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Salvo Community Cemetery
aka Midgett Cemetery

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Photo by Ann Marie LaDue in April 2006


Photo by Tammy OHagan in May 2013


Photo by Tammy OHagan in May 2013

This cemetery is located in Salvo, Dare County, North Carolina.   It's in the northwest corner of the National Park Service Campground on Hwy. 12.  Some stones are broken and missing and some have sunk into the sand.  Extra information is indicated in brackets.  Click on underlined names for a picture of the tombstonePhotographs were taken by Ann Marie LaDue in April 2006.  Some photographs were taken by Kay M. Sheppard in 1989 when some of the stones were nearly covered with sand but in 2006 were well above ground.  If you would like to share photographs of tombstones from this cemetery please contact Kay Midgett Sheppard See Google Maps for this cemetery.

NAME BIRTH DEATH COMMENTS / INSCRIPTION
Farrow, Bettie G. Apr. 15, 1899 Apr. 1 1968 [double with Perry G. Farrow]   [see obituary]
Photograph taken by Kay Midgett Sheppard in 1989
Farrow, David P. Jan. 7, 1902 Aug. 28, 1911 Son of L.D. & Julia Farrow; 9 Yrs. 7 mos. 21 days
Farrow, infant [May 27, 1922] May 27, 1922 Daughter of Perry & Bettie Farrow
Farrow, Julia D. Mar. 9, 1875 Aug. 31, 1931 Mother
Farrow, L.D. [Lorenzo Dowe] June 5, 1873 Apr. 15, 1929 Father; Masonic Emblem
Farrow, Perry G. Sept. 28, 1896 Feb. 27, 1978 [double with Bettie G. Farrow]
Photograph taken by Kay Midgett Sheppard in 1989
Farrow, Wesley Randolph Jan. 21, 1918 Mar. 10, 1918  
Gray, baby [no date] [no date]  
Gray, Carlina F. Jan. 9, 1876 June 8, 1897 Aged 21 Yrs. 4 Mos. 29 Ds.; Wife of J.E. [James Everett] Gray
Photograph taken by Kay Midgett Sheppard in 1989
Photograph taken by Tammy OHagan in May 2013
Gray, Charlotte P. Oct. 11, 1841 Apr. 8, 1929 Age 87 Years 5 Months & 28 Days
Gray, Josephine B. Sept. 4, 1882 Aug. 12, 1964 Mother  [see obituary]
Gray, Little Cyrus Sept. 30, 1859 Aug. 21, 1948  
Gray, Luther Y. Apr 30, 1882 Feb. 9, 1943 Husband   [see obituary]
Photograph taken by Kay Midgett Sheppard in 1989
Gray, Mary L.A. Mch. 5, 1836 Mch. 7, 1902 Age 66 yrs. 2 ds.   [2013 photo by Tammy OHagan]
Gray, Melvina P. Oct. 16, 1877 Mar. 10, 1907 Wife of L.C. [Little Cyrus] Gray
Gray, Patsy L. May 12, 1897 Nov. 22, 1900 Infant daughter of L.C. & M.P. Gray
Midgett, Dortha B. Dec. 13, 1828 Mar. 14, 1901 Aged 72 Yrs. 3 Mos. 1 Day; Daughter of Sanderson & Esther Payne
Midgett, Julius G. Apr. 12, 1906 Apr. 7, 1908  
Midgett, L.B. [Little Banister] Jan. 24, 1825 May 2, 1895 Age 70 Yrs. 3 Mos. & 8 Days; Son of L.B. & Kitty Midgett
Photograph taken by Bernard Tompsett in 2003
Midgett, Lettia C. Feb. 27, 1884 Dec. 9, 1885 [double with Lillian F. Midgett]; Children of E.L. & P.J. Midgett
[for more information see this page]
Midgett, Lillian  F. Nov. 5, 1882 Dec. 9, 1885 [double with Letitia C. Midgett]; Children of E.L. & P.J. Midgett
[for more information see this page]
Midgett, Martha A. Dec. 10, 1851 Nov. 15, 1911  
Midgett, Mattie E. Dec. 5, 1877 Apr. 30, 1901 23 ys. 4 m. 25 dys; Wife of Z.B. [Zion Bunyan] Midgett
Photograph taken by Kay Midgett Sheppard in 1989
Midgett, Missouri L. Aug. 25, 1900 June 2, 1901 Dau. of Z.B. [Zion Bunyab] & M.E. [Martha "Mattie"] Midgett
Midgett, P.F. [Pharoah Farrow] Sept. 27, 1848 Aug. 23, 1917 Age 68 Yrs. 10 Mos. 27 Days
Midgett, Sparrow P. Oct. 22, 1897 Jan. 30, 1965 North Carolina SC3 USCG World War I  [see obituary]
Midgett, Watson L. Apr. 11, 1822 Dec. 16, 1872 Age 50 ys 8m 5 ds
Photograph taken by Kay Midgett Sheppard in 1989
Photograph taken by Tammy OHagan in May 2013
Midgett, Zion B. Aug. 4, 1871 Feb. 1, 1908 Photograph taken by Kay Midgett Sheppard in 1989
Photograph taken by Marsha Lewis in April 2015
Payne, Hilda Inez "Nez" Feb. 3, 1932 Mar. 28, 2005 Twiford Funeral Home Marker  [see obituary]
Photograph taken by Don & Ruth Goegel in Oct. 2015
Payne, John Thomas [Nov. 1, 1862] Jan. 27, 1927 Surfman USCG
Payne, Little P. [Pharoah] Apr. 7, 1908 Dec. 12, 1978 Pvt. US Army World War II
Photograph taken by Don & Ruth Goegel in Oct. 2015
Photograph taken by Marsha Lewis in April 2015
Payne, Louiser M. Feb. 8, 1878 Mar. 24, 1936  
Williams, Alma M. May 15, 1921 June 2, 1921  

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