Edwards Cemetery

Wayne County North Carolina

Surveyed by Anthony March 2012




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

Location: From N Jordans Chapel Rd turn on Selah Church Rd. Cemetery will be on the right about 2/10 mile.

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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.297475 N
    78.268106 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Edwards Cemetery Here are buried Britton Algernon Edwards and wife Jane Atwater Edwards along with descendants and their spouses Lillie Cotton Edwards Wife of John Henry Edwards Mar 10 1893 Aug 12 1951 John Henry Edwards North Carolina PVT Co B 322 Infantry World War I Oct 26 1892 Sep 29 1954 Robert Alvin Edwards Jul 30 1922 Nov 12 1985 J T W Edwards Jul 4 1850 Aug 30 1917 Sarah C Wife of J T W Edwards Mar 20 1847 Oct 15 1925 Age 78 yrs Double Stone Edwards Effie C Sep 11 1898 Feb 8 1960 Walter G Oct 21 1890 Jan 19 1964 Bernice Gray Son of W G & Effie Edwards May 1 1932 Feb 15 1939 Grover B Edwards Jul 5 1900 Jun 13 1937 Double Stone Edwards Civel E May 9 1866 Mar 1923 Gaston E Apr 14 1864 Dec 16 1931 Hubert C Son of Archie & Annie Rayner Jan 20 1925 Dec 19 1939 C M Edwards Oct 29 1861 Jan 30 1943 Nancy P Wife of C M Edwards Nov 11 1877 Feb 19 1937 Double Stone Newcomb James Jul 4 1842 Sep 21 1919 Martha Oct 30 1840 Nov 18 1917 Parents of Lou Ellen Edwards Erected by her children J B, G W, M W, & Mattie Lou Elon Wife of G M Edwards Jul 31 1869 Sep 16 1899 Maggie Wife of G M Edwards Jan 12 1876 Nov 25 1912 Aldon Hurley Son of George W & Minnie W Edwards Jun 30 1910 Jun 3 1992 Double Stone Edwards Minnie Williams Aug 18 1873 Apr 12 1964 George W Sep 4 1872 Jan 7 1929 B A Edwards Jr Dec 19 1898 Oct 27 1920 Aged 21 yrs 10 mos 8 dys Robert Wilson Infant Son of G W & Minnie Edwards Nov 19 1912 Jun 3 1913 Britton A Edwards Oct 5 1825 Jun 7 1899 Aged 74 yrs 8 mos 2 dys Jane Wife of B A Edwards Apr 11 1828 Apr 21 1896 Aged 68 yrs 10 dys Elizabeth Wife of B B Williams Apr 24 1844 Aug 25 1911 B B Williams Oct 3 1840 May 12 1915 Double Stone Mother Minnie W Jackson Sep 15 1883 NOD Daughter Amy Wise Lee Jun 28 1904 Mar 16 1959 Emmett Franklin Padgett Sep 8 1911 Mar 26 1954 M F Edwards Mar 22 1856 Apr 4 1916 Ither Son of N E & Mary Bradford Jul 5 1915 Nov 17 1920 Double Stone Padgett Pheora A Sep 21 1886 Oct 18 1946 Needham C Dec 24 1882 Mar 12 1955 Double Stone Edwards Louida Tew Jul 25 1890 Aug 23 1981 William Bright Jan 7 1887 Sep 3 1954 Albert Dale Son of Albert & Audie Edwards Feb 20 1951 Mar 15 1951 Mildred Daughter of F R & G A Edwards Oct 30 1944 Nov 16 1944 William Edward Son Of Melvin & Ruth Thornton Jan 9 1944 Infant Son of Mr & Mrs W B Edwards Apr 22 1920 Apr 25 1920 MM Unreadable MM Unreadable MM Unreadable MM Unreadable Double Stone Raynor Annie E Sep 5 1908 Aug 26 1964 Archie Aug 14 1902 Apr 2 1961 Albert F Raynor May 31 1935 May 23 1977

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