Forehand Cemetery

Wayne County North Carolina

Surveyed by Glenn Fields November 2011


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

Location: Take Airport Road north from US 117 north of Belfast past Mt. Carmel Church Road to Forehand Road. Turn right and the cemetery is approximately 1 mile on the right.

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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.481184 N
    77.944321 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Double stone CUDDINGTON Eddie (April 18,) 1891 (Death certificate) (April 3,) 1948 ( “ “ ) Pearl (July 22 1888 death certificate) 1887 (April 9 1957 “ “ ) Ezra Cuddington Dec 4 1907 Jan 28 1972 Double stone FISHER Charles A 1898 – 1948 Cora D 1902 – 1974 Another view of previous stone Henry Brown 1882 – 1949 John T Brown Sept 10 1888 July 29 1961 Double stone SYKES Willie Cleveland Mar 23 1891 Aug 27 1963 Lydia Forehand Aug 15 1920 Apr 27 2006 Married Oct 6 1945 Double stone GINN Paul Daniel Mar 5 1920 Aug 11 1985 Minnie Forehand Mar 6 1918 May 5 1908 Wed Nov 12 1938 Another view of previous stone Double stone FOREHAND Frank C June 22 1925 Dec 31 2005 Dollie M Mar 1 1926 July 26 2010 Married June 2 1945 James Hall Suggs Nov 11 1949 July 6 1986 Veteran's stone James Suggs A3C US AIR FORCE KOREA Aug 18 1930 Jan 3 1994 MM Mavis Pollock Suggs Oct 6 1926 Jan 29 2011 Age 84 Double stone COX Inez S May 9 1925 NOD Norwood Oct 13 1920 Jan 6 1985 Infant son of Norwood & Inez Cox July 6 1947 Family stone MERRITT Tempie T Merritt Dec 6 1913 Aug 26 1989 Eunice I Kirby Aug 25 1915 Aug 19 1999 Amos Kirby May 11 1868 Feb 14 1935 A Member of U.S.W.V. Sarah F Kirby Mar 15 1886 Apr 29 1975 Veteran's stone Amos Kirby PVT US ARMY 1868 – 1935 Albert Kirby Mar 9 1922 Mar 25 1922 Double stone TAYLOR Alice Taylor Dec 10 1879 July 26 1961 M T Taylor July 10 1867 Oct 15 1941 G L Forehand Aug 15 1878 Jan 15 1951 Double stone TAYLOR Daisy L B Feb 9 1924 June 25 1992 Donnie M Oct 1 1916 March 19 2008 (family records) Mollie Forehand Jan 3 1888 May 26 1917 “Mollie” Mary Frances Forehand Jan 3 1888 May 26 1917 Mary C Forehand Jan 8 1882 Mar 13 1946 L J Forehand June 27 1878 Jan 15 1940 Toney Lewis Lane Sept 14 1939 NOD George S Evans Oct 9 1912 Nov 28 1997 Mattie F Evans Oct 29 1912 May 23 1995 Double stone DANIELS Wilson M “Pete” Sept 22 1926 Oct 31 1978 Mary Evans Feb 17 1936 NOD Married June 4 1955 Margaret D Strickland Dec 1 1959 Jan 22 1994 E A Cuddington B. June 11 1858 D. Sept 20 1924 H T Cuddington B. 1854 D. May 5 1926 Stephen W Forehand Jan 15 1909 July 27 1941 James Thomas Lane Apr 18 1946 Dec 9 1963 Double stone LANE Toney May 12 1910 Oct 20 1974 Rena F June 27 1910 Apr 26 1987 Wed Dec 23 1935 Double stone Mother Frances Lane Edmundson Apr 15 1937 Apr 16 2009 Son Gary Edward Lively Feb 4 1958 Feb 15 1992 Double stone CUDDINGTON Smithey Forehand Mar 20 1912 Mar 26 1998 Frank Harold Aug 12 1911 Sept 13 1985 Bertha Smith Wife of Ray Smith B. Feb 12 1909 D. Unreadable Double stone Estell S Wife of E P Forehand June 28 1906 Apr 15 1930 Ernest Paul Forehand Oct 10 1902 Nov 19 1976 Raymond E Forhan June 8 1939 Sept 14 1939 Annette Forhan May 1 1943 Sept 12 1943 Mary Pope Forehand NOI Blank grave marker NOI Infant son of Estell & E P Forhan Sept 15 1925 NOD Rettie E Forehand Sept 20 1915 July 6 1916 Double stone PARRISH Ella Parrish Wife of George Jones 1900 – 1959 Albert Parrish 1885 – 1939 Page 2 Close up of previous stone Close up of previous stone Close up of previous stone Ben Forehand 1913 – 1939 Esther Marie Daughter of T W & Maggie Forehan July 30 1932 Oct 30 1932 Effie B Forehand June 20 1886 Mar 8 1961 James B Forehand Jan 15 1882 May 8 1963 Charlie F Forehand Dec 25 1911 Feb 7 1945 Dora Ida Forehand July 12 1910 Dec 1 1910 Erbie Levie Taylor S1 US NAVY Apr 13 1919 July 11 1977 Veteran's stone Erbie Levie Taylor US NAVY World War II Apr 13 1919 July 11 1977 Clara G Lancaster July 20 1921 Nov 26 1979 J H Pate Dec 21 1895 June 7 1936 Infant Daughter of Mr & Mrs Joe Sasser Double stone Joseph A Sasser 1887 – 1934 Pearl Pate Sasser 1895 – 1966 Double stone SASSER Sophie L Mar 16 1910 Feb 23 1985 J Robert Aug 1 1911 Oct 18 1973 Gilbert B Cuddington Aug 4 1894 Mar 2 1964 Betty Ann Forehand May 11 1935 Jan 27 1936 Infant Daughter of J C & Zilpha Forehand Double stone HILL Pauline S Sept 12 1930 July 5 2008 Rudolph Nov 4 1924 NOD Patsy Ruth Daughter of J R & Sophie Sasser Apr 28 1937 May 13 1937 Double stone SASSER George Franklin April 15 1893 July 16 1949 Nettie Pelt June 27 1896 Nov 21 1977 Dorris Mae Daughter of G F & Nettie Sasser Aug 22 1919 April 31 1921 Ruth Taylor Feb 3 1902 Aug 5 1907 Charlie Granger Forehand Feb 3 1903 Aug 2 1904 Lether May Taylor May 17 1907 May 13 1915 James T Forehand July 31 1929 June 15 1930 W T Forehand Feb 25 1882 May 20 1949 Della Pate Wife of W T Forehand Nov 20 1882 Nov 20 1948 Tobie Forehand Feb 22 1901 Apr 1 1901 Infant April 4 1905 NOD Nancie Forehand Feb 18 1885 Jun 24 1899 Millie Forehand Mar 13 1850 Apr 13 1929 Close up of previous stone W J Forehand Oct 18 ???? Aug 24 1886 R C Forehand Mar 10 1872 Aug 29 1886 Close up of previous stone Stephen Robert Forehand May 5 1883 July 14 1883 Betsy Peacock Wife of Bryant Forehand 1819 Jan 10 1891 Blank grave marker NOI John H Forehand Oct 12 1854 Apr 3 1923 Angeline W Wife of John H Forehand Sept 6 1860 June 27 1943 Smithy H Wife of J H Sykes Jan 16 1869 Jan 29 1935 Loris T Brown Aug 26 1917 June 22 1958 Bethana Carr Mar 29 1862 Nov 11 1941 Double stone Charlie S Killette Oct 28 1865 July 16 1944 Sallie C Killette Aug 4 1890 Dec 1 1945 Close up of previous stone Close up of previous stone Double stone TAYLOR James F June 1 1912 July 20 1968 Gertrude B July 22 1911 Dec 24 1995 Double stone BROWN Jimmie B July 8 1876 Jan 7 1945 Mary I Dec 10 1883 Sept 26 1964 Sherley Jean Daughter of Mr & Mrs Frank Taylor June 28 1940 8 Mos 9days Page 3 Double stone HERRING Thomas J Dec 29 1891 Dec 28 1948 Rosa Feb 6 1902 Oct 31 1978 Veteran's stone Herbert Singleton North Carolina PVT US ARMY World War II May 15 1903 Feb 21 1967 Double stone SINGLETON William H Aug 2 1870 May 8 1932 Ida Dail Nov 20 1878 Dec 6 1935 Pearl P Coley Nov 22 1891 Mar 18 1940 Ivey G Coley July 28 1881 March 5 1940 Double stone HELM Frederick E 1876 - 1931 Penelope Pate 1872 – 1938 Veteran's stone Hyman Pate Co I 35 NC INF C. S. A. Alice Wife of Hyman Pate 1836 – 1903 Betsyell Pate 1860 – 1939 John William Pate Mar 30 1891 Oct 10 1947 William Sasser Feb 27 1827 April 30 1894 Elsie Sasser Feb 3 1849 Jan 23 1920 Sallie Wells Aug 5 1868 Jan 25 1910 Harriet A Wife of J C Talton Born Feb 10 1874 Died Oct 17 1898 Arlesy Sykes Oct 10 1898 May 23 1916 Double stone SYKES Bessie Sept 21 1895 Nov 26 1968 Harvey Oct 2 1894 Mar 26 1938 Richard Sykes Feb 19 1931 Sept 9 2001

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