Bowden Cemetery

Wayne County North Carolina

Surveyed by Glenn Fields July 2009


The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in Bowden Cemetery in Wayne County, NC.

Location: On the east side of US 70 where Ash Street Ext. intersects. The cemetery is on the side road, McLain St., beside Sutton's Automotive.



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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.35709 N
    77.92587 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Bettie Smith Sept 7 1885 Sept 6 1953 Benjamin J Barnes Sept 2 1871 July 21 1934 Georgiana Wife of Benjamin Barnes Born Jan 14 1872 Died July 18 1921 W O Sykes Nov 29 1878 May 3 1939 Audrey Sykes Baggett Sept 2 1912 April 20 1976 James Tafton Bowden Aug 5 1909 Mar 15 1944 Amelia Sykes Bowden Oct 6 1875 Nov 11 1957 Frank Bowden Nov 29 1874 May 10 1938 Lytmon Son of Frank & Amelia Bowden July 1 1903 Oct 16 1916 Lee Roy Son of Matthew Sykes Born May 3 1915 Died July 29 1911 Sarah Sykes Born July 1 1848 Died Nov 11 1923 James Sykes Born Aug 10 1847 Died June 13 1919 Nora S Croom May 24 1889 Apr 23 1954 Desiree Croom Wilkins Wife of Calvin Wilkins May 22 1930 Feb 11 1972 Ulysses Sykes Nov 10 1902 Oct 22 1990 Ethel Strickland Sykes Mar 25 1906 Mar 23 1984 William C Goodman Sr CPL US Army World War II July 11 1914 Oc t23 1985 Gwendolyn S Corney 1st Lt US Army World War II Dec 23 1909 June 6 1983 Joseph Corney Jr North Carolina SSGT 3990 QM TRUCK CO World War II Feb 19 1906 July 29 1963 Sarah Sykes Spicer Feb 11 1908 Oct 8 1971 Joseph Emmitt Bowden North Carolina SGT CO C 330 SERVICE BN QMC World War I December 17 1896

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