MCKEITHAN CEMETERY Whiteville, Columbus County, NC Submitted by Dave High, June 1998 North Carolina, Columbus County, NC All rights reserved, 1998. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To Search: Ctrl + F Transcribed by David B. High, May 1998 from the private publication "They're Buried in Our Past, Columbus County, NC, 1808-1883" dated December, 1983. Permission granted by the authors. 01 Ruby Simmons Ganus, 10/26/1906-, same stone as #02 02 Charlie Jackson Ganus, 2/7/1905-1/27/1981 03 Wilma Irene Ganus, 10/6/1936-5/15/1939 04 John William Ward, 12/10/1868-11/7/1934, same stone as #05 05 Fannie Elizabeth Ward, 6/14/1865-7/23/1941 06 Anne Marie Reeves, 3/12/1923-3/14/1923 07 Frances H, wife of D. F. Reeves, 3/16/1824-1/12/1889 08 D. F. Reeves, 7/3/1822-4/23/1897 09 James Ray, 12/25/1856-3/16/1904, same stone as #10 10 Martha A. Ray, 9/8/1863-4/14/1935 11 G. W. Smith, 8/30/1844-7/18/1925 12 Rachel, wife of G. W. Smith, 11/19/1866-4/12/1937 13 Retha I. Smith, 4/8/1911-, same stone as #14 14 Phenix A. Smith, 2/12/1903-7/3/1975 15 H. C. Benton, 11/1908 16 Richard R. Smith, 10/19/1929, infant grave 17 James H. Smith, 8/9/1930, infant grave 18 Wooden marker 19 Two unmarked graves 20 Emma E. Reeves, wife of John M. Reeves, 11/14/1855-12/10/1910 21 John M. Reeves, 7/4/1862-4/30/1936 22 Justin Lee Reagan, "Boots", 9/15/1972-8/4/1978 23 M. A. Whitehead, 2/1847-5/1917 24 F. Sue Reeves, wife of Luke M. Watts, 4/22/1877-4/13/1904 25 Dolly Jane Hardie, wife of Luke M. Watts, 10/23/1883-12/25/1912 26 Nettie M., wife of A. V. Simmons, 9/28/1873-7/2/1934 27 Metal marker, illegible 28 Bruce Garry Hardee, 10/10/1953-12/23/1953 29 James Eli Hardee, 6/5/1923-9/15/1960 30 Homer Lee Summersett, 7/18/1925-12/22/1980 31 James F. Watts, 7/14/1896-1/13/1934 32 Wm. Dawson Watts, 10/29/1897-9/6/1919 33 Annie B. Watts, wife of Ruth Lee[sic], 8/20/1900-5/23/1919 34 Lula A. Ward, 2/15/1894- 35 John Dawson Ward, 5/30/1893-9/30/1953 36 Robert N., son of R. N. &Z. M. Jacobs, 6/6/1936-12/10/1937 37 Pearlie Ward, daughter of Lula & Dawson Ward, 5/15/1931-11/9/1934 38 Lizzie Ward, daughter of Lula & Dawson Ward, 5/6/1918-6/23/1923 39 John Coval, son of William Calvin & Charity Ann Ward, 2/8/1858-6/21/1923 40 Wooden Marker 41 W. M L. Simons, 4/23/1910-4/26/1936 42 Bessie C., wife of D. Z. Ward, 5/21/1895-11/15/1914 43,44 Wooden markers 45 Nola V., wife of D. M. Simmons, 3/28/1887-10/23/1928 46 Lillie Simmons, 8/31/1883-11/12/1906 47 Wodden marker 48 Ava Ward, died 8/14/1916, age 85 years 49 Luke M. Watts, 9/25/1873-5/7/1943 (Should have been #26) 50 A, A, Hardwick, 10/26/1861-6/26/1928 51 A. J. Hardwick, 11/29/1895-1/17/1919 52 J. L. Hardwick, 7/23/1905-10/14/1953 53 Ethel Jane Barton, 8/2/1919-5/25/1965 54 Metal marker, illegible 55 Emma Jane Simmons, 7/10/1893-12/21/1982 56 Rev. B. J. Simmons, 11/16/1898-1/5/1956 57 Cellie B. Simmons, 1887-1957 58 Florrie Mae Simmons, 8/19/1908-12/14/1947 59 John L. Simmons, 6/25/1878-4/29/1938 60 J. C. Simmons, 9/28/1917-4/29/1938 61 Ben Simmons, cement slab, no date 62 Jane Simmons, cement slab, no date 63 Hallie P. Duvall, wife of T. T. Ward, 5/15/1908-5/2/1931 64 Orrie Ellen Ward, 9/28/1883-10/18/1972, same stone as #65 65 Charlie F. Ward, 6/17/1879-10/16/1947 66 Oretha, daughter of C. F. & O. E. Ward, 4/21/1920-9/23/1922 67 Alma, daughter of C. F. & O. E. Ward, 7/22/1902-5/6/1913 68 D. F. Ward, 10/4/1856-12/5/1916 69 Sarah Elizabeth Ward, 9/15/1882-2/3/1939, "Age 76 years" [sic] 70 Lafton L. Ward, 2/1914-4/1918 71 Marion Roland Ward, 10/4/1902-4/28/1922 72 Unmarked 73 Billy Joe Ward, Died 2/9/1941 74 Herman M. Ward, 1/12/1921-1/7/1975 75 Roy B. Simmons, 4/11/1913-6/3/1956 76 fay Clyde Simmons, 7/22/1902-3/11/1953 77 Furney Pomroy Simmons, 5/16/1853-1/19/1977 78 Maxzene[sic] Simmons, cement slab, no dates 79 Jenney Simmons, cement slab, no dates 80 Coletta B. McKeithan, 7/10/1905- , same stone as # 81 81 Harry T. McKeithan, 3/1/1907-1/3/1978 82 Mary Russ McKeithan, 3/3/1893-1/10/1982, same stone as #83 83 D. Luther McKeithan, 10/25/1891-12/10/1973 84 Warren McKeithan, 1/1/1852-7/17/1928 85 Annie Jane McKeithan, 7/7/1854-3/10/1935 86 Dougle[sic] T. McKeithan, 8/21/1878-5/31/1923 87 Sarah Ellen, wife of Dougal Troy McKeithan, 2/8/1878-9/30/1948 88 Clement Houston, son of Percy & Ora mcKeithan, b/d 2/11/1947 89 James C. Ray, 8/5/1933-5/1/1963, SN US Navy 90 Matttie Sellars, wife of W. F. Ray, 2/23/1913-8/5/1946 91 Willie Frank Ray, NC Pvt SG P MTD MG Tn G CEN WW I, 8/6/1893-7/10/1952 ©1998 Jerome Smith, Columbus County Coordinator Columbus County, North Carolina, USA All rights reserved. ====================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogy information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. 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