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| Graves Cemetery Cerro Gordo Columbus County, NC  |
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| Transcribed by David B High, March 1999,
from the private publication, "They're
Buried in Our Past Columbus County NC 1808 - 1984 (Vol 2)" dated June
1984. This cemetery is #97 in the survey.
Permission granted by the authors Anita
Barfield and Kay Duncan. Dates are shown in a uniform format. Mother Josephine Pait Dow 7/8/1894 - 9/21/1944 Father Benjamin Franklin Dow 7/10/1880 - Ressie M. Blizzard 10/19/1926 - 6/4/1967 Adult (per Blanche N Barfield: might be Bessie Nobles Graves) Adult unmarked Vickie S Leonard 8/8/1930 - 4/28/1971 James Leonard 5/22/1915 - (same stone as Vickie S Leonard) Angus D Graves 9/21/1867 - 1/12/1940 Adult (per Mrs Barfield: might be Catherine, wife of Angus) Daniel Wynn Williamson 10/1/1959 - 3/7/1969 Other known burials: EVERGREEN -- Johnny Michael Graves, 37, died Thursday, March 19, 2009, at his residence. Final rites will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 22, at Chadbourn Pentecostal Holiness Church with Rev. Richard Robinson officiating. Burial will follow in the Graves Family Cemetery in Cerro Gordo. Worthington Funeral Home of Chadbourn is handling the arrangements. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Harrison Graves of the home; a daughter, Alyssa Marie Graves of the home; a son, Aaron Michael Graves of the home; his parents, Wanda G. and Johnny Mitchell Graves of Cerro Gordo; a sister, Becky Lynn Russ of Cerro Gordo; and a brother, Christopher Kevin Graves of Cerro Gordo. Visitation will be held from 7-9 pm Saturday, March 21 at Chadbourn Pentecostal Holiness Church, 518 N Elm Street. |
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| Additional information thanks to Zelia
Cline: This Graves family came from Bladen County in the Bethel community near Bladenboro. The older family is buried at Old Pait Cemetery. Angus Doderage Graves was the son of Nathan Randall Graves and Mary Margaret Evers. |
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