The epitaphs are as follows:

Double stone
Joe Bedford
Jan 4 1902
Apr 10 1976
Bessie W Bedford
July 26 1906
Mar 9 1996

John David Bedford
May 28 1938
Mar 9 1979

Double stone
BEDFORD
Harvey G
May 4 1934
Nov 17 1980
Mildred G
Jan 6 1930
Oct 28 1989

Double stone
LANCASTER
Ed F
1873 – 1967
Hattie J
1880 – 1939

William Ervin
Son of 
Mr & Mrs Ervin Lancaster
Dec 3 1942
May 30 1950

John Wayne Lancaster
Jan 1 1935
Jan 6 1935

Infant son of
Mike and Jan Lancaster
Karsten Lief Lancaster
Meaning
“Christian Love”
Born and Died
Apr 22 1984

Infant son of
Mack D & Elma Lancaster
Mar 2 1931
Mar 7 1931

Wm Carlton
Son of
T E & Effie Gardner
Mar 22 1926
Oct 21 1926

Ethel Herring Howell
Apr 6 1915
Feb 8 1995

Veteran's marker
Edgar L Herring
TSGT US AIR FORCE
World War II
Korea
Oct 31 1919
Aug 3 1984

Virginia L Herring
July 13 1918
May 26 1991

F M Herring
Aug 14 1865
May 30 1928

Nellie
Wife of
F M Herring
Dec 1 1887
Jan 1 1926

Double stone
Frank Herring
March 7 1902
Aug 8 1921
Robert Bruce Herring
Nov 3 1899
Aug 8 1921
Killed by lightning

Double stone
HERRING
Louise H
Jan 8 1915
Oct 18 1983
Norman L
June 15 1908
Feb 14 1978

John C Herring Jr
June 15 1963
July 23 1983

Double stone
HERRING
John C Sr
Feb 8 1941
NOD
Elizabeth L
June 23 1945
NOD

Double stone
CARTER
Elizabeth H
Nov 29 1933
NOD
William F “Bill”
July 13 1931
Feb 12 2001

Unidentified Grave
NOI

Carrie Carter Wagoner
Nov 9 1924
Nov 25 2000

Floyd D Carter
Jan 25 1927
Nov 4 1990

Annie May Belle Carter
Feb 7 1916
Jan 8 1969

Double stone
CARTER
Julia L
Feb 10 1892
June 24 1971
Governor V
Feb 10 1981
Mar 11 1968

Double stone
CARTER
Laura B
Oct 2 1869
Nov 10 1951
William M
Sept 8 1837
June 9 1929

Bessie
Daughter of
Willima & Laura B Carter
May 15 1911
Sept 29 1911

James 
Son of
J T & Dixie Bedford
Dec 4 1887
June 3 1889

Dixie Pike Bedford
May 4 1966
Dec 26 1930

John T Bedford
Sept 17 1848
Apr 12 1925

Katie Grant
Wife of
J T Bedford
Feb 14 1862
Sep 26 1880

Wooden Marker
NOI

Patience Bedford
Wife of
Oscar Wallace
Born
Jan 29 1883
Died
Feb 9 1912

Dora Bedford
Sept 10 1885
Nov 7 1971

George D Bedford
1898 – 1914

Double stone
BEDFORD
Nannie his wife
Aug 2 1894
Oct 9 1921
Emmett G
Mar 5 1895
May 15 1928

Kline Bedford
Nov 8 1896
Feb 6 1931

Maizille Bedford
Apr 11 1918
Feb 13 1936

Veteran's marker
James W Bedford
North Carolina
PFC US ARMY
World War II
March 31 1926
Aug 7 1970

Infant 
son of
J S & B M Bedford
Feb 22 1924
Feb 24 1924

Wooden marker
NOI

Wooden marker
NOI

Millard Bedford
Dec 15 1927
June 14 1929

Double stone
CARTER
Lanie
Apr 30 1913
Feb 16 1959
Charlie
Oct 25 1908
June 29 1980

Ray Junior Sykes
Sept 24 1948
Oct 15 1999

Double stone
SYKES
Sudie
Jan 31 1885
Aug 7 1987
James
Sept 1 1886
July 19 1949

Unidentified grave
NOI

Unidentified grave
NOI

Double stone
BEDFORD
Frank L
Dec 13 1891
Jan 17 1969
Rosa F
Aug 2 1893
Sept 4 1974

Helen V
Daughter of
F L & Rosa Bedford
July 18 1922
Jan 3 1929

Lenwood E
Son of 
F L & Rosa Bedford
Feb 22 1933
Apr 1 1934

Raymond Woodall
Son of
Archie R and Edna W Bedford
April 7 – April 15 1957

Infant of
J H & Ethel Mae Griffith
Jan 15 1934
Jan 19 1934

Double stone
GRIFFITH
Ethel Mae P
Mar 5 1913
Apr 13 1984
John Henry
Dec 12 1908
May 18 1958

Mary Frances Griffith
Oct 21 1944
July 24 1962
Died from head injuries 
from fall from truck

Julia Annette Griffith
April 17 1962
Oct 23 1982





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