PIERCE CEMETERY Red Bug Crossroads, Columbus County, NC Submitted by Dave High, June 1998 North Carolina, Columbus County, NC All rights reserved, 1998. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To Search: Ctrl + F This cemetery is located on the Pierce Cemetery Road, SR 1907,between SR 1001 and the Red Bug Crossroads, about two miles south of Hallsboro, NC. It was surveyed by David B. High and Dorothy Benton in June 1998. It is a large, well-maintained cemetery, endowed with perpetual care since 1900. There appear to be some unmarked graves. The survey was begun on the west side of the cemetery. Transcribed by David B. High. 001 Infant twin son of Angelo & Mary Pierce, 12/1/1935-12/4/1935 002 Infant twin son of Angelo & Mary Pierce, 12/1/1935-12/2/1935 003 Mary Elizabeth Pierce, 1/25/1904-10/29/1970, same stone as # 4 004 Angelo Pierce, 8/22/1904-12/23/1980 005 Mary Angelo Pierce, 1/27/1964 William Angelo Pierce, 1/27/1964, same stone as # 5 006 Virginia Faye Smith Pierce, 12/10/1932-, stone only, same as # 7 007 Malcolm Alfred Pierce, Sr., 7/16/1931-- stone only 008 Infant daughter of Royal & Bessie Pierce, no date 009 Bessie M. Pierce, 5/28/1901-2/25/1984 010 Royal Pierce, 6/10/1892-4/13/1966, same stone as # 9 011 Royal Vaile Pierce, NC S2, USNR WW II, 8/3/1922-9/1/1953 012 Samuel Gaines Pierce, 10/14/1895-2/18/1979 013 Ethel P. Sasser, 2/27/1899-12/12/1983 014 Carl S. Sasser, 11/16/1898-2/18/1985, same stone as # 13 015 Sidney J. Sasser, 4/16/1926-5/2/1996, USN Ret 016 Brenda Mae, daughter of J. Marvin & Sallie W. Council, 7/21/1943-1/17/1944 017 J. Marvin Council, 1907-1972 018 Cribb, Jason Franklin, 5/9/1911-5/12/1975 019 Same stone as # 18; no name 020 Addie E. Pierce, 1890-1973 021 Dixon D. Pierce, 1894-1958, same stone as # 20 022 John W. Pierce, 1870-1957 023 Martha Y. Pierce, 1873-1962, same stone as # 22 024 Theresa F. Pierce, 11/11/1901-7/16/1977 025 Theda Mae, wife of Samuel G. Pierce, 12/14/1903-10/18/1937 026 Stephen Leroy, son of S. G. & Theda M. Pierce, 3/29/1927-3/30/1929 Richard Foy, son of S. G. & Theda M. Pierce, 6/26/1926-4/6/1930, same stone 027 Armlin J. Pierce, 1846-1939 028 Sarah E. Pierce, 1847-1938 [same style stone as #27; probably his wife] 029 Adeline Burney, no dates 030 Annie Laura, daughter of Coy & May Pierce, 3/14/1927-3/14/1928 031 Coy Pierce, 10/11/1890-11/17/1971 032 Hattie Mae Pierce, 2/26/1889-10/19/1966, same stone as # 31 033 Jesse B. Pierce, NC Staff Sgt, 331 Infantry, WW II, 9/23/1923-8/5/1944 034 James Bardell Ward, 7/14/1932-2/18/1939 [son of #'s 35 & 36] 035 Jesse Judson Ward, 7/3/1908-8/19/1966, Cdr USN 036 Mary Helen Ward, 7/1/1911- , same stone as # 35 037 Marie Pierce Gladin, 7/9/1915- , 038 William Alton Gladin, 4/27/1920-2/11/1970, same stone as # 37 039 Vance Pierce, 1873-1956 040 Sarah M. Pierce, 1878-1967, same stone as # 39 041 Lillian P. Davis, 1899-1958 042 Alma Pierce Motsinger, 8/24/1901-11/11/1984 043 Noma M. Shipman, 6/11/1889-12/2/1974 044 Luther C. Shipman, 6/1/1882-1/6/1973, same stone as # 43 045 Maggie Shipman Pierce, 4/10/1925-7/13/1992 046 Robert Allen Bullard, 2/20/1931-. 047 Virginia Smith Bullard, 7/15/1934-, same stone as # 46 "Married 11/18/1951; Children Sherry, Pamela, Judith Ann, Amy Leigh" 048 Thompson Twins, no further information 049 Betty Wayne Hood, 12/2/1926-2/7/1992 050 George Washington Wayne, 2/20/1888-3/22/1948 051 Nell Thompson Wayne, 9/26/1891-3/25/1977, same double vault as # 50 052 William Alton Gladin, Georgia, Sgt, 2539 Base Unit, AAF, WW II, 4/27/1920-2/11/1970 053 Emma E. Pierce, 1/27/1866-6/14/1944 [Columbus's wife] 054 Columbus Pierce, 4/24/1855-1/17/1929 055 Frances Pierce, 5/22/1887-6/9/1973 056 Locy, daughter of Columbus & Emma Pierce, 56/1889-7/27/1913 057 Sabry, daughter of Columbus & E. Pierce, 9/7/1898-3/28/1907 058 Infant daughter of Columbus & E. E. Pierce, 8/22-8/24/1904 059 Infant daughter of Columbus & E. E. Pierce, 11/22-12/27/1902 060 Infant son of Columbus & E. E. Pierce, 11/22/1902-12/10/1902 061 Jas. Byron, son of S. W. & E. M. Pierce, 6/11/1910-4/25/1911 062 Stephen Worth Pierce, 4/10/1867-8/17/1948 063 Emily Margaret Council Pierce, 5/10/1879-7/10/1962, same stone as # 62 064 Ophelia Pierce, wife of C. S. Holt, 11/27/1901-12/7/1927 065 Edelle Pierce Satterfield, 1904-1973 066 Archibald T. Thompson, 1/7/1860-11/11/1918 067 Henrietta M. Thompson, 10/14/1859-11/12/1917, same stone as # 66 068 Donald B. Thompson, 9/15/1896-1/13/1928 069 Roland A. Thompson, 11/14/1888-3/21/1938, 1st Lt., 319 Machine Gun Btn., USA 070 William Henry Thompson, 4/7/1893-4/17/1957 071 Dora Pierce Thompson, 3/5/1904-6/16/1984, same stone as # 70 072 David N. Council, 5/17/1897-2/2/1963 073 Zadie F. Council, 4/27/1900-6/22/1983, same stone as # 72 074 "Beloved Husband", Charles R. Council, 2/28/1922-10/1/1969 075 William Arrell Pierce, 10/30/1908-9/26/1975 076 Mabel Ingold Pierce, 10/4/1908-5/6/1980, same stone as # 75 077 Unmarked 078 Paige Deanne Allen, 5/23/1996 079 Daniel C. Thompson, 11/10/1869-8/28/1921 080 Sophia Bell Council, 1883-1942 081 James Rufus Council, 1878-1942, same stone as # 80 082 Roxie Lois Pierce, 7/14/1925-6/3/1927 083 Weldon Pierce, 12/12/1894-6/26/1984 084 Retha P. Pierce, 9/22/1896-2/28/1993, same stone as # 83 085 Stephen H., son of Minnie Pope, 6/22/1899-11/26/1904 086 Minnie Dew Pope, 11/29/1876-1/13/1968 087 A. Pope, 1/3/1878-2/19/1923, Masonic emblem 088 Romie F. Pope, 12/5/1898-9/22/1939 089 Infant son of Mr & Mrs J. Carl Stevens, 9/3/1947 090 Infant Pope [no further information] 091 Julia B. Floyd, wife of J. T. Pope, 1/29/1886-6/27/1924 092 John T. Pope, 3/15/1876-1/10/1951 093 Unmarked 094 Jesse Dew, 12/24/1879-11/5/1961 095 Lena Victoria Dew, 8/17/1885- , same stone as # 94 096 Tommie Jackson Dew, 3/6/1911-6/2/1988 097 Luetta Williamson Dew, 11/27/1919-8/21/1992, same stone as # 96 098 Samuel E. Hailey, 1919-1996 099 Edell D. Hailey, 1917-, same stone as # 98 100 Stephen George Dew, 7/19/1936-4/11/1998 101 Son, Graham Randolph Dew, PFC, 4th Marine 6th Div, 3/5/1924, killed on Okinawa 6/6/1945, WW II 102 Mother, Kathleen Dew, 6/4/1897-, same stone as #101 103 Helen Dew Wilson, 3/26/1851-1/23/1939 104 Stephen T. Dew, 1/1/1850-12/11/1932 105 Holmes Dew, 4/8/1884-7/12/1940 106 Elizabeth Jane, daughter of Mr & Mrs Holmes Dew, 1932-1944 107 Jaunita[sic], daughter of H. & Kathleen Dew, 2/8/1926-2/7/1929 108 Lucille Council Green, 7/5/1918- 109 Ben Coles Green, 7/22/1914-7/7/1997, same stone as # 108 110 Annie D. Dew, no dates 111 Bessie Dew, no dates 112 Indiana Dew, no dates 113 John Dew, no dates 114 Infant 115 Infant 116 Susan O. Green, 1882-1920 117 David W. Green, 1876-1984, same stone as # 116 118 Royal [Green], [son of Susan & David Green] 119 William M. Green, 9/9/1901-10/25/1968 120 Clossie Wilson Green, 8/1/1912-6/6/1984, same type stone as # 119 121 Charles Edward Green, 8/9/1918-6/20/1977 122 Annie Bell Long Green, 4/21/1926-12/8/1986, same stone as # 121 123 James H. Green, 2/26/1900-6/5/1925 124 Christine Wilson Greene, 3/28/1912-10/9/1976 125 John Wesley Greene, 9/5/1906-10/31/1946, same vault as # 124 126 Louise Greene Hill, 1/1/1935-11/8/1992, same type vault as #'s 124 & 125 127 Lucy B. Green, 7/14/1912- 128 Weldon Green, 8/17/1910-4/20/1963, same stone as # 127 129 Leroy, son of Mr & Mrs Weldon Greene, 7/20/1948-7/29/1948 130 Mary Ellen B. Register, 9/30/1947- 131 Willie Vester Register, 7/30/1943-8/4/1996, same stone as # 130 132 Infant Pierce 133 Infant Pierce 134 Olivia Pierce 135 Dallas Pierce 136 Infant Thompson 137 Infant Thompson 138 Laura W., wife of S. L. Sykes, 11/25/1874 139 Samuel Lum Sykes, 7/24/1867-12/30/1906 140 Manly Hobbs, no dates 141 Herman Tyler, 4/20/1908-6/18/1979 142 Ila Gibson Tyler, 7/30/1902-9/14/1967 143 Barney H[enry] Tyler, 3/8/1921-10/5/1970, Virginia, SA US Navy WW II 144 D. Erline Tyler, 10/5/1970- [same double vault with # 143] 145 David Brannon Baysdon, 4/18/1913-6/14/1986 146 No inscription, same stone as # 145 147 Alvah Willis Pierce, 9/2/1870-8/11/1948 148 Margaret Council Pierce, 5/10/1873-4/27/1925, same stone as # 147 149 Jonathan Franklin Pierce, 8/4/1902-1/31/1989 150 Avery M. Pierce, 5/9/1907-3/8/1968 151 Mattie C. Pierce, 5/29/1911-9/28/1990, same style stone as # 150 152 Mother, Esther Mae Shipman Mozingo, 7/11/1904-6/22/1939 153 Infant Shipman 154 Infant Shipman 155 Infant Shipman 156 Metal marker, illegible 157 Elmo Shipman, 6/17/1887-1909 158 Mother, Annie Shipman, 2/22/1849-2/24/1925, same stone as # 157 159 Minnie Louise, daughter of Mr & Mrs J. W. Shipman, 4/4/1918-10/25/1921 160 Laurabelle, daughter of J. M. & Henrietta Shipman, 12/29/1922-10/10/1924 161 John W. Shipman, 4/1/1878-6/14/1968 162 Mother, Henrietta Shipman, 1881-1931 163 Sadie Shipman Anderson, 1908-1935 164 Austin Lee Anderson, NC, Amm 3C US Navy, WW II, 12/22/1925-4/27/1947 165 Infant Shipman 166 Rossie William Tyler, NC, Seaman 1st Class, USNR, 8/28/1915-7/25/1945 167 Ethel Tyler Hobbs, 8/20/1913-6/8/1958 168 Dora Batten Tyler, 6/30/1885-6/17/1964 169 Emma S., 7/2/1904-, same stone as #157 170 Lora Ward, 10/10/1882-6/12/1966, NC, Pvt, Evac Hosp 37, WW I 171 Infant son of Earline & Barney Tyler, 7/22/1955 172 Mother, Addie Mae Canady, 7/28/1940-1/20/1975 173 Harry Mizzell, 1934-1970 174 Evelyn Ward, 1924-1991 175 Cicero Ward, 1911-1967 176 Calvin Ward, 1938-1943 177 Earnest Ward, 1940-1943 178 Daughter, Sarah Jane "Sallie" Brown, 11/9/1884-3/12/1964 179 Father, Baldwin Brown, 9/18/1856-2/20/1941 180 Mother, Sarah E. Brown, 7/10/1857-3/23/1931 181 Wm. H. Barefoot, 1906-1982 182 Ruth "Lizzie", 1908-1997, same stone as # 181 183 Mortie Lee Sasser, 1/4/1877-3/17/1958 184 Albert Sidney Sasser, 4/5/1872-2/2/1953, same stone as # 183 185 Daughter of A. S. & Mary Sasser, 4/11/1911-12/21/1916 186 No name , 1913-1917 187 R. S. Rushing, 4/1/1892-4/22/1918 188 Hattie Lee, 9/19/1898-5/23/1984, same stone as # 187 189 Jason Van Williams, 4/13/1893-7/21/1937, NC Pvt, Co D, 144 Machine Gun Bn, 40th Div, WW I 190 Martha Gladys, daughter of J. V. & Hattie P. Williams, 7/2/1921-7/18/1943 191 Ellis Edwin Benton, Jr., 10/9/1953-6/16/1954, Infant son of Louise & Edwin Benton 192 A. Sidney Pierce, 1862-1932 193 Carlotte C., 1872-1963, same stone as # 192 194 Ben T. Pierce, 1908-1987 195 Dorothy Aileen, 1916-1997, same stone as #194 [Metal marker, 7/14/1916-1/31/1997] 196 Eula S. Russ, 1905-1994 197 Pope infant son, b/d 5/13/1937 198 Pope infant daughter, b/d 1/1933 199 Minnie Louise Pope, 1/20/1936-7/29/1936 200 James Leonidas Pope, 6/5/1900-8/5/1957 201 Lelia Jane, 1/1/1899-1967, same stone as # 200 202 Eugene Sasser, 5/2/1915-11/13/1981 203 Pettite S., 8/15/1886-4/8/1985, same stone as # 204 204 John Vilas Sasser, 1/5/1889-11/26/1966 205 Nancy Louvenia Sasser, 5/1/1877-4/13/1965 206 John Sasser, no dates 207 Lewis G. Sasser, 11/4/1892-5/7/1924 208 Mabel, daughter of L. G. & E. M. Sasser, 2/11/1922-6/17/1922 209 Infant Sasser 210 Grace L., daughter of F. & A. B. Pope, 3/16/1913-10/15/1913 211 Henry Wood Pope, 8/29/1921-8/14/1947 212 Fannie Dew Wood, 9/29/1921-8/10/1942 213 Fannie Wood, 1884-1974 214 Archie Bishop Pope, 1883-1958, same stone as # 213 215 Wilson Ray Dudley, NC Tec 4, Co A, 75 Armd Med Bn, WW II, 12/15/1922-5/21/1972 216 Vance Roland Pope, NC Pvt US Army, WW I, 6/26/1896-6/17/1939 217 Earlie Wood Pope, 7/10/1896-12/14/1984 218 Jessie Earle "Mikey" Pope, 9/25/1925-6/10/1926 219 Louise Carter, 5/13/1917-3/14/1970 220 James Bond, 9/8/1925-2/5/1985, US Army, WW II 221 Clinton Morris Perry, 5/18/1918-2/14/1968 222 Concrete slab, no information 223 Bertha Barefoot Dew, 12/12/1900-3/13/1971 224 Lonny Dew, NC, PFC, 6 Trench Mortar Bn, 11/13/1941 225 George Clemmons, 1932-1989 226 Roger Clemmons, 2/16/1937-3/23/1985 227 Beatrice Clemmons Stubbs, 10/16/1925-4/17/1977 228 Amanda Sasser Clemmons, 7/10/1900-3/16/1995, wife of Badger Clemmons 229 Badger Clemmons, NC Pvt Co A, 322 Infantry, WW I, 12/23/1891-7/24/19968 230 Norman, son of B. & A. V. Clemmons, 7/12/1922-10/22/1923 231 Cement slab, no information 232 W. Clemmons, Died age 77, cement vault 233 Troy Lee Barefoot, 1908-1924 234 William Lewis, Jr., son of Mr & Mrs W. M. Barefoot, 2/2/1925-7/4/1941 235 Nettie Clemmons Barefoot, 4/6/1884-3/22/1969, same stone as # 236 236 Clarence Mack Barefoot, 1/10/1878-1/13/1971 237 Marion E. Pope, 1/20/1903-1/8/1984, same stone as # 238 238 Helen B. Pope, 10/3/1915- 239 Morris Reeves, 9/5/1925 240 James A. Reeves, 12/30/1899-9/27/1989, same stone as # 241 241 Flossie D. Reeves, 2/22/1902-10/19/1986 242 Clayton R. Dew, 5/5/1921-9/14/1995 242 Marie H. Dew, 8/31/1926-3/4/1978, same type stone as # 242 243 Will Dew, no information 244 Nora Dew, n/i 245 Alma Dew, n/i 246 Clausen Dew, n/i 247 Sims Dew, n/i 248 David Kent High, 4/3/1954-7/29/1993 249 Julius "Jay" F. High, 9/4/1977-3/3/1993 250 J. Albert High, 10/6/1910-1/22/1977 251 Gordon Dew Shipman, 3/17/1905-3/23/1968 252 Mon Malton Shipman, 7/17/1902-11/20/1957 253 J. D. Shipman, 9/26/1933-10/14/1933 [251-3 have same type markers] 254 Wilton McLane Jones, 5/9/1925- 255 Carlene Shipman Jones, 11/14/1930-, same stone as # 254 256 William James Kelly, 10/30/1942- 257 Veda Shipman Kelly, 2/20/1945-, same stone as # 256 258 Hazel P. Barefoot, 11/27/1916- 259 Royal Barefoot, 9/1/1910-11/6/1915, same stone as # 258 260 Ward, no name 261 Maebelle B. Ward, 1903-1997, same stone as # 260 262 Infant pierce 263 Joseph Kelly Ward, 1877-1927 264 Hattie Clemmons Ward, 1879-1975, same stone as # 263 265 Allie Rea Gross Ward, 1923-1973 266 Pauline Pope Ward, 5/13/1913-1/30/1996 267 Dewey Ward, 6/4/1909-6/28/1983, same type stone as # 266 268 Garland Ward, 5/13/1900-1/15/1977 269 Blanche P. Ward, 2/29/1896-10/29/1982, same stone as # 268 270 James Paul Ward, 1/13/1925-12/20/1969 271 Eunice F. Ward, 12/29/1930-12/30/1930 272 Lester Ward, b/d 1/17/1935, same type stone as # 271 273 Gladys Dew Ward, 1/8/1925- 274 Thomas Allen Ward, 12/13/1919-9/3/1978, same stone as # 273, S/Sgt, US Army, WW II 275 James Truman High, 12/25/1905-1/28/1988 276 Ottie Ward High, 9/16/1906-2/3/1990, same stone as # 275 277 Mitch High, 7/31/1957-4/30/1991 278 Nancy N. High, 9/16/1935-12/6/1994, same type stone as # 277 279 Deidra Denise Davis, 3/12/1962-11/2/1991 280 Infant Gale 281 Frankie B. Connor, 6/26/1923- 282 Rev. William O. Connor, 5/2/1911-, same stone as # 281 283 William Blount Connor, 6/11/1948-6/12/1948 284 Charles Richard Connor, 6/2/1944-11/26/1987 285 Emma S. Pierce, 2/6/1916- 286 Fred M. Pierce, 9/18/1905-7/25/1983, same stone as # 285 287 Lena Gordon Pierce, 4/15/1894-3/11/1975 288 Joseph V. Pierce, 10/9/1907006/15/1963 289 Olive Council, wife of J. B. Pierce, 10/9/1866-1/4/1936 [Stones 287-9 are alike] 290 Robert Hoke Pierce, 4/29/1897 291 Martha Betts Pierce, 8/5/1903-1/10/1989, same stone as # 290 292 Jesse L. Pierce, 10/3/1914- 293 Mary M. Pierce, 1/26/1916-5/4/1987, same stone as # 292 294 Lollie Pierce Boswell, 11/11/1901-11/7/1987 295 Roy S. Council, 3/31/1905-2/19/1988 296 Clyde P. Council, 2/28/1911-, same stone as # 295 297 Willis R. Council, 3/13/1943- 298 Frankie J. Council, 5/19/1939-7/12/1993 299 Jeffery Hoke Reynolds, 12/7/1994-4/2/1995 ©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. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. 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