The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Wiley Rouse Cemetery in Lenoir County, NC.
Location Approximately 4 miles east of Seven Springs, NC on Hwy 55 there is Strabane Crossroads. From the crossroads, you can see the cemetery to the northeast behind some trees. To enter, turn on the path that goes into those trees off of Hwy 55 at an old white vacant house.
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The epitaphs are as follows:
ELMORE
Thomas E Elmore
Dec 11 1855
May 31 1914
MOTHER
Myrtilla Calvene
Wife of
Thomas E Elmore
Jan 5 1863
Feb 8, 1943
Bessie L Whitfield
Wife of
J G Whitfield
Feb 8 1885
May 21 1917
Infant Daughter of
J G & Bessie L
Whitfield
May 20 1917
NOI
Infant of
J Kenneth & Pearl
Whitfield
Aug 20 1941
NOI
Double stone
ROUSE
Wiley Joel
Oct 1 1890
Dec 22 1940
Jessie Hardy
April 26 1886
Jan 7 1954
Infant Son of
W J & Jessie F Rouse
Feb 18 1920
NOI
Lula V Rouse
Wife of
Alonzo Rouse
Jan 4 1862
April 13 1940
Alonzo Rouse
Born May 5 1860
Died June 3 1902
Lola Virginia Hardy
Wife of
Oscar Hardy
Jan 7 1885
May 1 1906
Double stone
KOONCE
Eva Rouse
April 30 1877
April 25 1930
Arthur
Nov 7 1875
Oct 7 1927
Infant Son of
Edgar C & Hatchie Koonce
NOI
Infant Daughter of
Edgar C & Hatchie Koonce
April 7 1921
NOI
Double stone
WILLIAMS
Josephine
1897 - 1956
Robert H.
1890 – 1959
Dorothy Marilene
Daughter of
R H & Josephine Williams
Aug 31 1923
Feb 9 1937
Robert H Jr
Son of
R H & Josephine Williams
Dec 14 1918
April 26 1920
Edgar Rouse
Born
Aug 15 1855
Died
Nov 14 1891
Sarah Stanley Rouse
Aug 20 1858
Nov 23 1920
Little Buddy
Son of
Frances & Wiley Rouse
NOI
Wiley Rouse
Born
Oct 1 1818
Died
April 30 1883
Frances A
Wife of
Wiley Rouse
Born
April 28 1825
Died
Dec 2 1886
Lola
Daughter of
Eric & Ray Rouse
Feb 8 1913
Sept 10 1913
Eric A Rouse
Son of
Alonzo & Lula V Rouse
August 27 1887
December 16 1918
I Ray Hardy
Wife of
Eric A Rouse
Oct 31 1883
June 24 1961
Double stone
ROUSE
Doris Turner
April 22 1907
Oct 30 1987
Clayton A
Feb 14 1908
June 1 1994
MM
Elaine Creel
1922 – 1979
Lon Smith
Jan 7 1899
Aug 28 1937
Double stone
ROUSE
Arthur W Rouse
Sept 3 1873
Jan 26 1941
His Wife
Clemmie L Smith
Jan 13 1880
Sept 12 1966
Thomas Arthur
Son of
A W & Clemmie Rouse
Oct 29 1904
Aug 23 1925
Leroy
Son of
A W & Clemmie Rouse
Feb 17 1921
Sept 24 1921
Infant Son of
A W & Clemmie Rouse
Feb 14 1918
NOI
Infant
Daughter of
A W & Clemmie Rause (Rouse)
Born & Died
Nov 18 1911
Infant
Daughter of
A W & Clemmie Rause (Rouse)
Jan 8 1910
Jan 22 1910
Infant
Daughter of
A W & Clemmie Rouse
Born
March 11 1902
Died
March 11 1902
Thomas A Rouse
Born
May 10 1844
Died
Oct 24 1891
Infant
T A & Mary Rouse
Born & Died
Feb 4 1867
Woodard
Son of
T A & Mary Rouse
Born
June 2 1878
Died
May 5 1881
Carl
Son of
T A & M Rouse
Born
Sept 11 1881
Died
Oct 21 1882
Double stone
JERMAN
Annie Rouse
April 27 1880
Jan 4 1952
John Tull
March 10 1873
Aug 13 1934
Robert C
Son of
J T & Annie Jerman
Dec 30 1912
Nov 29 1920
Tull Emanuel Jerman
Sept 28 1910
Feb 18 1987
Roscoe E
Son of
J T & Annie Jerman
Dec 7 1914
Sept 27 1930
Barber E
Wife of
Enoch Smith
Born
Dec 8 1849
Died
Nov 1 1888
Grave bordered with brick
NOI
Hubert
Son of
J J & F A Barwick
Born
Feb 3 1875
Died
Sept 16 1876
Lela Frances
Daughter of
J J & F A Barwick
Born
Oct 12 1878
Died
June 21 1879
John J Barwick
Born
Dec 16 1849
Died
Oct 9 1918
Frances A
Wife of
John J Barwick
Born
January 28 1853
Died
March 11 1902
Two metal markers
NOI
Patrick Emmett Gordon
Dec 20 1878
Dec 13 1938
Nora Gordon Barwick
April 21 1880
Jan 11 1938
Estelle Gordon
Jan 1 1906
Mar 13 1937
Grave marked with bricks
NOI
Ifant
Daughter of
P E & Nora Gordon
Oct 11 1911
NOI
Edwin E
Son of
P E & Nora Gordon
Born
Dec 13 1907
Died
Nov 1 1908
Cena Holland
Born
Dec 2 1809
Died
July 10 1874
Elizabeth
Wife of
Aretas (sic) Jones
June 11 1881
Age unreadable
Aretus Jones
Born
May 13 1816
Died
Mch 30 1874
Wardie W
Son of
Ralph & Mildred Kornegay
Jan 6 1924
Jan 22 1924
Double stone
BRADSHAW
Eliza J
Sept 30 1904
Feb 7 1982
Willie G
July 15 1912
Feb 9 1979
Stanley Everett Jr
Son of
S E & O M Koonce
Born July 18 1929
Died Oct 21 1930
Infant son of
Paul A & Sarah J Jarman
Jan 24 1930
NOI
Ernestine
Daughter of
Paul A & Sarah J Jarman
March 7 1934
June 29 1934
Double stone
JARMAN
Sarah Jones
Nov 16 1898
April 6 1952
Paul A
Oct 4 1899
July 9 1971
Glenn Fields Send your questions (and thanks) directly to Glenn.
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