Rockford Church Cemetery

Lenoir County, NC

Surveyed by Glenn Fields March 2008




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

Location at the intersection of NC 903N and Rockford Church Road

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    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Annie Jones 1854-1940 Anne Jones May 6, 1923 Oct 20 1940 Emily S Jones Aug 15 1910 Jun 28 1984 James Lee Jones May 8 1947 Jan 6 1984 Double Stone Jones Lillie M Aug 12 1900 Aug 9 1982 Willie Feb 12 1900 Apr 14 1948 Baby Boy Jones Apr 13 1956 Apr 14 1956 James E Jones Mar 24 1919 Feb 5 1982 Jannie D Jones Oct 13 1961 Dec 25 1982 Rebecca Jones McLeaurin Feb 20 1954 Nov 2 1996 MM Shirley Jean Whitfield Sep 9 1951 Aug 9 1988 Age 36 Zeno Moses Jun 13 1919 Nov 1 1972 Unmarked Grave Mary M Smith Nov 12 1930 May 23 1993 Marie M Lofton Sep 1 1928 Dec 14 1993 Nathaniel Nobles Jun 5 1947 Feb 1 2002 Gaunie R Roland Jun 18 1928 Oct 4 2003 Teresa Jean Whitfield Jun 10 1969 Jan 24 2007 Lou J Carson Age 95 NOI Isaiah Grady 1946-1985 Norah Carol Arrington Jun 1 2007 Jun 1 2007 Lillian Exum Jun 15 1897 Aug 19 1990 William R Jones Sep 22 1927 Aug 8 1997 Mattie M Jones Feb 11 1931 Jul 21 1998 Linwood Carston Jones Sr US Navy Vietnam Jun 23 1951 Dec 29 2005 Unmarked Grave Charlie A Jones Apr 14 1944 Jul 6 1997 Charlie Jones 1914-1986 Woodrow Kirkman Jan 10 1942 Aug 9 1964 Pauline Kirkman Jun 20 1911 Mar 28 2007 Elias Kirkman 1901-1986 Deacon John Jones Apr 24 1874 Sep 20 1964 Sylvanus Jones 1900-1972 Wenley Edward Henry Nov 22 1897 Nov 4 1945 Moses Bowden Jr Dec 25 1904 Feb 28 1946 Wilbert Exum Nov 1 1914 Jun 5 1976 Verna B Sutton Jul 5 1904 Jun 22 1996 LaFelle Bowden Feb 28 1951 Dec 22 1979 Lamont Bowden Sep 15 1939 Jul 24 1982 Willie Ray Bowden Dec 24 1935 Jun 8 1984 Mattie Bowden Best Oct 12 1931 Jan 3 1995 Thaddeus Bowden SR4 US Army Aug 31 1943 Feb 14 1983 Robert Bowden Jul 11 1928 Sep 9 2003 Alice Bowden Apr 20 1928 Jun 29 1998 Sharon B Bruton Nov 12 1964 May 4 1998 Walter T Bowden Feb 22 1903 Sep 27 1965 Rudy S Dove Apr 21 1959 Apr 17 1990 Odell E Bowden Nov 15 1916 Dec 24 1991 Simon A Bowden Sep 11 1909 Jan 2 1978 Ben Bowden Pvt US Army Mar 11 1895 Jan 16 1975 Ben Bowden Sr Mar 11 1895 Jan 16 1975 Mattie M Bowden Jan 21 1871 Oct 19 1951 Annie B Joyner Jan 15 1893 Jun 29 1963 Moses Bowden Died Jan 30 1941 Aged 97 years Mattie M Bowden Oct 2 1893? Nov 4 1941 Stone very hard to read Alice Bowden Apr 20 1928 Jun 29 1998 Raymond Sutton Feb 14 1905 Jul 1 2001 Marylean Sutton May 4 1921 Aug 22 1995 Willis Sutton 1868-1939 Willie J Sutton 1950-1986 Sovir?? William NOI LI Willians Died 1907 Age 80 Not sure if correct stone very hard to read John Graham Nov 25 1886 May 29 1966 Caroline Davis Apr 21 1897 Aug 24 1933 Sallie Ann Wilkins Jan 15 1880 Nov 14 1930 William Davis Dec 15 1886 Feb 26 1911 Mary Wife of Stephen Outlaw Died Jun 5 1918 Age 66 yrs Stephen Outlaw Died Jul 30 1918 Age 77 yrs Eva Mae Garner Sep 14 1968 Jul 11 2001 Benmie May 9 1905 NOI Harvey L Sanders Mar 18 1925 Nov 24 1972 Willie M Tune 1918-1984 Norman Tune Feb 20 1913 Nov 21 1989 Wesley Tune Jr May 30 1938 Mar 11 1997 Josephine Tune Jones Apr 10 1941 Aug 23 2002 Wooden Marker NOI Wooden Marker NOI MM Delores Cannon Olds May 26 1963 Oct 18 2007 Age 44 Elizabeth Murray Jul 31 1903 Dec 14 1997 Triple Stone Gen. Bryan Whitfield Feb 9 1754 Jan 23 1817 Revolutionary Soldier Capt Bryan Whitfield 1775-1783 Nancy Bryan 1756 NOD Winifred Bryan Dec 21 1778 Oct 26 1828 Hattie Hill Mar 17 1873 Mar 19 1943 Anna Joyner Wife of Gurney Carson May 25 1913 Apr 14 1938

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