Brunswick County NC Genweb

Meares Cemetery
Contributed by Goldy Romaine
February 2003
Brunswick County, North Carolina

This is a small cemetery located on Beach Drive in Calabash, North Carolina, between Durham and High Point Streets.


ROW 1

Albert Calvin Meares
March 11, 1848
October 9, 1923
"Our Dear Father"
"Dearest Father thy hast left us, And our loss we Deeply feel. But in Heaven we hope to meet thee, Where parting never comes."

Josephine Meares
November 21, 1859
October 23, 1929
Wife of A C Meares
"She hath done what She could."

Baby Boy Meares

Trevamon Meares
February 11, 1894
June 10, 1936
North Carolina, Hosp Apprentice I C L, USNRF
"At Rest"

Nina Meares
March 12, 1903
December 7, 1941

THORNE
Bobby J Thorne
born March 02 1934
Husband of Josephine Thorne
"Father"

Josephine Thorne
September 9, 1934
February 23, 2000
Wife of Bobby J C  Thorne
"Mother"

ROW 2

Oswald Meares
August 30 1877
March 30 1936
"In Memory of Our Dear Brother"
Written on headstone same as Albert Calvin Meares

Byron Meares
August 20 1889
April 5, 1954
NC, MM2, USNRF, WWI

Elizabeth Meares O'Quinn
November 25, 1887
March 13, 1936
Wife of James Albert O'Quinn

James Albert O'Quinn
August 27, 1888
October 15, 1938
Husband of Elizabeth Meares O'Quinn

E Josephine Thorne
1934
2000

ROW 3

Frank Eliotte Warters
February 12, 1922
August 28, 1949
"In Memory of My Dear Boy"
"Dearest Frank, You have Passed from sight, though The sweet memories of you Will live on in my heart where An aching void has been created Which can never be filled."

John Delbert Meares
September 1, 1897
October 14, 1956
Husband of Morie Bennett Meares

Morie Bennett Meares
December 16, 1910
May 15, 1992
Wife of John Delbert Meares

Albert Lee Meares
1884
1964

Fannie W Meares
1895
1960

Cyrus Lee Meares
March 20, 1925
October 28, 1965

ROW 4 (all the way towards the back)

Ruth Wingate Lewis
1921
2000