Beech Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery

Craven County, NC

Surveyed by Diane Siniard April 2009




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Beech Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery in Craven County, NC.

Location 1037 Washington Post Road (Hwy 43).

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    GPS Coordinates:
    35° 09.894 N
    77° 07.255 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Evelyn Victoria Stevenson Aug 31 1920 Oct 18 1925 Infant Son of Mr & Mrs J J Stevenson Born & Died Sep 3 1932 Double Stone Richardson Verta B Jan 7 1910 Sep 19 2002 Oliver G Jul 19 1908 Feb 20 1983 Double Stone Richardson Waldron S Sep 15 1878 Sep 12 1958 Bertha W Apr 4 1883 May 30 1945 Double Stone Richardson Graham Tull Richardson Jr Jun 7 1894 Nov 30 1985 Pearle E Dawson Dec 4 1891 Dec 15 1986 Double Stone Richardson Graham T III NOI Ethlyn Koon NOI Fannie D Pate 1884-1923 William R Pate 1878-1929 Double Stone Pate Norwood A 1905-1995 Ruby C 1913-1995 Double Stone John H N Carraway 1864-1936 Huldah Williams Carraway 1884-1940 Virginia Lee House May 31 1946 Dec 30 1946 Double Stone House Jason T Jr Mar 13 1909 Jun 2 1966 Clara S Sep 25 1916 Double Stone House Jason T Mar 3 1870 Nov 12 1934 Gertrude C Apr 19 1882 May 2 1974 Ada Lane WIfe of J T House May 7 1881 Sep 8 1909 Double Stone House Herbert H Jul 19 1921 Feb 25 2006 Janie P Mar 9 1935 NOD Sarah Metts House Feb 8 1916 Dec 14 1927 Dock D Adams Mar 24 1906 Sep 29 1906 Roy Adams Sep 10 1907 Nov 19 1907 Infant Son of R A & Ellen Adams Feb 3 1911 NOD Charles Adams Jul 16 1913 Nov 3 1913 Augustus A Ipock APr 3 1861 Mar 8 1933 Ella Street Richardson Wife of Augustus A Ipock Sep 21 1854 Apr 18 1923 Joseph T Richardson Sep 11 1848 Feb 7 1887 Ella Daughter of Jos. T & Ella S Richardson May 16 1876 Oct 16 1892 Graham Van Son of Jos T & Ella S Richardson Jan 25 1886 Dec 23 1896 Baby Pettigrew NOI Clara Richardson Wife of W J Pettigrew Dec 24 1874 Mar 4 1897 Double Stone Richardson Graham Tull Richardson Nov 30 1858 Jul 17 1920 Sallie E Metts Oct 12 1866 Sep 8 1944 Margaret F Wife of James W Ironmonger Jan 1 1846 Feb 22 1927 William P RIchardson May 26 1856 Jun 20 1887 Howard C Henry Feb 28 1899 Mar 28 1974 Double Stone Myers Johnny Carter Feb 3 1951 May 8 1996 Laura Bennett B May 12 1952 NOD Double Stone Hartsell Amy Dickson Feb 3 1911 Dec 15 1996 Rupert Guy Oct 17 1906 Sep 14 1992 Double Stone Hartsell Dan Benton Mar 10 1930 May 18 2004 Married Jun 25 1950 Teddie H Feb 12 1932 NOD Double Stone Hartsell Loy W Sep 18 1901 Nov 23 1986 Myrtle B Feb 7 1908 NOD Russell Weldon Foote Dec 6 1955 Dec 22 1974 Double Stone Foote June H Jun 23 1936 Oct 4 1993 Allen R Mar 23 1932 NOD Ray M McIlwean Feb 22 1902 Sep 23 1970 Mabel McIlwean Jan 2 1910 Nov 20 1991 Charles W McIlwean Nov 15 1940 Feb 19 1996 Nita Richardson Wife of A J Hall Dec 7 1880 Jul 6 1904 4 sides stone Wm F Crockett Apr 11 1855 Feb 3 1934 Same Stone Allie Wife of W F Crockett Jan 12 1861 Apr 26 1881 Will Graham Son of W F & Allen Crockett Apr 19 1884 Apr 21 1884 Same Stone Kate Richardson Wife of Wm F Crockett Jan 20 1852 Dec 29 1932 Double Stone Dixon Rosa Lena Lane Jul 29 1885 May 5 1966 Henry Ward Oct 23 1852 May 11 1928 Page 2 Double Stone Ipock Nippie G Wife of S W Ipock Dec 14 1840 Jan 14 1900 S W Ipock Oct 17 1845 Nov 29 1920 Double Stone Lane Bertha May 1881-1952 Guy Samuel 1872-1949 Guy S Lane Jr Dec 7 1914 Jun 9 1916 Josephine E Wife of H W Dixon Dec 27 1855 Oct 11 1906 Valeria Wife of H W Dixon Jul 10 1874 Nov 7 1913 Bessie Louvenia Daughter of H W & J E Dixon Apr 1 1885 Jan 7 1909 Hattie Louisa WIfe of E M Lewis Sep 29 1893 Nov 2 1908 John F Son of H W & J E Dixon Sep 9 1881 Jan 11 1888 Double Stone Dixon Drew E Jun 29 1893 Feb 9 1930 Sadie W Jul 9 1898 Aug 7 1986 Double Stone Dixon Drew 1846-1924 Mary 1861-1900 Mary Gracey Dixon Feb 22 1849 Nov 9 1876 First Wife of Drew Dixon Odelia Jose Parker May 3 1922 Aug 16 1980 Fresh grave no markers Gilbert H Jose Nov 28 1924 Feb 21 1982 Patrick Emil Jose Aug 25 1928 Jun 19 2006 Effie Wife of N M Arnold Mar 16 1875 Mar 13 1911 Noah Matthew Arnold Jul 14 1868 May 25 1919 Susan Caroline Daughter of J H & Clara Griffin Wife of Clyde L Watson Oct 14 1909 Oct 24 1986 Eula May Ewell 1891-1941 Clara Arnold Daughter of E F & Carrie Arnold Wife of C M Ewell & J H Griffin Dec 14 1870 Feb 22 1956 Theodore Arnold Griffin Son of J H & Clara Griffin Nov 5 1912 Jan 22 1956 Annie F Wife of O D Lewis Dec 13 1860 Apr 5 1936 Double Crypt O D Lewis Dec 27 1853 Nov 26 1915 Myrtle C Daughter of O D & Annie F Lewis Sep 18 1895 Oct 30 1912 Jeremiah Francis McIlwean Son of Earl C & Jeanette S McIlwean Oct 19 1969 Jun 14 1996 Double Stone McIlwean May House Jan 20 1875 Oct 9 1960 Charles W Mar 10 1870 Dec 7 1904 Double Stone McIlwean Gladys Holt Oct 22 1902 Feb 27 1995 Charles Nixon Sep 24 1900 Jan 24 1981 Louisa M McIlwean Aug 27 1835 Aug 14 1925 Edward M Street Jan 3 1858 Nov 2 1901 4 sided stone Alfred B Kinsey Jul 18 1847 Dec 27 1887 Cora C Nov 27 1851 Mar 18 1908 Same Stone Maggie H Kinsey Wife of P P Torbert Jun 1 1888 Feb 9 1915 Children of A B & C C Kinsey Lawrence Jan 24 1875 May 23 1888 Minnie Nov 2 1878 May 23 1888 John Henderson Jul 18 1880 May 25 1888 Vinie Rice Sep 26 1845 May 17 1924 Daniel Lane Nov 9 1839 Dec 29 1917 Samuel Lane Kilpatrick Apr 5 1904 Sep 27 1910 Sarah Jane Lane Kilpatrick Aug 30 1874 Nov 21 1951 Samuel L Kilpatrick Mar 30 1872 Sep 29 1903 Roland R Kilpatrick May 17 1902 Sep 20 1978 Beatrice S Kilpatrick Jan 5 1905 Aug 23 1987 Double Stone Vogler Bonnie B Aug 23 1935 Sep 30 2002 Richard "Dick" S Aug 22 1931 NOD Louis A Son of G S & A L Wilcox Nov 26 1896 Nov 27 1896 George Manson Son of Geo S & Ada L Wilcox Dec 31 1901 Jun 25 1903 Caroline Daughter of Daniel & Venie Lane Oct 13 1880 Sep 24 1881 Margaret Barfield Watson May 18 1908 May 10 2001 Page 3 Raymond Alexander Watson Oct 30 1907 Oct 16 1965 Jane Griffin Sidbury Dec 17 1906 Aug 2 1973 Hosea G Rowe 1879-1946 Elisha Freeman Arnold May 25 1845 Jul 1 1916 Carrie Wife of E F Arnold Jan 25 1844 Mar 7 1907 Nathan S Son of W J & M J Riggs Jun 3 1900 Sep 22 1903 Winferd D Westbrooke Wife of D W Riggs Sep 4 1860 Jul 10 1903 Royce "R C" Moore Jr Oct 3 1929 Jul 12 2006 Paul Gregory McCallum Nov 16 1925 Feb 24 2005 Mary Wife of Randolph Harris Mar 5 1845 May 5 1895 Randolph Harris Jun 18 1837 Nov 26 1897 Javy Monroe Taylor Sep 20 1907 Mar 20 1970 Odis Lee Taylor Sep 15 1910 Apr 29 1930 Elijah James Taylor Jul 4 1879 Nov 4 1955 Molly Register Taylor Jun 27 1887 Dec 5 1969 E E House Son of John T & Catherine B House Dec 26 1860 Jun 22 1914 Infant Son of Earl & Ila McIlwean Apr 23 1934 NOD Double Stone McIlwean Ila S Sep 13 1904 May 20 1992 Earl C Aug 12 1903 Dec 15 1968 John B French ? 28 1841 rest of stone buried Martha B Cox Wife of John B French Jun 11 1845 May 4 1925 George T Eubanks Sep 12 1861 May 28 1938 Cassandra W Eubanks Jan 18 1868 Aug 2 1919 Mary L Eubanks Apr 4 1901 May 14 1965 Triple Stone Alice D WIfe of J H Stevenson Mar 29 1862 May 20 1895 Joseph H Stevenson Apr 18 1849 Sep 3 1931 Nannie Wife of J H Stevenson Oct 27 1869 Jan 10 1925 Ralph Baxter Son of J H & N Stevenson Jan 22 1899 Mar 24 1900 Mary E Daughter of J H & N Stevenson Sep 20 1905 Aug 14 1923 Wendell Davis Sugg Jul 24 1903 Jan 1 1962 Natalie J Sugg Nov 8 1910 May 26 1993 Lindsey Son of W D & N J Sugg May 21 1927 Jun 2 1927 Double Stone Samuel J Joyner Died 1930 Sarah Ginn Joyner Died 1942 Parents of Natalie Joyner Sugg Dora Stevenson Trader Jul 23 1900 Aug 23 1925 Double Stone Stevenson John J Nov 6 1897 Sep 1 1981 Oleta H Oct 20 1905 Nov 25 1982 Double Stone Vernelson S Hugh Sep 1 1926 Jan 16 1983 Doorothy F Dec 3 1926 May 30 1989 James Albert Son of W B & Damie Manning Nov 19 1921 Jun 26 1992 Double Stone McKeel Sophia DiDamie Mar 10 1833 Dec 15 1901 George W Apr 27 1843 May 22 1898 S Damie McKeel Wife of W B Manning Feb 19 1899 Jan 1 1935 Infant Son of H C & Maude E McKeel Jun 16 1909 Jun 22 1909 Double Stone McKeel Holden C Jul 12 1875 Oct 9 1950 Maud E Oct 22 1882 Jun 2 1964 Double Stone McKeel Lucy Ann Jones Jul 31 1871 Apr 24 1957 Marion Kelly Jul 6 1868 Dec 11 1934 Lola Gladys McKeel Wife of John Mark Thomas Aug 27 1900 Feb 8 1980 George Abel Thomas Nov 25 1939 Aug 13 1990 George W McKeel Dec 2 1901 Jun 13 1961 Elma McKeel Vernelson Feb 8 1904 Apr 18 1972 Double Stone Lancaster Grover C Nov 2 1884 Apr 27 1962 Jessie Ipock Aug 2 1889 May 24 1941 Double Stone Lancaster Grover C Jr Feb 29 1920 Frances "Peggy" H Feb 2 1920 Feb 6 1997 Double Stone Ipock Grace Cook Apr 30 1931 Sep 23 1994 Robert A Mar 16 1930 NOD Alice Daughter of Charles & Eleanor Stevenson Mar 26 1861 Apr 7 1936 Page 4 Mary T Stevenson Jul 18 1841 Oct 3 1922 Thomas Sugg Jul 16 1933 Nov 7 1999 Double Stone Dail William Henry Jul 17 1901 Jan 19 1966 Madeline W Jan 26 1915 Feb 218 1988 Double Stone Parker Jack Edward Apr 30 1919 Mar 1 1998 Clara L Dec 24 1921 NOD Edward S Laughinghouse North Carolina Pvt 414 Inf 104 Inf Div World War II Sep 10 1919 Dec 11 1944 Double Stone Laughinghouse Edw. S May 25 1883 Aug23 1938 Ida I Apr 1 1883 Jul 25 1960 Infant Daughter of E S & Ida I Laughinghouse NOI Mary F Taylor Dec 15 1853 Jan 28 1911 Double Stone Ipock Lillie Causey Nov 16 1902 Sep 10 1991 Joe Thomas Nov 10 1895 Mar 23 1963 Double Stone Ipock Betsy Everette Aug 3 1933 Mar 18 2008 Joe Allen Feb 4 1934 Leah Oglesby Ipock Dec 25 1920 NOD James Henry Ipock May 17 1920 May 1 2007 Double Stone Ipock Henrietta C Dixon May 26 1895 Dec 18 1986 James Clement Sep 18 1892 Apr 19 1958 Elred Blake Son of Mr & Mrs J C Ipock Jul 4 1928 Jan 27 1934 Double Stone James H Ipock Feb 4 1847 Nov 22 1910 Bettie T May 16 1859 Nov 30 1937 Lee Dora Daughter of J H & B T Ipock Oct 22 1879 Jul 2 1882 Nat S Son of J H & B T Ipock Dec 31 1897 Jul 22 1900 Fred B Ipock Jun 1 1881 Jan 8 1939 Susan Margaret Ipock Walker 1956-1992 Double Stone Pittman Mother Lucy B Aug 29 19*16 Jan 13 2007 Son David W Apr 15 1941 NOD David E Pittman Dec 1 1913 Dec 11 1993 Ward H Bray Jun 11 1913 Feb 7 1977 Sallie D Bray May 7 1890 Jan 3 1983 Geo W Bray Mar 7 1891 Aug 21 1940 Nettie L Bray Mar 3 1912 Feb 13 1936 Hilma Thodora Blomberg Nee Sestrom Born Vennersburg Sweden 1870-1923 Double Stone Blomberg Martin Blomberg 1863-1943 Hilma Blomberg 1870-1923 Frederika Gassert Aug 24 1882 Feb 8 1956 Otto Oscar Gassert Feb 1 1912 Jul 16 1980 Ida E Gassert Jan 7 1914 Oct 28 1983 Double Stone Bray Georgia P Mar 15 1929 Mar 2 1991 Charles W Nov 23 1926 NOD Double Stone Register Sena L Jul 11 1862 Oct 6 1936 Joseph E Oct 6 1858 NOD Lucy G Wife of Jas. Ringgold Nov 14 1872 Jan 14 1916 Jas Ringgold Dec 28 1944 Aug 20 1914 Stone broken Jean Ipock Kimley Horn Nov 16 1926 Oct 27 2008 MM Charles McNeil "Mac" Ipock Oct 12 1924 Sep 13 2008 Age 83

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