Woodland Friends Meeting House Cemetery

Wayne County North Carolina

Surveyed by Glenn Fields June 2010


The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in Woodland Friends Meeting House Cemetery in Wayne County, NC.

Location: From the intersection of US 117 South and US 13 South take US 13 South and turn left on Nancy Drive. Follow Nancy Drive past Fulton Road. Cemetery is on the left where Nancy Drive curves to the right.



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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.319196 N
    78.044104 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Woodland Friends Cemetery Woodland Friends Cemetery memorial bench front Woodland Friends Cemetery memorial bench rear One half acre purchased from Elijah and Melvina Edwards Owned by North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends (Quakers) Double stone MOORE Elizabeth S May 23 1891 Mar 15 1974 Charlie J Jan 17 1887 Feb 25 1941 Douglas Smith Moore July 12 1934 April 27 1970 Family Stone MOORE Double stone MOORE Charles J., Jr. Mar 20 1916 Oct 16 1971 Annie Va. Dunn Jan 14 1917 June 20 1987 Melba Whitehurst Moore Wife of John Stuart Moore May 20 1926 Apr 21 1987 Photo Close-up of previous stone Charles Christopher Meeks May 20 1965 Aug 23 2001 Pastor – Missionary To God Be The Glory Harold E Pearson Son of John & Sarah Pearson Born Jan 22 1895 Died Mar 26 1906 Age 11 years 2 months 3 days Double stone PEARSON Sarah Massey His Wife May 20 1865 Jan 15 1929 John Newlin Pearson Nov 9 1861 Dec 28 1928 Mary Newlin Pearson Nov 10 1907 June 5 1950 Earl Whittier Pearson Apr 14 1892 July 29 1971 Family Stone PEARSON Leslie W Pearson Aug 12 1886 Oct 12 1963 Annie S Pearson Apr 15 1890 Mar 5 1976 Devida Daughter of J S & Addie Moore 1895 – 1896 Celia A Wife of W D Herring 1865 – 1912 William D Herring 1860 – 1943 David Jernigan Oct 19 1933 June 14 1935 Double stone JERNIGAN Mary Helm 1899 – 1992 John Louis 1892 – 1979 Patrick Joseph Lewton, Jr. Mar 29 1975 July 26 1991 Double stone EZZELL Hilda C July 4 1928 NOD James R Sept 9 1925 July 9 1995 Married Aug 16 1946 Reverse side of previous stone James R Ezzell II Apr 11 1947 Apr 3 1995 Veteran's Stone James R Ezzell II SGT US Marine Corps Vietnam Apr 11 1947 - Apr 3 1995 716 715 714 Double stone BOVA Frank V., Jr. Mar 12 1963 NOD Wanda E Mar 5 1960? NOD Lisa Marie Myers Nov 11 1992 Dec 13 2009 Age 17 Close-up of previous mm Thelma G Ezzell Aug 14 1933 NOD Arnold Ezzell July 4 1924 Mar 1 2009 Virginia E Newell Apr 13 1916 Sept 1 1977 Infant Son of Mr & Mrs Arnold Ezzell Oct 28 1959 NOD Double stone EZZELL Naomi B Ezzell May 21 1904 Jan 6 1999 W Albert Ezzell Oct 24 1901 Oct 16 1975 Double stone CAULDER Duncan July 28 1959 Dec 3 2004 Tamela S Jan 31 1959 NOD Married Feb 14 1984 Double stone CAULDER Luther Jr Nov 30 1931 NOD Doris Ezzell Sept 21 1933 Dec 12 1991 Brenda Caulder Oct 27 1953 Nov 14 1953 Wanda Lee Ezzell Apr 28 1950 June 9 1950 MM NOI James Richmond Pearson Born June 8 1868 Died May 19 1952 Mary C Massey Wife of James R Pearson Born May 26 1860 Died Aug 6 1925 Mary G Daughter of W H & M Overman Nov 28 1866 Dec 25 1882 Elva Daughter of W H & M Overman Aug 3 1870 Mar 10 1893 Margaret Wife of W H Overman Jan 29 1825 Oct 14 1894 W H Overman Feb 25 1829 Nov 29 1913 Louetta E Daughter of J H & S E Edgerton Aug 15 1872 Sept 6 1884 Lydia E Wife of Uriah G Moore Born Sept 8 1869 Died Dec 7 1982 Willie F Moore Aug 24 1876 July 13 1958 Robertie May Moore Pearson Apr 22 1878 Dec 16 1954 Elizabeth Davis Wife of L J Moore Dec 6 1822 Feb 24 1905 L J Moore Apr 28 1820 May 9 1898 Talitha E Hollowell Mar 2 1856 Mar 21 1918 David S Moore Oct 16 1852 July 24 1880 Daisy S Daughter of D S & T E Moore Sept 20 1880 Aug 23 1882 Waldo M Son of D S & T E Moore May 27 1885 Dec 18 1886 Leon M Davis May 23 1887 Feb 2 1906 Earl W Davis Sept 26 1892 Oct 7 1918 MM NOI Unidentified Grave Lewis D Price Age 9 months Liddy Price Age 2 weeks Lemley Price Age 2 years George W Price Age 14 years Double stone PRICE James Nathaniel Mar 15 1870 Nov 3 1931 Martha Peele Mar 26 1873 July 28 1961 MM NOI MM NOI MM NOI MM NOI MM NOI MM NOI MM NOI MM NOI Veteran's Stone Willie Newell North Carolina PVT Co E 119 INF 30 DIV World War I Aug 28 1888 Dec 22 1960 Multiple stone THORNTON Sudia A Feb 16 1933 NOD Cora E July 9 1900 NOD L Henry Feb 15 1905 Mar 2 1962 MM NOI Veteran's Stone Sim C Thornton S2 U S Navy World War II July 25 1926 Feb 12 2003 Joseph Andrew Avery Aug 15 2003 NOD Our Precious Angel Unidentified Grave stone NOI H Footstone to previous grave Wooden Marker NOI Curtis P Moore Born 2nd mo 24th 1817 Died 5th mo 21st 1889 Aged 72 yrs, 3 mos, 27 dys Smithey Wife of C P Moore Born 6th mo 9th 1820 Died 2nd 6th mo 1885 Aged 64 yrs, 7 mo, 27 dys Anna Wife of C P Moore Born 12th mo 26 1817 Died 7th mo 9th 1889 Aged 71 yrs, 6 mos, 8 dys Luelma Barker Wife of J S Moore May 27 1853 Aug 12 1936 John Saunders Moore Aug 3 1948 Dec 2 1938 Louona May Moore May 23 1873 May 24 1899 Sarah E (From 1880 census) Wife of John S Moore Born 3rd mo 27th 1849 Died 5th mo 10th 1889 Infant Twins NOI Zilpha E Wife of J E Davis Died July 13 1886 Aged 26 Ys, 7 Ms, 3 Days John E Davis Apr 29 1855 Dec 4 1893 Thomas L Massey Aug 31 1855 Jan 10 1923 S Jane Wife of T L Massey Died Feb 9 1919 Age 65 yrs, 6 mth, & 22 das Double stone MOORE John Robert Sept 2 1849 Sept 4 1929 Katie Hollowell Oct 3 1850 Jan 4 1900 B Eliza Price Apr 14 1843 May 11 1926 Infant NOI Infant NOI Robert Wright Moore Aug 29 1920 Jan 20 1928 Irene H Moore Oct 4 1880 Apr 5 1940 Ida E Moore Sanders Oct 17 1875 Mar 6 1954 Walter J Moore May 2 1884 July 14 1958 Double stone JONES Samuel C Mar 10 1862 Jan 26 1872 Joseph J Feb 18 1866 Jan 25 1882 Unidentified Grave Sallie Lancaster Died 1888 Unidentified Grave Wooden Marker NOI John Johnson 1823 or 8 – 1915 Harriet Johnson 1840 – 1916 Cora King Apr 17 1871 Oct 1 1907 Charity E King Wife of B F King Feb 27 1863 Oct 27 1931 Benjamin Franklin King July 17 1863 Oct 5 1934 Annie E Howell Wife of Lloyd Barker Born June 24 1890 Died Nov 24 1911 MM Deborah Knowles Beaudry July 4 1954 Apr 1 2010 Age 55 MM NOI Ruth Virginia Daughter of H L & Lillian Littleton Sept 15 1916 July 6 1917 Wooden Marker NOI Dorothy Pearl Daughter of Corinna & Denard Brady July 15 1927 Nov 11 1930 Close-up of previous stone MM Denard Brady Oct 26 1872 Oct 10 1949 Age 76 Corina W Williams October 1904 May 11 1975 Age 70 Family Stone WATKINS Ethel Massey Watkins Aug 23 1878 Apr 30 1966 John W Watkins July 23 1877 Mar 29 1939 3 Wooden Markers against back fence NOI

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