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Meekins Cemetery - Colington
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This cemetery is located in Colington, Dare County, North Carolina. From Hwy 158 in Kill Devil Hills at mile post 81/2 take Colington Rd. (SR 1217) and go a total of about 2 miles. Turn left on Old Schoolhouse Rd.. Go 1/2 mile and as the road forks, merge left onto Swan View Shores Rd. The cemetery is 1/3 mile on the right just off the road. The cemetery is well-kept. Extra information is indicated in brackets. Click on underlined names for a picture of the tombstone. Unless otherwise noted, photographs were taken in 2009 & submitted by Miles Midgette.
| NAME | BIRTH | DEATH | COMMENTS / INSCRIPTION |
| Beasley, Chloey A. | May 28, 1847 | Mar. 7, 1898 | [Photo not available; information taken from Sacred to Their Memory] |
| Beasley, Stephen | Apr. 1, 1842 | Feb. 1, 1918 | [Photo not available; information taken from Sacred to Their Memory] |
| Brice, Geo. P.D. | Nov. 25, 1823 | Dec. 16, 1885 |
In Memory of our Father - Age 62 yrs. & 21 Dys. - At Rest Close-up - [See removal of graves certificate] |
| Gaskins, Frank Puitt | Dec. 9, 1912 | Feb. 9, 2004 | [see obituary] |
| Johnson, George Thomas | Feb. 21, 1933 | Jan. 8, 1993 | Son - A friend to all - His Mickey |
| McBride, Laura Alice | Mar. 27, 1949 | Mar. 27, 1949 | |
| Meekins, Alfonzo | Oct. 28, 1873 | June 9, 1935 | Father - In God we trust. |
| Meekins, Alice Sykes | Dec. 24, 1864 | July 24, 1931 | [Photo not available; information taken from Sacred to Their Memory] |
| Meekins, Daniel S. | November 21, 1843 | April 9, 1919 |
Was a kind and loving father. Close-up - [See removal of graves certificate] |
| Meekins, Edith D. | Oct. 3, 1894 | June 8, 1896 |
Daughter of John H. & Sallie Meekins - In Memory. [Photo taken by Pat Patterson in 2012] |
| Meekins, John H. | Feb. 13, 1869 | June 23, 1960 |
[John is buried to the left of his wife, Sallie S. Meekins. In order for the epitaph
to be read properly you have to read across John's & Sallie's tombstones one line at a
time. The epitaph reads: Not dead to us who loves them, not lost
but gone before, they live with us in memory, and will for ever more.]
[Longshot] [Photos taken by Pat Patterson in 2012] |
| Meekins, John O. | Sept. 2, 1899 | April 7, 1979 | Father - May he rest in peace forever. |
| Meekins, John W. | Oct. 19, 1845 | Apr. 30, 1911 | [Photo not available; information taken from Sacred to Their Memory] |
| Meekins, Julia Brice | Aug. 21, 1842 | Nov. 22, 1922 | At Rest - [See removal of graves certificate] |
| Meekins, Lois J. | Aug. 29, 1934 | [Double with Preston F. Meekins] [Photo taken by Pat Patterson in 2012] | |
| Meekins, Matilda | March 16, 1872 | Feb. 1, 1919 | Wife of Alphonso Meekins |
| Meekins, O.S. [Orlando Shalor] | Oct. 22, 1866 | Sept. 20, 1944 | |
| Meekins, Penelope | Sept. 6, 1897 | [July 16, 1899] |
Daughter of John H. & Sallie Meekins [Photo taken by J.A. Owens Jan. 3, 2005] |
| Meekins, Polly | [See removal of graves certificate] | ||
| Meekins, Preston F. | Jan. 18, 1930 |
Our children: Jeanne, Jackie, Wayde, Cathy, Iris and Dana [Double with Lois J. Meekins] [Photo taken by Pat Patterson in 2012] |
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| Meekins, Robert W. "Bobby" | Mar. 4, 1938 | July 4, 2006 | In Memory Of - Buried in Fla. |
| Meekins, Sallie S. | Dec. 27, 1865 | May 24, 1955 |
[Sallie is buried to the right of her husband, John H.
Meekins. In order for the epitaph
to be read properly you have to read across John's & Sallie's tombstones one line at a
time. The epitaph reads: Not dead to us who loves them, not lost
but gone before, they live with us in memory, and will for ever more.]
[Longshot] [Photos taken by Pat Patterson in 2012] |
| Meekins, Wayde Preston | Apr. 8, 1958 | Mar. 10, 1985 | Husband - A Currituck Sportsman |
| Meekins, Zenova P. | July 28, 1902 | July 22, 1941 | Mother - May she rest in peace forever. |
| Midgett, baby | June 2, [1938] | June 2, [1938] | |
| Midgett, Eleene M. | Jan. 10, 1939 | May 3, 2002 | In Loving Memory |
| Midgett, George A. | [Feb. 22] 1890 | [July 6] 1942 |
Footstone:
"Georgie" Longshot - [See removal of graves certificate] |
| Midgett, Maggie T. | Nov. 19, 1918 | Oct. 30, 1971 | Mother [Photo taken by Pat Patterson in 2012] |
| Perry, Nancy | Feb. 10, 1866 | [Photo not available; information taken from Sacred to Their Memory] | |
| Pugh, Anthony L. | Mar. 18, 1903 | Nov. 22, 1979 | Brother |
| Pugh, Benjamin D. | Sept. 11, 1856 | Jan. 6, 1925 | Father |
| Pugh, Benjamin D. | Jan. 29, 1900 | Dec. 8, 1985 | Brother |
| Pugh, Charles E. | Feb. 25, 1885 | Aug. 2, 1949 | Brother |
| Pugh, Ella O. | Oct. 12, 1901 | Oct. 10, 1928 | Sister |
| Pugh, Salina A. | June 30, 1861 | July 27, 1939 | Mother - Gone, but not forgotten. |
| Rogerson, Samantha Gail | Oct. 17, 2003 | Dec. 30, 2003 | Daughter of Mandy & Ben [see obituary] |
| Stetson, Etta | Sept. 29, 1892 | Nov. 5, 1935 | Wife - Gone, but not forgotten. |
| Toler, Edith E. | Nov. 5, 1916 | Jun. 11, 1999 | Rest in peace |
| Toler, Robanna M. | Sept. 9, 1892 | Aug. 26 1965 | Mother - At Rest [Photo taken by Pat Patterson in 2012] |
| Twiddy, Polly | 1846 | 1910 | At Rest - [See removal of graves certificate] |
| unknown | [See removal of graves certificate] | ||
| Wade, Eugenia Brice | [Dec. 31] 1872 | 1899 | At Rest [See removal of graves certificate] |
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