The epitaphs are as follows:

Piney Grove Church marker
Established by the 
John Ivey Family
1876

Richard Gorden
Son of 
Gorden & Minnie Best
Apr 23 1921

DADDY
Gorden Best
Dec 13 1898
Nov 18 1928

MOTHER
Minnie Best
Feb 29 1896
July 29 1959

Infant Daughter of
L F & Annie Best
Nov 15 1925

MOTHER
Annie L Best
Apr 30 1905
Mar 23 1976

FATHER AT REST
Leinster F Best
July 26 1901
July 30 1963

J Faison Best
Aug 25 1895
Feb 23 1975

Mary Lou Fields
Jan 11 1893
July 24 1982

Mary Susan
Wife of
John Best
Nov 8 1861
Nov 17 1927

John Best
Aug 1 1858
Dec 10 1903

BIZZELL
Family Stone

FATHER
Charles D Bizzell
July 24 1854
Nov 25 1934

MOTHER
Betty Ann Bizzell
March 16 1858
Jan 4 1919

Mary Bizzell
Jan 6 1895
May 25 1911

Clara Bizzell
June 4 1882
Jan 2 1901

William Gordon Parks
Sept 21 1869
Apr 20 1957

Ina Ivey
Wife of
W G Parks
Born Jan 23 1873
Died Nov 17 1948

Leon Parks
Son of
W G & Ina I Parks
Feb 19 1901
Mar 14 1902

Infant
Son of
J J & Sarah J Ivey
Born & Died
Dec 31 1895

HINES
Family Stone

N Tessa Hines
Oct 27 1871
Jan 25 1942

Daniel L Hines
July 20 1868
Apr 17 1945

Nellie G Hines
Oct 25 1907
Feb 23 1948

Leslie
Son of
D L & N T Hines
Born
Sept 13 1897
Died
Jan 12 1899

MM
NOI

MM
NOI

Patrick H Gardner
Feb 2 1882
Nov 13 1963

Double stone
GARDNER
Jackson
Jan 1 1839
Jan 7 1902
Kate B
Mar 23 1857
Oct 22 1893

Infant 
Son of
Frank & Eva Jackson
NOI

Infant
Daughter of
Frank & Eva Jackson
NOI

Infant 
Daughter of
Mr & Mrs Jonas Jackson
Nov 12 1920

Allen Long Clark

Close up of previous stone
Allen Long Clark
June 17 1850
May 13 1910

Mary A Hines
Old Stone

Mary A Hines
Replacement Stone
Wife of 
Ira D Hines
Oct 30 1839
June 11 1911

Daniel S Hines
Aug 8 1857
July 5 1928

Ira John Hines
Apr 23 1861
Jan 6 1901

MM
NOI

Clifton Tilghman
Dec 21 1920
Dec 21 1937

Albert Tilghman
Oct 26 1895
Dec 23 1930

Alvin
Son of
Mr & Mrs 
Albert Tilghman
Oct 8 1925 – Feb 12 1926

Thelma
Daughter of
Mr & Mrs 
Albert Tilghman
Apr 27 1924 – May 5 1925                        

Fannie 
Wife of
Noah Hines
Died
May 26 1915
Age 22 yrs

Noah Hines
Mar 31 1886
Aug 17 1944

IN SWEETEST SLEEP
Nancy
Daughter of
Noah & Fannie Hines
Sept 25 1904
Nov 12 1928

Joseph F Wiggins
Feb 9 1851
Feb 9 1923

Adeline Wiggins
Wife of
Joe Wiggins
NOI

Joe T Hines
Nov 4 1908
May 16 1936



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Double stone
MOORE
C Randall
June 12 1942
Sept 22 2003
Married Aug 19 1961
Peggy A
Nov 7 1945
NOD

Hazel Mae
Daughter of
Marvin & Mattie Moore
March 5 1932
March 24 1932

Harry Milton 
Son of
Marvin A & Mattie Moore
Aug 5 1923 – Oct 19 1945

Marvin A Moore
Nov 14 1897
Sept 28 1947

MOTHER
Mattie Jones Moore
Nov 9 1898
Nov 20 1976

Double stone
MOORE
FATHER
Marvin Albert
April 1 1951
MOTHER
Lillie Bell
June 1 1919
NOD

Walter Albert Moore
North Carolina
PFC HQ CO
124 ARMRD MAINT BN
KOREA
August 5 1929
December 25 1970

Beatrice Moore Smith
Feb 4 1933
June 29 2002

Double stone
SMITH
George R 
Sept 27 1905 
Mar 21 1950
Lillie M Jones
Wife of
George R Smith
Oct 17 1905
Apr 8 1966

John W Smith
Aug 30 1883
Jan 18 1942

Mary J
Wife of 
J W Smith
July 3 1891
Mar 19 1927

Tom Smith
Aug 30 1850
Dec 15 1924

Claricy J
Wife of 
Tom Smith
Sept 9 1854
Mar 15 1921

Nannie May
Daughter of
J W & Mary Smith
Born Mar 24 1911
Died Feb 1 1915 

SUTTON
Family Stone

Dr. William G Sutton
Dec 11 1860
Sept 17 1943

Jessie F Sutton
Sept 28 1876
Oct 27 1945

J Gordon Sutton
Mar 30 1901 
May 16 1948

Liston Lee
Son of
W G & Jessie F Sutton
Born
Sept 11 1902
Died
Sept 16 1902

Benajah Sutton
Born
May 16 1857
Died
Dec 13 1889

B H Sutton
Born
Mar 4 1842
Died
July 22 1909

MOTHER
Sarah A V Sutton
1846 – 1929

Double stone
SMITH
Alice
Mar 20 1881
July 3 1956
Sam J
Mar 13 1882
June 7 1950

Nannie Goodson
Aug 5 1880
Feb 25 1950

Double stone
GOODSON
Thomas H
Sept 18 1874
March 4 1956
Eva Benton
Sept 23 1879
Sept 9 1923

Infant son of
Thomas & Eva Goodson
May 8 1923

Sylvia Goodson
1845 – 1930

Hazy Goodson
June 26 1818
Mar 15 1915

Infant 
Son of
Tho & Eva Goodson
Born & Died
Feb 4 1914

Cannie 
Wife of
J F Hines
Nov 20 1911
Age33 yrs

Robert Goodson
Son of 
H G & Silvy Goodson
Born
May 9 1884
Died 
March 16 1904

Thomas Sutton
Born Nov 25 1933 
Died June 22 1894

Close up of previous stone

Ann J 
Wife of
Thos Sutton
Oct 30 1833
Mar 15 1907

Unidentified grave with wooden marker

Unidentified grave with wooden marker

Infant 
Son of
W C & Mattie West 
June 26 1916 
July 15 1916

Seth 
Son of
W C & Mattie West
Dec 10 1914
Apr 25 1918

Mattie Ivey
Wife of 
Wm Closs West
March 25 1879
July 20 1953

Wm Closs West
May 1 1882
March 22 1934

Marie West Holmes
Wife of
A K Holmes
Apr 10 1906
June 1 1995

A K Holmes
Husband of
Marie West
Nov 27 1904
Dec 15 1975

Mattie May
Daughter of
John & Etta Goodson
Born
June 24 1908
Died
Apr 25 1909

Etta 
Wife of
John Goodson
Born
Aug 29 1868
Died
Apr 6 1914

John W H Goodson
Aug 26 1870
May 4 1938

Annie E Goodson Moore
May 4 1903
Jan 11 1983

George Hazy Moore
Oct 28 1902
Aug 31 1966

Junious Moore
Born & Died
July 19 1929

George D Moore
Oct 4 1925
Aug 29 1926

Double stone
MOORE
Billy Ray
Aug 18 1939
Apr 6 1998
Judy Jones
Jan 25 1946
NOD



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Infant 
Son of
H B & Elizabeth Ivey
Born & Died
Sept 3 1925

Levi Andrew Ivey
Son of
Wm Leslie & Rachel Ivey
Feb 18 1921
Nov 5 1968

Double stone
IVEY
Rachel Alberta
Nov 2 1891
Mar 1 1949
Wm Leslie
May 29 1892
Jan 19 1945

William Leslie
Son of
Willam Leslie & Rachel Ivey
Apr 1 1933
Mar 3 1934

Martha A
Wife of
L A Ivey
Born
May 14 1860
Died
Apr 15 1931

Levi Andrew Ivey
Born
Aug 11 1853
Died
Aug 27 1910

John W Newsome
1871 – 1927

Polly Ann Newsome
Wife of
John W Newsome
Born Aug 10 1875
Died Nov 24 1919

Leonard W
Son of
J W & Polly Ann Newsome
1916 – 1919

Infant 
Son of
J W & Polly Ann Newsome
Nov 19 1919

John R
Son of
J W & Polly Ann Newsome
1905 – 1907

Unidentified broken marker

Unidentified broken marker

Mamie West Sears
Dec 12 1876
Jan 20 1918

MM
NOI

MM
NOI

MM
NOI

Mary E
Daughter of
C C & A E Pearson
Born
June 20 1889
Died 
July 16 1892

Susan Williams
Nov 8 1919
Nov 10 1919

Waldolf Williams
Feb 23 1916
June 15 1916

Alener
Daughter of
J H & M W Williams
Born June 21 1908
Died Dec 19 1908

Mary W Williams
Aug 16 1874
Nov 13 1919

Robert L Barts
Born Dec 28 1874
Died Aug 11 1893

Pvt Daniel Sutton
CO C 8 BATT
NC PARTISAN 
RANGERS
CSA
June 15 1822
July 11 1894

Chloe A Sutton
Born
Oct 8 1837
Died
Oct 9 1900

Sammie
Son of
J D & Dennie Dawson
Born Aug 5 & 
Died Nov 5 1900

Tommie
Son of 
J D & Dennie Dawson
Born
Apr 27 1904
Died
July 15 1905

Infant 
Son of
J D & Dennie Dawson
Feb 22 1902
NOD

Pearl
Daughter of
J D & Dennie Dawson
Born 
Jan 27 1916
Died
Apr 9 1917

MM
NOI

Rest of cemetery across
the road in front of church

Jonah Theodore Jackson
North Carolina
Sgt Batry D
569 AAA AW BN CAC
World War II
October 24 1914
May 6 1963

OUR MOTHER
Ella J
Wife of
Jonah Jackson
Apr 4 1884
Oct 12 1933

Thurman Durwood Jackson
Apr 9 1922
June 29 1922

Margaret A 
Wife of
Curtis Jackson
Dec 28 1850
Jan 26 1931

Curtis Jackson
Born
Mar 8 1848
Died
July 1 1921

Edwin S Jackson
Born
June 21 1922
Died
Feb 9 1924

Ivy 
Son of
Jonas & Ina Jackson
June 18 1907
Nov 15 1926

Infant 
Son of
W M & Betty Jackson
June 1 1924
NOI

Maggie G Pearsall Hall
Aug 14 1918
Apr 21 2007

Charles Wesley Gurley
Dec 24 1925
Mar 11 1988

Double stone
GURLEY
Nanie 
Aug 5 1890
May 25 1927
Debro
Aug 1 1896
July 26 1960

Edna M Gurley
May 23 1927
June 4 1927

Edward E Gurley
May 23 1927
May 24 1927

Mary Elizabeth 
Wife of
James Gurley
Sept 6 1864
June 22 1924

Infant 
Son of
W F & Bettie Hinson
Born
Oct 10 &
Died
Oct 29 1916

Triple Stone
PRICE – BAKER
Alma Baker Price
Dec 7 1924
Nov 2 1997
Sallie Ivey Baker
Jan 4 1895
Sept 2 1923
James Lemuel Baker
Sept 22 1892
Apr 19 1940

PARKS
Family Stone

John Gordon Parks
Oct 2 1889
Apr 20 1969

Ethel Ivey
Wife of
John G Parks
Jan 21 1891
Sept 20 1953



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Araminta
Wife of
Dr. M W Parks
May 1 1855
Sept 9 1911

Wm M Parks
May 29 1852
May 3 1921

Bettie J
Daughter of
John & Chloe M Parks
Dec 3 1840
Aug 12 1861

Chloe M 
Wife of
John Parks
Sept 29 1828
May 5 1898

John Parks
Sept 6 1826
Nov 17 1890

Double stone
IVEY
Rachel H
Aug 20 1861
Jan 2 1943
Robert
Oct 24 1851
Nov 6 1910

Edward H Ivey
July 21 1900
Dec 24 1963

Mary Eliza Ivey
“Mamie”
June 7 1883
December 22 1966

WILLIAMS
Family Stone

“Tony”
John Anthony Williams
January 19 1967
June 30 1996

John J Ivey
Oct 23 1850
July 19 1918

Sarah J Ivey
Oct 17 1855
June 30 1930

Infant
Son of
J W & Celes Ivey
Nov 14 1912
NOD

Mary E
Daughter of
G A & Verna D Sutton
Feb 10 1915
Nov 25 1915

Jefferson D Ivey
May 1861
June 12 1921

WARTERS
Family Stone

Jesse W Warters
Jan 28 1876
Jan 7 1945

Alice C Hines Warters
Dec 19 1880
Mar 30 1972

FATHER
Daniel Hines
March 7 1847
Jan 7 1928

MOTHER
Nancy P 
Wife of
Daniel Hines
Oct 8 1837
Feb 11 1923

John I Hines
Feb 28 1871
Aug 2 1918
Tampa, Fla

Lillie Hinson Speight
Jan 11 1900
Aug 9 1973

Richard Carl Hinson
Oct 4 1888
Sept 13 1934

Bertie
Wife of
Richard Hinson
Born Jan 7 1898
Died Nov 15 1916

Infant of
Richard & Bertie Hinson
Oct 27 1916
NOD

Double stone
BAZEMORE
Margie Windham
July 31 1912
Apr 20 1999
William Byrd
Feb 8 1901
Nov 24 1993





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