The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Thomas Dawson Cemetery in Lenoir County, NC.
Location From Hwy 70 in Kinston take Jenny Lind Rd. turn left on Bear Creek Rd, then right onto Ben F Herring Rd. Cemetery is on the left in the field surrounded by trees.
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The epitaphs are as follows:
Double stone
ELMORE
Wife
Lucy Herring
July 5 1906
Sept 9 1986
Husband
Lester May
Nov 6 1901
Apr 3 1955
Double stone
HERRING
Lucy Jane Dawson
Apr 11 1874
Aug 19 1942
Benjamin Franklin
July 18 1874
Dec 16 1959
Frances W Herring
June 22 1901
July 1 1990
Jake Herring
Oct 8 1881
Oct 15 1959
Double stone
HERRING
Emma Clyde Cowen
Oct 5 1912
Apr 26 1993
Tommie Franklin
Oct 25 1905
Aug 16 1960
Ira W Dawson
Feb 24 1870
Feb 20 1927
John W Dawson
Died March 9 1920
Age 36 years
Hugh Mac Lane
1877 – 1918
Barbara Hines Lane
1878 – 1930
Zella Dawson Brown
Aug 31 1884
Jan 24 1938
Seth Dawson
Born March 29 1871
Died May 30 1915
Clyde
Son of
Seth & Zella Dawson
Died Aug 13 1908
Aged 2 mos
Double stone
HEATH
Gertrude D
Dec 25 1888
Aug 25 1966
Henry T
May 12 1886
Feb 15 1947
Double stone
DAWSON
Della
Nov 30 1848
Oct 15 1908
Thomas
June 10 1840
Dec 20 1895
Mamie Lane
1914 – 1918
Franklin Lane
Born & Died 1898
Levi Andrew Dawson
North Carolina
PFC US Army
World War I PH
Feb 2 1894
Dec 7 1961
Double stone
DAWSON
Andrew L
Oct 4 1864
Dec 29 1920
Hannah Herring
Apr 1 1871
July 3 1913
Archie Franklin
Son of
Andrew L & Hannah H Dawson
NOI
Infant of
Andrew L & Hannah H Dawson
NOI
George Lindsey
Son of
Andrew L & Hannah H Dawson
NOI
Infant of
Andrew L & Hannah H Dawson
NOI
Huldy A
Daughter of
T & D Dawson
Born
Nov 10 1879
Died
Aug 12 1882
Virginia
Daughter of
T & D Dawson
Born
May 20 1876
Died
Oct 2 1881
Elbert
Son of
T & D Dawson
Born
Dec 7 1872
Died
July 10 1881
Double stone
PELLETIER
Myrtle D
1878 - 1950
Robert L
1871 – 1920
Doc
Son of
R L & Myrtle Pelletier
Sept 7 1914
Oct 22 1917
Double stone
PELLETIER
Helen Hunt
May 1 1920
NOD
Hazel Haynes
May 1920
May 10 2007
DAWSON
NOI
Glenn Fields Send your questions (and thanks) directly to Glenn.
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