McCandless Family Cemetery

Wayne County North Carolina

Surveyed by Glenn Fields November 2011


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

Location: On the west side of US 117 N approximately eight tenths of a mile north of the intersection of US 117N and Airport Road. Cemetery is in the field behind two houses. One is an older home with a tin hip roof and the other is a modern ranch with brown shingle roof. The driveway is gray gravel. Follow the drive between the two houses and continue into the field. Beside the Bartlett Davis Cemetery outside the fence.

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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.461872 N
    77.981813 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    James McCandless May 29 1901 June 17 1946 John D McCandless Aug 12 1866 Dec 30 1923 Mary Ellen Wife of John D McCandless June 3 1874 Jan 16 1942 Guy McCandless Oct 11 1911 Feb 3 1940 Veteran's stone William Richard Ellis TEC5 US Army World War II 1919-1976 Rutha Carnella McCandless Wife of Aldon F Mitchell May 9 1904 Dec 30 1933 Fannie Wife of J M Bedford June 16 1891 Aug 2 1920

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