The epitaphs are as follows:

Flag Pole Erected June 1996
by Citizens of Community

Robert William Ward
Sept. 22, 1896
June 24, 1958

Mary Lou Ward
Nov. 8, 1900
Aug. 5, 1942

Louis Bunce Ward
Nov. 27, 1903
March 12, 1926

Howard King Ward
May 9, 1902
Dec. 11, 1902

Clifton Jerome Ward
May 3, 1906
Oct. 17, 1907

W. P. Ward
June 26, 1865
Sept. 1, 1934

Florence Ennis
Wife of 
W. P. Ward
Nov. 18, 1875
Dec. 22, 1941

Luther T. Johnson, Sr.
July 28, 1877
April 30, 1955

Ethel Pearson Johnson
March 4, 1887
Dec. 3, 1963

Luther T. Johnson, Jr.
Dec. 28, 1918
Nov. 19, 1937

Mary P. Johnson
Sept. 14, 1909
Jan. 5, 2003

Double Crypt
George Roe Kennedy
April 20, 1891
Dec. 11, 1962
Bethel Pearson Kennedy
March 11, 1890
May 15, 1974

Enoch F. Johnson
Oct. 17, 1884
May 8, 1963

Ida Kennedy
Wife of 
Enoch John 
and 
E. G. Bostic
Aug. 16, 1888
Feb. 6, 1982

Jeffery Dee
Son of 
D. W. and Brownie Johnson
April 26, 1951
June 15, 1951

Charlie J. Marshburn
May 16, 1888
June 27, 1942

Connie Powell Marshburn
Oct. 18, 1887
Feb. 25, 1974
Addie Irene
Daughter of 
Frank and Alice Marshburn
Oct. 7, 1892
Feb. 20, 1967

Little Virginia Marshburn
Nov. 27, 1912
Dec. 6, 1912

William B. Highsmith
July 16, 1879
Aug. 19, 1953

Gladys Sewell Highsmith Tatum
March 9, 1906
Aug. 9, 1993
Married 
William Highsmith—1927
Married 
Clarence Tatum—1853

Paul James
Son of 
James B. and Della H. Johnson
Oct. 15, 1899
June 10, 1975

Kenneth Jones, Sr.
Son of 
Tecia J. Wood
Nov. 13, 1911
May 19, 1989
Father of 
Charles Nathaniel
Patricia Ann
Kenneth Neil
Lydia Elizabeth
Thomas Francis
Billy Ray

Emily Etta Tatum Jones
Oct. 4, 1918
March 3, 1996
Mother of 
Charles Nathaniel
Patricia Ann
Kenneth Neil
Lydia Elizabeth
Thomas Francis
Billy Ray

Manklin M. Tatum
Feb. 2, 1917
Sept. 12, 1994

Robert Morse Burley, Sr.
May 12, 1940
June 26, 2003
Judy Williams Burley
Oct. 27, 1945
NOD
Parents of 
Robert J, Donald and Douglas

Double Stone
Hector E. Hernandez
May 21, 1955
Jan. 26, 2000
Rhonda E.
July 9, 1958
NOD

Sheriff Michael H. Harrell
March 14, 1947
April 12, 2006
Pender County Sheriff
1986—2002
SWF 3 US NAVY VIETNAM

Stephanie Dawn Maready
Daughter of 
Steve and Charlene Maready
Sister of 
Justin and Richard
May 27, 1986
Sept. 14, 2002

Robert N. Moore
Sept. 23, 1898
Dec. 4, 1981

Pamela Suzanne
Daughter of 
Kenneth Neil Sr & Shirley Squire Jones
Sister of 
Neil, Jr. Steve, Doyle David and Manley
May 8, 1969
March 29, 1988

Freeman J. Marshburn
Oct. 16, 1917
Aug. 8, 1976
S SGT US ARMY WW II

Double Stone
David A. Jones, SR.
Nov. 27, 1913
Nov. 6, 1993
Married
May 5, 1945
Maomi M.
March 10, 1927
NOD

G. Edwin Johnson
Aug. 3, 1908
May 30, 1953

Dixie F. Johnson
April 3, 1907
May 2, 1995

Margie Fellows Vann
Jan. 8, 1882
May 15, 1968

D. L. (Pete) Vann
July 7, 1871
Feb. 2, 1954

Wm. Olen Harrell
Nov. 22, 1905
Dec. 9, 1942

Laura Vann Harrell
Dec. 13, 1907
Nov. 16, 2003

Double Stone
D. W. Johnson
Nov. 30, 1914
July 22, 2006
Brownie J.
Nov. 9, 1916
Jan. 16, 2007

Haupt Ann Parker
Dec. 15, 1933
April 1, 1997

Double Stone
Clayton J. Johnson
1910-1976
Lizzie Mae P.
NOD

Ernest Ray Brownie
Aug. 24, 1901
Nov. 25, 1972
NORTH CAROLINA
PFC US ARMY WW II

Annie Vann Brownie
April 19, 1910
Nov. 27, 2004

Double Stone
Giles R. Pope
July 10, 1913
Dec. 11, 1988
Ruby Vann
Feb. 7, 1917
July 7, 1975

Double Stone
Ordway C. Johnson
Nov. 2, 1911
June 12, 1960
Pearl L.
July 17, 1917
June 24, 1989

Myrtle Evelyn Johnson
Nov. 6, 1912
May 23, 1967

Lemuel N. Johnson
March 9, 1880
May 24, 1945

Flossie C. Johnson
June 9, 1887
April 4, 1986

Charles Robert Johnson
1883-1955
Mattie King
1894-NOD

Ellen Cannady
Nov. 11, 1916
April 25, 1967

Ceanna D. Davis
March 10, 1953
May 7, 1979

Double Stone
Roberson B. Cannady
Sept. 5, 1888
Oct. 26, 1959
Annie Jones
July 1, 1890
Nov. 19, 1964

Edwin W. Melvin
Feb. 16, 1898
June 13, 1986

Ethel G. Melvin
Wife of 
Edwin W. Melvin
Jan. 17, 1898
Dec. 22, 1978

Raymond H. Melvin
Sept. 6, 1894
July 9, 1963

Mattie Olivia Garner Melvin
Wife of 
Raymond H. Melvin
Sept. 19, 1891
March 27, 1987

James N. Gurganious
March 22, 1880
July 2, 1976
Annie Mathis
Oct. 23, 1886
Jan. 17, 1958

James Edward Gurganious
Jan. 27, 1910
May 5, 1975
Nellie M. Casteen
April 5, 1917
April 30, 2007

Eddie Jones
March 15, 1888
Sept. 15, 1953

Maude Tatum Jones
Aug. 23, 1891
Aug. 28, 1958

Joseph Earl Jones
Oct. 20, 1924
Oct. 7, 1969
SGT US ARMY WW II

Samuel Horrell
Oct. 10, 1923
March 10, 1978
NORTH CAROLINA
MSGT US AIR FORCE 
WWII KOREA VIETNAM AFC AND OLC

Eddie Jones, Jr.
Son of 
Eddie and Maude Tatum Jones
Aug. 19, 1917
March 3, 1997
Doris Marie Blanton
Daughter of 
Clebron Martie And Sallie Quinn Blanton
Oct. 26, 1928
Nov. 3, 2004
Their children
Jerry Martie
Joseph Carl
Cynthia Marie

William James Herring
Feb. 8, 1879
June 13, 1982

Winnie L. Herring
July 2, 1904
Oct. 1999

DeLeon Theodore Gurganious
Oct. 20, 1919
Aug. 17, 2001
Virginia Casteen
Nov. 19, 1923

Hosea William Lanier
Oct. 18, 1924
Jan. 12, 1964
NORTH CAROLINA
TEC 4 RECON CO. 603 TD BN WW II

Cythinia Gail Lanier
Dec. 19, 1954
March 11, 1958

MM
Barry James Lanier
March 8, 1953
July 29, 2007

Carrie J. Melvin
Oct. 30, 1890
Oct. 19, 1971

John Herbert Melvin
Aug. 6, 1896
Aug. 4, 1979

James Cantz Melvin
Aug. 31, 1936
July 25, 1986

Billy Niles Harrell
Son of 
Brodie Riddick and Bertha A. Mizell Harrell
Father of 
Lela Elizabeth
Sara Carolina,
Billy Niles, Jr.
July 9, 1929
May 14, 2002

Lela Mae Melvin Harrell
Wife of 
Billy Niles Harrell
Daughter of 
Raymond Herring And Mallie Olivia Garner Melvin
Mother of 
Lela Elizabeth
Sara Carolina
Billy Niles, Jr.
Oct. 20, 1932
Jan. 23, 2007

James Mills McGill
Aug. 24, 1891
Aug. 22, 1979
PVT US ARMY WW I

Daniel Calhoun Johnson
July 29, 1924
March 9, 1991
Sarah Kennedy
March 10, 1926
NOD

John Calvin Corbett
Minister and Teacher
1923-1995
Son of 
John A. and Alzada Keller Corbett
Grandson of 
Phillip Wesley and Sarah Rebecca Henderson Corbett
And Henry Nathan and Emma Biggs Keller
P. Gretchen Johnson Corbett
Teacher and Missionary
Author and Poet
1920-NOD
Daughter of 
Rev. L. L. and Mary Garner Johnson
Their children
John Nathan---1950
Alzada May—1951
Gretchen Evangeline—1953
Rebebah Angela—1953

Jerome Joseph Ali, Sr.
Nov. 8, 1917
June 1, 1989
CAPT. US ARMY WW II KOREA

Gary Frank Johnson
March 22, 1957
Sept. 26, 1998

Double Stone
Carey Preston Eakins
April 3, 1918
Jan. 16, 1993
PVT US ARMY WW II
Gladys Johnson
Aug. 11, 1920
Aug. 15, 1999

Double Stone
Francis Ward Johnson
Nov. 25, 1917
Nov. 18, 1993
S SGT US ARMY WW II KOREA
Norma Parker
June 9, 1919
April 23, 1992

Eulalia Grace Jones
May 12, 1918
July 8, 1988

Double Stone
George D. McGill
Feb. 19, 1893
Dec. 24, 1978
Elizabeth Woody McGill
Oct. 6, 1907
April 2, 1988

MM
Charles A. Newkirk
1944-2007

Melissa Jane Ward Shaw
Wife of 
Alexander Percy Shaw
Daughter of 
William and Florence Ward
April 25, 1911
Feb. 13, 1983

Charles B. Newkirk
Nov. 11, 1908
March 20, 2001
Son of 
James and Annie T. Newkirk

Pearl Udell Ward Newkirk
Jan. 28, 1909
May 196
Daughter of 
William and Florence E. Ward

Alfred Gerry Ward, Jr.
Husband of 
Gladys Sosebee Ward
Son of 
A. G. and Margaret S. Ward
Jan. 25, 1925
Oct. 24, 1976

Alfred Gerry Ward, Sr.
Husband of 
Margaret Seymore Ward
Sept. 19, 1898
June 27, 1962

Margaret Seymore Ward
Wife of 
Alfred G. Ward, Sr.
May 7, 1900
Aug. 6, 1940

Preston James Ward
Son of 
Willie Preston and Florence Ennis Ward
Dec. 13, 1915
Oct. 27, 1973

Elizabeth Sawyer Johnson
May 28, 1931
Feb. 13, 1997

Thomas Ives Johnson
Son of 
Victor H. and Elizabeth S. Johnson
Oct. 6, 1962
Dec. 14, 1966

Double Stone
Robert A. Cullen
Oct. 31, 1917
May 17, 1991
1ST LT. US ARMY WW II
Eloise K.
Sept. 23, 1920
NOD

Double Stone
Silas O. Thorne
April 22, 1924
Oct. 21, 1990
Lucy K.
Aug. 19, 1924
March 11, 1992

Double Stone
Alexander Rhodes Eakins
Nov. 30, 1920
Dec. 1, 1997
GM3 US NAVY WW II
Katie K.
Oct. 8, 1922
NOD

Double Stone
Angus Bethune Murchison
Sept. 4, 1887
Sept. 4, 1965
Nyda Hicks Pierce
Dec. 15, 1891
Jan. 12, 1942

Catherine Dugar McAllister
Dec. 25, 1874
Feb. 13, 1956

Callie Pierce Jones
Oct. 5, 1893
Jan. 19, 1985

Jessie M. Jenson Faircloth
July 22, 1919
Aug. 7, 1968

Electra G. Pierce Carter Ketchum
1880-1963

Ralph Odell Beaver
Dec. 12, 1897
May 24, 1961

John Frederick Hill
Husband of 
Louise Ketchum
May 20, 1922
May 10, 1973

Double Stone
Willie Jones
April 21, 1901
NOD
Mary M.
Aug. 17, 1914
May 10, 2002

J. D. Lenwood Jones
Aug. 19, 1945
Jan. 5, 2003

Marvin T. Smith
Dec. 6, 1940
Aug. 15, 1965

Mary Lou Smith
Dec. 25, 1916
Oct. 5, 1983

Lonnie M. Smith
March 27, 1911
Sept. 26, 1963

James Ervin Smith
Oct. 17, 1947
Sept. 28, 1981
PVT US ARMY VIETNAM

Eddie Francis
Oct. 5, 1897
July 27, 1981

Double Stone
Berry Carl Ammons
Nov. 19, 1925
Oct. 2, 1965
Lucille R. Ammons
May 10, 1929
March 31, 2007

Ruby Lee P. Francis
Sept. 22, 1893
Nov. 26, 1968

Allen Morris Francis
Aug. 2, 1921
Feb. 1, 1966
NORTH CAROLINA
S2 USNR WW II

Fred Thomas Smith
March 12, 1939
Oct. 12, 1991

Shirley O. Smith
Oct. 5, 1944
Jan. 23, 1993

Double Stone
Richard Ammons
Sept. 19, 1923
March 23, 1983
Married
Sept. 6, 1941
Tiny H.
Dec. 25, 1924
NOD

Double Stone
T. Gordon Smith
Nov. 1, 1909
June 22, 1974
Married
Dec. 24, 1934
Dixie L.
Feb. 17, 1916
May 28, 2002

Double Stone
Ray Franklin Nichols
April 8, 1934
NOD
Rachel Peterson Nichols
Wife of 
Ray F. Nichols
June 28, 1937
Oct. 17, 2003
Parents of 
Kathy A.
Ray Franklin II
Allen D.

Linda Harvell Bordeaux
July 22, 1941
NOD
Mother of 
Amy and Todd

Double Stone
Henry Sloan Harvell
Aug. 31, 1908
Oct. 1, 1973
Nina Knowles
March 29, 1921
Aug. 23, 2005

Double Stone
Ammie R. Jackson
July 13, 1893
Feb. 7, 1983
Louise J.
Nov. 24, 1903
Aug. 3, 1982

Double Stone
John H. Japarks
July 7, 1929
Jan. 19, 1976
Married
Sept. 23, 1950
MOTHER
Aug. 8, 1935
Feb. 6, 2006

John Ammons
June 11, 1968
June 12, 1968

Peggy Cox Cannady
Jan. 20, 1934
March 22, 1991

Double Stone
Clarence Day, Jr.
July 26, 1918
NOD
Mabel C.
April 26, 1921
Aug. 21, 1991

Double Stone
Harold B. Blackburn
Aug. 20, 1932
April 13, 1994
Alice R.
Jan. 22, 1938
NOD

Christine T. Perry
April 1, 1935
July 3, 2005

Valton Laylon Ray
Dec. 7, 1926
May 29, 2001
CS CM US NAVY WW II

MM
Gloria Joyce Norwood Porter
May 11, 1942
Aug. 15, 1996

MM
William Fussell
Oct. 20, 2004
NOD
36 years old

Joseph Pearson Elliott
April 9, 1928
Nov. 17, 2002
UN NAVY WW II

Wayne Edward Lanier
March 12, 1947
NOD

Barbara Dale Blackburn
April 14, 1948
NOD

Double Stone
Amos J. Blackburn
May 8, 1922
Dec. 21, 1998
Married
Dec. 23, 1942
Elda G.
Nov. 16, 1926
NOD

Double Stone
John Amos Carter
Jan. 12, 1909
Feb. 15, 1993
TEC 5 US ARMY WW II
Mourine Peterson
March 1, 1935
NOD

Double Stone
William Oscar Fellows
Dec. 4, 1879
Sept. 23, 1944
Annie Peterson Flowers
April 15, 1895
Nov. 14, 1967

Double Stone
Bruce Lee
Oct. 23, 1907
NOD
Leona Fellows
Oct. 15, 1916
July 9, 1986

Delores Johnson Miller
July 22, 1918
NOD

Double Stone
Carolyn Mills Johnson
Feb. 23, 1921
NOD
Alderman Boreham Johnson
Jan. 2, 1923
NOD
Children 
Elaine J
Harvell B
Boyd Johnson
Deborah J
Dukes

Double Stone
Rev. Leonidas Lafayette Johnson
Son of 
Calhoun C. and Laura A. Johnson
Sept. 15. 1895
Oct. 6, 1979
Piccola May Garner
March 26, 1894
Jan. 29, 1975
Children 
Delores
Gretchen
Boreham
Calhoun
Faith Janet
Fonrose

Ruby C. Johnson
Daughter of 
Calhoun C. and Laura A. Johnson
Nov. 7, 1888
Feb. 18, 1969

Double Stone
Hiram Benjamin Hall
Jan. 3, 1896
March 30, 1965
Pauline King Hall
July 10, 1900
Jan. 31, 1990

Double Stone
W. Hybert Moore
Aug. 9, 1908
Dec. 8, 2002
Lina H.
May 1, 1911
March 23, 2003

Double Stone
Edd R. Harvell
May 15, 1877
April 12, 1936
Ella V.
Nov. 28, 1877
Sept. 4, 1955

Double Stone
Graham James Harvell
July 9, 1908
June 16, 1978
Earl Randall
June 1, 1916
April 2, 1990

Double Stone
Wm. Eddis Smith
Jan. 24, 1927
NOD
Louise M.
May 7, 1930
Nov. 28, 1979

Double Stone
Franklin Dempsey Peterson
Nov. 9, 1937
NOD
Married
Feb. 10, 1957
Erwin Scott
Nov. 2, 1935
June 25, 2002

Double Stone
Henry Clarence Wood
Oct. 7, 1918
Aug. 3, 1999
SN US NAVY WW II
Ida Bell
June 1, 1923
June 27, 2000

Brenda Kay Wood
March 26, 1950
March 24, 2004
Flower Pot 
John David

J. Shelton Boone
Dec. 15, 1921
Sept. 12, 2002

Double Stone
Alexander A. Mott
Nov. 20, 1904
Jan. 10, 1982
Corena Mae G.
Nov. 16, 1916
NOD

Double Stone
James R. Herring 
Feb. 11, 1928
NOD
Married
Sept. 25, 1950
Faye P.
July 20, 1929
Aug. 2, 1993

Double Stone
C. Kinsie Lee
1901-1964
N. Estell Peterson
1905-1982

William Eugene Johnson III
Feb. 29, 1952
Feb. 11, 1993





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