Gray Family Cemetery

Wayne County North Carolina

Surveyed by Glenn Fields July 2009


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

Location: On the south side of Parkstown Road approximately 2/10 mile west of North Beston Road.



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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.37953 N
    77.85076 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Walter Ryan Gray February 27 1978 February 5 2001 Roger Gray May 22 1934 May 24 1936 Durwood E Gray Aug 26 1929 Dec 1 2004 Son of Edgar V and Mamie J Brother of Roger V Part of previous stone Durwood Eugene Gray SN US Navy World War II Korea August 26 1929 December 1 2004 Thurman Lee Gray Son of Emmitt and Bessie Gray Mar 1 1935 Jan 3 1936 Bessie Lee Gray Aug 29 1904 Mar 12 1935 Emmitt Gray Dec 23 1902 Sept 23 1959 Amanda Dawn Daughter of William and Janet Gray Sept 16 1968 Sept 17 1968 Johnny Gray Son of Alex and Ida W Gray Nov 21 1903 Nov 22 1945 Jesse James Gray Feb 20 1898 June 8 1938 Ida Gray Wife of Alexander Gray July 22 1867 Oct 30 1936 Alexander Gray Sept 16 1861 Sept 22 1935 Lonnie Son of Alex and Ida Gray NOI Infant son of Gatsy and John Eason June 1916 O’Max Gardner Son of Edd & Nellie Anderson Dec 25 1928 Jan 25 1930 Nellie Gray Wife of Edd Anderson Jan 22 1906 Mar 20 1946 Billy Ray Anderson North Carolina PFC US ARMY Aug 29 1941 Dec 10 1960 Mamie H Hill Sept 20 1883 Jan 24 1959 Emma Bell Hatsell Sept 30 1885 July 15 1968 Lydia Wife of Wm A Hatsell Apr 10 1859 Nov 15 1931 Wm Eason June 30 1861 Mar 5 1928 Clarence B Son of Willie & Myrtle Gray Born April 20 1908 Died May 18 1909 Double stone GRAY Father Willie N Jan 2 1886 June 24 1944 Mother Myrtle E Aug 11 1890 Apr 24 1959 Phillip Lloyd Son of Bruce & Tessie Gray Jan 1 1948 Jan 1 1948 Double stone GRAY Father William Bruce Sept 1 1911 Nov 6 1955 Mother Tessie Thompson Aug 30 1919 NOD Wendy G Newcomb Feb 7 1960 June 12 1960 Double stone WATSON Jeffrey Lee “Jeff” June 20 1966 Aug 12 2007 Virginia A Bartlett “Ginger” Oct 11 1965 NOI Parents of Katie and Alex Back Side of Previous Stone Daughter of Alton & Arlene Bartlett Sister of Janet Dail Rhonda Sutton And Robbie Bartlett ___________________ Son of Frankie and Peggy Watson Grandson of Elton & Elizabeth Watson And Richard & Gladys Gray Brother of Jimmy Watson ___________________ “You Need To Know” Written by Diane Strickland Double stone GRAY Gladys M May 15 1924 Aug 30 2008 Richard A March 6 1923 Dec 28 1998 Our Children Ann, Peggy, Brenda & Rose Richard A Gray S1 US Navy World War II March 6 1923 Dec 28 1998 Double stone GRAY Annie Long Mar 20 1920 Dec 8 1997 Roland Oct 20 1919 NOD Wed Aug 12 1939 Parents of Roland M “Bud” and Douglas Kim Double stone GRAY Robert Langley Roland Dwight Infant sons of Sherry and Dwight Gray Dec 27 1997 Brothers of Jonathan and Jacob Double stone CUNNINGHAM Sudie B Cunningham Sept 30 1893 June 16 1986 T J Cunningham May 13 1883 Sept 23 1939 Double stone CUNNINGHAM John H Sept 28 1880 Apr 3 1924 Clemmie G Nov 25 1887 June 8 1964 Nancy Wife of Lewis Brock Apr 9 1852 Feb 2 1922 Double stone GRAY Claudie E Aug 22 1889 Dec 10 1980 Hannah W Feb 1 1900 Mar 24 1968 Double stone GRAY Noah William Aug 29 1933 Aug 16 2000 Mack Seane Hensley Feb 10 1934 NOI Parents of Trudy and Donna Grandparents of Chris and Tracy and Jamie and Jay Back of Previous Stone Double stone COKER Trudy Gray Apr 8 1952 NOD Jerry Harold June 28 1949 Apr 10 2009 Married July 11 1969 Back of Previous Stone Parents of Chris Coker and Tracy Bedford Grandparents of Emily Bedford, Dallas Coker, Leevi Coker Jerry Harold Coker SP4 US Army Vietnam Jun 28 1949 Apr 10 2009 Loving Husband Daddy and Grandpa Double stone HENSLEY Bessie H Mar 8 1909 July 1 1992 Dallas A June 26 1906 June 23 1997 Wed Aug 13 1926 Parents of: Elexie, Vonzella, Mack Seane and Joe D. Eli D Oliver Jan 30 1875 Oct 27 1934 BOONE NOI N G B NOI Bessie Gray Edwards Dec 31 1900 July 26 1925 John Henry Edwards Nov 20 1924 Aug 5 1925 Double stone GRAY Mother Amanda D Oct 11 1879 July 13 1951 Father Rigdon T Sept 7 1854 Jan 24 1929 Double stone GRAY Roy April 28 1930 March 6 2008 Willa P December 11 1929 NOD Sons Royce & Randy

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