The epitaphs are as follows:

John Wesley
Son of
T C & Estelle Pollock
May 12 1932
Dec 17 1947

Ruby Anderson Stewart
Dec 19 1916
July 9 1973

Alex Roy Anderson
Dec 13 1900
June 12 1953

Double stone
SMITH
James Arnold
May 28 1898
July 25 1957
Sadie Jemimah
Feb 16 1904
Apr 26 1959

William Arnold Smith
Apr 4 1930
Oct 11 1943

Double stone
ELLIS
William M
Oct 13 1878
July 28 1941
Ida Handley
Nov 8 1880
Feb 12 1965

Judith Eunice
Daughter of
A A & Eunice Watkins
Born & Died
Dec 12 1945

Ben F Herring
Husband of
Ava M Herring
Mar 29 1907
Mar 26 1994

Ava Moore 
Wife of
Ben Herring
Nov 25 1910
Sept 18 1946

Double stone
ELLIS
FATHER
Hiram Ellis
Born 1847
Died Oct 25 1912
MOTHER
Sarah Ellis
Born 1854
Died Dec 19 1939

Double stone
ELLIS
Louis Henry
Feb 15 1883
Apr 11 1952
Annie Watkins
May 10 1886
Aug 2 1952

Louis H Ellis Jr
Nov 27 1919
June 26 1922

Muriel Ellis
Aug 3 1918
Dec 26 1920

Rolland Ellis
Aug 15 1908
Sept 16 1908

Double stone
BOYETTE
Maggie Summerlin
Sept 19 1880
July 14 1944
John Stephen
Aug 15 1879
Oct 26 1954

Lamuel Dallas Summerlin
1871 – 1949

In Memory Of
Jesse J Summerlin
May 2 1876
Feb 19 1945

Unidentified tomb

Mary C 
Wife of
W J Watkins
Born
May 10 1852
Died
Oct 14 1909

W J Watkins
Born
Mar 31 1850
Died
Mar 12 1924

Full view of previous two graves

Addison R Herring
Apr 20 1900
Oct 8 1956

Double stone
HERRING
Robert
Oct 24 1869
July 2 1941
Mary
June 17 1886
Feb 7 1975

Mamie
Daughter of
Mr & Mrs Jos Herring
Jan 7 1921
Jan 6 1922

Charity
Wife of
Howard Anderson
Died
Dec 7 1858
Aged 31 Y’rs

WALKER Family Stone

Sallie Herring Walker Vinson
Sept 23 1907
Jan 5 1977

OUR BROTHER
Jack
Son of
J M & Jemmima Handley
Apr 21 1876
May 24 1883 or 1887

FATHER
James M Handley
Feb 29 1832 
Apr 14 1888

MOTHER
Jemmima
Wife of
J M Handley
Feb 24 1843
Apr 13 1911

Hebert Handley
North Carolina
S2 US Navy
World War I
Aug 15 1898
Mar 1 1918

J M Handley
Born
May 8 1872
Died
Apr 16 1921

Lucy
Wife of
J M Handley
Born
Feb 16 1874
Died
May 24 1912

Close up of previous stone

Benjamin
Son of
B & S Herring
July 1 1909
June 1 1910

Leslie Herring
Nov 23 1891
Aug 5 1910

Double Stone
HERRING
Benjamin Herring
Dec 10 1860
Feb 23 1935
Sallie 
His Wife
Apr 1 1868
Nov 22 1943

Henry
Son of
Etheldred & Charlotte
Herring
Dec 10 1860
Other date not in picture

WARD Family Stone

Minnie H Ward
Feb 11 1868
Mar 13 1942

Benjamin F Ward
Nov 29 1863 
Oct 16 1907

Benjamin J Ward
Mar 5 1901
Mar 10 1910





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