The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in Council Best Cemetery in Wayne County, NC.
Location: Cemetery is located in the western quadrant of the intersection of Royal Avenue and Sunburst Drive across the railroad from Frema Motors.
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GPS Coordinates:
35.3816 N
77.9408 W
The epitaphs are as follows:
Double stone
GARDNER
BROTHER
James Tillman
Aug 8 1901
Sept 6 1974
SISTER
Nancy Inez
July 1 1910
Feb 12 2001
Helen Gardner H Minchew
May 17 1918
Dec 3 1987
Daughter of J H & Rosa T Gardner
Council & Sarah A Best Monument
Council Best
Born
Dec 25 1814
Died
May 9 1873
Aged 58 Yrs 5 Mos & 14 Days
Sarah A
Wife of
Council J Best
Born April 14 1823
Died Nov 24 1882
OUR FATHER AND MOTHER
(on above monument)
Nancy S
Daughter of
Council & Sarah A Best
Born
May 22 1842
Died
July 27 1844
Aged 2yrs 2 mos 5 days
Ann Eliza
Daughter of
Council & Sarah A Best
Born
May 23 1944
Died
Sept 27 1844
Aged 4 mos 4 days
Benjamin Berry
Son of
Council & Sarah A Best
Born
Dec 18 1848
Died
Feb 24 1849
Aged 2 mos 6 days
William E
Son of
Council & Sarah A Best
Born
May 17 1852
Died
July 15 1853
Ag’d 1 yr 1 (2) mo(s) 28 d’s
Little Council J
Son of
Council & Sarah A Best
Born
June 16 1854
Died
Aug 8 1856
Aged 2 yrs 1 mo 23 days
N W Best
July 13 1835
Jan 9 1909
Mary A
Wife of
N W Best
Apr 7 1840
June 25 1881
Mary R
Daughter of
M J & C B Thompson
Nov 17 1909
Dec 31 1909
Joe Roland
Son of
C B & M J Thompson
Born
Jan 24 1899
Died
July 5 1900
D A J Best
Died
Aug 29 1898
Age 39 Yrs
A B Thompson
Born
Apr 3 1836
Died
Aug 8 1892
Carrie Ophelia
Daughter of
C B & M J Thompson
Died
Mar 1 1896
Aged
8 Mos & 7 Ds
Mary L Gardner
Oct 30 1902
July 13 1878
James Henry Gardner
Son of
Tillman & Mary Gardner
Oct 8 1876
Oct 1 1950
Rosa Lee Thompson
Wife of
J H Gardner
June 24 1884
Oct 31 1931
Virginia M Thompson
Born August 18 1846
Died June 8 1900
FATHER
Gard W Thompson
Oct 22 1866
Jan 22 1926
John Miller
Son of
A B & V M Thompson
Died
Sep 10 1872
Aged 4 months & 26 days
McKenzie W
A B & V M Thompson
Born
Aug 27 1873
Died
Aug 11 1875
Pearl W
Son of
A B & V M Thompson
Born
Sept 8 1875
Died
Dec 12 1876
Eggie Bagwell
Son of
A B & V M Thompson
Born
Mar 16 1881
Died
Dec 7 1885
William C
Son of
A B & V M Thompson
Born
May 10 1868
Died
July 16 1887
Annie M
Daughter of
C D & Elizabeth Thompson
Born Feb 27 1898
Died July 23 1908
Base for missing stone
Sallie
Daughter of
N W & L C Best
Born
Sept 9 1890
Died
Dec 10 1912
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