Gibson Town Cemetery
Reynolds School Rd., Canton, NC


Directions to this cemetery:
In Canton, at the junction of 19/23 and Hwy 110, turn onto Hwy 110 South. Go 0.4 mile to intersection and go straight onto Holtzclaw Street. Go 0.7 mile, turn right onto Reynolds School Rd. Go 0.1 miles on Reynolds School Rd to dead end. Cemetery is on the left up the hill from the old school.

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Survey begins at top of hill in SW corner.


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William H. Body
NORTH CAROLINA
PFC US ARMY
Dec. 25, 1932-June 14, 1968


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William G. Sharp
NORTH CAROLINA
SGT ARMY AIR FORCES
May 22, 1912-July 30, 1977 or 1972?


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“Mother”
Venezela Davis Thomas
Jan. 14, 1916-Dec. 7, 1943


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Davidson
(Headstone only reads “Davidson”)
Military Marker footstone
Coleman A. Davidson
NC
CPL 2 CO 156 DEPOT BRIGADE
April 23, 1895-April 6, 1958


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Double stone
Davidson
Bessie S. 1886-1958
William R. 1886-1960


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Mason
Davidson
Footstone reads:
Rev. William A. Davidson
Departed Oct. 26, 1965


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Next row, top of hill


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Allison M. Williams
Sept.1, 1942-Aug. 25, 1943


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Augusta Williams
NC
CPL 801 PIONEER INFANTRY
WORLD WAR I
Feb. 3, 1896-July 24, 1964


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Birdie J. Jeter
Apr. 14, 1915-Feb. 6, 2001

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Next row, top of hill


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“Mother”
Lillie Coleman
Nov. 17, 1892-Aug. 26, 1943


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“Father”
Simon P. Coleman
July 8, 1883-June 29, 1948


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2 broken metal funeral home markers next to Simon Coleman, no names


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Carrie Thomas
Apr. 6, 1909-Sept. 29, 1990


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Ella T. Love
Feb. 14, 1906-Aug. 2, 1991


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Down hill next to woods:


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Henry Glover
NC
S1 US NAVY
WWII
July 7, 1911-Oct. 27, 1947


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“Mother”
Hettie Conley
1888-1967


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Marilyn F. Richards
1957-1991


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Hart Funeral Home marker and small wooden cross, no name


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Down the hill: flowers marking a child-size grave, no other marking


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Next row, top of hill:


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Volney B. Sharpe
NC
PVT 1CL 39 QM EN
Nov. 24, 1908-June 1, 1946


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Nora J. Sharp
Dec. 25, 1891-July 30, 1951


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“Infant”
Shelia Ann Bugg
August 24, 1954


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Jeremiah Oates
STM 2 US NAVY
Nov. 16, 1927-Mar. 16, 1990


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Thomas M. Oates
Apr. 2, 1912-Jan. 15, 1994


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Small wooden marker, no name


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Double stone
Parrish
Samuel Isaac Parrish
Sept. 9, 1886-July 25, 1956
Beulah Mallone Parrish Dec. 25, 1892-Feb. 29, 1980


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Edward Parrish
SGT US ARMY
Dates not readable because the stone has sunk partially underground


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Next row, top of hill:


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Double stone
Bugg
Footstones read:
Genevieve Payne Bugg
Jan 18, 1912- Nov. 21, 1974
Kelly George Bugg
July 5, 1905-Apr. 23, 1972


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Charlie Oats
NC
PVT 157 DEPOT BRIG
Dec. 25, 1937
(no other date)


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2 cinderblocks


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Double stone
Oates
Carrie Sue
June 6, 1907- Sept. 26, 1970
Will
Aug. 5, 1902-Feb. 14, 1985


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Oates
Lewis E. Sr.
Mar. 8, 1933-Feb. 10, 1994
Military Footstone:
Lewis E. Oates Sr.
CPL US MARINE CORPS
KOREA
Mar. 8, 1933-Feb. 10, 1994
Virginia
Jan. 14, 1939-no date


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Concrete basket hidden by large bush with broken funeral home marker, no name


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Double stone
Mann
Shelbert H.
Sept. 11, 1899-May 6, 1972
Mamie L.
June 10, 1898-Mar. 12, 1971


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Flowers appear to mark a grave just next to and downhill from Mann graves


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Next row, top of hill:


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Minnie McDowell
Apr. 25, 1885-Dec. 31, 1944


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Fred D. McAfee
Jan. 20, 1891-Dec. 17, 1965


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Metal funeral home marker under large oak tree, no name


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Hez Thompson
July 14, 1890-Mar. 28, 1963


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Double stone
Thompson
Rev. Charlie M.
Dec. 7, 1889-Aug. 24, 1967
Bell Hall
Jan. 18, 1890-June 1, 1976


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Marie Thompson Friday
Sept. 16, 1917-Oct. 15, 1981


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Levester Thompson
US ARMY
WWII
No dates visible because stone is sinking


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Allen & Assoc. Funeral Home marker
Death date 198?


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James Aldon Thompson
Aug. 14, 1908-June 22, 1987


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“Sister”
Beulah Thompson Daugherty
Feb. 10, 1912-Mar. 15, 1995


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Next row top of hill:


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Stella Garry
Feb. 18, 1904-Mar. 23, 1934


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Claude Bryson
NC
PVT 1CL
313 LABOR BN
Sept. 20, 1942
No other date


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Modesta Bryson
Nov. 28, 1910-Nov. 15, 1964


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Claude Bryson Jr.
1930-1980
US ARMY


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Donald Bryson
US ARMY
1934-1985


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William H. Bryson
CPL US ARMY WWII
1917-1981


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Down hill next to woods and old shed:


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Double stone
Grant
Willie Lee
Jan. 1, 1927-July 22, 1972
Mildred Mallonee
Aug. 9, 1927-no date


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Next row top of hill:


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Small white wooden cross and Crawford Ray Funeral Home marker


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Pinkey Hall Lenoir
May 17, 1913-Mar. 27, 1993
Age 79


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Johnny Burton Lenoir
Sept. 12, 1908-Feb. 10, 1953
“Champion Old Timer”


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Next row top of hill:


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Double stone
Whitmire
John Henry
July 16, 1914-July 16, 1966
Vallie Mae
Apr. 14, 1914-Mar. 7, 1976


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Howard Monroe Sharp
Apr. 23, 1955-Dec. 30, 1978


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Cinderblock at sunken grave, no name


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Caeeus? Sharp
No dates visible, marker almost completely sunken


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Cinderblock at grave, no name


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Next row, top of hill:


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Charlie Franklin
SOUTH CAROLINA
PVT CO D 810 PIONEER INF
May 2, 1894-Dec. 11, 1967


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Charles R. Franklin
NORTH CAROLINA
Nothing else visible because stone is sunken


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Mae Franklin-Casey
Apr. 19, 1921-May 31, 1991


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Peggy Franklin
Jan. 19, 1936-Oct. 18, 1992


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Cecil William Conley
US ARMY WORLD WAR II
No dates


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Lucille Conley Shelby
Wife of
Arthur Shelby
June 25, 1927-Mar. 5, 1991


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Next row top of hill:


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Charlie Shepard
1901-1932


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Funeral home marker and small rocks marking a grave, no name


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Double stone
Howell
Thomas D.
1885-1966
Cordie B.
1896-1977


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Eugene Moses Howell
NC
PFC 4270 OM SVC CO
WWII
Dec. 9, 1921-Apr. 6, 1968


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Thomas D. Howell Jr.
May 1, 1924-Oct. 20, 1989


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Crawford Ray Funeral home marker
Otelia Howell Brooks Jenkins
10-20-1918—2-10-2002
Age 83


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Crawford Ray Funeral Home marker
Calvin Kenneth “Ken” Hall
9-8-1952—4-8-2004
Age 51


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Two orange survey flags possibly marking a grave?


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One orange survey flag next to that


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Next row top of hill:


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Double stone
“Mother”
Hattie Gibson
July 16, 1874-Sept. 27, 1930
“Father”
Rant Gibson
June 27, 1855-Aug. 21, 1933


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Double stone with Mason symbol
Bob Williams
Dec. 31, 1884-Dec. 19, 1965
“His wife”
Josephine Williams
Feb. 22, 1900-Jan. 5, 1953


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James Elizabeth Gibson
July 2, 1902-Oct. 1, 1972


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Far down hill next to driveway


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Talena Latresa Tucker
June 22, 1978-May 29, 1981


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Next row top of hill:


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Earnest Howell
NC
PFC 317 ENGINEERS
WWI
June 21, 1891-Jan. 3, 1952


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Lottie Howell
Dec. 5, 1901-Mar. 12, 1942


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Dolores A. Howell
Mar. 20, 1949-Mar. 7, 1950


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James W. Howell
Jan. 23, 1946-June 24, 1967


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Next row top of hill near fence:


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Double stone
Conley
Rev. W.T.
Feb. 24, 1865-Apr. 10, 1941
Mary G.
Dec. 29, 1869-May 13, 1955


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Thomas Lee Conley
NC
PFC CO D 25 INFANTRY
WWI
Feb. 6, 1898-June 21, 1967


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Two groups of flowers probably marking heads of graves


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Elizabeth Ann Rooters
Dec. 15, 1937-June 15, 1965
“My beloved wife and mother of my children”


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George Simpson Jr.
US ARMY WWII
Apr.2, 1912-Apr. 24, 1981


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Lloyd Daniel Tucker Jr.
US NAVY
Sept. 29, 1937-Aug. 30, 2004
“June Bug”


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Dale Harrison Tucker
Oct. 21, 1948-Mar. 9, 2003
Footstone:
“PoPo”


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Douglas Conley Tucker
July 12, 1927-Apr. 12, 1988
“Veteran US Navy”


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Double stone
Tucker
Toy Daniel Sr.
Dec. 18, 1906-Feb. 9, 1991
Edith Conley
Mar. 19, 1910-Dec. 27, 1981


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William McKinley Gentry
Aug. 25, 1897-July 30, 1978
“Champion Old Timer”


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Lottie Tucker Gentry
Apr. 4, 1897-Feb. 5, 1966


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Lloyd Daniel Tucker Sr.
S2 US NAVY
WWII
1912-1989


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Next row starts halfway down the hill:


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Double stone
Conley
Rev. James C. Dec. 12, 1900-Aug. 21, 1973
“Champion Old Timer”

Military footstone marker:
James Calvin Conley
NC
PVT US ARMY
WWI
Nannie Bell
July 4, 1910-no date
**Wed March 27, 1926


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Double stone
Conley
Tommy
May 14, 1929-Jan. 21, 1994
Nora A.
Mar. 10, 1929-no date


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Double stone
Conley
Paul
June 3, 1936-Aug. 21, 2002
Mary Forney
Feb. 29, 1936-no date


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Timothy Mack Bobbitt
Feb. 12, 1958-Feb. 29, 2004
“Brother”


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Flat stone base, appears broken off but has Wells Funeral Home marker:
Marion Conley Bobbitt
Feb. 23, 1928-Aug. 3, 2004


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Double stone
Thompson
Edward L.
June 22, 1919-no date
Lonnie Sue
Apr. 18, 1920-Feb. 11, 2004
Married Oct. 24, 1939
(Edward L. Thompson’s death date was March 26, 2005 according to obituary)


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Next row starts half way down the hill:


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Double stone
Gibson
Jay Z.
June 7, 1931-July 28, 1990
Military footstone
June Z. Gibson
PVT US ARMY
KOREA
1931-1990

Mary H.
Mar. 29, 1951-no date


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Wells Funeral Home marker
Mary Elizabeth Gibson “Muv” Thompson
Apr. 4, 1925-Nov. 15, 2004


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Rant Gibson Jr
June 27, 1906-July 30, 1978


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Odell H. Gibson
Oct. 16, 1899-Dec. 10, 1976
“Champion Old Timer”


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Margaret R. Gibson
Jan. 18, 1904-May 22, 1996


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Odell Gibson Jr.
“Our Son”
Apr. 23, 1926-Jan. 15, 1989


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Military marker
Paul Conley
BT1 US NAVY
KOREA VIETNAM
June 3, 1936-Aug. 21, 2002


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Double stone
Gibson
Wade
June 27, 1904-Feb. 16, 1986
“Champion Old Timer”
Pearl G.
Dec. 27, 1909-no date


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Next row top of hill near fence:


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Theodore Murry
NC
PVT CO I 25 INFANTRY
WWI
(Birth date not visible due to sunken stone)-Dec. 10, 1965
“Champion Old Timer”


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Floyd William Murray
Dec. 25, 1928-Apr. 27, 1961


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JoAnn M. Conley
Apr. 7, 1931-Sept. 13, 1980


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Gwynne Murray Tucker Feb. 24, 1960-Mar. 16, 1991


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Next row top of hill:


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John L. Kennly
NC
PFC CO D 364 INFANTRY
WWII
Mar. 2, 1920-Nov. 19, 1962


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Double stone
Mills
Lelia M.
Feb. 24, 1912-Oct. 8, 1979
Gus V.
Mar. 13, 1910-Jan. 19, 1987


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Broken green metal funeral home marker:
Herman Washington Holley
1913-1999
Age 85


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green metal funeral home marker:
Willie Mae Holley
1911-1999
Age 87


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silver metal funeral home marker, no name


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Next row top of hill:


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Double stone
McDowell
Lee
1884-no date
Mary W.
1884-1975


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Henry L. McDowell
Sept. 13, 1914-June 4, 1984


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Ray & Allen Funeral Service (Asheville) metal marker
Wayne Anthony McDowell
d. July 12, 2005


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Double stone
Coleman
Margaret M.
Nov. 3, 1924-no date
Clarence F.
July 8, 1916-Feb. 26, 1991


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Birdie A. Coleman
1896-1991
“Thank you Mother”


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Russell E. Coleman
1934-2000


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Eleanor Gladys Coleman Engle
1920-2003


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damaged metal funeral home marker:
Anthony Maurice Oldham
Nov. 29, 1946-Dec. 3, 2002
Age 56


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Next row top of hill at fence:


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“Infant”
June Carylon Thomspon
May 6, 1942 (only date)


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Lea Rudedda
Dec. 18, 1968
Rudy
Dec. 18, 1968


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William Briscoe Hamilton
Aug. 8, 1915-July 12, 1963


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Lorretta Sumpter Hamilton
May 8, 1914-Apr. 18, 1980


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Next row top of hill:


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white fence around grave with flowers and white angel, no name


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Double stone
Fretwell
John Jr.
Nov. 21, 1923-Feb. 1, 1979
“Champion Old Timer”
Military footstone:
John J. Fretwell
TEC 4 US ARMY WWII
Nov. 21, 1923-Feb. 1, 1979
Elizabeth A. Dec. 21, 1925-no date
Wed Feb. 16, 1946


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Double stone
Fretwell
Elvina M.
Oct. 15, 1915-May 28, 1986
Clarence H.
July 15, 1916-Mar. 23, 1989


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Evangeline F. Bradshaw
Feb. 13, 1921-Oct. 23, 1989


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Top of hill in SE corner near old house:


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Richard H. Lowery
NC
PFC CO C 370 INFANTRY
WWII
Mar. 29, 1918-Mar. 4, 1971


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END OF SURVEY

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© Surveyed October 21, 2005 by Stephanie Sellers Morrow