Russell Cemetery

Craven County, NC

Surveyed by Diane Siniard, Hank Bland & Jim Dugan April 2009




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Russell Cemetery in Craven County, NC.

Location On Creek Landing Rd off Hwy 55

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    GPS Coordinates:
    35° 16.652 N
    77° 17.935 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Senie A Register Wife of E H French Fen 19 1879 Sep 23 1944 Edward H French May 7 1880 Apr 20 1965 Double Stone French Jamima West Jul 20 1893 Dec 23 1966 Furnifold F Mar 27 1883 Jun 16 1959 Sidney D Rhem Wife of Charles Wooten Jul 4 1851 May 4 1938 Lee Johnson French North Carolina Ovt 119 Ambulance Co World War I Jan 27 1896 Dec 31 1959 Helen Estella French Aug 27 1905 Oct 26 2001 Ada Ruth Daughter of Verna E Manning Nov 4 1930 Feb 20 1931 Double Stone Jolly Lillie Russell Jul 13 1892 Nov 5 1929 Myron W Aug 26 1897 Dec 28 1944 Sallie K French Jan 1 1877 Aug 26 1964 Virginia Rehm Wife of Wm Joseph French Mar 6 1853 Feb 13 1936 Wm Joseph French Aug 19 1839 Mar 10 1909 Jos. French Co I 6th NC Reg CSA Unmarked Grave Unmarked Grave Unmarked Grave Elizabeth Wife of Johnson H Brown Jul 31 1839 Apr 24 1900 Geo H Bryan Jan 12 1879 Jan 12 1920 Sallie Bryan Wife of Hillon T Hartley Mar 11 1876 Dec 13 1931 Unmarked Grave Unmarked Grave Sarah Wife of John R Brock Nov 1 1800 Feb 5 1883 Elizabeth Russell Croom Feb 7 1888 Feb 28 1888 Rosa Lane Croom Jan 21 1892 Jan 17 1896 James Rose Croom Feb 5 1896 Mar 19 1896 Hardy T Croom Jr Jun 5 1902 Jul 6 1902 Double Stone Croom Hardy T May 4 1857 Oct 8 1929 Barbara R Jun 29 1862 Oct 15 1941 Rebecca J Croom Mar 17 1894 Jan 29 1989 Evelyn Elizabeth Russell Sep 25 1931 Jan 14 1932 Linwood Waddell Russell Jul 8 1928 Jun 14 1929 Susan Jane Wife of R A Russell Apr 10 1850 Oct 28 1927 Luke K Son of James M & Ann H Russell Nov 11 1841 Sep 25 1855 Aged 13 yrs 10 ms 14 ds Capt James M Son of Col Luke Russell & Barbara Nov 7 1819 Feb 12 1849 Aged 27 ys 3 ms 5 ds James A Son of Joseph & Caroline M Merkel Sep 13 1846 May 6 1955 John P Son of Joseph & Caroline M Merkel Aug 22 1854 Jun 11 1855 Aged 9 ms 19 ds Obed Palmer Died Jun 5 1856 In the early fifth year of his age Catherine Daughter of Obediah & Muriel Palmer Nov 17 1852 Jun 29 1853 MM Charlie Koonce 1926-2006 Louis Koonce Jan 26 1897 Nov 26 1936 Evelyn M Russell Wife of Louis Koonce Jun 22 1890 Feb 10 1930 Janie Wife of V B Jennings Feb 9 1888 Mar 3 1924 Double Stone Russell Lizzie F 1884-1975 Henry A 1877-1965 Luke K Russell May 18 1858 Nov 2 1887 Elizabeth nee-Wooton Wife of R A Russell Aug 22 1837 Jul 12 1869 R A Russell Nov 21 1829 Nov 18 1911 Barbara McCabe Russell Wife of Col Luke Russell Sep 27 1798 May 29 1862 Luke Russell Esqr Born in Philadelphia Jul 20 1784 Died in New Bern APr 8 1839 Aged 54 years 8 months 19 days Page 2 Double Stone Peake Blair L Dec 31 1922 NOD Mabel Koonce Aug 26 1920 Mar 1 1995 Alice Koonce 1897-1976 Alice Taylor Koonce Feb 8 1897 Jun 5 1976 Benjamin W Koonce North Carolina Pvt Btry A 113 Field Arty World War I Dec 24 1897 Mar 12 1960 J Alfred Koonce 1906-1942 Boobie Koonce Feb 6 1939 Mar 5 1939 Virginia Koonce Garvey 1934-1960 Pearl H Koonce Oliver Wife of J Alfred Koonce 1905-1974 Aleda Koonce Moreadith Wife of Frank M Moreadith Jan 30 1931 Feb 13 1990 Frank Milton Moreadith Husband of Aleda K Moreadith Jun 12 1918 Nov 11 1995 Lucy Koonce Sutton Dec 27 1910 Feb 24 2001 John I Sutton May 21 1902 Jan 20 1962 Wayne Eugene Koonce Apr 14 1939 Jul 13 1969 Double Stone Koonce Wayne E Jul 22 1914 Aug 30 1997 Estelle S Aug 4 1919 May 12 2006 Double Stone Koonce Doris W 1932-NOD Nick M 1915-1988 James Bryan Son of W R & Annie Koonce Dec 25 1909 Nov 25 1911 Wm R Koonce Feb 14 1868 Jan 30 1928 Nannie C Koonce Jun 28 1875 Dec 30 1962 Mary Virginia Koonce Aug 23 1902 Feb 26 1928 Edward Harrell Koonce Oct 30 1906 Aug 22 1937 J W Koonce Mar 14 1843 Jan 7 1911 Monnie Koonce Jan 26 1882 Sep 16 1912 J B Parrott Apr 22 1844 Nov 3 1911 Cornelia Wife of J P Parrott Died Jul 26 1925 Aged 65 years Harrison P Son of Guy M & Winnie Russell Jul 17 1917 Oct 5 1919 Double Stone Russell Winnie Parrott Oct 3 1885 Apr 25 1952 Guy M Apr 9 1885 Jul 22 1941 Joseph Richard Son of Guy M & Winnie Russell Jan 7 1925 Oct 7 1941 Grace Russell Rouse Apr 22 1919 Jan 11 1980 James Benjamin Rouse Jr Oct 18 1944 Oct 11 1981 Infant Son of James & Dorothy Russell Sep 6 1944 NOD Double Stone French Christine White Oct 1 1927 Raymond Joseph Sep 26 1931 Mar 11 2005 Double Stone French Edna Hinson Aug 25 1939 Nov 17 2006 Married Jul 26 1958 Thomas Lee May 31 1928 Apr 25 1998 Raymond Joseph French PFC US Army Korea Sep 26 1931 Mar 11 2005 Double Stone Tripp Donna E Bryant Jun 7 1964 Mar 31 2004 Jessie Donald Jun 14 1964 NOD Lela F Smith Aug 6 1902 May 2 1986 Double Stone Russell Gibson L Mar 8 1914 Jun 24 1989 Magdalene Nov 15 1914 Aug 29 1991 William A Russell May 14 1877 Sep 6 1880 Julia K Russell Apr 28 1879 Oct 6 1880 James Russell Oct 27 1872 Mar 8 1874 Enoch Lane Russell Jul 12 1883 Dec 24 1920 Mary French Russell Mar 21 1874 Dec 11 1955 Double Stone Russell Nannie M Mar 29 1891 Oct 27 1930 Wilbur W Feb 8 1886 Mar 30 1960 Sonja Russell Daughter of Coolidge Russell Nov 27 1971 NOD Charles W Russell Sep 23 1922 Feb 18 1983 Glennie Aretta Russell Daughter of Wilbur W & Nannie Morris Russell Apr 8 1916 Sep 25 1993 Pennie Dail Russell Jun 16 1905 Sep 25 1999 Arthur B Russell Jun 7 1903 Jun 17 1985 Hazel E Russell Aug 19 1936 Jan 5 1937 Enoch F Russell North Carolina SC3 USNR World War II Sep 7 1926 Apr 1 1966 Roland B Son of MR & Mrs L B Russell Oct 1 1937 Oct 17 1937 Double Stone Russell Hilda S Mar 2 1908 Jul 30 1987 Linster B Jul 30 1904 Feb 2 1950

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