Lawrence Family Cemetery

Perquimans County North Carolina

Surveyed by Diane Siniard
December 2007




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Lawrence Family Cemetery in Perquimans County, NC.

Location: Hwy 37 towards Belvidere from Winfall across the street from Poplar Run AME Zion Church.

African American Cemetery

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    GPS Coordinates:
    36° 13.314 N
    76° 28.426 W


    The epitaphs are as follows:



    John L Overton May 10 1860 Jan 3 1944 Vole Overton Oct 10 1887 Feb 1 1975 Mareha E Perry Sep 23 1897 Nov 23 1954 Rosa Overton Newton Feb 16 1924 Sep 8 1989 Mae Emma Riddick Jan 19 1926 Oct 11 1972 Harold S Harrell North Carolina PFC Co M 371 Infantry World War II Feb 14 1916 Mar 16 1964 Hattie M Harrell Sep 3 1918 Aug 8 1995 Mattie Jones 1909-1982 Steven Elliott Feb 22 1959 Mar 11 1993 Luther Thornton Owens Jan 12 1912 Jan 16 1934 Sherwood L Hurst North Carolina PFC Co B 323 SVC BN QMC World War I Dec 16 1895 Mar 18 1958 Eva G Hurst Nov 16 1882 Oct 1 1960 Alpherus A Owens Feb 3 1908 Feb 7 1984 Alice P Hawkins 1883-1989 Hubert Hawkins 1880-1960 Carrol M Hawkins 1945-1960 Unmarked Stone Noah Dancy Lawrence Pennsylvania Pvt 153 Depot Brigade World War I May 7 1895 Dec 12 1950 Sallie E Brown May 14 1883 Dec 23 1961 Rosa A Lawrence Jan 20 1852 Sep 17 1927 GUOL 80 GGES Hidden in bush BE Lawrence Sep 16 1849 Mar 28 1912 Julia C Lawrence Oct 2 1898 Aug 30 1992 Joshua R Lawrence 1896-1957 Jesse Edward Perry Jan 12 1889 Apr 26 1967 James E Hurst Mar 15 1869 Jan 7 1945 Sallie Skinner Apr 19 1888 Jul 31 1955 Unmarked Stone Dennis Johnson Jr Sgt US Army Vietnam Sep 29 1942 May 22 2005 Clifton L Johnson Jul 5 1929 Dec 19 2001 Willie Lee Johnson Nov 17 1937 Jun 29 1998 Stacey D Johnson Oct 4 1974 Oct 15 1997 Rufus Johnson Jr Pvt US Marine Corps Vietnam Sep 28 1948 Feb 23 1983 Della White Bryant Aug 17 1889 Aug 2 1951 Unmarked Pole Rufus Johnson May 19 1920 May 21 1949 Dennis Johnson North Carolina Pvt Co A 305 SVC BN QMC World War I Dec 25 1888 May 24 1957 Neppie White Johnson Apr 15 1900 Jul 6 1985 Hilton W Johnson US Army World War II Apr 5 1918 Aug 1 1978 Mamie J Hunter Feb 14 1922 Feb 24 1991 MM Ashanti Sellers Wood NOI Eugene Burke Sr Cpl US Army Korea Apr 17 1930 Aug 4 1996 Elyebth Saunders Dec 8 ???? Feb 16 1954 birth year missing Sarah White Feb 22 1912 Mar 7 1953 Dr Jales E Byers Feb 6 1880 Oct 16 1948 Luzinia Bragg May 19 1902 Aug 1 1951 Unmarked Stone Richard Hawkins 1902-1986 Arthur Bryant Jan 15 1889 Jan 18 1959 Katie J Bragg Nov 17 1917 Nov 26 1987 Robert M Bragg Aug 23 1916 Feb 2 1969 Joel M Lightfoot 1949-1965 Richard Lightfoot Sr May 22 1940 Jan 3 1979 Viola P Lightfoot May 14 1919 Apr 6 1981 Beatrice Spellman Jul 4 1908 Jan 19 1983 Beatrice S Ferebee Apr 12 1941 Oct 22 1991 Katrina J Burnett Jan 17 1934 Jan 12 2006 Minnie Johnson Apr 17 1931 Jul 13 1977 Anna Mary Washington May 30 1899 Feb 24 1974 Edward Spellman Oct 30 1905 Nov 17 1986 Jesse T Spellman Jan 29 1937 Aug 14 1999



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