YANCEY COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Hughes Cemetery ----¤¤¤---- HUGHES CEMETERY: Location: From 19E at Cane River turn down 19W North and go 15 miles to Sioux. On the left, before reaching Big Creek Church, there is a sign “Hughes Cemetery”. Follow this gravel road about 1/2 mile to cemetery. Condition: Excellent SURNAMES: ADKINS, ANGEL, BAILEY, BRYANT, BURLESON, CANNON, DEYTON, HEDRICKS, HIGGINS, HOLLOWAY, HONEYCUTT, HUGHES, HUSKEY, MASTERS, PHILLIPS, RAYNER, TOLLEY, WARRICK, WATTS, WHITSON, WILLIAMS, WILSON, WOODY 1. Jack Whitson, 11/4/1920 - 2. Esther M. Whitson, 9/22/1922 - 9/13/1997, W/o # 1 3. Dennis Whitson, 4/14/1954 - 8/25/1978 4. Sandy L. Whitson, 7/4/1954, W/o # 3, Married 6/1/1974 5. Clayton L. Whitson, 4/23/1924 - 12/28/1980, PFC US Army, WW II 6. Breece Higgins, 6/22/1927 - 11/11/1999 7. Phyllis A. Higgins, 2/21/1947- W/o #6 8. Maude Hollifield, 9/21/1913 - 10/23/1996 9. Bayard G. Higgins, 3/28/1917 - 1/10/1970, NC T.Sgt. US Army, WW II 10. Leslie Rayner, 8/18/1914 - 11. Reba Higgins Rayner, 8/6/1909 - 6/24/1973, W/o # 10 12. J. C. Bailey, 1881 - 1964 13. Hester Bailey, 1889 - 1975 14. Louise Adkins Burleson, 7/10/1925 - 10/16/1988 15. Carl Adkins, 10/14/1894 - 10/8/1963 16. Cora Adkins, 6/26/1898 - 10/29/1964 17. Victor Adkins, 1962 - 1965, Son of # 20 & # 21 18. Malley I. Tolley, 1908 - 1969 19. Etta G. Tolley, 1914 - 1986, W/o # 18 20. R. L. Adkins, 7/11/1929 - 5/1/1993, Pvt. US Army, Korea 21. Pauline Adkins, 4/13/1938 - 1/10/1996, W/o # 20 22. William A. Watts, 1892 - 23. Lillie M. Watts, 1896 - 1961, W/o # 22 24. Frankie A. Masters, 10/1/1890 - 5/20/1969 25. Dave W. Adkins, 9/25/1902 - 10/22/1975 26. Ethel W. Adkins, 1/18/1906 - 1/27/1979, W/o # 25 27. Carmen S. Atkins, 1/5/1923 - 10/7/1979, Pvt. US Army, WW II 28. Jossie W. Williams, 1904 - 1955, W/o # 29 29. Fred R. Williams, 1903 - 1970 30. David Huskey, 1881 - 1949 31. Whitson Infant, 12/29/1964, S/o Russell & Cordella Whitson 32. Arnold Whitson, 10/22/1920 - 1/30/1921 33. Nan Bales Adkins, 4/19/1862 - 1/12/1914 34. Earl Whitson, 6/1/1912 - 1/15/1975, Sgt.. US Army 35. Earnest Whitson, 3/16/1921 - 4/21/1971, Tec. 5, US Army, WW II 36. JU IER, unreadable 37. Nell Shelton Whitson, 1917 - 1955 38. Pregettie Bryant, 1883 - 1959, W/o # 39 39. Dempsey Bryant, 1876 - 1947 40. Fannie Jane Woody, 9/14/1869 - 5/2/1913 41. Fred Whitson, 5/28/1923 - 3/7/1924 42. Rosa Adkins, 4/13/1891 - 8/10/1919 43. Rev. Dave W. Adkins, 9/1/1839 - 1/27/1906. He was a Minister of the Freewill Baptist Church from year 1865 to his death. 44. Delila C. Adkins, 12/25/1845 - Wife of # 43 Delila Howell Adkins Died 1/22/1926. Layed to rest beside her sons, Martin V. and Thomas Wapanucka Rose Hill Cemetery, OK 45. John Adkins, 1860 - 1928 46. Ernest Whitson, 10/18/1907 - 9/27/1909 47. Ella J. Atkins, 10/26/1894 - 8/21/1896, D/o M.V. & M.C. Atkins 48. Lillie Mae Whitson, 1/17/1903 - 7/20/1904 49. Dora Howell Whitson, 1880 - 1920 50. Edd Whitson, 4/1/1915 - 4/24/1971 51. Morris Adkins, 1922 - 1980 52. Sarah Hedrick, 3/17/1843-7/20/1923,W/o M.G.Hedrick, D/o Mr. & Mrs.& R.N.Adkins 53. Ellan Adkins, 12/6/1866 - 10/29/1913 54. Phichester Phillips, 11/3/1884 - 6/28/1909, W/o Adler Whitson 55. James Hughes, 4/1/1837 - 12/28/1887, Co. F. 3rd NC MT Infantry 56. Amos Hughes 57. Salley Hughes 58. William Whitson, 5/15/1892 - 6/28/1933 59. Louise Whitson, 10/1/1859 - 1/11/1931 60. C. R. Whitson, 5/2/1950 - 6/15/1923 61. Nellie Whitson, 1880 - 1942 62. Dannie Adkins, 10/22/1898 - 10/20/1974 63. Etta Adkins, 2/21/1896 - 12/23/1965 64. Bob Warrick, 3/26/1871 - 3/7/1947 65. Rosella Deyton, 7/25/1924 - 10/13/1939 66. Ed Hughes 67. Carson Hughes 68. Fred Williams, Jr. 3/14/1924 - 7/16/1925, S/o Mr. & Mrs. Fred Williams 69. James Holloway, 1854 - 1934 70. Cindy Holloway, 1878 - 1951 71. Melvin Woody, 6/10/1921 - 9/25/1987 72. Fred Cannon, 1931 - 1976 73. Edna W. Cannon, 1929- W/o # 72, Married 2/10/1954 74. James Madison Deyton, 8/21/1901 - 4/4/1990, S/o Will & Etta Taylor Deyton 75. Lola W. Deyton, 3/9/1909 - 6/27/1991, W/o # 74 76. Floyd L. Warrick, 7/23/1906 - 7/19/1962 77. Laura Alene Warrick, 12/15/1933 - 3/27/1948 78. Olen Whitson, 3/30/1927 - 11/28/1947 79. Lina Loretta Whitson, 9/17/1890 - 8/24/1966 80. A. D. Whitson, 3/14/1878 - 6/19/1945 81. Dave Whitson, 12/4/1912 - 1/26/1936 82. Sadie Honeycutt, 1872 - 1964 83. Kimsey Honeycutt, 1870 - 1934 84. James E. Honeycutt, 1/22/1925 - 4/19/1945, TN. Staff Sgt. 361 Inf. WWII 85. Clifford Honeycutt, 1910 - 1958 86. Zula Honeycutt, 1902 - 1958 87. George W. Wilson, 1902 - 1967 88. Joanna H. Wilson, 1906 - 1975, W/o # 87 89. Mosby W. Higgins, 1881 - 1961 90. Sina H. Higgins, 1884 - 1961, W/o # 89 91. Kittie H. Angel, 1878 - 1963 92. Herman Higgins, 10/8/1905 - 1/16/1969 93. Sylvia Honeycutt, 11/1/1952 - Wife of # 94 94. Johnny Honeycutt, 12/7/1947 - 8/7/1986, SP4 US Army, Vietnam Unidentified graves marked with field stone. \ (Information furnished by Thelma Whitson) 95. Nelse Adkins, Son of Isaac Adkins. 96. Mary Ann Adkins, Wife of Nelse Adkins 97. Jessie Adkins, Son of Nelse & Mary Ann Adkins 98. M. D. Hedrick 99. Jim Whitson 100. Minnie Whitson Warrick 101. James Whitson 102. Sucky Tipton Whitson, (?) Wife of # 101 Approximately 43 unidentified graves marked with fieldstone. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Gwen Bodford gbodford@yahoo.com -----------------------------------------------------------------------------