Celestial Memorial Gardens

Craven County, NC

Surveyed by Shirlee Wilson Brundage July 2010




The following is a PARTIAL listing of the tombstones in the Celestial Memorial Gardens in Craven County, NC.

Location On Hwy 17/43 near Old Brick Rd in Vanceboro

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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.29310 N
    77.14110 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Double Stone Barrow Beatrice N Aug 8 1906 Jul 30 1968 Jasper M May 17 1904 Aug 24 1976 Double Stone Barrow Clyde Wilson Jun 13 1917 Nov 6 1973 Mozelle Lewis May 16 1919 NOD Rev Ralph Bennett Nov 13 1924 Oct 9 1999 James H Boyd Aug 18 1904 Feb 27 1972 Mammie J Boyd May 28 1903 Apr 1 1979 Double Stone Braxton Kirby H Sep 24 1924 NOD Married Sep 11 1946 Lucy Forbes Feb 28 1927 Jan 23 2007 Double Stone Buck William G Oct 12 1943 Jun 28 1983 Married Jun 21 1974 Ida May 3 1943 NOD Bertha J Cannon Dec 25 1889 Dec 20 1977 Jeremy Stephen Chandler Mar 29 1973 Feb 20 1993 Double Stone Dixon Michael Reed Nov 16 1944 Mar 11 1945 Ezekial Bill Jr Nov 21 1947 Feb 2 1948 Victoria Carolyn Dixon Apr 22 1970 Mar 2 1971 Double Stone Dudasik Stephen W Jun 3 1924 Sep 11 2006 Margaret Willis Jul 17 1921 Apr 25 1983 FS Stephen William Dudasik Sr US Army US Marine Corps MSGT US Air Force 1924-2006 Polly Moore Dupre Feb 10 1898 Dec 4 1991 William Robert Dupre Feb 15 1900 Oct 21 1962 Double Stone Edwards Joyce B Jun 15 1931 Mar 10 3002 (yes this is what the stone says) R G "Billy" Jan 21 1921 Nov 25 1995 Double Stone Ferebee David W Jul 18 1897 Jan 17 1957 Sina Ipock Mar 8 1899 Oct 15 1989 FS David W Ferebee Jul 18 1897 Jan 17 1957 FS Sina I Ferebee Mar 8 1899 Oct 15 1989 Double Stone Foy Clyde H Nov 2 1906 Apr 13 1988 Annabell S Oct 14 1910 Dec 1 1971 Double Stone Fulcher W A "Bill" 1898-1966 Rachel G 1911-1997 Darrell F Gaskins North Carolina S SGt HHC 502 Inf 101 ABN Div Korea Vietnam PH Apr 6 1934 Jun 11 1967 Double Stone Gaskins David Jan 23 1908 Sep 7 1979 Vera B Sep 25 1908 Mar 18 1987 Double Stone Gaskins Enos Clayton Sep 19 1903 Jul 28 1971 Maud Ipock Jan 22 1905 Sep 21 1977 Double Stone Gaskins Rudolph L May 28 1899 Dec 7 1974 Lela W Mar 19 1894 Jun 22 1989 Double Stone Gaskins Linster C Mar 12 1906 Jan 12 1979 Virginia Mc Jun 5 1911 May 27 1972 Double Stone Gaskins Odell Aug 19 1931 Jun 7 2005 Effie May 31 1939 NOD Double Stone Gaskins Richard A Oct 2 1930 Sep 18 1972 Janet B Dec 31 1933 NOD FS Richard A Gaskins CS3 US Coast Guard Korea Oct 2 1930 Sep 18 1972 Double Stone Gaskins S L Gaskins Sep 8 1921 Dec 12 1970 Patricia C Apr 20 1924 NOD FS S L Gaskins PFC 276 Port Co TC World War II Sep 8 1921 Dec 12 1970 Double Stone Eby A Sep 8 1916 Mar 29 1997 Clidie S Apr 24 1920 Aug 19 2008 Double Stone Holland James Bryant Oct 24 1915 May 24 1980 Married Dec 31 1933 Vera Riggs Oct 23 1915 Jul 4 1993 Double Stone Huff John W Jun 6 1880 Jan 24 1948 In memory of grave site New Salem Church Eslie H Nov 25 1885 Aug 11 1979 Bobby Ray Ipock Cpl US Army Sep 24 1930 Nov 14 2001 Special Forces Lewis Patrick Ipock Jr Son of Pat & Joyce Ipock Aug 19 1958 Jun 26 1961 Samuel Mark Ipock Oct 13 1960 Jul 17 1981 Double Stone Kite John A Sep 18 1906 Mar 26 1972 Carrie E Sep 4 1910 Jun 28 1980 Double Stone Laughinghouse Monnie Mar 4 1893 Jan 31 1957 Carrie P Mar 6 1892 Apr 21 1978 Double Stone Laughinghouse Genevienve Mar 29 1926 Jun 9 1984 Robert Lee Oct 17 1914 Aug 6 1960 Rosa Clark Lewis Wife of Charlie Lewis Mar 8 1888 Jan 9 1967 Rosa C Lewis Mar 8 1888 Jan 9 1967 Double Stone Lilly Bertie S Mar 27 1931 NOD Thad L Dec 13 1916 Oct 22 2006 Double Stone McGee Elizabeth D Jan 14 1918 Jun 11 1993 Irvin B Oct 24 1916 Aug 7 2004 FS Irvin B McGee Sr US Army World War II Oct 24 1916 Aug 7 2004 Purple Heart Double Stone Mills Calvin W Nov 12 1947 Feb 12 2001 Willie J Jr Jun 28 1941 Jun 2 2004 Double Stone Moore Brinson Jul 30 1917 Sep 24 2003 Feb 28 1921 Jun 30 2006 FS George Brinson Moore Sgt US Army Air Forces World War II Jul 30 1917 Sep 24 2003 Double Stone Morris Andrew M Jan 11 1903 Sep 16 1988 Essie D Aug 17 1905 Jul 6 1981 Double Stone Morris Rev Elmer "Bum" Earl Sep 14 1934 Aug 5 1983 Keith "Little Bum" Earl Aug 13 1970 Dec 2 1990 Double Stone Nobles Ersell E Jan 1 1921 Apr 13 1983 Lena R Feb 9 1921 Aug 19 2003 Double Stone Nobles Ervin E Jul 9 1913 Mar 20 1994 Ethel Mae Nov 16 1915 Sep 23 1991 Double Stone Pinkos Stanislaus J Feb 12 1916 Jun 20 1993 Married Dec 3 1927 Katherine A Jan 6 1930 NOD FS Stanislaus J Pinkos CWO4 US Navy World War II Korea Feb 12 1916 Jun 20 1993 Double Stone Ramsey Lawrence Oct 28 1915 Jan 13 1996 Esther P Aug 1 1917 Feb 10 2001 Theodora Lewis Saunders Daughter of Charlie & Rosa Lewis Feb 10 1907 Feb 21 2009 Double Stone Smith Joshua Alton Oct 29 1915 Aug 5 1999 Carrie Nobles Jun 25 1921 Sep 14 1998 Double Stone Smith George J Mar 9 1900 Jul 28 1992 Dollie I Jun 24 1898 Apr 27 1985 Jack H Strickland Jul 23 1927 Apr 28 1988 Double Stone Taylor Charles Russell Sep 29 1922 Oct 6 1991 Katherine R Dec 17 1925 NOD FS Charles R Taylor Sgt US Army World War II Sep 29 1922 Oct 6 1991 Sara Eugelia Good Taylor Nov 28 1909 Aug 18 2000 Double Stone Ward Marshall Floyd May 6 1914 Oct 22 1986 Maude Bright Jan 14 1914 Jan 8 1993 Double Stone Wetherington Alfred Sep 30 1904 Dec 24 1996 Mary K Dec 8 1904 Dec 26 1988 Double Stone Wetherington Steven Dan Feb 17 1910 May 24 1991 Elma Lilly Jan 24 1916 May 16 2003 Double Stone Wiggins Mary F Sep 25 1922 NOD D Webster Aug 22 1919 Oct 15 2001 Double Stone Wiggins Hubert C 1914-1988 Married Nov 11 1933 Fronnie H 1911-1981 Marguerite "Bobbie" Huff Williams Dec 29 1914 Sep 5 2000 Audrey A Willis Oct 31 1933 Jan 31 1994 Double Stone Willis Carroll V MD Oct 10 1908 Sep 27 1985 Married Jun 5 1938 Norma A Oct 23 1915 Jul 6 1982 Lawrence T Wilson North Carolina SK1 USNR World War II Dec 17 1908 Aug 27 1966 Mabel C Wilson Mar 9 1913 Feb 23 2006 Double Stone Wright Clayton Apr 1 1923 Jul 12 2002 Katie L Apr 20 1925 Sep 1 2007 Double Stone Wright Harvey D Nov 18 1903 Mar 15 1981 Ethel Y Jul 18 1905 Feb 12 1989 William C Wright May 16 1942 Oct 4 1968 FS William C Wright North Carolina SP4 US Army Vietnam May 16 1942 Oct 4 1968

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