Old Herring Cemetery

Wayne County North Carolina

Surveyed by Glenn Fields December 2009


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

Location: On the southwest side of New Hope Road east of Central Heights Road, turn right on Ryan Blvd. and continue to Cross Way on the right. Turn right on Cross Way and then left on Goldleaf Dr. and then left on Cline Dr. and right on Doris Dr. The cemetery is across the field behind the houses on the left side of Doris Dr. beside a ditch that has trees along the bank. It has a chain link fence that is visible from the street if the crops do not obscure it.



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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.37229 N
    -77.89515 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    

    

    

Elizabeth (Ivey-from Graves Inscriptions book of the ‘70’s)
Wife of
Benjamin I Herring
Dec 19 1821
Feb 6 1897

Benjamin I Herring
Apr 9 1822
Feb 19 1904

Raymond T
Son of
L R & Elmettie Herring
May 14 1895
Aug 22 1895

John I Herring
May 15 1825
Feb 28 1889
The old cemetery survey says that
his wife, Sarah, Apr 26 1820-May 3 1890,
is buried beside him but the cemetery is so
thick with briars, that we did not find her stone.

Sarah E
Wife of 
Benajah Sutton
???? 22 1862
Aug 1 1885


    

    

    

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