Onslow County, NC - Ward Cemetery

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Ward Cemetery off Court Street and Ladd Lane, City of Jacksonville, Onslow 
County, North Carolina, US

Surveyed by Kay Toler and Beverly Cole  Apr 2006

This cemetery, name unknown to us, is located at the end of Court Street, close 
to the New River. Turn right at the street sign labeled "Ladd Lane", follow a 
grass path which circles around to a clearing where you will find the cemetery.  
We started at the first marked grave and worked as much as possible from right 
to left, front to back.

It should be noted that at one time, this must have been quite a place. The 
decorative markers, the various colors of stone and  the era indicate much care 
and expense to honor the dead. Most of the surnames are those of long-time 
landowners of the ocean and river fronts of Onslow County more than 200 years 
before Camp LeJeune existed. We do not know if this was an original site or 
the private relocation of some family cemetery when the Federal Government took 
their portion of the county. Perhaps someone will see this who can provide 
something further.

01. Stella Mae  w/o W. A. Wiggins		  
    b. 13 Aug 1887   d. 12 Aug 1946	
    "Kind angels watch her sleeping dust"

02. Wiley A. Wiggins			  
    b. 13 Jan 1875    d. 15 Jan 1949

03. enclosed in red brick, pillars broken off:
    Henry Canaday  Co C  I NC Arty  CSA
    Alice Warner Canaday  w/o H.C. Canaday  
    b. 10 Jun 1855    d. 30 Jun 1919

04. stone marker at bottom labeled KELLUM; decorative carved flower on male; 
    different patterns in pink stone on female
    Francis W. Kerchner Kellum
    b. 10 Jan 1873    d. 09 Jun 1928
    "A friend to his country and believer in Christ"
    Florence W.  w/o F.W.K. Kellum	   
    b. 15 Jun 1890    d. 9 Apr 1908	
    "Though lost to sight, to memory dear"

05. Lester L. Humphrey			   
    b.  23 Nov 1858   d. 26 Aug 1909
    "The little feet in the golden street shall never go astray"

06. mixed marble with double daisies; plot outlined in brick; one footstone, 
    loose and marked KWP
    "Husband"  Hill Humphrey  d. May 1928
    "Wife"  Georgie Kellum Humphrey  b. 14 Feb 1866  d. 24 July 1941
    "All go unto one place: All are of the dust and all turn to dust again."

07. broken rock marker:
    wife of R. Petteway  "A Devoted Mother"  01 Jul 1877

08. broken rock on marble stand:
    ------man C.  s/o R. & K.W. Petteway	b. 23 Sep 1908   d. 16 Jun 1909
    "Darling we miss you"

09. broken triangle-shaped marker on marble stand:
    Richard A.  s/o E.N. & H.H. Petteway	b. 03 Nov 1908    d. 31 July 1909	
    "Soon to Face the Father"

10. triangle shaped rock on marble:
    Rubert infant son of E.N & H.H. Petteway  b. 16 Dec 1909    d. 30 Dec 1909
    (inscription illegible)

11. faded pink granite marker
    G.(?) R. Ward  b. 27 Sep 1843  d. 24 Jun 1892	
    "God's finger touched him and he slept"

12. Civil War marker:
    George R. Ward  b. 27 Sep 1843  d. 24 Jun 1892
    Pvt Co H3 NC Calvary CSA

13. Eliza Murrell  w/o F. C. Bordeaux  b. 24 Feb 1884  d. 03 Nov 1918	
    "Having fininshed life's duty, she now sweetly rests"

*** Enter the next section via a sidewalk to a low concrete enclosure with one step up

14. large granite stone decorated fleur-de-lis;
    "WARD" (for family?) "Here I lay my burden down, change the cross into the crown"

15. medium pink granite upright marker
    1st Lieut & Surgeon  Richard W. Ward  Co H  3 NC CAV  CSA
    rock tablet and ground marker
    Dr. Richard W. Ward  b. 06 Feb 1838  d. 30 Jan 1918

16. Eliza J. Foy  w/o Dr. Richard W. Ward  b. 15 Dec 1844  d. 12 Nov 1935

17. tall granite marker embossed with flowers; top is dome-shaped; Confederate 
    flag emblem cut in floral bow reads "61-65"; cut-in ribbons read "A Dau of 
    the Confederacy" and the NC state bird, a Cardinal, is cut into one side of 
    the marker. There is a granite beside the marker which reads "Anne Ward M. 
    Price, Onslow Guards Chapter No. 1477  1920-1922"
    Anne R. Murrill  w/o Walte(r?) B. Murrell  b. 26 Jun 1867  d. 01 Feb 1908	
    "Faithful to her trust, even unto death"
    "MURRILL" engraved at bottom

18. marker closely matches No. 17 "Anne R. Murrill" except spelling of surname
    Richard Edward Murrell  b. 26 Mar 1889  d. 26 Feb 1969	(on back) 
    "Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the Kingdom of God"

19. medium heart stone; dogwood cut in on left; cardinal on front at top; 
    Confederate flag at bottom; urn set at back
    Hathaway Glazebrook Price  b. 15 Jun 1918  d. 26 Dec 1999
    d/o Annie Ward Murrell Price and Wm. Brook Price Sr.

20. medium heart stone; dogwood cut in on left; cardinal on front at top; 
    Confederate flag at bottom; urn set at back
    Jane Ward Price Lewis  b. 30 Mar 1915  d. 17 Jun 1999
    "Comes the dawn"
    d/o Annie Ward Murrell Price and Wm. Brook Price Sr.
    w/o Hugh Rollins Lewis

21. Five emblems engraved on marker; Mason Grandmaster, US Amer Legion, Vet 
    of Foreign War, (unsure of identity for all)
    Hugh Rollins Lewis  b. 04 Mar 1917  d. 19 Feb 1984
    "After the sunset"
    h/o Jane Ward Price
    TEC5  US ARMY  WWII

*** The final section is located facing the cemetery, at the far left edge, 
    close to wooded area.

22. Mazenday(?) C.  w/o J. J. Foy  b. 26 Mar 1842  d. 24 Oct 1913
    "Faithful to her trust, even unto death"

23. Annie Holland  w/o J. L. Foy  b. 23 Oct 1876  d. 06 Jul 1914
    "A loving wife, a kind mother and a friend to all"

24. Eliza Foy Jarman  b. 24 Dec 1913  d. 14 Jul 1949
    "Sweetly sleeping"

*** There is a large broken marker in edge of woods marked "LOY"

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This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by
Beverly Cole
Kay J. Toler - kay194953@msn.com
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