Watauga County, NC - Hopewell Methodist Cemetery

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This is a partial list (107) of those buried at Hopewell Methodist 
Cemetery in the Riddles Fork, Meat Camp section of Watauga County, NC. 

The markers may not be marked exactly as I have them here.  Some are 
members of my own family and I have included full names and
dates from my personal records.  I have also added some of the wives 
maiden names that I knew of.

Adams, Alice Norris
(First wife of George Willett Adams)
Died before Oct 1901

Adams, George Willett
(For some reason his stone says "Willett S."
I don't know why because his name was "George Willett"
If the "S" is correct, I would assume that to stand for "Smith"
September 25, 1876 - August 29, 1927

Anderson, Charlotte Juanita Miller
(Daughter of Charles W. and Juanita C. Miller)
October 15, 1943 - July 14, 1991

Blackburn, Cynthia
Wife of
June C. Brookshire
March 11, 1882 - August 25, 1920

Blackburn, Mary
Wife of W. W. Blackburn
1850 - 1900

Brookshire, Howard
(Metal sign, no dates)

Bro (okshire?) Ibry Leonard
(Whole stone wasn't visible in picture)
April 25, 1914 - June 8, 1999

Brookshire, June C.
(Husband of Cynthia Blackburn Brookshire)
August 18, 1869 - July 14, 1950

Cole (Greene, Davis), Allie Belle Adams
(Daughter of Willette Adams and Bessie Eggers Adams)
(Wife of Stanford Jonathan Cole)
November 25, 1903 - May 9, 1970

Cole, Alvin Joshua
(Son of Lorenzo Dow and Martha Angeline Miller Cole)
1879 - 1964

Cole, Bessie May
Daughter of L. D. & M. A. Cole
Born September 22, 1885 - ______ 12, 1905

Cole, Bina Verlee
(Daughter of Alvin Joshua and Emma Leantha McGuire Cole)
February 11, 1919 - (infant)

Cole, Stanford Jonathan
(Son of Alvin Joshua and Emma Leantha McGuire Cole
and Husband of Allie Belle Adams Cole)
October 9, 1903 - June 17, 1951

Cole, Emma Leantha McGuire
(Wife of Alvin Joshua Cole)
July 25, 1882 - June 27, 1956

Cole, Geneva Bina
(Daughter of Stanford Jonathan & Allie Belle Adams Cole)
January 14, 1929 - July 18, 1929

Cole, Lorenzo Dow Rev.
March 21, 1843 - September 16, 1919

Cole, Martha Angeline Miller
(Wife of Lorenzo Dow Cole)
June 3, 1851 - January 2, 1928

Cole, Thomas
(Son of Alvin Joshua and Emma Leantha McGuire Cole)
August 6, 1901 - July 8, 1902

Davis, Nancy Inez
(Wife of Will S.)
1878 - 1956

Davis, Ron
(husband of ______) (Not visible in picture)
July 30, 1896 - March 9, 1978

Davis, Will S.
(Husband of Nancy Inez Davis)
1877 - 1940

Davis, Wm. (William) S.
Past Master Elk Lodge F 8 A. M. N. C.
(Stone has the Mason emblem)
July 24, 1882 - July 14, 1917

Greene, Belle L.(Lookabill)
(Wife of Richard A. Greene)
May 30, 1893 - December 13, 1989

Greene, Dustin __.
July, 8, 1959 - October 25, 1993

Greene, Richard A.
(Husband of Belle L. Greene)
August 9, 1885 - July 20 1972

Holman, Clifton Kent
Son of Clifton & Virgie Holman
(has a photo of Clifton) (Clifton was hit by a school bus)
November 1, 1938 - October 7, 1947
Darling We Mill Thee

Hopkins, Lillian Miller
May 24 1877 - October 30, 1973

Kraft, Martha W.
(Wife of Samuel H. Jr.)
_____ 1926 (full date not visible in picture)

Kraft, Samuel H. Jr.
(Husband of Martha W. Kraft)
October 25, 1925 - (date not visible in picture)

Lewis, Adolphus W.
(Husband of Sarah J. Lewis)
May 10, 2870 - January 30, 1932

Lewis, Blanche
Daughter of A. W. & Sarah Lewis
June 17, 1915 - June 18, 1915

Lewis, Infant
(Daughter of Don & Maude Lewis)
August 1950

Lewis, Mary Alice
(Wife of  ______) (complete stone not visible in picture)
July 25, 1901 - January 6, 1997

Lewis, Maude M.
(Wife of Don Lewis)
(This is a double stone, I would assume that the other
half has Don's information)
May __, 1914 - July _, ____ (dates not clear on picture)

Lewis, Roy
(Husband of Wilma Lewis)
March 24, 1920 - May 1_, 200

Lewis, Sarah J. (Winebarger?)
(Wife of Adolphus W. Lewis)
September 19, 1877 - December 29, 1923

Lewis, Wilma
(Wife of Roy Lewis)
January 17, ____ - (Living?)

Lewis, Wilma
(Daughter of Don & Maude Lewis)
March 20, 1943 - April 13, 1943

Lookabill, Bertha Edna
(Shared a stone with Virginia Ruth Lookabill)
August 26, 1916 - August 8, 1918

Lookabill, Ben F.
(Stone has Photograph)
July 2, 1921 - March 21, 1945
12 th Armored Division

Lookabill, George W.
(Husband of Zora R. Lookabill?)
March 25, 1881 - December 28, 1964

Lookabill, H. Reece
(husband of Pearl)
1887 - 1978

Lookabill, Pearl R.
(Wife of H. Reece)
1891 - 1971

Lookabill, Virginia Ruth
(Shared a stone with Bertha Edna Lookabill)
December 5, 1912 - January 16, 1913

Lookabill, Zora R.
(Wife of George W. Lookabill?)
July 24, 1891 - August 21, 1977

Main, Robert Lee
November 23, 1946 - May 10, 1947

McFadden, Elizabeth Miller
1890 - 1919

McLauchlin, Eileen
(Dates not visible on picture)

Miller, Ada Catherine Winebarger
(Wife of Joseph Harrison Miller)
April 21, 1889 - April 10, 1961

Miler, Bessie M.
(Wife of George J. L. Miller)
June 25, 1901 - September 4, 1963

Miller, Charles Keith
(Son of Charles Charles W. and Juanita C. Miller)
January 21, 1945 - September 15, 1968

Miller, Charles Worley
(Son of Joseph Harrison and Ada Catherine Winebarger Miller
and Husband of Gladys Juanita Cole Miller)
May 12, 1919 - May 29, 1982

Miller, Edgar W.
(Son of J. B. & M. E. Miller)
Born February 1, 1888 - Died January 16, 1900

Miller, Ephriam N.
(Husband of Nancy W. Miller)
1848 - 1926

Miller, Gladys Juanita Cole
(Daughter of Stanford Jonathan and Allie Belle Adams Cole
& Wife of Charles W. Miller)
January 12, 1924 - July 26, 1996

Miller, George J. L.
(Husband of Bessie M. Miller)
July 28, 1887 - April 19, 1939

Miller, Helen Blanch Proffitt
(Daughter of Henry Proffitt & Wife of Ulys Earl Miller)
February 27, 1914 - November 5 1994

Miller, Jonathan B.
May 11, 1841 - December 18, 1914

Miller, Joseph Harrison
(husband of Ada Catherine Winebarger Miller)
December 13, 1881 - December 30, 1995

Miller, Mark Jonathan
(Son of Charles Charles W. and Juanita C. Miller)
May 26, 1963 - January 10, 1992

Miller, Mary C 
Mother
(Was next to marker of Jonathan B. Miller)
July 8, 1849 - May 24, 1932

Miller, Nancy W.
(Wife of Ephriam N. Miller)
1856 - 1894

Miller, Ulys Earl
(Husband of Helen Blanch Proffit Miller &
Son of Joe and Ada Miller)
March 18, 1909 - Janyary 3, 2001

Miller, William C.
Septeber 28, 1960 - July 26, 1989

Moretz, Alice H.
(Double stone.  Rest not visible in picture)
1878 - 1976

Moretz, Rebecca M.
(Wife of Willet H. Moretz)
March 31, 1901 - April 19, 1988

Moretz, Willet H.
(Husband of Rebecca M.)
June 5, 1899 - June 16, 1982

Norris, Bynum L.
(Husband of Sarah I. Norris)
March 27, 1895 - March 12 1972

Norris, Henry Clay
Son of Mr. & Mrs. B. L. Norris
January 12, 1923 - July 5, 1924

Norris, Martha (Mattie) Seatz
(Wife of Troy T. Norris)
Wed Sept 17, 1919
June 7, 1895 - July 1, 1978

Norris, Mary
Wife of _____ (far picture, unclear)
Ma_ 25, 1883 - March 5, 1922

Norris, Sarah I.
(Wife of Bynum L. Norris)
February 13, 1897 - October 1, 1972

Norris, Troy T.
(Husband of Martha [Mattie] Seatz Norris)
Wed Sept 17, 1919
August 17, 1896 - January 28, 1982

Norris, Victoria
Wife of ______ (Stone not fully visible in picture)
1873 - 1954

Pennell, George L.
(Husband of Patsy N. Pennell)
June 26, 1931 - (still living?)

Pennell, Patsy N.
(Wife of George L. Pennell)
May 3, 1938 - (still living?)

Phillips, Charlie
April 14, 1910 - December 22, 1988

Phillips, Verna Dare
October 16, 1920 - August 17, 1966

Proffitt, Henry H.
(Husband of Mae M. Proffit)
1888 - 1961

Proffitt, Mae M.
(Wife of Henry Proffitt)
1891, 1978

Grace May Ragan
May 2, 1931 - April 6, 1961

Ragan, Isoline Davis
Wife of J. S. Ragan
Born September 4, 1859 - Died May 12 1937
Age 77 years, 9 months 8 days

Ragan, Lewis Franklin
(Husband of Nancy Lousia Ragan)
October 20, 1869 - December 31, 1954

Ragan, Nancy Louisa
(Wife of Lewis Franklin Ragan)
April 24, 1874 - December 26, 1949

Reece, Coy Gene
1931 - 1987

South, Alex
(Husband of Larna South)
March 2, 1900 - April 1, 1981

South, Larna
(Wife of Alex South)
August 12, 1899 - December 19, 1985

Stephens, Biddie Lunnah
(Wife of Millard H. Stephens)
March 23 1898 - November 11, 1951

Stephens, Millard H.
(Husband of Biddie Lunnah)
May 9, 1891 - December 16, 1966

Tugman, Anzonette
January 11, 1857 - July 6, 1939

Tugman, Benjamin Franklin
(Double stone - Caroline Tugman Waters)
December 15, 1845 - Jan 4, 1900

Tugman, Essie L
Wife of T. J. Tugman
June 20, 1894 - July 31, 1955

Tugman, Goldie I.
Wife of T. J. Tugman
January 2, 18_8 - ____ 24, 1910
Age 1_ Years, 8 Months & 22 Days

Tugman, Margaret D. (Davis)
(Wife of S. Grady Tugman)
1899 - 1979

Tugman, Marshall E.
Husband of Naomi C. Tugman
July 18, 1865 - August 7 1931

Tugman, Naomi  (Aunt Omi) C.
(Wife of Marshall E. Tugman)
July 12, 1870 - December 26, 1967

Tugman, S. Grady
Husband of Margaret D.
1894 - 1964

Tugman, Thomas J.
March 5, 1881 - July 29, 1924

Tugman, Thomas J.
(Husband of Essie L.)
April 3, 1892 - January 14, 1976

Waters, Caroline Tugman
(Double stone - Benjamin Franklin Tugman)
March 22, 1852 - January 29, 1936

Winebarger, Albert L
Husband of Lucy G.
October 9, 1905 - October 23, 1947

Woodring, Charlie _
(I believe this is husband of Ethyl)

Winebarger, Lucy G.
(Wife of Albert L. Winebarger)
Janyary 22, 1913 -

Winebarger, Walter _____ (Wayne?)
1850 - 1931
 
Woodring, Kimberly Suzette
(Daughter of Larry & Sue Woodring)
February 5, 1972

Woodring, Loyd W.
June 12, 19__
(Rest of stone not visible in picture.)

Woodring, Smith A.
October 20, 1865 - March 8, 1950

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