Nash County, NC - CEMETERIES - Tucker/Edwards/Hunniecutt Cemetery ==================================================================== 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. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: June E. Gardner junegardner@coastalnet.com ==================================================================== Surveyed by June E. Gardner & Paula M. Edwards, 29 July 1999 Location: This cemetery is located on the Edwards farm located off Macedonia Road. This is private property, so please respect this family by contacting junegardner@bneinc.com to arrange permission prior to visitation to the cemetery. The cemetery has a short iron fence around its perimeter and concrete has been poured over half of the graves at this location. It sits in the middle of a cotton field on top of a small hill. A bit further south of the cemetery through the woods is the Tar River. On the east side of the cemetery is a large stone denoting "Tucker" and beginning in the northeast corner, moving right in the first row are: Lou-Emma Hunniecutt August 1, 1877 November 29, 1958 (A metal marker stands at the foot of this grave) Mary Eliza Tucker April 11, 1857 June 28, 1940 "Mother, we miss thee" B.F. Edwards Born Sept. 15, 1861 Died Mar. 10, 1909 "Gone but not forgotten." (Footmarker reads "B.F.E.") On the second row, moving right are: (This grave listed immediately below is located outside of the fenced cemetery) (This is one of the graves that concrete has been poured over) B.F. Russell Tucker Jan 24 July 29 1914 1962 33 P.M. (Symbol denoting Masonic Order) (Next, inside the fence located on a double marker) (These are two of the graves that concrete has been poured over) Tucker Mother Father Lillie F. Benjamin F. May 8, 1888 Feb. 4, 1879 Oct. 12, 1939 July 29, 1921 (Footmarker reads L.F.T.) (Footmarker reads B.F.T.) (Symbol denoting Masonic Order) An illegible metal marker stands in the next plot. (This is one of the graves that concrete has been poured over) Lonia W. Tucker May 10, 1875 Jan 31, 1909 (This is one of the graves that concrete has been poured over)