The epitaphs are as follows:

Asher D
Son of
G B & O L Freshwaters
Jul 11 1891
Jun 10 1892

Horace A Phillips
Oct 26 1927
Oct 7 1972
FS
Horace A Phillips
North Carolina
AN US Navy
World War II Korea
Oct 26 1927
Oct 7 1972

Double Stone
Bush
Rebecca Midgett
Sep 24 1955
NOD
Monty Mitchell
Sep 22 1953
Dec 28 2006

Double Stone
Reece
Ella Bell
Feb 6 1910
Aug 13 1982
Bennie F
Feb 22 1907
Sep 18 1978

Infant
Son of
G B & Ora Freshwater
Rest Buried

George B
Son of
G B & O L Freshwaters
Apr 7 1898
Apr 10 1898

Thomas L
Son of
G B & O L Freshwater
Jun 14 1889
May 24 1890

Emma F Freshwater
Jul 3 1866
Dec 24 1951

MM
Leroy Matthews
1915-2007

Annie Virginia Carter
Sep 16 1873
Feb 10 1923

Cora Lee
Daughter of
G B & O L Freshwaters
Nov 12 1908
Jun 7 1910

J C Carter
Feb 14 1845
Jul 14 1932

N B Hancock
Jul 11 1812
May 20 1863
Aged 50 yrs 10 mos

David J
Son of
J H & Martha W Hancock
Feb 16 1880
Sep 3 1903
Aged 22 yrs 4 mos 27 dys

Helen Elizabeth
Daughter of
Fred N & Margaret Freshwater
Aug 11 1929
Oct 4 1930

Oleita Edith
Daughter of
Fred N & Margaret Freshwater
Jul 30 1927
Feb 3 1928

Hulan Ivon
Son of
Victor & Effie Bell
Nov 21 1932
Jul 13 1941

James E
Son of
Rosa L & Leonard Strain
Jul 13 1937
Nov 13 1937

Gertrude
Wife of
Addie Mobley
Jun 22 1876
Sep 24 1948

Joseph Dixon
Son of
Mary & Joseph Riggs
May 15 1939
Aug 4 1949

Minnie M Henderson
Jan 15 1904
Sep 10 1983

William N Henderson
Oct 11 1898
Jan 6 1971

Double Stone
Koncir
Herta H
Nov 5 1924
Jun 11 1999
Michael S
Oct 2 1921
NOD

Eldridge A Henderson
1922-1997

William Carrol Henderson
1920-1977

Ray William Tilton
Sgt US Marine Corps
World War II Korea
Dec 22 1924
Jan 24 1978

Robert Earl Phillips
Pvt US Army
World War II
Nov 11 1925
Mar 17 1987

Double Stone
Brownley
Robert F
Jul 25 1948
Feb 14 1999
Pamela E
Mar 18 1949
NOD

Elsie Bell Pickett
Mar 26 1905
Dec 10 1939

Lillian Meritt Riggs
Oct 17 1905
Dec 18 1988

Double Stone
Butler
Jeanette R
Oct 13 1929
NOD
Lonnie C
Aug 14 1927
May 3 2002
FS
Lonnie C Butler
Sgt US Army
World War II
Aug 14 1927
May 3 2002

Leonard Garland Wayne
Aug 12 1921
Apr 27 1986
FS
Leonard Garland Wayne
US Army
World War II
Aug 12 1921
Apr 27 1986

Double Stone
Sweeting
Doris
Jun
rest unreadable
Thomas James
Aug 15 1926
Jun 28 1997

Hilda Henderson
Wife of
Willie W Midgette
Dec 19 1905
Jun 29 1936

Charles Freshwater
Mar 6 1927
Feb 10 1979

Double Stone
Freshwater
Hepsy M
Apr 20 1901
Apr 13 1987
Carlos L
Mar 13 1899
May 12 1987

Double Stone
Freshwater
Mary Lee
Aug 22 1901
Sep 26 1971
J Raymond
Dec 20 1894
Mar 29 1976

Double Stone
Freshwater
George B
Oct 5 1847
Jul 15 1933
Ora L
May 9 1869
May 19 1937

Double Stone
Midgette
Carlton Ward
Dec 7 1925
Nov 8 2003
Married
Dec 19 1959
Wilma Strickland
Apr 16 1940
NOD

Cecil Asher Riggs
Jun 28 1922
Nov 19 2002

Clara Riggs
Nov 11 1918
Sep 12 1981

Mattie Wray
Daughter of
Mr & Mrs J D Riggs
Nov 5 1912
Jun 21 1913

Cecil Quinn "Jimmy" Riggs
Mar 14 1956
Sep 23 1972

Double Stone
Evans
Elroy Lee
Feb 26 1915
Jan 6 1973
Ethel Wray
Feb 21 1917
Jan 6 1973

Margaret S Freshwater
Mar 7 1900
Mar 10 1981

Fred N Freshwater
Jan 29 1893
Jan 14 1971

Sam Meadows
Mar 7 1866
Apr 10 1936

Mollie Smith Meadows
Jul 1 1890
Jan 10 1989

Sallie Ann Meadows
Apr 23 1846
Mar 20 1920

Allice Smith
Jun 3 1883
Apr 10 1939

Kate P Waters
Aug 15 1877
Oct 10 1968

Vera Lee Green
Sep 2 1927
Jul 5 2004

Double Stone
Sweeting
Callie M
May 2 1900
Jun 30 1963
William F
Jul 7 1889
Sep 21 1947

James Dean Sweeting
Jun 23 1956
May 9 1991

Double Stone
Riggs
Daniel H
Jan 20 1869
Jan 23 1934
Sudie H
Feb 8 1869
Nov 12 1950

Double Stone
Matthews
Cora Lee Reid
Nov 22 1880
Nov 13 1964
Hardy V
Feb 6 1877
Dec 21 1958

Double Stone
Ennett
William Hugh
Oct 6 1906
Oct 30 1959
Mary Matthews
Dec 28 1909
Apr 3 1987

Double Stone
Matthews
Mary K
Mar ?? 19??
NOD
G Atlas
Jul 31 1913
Sep 28 1987

James F Kellum
Jan 10 1880
Feb 27 1948

Loma Smith Kellum
Jun 21 1880
Mar 24 1968

Double Stone
Kellum
Inez D
Jan 10 1910
Jan 17 1999
Wyatt S
Jul 4 1906
Feb 14 1963

Double Stone
Powellblack
John D
May 21 1950
Nov 5 1992
Rest missing
in photo

Double Stone
Tilton
Myrtle C
Oct 22 1925
NOD
Murray W
Dec 22 1921
Jan 24 1978

Murphy W Tilton
Apr 26 1952
Oct 26 1996

Marilyn Kate Tilton
Jan 18 1955
Mar 29 1955

Murray Jr
Son of
MW & Myrtle Tolton
Born & Died
Mar 16 1963

Double Stone
Meadows
David J
Jul 16 1877
Sep 18 1955
Sallie S
Aug 1 1883
Jan 26 1978

Silas L Meadows
Oct 14 1902
Jul 25 1978

Double Stone
Guin
Oscar A
Jul 7 1927
NOD
Married
Apr 10 1944
Eunice E
May 15 1924
Jan 27 1992

David Glen
Son of
Carl & Anna Schipper
Feb 9 1984
May 17 1986

John Mason
May 12 1878
May 15 1956

Lee Carter
Oct 31 1906
Mar 25 1975

Double Stone
Russell
Sarah C
Daughter of
Benjamin & Carolin Sanders Haskins
Dec 3 1869
Feb 2 1948
William W
Son of
Daniel W & Margaret Duffy Russell
Apr 12 1860
Oct 4 1952

Double Stone
Russell
Lena
Daughter of
Elza & Hettie Wells Rhodes
Jul 21 1892
May 24 1956
Cyrus Thompson
Son of
William W & Sadie Haskins Russell
Mar 26 1893
Sep 21 1959

Double Stone
Russell
Louise M
Daughter of
William Joseph & Nellie Farnell Montfort
Apr 13 1898
Dec 25 1967
Willie W
Son of
William W & Sarah Haskins Russell
Nov 10 1897
Feb 5 1964

Charles Walker Russell
Son of
Willie W & Louise M Russell
Feb 1 1923
Jul 15 2002

Double Stone
Collins
James R
Nov 29 1913
Jul 27 1994
rest missing
in photo

Edgar Garland Riggs
North Carolina
WO US Coast Guard
World War II
Mar 2 1903
Aug 24 1973

Double Stone
Gearheart
Georgia Smith
Jan 25 1921
NOD
Lee Kenneth
May 3 1913
May 5 1993

Double Stone
John St Clair Walden
Jan 20 1904
Feb 21 1988
Rest missing
in photo

Joseph D Riggs
Aug 15 1886
Mar 20 1930

Margaret Riggs Nelson
Sep 19 1891
Dec 6 1979

Glenda Lanell Hancock
Oct 31 1970
Jan 23 1990

Mary E Hancock
Wife of
Eldon S Nelson
Mar 8 1888
Aug 15 1923

Nathaniel Lane Hancock
Sep 8 1893
May 16 1962

William A Ward Jr
1890-1892

William A Ward
Jul 4 1859
Jun 12 1890

Caroline Cox Ward
Feb 11 1832
Dec 9 1877

Richard G Ward
Mar 22 1831
Jan 24 1893

James M Ward
Apr 10 1866
Sep 11 1961

Double Stone
Holland
Carrie M
May 2 1901
Apr 26 1992
Ronald D
Oct 20 1901
Jan 24 1974

Geroge Ray Holland
Jul 25 1925
Mar 18 2002
Spelled as 
on stone

James W Winberry
PFC US Army
World War II
May 28 1922
Dec 22 2003

Charles David Freshwater
TEC5 US Army
World War II
Mar 6 1927
Feb 10 1979

Double Stone
Midgette
William E
Sep 7 1927
Dec 10 1996
Grace C
May 3 1934
NOD

Nannie Thomas Midgette
Mar 5 1903
Mar 9 1960

Baby Boy Midgette
Son of
Carlton & Wilma Midgette
Born & Died
Sep 16 1967

Asher Devine Freshwater
Oct 12 1856
Aug 7 1935

Hannah Clara
Wife of
A D Freshwater
Oct 12 1867
Nov 29 1928

Jackson H Midgette
1949-1970

Double Stone
Midgette
Mildred C
1920-NOD
Wade H
1911-1990

George R Holland
Sgt US Army
Jul 28 1925
Mar 18 2002

Robert Neil Midgette
Jan 31 1938
Nov 27 1954

Double Stone
Midgette
Robert L
Mar 1 1909
Nov 10 1985
Swannie Y
Oct 17 1913
Jun 2 1987

William W Midgette
Nov 5 1896
Mar 2 1963

William R Midgette
Dec 20 1872
Dec 15 1945

Bertha H Midgette
Jan 10 1878
Dec 14 1959

Double Stone
McCausley
Etta P
Mar 24 1873
May 13 1957
James M
Oct 21 1868
Sep 18 1941

Double Stone
McCausley
Walter
Aug 24 1896
May 9 1970
Louise O
Sep 17 1907
Jul 18 2006

Edward Johnson Hall
Aug 22 1873
May 19 1955

Bertha W Hall
Oct 7 1886
Oct 9 1962

Clessie H Hall
Jul 4 1917
Oct 17 1960

Walter Lewis Clements Jr
Sep 10 1951
Feb 28 2004

Harry Major
Son of
Mr & Mrs H M Russell
Born & Died
Jun 12 1963

Double Stone
Cannon
Fred C Cannon
Mar 15 1882
Sep 15 1962
Ida Cannon
Aug 15 1887
Dec 13 1968

Double Stone
Moore
Capt Harry M
Dec 20 1902
Jun 8 1984
Lucille K
Mar 8 1917
Jul 9 1998

Double Stone
Winberry
Wiley M
1896-1973
Fannie K
1903-1984

Christopher C Winberry
Jul 20 1882
Jan 1 1889??

Double Stone
Hall
Hilda M
Jan 19 1919
NOD
David S
Aug 23 1911
Apr 24 1978

David S Hall Jr
Nov 21 1954
Dec 2 1981

Merta Price Jenkins Luper
Dec 19 1928
Jul 17 1991

Lauren Nicole Jenkins
Daughter of
Tony & Kim Jenkins
Mar 28 1990
Mar 29 1990

Rosanne G Bell
Wife of
Victor P Bell
Mar 11 1944
Mar 23 2003

MM
Effie Rhodes Bell
1910-2007

Audrey M Walker
Oct 3 1927
Sep 25 1985

Rosa Matthews Strain
Feb 1 1905
Oct 6 1969

Leonard L Strain
Apr 1 1900 
Apr 1 1956

Charles Hugh Brownly
Jul 7 1957
Sep 10 1991

Oleta Matthews Newman
Jul 6 1918
Oct 3 1997

Emma
Wife of
John R Matthews
Dec 21 1888
Dec 9 1936

John R Matthews
May 6 1875
Mar 12 1957

Hardy Albert Matthews
Sep 14 1900
Nov 29 1957

Bertie Mobley Matthews
Sep 16 1903
Mar 10 1988

Lee Ida Provost
Aug 6 1913
Feb 27 1958

John W "Jay" Oaks
Aug 6 1972
Jan 7 1991
Class of 91
S H S

Suzanne
Daughter of
Charles & Rebecca Strain
Aug 20 1962

Deborah J Richardson
Nov 30 1959
Apr 10 1972

Sarah Francis Mobley
Oct 24 1940
Sep 1 1960

Roger McCausley
Jan 27 1952
Oct 20 1975

Double Stone
McCausley
Elmira M
Dec 4 1901
Jul 16 1972
Married
Feb 19 1919
Julius C
Mar 19 1891
Dec 3 1974

Gerald Eugene McCausley
Jun 19 1941
Apr 2 1967

Isabel McCausley Wayne
Sep 3 1922
Feb 7 1976

Leslie B McCausley
Nov 21 1914
Apr 12 1951

Eaden Roy McCausley
Aug 30 1906
Oct 22 1974

Clyde
Son of
L B & Isabell McCausley
Nov 10 1941
Jan 15 1942

Cicero Byron McCausley
Mar 22 1893
Aug 22 1968

Alice
Wife of
C H McCausley
Nov 20 1868
Jan 8 1948

Cicero H McCausley
Sep 15 1859
Aug 7 1942

Double Stone
Starling
Martha Midgette
Jul 2 1948
NOD
Charles Roger
Oct 17 1938
Apr 27 2006

James W Hamilton
Mar 6 1882
May 30 1960

Laura Hamilton
Mar 17 1874
Apr 27 1941

Willie A Hamilton
Jan 10 1907
Sep 6 1966

Double Stone
Kellum
Leon A
Dec 17 1916
Mar 19 1976
Mattie M
Nov 13 1915
NOD

E A Phillips
1873-1936

Double Stone
Phillips
John A
Oct 10 1857
Apr 6 1927
Ann Mariah
Mar 22 1870
Jan 6 1968

Double Stone
Midgette
Karen Ann
Oct 16 1948
Feb 12 2004
Nolan Divine
Jan 17 1947
NOD

Double Stone
Yeomans
Martha P
Apr 10 1894
Jul 16 1960
Eden D
Mar 6 1875
Oct 9 1960

William Clarence Pickett
Jul 27 1933
Dec 9 1969

David Lee Battle
1st Sgt
IS Marine Corps
Lebanon
Jul 13 1944
Oct 23 1983

Double Stone
Mobley
Frances B
Jul 21 1919
Feb 15 2004
Dorsie S
Jun 6 1906
Jun 26 1974

Ella Bell
Daughter of
Samuel & Sally Ann Freshwater Meadows
May 5 1870
May 22 1951

Ebin M Bell
Son of
Jack & Alice Winberry Bell
Dec 23 1872
Aug 19 1948

Cater C Bell
Sep 22 1907
Feb 15 1965

Benjamin Guy Reece
Oct 31 1931
Dec 11 1969





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