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
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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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