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 Garrington-Newbern Cemetery
Coinjock, NC

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Photographed:  2012 by Reta Morel Whitten

This property was owned by Estelle Roberts Walker (1896-1976), widow of William Nathaniel Walker (1891-1951) as late as 1975.  The William Nathaniel Walker Cemetery sits on this same property and, according to Mrs. Estelle R. Walker, the Peter Morrisette Family Plot was once located directly behind the other plots on this property and were marked with wooden markers.  A square was left untended in this field for many years to mark the graveyard but all evidence of a graveyard is now gone.  Believed to be buried in the Morrisette plot were Peter Morrisette, Martha Ballance Morrisette and possibly others.  Peter & Martha were the parents of Tully B., Henry Eugene and Sally Ann Morrisette.

Inside the Fence
NAME	BIRTH	DEATH	COMMENTS / EPITAPH
Garrington, Seth N.	Sept. 20, 1894	Apr. 2, 1974	Dad
Newbern, Henry M.	May 4, 1920	May 10, 1921
Newbern, Lela Virginia	1887	[Jan. 10] 1936	Wife of W.H. Newbern [Death certificate states birth as Nov. 5, 1886, not 1887]
Newbern, Reta Spry [Martha Love "Reta" Spry]	1892	[Dec. 22] 1942	Wife of W.H. Newbern [Death certificate states Reta's birth as Oct. 5, 1894, not 1892] [Reta married Seth Needham Garrington in 1914 and William Henry Newbern in 1940]
Newbern, Wesley A.	July 21, 1902	Nov. 13, 1910	Son of W.H. & L.V. Newbern Tread softly for an angel band Doth guard the silent dust And we can safely leave our boy Our darling in their trust.
Newbern, William Henry	[Apr. 18] 1880	[Sept. 22] 1955
Outside the Fence
Flat cement slab with 4 unnamed markers 2013 - New plaque in memory of the 4 daughters Longshot of the 2013 plaque			Said to be the infant daughters of Seth & Reta Spry Garrington who all died at birth or shortly thereafter.. Marjory Jeanette Garrington - Nov. 4, 1923 - May 28, 1924 of cholera Marjorie Lee Garrington - Jan. 25, 1925 - July 8, 1925 of colitis Nettie Alma Garrington - Feb. 15, 1927 - July 25, 1928 of cholera Pattie Virginia Garrington - Apr. 27, 1938 - Apr. 27, 1938

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