Wayne County, NC - Cemeteries - From the book, "Gravestone Inscriptions" Reprinted with permission of the Wayne County Historical Association and cannot be reproduced without permission. ============================================================ Find A Grave https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2165465/eureka-cemetery Eureka, N.C. City Cemetery. Number 244 on map. On route 222. Thad E. Yelverton, 2-21-1882; 9-11-1963 Mabel M. Yelverton, 9-14-1893; 1-16-1963 Lois Mayley Yelverton, 1914-1915 Charles Thomas Davis, 5-15-1906; 6-13-1955 Arville York Sauls, 2-14-1909; 4-18-1975 Henry Reeves, 5-26-1896; 5-28-1955 Tinnie G. Reeves, 6-1-1900; 8-13-1958 Homer O. Triplett, 1-31-1911; d. Rebecca M. Triplett, 12-11-1902; d. Thomas Edward Chase, 2-24-1929; 3-15-1968 John Bryant Chase, 12-16-1899; 2-11-1959 Paul Shackleford, 1-1-1907; 7-7-1968 Minnie J. Shackleford, 5-18-1903; 3-26-1968 Robert Yelverton , 4-28-1912; 7-7-1967 Zachary Wyatt Chase, 4-27-1919; 9-4-1969 George Thomas Tyndall, 5-11-1885; 9-26-1934 Susan Effie Stafford Tyndall, 8-21-1886; 2-14-1963 Herman B. Roberts, 5-3-1899; 9-16-1976 Wife, Bessie A. Roberts, 2-18-1901; 6-6-1969 William H. Smith, 9-12-1911; 3-31-1962 June Sydney Davis, 8-25-1900; 4-25-1969 Margaret Annette Davis, 12-9-1946; 10-21-1961 George E. Becton, 1893-1975. SEA 2- U.S. Navy. Thelma Edgerton Becton, 3-21-1904; 3-6-1962 Charles Vernon Sauls, 8-1-1905; 4-7-1956 John Wright Davis, 10-16-1885; 1-4-1961 Wife, Effie McDondald (sic) Davis, 9-23-1886; 9-19-1955 Kitty Lee Davis, 11-27-1901; 8-14-1963 Feddie S. Bailey, 6-13-1918; 6-23-1959 John C. Roland Darden, 6-6-1900; 9-28-1972 Wife, Irene Cornelia Darden, 2-25-1912; d. John C.R. Darden, Jr., 2-15-1935; 7-14-1955. N.C. Pvt-77 Trans-Trk Co-T.C. C.G. Forsythe, 8-29-1916; 11-30-1952 Charlotte, daughter of C.G. and Ethel Forsythe, 1952-1952 Mother, Maggie Edmondson, 1892-1952 Jack H. Tyndall, 2-2-1903; 8-15-1955 Evlyn (sic) Sauls Bogue, 9-27-1910; 2-14-1958 Carol Elizabeth Brock, born and died 5-30-1955 Ronald E. Sauls, 4-23-1914; 5-7-1954. N.C. Tec 4 Co K 342 Inf WWII BSM William E. Roberts, 9-22-1895; 9-11-1965 Wilbert Caswell Bogue, 7-29-1903; 8-3-1920 William Arthur Bogue, 6-4-1882; 7-13-1949 Hettie Davis Bogue, 11-2-1881; 7-6-1956 Cora F. Scott, wife of W.G. Darden, 7-21-1866; 5-10-1900 William G. Darden, 11-8-1857; 11-6-1955 Bettie Bailey, wife of W.G. Darden, 4-26-1870; 7-28-1931 Infant son of Zeb and Ophelia Darden, 9-21-1931 Zeb Vance Darden, 6-26-1908; 2-8-1966 Wife, Ophelia Murphey Darden, 12-22-1910; d. Warren Lavon, son of Carl and Rosa Mewborn, 1935. Our Baby, son of N.D. and Susan Minshew, 27 July, 1895. Nathan Daniel Minshew, 7-24-1856; 9-17-1916 Wife, Susan E. Overman Minshew, 3-2-1876; 3-13-1953 Robert D. Martin, 1852; 1922 Richard Edward Barnes, 2-7-1884; 9-3-1969 Wife, Emily Gertrude Barnes, 1888-1932 Daughter, Rachel Mae Barnes, 11-11-1912; 4-16-1971 Bertie Becton Person, wife of Dr. T.E. Person, 7-23-1889; 11-23-1956 Margaret Sauls, wife of R.D.S. Becton, 9-22-1864; 11-2-1965 Richard D.S. Becton, 4-18-1866; 8-16-1933 Junius Brutus Stallings, 5-20-1870; 4-4-1932 Wife, Ada Eason Stallings, 12-29-1874; 6-27-1956 Lorenza D. Minshew, 1856 - 1922 Lorenza Dow Minshew, Jr., 8-22-1890; 2-7-1961 Wife, Sallie Dawson Minshew, 11-12-1892; 4-28-1975 Oscar L. Edmondson, 9-13-1876; 7-23-1951 Wife, Ida Edmondson, 3-1874; 3-1922 Marvin G. Edmondson, 8-5-1909; 2-9-1972 Capl E. Becton, 11-9-1891; 8-4-1952 N.C. Pvt Co F 323 Inf 31 Div WWI. Wife, Amanda Davis Becton, 5-25-1891; 3-5-1963 Russell H. Mooring, 7-4-1903; 2-18-1973 Wife, Lillian D. Mooring, 3-20-1905; John Charles, son of Johnnie and Ruth Overman, 8-1-1940; 3-12-1956 Infant son of William and Maude Dawson, born and died 6-27-1924. William P. Dawson, 8-3-1896; 1-27-1956 Wife, Maude Yelverton Dawson, 10-2-1895; 2-28-1967 Kim Elizabeth Dawson, daughter of Ray and Catherine Dawson, 9-6-1957; 2-12-1966 Leonard L. Davis, 5-3-1884; 9-7-1972 Wife, Alice E. Davis, 12-19-1894; 5-11-1975 Infant daughter of Dock and Alverna Owens, 1958 - 1958 K.L. (Dock) Owens, 11-23-1918; d. Wife, Alverna D. Owens, 1-12-1921; d. Cecil Munford, 1-8-1894; 12-8-1934 Edna Earl, wife of A.H. Flowers, 1896-1918 John Richard Sauls, 1-19-1848; 10-21-1932 Wife, Sallie Gardener Sauls, 3-13-1854; 3-15-1941 Rosalie Emma Sauls, 9-22-1887; 9-2-1967 Randy Scott, son of Linwood and Nell Mooring, 1965. Jake Whitley, 8-4-1906; 1-28-1958 Wife, Lena C. Whitley, 6-10-1909; 4-13-1969 J.S. (Coon) Whitley, 7-10-1908; 12-20-1966 Wife, Pattie V. Whitley, 7-26-1917; d. J.W. Whitley, 8-27-1871; 2-17-1928 Annie Whitley, 4-7-1868; 1-20-1963 Leonard L. Davis, 4-3-1884; 8-7-1972 Della E. Davis, 12-19-1894; 4-11-1975 Addison B. Davis, 4-29-1879; 7-28-1949 Wife, Sarah D. Davis, 8-5-1889; 2-9-1971 Elmer E. Fleetwood, 8-12-1875; 12-22-1954 Elizabeth Fleetwood, 4-28-1884; 2-10-1929 W.M. Yelverton, 6-5-1857; 7-18-1939 Wife, Mary T. Yelverton, 11-13-1864; 4-12-1929 W. Ernest Yelverton, 1-24-1901; 3-6-1930. "Earth hath no sorrow, Heaven cannot Heal" Fred Teachey, 6-18-1892; 5-7-1969 Lola W. Minshew Teachy, 12-9-1878; 10-2-1949 William A. Martin, 1848 - 1931 Margaret D. Martin, 1853-1926 Samuel J. Martin, 1879-1950 Florenca A., wife of J.R. Allen, 10-18-1874; 2-6-1914 Jean Yelverton Smith, 5-19-1930; 10-9-1930 L. Jarman Smith, 3-29-1929; 7-15-1929 Abner Speight Eason, 3-14-1835; 2-10-1915 Mary Macon, daughter of S.S. and A.L. Strother, 1902-1909 William A. Martin, 1881-1935 J.S. Edwards, 10-25-1881; 7-19-1911 John Robert Yelverton, son of Robert and Missouri Yelverton, 2-27-1864; 2-2-1942 Susan Laurena Smith, wife of John Robert Yelverton, 12-6-1885; 1-13-1941 "So Long As We Love, we Serve; So Long As We Are Loved By Others We Are Indispensible; And No Man Is Useless While He Has A Friend." Joel Jacob Minshew, 7-15-1896; 4-3-1973 N.C. Pvt U.S. Army- WWI Wife, Ollie Mae Pittman Minshew, 8-11-1902; 8-20-1962 Jodie Cook, 5-8-1892; 4-24-1947 Mary Thigpen Cooke, 9-3-1898; 8-20-1959 Joseph C. Cooke, 8-12-1925; 3-30-1971 W.H. Harrell, 6-23-1904; 4-29-1963 Willie Cornelius Overman, 11-25-1888; 12-21-1970 Lillie Tyndall Overman, 8-11-1884; 11-25-1965 Fred Bradshaw, 9-30-1889; 4-23-1970 Mary Bradshaw, 12-14-1894; d. Roy Minshew, 1-7-1797; 12-1-1969 Roy Minshew, 9-24-1930; 4-5-1964. N.C. Cpl A Meds U.S.A.F. Grandmother, Bessie P. Stepps, 1897-1964 Grandson, Howard Penny, 5-13-1958; 5-28-1976 Larry Altheus Mayo, 9-9-1896; 2-27-1939 Wife, Louise Chase Mayo, 2-16-1896; 4-16-1959 Son, Garland Gray Mayo, 9-17-1939; 6-24-1955 Harley McCoy Owens, son of John Wesley Owens, and Viola Ellis Owens, 1882-1956 Bessie Coley Owens, 3-10-1890; 4-15-1952 Thomas Jordon Little, 1-12-1920; 9-20-1955 Luther E. Coley, 11-4-1892; 5-4-1934 Nancy C. Coley, 2-20-1895; 5-1-1966 Richard Bolton, 1910 - 1977 Dida Susan, daughter of Willis E. and Carrie Coley Murphey, 11-28-1948; 7-14-1965 Willis Edgar Murphey, Jr. "Dub" son of Willis E. and Carrie Cole Murphey, 1965-1972. J.F. Coley, 3-16-1870; 11-12-1926 Rachel Coley, 5-18-1871; 4-24-1918 Mack C. Carter, 9-17-1892; 4-15-1975 Wife, Lyda Coley Carter, 5-2-1900; 7-18-1960 Aaron Moore, 11-5-1938; 9-11-1972 Ernest S. Walston, 11-23-1881; 11-31-1941 Maggie P. Walston, 10-8-1888, d. Zeno Moore, 4-22-1881; 10-17-1949 Lizzie W. Moore, 7-15-1905; Miriom Howell, daughter of Ransom and Mary Anne Howell, 1950-1950 Lucinda, daughter of Zeno and Lizzie Moore, 1922-1922 Fred W. Mumford, 1886-1909 Mary A. Mumford, 1850-1918 Wiley Mumford, 1837-1904 Emma Mumford, 1872-1939 Annie L. Mumford, 1882-1935 Mack L. Lewis, 2-29-1872; 6-13-1933 Hattie V. Lewis, 2-20-1877; 7-18-1953 Donald Edward Lewis, 1936-1938 Bennie Sauls, 7-3-1891; 8-11-1958 Bettie Sauls, 10-4-1892; d. Lawrence Joseph Sauls, 11-12-1868; 3-8-1928 Annie Fisher Sauls, 1-5-1891; 9-27-1935 Susan Anne Sauls, 7-12-1873; 12-22-1928 Diana Sauls, 1949-1949 William A. Becton, 8-17-1887; 10-7-1954 Nina Arrington, wife of Willia A. Becton, 2-8-1897; 6-16-1931 Luther E. Bass, 11-13-1912; 9-28-1971 Nannie C. Bass, 12-18-1916 Infant son of W.A. and Mina Becton, 6-21-1931 Owen Edmundson, 9-30-1915; 4-24-1970 Octavia Edmundson, 8-18-1914; d. Christopher Bruce Thomas, 1966-1966 John Radford, 8-11-1921; 1-2-1975 Pauline C. Radford, 9-20-1921; d. Rudolph A. Pender, 11-13-1940; 9-12-1965. N.C. Pfc-253 Trans Det. Jack Bailey, 1919-1975. SSGT U.S. Army. Bessie Mae Lewis, 1-8-1908; 11-11-1974 Charlie Ransom Howell, 12-26-1913; 3-5-1974 Mary Anne Howell, 7-15-1921; d. A.P. Moore, 1929-1975. T.S.G.T.-U.S. Air Force. Charles Edmundson, 9-2-1915; 6-20-1974. Pvt U.S. Army William T. Baker, 4-4-1932; 7-6-1972 N.F. (Judge) Davis, 4-5-1886; 9-29-1968 Lillie Smith Davis, 11-4-1894; 4-12-1974 Henry C. Bass,Jr., 4-21-1917; 10-23-1973. N.C. Pfc - U.S. Army-WWII. Mary E. Head, wife of J.H. Vanderford, 4-24-1898; 4-8-1969 Lonnie Robert Kearney, 11-14-1908; 5-9-1967 Bessie Carlile Kearney, 11-1-1912; d. Earl Minshew, 8-25-1926; 4-10-1976 Alese S. Minshew, 5-29-1929; d. M.H. Hinnant, 11-29-1897; 8-4-1948 Earl Lee Rowe, 2-24-1938; 6-2-1941 Lorris Etta Rowe, 6-25-1943; 7-24-1943 Mary Etta, wife of Robert Rowe, 11-25-1919; 3-6-1941 James Perry Coley, 8-8-1887; 12-7-1955 Jennette M. Day, 8-4-1870; 1-4-1958 Rev Herman T. Coley, 6-18-1913; 8-18-1940 John E. Hales, 8-3-1862; 1-27-1934 Bittie Hales, 7-27-1863; 4-5-1946 Martha Bass Hines, 7-14-1909; 6-30-1968 J.R. Bass, 2-3-1869; 8-23-1937 Sarah J. Bass, 10-18-1865; 3-29-1951 Minnie Bass, 10-17-1882; 8-5-1938 Henry C. Bass, 5-18-1880; 1-14-1950 Joe C. Cooke, 1863 - 1917 Pernecy W. Cook, 1863 - 1944 Xilphia Ada Wiggs, 9-30-1890; 5-24-1931 William L. Wiggs, 10-25-1911; 12-1-1933 Council E. Davis, son of C.A. and N.L. Davis, 10-27-1900; 6-27-1921 Charlie A. Davis, 6-17-1871; 10-17-1929 Nora D. Davis, 12-1-1878; 3-2-1931 Thomas Franklin Jones, 1856 - 1930 Mrs. C.A. Jones, wife of T.F. Jones, 8-1864; 3-8-1916 Jesse Becton, 7-2-1897; 2-13-1963 Theodore R. Bass, 3-11-1904; 1-24-1956 Martha J. Bass, 3-11-1906. 3 infant stones. Luby Richard Jones, 8-11-1886; 8-15-1961 G.E. "Jake" Yelverton, 8-6-1879; 11-21-1967 Wife, G.E. Yelverton, 7-24-1889; 2-23-1950 Linwood Yelverton, died 1-22-1977. No other date. K.C. Hinnant, 10-24-1871; 5-7-1912 Wife, Louisa Hinnant, 3-17-1874; 6-22-1933 J.E. West, 8-1-1875; 9-8-1936 Wife, Mary Bailey West, 4-8-1882; 1-30-1942 2 infants. Emma Sauls, wife of A.D. Bradshaw, 9-30-1865; 12-18-1948 Andrew Jackson Scott, 9-30-1891; 3-5-1959 Wife, Bertie Bradshaw Scott, 5-30-1896; 3-12-1976 Lou Bass, 3-1857; 4-1935 William D. West, 11-8-1876; 6-3-1924 Offie Bass West, 7-17-1882; 3-9-1971 Bonnie L. Wetherington, 4-8-1880; 10-27-1971 Wife, Bettie Smith, 6-20-1883; 1-14-1954 Doris S. Witherington, 6-27-1913; 4-25-1926 John Gay Rowe, 6-22-1925; 4-19-1945. N.C. Pfc 29 Marines 6 Div - WWII Luke Ellis Woodle, 7-14-1882; 8-23-1941 Maggie 0. Woodle, 1-6-1890; 1-7-1966 Roscoe Bass, 6-14-1900; 7-2-1970 Johnnie M. Bass, 8-23-1899; 11-14-1954 Robert Lee Bass, 3-17-1928; 11-15-1937 Nannie R. Yelverton, 9-12-1922; 7-4-1925 James R. Yelverton, 2-4-1907; 8-27-1925 George W. Yelverton, 10-26-1876; 9-4-1925 Ida V. Yelverton, 2-20-1877; 1-21-1935 George L. Yelverton, 9-12-1908; 3-9-1930 Infant of Ruth and Paul Yelverton, 1940. Ida V. Yelverton, 3-24-1901; 6-12-1902 Sallie D. Yelverton, 8-5-1905; 7-3-1966 R. Rudolph Cooke, 8-22-1917; 6-4-1961 Ernest Cooke, 10-11-1889; 9-3-1953 Davie Cook, 4-22-1896; Son, Morris H. Cooke, 1921 - 1924 Henry S. Smith, 1884 - 1940 Mattie D. Smith, 1890 - 1968 Jessie Ray Smith, 1928 - 1939 Walter D. Smith, 1919 - 1931 Margie E. Smith, 5-24-1921; 9-15-1921. One infant. William P. Dawson, 8-28-1849; 8-14-1915 Wife, Ellen J. Dawson, 1859 - 1915 Daughter, Gladys Marcell Dawson, 12-26-1928; 2-7-1929 John C. Dawson, Sr., 4-12-1896; 6-8-1961 Mamie Jinkins Dawson, 5-23-1906; 6-27-1958 Myrtie Goff Dawson, 4-30-1900; 4-9-1923 Sallie, wife of James Edmondson, died July 23, 1913 Reddon Outland, died 9-1-1924, age 67 years 8 months Mary Susan Outland, 4-8-1861; 1-25-1942 Ben Bass, 8-5-1879; 11-9-1918 Maryon Elizabeth Darden, 2-11-1848; 2-25-1936 George Dinkins, 4-15-1878; 12-26-1937 Wife, Dora Darden Dinkins, 7-13-1879; 3-21-1956 Romulus E. Chase, 1868 - 1925 Wife, Ora Overman Chase, 3-15-1869; 11-30-1943 Leon Edward Chase, 3-5-1908; 12-3-1932 S.C. Chase, 12-22-1842; 3-1-1919 Wife, Louisa Chase, 1842 - 1923 R.H. Chase, 12-19-1892; 7-30-1946 Lula M. Chase, 10-3-1897; 12-1-1961 Charity, wife of D.H. Taylor, 1837; 10-24-1914 Mary E. Rowe, wife of J.C. Rowe, 2-8-1880; 4-11-1919 Daughter, Nina Rowe, 9-8-1904; 1-5-1914 Oscar Dawson, 4-14-1886; 6-4-1966 Wife, Carey C. Dawson, 11-8-1891; 4-22-1925 Son, William P. Dawson, 7-27-1917; 1-15-1919 Kate C. Taylor, 6-16-1864; 5-9-1947 Jesse McDonald, 7-12-1889; 7-29-1963 Mary Mumford McDonald, 1-18-1899; 10-24-1974 Clifton W. Bass, 8-30-1937; 12-27-1937 Charlie Bass, 7-20-1891; 7-20-1959 Bobbie Lee Williams, born and died 10-27-1971 Fallion Gene Williams, 7-16-1975; 11-2-1975 Mary Bass Ham, 3-3-1893; 1-2-1967 Paul L. Yelverton, 10-12-1898; 2-10-1970 Ruth W. Yelverton, 4-13-1915; Nathan Julius Darden, 7-6-1895; 9-11-1943. N.C. Pfc 332 Tnk 81 Div Frank Pender, 6-18-1893; 5-11-1949 John Henry Davis, 6-16-1898; 11-17-1957 Siddie Howell Davis, 9-27-1913; d. Anna Futrell, 5-14-1939; 12-3-1943 Ann Frances Futrell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Esper Futrell, 5-14-1914; 5-19-1948 Leaston Edward Walston, 5-27-1931; 2-25-1954. N.C. Pfc 30 Inf Leon Ray Walston, 5-10-1935; 12-20-1946 Leon Harney Walston, 1-2-1907; 6-30-1946 Carl E. Sauls, 3-23-1907; 3-26-1973. N.C. Pfc Btry C 13 FA-Bn WWII George B. Sauls, 7-4-1909; 4-24-1963. N.C. Tec 86 Mecz Cal Recon Sq WWII Bailey Moore Davis, 8-27-1904; 4-24-1963 Boyce J. Moore, 1-11-1901; 8-10-1956 Elizabeth M. Moore, "Bet", 6-15-1866; 7-22-1940 Robert Carl Chase, 2-12-1901; 11-1-1933 Luther J. Reeves, 11-12-1917; 9-8-1947 Elizabeth E. Reeves, 8-11-1892; 1-16-1975 Effie S. Bass, 11-11-1892; 1-16-1975 Tom Dawson Smith, Pfc U.S. Army, WWII. 1912 - 1976 Thomas F. Murray, 9-1-1908; 9-8-1971 Lillian T. Murray, 9-26-1912; d. William Don Crawford, 1-17-1938; 3-13-1968. N.C. Spc Co-D 6-Inf 198 BOE Vietnam Jodie Nicole Woodard, 7-25-1976 Jimmie Clarence Varnell, 5-21-1905; 3-2-1967 Emma Howell, 3-13-1912; d. Virginia Langston Hinson, 3-16-1930; 2-12-1969. ============================================================ 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. The 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, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. 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