James Avant Long Family Memorial Cemetery

Wayne County North Carolina

Surveyed by Glenn Fields July 2009


The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in James Avant Long Family Memorial Cemetery in Wayne County, NC.

Location: At the intersection of Long's Plant Farm Road and US Hwy 70.



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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.34275 N
    77.90824 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:



    (Not actual graves) Engineer James Avant Long Sr June 15 1810 Nov 21 1907 His Wife Mary Ellen Harrell Long May 24 1840 Mar 28 1885 Their Daughter Martha Ellen Long Sept 23 1873 Oct 7 1873 James Long gave Elroy its name and established its 1st Post Office on Aug 12 1891. (Elroy is a community on US 70 highway just east of Goldsboro.)

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