Salem Cemetery

Wayne County North Carolina

Surveyed by Glenn Fields November 2009


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

Location: On the west side of Salem Church Road between Belfast Road and Buck Swamp Road, almost in front of Salem United Methodist Church.



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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.4348 N
    77.99555 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Page 1 James F Farmer June 19 1936 NOD Double stone FARMER Dorothy E Apr 14 1910 Mar 26 2003 James H Dec 14 1912 Apr 29 1982 Wed Sept 19 1935 Ryan Michael Farmer Feb 24 1985 Feb 27 1985 Timothy Bryan Farmer Born and Died Dec 31 1965 Dorothy Jane Daughter of J H & Dorothy Farmer Nov 15 1938 Nov 24 1938 Joseph Clement Son of J H & Dorothy Farmer Oct 12 1937 Paul Leon Edgerton May 18 1914 Nov 26 1991 Double stone EDGERTON Mary F 1879-1975 Frank A 1975-1933 Double stone SMITH Marie Edgerton July 24 1902 Mar 26 1974 Raymond Leslie Sept 13 1890 Sept 8 1967 Double stone EDGERTON Hilda Turner Aug 26 1919 Dec 24 1999 Emmitt D Sr Aug 25 1908 Sept 22 1983 Milton Lee Bass Dec 25 1907 Jan 30 1954 Double stone PARROTT Joseph A June 24 1936 NOD M Jeanine March 20 1943 NOD Florence A Leinthall Aug 17 1940 Dec 30 2004 Nannie Hill Woodard Oct 25 1883 Oct 4 1974 Richard W Woodard Sept 10 1868 Jan 5 1929 Henry Corbett Born Oct 28 1877 Died Dec 10 1928 Thurman Euriel Davis Nov 15 1908 Nov 1 1953 Thurman E Davis Jr Feb 18 1949 Apr 20 1949 George A Carraway Oct 20 1859 Jan 12 1929 Eva Paschall Measley 1881-1950 Adam Davis Measley 1881-1919 Son C F Lane June 20 1907 NOD Mother Essie B Lane Sept 26 1875 Nov 12 1957 Aunt Zilphia Howell May 4 1834 Jan 25 1941 Lewis Howell Died July 1911 Age 80 years Mazana Howell Died Oct 1904 Age 87 years Double stone WELLS Luby Harper Mar 8 1881 Sept 6 1954 His Wife Bessie Anna Sasser Sept 20 1884 May 3 1931 Clarence R Welds (Wells) North Carolina PFC 610 Base Unit AAF World War II July 30 1922 Feb 4 1962 Family Stone ANDREWS W Willy Andrews Oct 14 1886 Jan 26 1971 Lila P Andrews Mar 4 1882 Dec 28 1977 Emory E Andrews Sept 8 1913 Sept 20 1981 Lucile Rose Andrews June 8 1914 Oct 31 1989 Infant Son of E E & Lucille R Andrews July 14 1944 NOD Family Stone CLARK Married February 7 1965 (for the following) Bruce Warren Clark Aug 27 1941 July 3 2003 Husband of Omega Louise Andrews A kind and gentle man My wonderful humorous husband & soul mate. There are many beautiful pictures yet to be taken. Omega Louise Andrews Clark Sept 30 1946 – NOD Wife of Bruce Warren Clark Devoted, Loving & Faithful Wife Forever together We shine together in this time and place Each one the gentle light Upon each others face. Multiple stone LASSITER Robert S 1868-1927 Clayton 1898-1942 Effie E 1872-1937 Robert A 1902-1946 Cecil 1899-NOD Infants S D Montague (information on next stone) Bell S Montague Born Feb 27 1880 Died Nov 26 1908 S D Montague Born July 28 1854 Died July 17 1923 David D Jr Son of DD & Mytie Montague Mar 24 1920 May 7 1934 Callie Graes Daughter of D D & M Montague Nov 25 1916 Aug 29 1917 Vivian Ruth Dau of D D & M M Montague Born Oct 15 1908 Died May 22 1912 Nelta P Dau of Mr & Mrs S O Montague Born Dec 5 1916 Died July 21 1923 Infant Dau of S O & C A Montague Born May 14 1912 NOD Sallie Pate Montague Feb 7 1861 Oct 15 1958 Blanch Pierce Born Mar 14 1862 Died Nov 1 1906 Marvin W Son of A C & Gertrude Pelt Born Oct 23 1912 Died July 4 1913 Page 2 Blank stone B C M NOI Double stone Leslie Frank Andrews September 30 1890 - December 7 1954 Son of I P & Annie Andrews Husband of Ruth Pate Devout Christian, Dutiful Son, Devoted Husband Good to others, patient and meek. Healed of gangrene in 1951. Praise the Lord for His goodness and mercy. Ruth Willard Pate June 26 1898 - August 7 1985 Daughter of John H & Mary Peele Pennington Pate Beloved wife of Leslie Frank Andrews May 14 1920 to Dec 7 1954 Beloved wife of Rev. Ernest A Killette May 14 1956 to July 11 1974 Praise the Lord for a wonderful life here and eternal life in Heaven! By Grace Are Ye Saved! Close up of previous double stone Close up of previous double stone Leslie Frank Andrews Pvt Btry F1 Regt Fard World War I Sept 30 1890 Dec 7 1954 Avy Wife of W H Andrews Born June 8 1829 Died Mar 6 1914 W H Andrews Born Dec 11 1826 Died Nov 18 1896 Bessie Daughter of I P & Ann Androus (Andrews) Born Apr 19 1893 Died Date underground Ina Pearl Daughter of I P & Annie M Andrews Born Mar 17 1902 Died Feb 11 1924 Double stone ANDREWS His Wife Annie M Crumpler Feb 26 1858 Mar 9 1959 I P Andrews Feb 26 1853 Mar 18 1944 Kent Hales Mar 12 1941 May 12 1941 Agnes M Hales Apr 12 1926 May 12 1927 Lottie A Rich May 13 1888 Dec 6 1927 Julius S Rich Jan 18 1880 Apr 6 1958 Pearl Hales Feb 27 1925 May 13 1944 Double stone HALES Mable R Sept 30 1904 Dec 13 1980 C Wilbert Feb 13 1905 Aug 15 1979 Ella Pippen Vail Rich Nov 13 1923 Jan 24 2001 James Garland Rich Aug 16 1917 May 4 1995 Master Craftsman Annie Andrews Rich July 28 1898 May 13 1967 J Monroe Rich Jr. Aug 25 1886 Jan 14 1960 Dorothy Virginia Rich Sept 18 1922 Nov 20 1967 Double stone LANCASTER Mary Ellen July 1860 Sept 1935 L A Lancaster Born Feb 11 1858 Died Aug 13 1925 Infant son of R I & Elizabeth Cox Aug 17 1936 NOD Henry J Vail Born July 20 1833 Died July 14 1905 Fannie Ella Wife of S L Rose Born Jan 15 1879 Died At Smithfield, ?C Dec 12 1901 Infant son of S L & F E Rose Dec 6 1901 Emma Jackson Pate Wife of Lewis Sasser Nov 17 1853 Dec 12 1929 Double stone SASSER Herman L Sasser Nov 13 1882 July 16 1941 His wife Ruth Esther Sasser Sept 3 1893 Oct 21 1969 Lela Futrelle Smith July 16 1912 August 16 1984 Jim Berry Smith North Carolina TEC5 Medical Department World War II April 25 1910 March 27 1963 Thomas Edward Smith Oct 22 1919 Nov 29 1933 Francis Royal Son of H L & Ruth Sasser July 13 1921 Death date underground Paul P Starling Mar 12 1919 May 27 1921 Carl Hare U S Army July 11 1904 Dec 15 1980 Estelle S Hare 1910 – 1935 Robert L Hare July 5 1914 Oct 3 1980 Dolly J Hare Aug 28 1911 June 12 1986 Narcissis Carter Jones May 16 1879 Sept 26 1961 Gertrude H Hare May 14 1879 May 2 1962 S H Hare 1880 – 1946 Eula G Hare 1911 – 1927 E L Futrell Aug 18 1883 May 5 1927

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