Thompson-Gwaltney Cemetery

Wayne County North Carolina

Surveyed by Glenn Fields July 2009


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

Location: In front of Wayne Memorial Hospital on North Hospital Road in a brick enclosure beside Goldsboro Skin Center.



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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.403953 N
    77.954178 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Clarence Gwaltney July 24 1903 Oct 4 1944 Albert Johnson Gwaltney Aug 23 1862 Apr 2 1934 Martha Elizabeth Taylor Wife of Albert Johnson Gwaltney Oct 1 1869 Dec 25 1957 George Taylor Co K 31 N C Inf C S A June 17 1843 Oct 6 1928 Lewis G Taylor Co F 2 Regt NC State Trp CSA Jan 1840 Sep 1919 Ruth Sadler 1925 Melvin Chestnutt Son of M L & Isabelle Gwaltney June 11 1932 NOD John Henry Horne Oct 3 1887 Oct 23 1948 George Henry Son of Sam & Fanny Cormack (Carmack) June 10 1869 Dec 2 1935 Laura Alice Rice Wife of Geo Henry Carmack Sept 8 1877 June 1 1945 Maggie N Wife of J H Horne Mar 30 1893 Sep 17 1917 Royal Gwaltney Born Apr 23 1901 Died Dec 23 1913 Dorothy Epps 1918 – 1919 James Epps 1923 Doris Epps 1924 – 1927 George Epps 1928 Bertie Obena Gwaltney Wife of Alphonso Atkins Epps Daughter of A J & Martha Gwaltney Oct 4 1889 – Aug 4 1961 A Devoted Mother and Latter Day Saint W B Merritt Died Mar 19 1923 Age about 67 years Elizabeth Merritt Died Apr 3 1925 Age about 73 years Abraham Taylor NOI Baby Taylor NOI Mary Louise Daughter of A C & Frankie Gwaltney April 1910 NOD Caroline J (Van) Pelt Wife of Franklin Monroe Gwaltney 1820 – 1900 Serg Franklin M Gwaltney Co E 66 Regt NC State Trp CSA 1815 1864 Mary Melinda Daughter of A J & M E Gwaltney Oct 12 1896 Oct 29 1899 Daisy May Daughter of A J & M E Gwaltney Born Feb 23 1891 Died April 25 1892 PVT Samuel Carmack Co D 13 Regt NC State Trp CSA 1840 1875 Double stone Ora Morgan Thompson 1882 – 1961 _________________ Glennie Morgan 1888 – 1961 Vara Estelle Daughter of L M & T Spence July 9 1886 Aug 10 1886 Mary E Wife of J T Gardner Born June 29 1840 Died Dec 4 1898 J T Gardner Born Aug 1840 Died Aug 5 1878 In Memory of Rachel Wife of Wiley Thompson Born 1801 June 9 1879 In Memory of J R Thompson Born Feb 5 1827 Died Feb 14 1871 Unknown NOI L W W NOI W S W NOI Mollie Daughter of Luke & Emma Taylor Born Dec 22 1895 Died Mar 26 1899 Minnie Daughter of Luke & Emma Taylor Born July 31 1897 Died Oct 28 1918 Lewis Son of Luke & Emma Taylor Born Jan 17 1881 Died Sept 6 1901 Taylor Family Stone Bertha L Wife of Jesse Core Born Dec 5 1867 Died Apr 15 1922 Close up of previous stone Additional close up of previous stone

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