Corbett Family Cemetery

Wayne County North Carolina

Surveyed by Glenn Fields March 2010


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

Location: From US Hwy 13 N take Hood Swamp Road for approximately one and a half mile to Corbett Road on the right. Continue to the end of the pavement. Thad Lane (dirt) is on the right. Take it but do not turn but continue straight on the field path and the cemetery is on the right about 1,000 feet



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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.400385 N
    77.885127 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Smithy Smith Nov 22 1858 Dec 8 1937 George H Smith Born Dec 7 1853 Died Oct 12 1930 Rufus Smith Born May 15 1811 Died Dec 7 1890 Winiford Taylor Wife of Rufus Smith Born May 18 1818 Died Sept 8 1882 Julie A Johnson Wife of Rufus Johnson Born Feb 23 1816 Died Oct 1 1866 Anne E Smith Born July 15 1847 Died Aug 30 1865 Peggy M Kennedy Oct 10 1954 May 27 2000 Nellie L Smith Wife of J Linkfield Hill Born June 20 1887 Died Apr 29 1916 Lucile Daughter of J L & Nellie Hill Apr 24 1916 NOD George A Son of J L & N T Hill Dec 17 1914 Feb 15 1915 Leurie E or F Daughter of N J & Sarah R Smith Given Dec’r 6 1869 Taken June 2 1871 Charles Wesley Son of G H & S A Smith Born Aug 30 1889 Died June 14 1891 James Em? Son of G H & S A Smith Born July 21 1894 Died June 12 1896 Ruth Daughter of G H & S A Smith July 12 1900 Nov 16 1900 Double stone SMITH C Ray Dec 20 1926 NOD Lucille H Nov 6 1930 NOD Double stone SMITH Dora W 1894 - 1958 W Luby 1885 – 1960 Our Baby David H Son of W L & Dora R Smith June 1 1928 Dec 20 1940 Infant of W L & D Smith Apr 2 1917 NOD Herman C Corbit 1882 – 1926 Penny Kennedy Died Jun 8 1915 Lonnie Groves 1874 – 1916 Mary E Daughter of Lonnie & Ada Groves April 20 1916 May 29 1916 Wayne F Son of T & L G Smith Feb 1 1920 Feb 2 1920 Double stone PRICE Janet Corbett July 19 1934 NOD Daniel Griffen Feb 14 1934 NOD Married July 19 1954 Double stone CORBETT Clara S Sept 24 1901 June 8 1971 Mark C Sept 19 1898 Sept 10 1975 Marrie April 6 1918 Bernice Talmadge Corbit Sept 23 1924 May 12 1925 Judieth Corbitt Feb 16 1919 Oct 11 1919 Baby Geraldine Daughter of O W & Mamie Smith July 2 1924 Aaug 17 1924 Double stone SMITH Mamie C Jan 1 1900 Aug 7 1962 Otho W Jan 13 1893 Jan 10 1962 Double stone KENNEDY Charlie Brantley Apr 17 1912 Oct 3 1893 Nellie Smith Nov 19 1917 Jan 27 1993 Double stone HERRING Eleanor Smith NOD James Paul Jan 30 1926 Oct 5 2004

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