St John AME Zion Church 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 St John AME Zion Church Cemetery in Craven County, NC.

Location 9506 Hwy 55 Dover

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    GPS Coordinates:
    35° 17.592 N
    77° 20.362 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Clayton Dixon 1938-1983 Sadie Jones Jul 13 1891 Apr 2 1975 Chester E Murrell Apr 6 1935 Dec 7 1970 Minnie Doyal Jan 27 1897 Sep 15 1968 Maggie T Pugh Oct 7 1900 Mar 2 1963 Walter Franks Apr 17 1892 Feb 19 1962 Norma Franks Oct 17 1891 Jul 25 1959 William H Biddle Mar 30 1882 Jun 13 1957 Rev R E "Emmanuel" Williams Dec 6 1906 Jun 29 1988 Wiley J Franks Apr 19 1919 Apr 25 1961 Unreadable Stone Unreadable Stone Sallie A Jones Feb 13 1878 Jul 4 1950 Paint destroying stone! William H Biddle Jr Oct 17 1914 Feb 2 1950 Paint destroying stone! Susan C Jones Mar 25 1865 Mar 14 1917 Willie M Jones Jun 9 1866 Mar 12 1948 Double Stone Dawson Cherry Coward Aug 12 1881 NOD Lewis Frank Sr Jun 30 1886 Sep 30 1958 Priscilla H Smith 1883-1954 H H of R Nicy A Wife of R W Williams Nov 16 1871 May 25 1924 Mary F Jones Nov 12 1871 Mar 1918 Hervey King Texas Pvt 305 TNC ?? World War II Feb 6 1905 Aug 11 Stone half buried hard to read Unreadable Stone B W Artis Jan 5 1853 Jan 9 1917 Polly Holloway Died Jul 16 1916 Aged 60 years Haywood SMith 1915-1985 Lucy A Biddle Sep 1844 Oct 15 1913 Susan Gooden Sep 26 1822 Jun 18 1908 Age 86 years Wiley J Doyal Mar 1 1859 Jun 22 1918 Age 59 years Holland A Doyal May 30 1859 Dec 19 1934 Nettie Biddle Feb 16 1881 May 31 1926 Jack Ann Wife of Ed White 1888 Jul 9 1924 Simpson Harris Apr 11 1910 Feb 10 1963 Naomi Dawson Pierce Jan 20 1911 Nov 15 1996 Herbert L Dawson SSgt US Air Force World War II Jul 30 1919 Aug 13 1999 Lewis F Dawson Jr Cpl US Army World War II Apr 11 1916 Sep 6 2001 Roberta F Allen May 27 1921 Jun 26 2007 Freddie A Franks Jun 2 1923 May 16 2000

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