The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Beasley Cemetery in Jones County, NC.
Location From US 70 east of Kinston, take Wyse Fork Road south for approximately 1.8 miles. On the right side of the road, look for a Beasley Cemetery sign. There is a path on the left side of the road between a brick house and a mobile home. Follow this path back in the field and the cemetery is on the left just before you get to a thicket.
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GPS Coordinates:
35.203546 N
77.490172 W
The epitaphs are as follows:
Double Stone
Thompson
Robert Jr
Jun 24 1940
Mar 31 2008
Pearlie M Baker
Mar 6 1942
NOD
Ralph W Clark
Aug 29 1929
Apr 12 2000
Allen J Murrell
Feb 27 1916
Aug 26 2009
MM
James Rosenboro
NOI
Mary E Murrell
Sep 21 1922
Feb 11 1992
Lydia M Rosenboro
Jan 12 1919
Dec 31 2003
Wesley L Murrell Sr
Nov 12 1927
Apr 4 1990
Double Stone
Grant
Fannie Estelle Hill
Apr 1 1927
Dec 25 2000
Married
Oct 25 1943
Benjamin Franklin Sr
Jan 3 1924
NOD
Fannie Ann Murrell
Mar 7 1888
Apr 21 1976
Kuthrell A Murrell
Apr 20 1925
Jan 10 1976
Fannie M Murrell
Aug 10 1933
Apr 28 1973
Cora Murrell
Brother
Marvin Harper
NOI
MM
Unreadable
Floyd Hill Jr
Feb 1 1930
Feb 14 1994
Floyd Hill
Mar 26 1907
Sep 18 1981
Pearl M Hill
Aug 8 1912
Jul 24 1978
Minnie Simmons
Jun 10 1888
Jan 16 1978
Lelia P Brown
Apr 23 1823
Oct 4 1869
Double Stone
Stevens
Glenda H
Feb 22 1948
NOD
Married
Apr 2 1977
William Earl Stevens
Dec 5 1946
Oct 21 2005
Willie J Miller
Feb 26 1889
Mar 22 1970
Arlester Miller
Aug 11 1893
Sep 21 1965
MM
Unreadable
Broken Stone
Unreadable
Laura Anderson Dove
Mar 12 1913
Aug 28 1967
Ollie Murrell
Oct 27 1890
May 11 1994
Ashley D Murrell
Jan 3 1866
Oct 22 1943
Demont Lee Taylor
Jul 26 1977
Jun 13 2006
Larry Baker
Oct 19 200?
NOI
Gabino Santiago
PFC US Army
World War II
Feb 8 1915
Mar 19 1992
Unmarked Stone
Unmarked Stone
Leah Howard
Nov 6 1961
Age 41 yrs
MM
Linwood Jones
1953-2008
James H McDaniel
North Carolina
PFC
843 Port Co TC
World War II
Mar 1 1921
Dec 4 1949
Rev Stanley Lee McDaniel
Feb 1 1931
Jun 8 1991
John Henry McDaniel
Jan 2 1889
Jun 24 1997
Leroy Simmons
Oct 1924
Oct 1970
Ella Kornegay
Jul 1 1900
Jan 19 1966
James Simmons
Mar 22 1884
Apr 16 1965
Jane Simmons
Dec 30 1887
Apr 12 1952
Family of
Calvin & Sylvia Harper
NOI
Richard W King
Sep 1 1852
May 30 1923
Broken Stone
Unreadable
James Whitfield
Sep 10 1881
Oct 3 1944
Johnie E Whitfield
Jun 27 1907
Mar 4 1951
Cora Ann
Wife of
George Cobb
Feb 21 1878
Apr 30 1952
Elnora Ellis
Feb 23 1923
Dec 26 1947
Benjamin Cobb
North Carolina
PVT 370 Infantry
World War I
Jun 3 1894
Jun 23 1955
Stephen Cobb
May 21 1890
Jan 17 1952
Harriett
Wife of
Cicero Stevens
Nov 23 1895
Apr 28 1942
Minnie L Perry Ward
May 22 1928
Jul 11 1952
Connie Lee Simmons Kitral
Feb 2 1909
Mar 31 1951
Hayti S Murrell
Aug 28 1887
Feb 26 1946
Ambric Cobb
May 19 1904
Aug 6 1966
Carrie C Davis
1908-1976
Elizabeth Jones
Jun 2 1878
May 7 1964
MM
Janie Ambrose
NOI
MM
Mrs Doris Styles Isler
Jan 18 1939
Jan 6 2008
Wilbur Lee Loftin
A3C
US Air Force
Oct 10 1938
Oct 10 2007
MM
Hattie Jones
1952-2005
Mary E Johnson Loftin
Aug 16 1914
Sep 18 2007
Larry Darnell Loftin
California
SA US Navy
Jan 17 1951
Sep 15 1969
Joseph J White
North Carolina
Pvt
3 Co 370 Infantry
World War I
Dec 10 1893
Jun 25 1954
Ransom Johnson
May 13 1907
Nov 15 1971
MM
John White
Dec 12 1923
Jul 1 2004
James A Bryant Jr
May 6 1942
Jun 12 2004
Christopher Brion Bell
CPL
US Army
Dec 10 1973
Apr 30 2006
MM
Unreadable
Laura H Williams
Apr 16 1916
Feb 22 1992
Abraham L Williams
May 28 1914
Jun 25 2000
Laura Dove Simmons
Oct 17 1931
Nov 8 2006
MM
Unreadable
MM
Jamie Worthington
Dec 27 1989
Sep 22 2009
MM
Rico Cameron
1989-2009
MM
Unreadable
Mack M Hicks
1902
Aug 2 1931
MM
William Earl Stevens
Dec 8 1946
Oct 21 2005
Broken Stone
Unreadable
Christopher Columbus Rosenboro
rest buried
MM
Ethel Koonce
1918-2002
James T Mitchell
Oct 12 1903
Aug 4 1993
MM
David W Oliver
1962-2001
Neva R Mitchell
Sep 10 1925
Aug 7 2006
Thomas Glenn Mitchell
SSgt
US Air Force
Persian Gulf
Jul 25 1957
Jan 11 2006
Willard Rosenboro
Dec 1 1948
Jun 8 1992
Annie R Taylor
Jul 19 1951
Mar 9 1990
Donna M Mitchell
Oct 5 1960
Jan 10 1987
MM
???ton Taylor
1924
Feb 28 2008
very dirty
hard to read
Clen Perry
Feb 15 1885
Apr 26 1977
Elsie H Miller
1906-1984
Corena Wilson
Oct 26 1946
Sep 13 1983
Edward McBynum
Oct 17 1909
Oct 3 1984
Unmarked Stone
Susan M Frederick Wilson
Mar 3 1900
Jan 15 1993
George Frederick Wilson
May 10 1938
Feb 28 1999
MM
Unreadable
MM
Unreadable
MM
William Tatem
1928-2008
MM
Unreadable
Ella Mae Phillips
Apr 26 1920
Aug 9 1996
Clyde Phillips
Dec 23 1897
Nov 11 1989
William E Ingram
Sep 19 1920
Feb 5 1998
Calvin Lee Sutton
Jun 26 1972
Nov 11 2000
Mattie B Houston
Feb 15 1915
Feb 19 2001
MM
Unreadable
Wooden Marker
Wooden Marker
Catherine Cobb
1908-1986
Unmarked Grave
Sudie Bell Sutton
Nov 5 1944
Feb 7 2007
Double Stone
Sutton
James J
Sep 21 1928
Sep 8 1980
Lillie Marie
Jun 29 1948
Nov 26 1990
Viola B Powell
Sep 29 1824
Apr 20 1979
Unmarked Grave
Laura P Whitfield
May 8 1883
Aug 2 1946
Simon Powell
Aug 1876
May 14 1929
Claude S Powell
North Carolina
PFC 842 Co
Trans Corps
World War I
May 21 1895
Mar 30 1952
Willie S Smith
North Carolina
Rest buried
Ben Rosenboro
Jan 6 1914
Jun 8 1951
Apostle Robert L Rosenboro Sr
Nov 4 1941
Jul 31 2006
MM
Elvia J Keys
Feb 9 1950
Mar 1 2002
Age 52
Eva W Keyes
Apr 3 1906
Aug 5 1978
Gladys Keys Sessoms
Jul 30 1935
Jan 15 1985
Demetrice J Simmons
Apr 30 1963
Dec 5 1972
Tina L Simmons
Sep 16 1966
Dec 5 1972
Myron H Simmons
Aug 28 1962
Dec 5 1972
Donna J Simmons
Aug 28 1962
Dec 17 1972
Minnie B Simmons
Sep 2 1926
Dec 8 1972
James O Simmons
Nov 18 1915
Mar 7 1974
Robert S Simmons
Jan 25 1922
May 19 1986
Clementine Simmons Wiggins
Dec 11 1952
Jan 12 2004
Unmarked Grave
Mary J Denegal
Jan 7 1922
Aug 24 1976
Sheila Denise Harper
Jun 27 1963
Oct 31 2002
MM
Unreadable
Malcolm T Howard
Oct 20 1969
Aug 30 1992
MM
Unreadable
Mrs Bonnie M Hawkins
Mar 31 1920
Jan 16 1961
Theodore Keys Jr
1950-1982
MM
Beverly Jean Simmons
Oct 23 1959
Jul 23 1999
Willie A Hawkins
Apr 12 1913
Jul 5 1994
MM
Willie Andrew Simmons
Jan 21 1923
Aug 30 1994
William Arthur Solomon
US Army
Jan 30 1924
Apr 20 2003
MM
Unreadable
Unmarked Grave
MM
Unreadable
MM
Unreadable
MM
Unreadable
Richard Keys Sr
Apr 9 1923
Nov 4 1989
Tessie Keys Brown
1934-1982
MM
Lillie
Rest Unreadable
Charlie M Keys
TEC 5
US Army
World War II
Oct 9 1920
Jul 16 1984
MM
Ronald Keys
1952-1996
MM
John Morgan
1925-1997
MM
Arthur Kornegay
1922-1996
Ida M Bruton
Feb 26 1927
Aug 21 1984
Emma Kornegay
Nov 7 1924
Dec 7 2005
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