Edgecombe County, NC - Brake Family Cemetery ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brake Family Cemetery located southwest corner of the intersection of Cokey Road and Calhoun Road, Edgecombe County, Rocky Mount, NC The first listing of graves and a map of the cemetery was completed 12 September 1984 by Effie Lewis Brake, Beulah May Brake, Bill Brake, and Richard Brake. On 8 July 2005, Al and Virginia Brake Purvis made pictures of existing tombstones and added names to the list from 1984. Both lists are given here and are as accurate as possible. Name Kinship Born Died Brake, A. Blanche wife of Henry L. Brake 1877 1936 Brake, Anna Summer infant daughter of Jody H. & 1983 1983 Brake, Bennie Warren husband of Ellen Brown Brake 1929 2002 Brake, Bettie wife of Jessie Brake 1848 1921 Brake, Beulah Mae daughter of Henry Louis & Agnes Blanche 1900 1994 Brake, Beulah infant daughter of H. L. and Blanche Brake Brake, Cathrine wife of William Brake 1813 1879 Brake, E. L. son of Mr. & Mrs. John Brake 1864 1897 Brake, Effie E. infant daughter of J. W. and Kate Brake Brake, Ellen Ann infant daughter of John and Rachel Brake 1842 1843 Brake, Fannie 1890 1931 Brake, George Brake, Henry L. husband of A. Blanche Brake 1985 1952 Brake, Henry Louis, Jr. husband of Norma Meiggs Brake 1916 1999 Brake, Henry infant son of H. L. and Blanche Brake 1914 1914 Brake, J. W. husband of Kate Brake 1873 1904 Brake, Jacob father of Jacob Brake, Jr. Brake, Jacob husband of Mrs. (Morning) Jacob 1750 1820 Brake, James infant son of H. L. and Blanche Brake 1914 1914 Brake, Jesse Cooper son of Cooper and Maye Joyner Brake 1947 1978 Brake, Jesse 1844 1926 Brake, Jesse husband of Patience Price Brake 1722 1835 Brake, John husband of Rachel Brake 1805 1825 Brake, Joseph L. husband of Mary Ann Griffin Brake 1847 1916 Brake, Joseph Louis husband of Ellen Green Brake 1905 1980 Brake, Joseph Samuel husband of Emma Stanton Brake 1916 1999 Brake, Josh husband of Mary M. Bailey Brake 1847 1915 Brake, Lena Gaither wife of Lester Brake 1901 1949 Brake, Lewis Anderson infant son of R. R. Jr. & Peggy W. Brake 1972 Brake, Lonnie 1895 1921 Brake, Mack 1851 1934 Brake, Madeline Watts wife of Thomas Luther Brake 1924 2001 Brake, Margaret White wife of R. R. Brake, Jr. 1929 2002 “Peggy” Brake, Mary Ann Griffin wife of Joseph L. Brake 1851 1934 Brake, Mary M. Bailey wife of Josh Brake 1868 1948 Brake, Mrs. Jacob wife of Jacob (Morning) Brake, Myrtle Gardner wife of William Cecil Brake 1908 2000 Brake, Patience Price wife of Jesse Brake 1775 1854 Brake, Prudie Jean daughter of Lester and Lena Brake 1935 1935 Brake, R. Ralph, Jr. husband of Margaret White Brake 1923 1996 Brake, Rachel wife of John Brake 1802 1820 Brake, Thomas Luther husband of Madeline Watts Brake 1918 1991 Brake, W. J. Lester husband of Lena Gaither Brake 1898 1956 Brake, Wiley Brake, William Cecil husband of Myrtle G. Brake 1907 1987 Brake, William husband of Cathrine Brake 1811 1892 Brake, Willy L. infant son of J. L. and Mary A. Brake Brake, Wm. Cecil, Jr. son of W. Cecil & Myrtle Brake 1950 2000 Brantley, Henry Brake son of Troy & Ruth B. Brantley 1931 1998 Brantley, Ruth Brake wife of W. Troy Brantley 1891 1978 Brantley, W. Troy husband of Ruth B. Brantley 1901 1979 Calhoun Calhoun infant child of Lynn and Dorothy Calhoun Calhoun infant child of Lynn and Dorothy Calhoun Calhoun, Baby infant of Frank and Eva Calhoun Calhoun, Dempsey Frank Calhoun, Florence Eva wife of Dempsey Frank Calhoun 1885 1926 Calhoun, Gertrude P. wife of William Calhoun 1917 1982 Calhoun, Jennette Brake wife of D. W. Calhoun 1853 1897 Calhoun, Leslie Mae infant daughter of Frank & Eva Calhoun Calhoun, Stella L. wife of W. Walter Calhoun 1887 1954 Calhoun, W. Walter husband of Stella Calhoun 1881 1966 Calhoun, Winnie Geneva infant daughter of Frank & Eva Calhoun Cook, Lincy G. wife of W. O. Cook 1883 1924 Dickens baby infant son of Mr. & Mrs. R. S. Dickens 1940 1940 Dickens, Ada L. infant daughter of C. R. & M. A. Dickens 1910 1911 Dickens, Blanche A. infant daughter of Charles & Maggie 1923 1924 Dickens, Claudia M. infant daughter of Chas. & Maggie Dickens 1917 1917 Dickens, Cornelia F. infant daughter of Chas. & Maggie Dickens 1919 1920 Dickens, Joseph L. infant son of C. R. & M. A. Dickens 1902 1902 Dickens, Lonnie L. infant son of C. R. & M. A. Dickens 1905 1906 Dickens, Maggie M. infant daughter of C. R. & M.A. Dickens 1904 1904 Dudley, Burt Dupree, Harriett Louis 1849 1914 Griffin, J. Frederick son of James H. Griffin 1900 1923 Griffin, James H. father of J. Frederick Griffin 1858 1922 Griffin, Louisa wife of William Griffin 1819 1889 Griffin, Nancy Griffin, Prudence wife of W. O. Griffin 1839 1893 Griffin, Tom Griffin, W. O. husband of Prudence Griffin 1865 1926 Hill, Annie Mae wife of Henry T. Hill 1910 1967 (I believe this to be an error, and that she was the daughter of Henry T. & Mary Ruth Griffin Hill) Hill, Henry T. husband of Mary Ruth Griffin Hill 1875 1964 Hill, Mary Ruth Griffin wife of H. T. Hill 1886 1927 Lanier, Charles B. 1903 1960 Lanier, Edward Henry husband of Linda Lanier 1899 1981 Lanier, J. H. husband of Mary Elizabeth & Mollie Boyd 1872 1944 Lanier, Linda Bailey wife of Ed H. Lanier 1906 2000 Lanier, Mary Elizabeth wife of J. H. Lanier 1877 1900 Calhoun Lanier, Mollie Boyd wife of J. H. Lanier 1870 1936 Lewis Brake Mears, Absilla wife of Redmond D. Mears 1826 1904 Mears, Jesse 1878 Mears, Redmond D. husband of Absilla Mears 1820 1907 Mears, Sallie 1903 Melton, J. Thomas son of W. D. & Etta B. Melton 1914 1937 Melton, Walter D. son of W. D. & Etta B. Melton 1918 1924 Moody, Mabel Richard R. Brake, III Siegel, Arnold A. 1906 1987 Stallings, C. T. husband of Susie Bailey Stallings 1871 1919 Stallings, Susie Bailey wife of C. T. Stallings 1874 1937 Stallings, William Thomas 1905 1963 Worsley infant ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Virginia Brake Purvis - mapurvis65@yahoo.com ______________________________________________________________________