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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