The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Roosevelt Taylor Cemetery in Lenoir County, NC.
Location Take 903 N. toward Jason for about 3 miles and turn left on Maynard Hicks Rd. Go to end of road and turn right on Frink School Rd. Cemetery is on left about 1/10 mile in the woods just before you pass a small bridge. The nearest intersection is Maynard Hicks Rd. and Frink School Rd.
African American Cemetery
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The epitaphs are as follows:
Roosevelt Taylor
Dec 25 1912
Aug 7 1962
Martha Dixon Hardy
Oct 7 1918
Jun 12 1965
R Lee Dawson
LaGrange
NOI
Avie Jane Taylor
Apr 9 1906
Jun 3 1988
Alberta T Bratton
1936-1974
Albert Taylor
North Carolina
T Sgt 3160 OM Service Co
World War II
Dec 21 1908
Dec 13 1972
Walter R Harris
PFC US Army
Korea
1928-1975
Bertah Brown
Jun 7 1915
May 20 1977
Christine O Hardy
1916-1980
James Roland Hardy
Dec 7 1935
Aug 4 1971
MM
Billy Hardy
195?-196?
hard to read
Columbus Gibbs
North Carolina
Pvt US Marine Corps
Pvt QM Corps
World War II
Mar 17 1924
May 18 1946
Peter Taylor
Nov 30 1878
Oct 18 1928
Julia Taylor
Nov 30 1877
Mar 4 1919
Stone flipped over
can't read
John Priginn? Jr
Oct 5 1946
Jul 30 1972
Pearlie Kornegay
Feb 15 1906
Jul 30 1972
Jacob Taylor
Oct 9 1969
Aug 8 1989
Judy Hawkins Send your questions (and thanks) directly to Judy.
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