The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Marcus D Thomas Cemetery in Onslow County, NC.
Location Take Hwy 258 from Kinston to Thomas Loop Rd (SR 1315). Go about .4 miles and turn right onto dirt road. Go .6 miles and follow the road along the edge of the woods. Cemetery is on the left at the edge of woods. There is a radio tower about half way down the dirt road on the right. You can see this from Richlands Hwy & Thomas Loop Road. When you get to the radio tower (on left), you just follow the dirt road along the edge of the trees.
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GPS Coordinates:
34.842533 N
77.518531 W
The epitaphs are as follows:
M D Thomas
Dec 2 1808
Jun 25 1889
James Ellis Marshburn
Mar 15 1861
May 17 1924
Lucy Melton
May 28 1878
Apr 12 1915
Double Stone
Betty Hunter Thomas
Jun 9 1891
Jul 29 1919
W P Thomas
Aug 3 1864
Mar 12 1930
Double Stone
Cox
Lizzy T
Jun 28 1860
Feb 5 1935
A Lafayette
Nov 23 1853
Sep 30 1909
Sallie A Thomas
Sep 2 1876
Mar 26 1910
Emma Laura Loveless
Mar 21 1956
Jan 30 1991
Double Stone
Thomas
Laura M
1870-1956
Charlie
1848-1924
Roxie Ann Kinsall
Aug 1863
Jul 17 1931
Leon Melton
Apr 15 1878
Sep 3 1928
William C Melton
Pvt US Army
World War II
Sep 9 1909
Apr 7 1975
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C C Cox
Nov 18 1883
Jun 20 1904
Effie Emma Marshburn
Aug 1 1900
Aug 19 1962
Haskel Hill Marshburn
May 1 1864
Sep 10 1939
Irene E Marshburn
Sep 30 1851
Jan 16 1927
John D Marshburn
May 6 1895
Dec 26 1987
Margaret Frances "Frankie" Melton Marshburn
Nov 15 1872
Apr 28 1936
Herman Melton
1911
Oct 1912
Herman Melton
Sep 1894
Leon Melton
May 28 1903
Nov 6 1951
Annie Belle Marshburn Thomas
Apr 6 1921
Apr 6 2010
Carlton Thomas
Dec 13 1902
Oct 10 1903
Charles "Charlie" Thomas
Jul 2 1856
Mar 28 1926
Elizabeth A Gregory Thomas
Mar 22 1815
Jan 1 1899
Guy Thomas
Mar 2 1900
Jan 29 1979
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