Forte Cemetery

Wayne County NC

Surveyed by Deborah Clark March 2012




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

Location: Eureka, NC.

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    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Juanita O Hodges Mar 12 1910 Jan 21 2000 Willie I Hodges Apr 11 1906 Jan 27 1979 Charles Ray Jones Dec 2 1951 Jul 3 2004 Jesse James Hodges Mar 12 1913 Sep 11 1957 Leon N Rayl Jan 5 1951 Nov 21 1993 Leslie Fort 1903-1979 Alice T Fort Aug 31 1902 Dec 7 1986 Double Stone Hodges Liberty Sr 1909-1982 Arttie M Taylor 1911-1981 Antonio Hodges Nov 23 1960 Jan 23 1996 Minnie Hill Forte Mar 22 1933 Jul 24 2001 Rev Odell Forte Dec 26 1927 Jun 11 2009 Nina Ford Jul 7 1897 Feb 21 1972 Resaw Forte Jul 30 1911 Aug 3 1965 Double Stone Forte Betsy Died Feb 11 1929 Richmond Died Sep 7 1929 Beatrice Hill Hicks Oct 20 1918 Sep 16 1941 Charlie Hicks Sr US Navy Oct 26 1928 Jul 31 1976 L L Reid Oct 19 1878 Oct 25 1952 Martha Wife of Walter C Fort Jan 1880 Jun 12 19?? Stone broken Davis McKinnon Jr Jan 14 1934 Jul 31 1972 FS Davis McKinnon Jr North Carolina Pvt US Army Korea Jan 14 1934 Jul 31 1972 Mazzie D Britt 1927-1985 Larry Hodges Aug 14 1969 Nov 20 1990 Harold Craig Best Feb 19 1959 Feb 7 1987 Rematha Hali "Punch" Artis Jun 5 1947 Nov 12 2010 Charlie Williams Oct 15 1913 Feb 1 1994 Sarah S Williams Jul 15 1910 Jun 1 1977 Double Stone Hicks Earl Sr May 15 1894 Jan 11 1930 Leona Ruffin Sep 23 1896 Jun 26 1971 Marinda W Artis Nov 15 1890 Oct 25 1974 Effie Ford Feb 23 1894 Nov 13 1924 Nancy Mary Lee Hicks Artis Apr 7 1925 Mar 28 2008 Sam Walker Oct 1864 Jun 1923 Nannie Spruill Apr 20 1917 May 8 1992 Amanda N Bunn Aug 12 1896 Aug 19 1989 Annie W Williams May 10 1899 Nov 27 1961 Minnie L Clark Purnell Oct 3 1941 Mar 30 2002 Emma Yelverton Shadding May 22 1907 Jan 11 1979 Vickie G Sidney Potts Sep 1 1954 Jun 20 2008 Roy Chester Hall Sgt US Army Jan 13 1944 Oct 5 1999 Rev Robert Dunn Jr Apr 2 1947 Jun 15 2005 James Alfred Forte Jul 3 1946 Jan 29 2007 H L Potts Jul 17 1927 Dec ?? 1989? Elizabeth Potts Apr 26 1925 Jul 15 1978 William Bass Jr Aug 20 1948 Sep 29 1975 Lizzie Forte Jan 1 1905 Jan 1 1986 Garfield Forte May 31 1898 Jan 9 1975 Bonnie A Herring Aug 3 1931 Mar 8 1984 Wanda Kaye Ford Sep 19 1952 Mar 2 1996 Johnnie May "Sue" Artis Oct 10 1948 Aug 5 2005 Lillian B Reid Aug 22 1923 Apr 3 1999 MM Flora Swinson Apr 24 1915 Oct 7 1999 Age 84 Carl Gene Artis Oct 5 1952 Feb 4 1989 George Williams Nov 25 1918 Mar 26 1997 Eddie Williams May 6 1891 Mar 7 1956 Sarah Forte Oct 1 1922 Sep 5 1994 Corintha H Woodard Apr 26 1890 Apr 17 1978 Leora C Johnson Jun 5 1912 Jan 19 1995 Zebedee "Bear" Coley Jr May 17 1941 Oct 5 1981 Henrietta F Coley May 9 1916 Jun 19 2006 Zebedee Coley Mar 7 1907 Mar 7 1967 Gladys Spruill Spence Mar 5 1912 Feb 23 1995 James Swinson Jun 3 1903 Aug 30 1988 Harriet Hall Dec 18 1895 Oct 16 1974 Wiley Hodges Husband of Annie D Hodges May 8 1894 Nov 2 1948 Emma B Hodges 1875-1949 James E Spruill Sr Jan 13 1927 Feb 22 1997 Winnie Hill Spruill Oct 7 1930 Jun 10 1990 Clacie C Exum Oct 8 1902 Jun 20 1968 Forest Exum North Carolina Pvt US Army World War I Mar 1 1895 Jun 25 1966 Floyd Exum North Carolina PFC 587 Motor Amb Co World War II Oct 29 1926 Jun 8 1966 Emma H Spruill Feb 9 1922 Aug 31 1978 Thomas R Holland Feb 11 1928 Jun 12 1990 Justine "Tine" Holland May 29 1963 Jun 10 1994 Terry Holland Aug 29 1958 Jul 4 2009 Eulah Mae Coley Davis Dec 12 1931 Jan 26 2006 Willie R Crooms Mar 4 1919 Mar 7 1991 Melvin E Coley Aug 19 1952 Feb 6 1991 Willie Yelverton Aug 11 1924 Nov 12 1990 Eula M Williams Jan 1 1920 Feb 19 1981 Eddie Robert Richardson Jan 6 1906 May 17 1986 Fannie Forte Richardson Jan 1 1915 Nov 9 2000 Double Stone Hodges Ida Y Jan 29 1871 Nov 10 1954 Peter M 1863 Dec 29 1915 Double Stone Townsend Atlas T Aug 9 1909 Oct 29 1972 Nancy D Feb 1 1924 Dec 10 1972 James E Dickerson Sgt US Army Jan 27 1931 Apr 20 1984 Charity F Dickerson Jan 28 1887 Jul 9 1977 MM Annette Holland Mar 15 1962 Apr 27 2009 Age 47 Elmer L Holland US Army May 20 1930 Jan 30 1979 Ida Exum Holland Aug 17 1903 Mar 21 1970 Zacharay Holland Pvt 819 Co Trans Corps World War I Jan 1 1891 Dec 3 1965 Cora Fort Yelverton Aug 14 1875 Jul 31 1953 Martha Rountree Jun 25 1882 Jun 2 1972 Nettie Daniels Jul 4 1884 Feb 29 1976 Chelsia H Bryant Nov 10 1904 Oct 10 1976 Dorothy H Jones Jun 6 1927 May 7 2007 Alvester Williams Pvt US Army World War II Mar 29 1916 Oct 17 1954 Margaret L Hall Nov 10 1929 Jul 15 2006 Lela A Hagins May 7 1906 May 11 1971 Howard Lee Hagans Oct 12 1911 Jun 21 1981 Selma L Hagans Oct 3 1912 Dec 4 1981 Noah Dickerson Jun 9 1861 Oct 22 1911 Henry Taylor Sep 14 1881 Jul 27 1915 Ricky Holt 1960-2006 Fannie Artis Nov 20 1914 Aug 2 1992 John E Yelverton May 6 1917 Nov 12 1991 Demus Coley Jan 1 1912 Feb 5 1979 A J Artis Dec 13 1908 Feb 18 1998 Savanah C Artis Sep 2 1915 May 24 1970 Charlie Coley Jan 5 1894 Aug 5 1958 James E Fort North Carolina Pvt 1Cl 515 Port Bn Tc May 10 1913 Apr 10 1945 Hannah Fort Feb 9 1842 Oct 15 1917 Willie V Son of Willie E & Hannah Fort Sep 11 1898 Jun 21 1914 Double Stone Dickerson Zannie A Jul 7 1890 Jul 14 1932 John B Mar 22 1888 Sep 3 1936 Gordon Gray Shadding Sep 27 1933 Aug 1 1995 Johnnie "Pete" Walker Apr 3 1903 May 20 1984

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