Midgett Cemetery - Hatteras, Dare Co., NC

Dare County Cemeteries

Midgett Cemetery (Hatteras)

This cemetery is located in Hatteras, Dare County, North Carolina. From Hwy. 12 in Hatteras, take Fulcher Lane (SR 1258) and go about 0.1 mile or just past the Hatteras Community Cemetery (aka Oden/Austin Cemetery) on Fulcher Lane. The cemetery will be on the right about 50 feet from the road. Google maps for this cemetery. Click on underlined names for a picture of the tombstone.

Photographs were taken in November 2013 by Candy Roth. On Candy's photographing trip she found a wonderful man, Bobby Willis, who has taken this cemetery as his personal gift to all who have loved ones buried here and has undertaken the mass cleanup of all the old graves. Candy says: "You won't believe how lovely he has made it. I spent at least an hour talking with him today as he came to continue his work and restoration. He has dug up all the old shells, stones and bricks and has lovingly rebuilt gravesites and raked every inch after removing all undergrowth and briars, etc. He is an amazing man. I have a photo of him. He was showing me a marble imbedded in one of the bricks lining the edge of a grave - someone had apparently used it to level the brick, or maybe just a memento, and over time it has embedded in the brick. Everyone should know how and why this cemetery is now a place of serenity and beauty as well as history."

NAME	BIRTH	DEATH	COMMENTS / INSCRIPTION
Austin, Benjamin E.	April 24, 1859	May 1, 1939	In Memory Of How precious is the book devine, By inspiration given, Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine, To guide our souls to Heaven.
Austin, Lenous L. [Lincoln]	Oct. 4, 1893	Sep., 29, 1973	[no photo available] [see death certificate]
Austin, Maggie M.	Dec. 11, 1859	Mar. 16, 1918	In Memory Of - Wife of B.E. Austin [Epitaph unreadable]
Bancale, Irene M.	Sep. 15, 1919	Aug. 30, 2001	Loving Wife, Mother and Grandmother
Bancale, Kenneth Louis	Apr. 5, 1946	Jan. 11, 2000	US Army; Vietnam
Bancale, Silvio	Nov. 21, 1917	Mar. 23, 1995	M Sgt. US Army; World War II
Gaskins, Holvay B. [Holloway Barnett]	Aug. [8]1882	Jan. [15] 1969	[SS Deaths state last residence was Norfolk, VA]
Gaskins, Hermesia Wade	March 26, 1860	Aug. 21, 1953	[double with Stephen B. Gaskins]
Gaskins, Joseph W.	Nov. [11] 1886	Dec. 1968	[SS Deaths state last residence was Norfolk, VA & died Jan. 1969]
Gaskins, Stephen B.	Aug. 16, 1860	Dec. 20, 1936	[double with Hermesia Wade Gaskins]
Meekins, Louisa D.	July 22, 1846	Feb. 21, 1917	Seet [sweet?] rest.
Meekins, Zion D.	Jan. 13, 1816	Jan. 5, 194_	Peaceful rest. [Census records indicate that Zion was born in 1846, not 1816. He died in 1904. The 0 had been left out by the engraver.]
Midgett, Anna E.	Nov. 17, 1916	Jan. 2, 1978	Beloved wife and mother [double with John E. Midgett]
Midgett, John E.	Mar. 24, 1915	Jan. 22, 1980	Lt. US Coast Guard; World War II [double with Anna E. Midgett]
Midgett, John Edward	Nov. 12, 1847	Dec. 21, 1926
Midgett, Mary Jane	Nov. 5, 1840	Mar. 8, 1916	Wife of J.E. Midgett
O'Neal, Ida Willis West	Apr. 9, 1904	Jun. 4, 2003	At peace - Her children Marian, Charlie and Martha [double with Milon Millard O'Neal]
O'Neal, Milon Millard	Mar. 5, 1911	Mar. 6, 1989	At rest - Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal. Cox US Coast Guard; World War II [double with Ida Willis West-O'Neal]
Styron, Cornelius W.	Jan. 22, 1878	Jan. 5, 1960	To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.
Styron, Sarah	Sept. 27, 1878	Oct. 30, 1930	She believeth and sleeps in Jesus. Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle emblem
Styron, Steve Goodwin	Sep. 22, 1918	May 2, 1980	BM 1 US Coast Guard; World War II
unknown #1			[no visible inscription - appears to be a child's marker]
Unknown #2			[no visible inscription - appears to be a child's marker]
West, John L.	Mar. 31, 1889	May 19, 1935	Thy memory shall ever be a guiding star to Heaven. Woodmen of the World emblem

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