YANCEY COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Jim Edwards Cemetery ============================================================================ 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. These 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. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the North Carolina USGenWeb Archives by: Gwen Bodford gbodford@yahoo.com ============================================================================ EDWARDS (Jim) CEMETERY Location: Go down Cane River 2.4 miles on 19-W North. Turn right onto Lankford Branch Road. After crossing bridge go only a short distance to the first little farm road , cross the branch and fence into cow pasture, follow road to top of hill to the cemetery . Condition: Fenced and well kept. SURNAMES: HILEMON, HYLEMON, KING, MCALISTER, MCINTOSH, MORROW, RANDOLPH, RAMSEY, SILVERS, WHITSON, WILLIAMS 1. MARY LEWIS WILLIAMS, born September 25, 1907, died January 22, 1986 2. CREAD SAMUEL HILEMON, born Oct. 3, 1924, died July 5, 1990 (US NAVY, WW I1) 3. MARY GRACE STILES HILEMON, born August 31, 1931 4. CAROLYN B. HYLEMON, born 1932, died 1952 5. GEORGE BRYAN HYLEMON, born March 27, 1906, died April 18, 1946 6. ESTOY HYLEMON, b. 1908 - died April 10, 1998, Wife of Bryan Hylemon 7. L. RAY HYLEMON, born October 09, 1926, died April 20, 1963, (US Army, WW II) 8. OPHA SHEPHERD HYLEMON, born November 1, 1921 9. EFFIE ANN RANDOLPH, born August 18, 1909, died January 14, 1993 10. JAY BRYAN RANDOLPH, born 1928, died 1944 11. HATTIE PROFFITT RANDOLPH, born 1907, died 1937 (Gone but not forgotten) 12. ZEB RANDOLPH, born 1906, died 1968 13. EMMIT. L. RANDOLPH, born May 7, 1928, died January 28, 1954 SFC Co. C, 31 Inf. Regt. . DSC - PH. (SGT. E.L.RANDOLPH DAV. CHAP. 57. CHAR 1986-NAMED FOR THIS VETERAN) 14. BYRD C. MCINTOSH, born July 5, 1909, died September 26, 1988 15. FAYE E. MCINTOSH, born December 28, 1911, (GONE HOME) 16. BABY J. B. MCINTOSH, born 1933 - died 1933 17. BABY DELAIN MORROW, born May 19, 1946, died May 19, 1946 18. BABY ERNEST DEAN WHITSON, Born 1942, died 1942 19. SAMUEL EDWARDS, (No dates) 20. GRANT EDWARDS, born, 1878, died 1960 21. IDA EDWARDS, born 1882, died 1962 22. VIRGUS SAMUEL EDWARDS, born May 6, 1912, died March 4, 1981 23. CAROLYN JEAN EDWARDS, born August 11, 1946, December, 1946 24. CLAY EARL EDWARDS, Born June 14, 1919, d. June 5, 1988, PVT. US Army, WW II 25. CATHERINE W. EDWARDS, born December 26, 1939 26. UNNAMED (Baby's Grave) 27. JACK EDWARDS, born December 22, 1924, died February 28, 1995, (SP 5, US ARMY, WW II, KOREA, VIETNAM) 28. JAMES EDWARDS, born January 10, 1928, died November 6, 1982, SGM, US Army Korea & Vietnam (Greater Love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13) 29. LUCINDA C. EDWARDS, born August 29, 1843, died March 12, 1940, (wife of C. W. Edwards) (A Tender Mother and Faithful Friend) 30. CORNELIUS W. EDWARDS, born Jan.7, 1838, d. June 24, 1918- 80 yr , 5 mo. 17 days 31. MARY E. EDWARDS, born September 21, 1887, died November 5, 1907 32. LIDA G. EDWARDS, born October 25, 1890, died March 15, 1912 33. JAMES E. EDWARDS, born 1889, died 1969 34. LENNIE W. EDWARDS, born 1895, died 1986 35. JAY WILLIAM EDWARDS, born April 22, 1915, died August 29, 1984 (As Long As Life Holds A Memory, We Will Always Remember You) 36. JOHN W. EDWARDS, born March 28, 1856, died November 22, 1944 37. MYRA S. EDWARDS, born April 12, 1861, died July 24, 1937 38. JACQUELINE C. EDWARDS, born 1953, died 1969 39. JACK RAY HIGGINS, born January 30, 1922, died Dec. 1, 1983, CM 2, USN, WW II 40. HIRAM W. HIGGINS, born 1890, died 1977 41. CORA E. HIGGINS, born 1895, died 1965 42. JEANETTE SILVERS KING, born 1948, died 1974 43. CARTER SILVERS, b. 1920 - died Aug. 17, 1998 44. ANNIE MAE SILVERS, b. 1912 - Oct. 20, 1998 45. HATTIE MCALISTER, born 1880, died 1980 46. JOHN W. MCALISTER, born 1880, died 1955 47. ZEB MCALISTER, born August 1, 1906, died May 3, 1978 48. ROSELLA D. MCALISTER, born April 15, 1913, (Our Father Which Art in Heaven) 49. WILKIE F. RANDOLPH, born July 2, 1904, died February 15, 1981 50. ADA S. RANDOLPH, born July 27, 1904, died April 20, 1996 51. KENNETH P. RANDOLPH, born December 3, 1930, died August 14, 1968 52. ISAAC W. HILEMON, born 1878, died 1960 53. BERTHA M. HILEMON, born 1886, died 1976 54. EARLINE H. RAMSEY, born March 5, 1941, died September 19, 1988