Deans Cemetery

Wayne County North Carolina

Surveyed by Glenn Fields December 2011




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

Location: From Goldsboro, take US 117 North and then take the first road on the right just before you get to the first exit on to the new bypass. The road ends at the cemetery.

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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.425253 N
    77.969509 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Deans Cemetery Fence given in Memory of Franklin E Deans 2002 Margaret Howell Scott Sept 22 1904 Dec 11 1991 Baby Boy Scott Born and Died Nov 6 1946 Braxton Jerry Scott Feb 20 1898 May 3 1965 Mamie Godwin Wife of Braxton J Scott Oct 23 1898 Sept 19 1937 SCOTT In Memory of Corporal Charles Marcus Scott, Who gave his live for his country In Australia, June 27 1943 His remains now rest in Australia. Age 20 years Veteran's stone Charles M Scott North Carolina CPL 5 AAF BOMB COMMAND World War II May 25 1923 June 27 1943 Double stone DEANS Lucy R June 10 1874 Oct 3 1942 (NC Death Collection) George W May 28 1876 May 20 1936 Veteran's stone In Memory Of George F Howell Dec 18 1922 Feb 23 1943 U. S. N. Buried at sea Double stone HOWELL Effie L Sept 3 1896 Sept 15 1941 Charlie F Jan 22 1889 Jan 23 1939 Double stone STRICKLAND Dorsey June 26 1904 Apr 29 1970 Myrtle C Feb 28 1910 Jan 5 1961 Nathan L Jones June 22 1889 April 17 1965 Lula W Jones August 2 1892 May 9 1973 Addie Pate Marsh Aug 11 1905 Dec 23 1942 Earl Harrison Pate Mar 17 1911 Dec 26 1965 Double stone PATE Mildred Snyder May 27 1897 July 11 1980 Adolph Leland Oct 14 1901 Sept 18 1965 Double stone PATE Mary Abia Deans Oct 20 1884 Mar 7 1949 Daniel Floyd June 5 1878 Sept 30 1954 Three Infants of R W & Roxie Rowe NOI Double stone POWERS Joel Powers June 15 1878 Nov 19 1950 Mirrion A Crawford Aug 31 1889 Sept 15 1944 Julia Fay Daughter of J & Mirriam A Powers July 12 1917 Dec 28 1918 Infant Son of J & Mirriam A Powers July 26 1914 NOD Inez Pate Thornton Wife of Harvey I Thornton Aug 23 1903 Jan 19 1966 Carl H Son of E A & Patience Pate Sept 8 1908 Jan 10 1910 Ina Pate Long July 23 1917 June 28 1984 Patience L Pate Aug 8 1881 Jan 8 1933 E A Pate Mar 13 1876 May 24 1932 Myrtle Godwin Paschall June 1 1904 Feb 16 1966 William H Godwin Jan 8 1876 Nov 9 1933 Infant of Mr & Mrs W H Godwin Feb 2 1915 NOD Celie Elizabeth Wife of W H Godwin July 2 1874 Jan 31 1915 Infant Daughter of B J & Mamie Scott May 1921 NOD Isabell Godwin 1863 – 1933 Twins of James and Myrtle Paschall Bobby Gene – Billy Ray July 2 1936 – 3 hours Double stone ROLLINS Nannie P 1897 - 1985 Ed F 1890-1959 Burrell Franklin Davis Born July 24 1962 Died Dec 21 1907 Unmarked grave W H “Billy” Davis 1859 – 1928 Martha J Hales Wife of W H Davis May 24 1861 May 14 1924 Ad Deans Dec 18 1892 Nov 5 1936 Effie Deans Mar 26 1873 May 18 1906 William Deans Born Aug 8 1841 Died Jan 14 1914 Veteran's stone William Deans SERG CO A 27 NC STATE TRP CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY Aug 8 1841 Jan 14 1914 Louisa Wife of Wm Deans Born May 8 1850 Died Sept 2 1940 William Henry Denning Oct 4 1915 Oct 10 1958 Daisy D Jordan Oct 3 1882 Dec 23 1963 H Sanfod (Sanford) NOI Nancy Wife of J T Smith Born 1819 Died Oct 18 1894 Tom Rowe Died Sept 15 1929 Age 77 Yrs Sallie Davis Wife of Tom Rowe Mar 24 1855 Apr 5 1924 Page 2 Frank L Rowe Sept 21 1882 Oct 30 1936 Minnie E Rowe Oct 6 1898 Mar 12 1981 Double stone ROWE John T Jan 11 1889 Feb 11 1969 Nattie C Mar 11 1896 Jan 21 1959 Bessie L Rowe July 23 1906 Nov 18 1942 Miley Rowe May 27 1901 Aug 7 1989 In Memory of Tom Rowe 1931 – 2005 Double stone SNEAD Lois B Mar 5 1920 Jan 10 1974 E H Sept 15 1918 Aug 13 1961 Amy Seymour Snead Dec 31 1891 June 19 1938 C. A. S. NOI J B Sasser Born Feb 8 1840 Died Aug 17 1892 Mary A Wife of J H Sasser Born Nov 10 1840 Died Aug 1 1906 Henry E Scott Dec 4 1860 Dec 10 1943 Lillie Mae Daughter of Jesse & Alice Barrett Born Aug 26 1898 Died Sept 12 1900 Lueeva Daughter of Jessie & Alice Barrett Born March 8 1903 Died June 30 1905 Sallie Lee Daughter of J B & A Barrett Born Jan 1 1908 Died Aug 16 1908 J. M. G. NOI Double stone DEANS Franklin Erastus Dec 3 1923 Nov 14 2001 Celeste Adams July 10 1917 Oct 28 1906 Ruth S Deans Oct 3 1889 May 15 1970 Erastus Deans Mar 5 1880 June 6 1960 Sudie D Deans Jan 31 1883 Sept 2 1956 Virginia M Wife of Benjamin Deans Born Nov 12 1852 Died Apr 2 1922 Benjamin Franklin Deans Born Mar 17 1853 Died Dec 24 1887 John M Son of Charley & Lula Bausell Born Aug 19 1907 Died Oct 30 1909 Jerry Deans Born Feb 11 1851 Died May 8 1903 Wooden Marker NOI Veteran's stone Eskol H Snead FLORIDA S Sgt Co A 807 Engineers World War II Sept 15 1918 Aug 13 1961 Double stone ROLLINS Benjamin 1854 – 1929 Lavine 1854 – 1925 W D NOI Rachael H Daughter of Thomas R & Martha Vinson Born Aug 7 1839 Died Feb 6 1857 M .L. V. NOI L. R. V. NOI Double stone COLLINS Hoover July 4 1927 Apr 30 2004 Helen Warrick Jan 16 1929 NOD Sarah Henry Taylor Born May 29 1867 Died Dec 19 1921 Phearby Wife of Burrell Davis June 28 1833 June 24 1911 Floid L Son of Jerry M & Julia Crawford Aug 23 1891 Nov 14 1909 Julia Wife of Jerry M Crawford May 17 1865 Mar 1 1904 Jerry M Crawford Nov 28 1862 Nov 5 1897 Jerry M Son of J M & J A Crawford July 3 1897 Dec 2 1897 John Elliot Son of J M & J A Crawford Aug 28 1895 June 9 1896 McYoules Son of J M & J A Crawford Sept 8 1894 Oct 27 1894 George Etta Daughter of George & Polly Scott Died Sept 11 1883 Fredy B Son of J & Martha Burnham Born July 25 1876 Died May 10 1899 U E Scott Dec 4 1860 NOD Polly Scott Wife of George Scott Born Dec 21 1833 Died May 15 1892 Aged 53 years 4 mos. & 24 dys. George Scott Died Oct’r 4 1868 Aged 32 years, 9 mo’s & 1 day John M Son of Charley & Lula Bausell Born Aug 19 1907 Died Oct 30 1909 Broken stone NOI Pearcy Crumpler Wife of Wiley Crumpler Died Jan 30 1919 Aged 100 years Minnie Crumpler Mar 17 1861 Apr 7 1943 Double stone TYNDALL Fred Patrick Jan 23 1901 Apr 5 1972 Annie Pate Sept 1 1897 Sept 11 1981 Page 3 Agnes Rollins Wife of William Allen Cooke Oct 23 1877 July 16 1956 Charlotte D Singleton Born Aug 22 1848 Died Apr 26 1911 Double stone TEW Oscar S Mar 18 1884 Apr 3 1960 Ruth R July 23 1882 May 27 1959 Double stone HERRING Chancy J Mar 27 1863 Feb 27 1938 Susan Aug 9 1850 Aug 12 1917 Wooden marker NOI Patience Thompson Wife of John D Montague Died Aug 3 1861 Veteran's stone John Franklin Thigpen PVT 2 CL US ARMY KOREA Dec 9 1933 June 24 2007 Amy L Pate Dec 14 1867 Dec 15 1938 Eunice A Pate Dec 5 1897 July 8 1959 James R Beamon July 27 1890 Feb 2 1956 Eva P Beamon Dec 27 1891 May 12 1974 George Deans Born Jan 11 1831 Died June 9 1889 Double stone CRAWFORD Edith D Feb 5 1860 May 26 1929 Daniel Aug 30 1859 May 31 1933 Albert B Williford Oct 3 1896 July 4 1969 M Henderson Williford June 2 1938 Apr 25 1959 Double stone ELMORE Luby Mar 20 1883 May 12 1948 Mary J C Sept 20 1888 Sept 30 1967 Martha Wife of J H Pate Born Oct 30 1868 Died June 18 1889 In Memory Of Mary Wife of John H Pate Born July 4 1863 Died Sept 18 1??? Jiro W Pate July 13 1885 Nov 2 1959 Mary Peele Pennington Wife of J H Pate Dec 22 1868 Feb 5 1954 Nona Daughter of J H & M Pate Born Jan 2 1893 Died May 16 1894 Una Daughter of J H & M P Pate Born Sept 23 1888 Died Aug 7 1889 Martha P Wife of J H Pate Oct 30 1868 June 18 1889 J H Pate June 5 1859 Mar 4 1935 Mary Crumpler Wife of J H Pate July 1 1863 Sept 18 1885 Nilla Pate Wife of J W Lancaster Nov 16 1882 Oct 29 1940 Double stone WILLIAMS Charlie E Oct 25 1889 Mar 16 1941 Cora Vann July 19 1892 Apr 15 1967 Ruby L Jernigan Aug 19 1925 June 4 1927 Gertrude C Jernigan Nov 7 1891 Aug 12 1962 James D Jernigan Mar 27 1873 Jan 26 1940 Double stone HOWELL Mary P Ham 1875 – 1942 Jerry Morris 1871 – 1942 Broken stone NOI Sophia Wife of Elder C D Hollowell Born June 18 1844 Died Jan 7 1912 Elder C D Howell Jan 4 1835 Apr 9 1921 Josephine Wife of Elder C D Howell Aug 22 1861 Apr 27 1921 Broken stone NOI Jacob H Burnham Born Apr 28 1833 Died Jan 28 1898 Wooden marker NOI Cora Elizabeth Daughter of Curtis B & Virginia Howell Sept 2 1933 Feb 8 1934 Double stone HOWELL Cora P Howell Dec 14 1880 Feb 12 1948 W G Howell Sept 19 1877 Oct 8 1949 G H H NOI Veteran's stone Joseph W Crumpler North Carolina TEC5 US AIR FORCE World War II Korea Feb 22 1927 July 23 1962 Gladys Pate Wife of J E Crumpler Was born Jan 2 1901 Died March 29 1922 Our Darling Baby Son of Emmett and Gladys Crumpler Born Jan 28 1920 Hugh Robert Son of W J & Emma Crumpler May 21 1905 May 18 1906 William Henry Son of W J & Emma Crumpler Oct 9 1895 Feb 5 1897 Frank Booth Son of W J & Emma Crumpler Sept 22 1901 Jan 28 1919 W J Crumpler Apr 27 1865 Aug 26 1930 Emma Knoyer Wife of W J Crumpler June 11 1867 April 21 1920 Page 4 Mary Gaynell Daughter of Gladys & W J Crumpler March 9 1929 Nina Rebecca Hines Daughter of G W & Ada S Hines Dec 20 1918 Oct 10 1935 Sallie Hales Williams 1870 – 1899 Wife of A R Williams Family stone THOMPSON Daniel Robert Thompson Apr 16 1836 Oct 10 1889 Mary Frances Thompson Mar 31 1844 Jan 7 1891 Mittie Thompson Crocker Jan 15 1871 Sept 24 1899 Cecil Crocker Sept 14 1899 Nov ?? 1899 Aretous Williams May 12 1856 Dec 25 1933 Sarah Gurley Williams 1857 – 1927 Wife of A R Williams Susan Olivia Williams Born Aug 9 1864 Died Dec 12 1899 Charley Gray Son of N & E M Hales Nov 28 1876 Oct 4 1897 Maggie W Faucette 1886 – 1955 Wife of James Faucette James H Faucette NOI Double stone Nathan Hales Jan 14 1834 June 11 1906 His Wife Edney M Hales Mar 13 1836 Dec 26 1906 Angel memorial In Memory of Frank E Deans Dec 3 1923 – Nov 13 2001 Family stone HALES Luther Walter Hales Jan 11 1878 Oct 17 1953 Nilla Pope Hales Sept 20 1884 Mar 7 1959 Hazel I Hales 1911 – 1913 Harvey M Hales 1918 – 1919 Rosa Lee Hales 1920 – 1921 Bertha Crawford Hales April 13 1885 June 22 1907 Bertha Crawford Davis Sept 4 1913 June 17 1970 Veteran's stone Ivey E Crawford North Carolina A1C 320 C DEFENSE SQ AF World War II Korea June 13 1927 June 27 1963 Polly Pope Wife of W M Crawford Nov 15 1891 Dec 20 1955 Willie M Crawford Nov 30 1882 Feb 2 1940 Emma E Wife of W M Crawford And Daughter of J H & L Thomas Apr 16 1889 Sept 9 1909 Double stone ROWE Leon Moore June 4 1893 Feb 2 1965 George Erastus Apr 1 1884 Dec 16 1838 Ruby Mae Rowe Mar 24 1914 Sept 26 1926 Infant son of Leona & G E Rowe Apr 1 1910 NOD Charlie Broadhurst Son of George & Eliza Rowe Born Dec 18 1905 NOD Eliza Anderson Wife of George Rowe NOI Bertha H Gurganus Mar 20 1884 Aug 20 1963 Acie Son of A F & E B Davis June 11 1906 July 7 1907 Auther B Husband of Mattie Davis Born July 9 1892 Died Feb 28 1923 Double stone DAVIS Alvin J Nov 12 1861 Oct 4 1931 Bethany B Apr 3 1868 Apr 25 1936 Broken stone NOI J H B NOI J R Bartlett Nov 3 1849 Mar 28 1918 William W Parrish July 4 1861 April 14 1915 Nancy Bartlett Hinson Parrish Feb 22 1857 Oct 28 1938 Wife of H B Carraway Mary Carraway Was born Mar 2 1856 Died Oct 24 1918 Louis Sasser June 20 1843 July 21 1916 William R Sasser Apr 2 1887 Feb 15 1953 Infant Sasser NOI Infant Sasser NOI Haywood Buxton Sasser June 12 1892 May 22 1962 Lelia Dail Sasser Apr 19 1901 Feb 25 1995 J Connie Carraway Nov 24 1908 Jan 4 1943 Page 5 Infant Daughter of Madie & Sudie Carraway Dec 25 1918 Dec 28 1918 H Aaron, Son of Madie & Sudie Carraway Jan 26 1920 Oct 9 1922 Double stone CARRAWAY Madie B May 10 1887 June 23 1944 Sudie H Nov 25 1888 Mar 21 1975 Melvin C Jones 1916 – 1936 Killed in traffic accident in Horry County, SC (Death Certificate) Charles G West 1920 – 1936 Killed in traffic accident in Horry County, SC (Death Certificate) Double stone WEST S Grady Sept 9 1882 Sept 26 1930 Vickie E Nov 1 1885 July 30 1967 Peggy Joyce Daughter of D L & Bessie Pate 1930 – 1933 Bessie West Wife of D L Pate 1904 – 1941 Double stone COLLIER John William Oct 6 1876 Sept 9 1949 Martha Radford July 10 1885 Nov 24 1919 Double stone COLLIER Jeanette Paul June 13 1866 July 13 1948 John Mangrum Dec 16 1853 Sept 30 1916 Baby Ham Born & Died Jan 19 1930 Ellen P Ham Oct 12 1915 Aug 2 1916 Double stone HAM Hattie A Nov 27 1886 Oct 25 1968 Jack H Mar 5 1882 Mar 23 1944 Nine unidentified child graves that were marked with wooden markers View of previous photo showing what is left of the wooden markers Norma Daughter of Jesse & Alice Barrett Born Oct 11 1911 Died Dec 23 1912 Jesse Barrett Born Aug 27 1854 Died Dec 5 1912 Fannie E Wife of S W Jones Born Feb 10 1856 Died July 14 1919 Joseph Son of W H & Leila Jones Born April 13 1916 Died Nov 16 1916 Hermon Son of W H & Leila Jones Born Oct 7 1912 Died Feb 14 1913 Double stone GUFFORD E Frank Feb 14 1867 June 10 1932 Alice July 14 1871 July 19 1947 Alice Gufford Infant Daughter of E Frank & Alice Gufford Born April 5 1915 Died April 1915 MM NOI W T Davis Dec 12 1854 Sept 6 1925 Kattie, Wife of W T Davis May 10 1857 Feb 12 1926 Three wooden markers NOI Nancy Bartlett Wife of Jessee Cannon Born April 20 1858 Died March 3 1926 Carl Son of R C & Edith Cannon Dec 16 1929 May 1 1950 Edith Faye Taylor Grand Daughter of R C & Edith Cannon Apr 5 1945 Oct 20 1947 Papa’s Heart Double stone BALLREE Oscar 1879 - 1935 Bettie 1890 - 1938 Inez Costin Wall Wife of C R Wall July 12 1919 June 17 1946 Double stone COSTIN Eva Smith Sept 2 1895 Feb 1 1966 Luther Preston Oct 2 1888 June 4 1940 Mary A Costin Wife of R D Costin Jan 10 1864 Aug 29 1935 Stacey B Costin Oct 5 1908 June 24 1957 Hallie N Costin Oct 10 1905 Nov 20 1933 Veteran's stone William Albert Sasser North Carolina PVT 155 Depot Brig World War I August 20 1896 December 5 1948 Gladys Hood Sasser July 7 1903 Oct 31 1926 Annie Wife of Lee Anderson Born May 5 1900 Died June 6 1926 Infant Daughter of L H & Annie Anderson June 6 1926 July 3 1926 Jas H Thigpen Oct 25 1891 May 16 1933 Double stone ALPHIN R L Alphin Feb 3 1889 Nov 1934 Mary M Alphin Aug 2 1889 Jan 3 1957 Magdalene Alphin Mar 12 1919 June 20 1924 Willie Alphin May 14 1916 July 13 1917 Sadie Alphin July 25 1912 Dec 15 1913 Willie A Son of R L Alphin Born May 5 1914 Died July ? 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R H Keel Died Dec 8 1920 Age 5 years Nina Keel Singletary Mar 21 1882 Nov 3 1942 Double stone KEEL William Bryant Feb 20 1882 July 17 1953 Carrie L Quinn Feb 28 1888 Apr 2 1961 Robert H Keel July 11 1934 July 3 1938 Emma Wiggs Wife of Ferro Davis Dec 24 1884 May 25 1936 Page 6 Farro Davis Aug 10 1881 May 7 1955 Unidentified marked grave NOI Mattie B Stone Jan 5 1924 July 30 2005 William W Stone Oct 2 1924 May 19 1979 MM NOI MM NOI MM NOI MM NOI MM NOI Sandra Kay Daughter of Percy & Mannie Farmer June 18 1944 Nov 10 1945 Mannie E Farmer Jan 30 1927 Mar 19 1990 Mary E Stone June 15 1897 May 20 1980 Veteran's stone George Roland Stone North Carolina PVT CO E 156 DEPOT BRIGADE World War I Nov 22 1884 Dec 17 1962 Unidentified grave NOI Veteran's stone George E Stone Sr PVT US ARMY World War II Sep 14 1914 Apr 19 1987 Ricky Dale Boykin Mar 5 1986 Oct 9 1986 Ricky Dale Boykin Mar 5 1986 Oct 9 1986 This and the previous stone are on the same grave Double stone THOMPSON Susane Aug 7 1884 Oct 15 1968 William Edward Sept 7 1888 Dec 22 1961 Baby Seymour April 7 1953 April 7 1953 W Ransom Sasser 1863 – 1943 Nancy H Wife of W R Sasser 1876 – 1939 Ada W Hollowell Oct 14 1893 May 19 1941 Veteran's stone William Ivery Butts North Carolina PVT 2 CO 156 DEPOT BRIGADE World War I March 27 1892 Jan 31 1970 Unidentified grave NOI Sarah Farfour Sept 5 1915 Oct 11 1941 Wiley Butts Nov 26 1897 May 28 1964 Bessie Wiggs Butts Aug 22 1912 Oct 7 1972

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