Wayne County, NC - Cemeteries From the book, "Gravestone Inscriptions" Reprinted with permission of the Wayne County Historical Association and cannot be reproduced without permission. ========================================================== George Kornegay Cemetery This cemetery is located on NC 55 highway east of Mt. Olive N.C. and inside the Robert Holmes Gardens. Cemetery Number 535. Richard Edward Wooten, b. 6-15-1880 at Wooten Plantation in Greene County, N.C. d. 4-1-1916 in Mt. Olive, N.C. Son of Sarah Elizabeth Speight Wooten and Shadrack Wooten of LaGrange, N.C. Married 6-13-1904. Buried at Maplewood Cemetery, Mt. Olive, NC. Mary Elizabeth Williams b. 11-5-1879 at Red Hill which stood 1/3 mile north of cemetery, died 2-6-1955, daughter of Alice Lutton Becton and Robert Carr Williams. Alice E., wife of Robert Williams, b. 11-2-1855; d. 2-25-1884. A lightwood marker and some stone bases with markers gone. Thought to be stones of Kornegays. ========================================================== According to Historian Claude Moore his account of the cemetery is as follows: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/wayne/history/heritage/kornegay2.txt The Kornegay family cemetery is nearby & those buried there are: George Kornegay, II & his wife, Margaret Kornegay Basil Kornegay Margaret Kornegay, daughter of Daniel Elizabeth Jane Becton Alice Becton Williams Richard E. Wooten & wife Mary Elizabeth (Bessie) Richard S. Holmes ========================================================== 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. File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Judy Denning Lynch ==========================================================