Wake County, NC - Griffin Cemetery ~~~~~~~~~~ GRIFFIN CEMETERY - Southwestern Wake County, NC From Fuquay Varina, go north on NC 55. Turn left on Wade-Nash Road (SR 1113) and go West 1.3 miles to Sand Dune Way (SR 5700) on the right. Turn right onto Sand Dune Way. Go .4 mile and the cemetery is in grove of trees on the right very close to the road. This is an African-American cemetery. The Geodetic coordinate is: N 35° 37.336' [35.6222º] W -78° 050.195' [-78.8366º]. There are five graves marked with metal funeral markers that have faded to the point that they are unreadable. The cemetery is not very well maintained. BECKWITH, Calvin P., Sp 4 US Army, Jan 6,1941 - Sep 5,1997 GRIFFIN, Ella G, (metal marker), 1934 - 1978 LYON, Dorothy, (metal marker), 1928 - 1999 LYON, Joel, (metal marker), 1925 - 1980 WARD, George F., Jul 9,1940 - Jan 1, 1994 __________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Robert M. Butler ___________________________________________________________________