Martin-Price Cemetery

Wayne County North Carolina

Surveyed by Glenn Fields May 2011


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

Location: Hwy NC 55 west of Mount Olive. Cemetery is north of 55 approximately 3/10 mile west of Country Club Road.



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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.210081 N
    78.086684 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Double stone MAY James Van Sep 10 1941 NOD Hattie Royal Sutton Jul 27 1942 NOD Mildred M Jones Sep 26 1917 Mar 11 2005 Christine L Martin Owensby Mar 19 1968 Feb 20 1987 MM Arlene Annette Ezzell Martin Aug 9 1940 Feb 21 2010 Albert Peele Cox Jan 22 1900 Nov 3 1986 Inez Martin Cox Nov 13 1904 Dec 30 1998 Benjamin C Thigpen Mar 7 1905 Oct 10 1973 Nellie Martin Thigpen Aug 13 1906 Jan 8 1995 Catherine Joyce Thigpen Apr 3 1934 May 26 1980 Annie James Mathis Martin Feb 24 1914 Aug 2 2001 E James Martin Feb 28 1908 Jan 20 1954 Janet Martin May Jun 7 1920 Sep 8 1973 Deems M May Aug 23 1906 Jan 25 1955 Betty Jean Godwin Martin Apr 2 1933 Mar 22 1977 Cedric Parker Martin Apr 30 1913 Mar 9 1947 Albert Morris Martin Jun 1 1915 May 14 1941 Larry J Martin Jan 3 1957 Jan 3 1957 Stephen James Martin Feb 29 1884 May 18 1958 Katie Parker Martin Wife of Stephen James Martin May 3 1889 Feb 18 1966 Robert R Martin Mar 3 1915 Dec 16 1977 Rachel S Martin Aug 18 1918 Nov 27 2006 Bertha R Martin Jan 18 1891 Oct 26 1973 Leon F Martin Feb 17 1888 Aug 1 1945 James Edward Son of Leon F & Bertha Martin Feb 28 1913 May 29 1914 Bert E Martin Mar 16 1881 Mar 22 1941 Margaret E Martin Jun 6 1882 Oct 5 1945 Elton Leroy Little son of B E & Maggie Martin Jun 23 1914 Mar 13 1917 Homer Lee Son of B E & Maggie Martin Jan 13 1911 May 17 1911 Robert R Martin Jr Nov 18 1943 Jun 30 2009 Blanch Martin Barfield Dec 17 1909 Jun 4 1983 Veteran's Marker Eugene Jones 1st Sgt US Army World War II Mar 31 1922 June 10 1982 Edward D Williams 1863- 1982 Margarett Williams Aug 15 1840 Sep 16 1920 Margaret E Miller Wife of John Price Mar 20 1853 Sep 30 1904 Edith Daughter of J J & Margaret Price Feb 8 1890 Jun 20 1890 Minnie A Daughter of J J & Margaret Price Aug 22 1880 Dec 15 1883 Double stone MARTIN E J Martin Dec 26 1848 Aug 9 1899 Bashaba E Price Wife of E J Martin Jan 24 1851 Jan 29 1922 Close-up of previous stone Close-up of previous stone Unidentified Wooden Marker Sarah Martin Dail Apr 23 1877 Nov 22 1958 Lucius Bryant Dail Jan 31 1878 Jul 24 1946 Willie Russell Son of W F & M V Martin Nov 18 1896 Jun 14 1897 Mary Elizabeth Daughter of W F & M V Martin Sep 8 1895 Oct 23 1895 Olive M Daughter of W & N Price Jan 24 1851 Apr 20 1969 Aged 18 yrs, 2 Mos, 26 days Giles T L Son of Whitman & Nancy Price Jan 6 1846 May 13 1868 Nancy Price Wife of Whitman Price Died Feb 23 1864 Aged 37 Years Whitman Price Died Oct 27 1885 Aged 75 Years Lizzie Wife of W D Price Died June 15 1881 Age 23 Yrs Infant Son of W D & Lou Price NOI Infant Son of W D & Lou Price NOI Lou Wife of W D Price Died Aug 21 1904 Age 43 Yrs William D Price Apr 10 1849 Sep 13 1926 Wilburn Price Son of J L & Eloise Parker May 2 1921 Jul 1 1922 Mattie Louise Daughter of J L & Eloise Parker Aug 26 1918 Jun 11 1920 Willard David Son of Preston & Lillie Martin May 30 1912 Aug 7 1912 Christine Daughter of Preston & Lillie Martin Jul 19 1914 Jun 16 1915 William Preston Martin Sep 10 1885 Feb 6 1950 Lillie Price Martin Aug 23 1887 Mar 26 1963 Double stone BUNDY Joseph Presly May 10 1902 Aug 29 1968 Annie Dail Apr 5 1900 Sep 21 1974 Eunice Dail Woods Daughter of Lucius Bryant Dail and Sarah Martin Dail Nov 14 1913 Jan 26 2006 Helen Gertrude Dail Daughter of Lucius Bryant Dail and Sarah Martin Dail Jan 7 1905 Dec 20 1891 James Perry Son of L B & Sadie E Dail Jun 9 1902 Feb 13 1907 Double stone HAWKINS Essie Agnes Jun 16 1875 Nov 23 1940 Oscar Berval Dec 1 1878 August 18 1930 Double stone HAWKINS Julia Byrd Apr 7 1919 Feb 8 2004 Oscar Berval May 2 1912 Apr 30 1993 Family Stone SHOWN Penny Joyner Shown Nov 2 1963 Feb 8 2000 James Everette Joyner Oct 16 1914 Dec 6 2003 Eunice Parker Joyner Apr 14 1923 Apr 16 1993 James Larry Parker Jul 15 1878 Jul 6 1942 Eloise Price Parker Wife of Larry Parker Sep 18 1891 Oct 13 1962 Ray Wilson Scarborough Jul 3 1917 Jul 1 1982 Major League Baseball Pitcher 1942 – 1953 Scout 1960 – 1982 Jul. 23, 1917 Mount Gilead Montgomery County North Carolina, USA Jul. 1, 1982 Mount Olive (Wayne County) Wayne County North Carolina, USA Major League Baseball Player. The Washington Senators right-hander broke the hearts of the Boston Red Sox on the same date, September 28, two years in a row in 1948 and 1949. He won a six-hit, 4-2 victory in Boston, dropping the Red Sox two games behind Cleveland in the 1948 pennant race. The two teams wound up tied for first place, and the Indians won the playoff and then the World Series title. It was much the same the following year. Scarborough fired a four-hitter in a 2-1 triumph, knocking the Red Sox from undisputed first place into a tie with the New York Yankees. Boston had led 1-0 behind Chuck Stobbs going into the ninth. The Senators tied it up, and Mel Parnell came in. With runners on a second and third and two out and pinch-hitter Buddy Lewis at bat, Parnell uncorked a wild pitch for the winning run. Red Sox manager Joe McCarthy was heavily criticized for not walking Lewis intentionally with Scarborough on deck. In that game, both Ted Williams and Vern Stephens failed to get the ball out of the infield. He struck out seven, getting Williams twice. Boston later took a one-game lead with two to play, but those pair were at Yankee Stadium. New York took them both and then another World Series title. He pitched for Washington (1942 to 1943, 1946 to 1950), the Chicago White Sox (1950), the Red Sox (1951 to 1952), the Yankees (1952 to 1953) and the Detroit Tigers (1953). He also was in the military in 1944-45. He was 15-8 with the Senators in 1948 with a 2.82 earned run average. That year he also made veteran Bill McGowan so incensed for disputing his calls behind the plate that the umpire threw his ball-and-strike indicator at the hurler. As a result of other confrontations during the July 20 game, McGowan, with 25 years' experience, received a 10-day suspension by the American League. Washington traded Scarborough with first baseman Eddie Robinson and infielder Al Kozar to the White Sox on May 31, 1950 for pitchers Bob Kuzava and Joe Ostrowski and infielder Cass Michaels. Chicago shipped him to Boston with pitcher Bill Wight on Dec. 10, 1950 for pitchers Joe Dobson and Dick Littlefield and outfielder Al Zarilla. He was 12-9 for the Red Sox in 1951. His 10-year career totals were 80-85 with a 4.13 ERA and 59 complete games in 168 starts. (bio by: Ron Coons) Edna Martin Scarborough Jul 1 1918 May 8 2007 Margaret E Martin Aug 26 1921 Jul 16 1996 Louis Outlaw Parker Nov 29 1919 Jun 16 1992 Ruth Martin Parker Sep 5 1926 NOD Carlie Elsie Lee Dail Sep 20 1907 Sep 7 2004 Harvey Jordan Dail Oct 17 1907 Nov 7 1978 Harvey J Dail III Son of Harvey & Sandra Dail Born & Died Jun 7 1969 Veteran's Stone William M Bundy North Carolina SGT 99 Signal Co World War II Jan 21 1918 Mar 15 1970 Multiple stone BUNDY Oliver J Bundy Apr 6 1891 Nov 23 1971 Maude M Bundy Mar 20 1890 Dec 1 1977 Willard M Bundy Jan 21 1918 Mar 15 1970 Double stone BUNDY Josephine P Mar 16 1926 May 11 1996 Elias J Oct 22 1925 Jul 6 2007 Veteran's Stone Elias J Bundy SSGT US Army World War II Oct 22 1925 Jul 6 2007 Bronze Star Medal William Patrick Lee Dec 3 1975 Feb 3 1983 Son of William Raymond Lee Jr And Shirley Scarborough Lee

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