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/1979822/fremont-city-cemetery Cemetery number 421 is located in the town of Fremont, N.C. Minnie, wife of William Hooks, b. 4 Jan., 1867, d. 13 April, 1922 Amie Peacock, b. 14 Dec., 1863, d. 22 April, 1937 O.B. Peacock, b. 29 March, 1901, d. 9 Dec., 1923 Essie G. Peacock, b. 28 Jan., 1899, d. 3 Dec., 1918 Levi Pope, b. 16 Feb., 1852, d. 18 Nov., 1917 Mollie, wife of Levi Pope, b. 14 Sept., 1856, d. 30 April, 1938 Sidney W. Pope, b. 26 Jan., 1874, d. 10 July, 1914 Alice J. Shallington, wife of Sidney Pope, b. 16 Aug., 1872, d. 13 July, 1938 W.E. Yelverton, b. 31 Oct., 1842, d. 22 March, 1915 Margaret M., wife of W.E. Yelverton, b. 13 Dec., 1845, d. 18 July, 1913 John L. Yelverton, b. 5 Sept., 1868, d. 10 Jan., 1918 T.B. Yelverton, b. 27 July, 1882, d. 7 April, 1940 Albert Lloyd Yelverton, b. 27 April,1879, d. 26 May, 1962 Jessie Gray Yelverton, b. 7 Sept., 1870, d. 31 Dec., 1948 Ethel Walsh Yelverton, b. 22 July, 1883, d. 18 Nov., 1963 Edgar B. Yelverton, 1875 - 1928. Theophilius Calhoun Hill, b. 11 Aug., 1861, d. 31 Oct., 1937 Emma Yelverton Hill, b. 12 Aug., 1868, d. 2 Feb., 1958 Matthew T. Johnston, b. 7 June, 1841, d. 8 May, 1915 Sarah C. Johnston, b. 14 Aug., 1851, d. 29 Jan., 1921 Nancy C. Yelverton, b. 27 April, 1855, d. 21 Aug., 1929 Larry Newsome, b. 14 June, 1808, d. 14 Oct., 1881 Elizabeth Newsome, b. 15 Jan., 1822, d. 29 May, 1910 Jessie Louise, daughter of Frank L. and Serena A. Peacock, b. 28 Feb., 1905, d. 1906. Frank Lee Peacock, b. 8 Dec., 1874, d. 8 Sept., 1959 W.G. Smith, b. 20 Oct., 1856, d. 1 June, 1928 Mollie L. Smith, b. 14 April, 1861, d. 13 June, 1916 William B. Smith, M.D., b. 19 Sept., 1905. d. 22 March, 1943 S. Cooper Smith, b. 18 June, 1901, d. 15 Nov., 1954. Robert B. Hooks, b. 12 May, 1882, d. 3 Sept., 1963 Salvie B. Hooks, b. 12 Jan., 1885, d. 23 April, 1949. William Bryant, 1827 - 1915 Mattie Becton Peacock, b. 23 Dec., 1863, d. 19 Nov., 1930 Sally Bryant, b. 21 Sept., 1827, d. 3 July, 1912 Wyatt M. Barnes, b. 8 June, 1857, d. 22 March, 1924 Anne, wife of Wyatt M. Barnes, b. 22 Feb., 1862, d. 16 April, 1907 Gabriel S. Barnes, b. 24 Oct, 1887, d. 14 May, 1928 Jacob G. Hooks, b. 8 Oct., 1848, d. 22 July, 1874 Charity Frances, wife of J.G. Hooks, b. 5 April, 1849, d. 7 Nov., 1904 Patience Smith, b. 2 Dec., 1825, d. 17 Nov., 1904 Joanna Wiggs, b. 11 July, 1846, d. 31 March, 1922 Jennie Udora Wiggs, b. 25 Oct., 1873, d. 8 Oct., 1960 Charles F. Wiggs, b. 12 April, 1878, d. 10 March, 1945 Martha J. Thompson, b. 2 Feb., 1839, d. 18 Dec., 1913 Jane C. Smith, b. 26 Aug., 1897, d. 23 July, 1949 Eva Hooks, b. 29 Nov., 1899, d. Nellie Rose, wife of Walter L. Smith, b. 9 Dec., 1877, d. 30 Jan., 1912 Walter Smith, b. 1876 - 1942 James Clifton Peacock, b. 16 Nov., 1890, d. 12 March, 1953 Ida Mae Peacock, b. 29 Dec., 1892, d. 17 Aug., 1951 George W. Perkins, b. 1859 - 1942 Wife, Nancy Ida Perkins, 1866 - 1949 Son, Emmons Delois Perkins, 1895 - 1909 Mariah Smith, 1833 - 1911 J.E. Smith, 1865 - 1934 Frances Lee, wife of John Ed Smith, 1864 - 1904 Lillie, wife of J.E. Smith, 1890 - 1916 Maude Lee Smith, wife of William O. Flye, 1895 - 1942 Benjamin Franklin, son of J.E. and Lillie N. Smith, 1912 - 1921 T.R. Hooks, b. 27 April, 1850, d. 4 June, 1916 Wife, Minnie Hooks, b. 27 June, 1869, d. 8 Aug., 1954 Franklin H. Hooks, b. 1857 - 1936 Cora Watson Hooks, 1873 - 1901. Henry Smith, 1829 - 1894 (father) Elizabeth Smith, 1830 - 1900 (mother) Lou Smith, 1835 - 1906 Fennel Smith, 1855 - 1911 Malvina G., wife of Henry Gallihan, 1851 - 1899 Toy Gallahan, 1860 - 1904 (sec wife) William R. Hooks, 1851 - 1913 Jonathan T. Hooks, 1855 - 1924 Neta Hooks, 1890 - 1932 J.T. Hooks, 1888 - 1915 Sarah Copeland, wife of W.R. Hooks, 1872 - 1928 Lina Simmons, wife of W.R. Hooks, 1861 - 1900 Wright Edmondson, 1828 - 1895 Martha E. Edmondson, 1837 - 1917 John Edmondson, 1869 - 1913 Richard Joseph Edmundson, 1875 - 1948 Ella Aycock, 1881 - 1917 Zadoc D. Mumford, 1860 - 1910 Jeneva E. Mumford, 1867 - 1949 Robert Edward Winborn, 1865 - 1933 Lou Katie Davis, 1868 - 1933 Zachary R. Winborn, 1892 - 1946 Annie Davis Winborn, 1898 - 1960 Neta Mae Wiggs, wife of Leslie Mumford, 20 June, 1901, d. 28 Feb., 1928 M. Lomax Mumford, 1923 - 1957 Eugene F. Wiggs, 1909 - 1938 Dida Davis Wiggs, 1900 - 1944 Sallie Barnes, wife of Kirby Wiggs, 1877 - 1957 Kirby E. Wiggs, 1875 - 1923 Wade H. Peacock, 186 - 1943 Maidie Jane Peacock, 1882 - 1935 Charlotte, wife of Nathan Odom, 1845 - 1915 Nathan Odum, 1835 - 1911. T.N. Wiggs, 1846 - 1899 Harriett M. Wiggs, 1846 - 1914 Ezekial T. Davis, b. 5 April, 1866, d. 5 Dec., 1946 Mamie Wiggs, wife of E.T. Davis, 1878 - 1918 Oscar V. Wiggs, 1874 - 1933 Willie E. Bass, niece of James M. Barnes, b. 9 Nov.. 1876, d. 28 Aug., 1934 James E. Barnes, b. Sept., 1829, d. Sept., 1898 Wife, Susan A. Barnes, b. March, 1832, d. Sept., 1895 John William Morris, b. 10 Feb., 1868, d. 22 Sept., 1929 Wife, Fannie Jones, b. 3 Jan., 1875, d. 27 Aug., 1946 E.F. Jones, b. 20 Sept., 1870. d. 1912 Elizabeth Edwina, daughter of E.F. and Sarah Jones, 1912 - 1912 J.J. Jones died 28 June, 1912, age 68 yrs. Celia M., wife of J.J. Jones, 1846 - 1921 Minnie Minor, 1869 - 1957 FRONT SECTION OF THE NEW PART OF THE CEMETERY: John Ed Smith, 4-23-1901; 8-10-1977 Martha Edmondson Smith, 12-2-1914; Ada Wilkins, wife of Jacob Coley, 5-23-1905; 12-22-1973 Herman Willis Peele, 12-21-1896; 6-6-1970 Bessie P. Peele, 10-10-1901; 12-20-1973 Leonard L. Carter, 9-25-1887; 12-22-1965 Lela H. Carter, 8-5-1896; 3-7-1969 Eloise Carter, 10-31-1921; 1-13-1966 Paul N. Hoffman, 1-7-1897; 5-18-1971 J. Ervin Jernigan, 11-12-1919; 5-27-1974 Gattis Daford Price, 4-27-1917; 7-7-1977 Tec 4 U.S. Army WWII. Katie Jernigan Price, 1-26-1916; Luby L. Windham, 6-8-1908; 12-9-1964 Tessie H. Windham, 9-10-1911; 2-15-1978 Lester "Dick" Windham, 8-10-1931; 2-3-1967 Gerald Windham, 10-28-1950; 11-12-1971. N.C. SP 4 U.S. Army Vietnam. Zachary T. Capps, 11-16-1908; 5-11-1965. N.C. PFC Co B. 60 Inf WWII BSM. Irene B. Capps, 4-10-1912; Estelle Briston Fulghum, 11-3-1906; 4-1-1971 Etta K. Futrelle, 11-4-1914; 9-18-1973 Jesse Leon Smith, 8-31-1929; 12-28-1977 SSGT U.S. Air Force Korea. Ronnie Carl Smith, 6-13-1955; 11-25-1972 Jeffrey E. Walker, son of Eugene and Faye Walker, 4-12-1963; 1-27-1969 Thomas F. Mozingo, 11-2-1898; 11-6-1966 Mattie G. Mozingo, 11-4-1898; 1-20-1972 Phillip Gene Yelverton, 7-15-1947; 2-25-1967 William Harvey Hooks, (Billy), 5-8-1945; 12-1-1966 William Harvey Hooks, Sr., 6-29-1889; 12-5-1977 Ethel Smith Hooks, 11-30-1889; 11-3-1975 Winnie Boswell, 5-7-1915; Woodrow Boswell, 12-13-1913; Hugh Powell Jenkins, Jr., 1921 - 1971 Nettie Davis Barnes, 8-21-1893; 8-23-1974 William McKinly Green, 6-22-1896; 11-19-1973 Dona Mae Green, 6-2-1967; Hugh Anthony Evans, 8-19-1889; 3-24-1977 Elizabeth Powell Evans, 7-14-1887 Hugh Paul Evans, 8-2-1921; 1-14-1922. (Son) Eva Belle Evans, 10-24-1919; 5-7-1921. Mary G. Ezzelle, wife of John Vick Mooring, 9-1-1899; 1-13-1974 Eugene Miles Jackson, 9-30-1929; 9-10-1977. SR U.S. Navy Korea. Ola Williamson, 10-10-1930; 11-27-1966 W. Clarence Barnes, 8-1-1900; Mary Alma Barnes, 6-19-1904; Virginia Hill, wife of G.M. Holbrook, 4-21-1922; 3-1-1944 E. Frank Hill, died 11-22-1946; aged 52 years. Nealie B. Hill, died 2-26-1973; aged 74 years Iris Edmundson, 3-31-1905; 11-5-1973 Willie Ernest Hooks, 12-11-1897; 12-17-1965 Alberta Parrish, 4-24-1918; 6-8-1972 Mary Etta Parrish, 8-3-1913; 4-1-1972 Andrew Parrish, 8-1-1912; 6-15-1969 Michael Thomas Howell, son of H. and Annette Howell, 3-20-1961; 4-24-1962 Julia Annette Howell, 6-30-1937; 3-6-1973 Christopher Glenn Aycock, 10-16-1911; 11-15-1974 Joe S. Wooten, 6-17-1882; 6-9-1959 Lillie F. Wooten, 4-23-1891; 8-1965 Wade Hampton Owens, 6-21-1899; 3-20-1978 Irene Smith Owens, 12-6-1908; 5-31-1972 Dennis Proctor, 10-16-1924; 12-9-1964. N.C. PFC QM Depot Seg Co WWII. Silas A. Lane, 1-12-1907; 6-30-1972 Emma F. Lane, 6-8-1901; 11-26-1973 Dock I. Lane, 12-13-1911; Louetta F. Lane, 5-25-1907; Raymond R. Pender, 6-20-1926; 7-1963 Bud Ernest Summerlin, 9-24-1890; 2-9-1963 Maggie Sutton Summerlin, 11-1-1894; Reginald D. Peacock, 2-21-1928; 4-3-1968 N.C. PFC Army Johnnie Waddell, 1919 - 1975. PFC U.S. Army Chester O. Bass, 12-20-1921; 10-3-1972. N.C. S. Sgt - U.S. Army WWTI. Ruby M. Bass, 1-10-1929; John R. Gurly, 11-22-1924; 8-14-1978. U.S. Army WWII. Henry Junius Ivey, 10-4-1914; 1-17-1977 Margaret Marie Ivey, 11-20-1919; Edward Randolph Broughton, 2-17-1914; Mary Ivey Broughton, 8-7-1922; James E. Ivey, 11-6-1917; Myrtle P. Ivey, 5-18-1921; Luther P. Proctor, 10-26-1895; 12-18-1977 Clyde V. Proctor, 4-2-1901; 7-29-1964 Stephen Glover, died 9-9-1979 Warren H. Griffin, 3-7-1921; 10-27-1978 PFC U.S. Army WWII Louis M. Griffin, 11-19-1924; George Norman Bradshaw, Sr., 9-1-1911; Alice Aycock, 8-10-1913; 5-12-1976 Lena Aycock Outland, 11-2-1902; Nathan Lemly Outland, 6-25-1900; 1-16-1960 Clem Becton Flowers, 9-28-1893; 1-29-1978 Norcie W. Flowers, 1896 - Zelda Smith Davis, 7-21-1901; 8-25-1960 Bunn Omega Davis, 2-18-1891; 3-22-1965 N.C. Pvt Co H 120 Inf WWI PH Hugh Lewis, 7-16-1907; 9-19-1959 Manie F. Gurley, 11-29-1888; 8-10-1965 Forest C. Gurley, 11-21-1880; 5-24-1960 William Norman Yelverton, 9-16-1916; 8-4-1955 Harvey LeRoy Whitley, 2-24-1898; 3-14-1960 Burt V. Lewis, 8-3-1903; 9-25-1959 Gertrude Marlowe Benton, died 12-20-1979 2 year old son of Martha W. and Burton D. Smith, died 1961. Braxton Ibert Smith, 7-20-1899; 11-27-1976 Josephine Davis Smith, 3-4-1901; 5-31-1970 John Q. Madray, 11-12-1918; 10-24-1960 Infant daughter of LeRoy and Eunice Mooring, died 1945 Marcellus "Tobe" Mooring, 11-29-1899; 7-20-1976 Bertie Blow, wife of Marcellus "Tobe" Mooring, 10-6-1906; 12-27-1960 Sidney Parks Davis, 1-5-1915; 12-10-1970. N.C. Sgt 1076 Base Unit AAF WWII Bennett and Flonie Barnes. No dates. James Barden Lewis, 10-11-1898; 4-30-1960 Lillian M. Lewis, wife of J.B. Lewis, 10-3-1901; 6-21-1971 Charles Staton Davis, 2-16-1879; 8-27-1967 Celia Elizabeth Davis, 11-15-1888; 5-7-1967 Baby Saus, 1943 Benjamin Franklin Bogue, 6-2-1894; 5-23-1961 R. Edward Davis, 12-8-1894; 10-31-1961 Clifton Sorrell, 5-6-1910; 8-1-1961 Mrs Naomi Gurley Fields, died 6-2-1970; aged 58 years. Born 12-31-1911. John H. Fields, 6-16-1919; Mary Best Bass, 8-18-1920; Oscar Bass, 2-24-1920; 9-28-1975. PFC U.S. Army - WWII. Lizzie Bass Sheeban, 3-1-1904 Neida Brinn Books, 1-15-1895; 1-30-1973 James Reuben Hooks, 9-22-1895; 8-16-1969. N.C. PFC HQ Co 323 Inf WWI Penina Ballance Daniel, wife of Addison Garland Daniel, 4-26-1886; 1-27-1974 Eleanor Carol Scott, 1-3-1947; 10-7-1962 Dennis Jackson, 10-5-1917; Dorothy Jackson, 10-13-1926; Archie L. Sheeban, 1-19-1895; 11-1-1967. N.C. Clp US Co A - Discharge WWI. Walter Earl Brown, 7-5-1915; 11-14-1943. N.C. Lt (MC) U.S. Navy WWII PH Mary D. Hooks, wife of Walter E. Brown, 5-2-1916; 5-5-1964 George L. Hooks, 2-5-1885; 7-19-1964 Neta Dickinson Hooks, died 2-7-1980 Grover C. Overby 56, husband of Annie Bell Overby, 7-5-1908; 3-12-1965 Delois Overly Sasser, 9-14-1936; 1-14-1963 Mary Howell Parker, 4-20-1876; 7-31-1961 Edward C. Jump, 6-29-1889; 2-22-1972 Hattie T. Jump, 7-19-1894; 3-22-1968 Chester R. Sorrell, 10-17-1912; 10-25-1975 Clell J. Sorrell, 5-15-1918; Miles Casey Tew, 11-14-1900; 6-11-1961 John B. West, 3-24-1910; Josephine H. West, 10-22-1915 James A. Davis, 11-29-1897; 6-26-1977 Glennie B. Bailey Davis, 3-23-1900; 6-22-1972 Jesse Barden Aycock, 6-19-1887; 1-10-1959 Janie Ferrell Aycock, 9-8-1893; 1-28-1974 Jesse Barden Aycock, Jr., 4-11-1921; 6-20-1951 Waitus Leland West, 3-18-1907; 1-10-1966 . Mason. Nathan L. Newsome, Sr., 5-24-1909; 2-24-1975 Emily M. Newsome, 5-25-1908; Cora Shadding, wife of Ivey Bradshaw, 2-21-1890; 12-24-1972 Ida Webb, wife of Spicer Bradshaw, 11-26-1912; 1-30-1969 Richard Edmundson, 7-9-1910; 11-18-1959 Joseph Thomas Peacock, 5-29-1911; 7-15-1965 Birdie Speight Peacock, 7-31-1912; 11-18-1975 L. Widmire Lewis, 9-20-1902; 6-4-1966 Jasper Lewis Harper, 1-24-1922; 5-6-1969. N.C. PFC 236 Engs Cbt BN WWII Roxie Barnes Harper, 3-24-1923; Betty L. Barnes, 1-6-1889; 5-10-1973 Debra Jean Medlin, 2-21-1963; 4-30-1970 Marie Bogue Forest, 1926 - 1972 Pauline Denning, wife of Troy Overby, 11-8-1918; 1-5-1978 James A. Overby, 10-23-1906; 7-28-1970 Junice Laster Overby, 7-31-1911; 6-11-1974 Bruce Sauls, 8-3-1957; 7-30-1976 Carl F. Corbett, 9-23-1909; 2-3-1963 Emma W. Corbett, 5-11-1909; 3-8-1977 Joel Jackson, 9-2-1899; 5-2-1960 FRONT SECTION OF SOUTHEAST END: Infants, son of George and Mayola Waddell, 1966. Betty Jo Barnes, 1942 - 1980 Jadie F. Waddell, 6-24-1893; 9-27-1944. N.C. Cook Motor Trans Corps WWII Lizzie L. Ferrell, 9-13-1903; A. Jones Smith, M.D., 7-3-1894; 6-7-1978 John T. Howell, 6-32-1910; 7-22-1976 Wade H. Aycock, 1-28-1902; 2-1-1975 Beulah H. Aycock, 6-5-1908; William Nathan Braswell, died 12-22-1979. Fred M. Minshew, 9-23-1909; 5-18-1973 Elsie A. Minshew, 5-8-1915; Cecil Herring, 7-20-1910; Alma Lee Herring, 12-6-1919; 2 year old daughter of J.F. and Mary Waddell, 1921. Ellie Thedford Jackson, 2-23-1918; 2-18-1979 Joshua Pierce, 1892 - 1945 Annie D. Pierce, 1892 - 1968 William Moses Benson, 7-30-1901; 1-22-1972 Cy Delano Dowdy, 2-13-1933; 1-21-1979. U.S. Air Force Piety Ruth Williamson Dowdy, 4-17-1936; Thomas W. Yelverton, husband of Willie Yelverton, 5-19-1913; 2-24-1975 Cherry Ellen Davis, wife of Fred Yelverton, 1-16-1891; 11-12-1973 BACK SECTION OF NEW PART: Sidney Russell Sauls, Jr., 11-13-1938; 6-13-1977 Jasper Marion Cross, 1-15-1898; 6-21-1979 Lear H. Cross, 8-18-1898; Irene Turner Edwards, daughter of J.M. Cross, 5-3-1916; 4-12-1977 Wiley K. Etheridge, 2-23-1950; 7-16-1973 N.C. Sp4 U.S. Army Vietnam. Emma Lee Sauls Etheridge, 4-26-1924; 10-28-1977 Infant twins, son and daughter, Victor and Regina Howell, born and died 12-29-1974 Henry B. Edmondson, 10-19-1910; Lanie C. Edmundson, 10-4-1908; 7-26-1975 Steve O. Littleton, 1963 - 1980 Archibald Duncan Grant, 11-22-1900; 8-7-1971 Grace Lillian Belyra, wife of A.D. Grant, 10-23-1906; 1-1-1973 Jesman Cedric Hall, 10-9-1915; 3-27-1970 Lemuel R. Broom, 3-19-1893; 2-20-1967. N.C. Pvt 8 Anti ACFT Battry CAC WWI Robert Louis Stevenson, 9-3-1917; 11-20-1978 J. Edgar Taylor, 9-3-1904; Selma Lane Taylor, 5-18-1905; Steven Scott Yelverton, 10-19-1959; 3-10-1979 George E. Yelverton, 11-21-1933; Kay Taylor Yelverton, 3-14-1935; Jesse S. Stewart, November, 1979. ============================================================ 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. 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