Meares Cemetery, Mill Branch, Columbus County, NC Submitted by Dave High , March 1999 North Carolina, Columbus County, NC All rights reserved, 1999. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To Search: Ctrl + F Transcribed by David B. High, January 1999, from the private publication "They're Buried in Our Past, Columbus County, NC, 1808-1984 (Vol 2)" dated June, 1984. This cemetery is #89 in the survey. Permission granted by the authors, Anita Barfield and Kay Duncan. Dates are shown in a uniform format. 01 Austin Lamar Wright, 5/29/1900-11/11/1979 02 Catherine Battle Wright, 7/20/1903-, s/s as # 1 03 Claude A. Meares, 4/28/1907-8/14/1937 04 John Wright, 1900-1964 05 Mother, Eliza Wright, 7/9/1845-6/21/1930 06 D. F. Wright, 10/12/1846-7/27/1938, s/s as # 5 07 Rosa Meares, 4/9/1868-5/26/1932 08 Minos Meares, 8/2/1858-5/24/1955, s/s as # 7 09 Sarah J. Ludlum, 11/5/1853-8/28/1897 10 Nell Gore Spivey, 6/7/1924- 11 Dewey Lenox Spivey, 4/27/1923-9/11/1966, s/s as # 10 12 Oather D. Spivey, 4/11/1900-[death date not inscribed] 13 Lizzie L. Spivey, 2/26/1899-4/5/1964, s/s as # 12 14 Bernice, d/o Mr & Mrs O. D. Spivey, 7/1/1928-1/27/1950 15 Infant s/o D. B. & Dessie Spivey, 12/14/1929 16 Dessie W. Spivey, 2/11/1908- 17 Dothan B. Spivey, 11/27/1904-4/12/1974, s/s as # 16 18 J. R. Spivey, 6/22/1865-12/30/1940 19 Eppie Spivey, 6/28/1877-2/2/1963, s/s as # 18 20 Rev McClennon Wright, 7/27/1822-2/4/1893 21 Sarah J. Wright, w/o Rev McClennen Wright, 3/21/1825-11/9/1891 (No.'s 20 & 21 enclosed in a fence) 22 Adult grave, unmarked 23 Montro Wright, 1906-1977 24 J. Crum Simmons, 6/29/1901-7/4/1967 25 Isabel W. Simmons, 6/25/1901-, s/s as # 24 26 Bunn Wright, 1016/1861-9/8/1938 27 Annie Spivey, w/o L. B. Wrightm 7/31/1862-5/11/1926 28 Lenoard[as spelled on stone] M. Wright, 10/10/1888-5/5/1951 29 Dallie I. Harrilson[as spelled], 6/19/1894-12/5/1963, s/s as # 28 30 Daris Lemon[as spelled], s/o J. W. & A. Z. Ward, 3/19/189[?]-11/6/1895 [broken stone] 31 J. W. Ward, 6/9/1852-1/13/1927 32 His wife, Anzaline Ward, 6/3/1851-n/d, s/s as # 31 33 Charlie McCoy Ward, 1/26/1874-9/22/1933 34 Fannie Ward Baggett, "His Wife", 1880-19__,s/s as # 33 35 Lourie A. Hinson, Sr, 10/6/1896-3/29/1966, Married Ellen Stephens 12/6/1917 36 Meares [on top of stone], Mary Hinson,4/2/1877-5/21/1952, w/o Isham Hinson Was Mary Frances Jones, married 1) Isham Hinson, 2) Fleet C. Wright, 3) Minos Mears (Ref Maxine J. Hinson, Whiteville, NC) 37 Isham Hinson, 10/5/1842-6/13/1921 38 Terecy Hinson, w/o Isham Hinson, 3/10/1848-3/5/1893, d/o Rev McLenon[sic] & Sarah J. Wright 39 Ellen F. Stephens,w/o Lourie A. Hinson, Sr, 10/6/1897-n/d 40 Polly, d/o Daniel W. & Tlunia[sic] Lee Ammons, 1931-1933 41 Tlunia Lee Ammons, 1909-1967 42 Daniel Webster Ammons, 1902- 43 D. W. Ammons, 1929-1972 44 Mother, Sarah E. Wright, 2/2/1893- 45 Father, Charlie V. Wright, 1/9/1882-1/12/1935, s/s as # 44 46-47 Cathrine[sic] & Carol Wright, 7/17/1933 48 Infant of Mr & Mrs C. V. Wright, Wilbert H., 5/19/1917 49 Infant of Mr & Mrs C. V. Wright, Artrue, 2/2/1923 50 Jesse M., s/o L. H. & M. A Wright, 5/9/1897-6/10/1910 51 Marenda M., d/o L. H. & M. S.[sic] Wright, 9/11/1882-12/19/1905 52 Jennie B., d/o L. H. & M. A. Wright, 8/19/1886-1/15/1900 53 L. H. Wright, n/d 54 M. A. Wright, n/d 55 G. W. Wright, n/d 56 Lillian Viola, d/o Austin & Catherine Wright, 4/1/1937-5/21/1937 57 Shelton LaRue Wright, 4/11/1914-8/29/1978 58 Bruce Wright, NC TEC 4, 1st Co, ASF Trng Ctr, WW II, 6/24/1917-8/3/1958 59 Brice Napoleon, s/o F. P. & S. E. Wright, 1926-1927 60 Infant of M.A. & L. L. Wright, b/d 3/17/1899 61 Lillon[sic] Wright, 11/26/1877-11/14/1973 62 M. A. Wright, 7/10/1870-12/15/1947, s/s as # 61 [See #'s 53 & 54] 63 James Robert, s/o L. A. & Marjorie Walton, 11/22/1934-12/2/1934 64 Charlie L. Walton, ½/1929-9/23/1945 65 Marjorie McK. Walton, 1/17/1901-9/15/1966 66 Liston A. Walton, 2/2/1886-1/12/1946 67 Vernon Norris, 7/30/1930-1/8/1931, s/s as # 68 68 William Norris, 3/28/1929-, s/s as # 67, Sons of S. G. & V. L. Norris 69 Elijah Junior Norris, 5/25/1908-8/19/1982 70 Brother, Wilson M. Wright, 3/22/1915-12/30/1940 71 Elijah W. Norris, 5/25/1908-8/19/1982 72 Eula L. Norris, s/s as # 71 73 Father, Robbie D. Gore, 10/13/1908-10/4/1968 74 Mother, Alma S., 12/24/1908- 75 Rebecca Fay, d/o Mr. & Mrs R. D. Gore, 2/2/1938-7/25/1943 (#'s 73, 74, 75 enclosed in a plot) 76 Earl Wright, 1/3/1906-4/8/1974 77 Thelma Wright, 4/12/1911-4/10/1967, s/s as # 76 78 Lucille, d/o Earl & Thelma Wright, 10/2/1930-9/22/1936 79 Bobby Levon, s/o Donald Lee & Otie Lanier, 8/24/1943-8/27/1943 80 Donald L. Lanier, NC Pvt, 8 Chemical Bn, WW II, 5/14/1921-4/18/1963 81 Maude Lanier, 5/9/1893-9/25/1973 82 D. L. Lanier, 10/30/1889-10/21/1982, s/s as # 81 83 Levi W. Russ, 7/22/1904-2/4/1981 84 Georgia M. Russ, 11/6/1914-. S/s as # 83 85 Cindy Russ, b/d 12/15/1967 86 Dale Lee Simmons, 1955-1973 87 Infant, n/d ©1999 Jerome Smith, Columbus County Coordinator Columbus County, North Carolina, USA All rights reserved. ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************