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Brooks-Cox Cemetery

This cemetery was photographed and submitted by Maldine Whitaker Wallace of St. Louis, MO who says "I visited this African American cemetery in late April 2013. The sign at the entrance has Brooks-Cox Cemetery. Some think it is two separate cemeteries; that one side is Brooks Cemetery and the other is Cox Cemetery. Some graves had grass that I didn’t disturb due to numerous ant hills so my photography session didn’t capture images as well as I would have liked. My understanding is that there are many more graves without headstones to identify their location. I noticed that several old stones had newer ones also. After some research, I learned that this is a family cemetery and after looking at some of the death certificates for some of the individuals buried here it becomes more confusing. Some death certificates have location of burial as Mulberry Ridge Cemetery, some have Cox Cemetery, some Brooks Cemetery, some Lake Landing, some Mulba or Mother Ridge and some list it as family cemetery. I do know that it is located in Engelhard, Lake Landing Township, Hyde County, North Carolina. It is just off Mulberry Ridge Road in a small community called Slocum." Click on underlined names to see a photo of the tombstone. Information within brackets was taken from birth or death certificates, obituaries, social security cards or other records.

*Name*	*Birth Date*	*Death Date*	*Epitaph / Comments*
Barrow, Gladys	Nov. 16, 1904	Sept. 12, 1983	Gone but not forgotten [see obituary]
Beckwith, Clara M.	9-28-1952	3-24-1969	Longshot - Whitfield & Whitley Funeral Service [see death certificate]
Beckwith, David	Mar. 4, 1872	Oct. 3, 1970	Loving Grandfather [death certificate states death on Oct. 1, 1970]
Beckwith, Freddy	Aug. 14, 1961	Aug. 10, 1994
Beckwith, Kermit	June 22, 1907	Mar. 6, 1986	The Lord is my Shepherd [see obituary] [Married Ola Blount in Hyde Co. on Feb. 15, 1930]
Beckwith, Olar Mae [Blount]	Dec. 29, 1913	Mar. 17, 1996	We loved you mother but God loved you best
Beckwith, Sterlin	Apr. 16, 1937	July 2, 2002	Husband
Beckwith, Wilbert	Aug. 14, 1945	Mar. 17, 1987	[see obituary]
Blount, Beatrice S.	Sept. 9, 1911	Jan. 4, 2008	Loving Parents [double stone with Nathaniel Blount] [see obituary]
Blount, Benjamin	Feb. 29, 1896	Jan. 2, 1994
Blount, Charlie [Jr.]	[Aug. 24] 1886	[Oct. 25, 1973]	[stone mostly buried] [see death certificate]
Blount, Emma M.	Mar. 2, 1929	Oct. 8, 1993
Blount, Jennie B.	July 19, 1886	Apr. 1, 1984	The Lord is my Shepherd - We are hoping to clasp your hand. [see obituary]
Blount, Louise G.	May 1, 1912	Sept. 11, 1975	We love her but God loved her best [see death certificate]
Blount, Nathaniel [old stone] Blount, Nathaniel [new stone]	1894 Feb. 17, 1894	1989 Aug. 3, 1989	Pvt. US Army - World War II Loving Parents [double stone with Beatrice S. Blount] [Married Beatrice Spencer un Hyde Co. on April 26, 1934]
Blount, Pernell	Dec. 15, 1952	May 18, 2009	[see obituary]
Blunt, Steven S.	June 2, 1955	March 8, 2007	Forever in our hearts - A loving brother
Brock, Hilliard	July 4, 1897	July 3, 1956	North Carolina - Pfc. Co. C - 314 Service Bn. QMC - World War I
Brock, Lucy S.	Dec. 8, 1908	Oct. 14, 1990
Brooks, Flordia B. [Beckwith]	Nov. 10, 1898	Oct. 17, 1973	[Married John Tom Brooks in Hyde Co. on June 1, 1913]
Bryant, Magnolia S.	Sept. 5, 1917	July 6, 2007
Champion, Virginia G.	Sept. 12, 1922	Oct. 5, 2006	Longshot [see obituary]
Cunningham, Annie Ruth	Jan. 31, 1921	Apr. 15, 2004	Mother - Love Lives On - God took her home, it was His will, but in our hearts she liveth still. [see obituary]
Cunningham, Anthony	[c1954]	Dec. 10, 1978	no photo at this time [see obituary]
Cunningham, John G.	Mar. 25, 1923	Sept. 28, 2007	"Gone but not forgotten"
Cunningham, John G. Jr.	[c1953]	Dec. 10, 1978	[no photo at this time] [see obituary]
Daniels, Emma [Murray]	[Sept. 24] 1913	[Feb. 13] 1990 [Raleigh, NC]
Gibbs, Clarena	Nov. 28, 1904	Nov. 20, 1973	We love you, but God loved you best [see obituary]
Gibbs, Estella	March 17, 1917	April 13, 1995
Gibbs, James P. Jr.	[Jan. 4, 1945]	[Nov. 28] 1989	Pvt. US Army - Vietnam [see obituary]
Gibbs, James W. Sr.	Dec. 25, 1917	Dec. 11, 1988
Gibbs, Leonard	Oct. 28, 1947	Oct. 19, 1977	God hath delivered me out of all my troubles
Gibbs, Lida L.	July 18, 1885	Oct. 14, 1911	She died trusting in the....[remainder is unreadable]
Gibbs, Lora Lane	[May 29, 1967]	[Sept. 19, 1967]	[no photo at this time] [see death certificate]
Gibbs, Mary E.	May 1901	Feb. 7, 1972
Gibbs, Modia B.	Oct. 3, 1934	Feb. 20, 1992	At rest
Gibbs, Morris	May 1, 1929	Nov. 8, 1985	"We loved you, but God loves you best"
Gibbs, Ottis	March 12, 1900	Aug. 17, 1986	Longshot
Gibbs, Phylis	Sept. 12, 1860	Feb. 8, 1958	Gone but not forgotten. A loving mother.
Gibbs, Will	June 15, 1898	Feb. 17, 1993
Ham, Sylvia S.	June 6, 1922	Feb. 3, 2012
[Harris, Mamie Benson]	[Dec. 31, 1926]	[Feb. 11, 2018]	[see obituary]
Howard, Benjamin L.	1883	Jan. 1, 1970	Father [death certificate states birth as Mar. 3, 1891]
Howard, Golena	Mar. 12, 1905	Jan. 7, 2004	Longshot [see obituary]
Howard, Lucy Ann	Feb. 1881	Jan. 1, 1963	Precious Lord take my hand - Lovingly dedicated by...[remainder is unreadable] [see death certificate] [Lucy Fonville married Benjamin Howard in Hyde Co. on Feb. 3, 1902]
Howell, Annie	Sept. 3, 1908	Mar. 29, 1978	Sister [see obituary]
Johnson, Andrew	Apr. 20, 1948	Aug. 8, 1989	[see obituary]
Jones, Archie B. Sr.	Mar. 4, 1945	Aug. 23, 2011	Matt. 16:18
Jones, Elaine C.	July 12, 19[32?]	June 18, 1984	[see obituary for Elaine Jones Gibbs] ["Ellen" Jones married James W. Gibbs in Hyde Co. on May 14, 1949]
Jones, Franklin D.R. [Delano Roosevelt]	Mar. 5, 1941	Oct. 30, 1993	[see obituary]
Jones, Johnnie R.	Nov. 17, 1918	Nov. 30, 1988	Longshot
Jones, Joseph W.	12-4-1920	6-7-1971	Longshot - Whitfield & Whitley Funeral Service
Jones, Mary L. (Lizzie)	May 10, 1916	June 13, 1986	Longshot
Jones, Mary Lorette	[July 23, 1959]	[July 27, 1959]	[no photo at this time] [see death certificate]
Jones, Noah Jr.	5-12-1917	8-9-1969	Longshot - Whitfield & Whitley Funeral Service
Jones, Roger T.			[Funeral Home Marker with no dates]
Jones, Violet	July 25, 1883	Sept. 3, 1973	Asleep in Jesus
Jones, William E. Sr.	Dec. 8, 1946	Apr. 1, 2013	[Funeral Home Marker]
Mann, Claude	July 4, 1895	October 2, 1969	Pvt. US Army - World War I
Mann, Laura G.	Jan. 26, 1893	July 16, 1988	Gone but not forgotten
Mann, Lena B.	Apr. 6, 1897	Aug. 6, 1991	At rest [see obituary for Leaner B. Mann]
Mann, Nixie	July 7, 1909	Dec. 16, 1995	At rest
Mann, Ruffin	November 12, 1912	January 5, 1970	Pvt. US Army - World War II
Mann, Wilson	Jan. 1, 1922	Nov. 20, 1989	US Army - World War II
Midgett, Neta B.	July 24, 1892	Oct. 21, 1992
Midgette, David	Feb. 4, 1920	May 13, 1994
Midgette, Eunice Marie	Sept. 29, 1936	Oct. 29, 2011	Beloved mother & grandmother - Forever in our hearts
Midgette, Katherine D.	Jan. 3, 1959	Jan. 17, 2007	Mother [see obituary]
Midgette, Mahalie	May 15, 1914	Feb. 14, 1990	[see obituary]
Midgette, Tennie S. [Shaw]	June 10, 1920	Nov. 4, 1985	[Teenie Shaw married David Midgett in Hyde Co. on Jan. 11, 1948]
Murray, Annie M.	Sept. 16, 1910	Feb. 22, 1962
Murray, James Ottis	Feb. 22, 1910	Nov. 5, 1994
Murray, James R. Jr.	Nov. 21, 1979	Aug. 1, 1988
Murray, Lee Gibbs	Sep. 27, 1882	Nov. 19, 1972
Murray, Minnie G.	Sept. 8, 1905	Feb, 18, 1998
Murray, Theresa D.	Feb. 28, 1959	Dec. 24, 1959
Murray, Thomas Franklin	May 15, 1915	Jan. 22, 1988	Cpl. US Army - World War II
Peterson, Addie [broken stone]	July 18, 1876	August 5, 1925	[This headstone was lying on the ground in 3 pieces. Addie Florida Peterson's death certificate says she died on Aug. 6, 1925. [see more photos - photo 1; photo 2, photo 3 with Beverly Merrick Mann; photo 4 with Maldine Whitaker Wallace] [see death certificate]
Robinson, Mattie L.	Feb. 8, 1900	Jan. 2, 1986	Rest in peace Longshot
Selby, Genie	Sept. 24, 1905	Dec. 6, 1986	Father [see obituary]
Selby, James	Aug. 6, 1900	Nov. 28, 1978	Gone but not forgotten
Selby, Maxwell	[c1915]	[Dec. 5, 1997]	[no photo at this time] [see obituary]
Selby, Melton	Sept. 21, 1920	March 7, 1972	Gone but not forgotten
Selby, Olive B.	Apr. 21, 1911	Aug. 2, 2008	Mother [see obituary]
Selby, Ollie L.	[July 4, 1928] [SS Deaths]	[Jan. 24, 2003] [SS Deaths]	"Ole Smooth" - "Rabbit Man" [Whitfield & Whitley Funeral Home Marker - dates can't be read]
Shaw, Levon	July 10. 1970	Dec. 9, 2005	Son - Always in our hearts [see obituary]
Simmons, Rosa B.	Aug. 27, 1932	Nov. 27, 2012	[Blair Funeral Home Marker, Edenton, NC]
Spencer, Belinda Gibbs	July 30, 1955	Aug. 12, 2012	"We love you, but God loves you best" [see obituary]
Spencer, Bob	April 13, 1939	June 12, 2000
Spencer, Daisy	Aug. 14, 1897	May 28, 1965	Father - Married: March 2, 1920 [double stone with Sarah G. Spencer] [see death certificate]
Spencer, Gary Darryl	Aug. 12, 1962	July 25, 1997
Spencer, George G.	March 11, 1931	Sept. 25, 2009	[see obituary]
Spencer, Harriett	8-31-1893	9-9-1976
Spencer, Heneritta (old stone) Spencer, Henretta B. (new stone)	11-18-1871 Nov. 18, 1871	2-2-1971 Feb. 2, 1971	Footstone [see death certificate] At rest
Spencer, Picola G. (old stone) Spencer, Picola G. (new stone)	Sept. 1, 1901 Sept. 1, 1901	Nov. 3, 1996 Nov. 3, 1996	[see obituary] "We loved you Mother, but God loves you best"
Spencer, Pinkie [Selby]	Feb. 29, 1879	Jan. 26, 1982	"The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want" [see a newspaper photo & article of Pinkie]
Spencer, Sarah G.	Apr. 5, 1902	May 26, 1968	Mother - Married: March 2, 1920 [double stone with Daisy Spencer]
Williams, Eleanor Mann	[July 10, 1919]	[Apr. 20, 2004]	[no photo at this time] [see obituary]