Ward/Swansboro Cemetery

Onslow County, NC

Surveyed by Fran Henderson June 2012




The following is a PARTIAL listing of the tombstones in the Ward/Swansboro Cemetery in Onslow County, NC.

Location On W Walnut St near the corner of W Broad St Swansboro.

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    GPS Coordinates:
    34.687582 N
    77.122893 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Elizabeth Drake Furlong Apr 3 1905 Jun 18 1986 William J Furlong North Carolina Mech Co M 324 Infantry World War I Dec 21 1891 Jan 23 1965 William James Furlong Mar 4 1932 Aug 28 2002 Louise Godwin Marsh Oct 9 1893 May 3 1972 Thomas M Godwin Mar 4 1861 Aug 16 1913 Nettie Wife of Thomas Godwin Jul 27 1861 Apr 21 1942 James Percy Godwin Oct 9 1882 Oct 4 1963 Mary Helen Piner May 21 1859 Oct 24 1938 Elijah Piner Feb 13 1851 Apr 7 1905 Fletcher G Piner Apr 8 1830 Oct 8 1918 J H Holloway Nov 3 1905 Aug 16 1906 Mary V Holloway Oct 18 1890 Jul 14 1900 William Holloway Feb 9 1861 Apr 5 1907 Zebulon C Holloway May 9 1901 Nov 19 1920 Sarah Butler Holloway Jul 14 1866 Jul 7 1955 Abram Bell Jul 16 1859 Apr 24 1927 Mollie R Bell Dec 17 1867 May 2 1932 Mary Ann Bell Nov 22 1904 Nov 1 1908 Narcepa Bell Apr 28 1855 Jan 20 1933 Julia F Bell Wife of William Henry Hill Dec 29 1846 Dec 8 1926 Jane Bloodgood Wife of John B 1800 Charleston SC Dec 18 1875 Elenita W Bloodgood Wife of Mart E Bloodgood Sep 29 1895 Jul 21 1940 Clyde Robert Webb North Carolina Fireman US Coast Guard Mar 28 1928 Pauline Daughter of C R & Pauline Webb Nov 24 1901 Oct 22 1922 Double Stone Webb Richard Tilley May 12 1895 Feb 1 1972 Lena Littleton Jan 27 1911 Dec 20 2000 Carroll H Cole Sgt US Air Force World War II Oct 22 1928 Oct 6 1982 Capt Otway Burns Moore Mar 8 1880 Apr 3 1971 Leslie W Son of L P & E M Sewell Sep 24 1905 Feb 7 1906 Aileen Sydney Daughter of Burns & Nona Moore Mar 19 1905 Sep 28 1907 Gordon Parrott Son of Burns & Nona Moore May 19 1910 Feb 2 1913 Joseph S Son of M E & C D Bloodgood May 1 1877 Apr 25 1892 Captain A G Moore 1835 Apr 1 1893 Aged 58 yrs Joseph Bloodgood Jul 13 1904 Nov 8 1906 Martin E Bloodgood Jan 18 1851 Jul 15 1923 Clara Duffy Wife of Martin E Bloodgood Jan 11 1855 May 26 1914 Joseph P Bloodgood Sep 10 1840 Jun 30 1907 Mary Wife of Joseph Bloodgood Feb 8 1849 Jul 10 1912 Keith M Littleton North Carolina SFC US Army Dec 8 1934 Dec 2 1967 ARCOM & 2 OLC Thomas Sparks Littleton North Carolina Ships Cook 1 Cl USNRF Sep 2 1912 Claude R Frazelle 1854-1911 James J Frazelle North Carolina Corp 119 Inf 30 Div Oct 15 1940 William Harden Jones Co H 3 NC Calvary CSA Charlie Green Oct 2 1878 Jun 15 1908 Charlie C Green Mar 8 1907 Oct 13 1919 Mollie Amelia Green 1876-19?? Clarence M Parkin North Carolina S1 US Navy World War II Nov 11 1921 Feb 18 1973 Leon Perry Sewell M Sgt US Army World War II Apr 29 1915 Jun 9 1989 Bronze Star Medal Vernon H Taylor Sgt US Army World War II Aug 17 1924 Apr 13 1992 Tempie O Godwin Wife of Marcus R Jarman Nov 7 1884 May 14 1951 William Henry Keel Husband of Katherine & Beaulah Keel Jan 15 1878 Sep 24 1950 Katherine Keel Oct 1880 Jul 30 1914 Double Stone Davis William James Jul 3 1877 Sep 19 1932 Viola Weeks Jul 17 1882 Nov 9 1957 Jabez C Davis Oct 19 1907 May 31 1938 Eunice B Casper Dec 31 1907 Oct 31 1994 William T Casper May 16 1909 Jul 23 1970 Vera Davis Mar 26 1906 Oct 16 1906 Ola Davis Oct 15 1909 Jun 19 1910 Rosa M Montfort 1865-1943 Wm Edward Montfort 1899-1963 Virginia C Wife of Martin H Heady Oct 10 1855 Mar 3 1938 Martin W Heady Mar 9 1855 Mar 3 1914 Capt Hamilton D Heady Apr 5 1835 Dec 27 1894 Terence P Son of M W & V C Heady Aug 21 1887 May 28 1889 Elizabeth Wife of Capt Hamilton D Heady Jun 8 1836 Sep 9 1887 Alice E Daughter of M W & V C Heady Dec 16 1883 Aug 23 1887 Robert Lee Heady Jun 30 1891 Oct 10 1924 Virgin Kathrin Daughter of Tucker & Mary Heady Aug 20 1927 Aug 21 1927 MM Nellie P Littleton 1895-1968 Double Stone Heady Mary C Parkin Oct 5 1891 Oct 5 1949 Tucker H Nov 7 1889 Jan 12 1942 MM Dick Littleton NOI Thomas Furlong 1855-1933 Frances M Furlong 1866-1923 Vida Lee Reid Oct 21 1912 Dec 15 1994 Floyd F Reid Oct 18 1910 Dec 17 1984 Willalene Barfield Keagy Sep 10 1917 Feb 13 1997 Walter Robert Keagy Mar 11 1909 Dec 4 1983 Double Stone Mollie A Thomas Wife of W D Thomas Died Nov 21 1871 Aged 26 yrs 6 mos 20 dys John W B Thomas Son of W D & Mollie Thomas Nov 21 1871 Dec 5 1871 Double Stone Littleton George W Aug 10 1855 Aug 30 1927 Nellie E Smith Dec 12 1857 Jan 31 1931 Mattie Privett Jan 1 1912 Aug 22 1996 Double Stone Privett Nancy Hatsell Oct 10 1878 Jul 5 1959 William Rufus Aug 25 1877 Jul 3 1928 James Hatsell Privett Nov 5 1913 Mar 3 2003 Juanita Privett Jan 9 1910 Feb 24 1977 Robert Horton Watkins May 25 1963 Aug 30 1998 Lloyd Dixon "Beau" Hollingsworth Watkins II Jan 11 1977 Apr 19 2001 Maude V Woodhull 1873-1915 Timothy Miller Woodhull Aug 26 1924 Jan 27 1952 Timothy M Woodhull Apr 8 1872 Nov 21 1952 Maness NOI Richard Corbett Webb Son of Clyde & Alice Webb Nov 30 1933 Apr 30 1934 Charles R Webb Jan 3 1873 May 22 1951 Pauline M Webb Jan 20 1876 Oct 3 1959 Elizabeth H Webb Daughter of Tyre & Katherine Moore Dec 31 1837 Sep 4 1914 Jason Warren Webb Longitude 77.07 W Dec 7 1977 Latitude 34.41 N Jan 14 2002 Merle Hubert Dennis Cpl US Army Korea Mar 9 1930 Oct 25 1985 William Nash Dennis May 13 1881 Jun 24 1964 Mary Jane Dennis Apr 15 1884 Feb 24 1969 Fred Edward Dennis Sep 24 1908 Jul 21 1979 Infant Son of Merle & Joan Dennis Feb 9 1959 Feb 9 1959 Richard N Dennis Oct 3 1965 Oct 6 1981 Double Stone Dennis Hubert N Oct 5 1912 Jan 8 1988 Sallie B Nov 28 1910 May 8 1989 FS Hubert Nash Dennis BM1 US Coast Guard World War II Oct 5 1912 Jan 8 1988 William Merle Dennis Jan 1 1906 May 31 1924 Alexander Son of Reuben & Amelia Ann Jones Apr 20 1902 Dec 16 1933 Lawrence Kirkman North Carolina Surf US Coast Guard World War I Sep 1 1882 Jul 16 1959 Margaret P Kirkman Nov 14 1908 Apr 22 1920 Sadie D Kirkman Aug 28 1885 Feb 8 1965 Bessie M Daughter of E A & E H Sewell Jan 2 1904 May 2 1906 Myrtle F Daughter of E A & E H Sewell Jan 5 1906 Sep 19 1907 Nona D Moore Nov 15 1877 Oct 28 1932 James Corbett Carney May 23 1939 Dec 26 1939 Lucy Hill 1885-1967 George Hill 1880-1929 Lena Jones Hill Dec 18 1876 Jul 10 1961 Robert M Son of W H & Lena Hill Died Oct 10 1915 Aged 18 years C B H W H Hill Aug 29 1866 Jan 29 1939 Susan G Duffy Wife of A W Pittman 1877-1949 Charles D Pittman 1909-1912 Agnes M Duffy 1851-1909 Infant Pittman 1910 Robert W "Rob" Pittman 1917-1995 Augustus W Pittman 1871-1951 Merwin B Son of W R & Nannie Prifett Mar 20 1906 Aug 29 1908 Dorothy Daughter of Timothy & Maude Woodhull Jun 20 1897 ??? 4 1906 Ben P Davis Son of Mr & Mrs C W Davis 1880-1967 Rosalie Davis Stanley Wife of Leary T Stanley Aug 2 1890 Sep 8 1987 Virginia M Davis Mar 17 1853 Dec 23 1936 Cicero W Davis Sep 25 1850 Aug 27 1924 Joseph S Buckmaster Aug 20 1896 Apr 4 1925 Rudolph Andrew Thorsen Sep 13 1891 Jan 12 1963 C W Bloodgood 1872-1948 Double Stone Milsted Edgar Leneve Jun 16 1907 Nov 27 1970 Ruby Ward Aug 26 1914 Jul 21 2005 David Ward Jan 17 1920 May 1 1936 Carl Sanders Ward Dec 25 1885 Sep 7 1960 Hepsy B Wife of C S Ward Sep 12 1888 Sep 8 1920 W P Ward Feb 15 1883 Dec 27 1936 Capt William P Ward Nov 28 1818 May 13 1882 FS William P Ward Capt Co F & S 8th Batt NC Partisan Rangers Confederate States Army Nov 28 1818 May 13 1882 Nancy Jarman Ward Feb 11 1820 Nov 7 1910 Thomas Pritchard Smith Jul 17 1941 Jul 3 2000 Alvin Ward Smith Nov 15 1934 Apr 2 1990 Howard Moore Smith May 9 1936 Apr 5 1988 Mary Ward Smith May 17 1915 Dec 4 1996 Alvin Elbert Smith Nov 18 1904 Dec 13 1962 Double Stone Kellum William Clayton Jan 7 1899 Dec 18 1981 Aleta Webb Jun 28 1911 Aug 1 1986 Nannie Littlen Wife of Tom Littlen Daughter of Mr & Mrs C G Dudley Oct 22 1894 Rest Buried Clarence Bloodgood Sr Oct 20 1876 Jul 29 1951 Annie Myrtle Hill Jun 21 1909 May 19 1914 Double Stone Hill Monte L Jan 1 1880 Jan 19 1956 Arrilla Piner Feb 8 1891 Mar 1 1970 Bernice Moore Hill May 29 1902 Dec 15 1920 Willie Edward Hill May 12 1912 Feb 21 1922 Allie D Hill Oct 5 1881 Sep 25 1911 Armecia G Hill 1846-1929 Teddie P Hill Jul 25 1904 Apr 16 1909 Edward M Hill 1835-1918 Edward W Hill 1876-1926 John A Hill Mar 14 1875 Mar 12 1918 Annie Eliza Littleton Oct 8 1898 Apr 2 1986 Double Stone Branca R Nov 24 1872 Jul 24 1966 Edward F Aug 24 1873 Apr 22 1967 James Roger Anderson May 5 1952 May 7 2004 Emoree R Anderson Aug 9 1917 Mar 18 1990 Carl L Barfield Jun 3 1926 Nov 12 1949 Kate F Barfield Aug 16 1896 Dec 22 1976 Lofton B Barfield Feb 26 1890 Oct 15 1957 Thomas G Barfield Sep 6 1914 Jun 16 1961 Mary Cooper Barfield Jul 15 1928 Jun 17 1931 Frances Barfield Mar 11 1923 Apr 10 1923 Frank Barfield Mar 11 1923 Apr 7 1923 Sarah Buckmaster May 8 1893 Oct 9 1895 Lucy B Buckmaster Feb 6 1868 Aug 17 1949 Pauline R Buckmaster Jul 17 1904 Mar 27 1991 Clarence Bloodgood Jul 13 1904 Mar 14 1954 Mattie M Wife of James L Henderson Jun 14 1887 Aug 28 1910 Frank E Byrd Sep 29 1907 Apr 5 1982 Gordon Travis Cole Nov 19 1960 Dec 2 1963 Talmadge D Carney North Carolina Pvt 481 Casual Co World War I Sep 16 1896 Jul 22 1953 Leona M Carney Sep 26 1907 Dec 25 1951 Double Stone Darmo Bessie Littleton Sep 27 1927 Apr 4 2011 Louis Apr 10 1920 Jul 13 2010 FS Louis Darmo Cpl US Marine Corps World War II Apr 10 1920 Jul 13 2010 William P Fournier Dec 28 1901 Apr 26 1947 Double Stone Fields Charlotte Edwards Pittman Sep 26 1905 Dec 31 2007 Alton Tomlinson Fields Dec 13 1905 Jan 3 1998 Katie H Gurkin Jan 19 1889 Apr 21 1984 Pearl W Hatsell Feb 6 1887 Aug 30 1981 Maurice K Hatsell Sr Nov 25 1881 May 30 1956 Maurice K Jr Son of M K Sr & Pearl Hatsell 1913 Oscar W Howland Oct 26 1883 May 1 1954 Ada B Howland Jun 22 1887 Jun 8 1968 Kathryn Littleton Humphrey May 11 1908 Jan 8 1994 Benjamin F Humphrey North Carolina SC2 USNRF World War I Dec 15 1887 Oct 8 1953 Double Stone Howland Joseph Ann Mar 25 1850 Jan 14 1928 B Tucker Feb 10 1841 Mar 20 1903 Olivia H Hill Mar 26 1882 Oct 24 1962 Elizabeth Daughter of Lucy & George Hill Jan 10 1920 Jul 13 1922 Double Stone Lilley Charles A Oct 20 1914 Aug 12 1995 Naomi C Dec 17 1921 NOD Charles Norman Lilley Sep 3 1940 Dec 18 1999 FS Charles Norman Lilley SP4 US Army Sep 3 1940 Dec 18 1999 Carl M "Dobby" Lilley Apr 18 1943 May 5 1992 Sherry B Lilley Feb 5 1950 Sep 8 1975 MM Alyssa Leann Keith 1993-1994 Mattie Moore Kerensky Nov 24 1904 Jun 24 1993 George C Kirkman Son of Calvin & Eveline Kirkman Mar 14 1877 Jan 9 1927 Double Stone Eveline Kirkman Dec 31 1851 Nov 21 1910 Calvin Kirkman Feb 20 1849 Jul 18 1917 Jesse Fitzhugh Littleton Nov 5 1913 Mar 15 1982 Neil Clinton Littleton Dec 25 1919 Apr 8 2000 Tucker Reed Littleton Mar 4 1936 Aug 15 1983 Double Stone Littleton Bessie P 1904-1964 John A Sr 1897-1978 Errington B Littleton Oct 4 1905 Jan 13 1995 Eureka Y Littleton Jul 10 1879 Jan 8 1968 Irene McKenna Littleton Aug 28 1904 Jan 1 1993 James Reed Littleton Aug 16 1909 Jun 2 2006 John Albert Littleton PHM3 US Navy World War II May 22 1924 Mar 8 2011 John W Littleton Dec 20 1878 Oct 8 1950 Madaline Littleton Jul 9 1912 Jul 13 1912 Neta Parkin Littleton Oct 21 1902 Dec 1 1955 Branca M Littleton Jul 8 1905 Jul 10 1905 Pearl Irene Littleton May 19 1915 Mar 24 1998 Double Stone Moore Alex Moore Oct 30 1862 Mar 12 1937 Geneva Moore Jun 23 1873 Aug 30 1930 Double Stone Moore Frank A Feb 25 1883 Jan 12 1942 Alice S Feb 19 1883 Jun 30 1965 Clarence Moore 1905-1955 David J Moore 1856-1931 Double Stone Moore Jodie Frank Jul 28 1909 Dec 9 1984 Elmo Daniel Jan 19 1909 Nov 21 2003 Henrietta F Moore 1853-1931 Double Stone Moore Nora Belle Nov 11 1903 Mar 11 1993 Jesse T Jul 6 1901 Jul 2 1973 FS Jesse Thomas Moore North Carolina BM1 US Coast Guard World War II Jul 6 1901 Jul 2 1973 John S Son of Frank & Alice Moore Nov 20 1915 Rest Buried Joseph Francis Moore Nov 14 1849 Oct 29 1926 Jossie Moore Oct 2 1892 Apr 4 1968 Mattie A Wife of J F Moore 1845-1917 Nicholas S Moore 1821-1903 Ralph D Moore Aug 2 1912 Oct 11 1965 Rosa H Moore 1826-1882 Willie O Moore Sep 22 1901 Sep 30 1973 Katherine Anna Webb Sermons Nov 6 1935 Nov 15 1961 Double Stone Rogers I Emory 1875-1946 Blanche M 1885-1940 Julia Anna Rogers May 20 1906 Nov 2 1912 Doris Rogers Aug 25 1913 Sep 22 1988 Double Stone Pritchard Mary W Apr 10 1878 Sep 26 1955 Thomas H Aug 27 1883 Sep 12 1945 David Grant Privett Jr ADR2 US Navy Feb 6 1939 Sep 22 2004 Betty R Barfield Propes May 7 1931 Jun 6 1994 Double Stone Privett Herma O 1917-1995 David Grant Sr 1916-1993 Chae Hui "Nina" Pridgen Oct 18 1937 NOD William Henry Son of Herbert & Nora Piner Nov 4 1906 Jan 21 1921 Nicholas Pathroff US Marine Corps Dec 19 1936 Nov 9 2009 Served 1954-1974 Mary Littleton Pathroff Mar 19 1932 Feb 12 1978 Infant Son of Nicholas & Mary Pathroff Born & Died Dec 28 1960 James Son of James & Mary V Parkin Feb 28 1901 Dec 2 1931 Isabel Rouse Parkin Wife of James Parkin Aug 1 1904 Aug 14 1973 Double Stone Thomas Merritt Jun 5 1854 Jul 11 1932 Nettie Merritt Jan 25 1873 Feb 10 1953 John S Merritt TN1 US Navy Nov 17 1921 Feb 1 1993 George A Merritt Jr Aug 16 1917 Jan 11 1961 George Alfred Merritt III Jun 5 1949 May 17 2001 Mae R Merritt Mar 26 1896 Jan 21 1976 George A Merritt Dec 22 1891 Aug 13 1956 Gerald "Drewdie" Pridgen Oct 2 1937 Jun 22 1988 FS Gerald A Pridgen SFC US Army Korea Vietnam Oct 2 1937 Jun 22 1988 Bronze Star Medal Margaret Hill Taylor Apr 7 1923 Jun 11 1997 Essie H Sewell Feb 12 1917 Jun 4 1971 Hildreth M Sewell Oct 6 1908 Jun 6 1972 Oscar C Sewell Apr 4 1886 Oct 10 1946 Elijah A Sewell Nov 22 1856 Feb 21 1930 Irene Daughter if C S & H W Ward Born & Died Feb 22 1911 Double Stone Stanley Sarah B Nov 9 1922 Sep 4 2010 Roy H Dec 7 1920 Nov 12 1991 Double Stone Strole David F Aug 14 1925 Nov 7 2008 Elsie H May 14 1922 NOD Mary C Reid Smith Feb 2 1879 Feb 12 1953 Katherine Fields Meadows Webb Pittman Aug 3 1915 May 16 2003 Cameron James McClain Son of Ronnie & Sara McClain Jan 25 2000 Jan 2 2011 Double Stone Howard E MacDuff Jr Aug 26 1932 Jul 30 2004 Catherine MacDuff Oct 30 1934 NOD FS Howard E MacDuff Jr Sgt US Marine Corps Korea Aug 26 1932 Jul 30 2004 Double Stone Milsted Mary Ann May 3 1950 NOD Carl Stephen May 1 1936 Apr 23 2010 MM Carla Jean Morton 1947-1998 George R Young Sep 1 1847 Nov 10 1917 Catherine G Young Feb 10 1860 Feb 15 1947 Double Stone Van Willis 1861-1925 Hattie Willis 1868-1957 Louise McCorvey Winters Apr 1 1920 Sep 28 1978 Emma H Webb Wife of E A Sewell Dec 22 1864 Mar 16 1925 Horace Joseph Webb Oct 4 1904 Apr 18 1958 George W Ward 1905-1957 Mark D Ward Jul 10 1967 Apr 24 1978 Wanda L Ward Jul 18 1937 Sep 26 1999 Travis Mae Ward May 27 1912 Jan 4 1960 David G Ward Mar 3 1852 Jan 8 1925 Henry George Ward Sep 5 1943 Dec 1 1947 David G Ward Dec 6 1874 Apr 3 1919 David Franklin Ward Sep 9 1903 Dec 7 1981 Double Stone Underseth Olai A Apr 16 1899 Mar 22 1989 Mary Nov 2 1907 Dec 22 1977 Kathleen Louise Trexler Apr 20 1913 Jul 24 1993 James Edmon Trexler Sep 28 1907 Apr 10 1982 Double Stone Taylor Daniel W 1856-1932 Maude T 1876-1955 Georgia L Tolson Feb 27 1885 May 8 1966 No Photos: James F Anderson unknown Isabelle Best Baldwin Nov 24 1877 Mar 10 1954 Betty R Barfield NOI Alice Bell NOI Francis "Frank" Bell NOI John S Bell NOI Calvin Buckmaster Aug 12 1859 Jan 9 1916 Sarah Lee Buckmaster Nov 9 1922 NOD Onnie E Cole Jan 16 1900 Apr 22 1931 Jane Smith Bloodgood Collins Jun 9 1884 Oct 6 1959 Bessie Luann Batchelor Crews Nov 1 1893 Jan 15 1927 Mary Bell Moore Fournier NOI Walter L Furlong NOI Sandy Hawes NOI Henderson Heady NOI Mattie M Heady NOI Robert Quinton Jarman Nov 18 1911 Nov 22 1913 Clyde Keagy Dec 23 1882 Aug 11 1963 Adaline Littleton 1863 Oct 14 1913 John A Littleton 1875 Jan 3 1918 M A F Littleton NOI Callie Duffy Bloodgood Moore Jan 1855 Nov 26 1914 Charles C Moore NOI Daisy Smith Moore Apr 15 1897 Nov 5 1995 Evan David Moore NOI Marble O Moore NOI P B S Moore NOI Rosamond H Ward Moore Apr 28 1915 Jun 27 1991 Tyre Moore Mar 2 1896 Mar 8 1964 Willie O Moore 1884 Jul 23 1929 James Parkin Aug 12 1867 Dec 6 1952 Mary Hill Parkin May 22 1873 Jun 15 1945 Merwin B Privett Mar 20 1906 Aug 29 1908 Oscar Charles Sewell Jan 14 1924 Jul 25 1995 Roberta Sewell NOI Linda Russell Smith NOI Robert Lee Smith NOI Rev Chas P Snow 1856 Jan 20 1918 Daniel W Sydney NOI Maude T Sydney NOI Taylor Sydney NOI Earl C Tolson 1880 Jul 25 1937 Kirby J Tolson NOI Mattie M Tolson NOI C S Ward NOI Henrietta B Freeman Ward Jul 31 1856 Oct 15 1931 Joseph Ward NOI Bettie Elizabeth Wells Waters Jan 20 1866 Mar 5 1936 Seth Columbus Waters Dec 30 1859 Apr 29 1937

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