Maplewood Cemetery

Wayne County NC

Surveyed by Various Contributors March 2012




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

Location: This is a large cemetery surrounded by the following streets: On E James St to Fleer St to Bell Ave to E Station St to Dudley St to E John St to Jefferson St and back to E John St.

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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.19420 N
    78.05970 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Charles Orville Whitley Jan 3 1927 Oct 27 2002 Lane K Hargrove North Carolina PFC US Army Vietnam PH Jan 31 1948 Apr 21 1968 Bryant S Bizzell Dec 18 1889 Nov 22 1937 Joseph N Hargrove LCpl May 15 1951 Duplin Co Missing in Action Kohtang, Island May 15 1975 George Patrick Power North Carolina LCpl Co B 7 Engr 1 Marine Div Vietnam PH Feb 29 1948 Jun 16 1968 Double Stone Woodcock Louise R Mar 18 1918 NOD William W Sep 7 1907 Mar 13 1977 Floyd A Andrews North Carolina PFC 135 Aero Sq World War I Jul 14 1888 Feb 7 1965 Lila Dell Flanagan Wife of F A Andrews Aug 14 1906 Jun 16 1968 Emma Aaron Summerlin Nov 1 1884 Oct 29 1969 Jane T Lee Dec 17 1926 Feb 25 1999 William R Lee May 19 1922 Oct 29 1998 Terry Lee Taylor Sep 18 1946 Feb 13 1980 Double Stone Henry Faison Lee Aug 20 1879 May 6 1942 Dora Mc Lee Dec 2 1886 Nov 12 1951 Robert Fulton Lee Aug 14 1912 Dec 23 1912 Double Stone Hargrove Beatrice Jul 15 1908 Dec 16 1990 Rovie M Mar 16 1906 Jan 15 1976 Carl L Hargrove Feb 18 1930 Feb 27 1972 FS Carl L Hargrove Cpl US Army Korea Feb 18 1930 Feb 27 1972 Robert Eugene Hargrove US Army Korea Apr 24 1933 Oct 25 1986 Sherwood DeWayne Hargrove Apr 23 1962 Jun 17 1989 William Norman Hargrove Dec 13 1880 Dec 22 1959 Ava Gautier Hargrove Aug 13 1894 Nov 20 1968 Double Stone Hargrove Catherine Hickson Feb 25 1937 Sep 16 2001 James Thomas Sep 1 1937 Jun 20 2001 Double Stone Swinson Macon Aug 28 1910 Jul 22 1980 Ruby H Dec 23 1911 Oct 2 1994 Sgt William Landis Turner Dec 26 1948 Oct 7 2003 FS William Landis Turner Sgt US Air Force Vietnam Dec 26 1948 Oct 7 2003 Ruth Hargrove Wells Jun 17 1914 Jul 9 1994 Double Stone Hargrove A Randell Apr 15 1908 May 26 1982 Luvenia K Oct 21 1907 Oct 8 1982 Lillian K Beasley Dec 3 1937 Mar 2 2008 Charles Norwood "Tinker" Bell Sr US Navy Jun 26 1939 Mar 13 2009 George W Bridgers Apr 16 1828 Apr 17 1900 FS George W Bridgers Pvt Co H 9 NC State Trps Confederate States Army Apr 16 1828 Apr 17 1900 Alice Fulghum Casey May 12 1880 May 25 1977 Herbert S Casey 1913-1929 Benjamin H Casey Jun 18 1868 Nov 21 1953 Benjamin H Jr Son of B H & Alice Casey Jun 22 1910 Aug 30 1919 June R Hines Jun 15 1889 Jun 8 1971 Double Stone Anderson Janie Hines Feb 16 1894 Jan 12 1965 Jesse Thomas Aug 4 1892 Apr 30 1972 Double Stone Anderson Esther Lane Mar 26 1902 Mar 1 1996 Married Feb 9 1918 George Paul Jul 30 1893 Dec 12 1977 Double Stone Mozingo Grace Herring Sep 22 1904 Jul 14 1993 Joseph Bryant Sr Dec 9 1898 Mar 31 1970 Penelope Wife of J C Stanley 1838-1903 Pvt Alfred C Stanley Co K 51 Regt NC State Trp CSA Nov 1843 Jun 1924 Amie Anders Wiggins Aug 16 1856 Nov 29 1939 Albert Lawton Hargrove Aug 5 1898 Jun 15 1952 Double Stone Lane Louis A Apr 1 1890 Nov 23 1973 Mamie J Jul 15 1897 Jun 11 1977 Double Stone B Marriner O'Neal Dec 23 1917 Sep 15 1976 Alese L O'Neal Feb 2 1922 Apr 3 2007 FS Benjamin M O'Neal Dec 23 1917 Sep 15 1976 FS Alese L O'Neal Feb 2 1922 Apr 3 2007 Double Stone Lane Charlie W 1869-1950 Mary M 1869-1926 Annie Doster Lane Wife of C W Lane Mar 16 1873 Sep 10 1946 Double Stone Price Robert Lee Nov 3 1894 Feb 24 1969 Maybelle H Mar 30 1910 Aug 27 2003 Double Stone Hargrove Judson Vernon Dec 5 1896 Sep 5 1984 Raymond F Oct 24 1899 Nov 10 1938 FS Raymond F Hargrove Oct 24 1899 Nov 10 1938 Double Stone Hargrove Relma D Aug 21 1934 NOD Married Aug 6 1956 Hildagarde C May 28 1935 May 25 2006 Double Stone Hargrove Donald E Jan 16 1959 NOD Married Jul 20 1996 Linda H Apr 19 1954 Jun 20 2000 Double Stone Glover Bobby Lee Jan 4 1940 Aug 17 2000 Married Dec 25 1962 Barbara Carter Dec 9 1942 NOD Double Stone Stroud Laurel D Feb 9 1948 Aug 11 2003 Married Nov 14 1971 Marshall Nov 9 1947 NOD Double Stone West Sandra F May 2 1947 Jul 31 2002 Jimmy O Aug 23 1949 Feb 28 1996 Gene Travis Wells Oct 21 1938 Oct 8 1998 Harvey Glenn Wells US Air Force Dec 4 1936 Jan 1 2004 Rudolph Hargrove Pvt US Air Force Korea Jul 29 1916 Nov 9 1983 Linda Gail Sutton Mar 2 1943 Aug 2 1995 George E Summerlin Jul 6 1882 Mar 14 1966 Triple Stone Father Graham Eschel Jul 9 1915 Jan 23 1992 Mother Mildred Bell Jan 9 1919 Jan 12 1999 Son McEnnis Oct 17 1936 Oct 13 2010 Handy Haywood Godwin Co G 38 Regt NC Inf CSA Sep 5 1832 Aug 1 1899 Double Stone Godwin Betty F May 9 1867 Jun 2 1943 Ransom M Sep 22 1866 Feb 18 1942 Richard Hannibal Godwin May 5 1908 Nov 20 1945 William Ivey Godwin Sep 18 1894 May 27 1959 Double Stone Parker Phebe V Godwin Oct 20 1890 Dec 22 1979 Joseph Henry Nov 9 1883 Jun 6 1956 MM Mary Olive Price Hargrove Nov 12 1937 Dec 28 2010 Age 73 Montey A Thames Capt US Air Force Vietnam Persian Gulf Jul 8 1952 Oct 9 1996 Joy B Wiggins Mar 10 1958 May 30 1989 Rebecca Jo Tillman Apr 2 1954 May 27 2009 Elsie W Tillman Jul 30 1919 Nov 30 1991 Robert Pete Tillman PFC US Army World War II Mar 20 1919 Sep 8 1990 Double Stone Stephens James Clyde Sep 7 1913 Sep 10 2000 Married Nov 16 1935 Dollie Mae Whitfield Sep 20 1907 Sep 21 2003 Double Stone Gurganus Rose Marie Beasley Oct 27 1948 NOD Married Dec 14 1973 Charles Leamon Sep 8 1943 Jun 2 2005 FS Charles Leamon Gurganus SMSgt US Air Force Vietnam Sep 8 1943 Jun 2 2005 Double Stone Lambert Oscar R Apr 10 1935 NOD Rosa L Dec 9 1934 Apr 7 2000 Parents of Douglas, Donna & Rose Cora Baker Schott Apr 5 1907 Sep 3 1986 Alice Goodson Loftin Daughter of John & Mollie Goodson Mar 30 1907 Duplin Co Apr 9 2001 Selma E Herring Marshburn Daughter of B F & Lizzie Herring Sep 22 1918 Nov 29 1947 Double Stone Herring Abba E Apr 30 1878 Mar 8 1951 Benjamin F Aug 17 1864 Apr 25 1932 Thurmond G Herring US Army World War II Jul 23 1904 Oct 10 1984 Double Stone McCullen Laverne J Apr 21 1936 NOD Harold Oct 6 1930 Mar 31 1994 FS Harold McCullen US Army Oct 6 1930 Mar 31 1994 Double Stone Vickory Charles Branson Jr Jan 8 1929 Feb 21 1999 Alice Dorr Denson NOI FS Charles Branson Vickory Jr US Army Korea 1929-1999 Double Stone Beasley Robert L Apr 23 1933 NOD Married May 22 1958 Lillian K Dec 3 1937 Mar 2 2008 Double Stone Davis Judy J Jul 31 1948 Dec 20 1995 Married Feb 15 1970 Elton R Jun 2 1946 NOD Double Stone Hobbs Jesse Nurney Jul 10 1916 Jul 30 1993 Annie Copeland May 30 1920 Jan 1 2010 FS Jesse N Hobbs SMSgt US Air Force World War II Korea Jul 10 1916 Jul 30 1993 Double Stone Parker Jessie F 1896-1978 Married Aug 12 1949 Mildred S 1903-1983 Raymond D Parker Apr 8 1910 Feb 25 1991 Alma B Parker Mar 15 1913 Mar 19 1992 Donald Edward Parker US Air Force Nov 24 1933 Mar 11 1977 Double Stone Smith Nelda Kornegay Feb 1 1926 NOD William Harris Jul 31 1924 Mar 14 1991 Double Stone Kornegay Gladys H Aug 22 1902 Mar 5 1992 Edgar Jun 19 1891 Dec 29 1982 Double Stone Kelly Kether D Apr 14 1922 Aug 7 1978 Margaret B NOI Double Stone Davis Carrie R Aug 24 1912 Sep 19 2004 Married Oct 24 1928 Bud Mar 14 1908 Jun 17 1978 Martha Carol S Cashwell Feb 27 1935 Feb 1 2009 William Guilford Cashwell Sr Mar 15 1935 Apr 10 1990 William Milton Nowell Sr US Marine Corps World War II Aug 23 1924 May 8 1978 Infant Son of Mr & Mrs Milton Nowell Dec 10 1958 Morris W Rose Jan 7 1913 Apr 24 1993 Raymond Morris Herring US Army World War II May 10 1919 Sep 15 2003 Isaac E Fulghum North Carolina PFC Co E 391 Infantry World War II Jan 28 1915 Dec 10 1962 Laura W Bradshaw Mar 19 1915 Feb 8 1988 James H Bradshaw North Carolina TEC5 Co B 835 Engr Avn Bn World War II Aug 15 1924 Aug 18 1970 Mamie Alice Bradshaw Jul 9 1900 Jun 28 1944 Double Stone Strickland Lillian P Nov 20 1914 Herman Jan 29 1911 Jul 23 1973 Double Stone Lane Tessie L Jun 30 1902 Nov 4 1990 Arthur F Mar 22 1893 Apr 4 1968 Mary Virginia Daughter of A F & Tessie Lane Jul 16 1930 Mar 19 1935 Johnnie W Merritt 1902-1963 Edna Merritt Lewis Jun 3 1927 Aug 1 1962 Double Stone Merritt Minnie Blackwell 1884-1962 Alonza W 1853-1936 Eugene T Ferrell Sr Oct 22 1903 Aug 25 1980 Fonnie Smith Ferrell Dec 24 1903 Jul 24 1987 Luther Marvin Bradshaw US Army World War II Bronze Star Medal Jun 14 1922 Mar 24 2009 Sara Jane Byrd Kornegay Dec 28 1933 Sep 10 1980 Thomas Winfield Byrd North Carolina S2 USNRF World War I Oct 29 1895 Jan 31 1960 Minnie Reaves Byrd Jun 15 1900 Jan 23 1973 Elizabeth Albritton Byrd Aug 3 1922 Dec 17 1928 David John Aaron Mar 16 1887 Mar 29 1928 William Ellis Aaron May 15 1859 Jun 10 1916 Julia Hussey Aaron Apr 5 1861 May 3 1927 Harry Aaron Sep 7 1899 Jul 27 1914 William Ellis Aaron Jr Mar 18 1891 Sep 28 1929 Sally Swinson Mathis Mar 13 1880 Apr 29 1963 Sylvester Hines Mathis Jan 27 1884 May 30 1969 Sam Steele Mathis Dec 18 1919 Apr 15 1985 Evangeline B Mathis Mar 26 1915 Oct 25 2002 Double Stone Miller Mary Prudence Jan 3 1890 Nov 6 1972 William Curtis Oct 30 1878 Oct 1 1944 Litha Ada Hargrove Wife of John C Williams Jul 4 1887 May 13 1949 C H Harris Sep 23 1887 Apr 1 1911 Zilphia A Warren Oct 12 1868 Nov 27 1930 Fred P Warren Pvt US Army World War II Jan 2 1907 Mar 23 1991 Daisy E Colie May 16 1900 Apr 6 2000 Jennie W Williford Jan 13 1944 Oct 14 1986 Double Stone Broadhurst Malcolm McInnis Aug 14 1913 Apr 16 2008 Married Dec 22 1939 Eunice Edwards Aug 17 1917 Oct 25 2007 Wilson Edgar Lewis Jul 5 1882 Dec 4 1944 Katherine Knowles Lewis Dec 23 1894 Mar 19 1976 Hillery Arnold Myers Cpl US Army World War II Nov 3 1920 May 8 1999 Eugene Thomas "Tommie" Ferrell Jr Mar 12 1933 Aug 1 1996 Mary Alice Swinson Jan 10 1940 Oct 28 2011 G Edgar Summerlin Jr Feb 27 1906 Jun 14 1980 G E "Eddie" Summerlin III Mar 9 1931 Aug 1 1998 Addie Mae Summerlin Mar 25 1908 Oct 17 1989 Double Stone Swinson Eula Underhill Jun 6 1921 Nov 30 2002 Ralph Lawrence Mar 3 1913 Jul 20 1992 Double Stone Swinson Stella M Nov 14 1905 May 10 1993 Austin M Jan 2 1902 Jun 17 1980 Double Stone Swinson Weldon B "Pete" Jun 8 1918 Dec 23 1984 Lona L Mar 7 1922 Jul 4 2003 Double Stone Swinson Myrtie L Sasser Jun 19 1895 Mar 25 1950 Major Ivey Nov 18 1887 Feb 1 1978 Florence D Swinson May 6 1897 Mar 2 1989 Double Stone Swinson Hellen Lee May 16 1921 Aug 11 2008 Liston Lee Nov 10 1916 Dec 20 1969 Ina Quinn Swinson Apr 18 1894 Jul 24 1982 Baby Boy Swinson Mar 9 1962 Double Stone Myers John T Oct 27 1876 Jul 25 1953 Maggie M Aug 30 1896 Sep 15 1989 John W Myers Virginia PFC 317 Inf 80 Div World War II Aug 10 1922 Sep 17 1944 Elizabeth D Godwin Nov 29 1911 Nov 15 1989 Constance "Momma" Prue Godwin Apr 19 1938 May 27 2006 Jack B Swinson US Army Feb 6 1940 Dec 1 2004 Double Stone Swinson Willis H Mar 12 1875 Sep 2 1949 Lillie K Feb 22 1889 Jan 20 1982 Sudie Brock Dec 2 1898 May 15 1980 Robert Brock US Army World War I Jan 11 1895 Aug 25 1985 Double Stone Swinson Emmett L 1909-1978 Lucy M 1910-1974 Blanche Swinson Denning Jan 27 1916 Mar 24 2001 Charles M Denning Aug 1 1917 Jan 1 1989 Ross H Hargrove Nov 29 1918 Oct 14 1971 Emma Jernigan Hargrove Jun 3 1897 Jan 21 1964 Alfredo Borgognoni Oct 22 1919 Rome Italy Oct 1 2002 Married Mary Holmes Pierson Jan 2 1975 Dollie Richmond Bell Apr 15 1877 Jul 27 1938 John R Bell Jan 22 1859 Mar 6 1923 Lemuel W Kornegay Sep 9 1830 Nov 9 1875 Aged 45 yrs 2 mos FS Lemuel W Kornegay Pvt Co B 27 NC Militia Confederate States Army Sep 9 1830 Nov 9 1875 Nanie P Kornegay Aug 10 1841 Jun 17 1902 Lizzie Howard Wife of Dr S B Flowers Aug 25 1834 Philadelphia, Pa Apr 22 1876 Mt Olive, NC Florence V Daughter of Jesse & Teresa Swinson Sep 20 1849 Jan 9 1905 Martha Daughter of Jesse & Teresa Swinson Aug 2 1845 Dec 9 1913 Clyde Hyman Swinson SSgt US Army World War II Sep 5 1921 Sep 29 1990 Elizabeth H Swinson Nov 17 1934 Aug 17 2008 Jesse B ROberts North Carolina Cook Quartermaster Corps World War I Jul 15 1899 Sep 2 1960 Lila Swinson Roberts Jun 14 1896 Mar 11 1974 More to come!

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