 1953
May 14 1989

Rev John N Spellman
Sept 22 1900
Feb 10 1970

Richard Allen Hutchin or Hutchins
Born Feb 23 1910
Died Sept 28 1961

Cora Belle Dawson
Born May 1 1894
Died Aug 25 1959

Double stone
HARPER
Lessie M
Aug 31 1889
Dec 1 1955
Reddick J
Oct 15 1869
Apr 4 1963

Janie Beatrice Hodges
Feb 14 1906
May 19 1997

Nannie Hood
1904 – 1980

MM
NOI

Hermon Lee Mewborn
North Carolina
PFC QMC
World War II
December 5 1919
November 28 1957

Double stone
MEWBORN
Lorena P 
Jan 11 1879
Dec 20 1961
Elijah L
Nov 16 1880
Oct 17 1954

Marria G Rouse
1908 – 1979

John Bryant
North Carolina
PVT   QMC
World War I
August 1 1890
July 3 1953

Willie Tate
North Carolina
TEC 5
666 PORT CO TC
World War II
April 25 1920
July 5 1954

Double stone
ROUSE
Jennie Hardy
Feb 11 1898
June 24 1953
John
Dec 25 1892
July 25 1960

Double stone’
THOMPSON
Robert Henry
Dec 8 1875
Sept 4 1959
Ida Taylor
May 22 1878 
Aug 31 1952

Unidentified

Nancy F Jackson
Born Mar 2 1889
Dec 20 1961

Eva Jones
Wife of
Jesse Hood
Aug 13 1903
Dec 23 1959

Sampson Mewborn
1907 – 1976

Cassie M Whitfield
1923 – 198__

Mattie Newbern
Born March 3 1905
Died July 26 1959

George Williams
June 8 1900
Dec 15 1960

Double stone
MEWBORN
Griffien
Dec 16 1893
April 1 1961
Chellie
Dec 12 1896
Feb 26 1969

Jesse J Blackmon Jr
Sept 23 1921
April 4 1961

Double stone
BLACKMAN
Annie L 
June 10 1895
Sept 10 1966
Jessie J
Dec 15 1893
June 18 1969

James Blackmon
June 17 1903
June 14 1967
Husband of Mable Blackmon

Alva L Thompson
June 20 1920
April 3 1991

Unidentified

Mother

Richard H Coleman
SP4 US Army
Korea
Feb 15 1932 - Sept 25 2000

MM
Mrs Christine Coleman Graham
Born Jan 11 1926
Died Nov 23 1999
Age 73

Willie N Graham
Born March 7 1923
Died Nov 28 1957

Willie Norman Graham
North Carolina
PFC 1325 ENGR GS REGT
World War II
March 7 1923
Nov 28 1957

Nannie Davis
Aug 27 1882
Mar 30 1962

Jonah Davis
July 14 1877
Aug 19 1957

Henry Drumco
Born 1882
Died Mar 19 1956

Julia A Rouse
1905 – 1983

William A Rouse
1902 – 1978

Double stone
FOUSHEE
Johnnie
Aug 24 1893
March 13 1955
Adella
July 29 1893
Feb 2 1960

Minnie L Bryant
Dec 18 1918
Sept 2 1999

MM
NOI

Robert L Wooten
Sept 7 1931
Dec 3 1993

Bessie Lee Joyner
May 11 1911
Oct 28 1978


Page 3


James Joyner
North Carolina
PVT
349 Labor BN QMC
World War I
December 24 1898
August 20 1954

Bedie Gray
Died Oct 10 1951

Sarah Beasley
Born Sept 15 1881
Died Jan 18 1960

Multiple stone
WOOTEN
Blank Space
Edward Sr
May 3 1912 
Dec 17 1965
Blank Space
Blank Space
Edward Jr
Aug 16 1937
Nov 20 1960

Earl W Collie
Oct 7 1952
May 27 1990

Adam Mosley
Born Jan 2 1885
Died July 19 1966

Mable C Grady
Wife of 
Roosevelt Randolph
Jan 31 1926
Feb 12 1962

Thomas E Staton
Mar 20 1961
Mar 4 1962

Theresa Joyner
Aug 5 1896
Apr 12 1974

James E Joyner
1920 – 1983

James Earl Joyner
PFC US Army
World War II
Dec 17 1920
June 5 1963

Unidentified

Alma Cox Bynum
Jan 24 1897
Aug 20 1970

MM
Beulah Cox Whitfield
September 17 1917
November 16 ???? Unreadable

Junius Darden Sr
1913 – 1976

Isaac Hamilton
1903 – 1986

Double stone
HAMILTON
Isaac
1903 - NOD
Esther M
1914 - 1977

Mrs Gonnie Mae Edwards
Oct 26 1925
Apr 14 1975

Lillie M Wooten
1917 – 1981

Samuel Gray
Dec 4 1930
Feb 13 1972

Clifton Bizzell Sr
Born Apr 16 1903
Died Aug 10 1969

Rosebud Rouse
Nov 22 1914
July 7 1969

Henry Staton
Born Feb 9 1898
Died Oct 15 1969

Bessie L Staton
1900 – 1980

Jazie B Hutchins
Feb 9 1910
Feb 5 1976

Lillie B Collie
May 9 1900
July 8 1977

David Lee Smith
SGT    US Air Force
Vietnam
Apr 17 1943
Nov 4 1977

Griffin Kittrell
Sept 13 1930
Aug 13 1977

Hattie Belle Moye
Nov 18 1913
Aug 26 1971

Bessie Joyner
June 7 1900
Aug 15 1974

Cleveland Sanford Gray
Sept 23 1901
Jan 6 1975

Double stone
ROUSE
George
July 6 1896
Sept 24 196?
Next photo

Muretta (Rouse)
Aug 25 1898
Jan 24 1971

Clarence Joyner
Aug 22 1926
Feb 13 1977

Maryland Richardson
Mar 27 1922
May 28 1973

Patrick Moye
June 8 1903
June 24 1967

Madie Best Moye
Sept 28 1907
Oct 26 1965

Walter Hubert Best
PVT US Army
World War II
June 4 1919
December 29 1972

Fannie M Britt
Dec 3 1926
Jan 4 1972

Luby Britt Jr
1926 – 1984

Cleveland Lynch
Sept 10 1910
Oct 5 1962

James Robert Waters
Born Nov 30 1919
Died July 17 1962

David Sutton
Mar 19 1895
Jan 10 1965

Annie M Bizzell
Dec 24 1915
Jan 15 1992

Ruthie Shepherd
Apr 20 1942
Mar 18 1998 

Carrie B Shepherd
Mar 31 1915
Nov 25 1998

Charlie Shepherd Jr
Aug 29 1937
May 8 1995

Kyata Darden
“Kiki”
Oct 24 1980
Dec 24 2004

Gonnie M Wooten
1921 – 1983

Thomas E Wooten
1916 – 1984


Page 4


Geneva W Sanders
1907 – 1984

Melvin O Best
Oct 6 1945
Mar 15 1993

Laura G Best
Sept 22 1927
Dec 20 1990

Walter L Best
1908 – 1985

Algenia Exum
PVT US Army
Korea
1930 – 1987

Eva L Best
1911 – 1985

Winford Wooten
July 4 1914
Mar 20 1987

Milton W Wood
US Navy
World War II
Nov 25 1924
Oct 19 1995

Master Maurice O Dixon
Dec 11 1982
Feb 21 1988

Quincy Gardner Sr
Jan 13 1912
June 5 1990

Curtis R Cotton Sr
July 25 1947
July 16 1999

Eugene Cotton
Dec 4 1934
Feb 17 1998

MM
Glennie Simmons
Born Apr 8 1922   
Died Unreadable
Age 75?

O’Neal Simmons
TEC5 US Army
World War II
Feb 8 1919
Apr 25 1999

Johnnie Miller
Apr 18 1921
Nov 2 1987

Willie Gardner
Apr 3 1914
Jan 20 1973

Jimmie H Taylor
Born Sept 15 1873 
Died Oct 16 1966

George Gardner
Aug 1 Unreadable
Dec 3 1971

Betty Gardner
Sept 2 1918
Feb 12 1982

Walter J Grady
Nov 11 1895
Nov 18 1968

Walter J Grady
North Carolina
PVT
US Army
World War I
November 11 1895
November 18 1968

Ethel W Grady
Mar 20 1905
June 27 1996

Thelma Wooten 
1926 – 1986

Lillie L Wooten
July 14 1905
June 16 1991

Unidentified 

Beatrice G Poole
Jan 18 1891
Mar 14 1993

Topie W Graham
Dec 6 1897
Dec 19 1967

Elbert Dawson
July 26 1896
Jan 31 1967

James Jones
Mar 9 1896
Apr 21 1966

Elijah Gardner
Sept 23 1922
May 30 1970

Essie L Hines
1910 – 1974

Rev James M Hines
April 8 1901 or 1902  Discrepancy between two markers
May 16 1964

Ada L Wright
1909 – 1986

William M Wright
1910 – 1986

Robert Joyner
1904 – 1986

Clementine Cox
1941 – 1986

Mary Mathews
Aug 15 1920 
May 22 1986

Christopher Wooten
Jan 14 1965
May 27 1994

Lawrence Gardner Jr
May 8 1933
Aug 29 1992

William Earl Wooten
May 23 1967
Aug 23 1992

Larry D Gardner
Mar 19 1966
May 5 1988

James I Best
Feb 14 1935
Nov 30 1987

Lenard Best
June 28 1941
Apr 28 1987

Mamie Lee Walker
May 23 1925
Oct 2 1986

Rufus R Shaw
Oct 12 1914
Nov 24 1987

Harper Best
Aug 8 1917
Dec 17 1987

“Booster”
Henry Summers
June 29 1937
Aug 8 1993

Claudia Mae Summers
Nov 23 1935
Jan 5 1989

James Graham
1915 – 1989

Unmarked sunken Grave


Page 5


Irene Summers
Feb 10 1944
May 21 2007

James Best
Nov 8 1932
Mar 23 1994

Richard J Calloway
Nov 10 1941
June 15 1994

Clara Calloway
NOI

O’Neil Simmons
Dec 18 1943
Dec 8 1993

Alton Alexander Wood
Nov 11 1905
Apr 7 1988

Nannie Mae Jones
Dec 24 1921
Oct 12 1990

Carle Kenon
Aug 10 1910
Feb 6 1991

Leslie Joyner
June 9 1910
Sept 24 1993

Robert Smith
Dec 18 1944
June 2 1994

Nettie Joyner Rouse
Oct 30 1918
Jan 4 1998

Malachi Underwood (?)
May 15 1918
Dec 21 1990

Claude Dudley
PVT US Army
World War II
1924 – 1987

James I Dawson
PFC
US Army
Rest of stone below ground

Wesley Johnson
1918 – 1988

Sarah F Gillette
Dec 3 1916
Aug 1 1988

Kate White Collie
July 1 1891
March 30 1965

Joe William Collie
June 1 1880
July 1 1977

Ava Collie Best
May 8 1912
Sept 8 1997

John Henry Smith
Dec 5 1914
June 4 1968

Rebecca K Smith
February 17 1917
August 24 2005

Thomas Walter Joyner
Texas
ST1
US Navy
World War II
March 4 1923
October 15 1968

Patsy Ann Graham
April 12 1900
Aug 29 1972

Patsy A Graham
Apr 12 1900
Aug 29 1972

Two markers with conflicting dates for
George H Graham
Oct or Nov 7 1928
Sept 15 1987

Pvt Preston Graham
June 27 1889
Jan 26 1969

Ronnie L Cox
1948 – 1982

Jessie Gibson
1898 – 1923

Solomon Selby
Aug 15 1904
Mar 9 1984

Lillian Selby
1905 – 1978

Nettie B Wooten
1922 – 1984

Herman B Edwards
1928 – 1984

Michael P Summers
1965 – 1984

Aletha G Summers
Aug 29 1914
Jan 30 1991

MM
Jaylin O’Neil Kornegay
January 4 2006
January 22 ????

Leonard Robinson
CPL US Army
World War II
1918 – 1982

Brodie C Edwards
STM1 US Navy
World War II
1922 – 1981

William Wooten
1928 – 1978

Annie Mae Wooten
Apr 14 1931
Sept 13 1974

Inez M Holloway
May 9 1904
Apr 8 1976

Ben Holloway
July 5 1904
July 25 1975

Hester Clark
1892 – 1983

Alex Clark
Mar 20 1883
June 10 1957

Vance Lee Bell
North Carolina
CPL US Air Force
World War II
Aug 31 1927
Sept 2 1967

MM
Dale Taylor
Oct 8 1957
July 9 2007
Age 49

Rosetta H Robinson
Sept 22 1904
Feb 6 1982

Ollie Robinson
Sept 8 1908
June 28 1966

Annie Mewborn Nicholson
“Skeet”
May 8 1927
Jan 9 1996

Jacqueline Graham
June 11 1969         
Jan 24 2000

Eugene Robinson
SN US Navy
Oct 21 1936
Dec 11 2000


Page 6



James Eddie Simmons
PFC US Army
World War II
Mar 24 1920
Apr 27 2002

MM
Betty Simmons
Nov 4 1919
Jan 5 ???? Unreadable

Tony Lamont Wilkes
January 17 1977?
July 17 2003

MM
Flossie White
April 15 1915
October ?? 200? Unreadable

MM
Mayo Best Sr
July 1 1924
February ? ???? Unreadable

MM
LeRoy Moore
August 23 1946
May 18 2006
Age 59

MM
Lillian P Outlaw
Mar 16 1929
June 22 2007
Age 78

Thomas Warterer
Married to Susannah (Dawson)
April 30 1811
Died September 28 1854
Susannah Dawson (Waterer)
Wife of
Thomas Warterer
Born April ? 1788
Died Sept ? 1866

Double stone
Lilly Dale
Daughter of
Thomas & Marella Warters
June 11 1863
June 14 1865
IN MEMORY OF MY FATHER
Thomas Warters
February 27 1818
July 24 1866

Jimmy Graham Sr
May 16 1925
June 28 2007

MM
Kara’um Gillette
Apr 10 1976
Aug 29 2007
Age 31

Zebbie D Murphy
Jan 9 1927
Dec 24 1992

O’Berry Robinson
Nov 11 1928
Feb 26 1995

Ruth C Dillahunt
Jan 23 1959
Nov 11 1995

MM
Jahlil Tarpley
2004 – 2007

Linda Faye Joyner
Oct 8 1953
Mar 11 1998

MM
George Elmer Wooten
Jan 16 1940
April 8 2008
Age 68

MM
Weekley Kimbrough
Aug 2 1949
Mar 16 2008

Double stone
SUTTON
Blank space
Tyrone Lavon
Apr 28 1985
Jan 13 2008

Jerry V Kittrell
Nov 23 1953 
Jan 1 1995

Nannie
Daughter of
W S & Sarah Fields
Born
Aug 12 1885
Died
Sept 30 1886

W S Fields
Son of W S & Nannie Fields
Born
July 4 1884
Died
Oct 15 1884

Nannie
Wife of 
W S Fields
Born
Nov 3 1863
Died
Aug 25 1884

Emma 
Daughter of
Jerrie & Sarah A Waters (Warters)
Died
Aug 20 1875

Thomas
Son of
Jerrie & Sarah A Warters
Born 
Nov 28 1868
Died
Aug 30 1870

Elizabeth D
Daughter of
Jerre & S A Warters
Born 
June 17 1857
Died
Oct 2 1863

Unmarked Grave

Mary H 
Daughter of
John D & Emma Warters
Born Mch 14 1866
Died May 12 1866

Joseph
Son of
Born
July 2 1870  
Died 
Apr 29 1878

Mary Mc
Daughter of
Louis & Nancy Foss
Born 
Nov 22 1863
Died
Oct 19 1868

William 
Son of
Louis & Nancy Foss
Born 2 & Died 3 July 1870

Edward
Son of
Louis & Nancy Foss
Born Feb 18 & Died Mar 16 1869

Broken Stone-Name Missing
Born Feb 11 ???? Missing
Died Apr 29 1881

Unmarked grave

MM
NOI

Broken Stone
Beulah B
Daughter of
John D & Emma Warters
Born April 7 1861
NOD

Broken Stone
Born 
Oct 20 1866

B B Grady
Born   1857
Died
Nov 28 1929

“Jake”
John L Cotton Sr
Aug 6 1942
Sept 29 2006

MM
John L Cotton
Aug 6 1942
Sept 29 2006

Double stone
JONES
Gloria Bell
Aug 14 1940
Aug 23 1999
Abell Hines
Oct 18 1911
Jan 28 2007

MM
Mrs Jannie Abell Jones
Age 95

Double stone
JONES
Georgia M
Sept 3 1949
NOD
Jacqueline D
April 14 1946
NOD

William E Wooten
June 21 1957
May 30 1992

Christine Dixon
Sept 3 1926
Sept 13 1992

Linda Mosley
Oct 18 1953
Dec 23 1996

William C Mosley
US Army 
World War II
Aug 2 1921
May 14 1993

Lois E Joyner
Aug 22 1923
Dec 3 1978

Wilbert Bubba Collie
Feb 22 1935
Feb 7 1995


Page 7


Isaac Sutton
1943 – 1986

Jovonnie D Mable
Sept 5 1978
Jan 8 1979

Willie Lee Wooten
1939 - 1976

James E Collie
Aug 22 1919
Nov 25 1974

Ethel P Spruill
1923 – 1984

Naomi Artis
1902 – 1976

Eugene Lynch
1896 – 1977

Rosa J Lynch
1904 – 1976

Rufus Joyner
Mar 25 1914
July 24 1972

Unidentified Grave

Sudie Best Joyner
July 19 1882
June 7 1969

Wesley Joyner
Nov 17 1882
Oct 19 1935

Mable J Ellis
Feb 10 1908
June 8 1990

Winnie E Joyner
Apr 22 1910
Jan 27 1994

Freddie L Kittrell
Oct 16 1951
Oct 18 1970

Carolyn Scott
Jan 23 1945
July 18 1975

Larry D Speight
1951 – 1981

Unidentified

Arnald J Best
1938 – 1981

Sandrus Spence
Feb 2 1892
Nov 23 1973

James Daniel Wooten
North Carolina 
STM1
US Navy
World War II
July 13 1915
September 30 1973

MM
Unreadable

TAYLOR

TAYLOR

Our Son
Jeffrey Leon Rouse
April 14 1959
July 27 1973

Ray Wooten
May 8 1942
June 6 1975

Ray V Wooten
A1C US Air Force  (Birth date discrepancy from above)
Vietnam
May 8 1941
June 6 1975

Henry A Wooten 
1909 – 1985

Thelma Ruth Wotten (Wooten)
Sept 23 1907
May 26 1986

Double stone
WOOTEN
Henry A
May 6 1909
Below ground
Julia M
Sept 12 1912
Below ground

Henry A 
More readable of previous 
double Wooten marker
May 6 1909
Below ground

Julia M
More readable of previous 
double Wooten marker
Sept 12 1912
Below ground

Lydia H Taylor
Sept 29 1900
Apr 28 1992

Henry A Taylor
1902 – 1985

Addie Mae Hill
1907 – 1980

Rev C B Beamon
1908 – 1980

Charity Etta Dawson
1898 – 1980

Theresa A Warren
1959 – 1980

Lula B Stanford
1910 – 1979

Rev Fred L Stanford
1908 - 1984

James E Miller
1917 – 1984

Rosa L Dunk
Feb 12 1944
Mar 25 2006

MM
Mrs Lillian Edmondson Maye
Mar 13 1940
Nov 18 2007
Age 67

Unidentified

Multiple stone
EDMONDSON
Mother
Madie Gardner
1908 – 1999
Brother
Johnnie James
1937 – 1983
Sister
Ruth Mae
1936 – 1979

Johnnie J Edmondson
Nov 27 1937
Aug 2 1983

Ruth E Isler
May 5 1936
Apr 30 1979

Cora P Hill
1901 – 1980

Double stone
KITTRELL
Charlie H
Dec 6 1910
Nov 28 1995
Mable B
Oct 13 1910
Jan 29 1980

Hubert Kittrell Jr
1959 – 1979

Double stone
KITTRELL
Arletha B
Apr 1 1912
Dec 20 1983
Ned
Mar 28 1908
Oct 25 1982

MM
Ben Hubert Kittrell
May 28 1909
July 22 200?  Unreadable

Madgie P Dawson
Sept 9 1906
July 29 1978





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