Parks Family Cemetery

Wayne County North Carolina

Surveyed by Glenn Fields January 2010


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

Location: From US 13 Hwy north of Goldsboro, take Hood Swamp Road for approximately one and a quarter mile. Cemetery is in a field on the left in front of Robert Parks Farm. There is a sign in his yard.



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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.410843449293104 N
    77.87718772888184 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Ruby Ann Daughter of J P & A Parks Jan 20 1932 May 22 1934 Joseph B Parks May 16 1846 May 7 1915 Veteran's Stone Berry Parks Capt Co K 27th NC Regt Confederate States Army May 16 1846 May 7 1915 Ella V Parks Aug 31 1856 Apr 2 1935 Joe W Parks Aug 24 1955 Mar 23 1971 Veteran's Stone Clifton E Parks S1 US Navy Feb 9 1922 Feb 14 1975 Family Stone PEELE Veteran's Stone James Braxton Peele SFC U S Army World War II Korea Vietnam Oct 18 1929 Sep 3 1998 Retha Smith Peele May 21 1929 NOD “Tom” James Amaziah Smith Mar 24 1921 Oct 3 2004 Veteran's Stone James Amaziah Smith S1 U S Coast Guard World War II Mar 24 1921 Oct 3 2004 Double stone COBB Doris Smith Sep 25 1911 Apr 11 1993 James Lionel Sep 4 1913 Oct 19 1976 Joseph H Smith Nov 7 1926 Dec 9 1953 Double stone SMITH Arzella A E Apr 8 1891 Oct 29 1979 Mark Feb 22 1886 Apr 28 1938 Willie R son of A P & M J E Smith Feb 7 1894 May 25 1915 Mary J E Wife of A P Smith Aug 1 1851 Aug 12 1926 A P Smith Jul 5 1853 May 31 1924 John Franklin Smith Sep 11 1878 Jul 17 1941 Double stone GRAHAM Bettie Shirley Smith Aug 28 1935 NOD Blair McIver Dec 30 1929 Feb 25 2008 Mabel S Smith Jan 21 1902 Jan 14 1992 James Parks Smith Sr. Oct 11 1884 Mar 25 1962 Nora Butts Wife of J P Smith Nov 24 1887 Jan 18 1933 Dorothy Dodd Daughter of J P & Nora Smith Sep 19 1911 Apr 4 1932 Louise Boyette Smith May 6 1916 Mar 28 2006 William Walter Smith Sep 26 1915 Oct 22 1991 Family Stone SMITH Raymond Lee Smith Nov 21 1909 Dec 8 1967 Nannie Mae Smith Jan 31 1908 Jul 28 1988 Dalton Raymond D Smith Dec 17 1946 Aug 7 2000 Family Stone SMITH Ben McGee Smith Dec 12 1960 May 31 1980 Annie Belle Smith Mar 15 1916 Jan 19 1997 Ira Dyke Smith Jul 26 1914 Sep 28 2000 Infant of Norwood and Josephine Smith NOI Double stone SMITH Nora Newsome Dec 30 1886 Mar 24 1989 Joe Berry Jan 17 1881 Oct 6 1967 Heber Smith Feb 12 1912 Aug 22 1994 Veteran's Stone James F Strickland North Carolina F1 U S Coast Guard Res World War II Mar 24 1917 Oct 20 1962 Inez Wise Strickland Feb 20 1920 Apr 12 1991 Alease Wise Hamer Loving and Beloved Mama, Sis, Nannie and Friend Jul 30 1921 Sep 22 1998 Infant son of Walter & Thelma Smith Jul 31 1934 Aug 1 1934 Infant son of J P & Nora Smith Born & Died Nov 21 1919 Infant of J P & Nora Smith Born & Died Dec 2 1908 Ola Pearline Daughter of J P & Nora Smith Apr 19 1914 Jun 17 1915


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