Spivey Cemetery, Iron Hill
Columbus County, NC
Transcribed by David B High, April 1999, from the private publication "They're Buried in Our Past, Columbus County, NC, 1808-1984 (Vol 3)" dated September, 1988. This cemetery is #123 in the survey. Permission granted by the authors, Anita Barfield and Kay Duncan. Dates are shown in a uniform format.

E L Boswell, 1874 - 1919
Lizzie M Boswell, 1872 - 1946
Miss M M Hewitt, 1/5/1872 - 7/27/1942
J E Hewett, 8/23/1885 - 10/3/1930
Tinie Hewett, 1880 - 1945
Aramantha Hewett, 10/11/1872 - 1/29/1927
Malcy, wife of Isaiah Hewett, 1/1/1846 - 6/5/1914
Isaiah Hewett, 3/13/1840 - 4/23/1905
Mother, Mollie R Pate, 6/7/1889 - 6/21/1967
Mary C Wright, 5/20/1891 - 10/16/1973
F C Wright, 8/14/1862 - 3/22/1943
Mary E Wright, wife of F C Wright, 1/16/1859 - 6/27/1929
Wife, 9/8/1876 - 3/18/1937 (no name); [According to Columbus County death certificates, this is Docia Harrelson]
Husband, 8/15/1869 - 5/24/1930 (no name); [According to Columbus County death certificates, this is Oliver May Harrelson]
Deleon Harrelson, 6/4/1915 - 4/5/1936
Della B Stephens, wife of C L Fowler, 8/20/1880 - 12/18/1929
William Blaine Fipps, 9/28/1863 - 1/9/1931
Laura Clemmie Fipps, 2/15/1868 - 6/8/1929
Emmett Selman Inman, 1902 - 1945
Infant daughter of Hilda & Albert C Wright, 7/3/1954
Buren Clayton Wright, 6/8/1897 - 10/8/1958
Annie Spivey Wright, 3/16/1901 - 2/20/1972
Wood marker
J Dawsy Spivey, 6/10/1888 - 5/5/1979
Bulah W Spivey, 2/5/1898 - 10/5/1964
Rev Ellie Barnes Milligan, Pvt, US Army, WWI, 1/26/1892 - 2/20/1976
Ruth Wright Faircloth, 4/5/1899 - 1/25/1979
D Fletcher Faircloth, 10/19/1892 - 10/20/1967
Inez Hickman Spivey, 7/17/1898 - 2/21/1977
Joseph Mack Spivey, NC, F2, US Navy, WW I, 8/7/1895 - 6/20/1971
Infant twin daughters of Daphne Spivey & Hubert Floyd Meares, 6/29/1957
Gordon Hickman, son of Daphne Spivey & Hubert Floyd Meares, 9/8/1955 - 9/9/1955
Infant son of Daphne Spivey & Hubert Floyd Meares, 7/27/1954
Cement marker, broken
James W, son of G M & D L Hardie, 11/19/1925 - 1/27/1926
Infant son of Grady C & Nila Fipps Patterson, 3/3/1951
Carl William Harrelson, Sgt, US Army, WWII, 11/17/1921 - 8/31/1976
Derotha Harrelson, 11/26/1930 -
Lorena N Smith, 8/5/1916 -
H W "Junior" Smith, 3/4/1914 - 3/4/1981, "Reddin W Smith, Jr" on metal marker
2 Marked with metal pipes
Daughter, Rosa Ruth Harrelson, 5/10/1907 - 6/27/1975
Sammie Cox Harrelson, 1/27/1883 - 6/13/1955
Charles Lloyd Harrelson, 8/3/1872 - 9/17/1944
Avey L Cumber, 1888 - 1965
Benjamin H Cumber, 1886 - 1969
Jasper Leon Inman, 2/6/1909 - 11/18/1972
Lotie H Spivey, 7/29/1881 - 5/26/1951
Henry C Spivey, 9/27/1876 - 2/23/1939
Father, Lott Spivey, 3/26/1854 - 8/6/1927
Mother, Mary J Lenora Spivey, "His Wife", 3/16/1857 - 7/15/1927
Ida Spivey, wife of P C Pinkston, 7/11/1894 - 4/11/1920
Albert, son of B T & Prudence Harrelson, 1/23/1886 - 7/19/1886
Prudence, wife of B F Harrelson, 6/13/1857 - 1/23/1886
Hosea Mills, 8/1/1849 - 4/24/1916
Louisa Mills, 7/1/1847 - 4/10/1932
Lee Mills, son of Mr & Mrs E D Mills, 5/19/1917 - 12/17/1920
Osro Mills, 2/11/1893 - 2/11/1978
Egbert D Mills, 6/11/1885 - 8/30/1938
Earnnest James, son of A H & M J Prince, 8/16/1901 - 8/11/1906?
Arthur Wright, son of Stancil & Nettie Wright, 1902 - 1916
James Donald, infant son of Mr & Mrs Harvey Wright, 1/3/1936 - 1/30/1936
Jasper Inman, 1853 - 1936
Elizabeth Inman, 1864 - 1936
C H Inman, 1856 - 1939
William A Inman, 9/10/1870 - 4/23/1961
Mollie P Inman, 3/9/1886 - 3/17/1944
Charles H Inman, 1905 - 1905
Ellen C Inman, 1868 - 1958
Allen Inman, 1822 - 1893
Calista Inman, 1832 - 1883
Margaret P Inman, 1862 - 1864
Infant son of Allen & Calista Inman
M M Harrelson, 11/26/1842 - 1/31/1911
Evalene, wife of M M Harrelson, 9/30/1850 - 3/18/1880
Infant of M M & Evolen Harrelson
Infant of M M & Evolen Harrelson
__etcher, son of D D & T Harrelson, 6/9/1885, broken stone
Martha, daughter of D D & T Harrelson, 1/22/1893 - 2/10/1893
D D Harrelson, 7/4/1860 - 9/30/1926
Talitha Harrelson, 1/28/1859 - 1/17/1930
______ Cannon
Mr Carlie Cannon, metal marker
A Kern Prince, 9/11/1908 - 7/9/1968, Masonic emblem
Ellen H Boswell, 9/30/1916 - 11/22/1971
Jesse Boswell, 5/9/1912 - 8/24/1956
Marble slab with metal marker
Frank Garrell, 1889 - 1979, metal marker
Maranzie Ann Harper, 6/4/1871 - 10/31/1966
Rose H Fipps, 1/31/1903 - 25 May 1994
W Alton Fipps, 12/4/1901 - 5/11/1984
William Fred Inman, 11/16/1906 - 5/25/1975
Large wood marker
Caleb Spivey, 2/12/1826 - 5/21/1892
Dorcas Spivey, 2/11/1832 - 11/12/1887
Infant son of Mr & Mrs J A Spivey, 1899
Emma Maude Spivey, 6/23/1903 - 12/13/1908
Fannie Louella Spivey, "His Wife", 6/23/1866 - 1/31/1952
James Albert Spivey, 11/1/1860 - 12/3/1945
Henry K Smith, 7/17/1903 - 6/21/1977
Dorcas Grace Spivey, 9/3/1898 - 3/10/1979
Albert Hoke Spivey, 9/26/1906 - 5/14/1949
Ruby Wright, wife of Hoke Spivey, Guy Hundley, 10/13/1911 - 1/19/1964
Infant son of Willie N & Niza C Jolly, 9/29/1917 - 5/12/1918
Hubbert B Jolly, 11/13/1900 - 1/30/1919
Willie N Jolly, 11/11/1877 - 12/21/1939
Niza C Jolly, 8/27/1878 - 1/4/1940
Edda W, son of J D & M M Wright, 9/6/1887 - 8/8/18889
Samuel F Fipps, 6/5/1893 - 2/21/1968
Florence F Fipps, 12/22/1894 - 25 May 1988
Ellen M Watts, 11/22/1870 - 6/22/1945
John Thomas, son of Mr & Mrs J H Stroud, 1/12/1930 - 10/7/1930
John H Stroud, 12/5/1903 - 12/28/1936
Cora L Stroud McLamb, 8/9/1905 - 15 February 1995
John Hoyt Stroud, 7/16/1936 - 8/3/1980, US Army
Bertha Cooper Spivey, 7/20/1908 - 1/17/1970
Nellie H Watts, 7/25/1895 - 8/15/1969
Ollen O Watts, 3/1/1880 - 2/11/1957
Florrie D Fipps, 28 August 1901 - 25 September 1992
Hallie O Fipps, 1895 - 1957
Minnie Ammons Stephens, wife of W P Stephens, 7/7/1891 - 12/5/1961
W Pink Stephens, 10/26/1889 - 12/23/1980
Lonie Watts Stephens, wife of W P Stephens, 1/21/1887 - 5/25/1936
Infant of E C & S A Watts, died 12/30/1898
Carl, son of E C & S A Watts, 8/9/1900 - 3/22/1901
Katie L, daughter of L M & R E Stephens, 12/12/1905 - 11/9/1906
W M Stephens, 5/28/1831 - 9/22/1884
Rebecca, wife of W M Stephens, 2/9/1835 - 9/2/1906
Maggie, wife of A C Stephens, 8/24/1888 - 3/27/1915
Vera May Pridgen, 8/9/1893 - 11/3/1893
Roy C, son of H W & M J Dew, 11/26/1897 - 2/10/1921
J J Mills, son of J P & D Mills, 7/22/1880 - 12/18/1914
Diana Wright, wife of J P Mills, 1861 - 1921
Double slab, rusted metal marker, probably J P Mills
Letie Stephens Watts, 1/31/1885 - 7/30/1969
Nettie, wife of J J Watts, 9/9/1878 - 12/19/1918
Jiley J Watts, 4/13/1873 - 7/31/1953
Infant of Mr & Mrs C D Fipps, 10/15/1918 - 10/17/1918
Essie J Fipps, wife of C D Fipps, 2/22/1891 - 10/16/1918
Charlie D Fipps, 11/18/1886 - 2/6/1945
Daughter of Kenyon & Rosina Faircloth, born & died 9/10/1883
Father, Kenyon Faircloth, son of Luke & Eliza Faircloth, 11/3/1860 - 3/5/1917
Mother, Rosina Harrelson Faircloth, daughter of Isaiah & Frances Harrelson, 8/8/1858 - 11/23/1922
Austin Isaiah Faircloth, son of Kenyon & Rosina Faircloth, 2/15/1898 - 1/19/1918
Mary E, wife of C H Fowler, 4/26/1868 - 7/17/1906, both old and new stones
Father, Charles H Fowler, 2/20/1858 - 6/9/1944
Inez, daughter of J L & Ida Hinson, 7/17/1910 - 11/19/1915
William Henry Baker, NC PFC Co L 15th Sig Tng Regt WWII, 4/1/1908 - 3/16/1964
Billie Ann Watts, 7/16/1931 - 1/11/1975
Brice Mills, 7/13/1907 - 12/12/1966
Leroy M Stephens, 12/3/1879 - 1/29/1938
Rosa H Stephens, 4/23/1887 - 3/29/1940
H Leamon Stephens, 11/3/1878 - 7/17/1941
Winnie Stephens, 10/22/1879 - 1/4/1934
Mettie Stephens, 5/21/1883 - 4/6/1931
Nettus Stephens, 5/1/1886 - 3/1/1928
Infant of Mr & Mrs R D Stephens, 3/14/1917
Ruth, daughter of Mr & Mrs J P Stephens, 10/15/1909 - 3/21/1920
Clayton Worth, son of J P & C Stephens, 4/11/1909 - 5/5/1909
P J Stephens, 1/4/1855 - 4/25/1927
Cally D Stephens, 11/16/1857 - 3/5/1907
Infant daughter of Mr & Mrs J P Brown, 8/29/1928
Father, 8/30/1855 - 7/17/1941 [According to Columbus County death certificates, this is Hartlif Leamon Stephens]
Mother, 10/13/1862 - 6/14/1905 (no name)
Laura Ovelia Brown, 10/9/1881 - 6/28/1911
William W Brown, 10/28/1911 - 5/28/1913
Sarah A D Brown, wife of E C Watts, 10/30/1879 - 9/24/1907
Elchester Watts, Sr, 10/10/1875 - 8/29/1937
Helon V Mills, wife of E W Watts, Died 1930, Age about 78 years
E W Watts, Died 7/5/1909, Age 61 years
John L Hinson, 11/12/1883 - 12/26/1941
Ida B Hinson, 10/21/1887 - 7/24/1964
John W Fipps, 7/24/1860 - 5/25/1919
Sunken marble stone
Nancy Emeline Fipps, 8/10/1830 - 8/19/1912
Waterman Fipps, 6/24/1839 - 4/1/1922; With round emblem, "KSHTWSST" inscribed around circumference
Frances, wife of Isaiah Harrelson, 3/20/1839 - 2/7/1911
Isaiah Harrelson, 1/8/1836 - 6/1/1907
Mother, Frances Soles, 12/22/1846 - 3/5/1920
Mathias Hewett, 8/28/1877 - 6/21/1940
Cement slab
Cement slab
Nolie B Fipps, 2/22/1868 - 7/17/1943
W Marion Soles, 10/23/1868 - 9/23/1940, Masonic emblem
Bernice, daughter of David & Mary Hewittm 8/8/1932 - 10/17/1936
C Jack Fipps, 9/8/1900 - 5/20/1964
Alexander M Small, 9/23/1901 - 10/11/1973
Mollie Fipps, 9/2/1902 - 8/7/1973
Carroll, son of Alex & Mollie Small, 8/29/1934 - 9/26/1938
Hilton E Small, son of Alex & Mollie Small, 12/7/1926 - 7/28/1927
Harris Small, son of Alex & Mollie Small, 6/7/1928 - 5/25/1929
Adult grave, cemented
Mrs Dollie Fipps, Died 4/21/1943, Aged 73 (?) Years, rusted metal marker
Margarette Hattiway, 6121863 - 7/24/1929, stone was face - down
Patience Hattiway, 11/20/1843 - 12/12/1924
Harvey Ashley Wright, 5/5/1905 - 7/11/1961
Leffie Mae Willis, 6/8/1912 - 8/5/1947
Father, Joe Oscar Boswell, 12/31/1898 - 11//2/1969
Carrie Sikes, 11/19/190?
Myrtie Watts Spivey, 11/2/1918 - 20 August 1997
Walton Ottis Spivey, 12/22/1914 - 7/26/1975
Dalma J Willis, NC, Pvt, 117 Inf, 30 Div, WW II, 9/4/1919 - 7/7/1944
Father, C B Willis, h/o Lydia E Baarefoot, 1890 - 1952
Mother, Lydia Barefoot, wife of C B Willis, 8/30/1897 - 8/14/1943
Adult, wood marker
Stone marker, base only
Travis Toby Dowler, 7/9/1940 - 10/19/1958
Rose W Fowler, 6/20/1900 -
Columbus O Fowler, Pvt, US Army, WWI, 9/12/1894 - 10/2/1976
Rebecca Fowler, 12/2/1938 - 1/12/1939
Leona, daughter of Murray & Derotha Fowler, 2/25/1930 - 6/2/1930
Ella Long Harrelson, 1887 - 1967
W Jacl Long, 1870 - 1936
Mary Frances Spivey, wife of D L Harrelson, 6/7/1879 - 3/12/1957
D L Harrelson, 10/31/1871 - 4/19/1935, Woodman of the World
Herbert Harelson, 8/30/1896 - 10/13/1933
Mattie H Baldwin, 1/4/1898 - 10/26/1976
Alton Carlyle Baldwin, 6/17/1903 - 11/8/1942
Mary Magdeline, daughter of Mr & Mrs J P Jordan, 11/9/1926 - 2/5/1930
Infant daughter of D H & Mary Jordan
Arrie E Jordan, 1893 - 19??
Austin J Jordan, 1896 - 1939
John Fross Jordan, 4/27/1900 - 8/21/1977
Sarah C, wife of J W Jordan, 3/1/1859 - 10/7/1923, stone almost hidden
John W Jordan, 8/26/1866 - 7/10/1951
Tillie Faircloth Jordan, 10/26/1888 - 4/25/1966
Leo, son of Mr & Mrs J E Simmons, 9/20/1907 - 4/9/1924
Lillie W Simmons, 3/3/1885 - 2/8/1945
James E Simmons, 7/5/1884 - 7/8/1971
Isaac F Spivey, NC, Pvt, Sup Co, 106 Inf, 27 Div, WWI, 2/17/1892 - 3/19/1959
Ethel L Mills, wife of I F Spivey, 9/7/1902 - 5/26/1933
Jessie Dora Spivey, wife of I F Spivey, 12/6/1898 - 9/24/1978
E Vance Jordan, 5/11/1889 - 6/9/1945
His Wife, Minnie E Jordan, 9/22/1889 - 3/21/1981
Gurley M Fipps, 11/4/1893 - 9/22/1974
Archie D Fipps, 1/19/1891 - 10/8/1957
Infant daughter of A D & Gurley Fipps, 10/18/1931
Mary Elizabeth, daughter of D L & Mary F Harrelson, 1/22/1920 - 8/13/1937
Beulah Frances Stephens, wife of R L Stephens, 7/15/1899 - 10/19/1941
Infant son of A L & Ruth Cannaday, 10/8/1942
Lula W Spivey, 3/11/1920 - 27 December 1996
Hilton J Spivey, 5/12/1917 - 9/28/1977
Worth Spivey, 1912 - 1980, metal marker
Doshie Bell Spivey, 5/13/1894 - 4/16/1954
Canie A Spivey, 8/5/1883 -
PFC Hubert W Spivey, 334 Inf, 84 Div, WWII, 4/9/1918 - 1/24/1945
Cement slab
Cement slab
Herman Leighton Ward, NC, Phm2, USNR, WWII, 5/27/1923 - 12/1/1964
Frank Gurley Ward, 4261886 - 9/20/1962, stone lying on ground
Minnie F Ward, wife of F G Ward, 1/2/1892 - 7/21/1942
Doris L Stephens, wife of David Paul Mills, 9/10/1913 - 4/12/1976
David Paul Mills, 6/13/1911 - 7/29/1971
Metal pipe marker
Inman, double stone w/no other information
Metal pipe marker
Infant son of J W & Golah Smith, born & died 2/23/1934
Nova E Stephens, 1878 - 1935
Daniel C Stephens, 1882 - 1931
Sister, Lessie C Stephens, 7/23/1913 - 7/8/1932
Brother, Drue A Stephens, 7/23/1913, 4/18/1942
Metta H, Dew, 3/17/1900 - 12/14/1981
Homer Dew, 11/18/1884 - 2/18/1942
Floyd Mason, son of A D & J A Simmons, 9/18/1932 - 9/20/1932
Mary Elizabeth, daughter of W H & Retha Stephens, 2/26/1931 - 11/27/1931
Retha F Stephens, 12/24/1892 - 11/14/1982
W Hampton Stephens, 11/1/1877 - 6/27/1970
Jerry Miller, son of Mr & Mrs J R Dickerson, 4/7/1937 - 8/15/1937
Annie Jane Hardie Mills, wife of William E Mills, 5/17/1881 - 5/20/1956
William E Mills, 2/20/1874 - 6/11/1940
Sarah Jane Hester, 7/16/1859 - 9/4/1930
Dan Hester, 5/10/1864 - 5/26/1929
Infant of Mr & Mrs F F Boswell, born & died 9/26/1935
Gaddie, son of J O & Carrie Boswell, 5/10/1929 - 4/2/1930
W Rass Boswell, 4/1/1876 - 6/19/1958
Evelyn Florine, daughter of Mr & Mrs Grover Todd, 11/26/1935 - 1/23/1936
Arthur Claudies Harrelson, 7/5/1884 - 4/23/1962
Effie F Porter, 7/20/1888 - 11/6/1943
Claude J Harrelson, 8/2/1914 - 3/13/1938
Rev D J Tucjer, 2/19/1859 - 10/2/1943
Amanda Harrelson, His Wife, 6/31/1867 -
Kathaline Jenrette, 9/10/1941 - 12/1/1941
Burmon C Jenrette, 3/18/1911 - 7/15/1961
Thelma Wright [Maynard], 3/15/1909 - 24 April 1990
Nettie Porter Wright, 7/17/1879 - 5/30/1963
Stancil Levi Wright, 10/17/1876 - 12/16/1967

Note: Additional information from Columbus County Register of Deeds Vital Records are appended as footnotes in the publication.