YANCEY COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Hughes (Will) Cemetery
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Located in the Big Brush Creek area, turn on the Charlie Deyton Road and go 
about a mile.  
Condition:  Good - fenced and well kept.

SURNAMES:  AYERS, BAILEY, HOPSON, GORTNEY, JONES, LAWS, LETTERMAN, PETERSON, 
	   STEVENS, STUMP, THOMAS, WHITSON

 1.  Eliza Laws Whitson, 6-13-1878-3-6-1969,
     (D/o Joseph & Margaret Tipton Laws)
 2.  John Laws, 1884 - 1960
 3.  Edd Laws, 1893 - 1981, (S/o Joe & Margaret Laws)
 4.  Belle Laws, 3-11-1895 - 4-24-1988, (W/o # 3, D/o Dave & Nancy Bailey)
 5.  Ibey R. Laws, 5 29-1885 - 5-25-1970, 
     (W/o # 6, D/o Zeb & Lockie Tipton Renfro)
 6.  G. N. Laws, 12-18-1880 - 11-5-1950
 7.  Margaret Laws, 1858 - 1937, (W/o # 8, D/o Jacob Tipton)
 8.  Joseph Laws, 1859 - 1928
 9.  Biddy (Elvira) Laws, (6-1-1846 - 8-16-1942, 96Y 2M 16D, 
     W/o James Laws, D/o Jant & Clarissa Edwards Tipton) 
10.  Lockie Whitson, 8-15-1852 - 12-28-1940 (D/o Sam & Sallie Robinson)
11.  Hobert Laws, born 1935
12.  Grover Laws, born 1933 (Infant son of Grover & Ibbey Whitson Laws)
13.  Homer Bailey, Jr. born 1931
14.  Thomas Baby - no dates
15.  Laws Baby - no dates
16.  Sylvester Laws, 2-1-1926 - 10-24-1928 (S/o Grover & Ibbey Whitson Laws)
17.  G. A. Laws,  5-8-1931 - 7-12-1953,  
     "NC PFC  Co. G  5 MAR 1 MAR DIV. Korea, PH" (Purple Heart)
18.  Pansy L. Whitson, 1913 -     ,   W/o # 19
19.  Jule W. Whitson, 1918 - 1957 (S/o James & Matilda Briggs Whitson)
20.  Charles S. Bailey, 1883 - 1943 (S/o Jim & Rebecca Laws Bailey)
21.  Cammy L. Bailey, 1885 - 1933, W/o # 20
22.  Ruth Peterson, 12-28-1923 - 1-19-1924, 
     "Infant daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Loss Peterson"
23.  Eva Letterman,  1-18-1910 - 2-9-1927  "Wife of J. C. Letterman"
24.  "Infant Child of H. M. & F. M. Bailey", 3-26-1911 "Gone so soon"
25.  Harry Lee "Little son of H. M. & F. M. Bailey"  6-20-1909 - 12-16-1909
     "Those whom you love die young"
26.  Clare "Little daughter of H. M. & F. M. Bailey "4-13-1908 - 4-20-1908
     "In Heaven there is one angel more.
27.  John Stephens, 1841 - 1900 "His record is on high"
28.  Cordelia Stephens, 1856 - 1923 
     (W/o # 27, D/o Jackson & Cornila Whitson Tipton)
29.  Pansey Jones, 1898 - 1983, W/o # 30
30.  Dewey Jones, 1898 - 1932 (S/o Charles & Molly Laughrun Jones)
31.  Bulo C. Gortney, 1890 - 1973 (S/o David & Sarah Garland Gortney)
32.  Destimonia Gortney, 1907 - 1974, W/o # 31
33.  Mack Bailey, 1875 - 1928
34.  Sudie Bailey, 1899 - 1982. W/o # 33
35.  Della B. Hopson, 1-1-1895 - 3-6-1975 (D/o Charles & Camie Thomas Bailey)
36.  Robert W. Hopson,  1931 - 1932 (S/o Erwin & Delia Bailey Hopson)
37.  Jim J. Bailey, 1909 - 1941 (S/o Charles & Camie Bailey Hopson)
38.  Baby Ayers,  born & died 5-30-1944
39.  Crawford Ayers, 1891 - 1989,   WW I  54th Inf. 6 Div. 3rd BTN.  
     (S/o Tom & Jane Jones Ayers) 
     Footstone:  "Crawford Ayers, PVT,  US Army WW I, 8-24-1891 - 4-29-1989"
40.  Lou Mae Ayers, 1905 - 1971, (W/o 39, D/o Charles & Emma Tipton Bailey)
41.  Junior Stump, 4-26-1948 - 4-14-1994
42.  Betty L. Stump, 3-7-1948 -       .  W/o # 41

(Note in parentheses are from death records or other sources.  Although some 
of the death certificates referred to this as the Will Hughes Cemetery, there 
are no marked  Hughes graves here but could be some of the 12 graves marked 
with fieldstones)


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