Duke Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery Franklin County, North Carolina =============================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be 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 for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Danny C. Bunn =============================================================== Duke Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery Franklin County, North Carolina Surveyed by Danny C. Bunn, August 21, 1998 Location: Behind the church and on the west side of Highway 581, .5 miles north of Justice, in the eastern part of Franklin County. Survey is divided into two categories - markers showing single names and markers showing multiple names. Single Name Markers Richmond 15 Feb 1884 30 Oct 1954 33 Degree Mason GUPTON, M. Magdalene 16 Jan 1911 22 Jan 1994 GUPTON, Michaela 14 Mar 1945 19 Jul 1981 w/o Charles F. Gupton GUPTON, Selena Michele 06 Jun 1967 03 Dec 1967 d/o Mr & Mrs Charles F. Gupton HARRIS, Alexander (no date) (no date) HARRIS, Baxter B. 29 Jul 1925 13 Sep 1976 Cpl, US Army, Korea HARRIS, Belle W. 29 Oct 1886 09 Apr 1954 w/o R. L. Harris HARRIS, George Kelly 27 Jul 1925 24 Sep 1981 S1, US Navy, WWII HARRIS, Gloria Vivian 22 Jan 1963 08 Nov 1978 HARRIS, Jennie Cooper 21 Jun 1882 16 Feb 1958 HARRIS, John H. 20 Jun 1908 08 May 1968 Pfc 585 QM LDRY Co WWII HARRIS, Lonnie William 28 Dec 1876 04 Nov 1952 HARRIS, Lucy Garrett (no date) (no date) HARRIS, Robert Lee 12 Apr 1883 05 Oct 1961 HARRIS, Robert Wright 06 Apr 1919 28 Nov 1975 Maj., US Army, WWII HARRISON, Katie Vashti 27 Sep 1911 28 Apr 1992 HARVEY, Meta E. 19 Jul 1913 24 Jan 1961 w/o Sidney White Jr. HAYES, Ethel Webb 11 Feb 1911 13 Jan 1976 HAYES, Fannie Clay 10 Oct 1875 19 May 1941 HAYES, Graham N. 1908 1987 HAYES, Infant Twins (no date) (no date) Marker next to Mark Hayes HAYES, J. Foster 1909 1981 HAYES, Mark Joshua 03 Mar 1898 23 Feb 1978 HAYES, Martha 01 Jan 1884 05 Apr 1942 w/o G. W. Bowden HAYES, Mittie Ann 31 Mar 1869 05 Nov 1938 HAYES, Orion Kitrel 20 Oct 1934 20 Aug 1984 HAYES, Otis 01 Oct 1899 03 Sep 1974 HAYES, Thad E. 11 Jul 1860 26 Feb 1933 HAYMAN, Lillie Dean 11 Oct 1882 17 Nov 1974 HAYMAN, Walter Poole 02 Aug 1879 04 Feb 1939 HOMES, Carolyn L. 17 Aug 1943 13 Nov 1983 HOWARD, Alex 28 Jun 1844 19 Jun 1909 Pvt, Co K, 55 Regt, NC Inf, CSA HOWARD, Douglas W. 02 oct 1919 08 Feb 1995 Tec5, US Army, WW II HOWARD, Effie M. 09 Jun 1924 __________ KIDD, Brian Lee 11 Jul 1977 11 Aug 1977 LAYTON, Bessie A. 24 Aug 1901 05 Aug 1943 LAYTON, Ernest C. 22 May 1898 07 Sep 1961 LAYTON, Frank 1884 1942 LAYTON, Frank Sidney 27 Sep 1905 14 Sep 1983 LAYTON, Florence 1886 1956 LAYTON, Geneva B. 29 Apr 1910 28 Jan 1971 LAYTON, Infant Oct 1932 Son of Mr. & Mrs. Ollie Layton LAYTON, J. Rossie 23 Mar 1913 14 Nov 1983 LAYTON, Recker B. 23 Apr 1912 11 Aug 1956 LAYTON, Robert Henry 05 Nov 1893 07 May 1954 LESTER, Fred Ethan 19 Sep 1906 30 Jan 1978 LESTER, Geneva Davis 11 Sep 1913 __________ MARKS, Walter Prescott 27 Jun 1920 25 Dec 1977 Tec4, US Army, WWII MATTHEWS, Charlie W. 1877 1957 MATTHEWS, Florence 05 Jun 1882 16 Nov 1958 MATTHEWS, Lucille Hayes 15 Jun 1915 18 Sep 1994 MATTHEWS, Sallie J. 1874 1915 MATTHEWS, William Warren 10 May 1911 07 May 1980 "Buster" MAY, Henrietta H. 10 Sep 1884 02 May 1968 w/o Charlie C. Bowden McGREGOR, J. C., Rev. 15 Nov 1896 26 Jun 1936 MEDLIN, Curtis Wayne 28 Mar 1940 27 Oct 1960 MEDLIN, Elmo Allan 15 Mar 1913 06 May 1973 MEDLIN, Joseph Allen 09 Jan 1948 21 Sep 1968 MERCER, Elmer S. 09 Jan 1892 10 Sep 1955 MERCER, Montagress S. 24 May 1900 08 May 1988 MILLER, Lawrence Alton 01 Apr 1901 15 Dec 1979 No stone, bench w/plaque attached MITCHELL, J. H. "Buck" 1882 1969 s/o Scott & Sallie Hines Mitchell MITCHELL, J. T. 1792 1872 MITCHELL, John Taylor 08 Oct 1870 17 Mar 1948 MITCHELL, Julia D. 1790 1867 MITCHELL, Ralph Donald 10 Jan 1953 18 Aug 1983 "Buster" MITCHELL, Ralph W. 31 Jan 1920 06 Jan 1984 Tec5, US Army, WWII MITCHELL, Roy 23 Aug 1916 20 Jul 1918 s/o Mr & Mrs W. A. Mitchell MITCHELL, Sallie A. 1840 1916 MITCHELL, William A. "Tom" 10 Jun 1879 01 Oct 1953 s/o Scott & Sallie Hines Mitchellm. 17 Dec 1899 Nettie Mamie Hollingsworth MITCHELL, W. Scott 1836 1895 MOORE, Ernest L. 25 Dec 1914 04 Jan 1993 US Army, WWII MOYE, Tempy Elizabeth 15 Aug 1866 11 Nov 1909 w/o O. B. Moye PACE, Evelyn Stallings 04 Aug 1918 06 Nov 1941 PERRY, Aileen M. 28 Apr 1912 17 Oct 1988 PERRY, Ollie Gold 11 Apr 1897 09 Aug 1953 PERRY, Billy BOONE, Florine H. 30 Aug 1898 01 Jan 1979 w/o George W. Bowden BOONE, Larry Venson 20 Jun 1945 07 Jun 1986 BOWDEN, Charlie C. 12 May 1880 18 Aug 1953 BOWDEN, Durben Randolph 20 Mar 1919 20 Mar 1919 [dates correct] BOWDEN, Edward Perry 31 May 1948 10 Feb 1968 BOWEN, Garland 1910 1931 BOWDEN, George W. 03 Dec 1890 10 Mar 1924 BOWDEN, John Onnie 03 Feb 1901 24 Aug 1978 BOWDEN, Joseph Calvin 10 Nov 1881 23 Jun 1965 BOWDEN, J. Lawrence 15 Aug 1846 15 Dec 1935 BOWDEN, Joshua Lawrence No dates, Bench w/plaque, Founder of Justice, NC BOWDEN, Lottie 19_2 Age 8 BOWDEN, Lula B. 1878 1958 BOWDEN, Mabel 07 Oct 1905 02 Feb 1984 BOWDEN, Marvin W. 05 May 1905 29 Sep 1957 BOWDEN, Mary O. 12 Aug 1908 09 Jan 1995 BOWDEN, Olive T. 21 Sep 1908 11 Aug 1984 BOWDEN, Sarah J. 25 Nov 1870 05 Sep 1943 w/o W. H. Stallings BOWDEN, Tilda 1947 BOWDEN, W. D. 1869 1933 BOWDEN, Walter Earl 29 Aug 1936 13 Feb 1937 BOWDEN, Walter W. 06 Sep 1915 18 Aug 1966 BOWDEN, Wayne 14 Mar 1952 13 Apr 1989 BOWDEN, W. G. 30 Oct 1883 22 Jun 1951 BOWDEN, Willie Lee Perry 23 Apr 1918 30 May 1994 BOWDEN, Willis 1934 BRANCH, Thelma Bowden 15 Jul 1923 05 Dec 1965 BREWER, Kenneth 17 Nov 1890 05 Jan 1953 BREWER, Juanita Pearl 1916 1936 BREWER, Pearl Stallings 17 May 1886 29 Jun 1951 BROWN, Luther M. 22 Dec 1909 11 Mar 1965 BRYANT, Rachel Brewer 16 Aug 1915 07 Jan 1967 BUNN, Charlie 09 Jan 1905 16 Dec 1968 BUNN, Clelie 1897 1973 BUNN, Geneva Layton 08 Oct 1873 17 Jan 1971 BUNN, Helen Mitchell 22 Dec 1913 23 Nov 1996 BUNN, Henry Dick (Blank) 1961 BUNN, John Wilfred 31 Oct 1919 27 Oct 1977 BUNN, Joseph A. 12 Jun 1866 03 Dec 1926 BUNN, Lucy Howard 19 Aug 1874 06 Dec 1937 BUNN, Percy 24 Mar 1914 08 Nov 1974 Tsgt, AAF BUNN, Raymond J. 13 Sep 1919 28 Aug 1941 BUNN, Rufus 18 Jun 1903 25 Apr 1968 BUNN, Spivey Ray 18 Nov 1929 14 May 1992 BUNN, Willie B. 1910 1998 CLAY, Elbert Allen 25 Mar 1880 04 Jan 1958 COGGIN, Allie Flow 24 Jul 1905 07 Jul 1956 COPPEDGE, Albert 1914 1997 COPPEDGE, Clara Christine 29 Jul 1925 11 Jan 1978 w/o John E. Rouse COPPEDGE, Mollie D. 24 Nov 1902 29 Sep 1997 COPPEDGE, Willie C 31 Mar 1891 22 Jun 1962 Pvt 30 RCT Co. Gen Svc Inf, WW1 DANIEL, Mary Alford 13 May 1875 25 Feb 1969 w/o George M. Daniels DAVIS, Ernest G. 1871 1941 DAVIS, Ila R. 1886 1973 DAVIS, Vernon E. 07 Mar 1916 15 Dec 1992 Ssgt, US Army, WWII DEAN, William Thomas 29 Sep 1850 15 Jan 1936 DEMAREST, Frances Layton 1930 1973 EAKES, Lela Perry (no date) (no date) Names in black paint EARP, George S. 25 Mar 1868 19 Nov 1933 EARP, Mamie Bowden 08 Oct 1871 15 Nov 1950 EDWARDS, Joseph Clayton 28 May 1904 06 Apr 1976 EVANS, Ellen Ruth 27 Mar 1933 10 Jun 1933 FAULK, Barbara Jean 10 Nov 1942 30 Nov 1942 FAULK, Cora B. 05 Sep 1879 27 Feb 1951 FAULK, John Harvey (no date) 15 Jun 1933 NC, Pvt 1CL, US Army FLOW, George T. 11 Sep 1894 05 Dec 1954 FLOW, George T. Jr. 10 Jun 1931 13 Jan 1983 FLOW, Sam W. 1870 1928 FULLER, Nancy 24 Jan 1931 30 Jan 1972 GALLIAN, Sylvilla Both 11 Dec 1931 10 Mar 1996 GARDNER, Harry Edgar 24 Aug 1909 04 Oct 1973 NC, CMOMM, USNR, WWII GARDNER, Infant 27 Nov 1945 d/o Harry & Helen Gardner GATLING, Curtis Quintin 16 Dec 1940 25 May 1989 GATLING, Danny Edward 22 Sep 1963 22 Jun 1981 GILLIAM, Maggie Pearl 31 Jan 1943 02 Jun 1943 GILLIAM, Otha V. 20 Jun 1910 07 Apr 1969 GRIFFIN, R. o date) (no date) Name in black paint PERRY, Dink (no date) (no date) Name in black paint PERRY, Jane (no date) (no date) Name in black paint PERRY, Joseph A. 10 Apr 1909 16 Feb 1988 PERRY, Joseph Boyd 24 Jun 1936 22 Mar 1966 PERRY, Katie L. 05 May 1898 26 Jun 1934 w/o Robert H. Layton PERRY, Richard (no date) (no date) Name in black paint PERRY, William Early 17 Apr 1895 16 Jul 1942 PERRY, Zack Taylor 26 Oct 1899 05 Sep 1973 QUALIS, Mary Ann Wright Stallings 1840 1895 m/o William Haywood Stallings RAPER, Julius Rowan Jr. 09 Apr 1900 02 Apr 1956 NC STU Army Tng Corps WWI RICE, Dianne B. 03 Feb 1947 24 Feb 1982 SMITH, Charles O. 16 Apr 1874 14 Aug 1900 STALLINGS, Cornelius H. 11 Apr 1888 09 Feb 1960 STALLINGS, Esther Cook 31 Dec 1906 20 Jun 1976 STALLINGS, Lena Deans (no date) (no date) STALLINGS, M. (no date) (no date) STALLINGS, Myrtle H. 05 May 1896 06 Mar 1934 STALLINGS, Tessie May Bartlett 24 Feb 1896 24 Dec 1989 STALLINGS, Walter C. 20 Mar 1896 25 Aug 1961 NC, F1 US Navy, WWI STALLINGS, Warren G. 29 Apr 1922 01 Apr 1945 Sgt STALLINGS, William D. 11 Mar 1924 24 Jun 1944 Lt. STALLINGS, William Haywood 23 Mar 1862 10 Jun 1911 STALLINGS, William Langdon 16 Mar 1893 27 Apr 1952 STONE, Bernice D. 04 Jun 1892 30 Dec 1952 STONE, Ruby Mercer 25 Jan 1901 07 Apr 1993 STRICKLAND, Annie B. 24 Nov 1903 03 Mar 1996 STRICKLAND, Luther Dwight 30 Jan 1926 09 Aug 1962 STRICKLAND, Mabell 01 Aug 1920 07 Dec 1974 TRUCKNER, Georgie 24 Feb 1906 08 Apr 1997 VAUGHAN, Charles M. 28 Apr 1858 10 Nov 1928 VICK, Geneva Bunn 08 Feb 1916 07 Jan 1995 WHEELER, Flossie D. 15 Dec 1900 02 Nov 1985 WHEELER, Zeb Daniel 07 May 1930 19 Mar 1991 US Navy, Korea WHEELER, Zeb V. 17 May 1892 20 Nov 1955 WHELESS, Benj. F. Sr. 28 Jun 1892 01 Mar 1934 WHELESS, Ernest Jordan 27 Sep 1894 15 Feb 1979 F1, US Navy, WWI WHELESS, James 28 Jan 1898 03 Oct 1925 WHELESS, James D. 07 Feb 1928 07 Dec 1931 WHELESS, Lora T. 20 Nov 1898 21 May 1997 WHELESS, Theodore R. 17 Sep 1926 13 Jul 1926 WHITE, Calvin C. 28 Dec 1924 18 Sep 1995 Educator & Author WHITE, Sidney G. 02 Oct 1881 _________ WHITE, Vera S. 21 Sep 1890 13 Jan 1989 WICKS, Harold Ray 1930 1998 WILDER, Eugene Duke 09 Dec 1917 22 Aug 1965 WILDER, Minnie Harris 01 Jul 1920 24 Nov 1991 WILDER, Troy Bert (no date) (no date) Painted wooden cross WILLIAMS, Mary Stallings 03 Mar 1898 24 Feb 1996 WILLIAMS, Robert H. 05 Jun 1890 23 Jul 1958 YOUNG, Ethel Layton 29 Jan 1926 26 Nov 1984 Multiple Name Markers 1. BOONE, George R. 02 Jul 1896 29 Jul 1969 1. BOONE, Ethel E. 30 Nov 1898 11 Jun 1979 2. BOWDEN, Ira A. 05 Jun 1900 03 Feb 1983 2. BOWDEN, Gertie G. 28 Jan 1902 11 May 1991 3. BOWDEN, John L. 1877 1947 3. BOWDEN, Sarah J. 1874 1963 4. BOWDEN, John M. 12 Jan 1876 02 Jul 1943 4. BOWDEN, Bettie B. 05 Jun 1876 02 Apr 1945 5. BOWDEN, Wm. Spencer 15 Apr 1873 20 Jan 1950 5. BOWDEN, Dora Colbert` 25 Aug 1873 22 Dec 1916 6. BROWN, Willie Thomas 16 Oct 1907 20 Sep 1991 6. BROWN, Kattie Morton 25 Mar 1905 24 Apr 1995 7. BUNN, George Oliver 06 Jun 1901 30 Apr 1968 7. BUNN, Eunice Sykes 23 Sep 1914 16 Feb 1996 8. BUNN, J. N. "Pete" 1899 1979 8. BUNN, Beulah C. 1909 1975 9. BUNN, Percy Ruffin 08 Oct 1886 01 Dec 1949 9. BUNN, Blonnie Wheless 06 Apr 1891 02 Sep 1985 10. DUKE, Joseph H. 1845 1920 10. DUKE, Susan M 1868 1950 11. EDWARDS, Alonzo H. 26 Jun 1873 23 Nov 1960 11. EDWARDS, Mattie M. 19 Jun 1876 30 Sep 1937 12. GIBSON, Charles H. 27 Nov 1895 21 Dec 1990 Cpl, US Marine Corp, WWI & II 12. GIBSON, Louise C. 9 Mar 1905 __________ 13. HARRIS, George Huford 26 Jun 1892 05 Oct 1957 s/o R. B. & Henrietta Culpeper Harris, m. 4 Nov 1922 13. Kelly Lucile Wheeless Our Children: 13. Charles Benson 13. George Kelly 13. Genora Jane 13. Julian Wheeless 13. Judith Catharine 14. HARRIS, Willie Stallings 01 Oct 1913 11 Mar 1997 Pfc, US Army, WWII 14. HARRIS, Betty J. 03 Jan 1909 19 Jun 1983 15. HARRISON, E. E. 14 Sep 1857 09 Apr 1943 15. HARRISON, Mattie 26 Oct 1857 26 Oct 1941 [Dates are correct] 16. HARRISON, Johnnie H. 24 Nov 188_ 04 May 1982 [Last digit 6 changed to 7. Metal 16. HARRISON, Mozelle B. 10 Apr 1914 26 Nov 1971 marker shows a 7] 17. HARRISON, William Lindsey 03 Oct 1881 27 Nov 1947 17. HARRISON, Annie Dean 28 Jan 1893 12 Oct 1932 18. HAYMAN, Edward S. 16 Jan 1853 21 Sep 1940 18. HAYMAN, Emma C. 12 Sep 1859 19 Dec 1942 19. KEITH, Robert V. 09 Apr 1943 __________ 19. KEITH, Shirley P. 12 Jun 1946 19 Feb 1989 20. LAYTON, June W. 1885 1948 20. LAYTON, Viola B. 1903 1976 21. LAYTON, Ollie 18 Feb 1910 14 Feb 1987 21. LAYTON, Ruby L. 30 Jan 1912 __________ 22. LAYTON, Ronald F. 14 Dec 1934 31 Dec 1989 22. LAYTON, Barbara D. 09 Sep 1936 __________ 23. LAYTON, William H. 1868 1943 23. LAYTON, Madora 1871 1960 24. LONG, Callie A. 11 Aug 1890 19 Oct 1967 24. LONG, Stella H. 20 May 1893 29 Nov 1973 25. MEDLIN, Rome D. 1892 25 Jun 1940 25. MEDLIN, Hattie B. 08 Aug 1904 09 Sep 1977 26. PERRY, A. A. 20 Apr 1867 03 Nov 1926 26. PERRY, Eva S. 12 Aug 1869 03 Feb 1945 27. PROCTER, Redmond Allan 20 Dec 1945 22 May 1994 Sp5, US Army, Vietnam 27. PROCTER, Shirley A. 10 Sep 1946 __________ 28. RICE, Carl W. 29 Jul 1918 __________ 28. RICE, Mildred B. 01 Mar 1919 18 Oct 1995 29. STONE, E. Vernon 03 May 1887 02 Dec 1946 29. STONE, Cleo S. 22 Feb 1880 12 Oct 1948 30. STRICKLAND, Luther 8 Sep 1881 19 May 1963 30. STRICKLAND, Omie E. 20 Mar 1901 13 Aug 1925 31. STRICKLAND, Wiliam N. 21 Oct 1888 25 Feb 1956 31. STRICKLAND, Sallie B. 16 Sep 1893 31 Aug 1974 32. UPCHURCH, William R. 09 Nov 1900 24 Jan 1993 32. UPCHURCH, Elizabeth B. 01 May 1920 22 Dec 1982 33. WHELESS, Ernest Jordan 27 Sep 1894 15 Feb 1979 33. WHELESS, Mozelle McGregor 10 Jan 1902 18 Feb 1997 34. WHELESS, J. Chas. 1862 1939 34. WHELESS, Millie Coppedge 1866 1939 35. WHELESS, W. Billie 15 Feb 1896 08 Nov 1958 35. WHELESS, Lena 30 Nov 1902 11 Oct 1986 36. WICKS, Norman J. 30 Jul 1904 17 Feb 1974 36. WICKS, Elizabeth F. 04 Apr 1907 28 Mar 1986