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
Glenn Fields Send your questions (and thanks) directly to Glenn
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