Beasley Cemetery

Jones County, NC

Surveyed by Glenn Fields April 2012




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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