The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Leigh's Temple AME Zion Church Cemetery in Perquimans County, NC.
Location: Cross Neck Rd. This cemetery is in VERY bad shape! Most stones will be lost if something isn't done. There is one growing into
a tree, and others that are buried completely. There are 2 USCT soldiers buried here, one of the headstones is almost completely fallen over,
the other is on the verge. If you are a descendant, please ask to have this cemetery maintained better to stop the loss of these graves.
Transcription by Kerry Smith
View photos of the headstones here.
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GPS Coordinates:
36° 07.304 N
76° 14.988 W
The epitaphs are as follows:
Papa
Lemiah Dillard
1908 – 1967
James Green
Died Jan 30 1961
Robert E Leigh
Born July 3 1887
Died May _ 196_
Lillian L Dillard
Jan 30 1923
Nov 24 1994
Isreal Dillard Sr
Feb 5 1928
Feb 9 2007
Lovie J Leigh
July 22 1945
May 10 2006
Ruth L Thomas
Jan 30 1923
May 25 2008
Mabel M Simpson
Aug 18 1917
May 28 1998
Dolly L Spellman
Oct 5 1919
Dec 6 1989
Robert A Leigh
US Army
World War II
Aug 15 1915
Aug 31 1984
Susan E Overton
Born Nov 6 1890
Died June 29 1969
Lizzie Taylor
Aug 6 1898
Sep 2 1962
Lucy Elnora Dillard Overton
Feb 18 1918
Jan 12 1962
Alice West
Aug 1889
Jul 14 1963
Unreadable Stone
Philander H White
US Army
Feb 16 1956
Nov 7 1980
McKinta Levell Mallory
Feb 11 1977
Jun 13 2007
Mattie Mallory
Apr 16 1915
Sep 12 1975
Enos Mallory
Feb 22 1911
Oct 3 1988
Cato Mallory
Apr 21 1917
Oct 26 2000
Cleo M Mallory
US Army
World War II
Oct 28 1921
Feb 6 1996
Eddie Malloy
(misspelled - should be Mallory)
Jun 30 1896
Dec 12 1977
Josphine O Mallory
(Josephine per SSDI)
July 10 1900
Jun 6 1992
Double Stone
Mallory
Willie
Mar 7 1906
Dec 8 1988
Virginia Burke
Sep 2 1921
Mar 7 1989
Ray Bud Whidbee
Apr 18 1948
May 26 1990
Emline S White
Aug 11 1921
Dec 26 1991
Mary S Taylor
Dec 25 1930
Apr 18 1989
Murry P White
Aug 26 1979
Herbert White
Died Mar 26 1968
Noar Green (Noah)
Died Nov 4 1964
Henry M Greene
Born Nov 26 1905
Died Jun 29 1965
Edgar Mallory
Jun 2 1921
Mar 6 1995
Bertha C Mallory
Dec 24 1904
May 1 1988
Lury Mallory
Mar 12 1900
Feb 16 1975
Ella G Bey
Sep 17 1916
Nov 21 1987
William L Mallory
Oct 11 1925
Dec 29 1989
Sue M Leigh
Mar 11 1923
Oct 25 2005
Caleb L Mallory
Apr 22 1956
Feb 14 1993
Lila Miller
Dec 30 1929
Apr 25 2006
Henry Mallory Sr
May 17 1912
Nov 5 1988
Susie Mallory
Dec 26 1905
Mar 25 2006
Samuel Mallory
Feb 7 1904
May 18 1957
Margaret Brabham ?
1889 - 1961
Keffer Mallory
10 13 1923
12 17 1972
Doria B Ward
Born May 2 1876
Died Nov 2 1973
John Simpson
Pvt
US Army
World War II
May 27 1905
Aug 8 1975
David W Simpson
Oct 8 1899
Dec 14 1972
Broken unreadable flat stone
William Simpson
Mar 9 1919
Jul 4 1966
Eliza J White
Mar 12 1929
Oct 23 2007
George L Sutton
TEC 5
US Army
Nov 15 1916
Dec 16 1986
Mary L Banks
Mar 14 1888
Sep 7 1983
Alfred Miller
1898 – 1976
Metal Marker
Lilly Backer Morgan
1908 - 1998
Louisana B Whidbee
May 1 1916
Sep 3 1998
Ulysses Skinner
North Carolina
Pvt Btry E
350 Field Arty
World War II
Nov 21 1910
May 2 1960
Margaret O Dillard
Jul 4 1924
Jul 17 1999
Alexziner J Dillard
Aug 17 1893
Apr 19, 1993
Father
Hillard Dillard
Jan 5 1894
Nov 5 1958
Stanley Dillard
Jul 7 1923
Sep 18 2003
David G Simpson
Co A
35 USC Inf
Annie Miller
1901 – 1983
Levy Poole
1913 – 1975
Margaret Sessoms
Jan 9 1936
Jan 30 1981
Eleanor S Jones
Jan 2 1906
Sep 3 1993
Frank Wallace Overton Sr
Oct 12 1912
Dec 17 1999
Robert Godfrey III
Nov 20 1933
Aug 21 2001
Godfrey
Sophia L
Sep 15 1909
Jul 5 2000
Ozel Lee
Jan 27 1911
Nov 22 1994
Wife
Emily West Lee
Feb 17 1916
Jan 8 1989
Gladys W Garvin
Aug 18 1908
Oct 18 1987
John Lee
Co F
36 USC Inf
Corneilus Johnson
1881 – 1918
Willie H Harrell Sr
Nov 28 1948
Sep 29 1993
Herman Johnson
Apr 30 1922
Mar 19 1992
Henry L Whidbee
Oct 23 1910
May 24 1992
Jeremiah White
Sep 15 1924
Dec 20 1992
George W Whidbee
Jul 7 1921
Aug 22 1994
Lucius G Whidbee Sr
Jan 1 1917
Mar 12 1996
Double Stone
Hollowell
Elijah
Aug 17 1915
Sep 2 1990
Dorothy Lee W
Jan 26 1920
Feb 12 2001
Graham Leigh
Dec 7 1880
Sep 2 1950
Ida Overton
Sep 20 1963
Merritt Hollowell
Apr 6 1913
Jul 17 1978
Andrew Leigh
Mar 8 1848
Mar 17 1923
Double Stone
Hollowell
Mattie L
1874 – 1955
Belver N Taylor
Jul 24 1931
Dec 24 1967
Marshall Taylor Jr
North Carolina
Sgt
US Army
Korea
Oct 15 1929
March 18 1961
BSM (Bronze Star Medal)
Father
Zeb Taylor
Mar 15 1889
Jul 29 1932
Richard Pugh
Born July 4 1867
Died Dec 10 1916
James E Wilson
Pvt
US Army
World War II
Sep 19 1921
May 29 2002
Metal Marker
Michael Wilson
No other information
Veloa M Walker
May 11 1932
Aug 5 2007
Gertie W Gordon
Jun 23 1925
Feb 27 2008
Ellen A Wilson
Sep 6 1934
Mar 4 1997
Joe L White Jr
Sep 20 1935
May 11 1994
William
Son of _ac and Caroli_
_blont
Feb 15
Dec 18
Sides obscured by tree
Overturned Stone
Hezikiah Overton
Born Feb 26 1846
Died Apr 12 1917
Frank Wallace Overton Sr
Oct 12 1912
Dec 17 1999
Eleanor S Jones
Jan 2 1906
Sep 3 1993
Margaret Sessoms
Jan 9 1936
Jan 30 1981
Lottie T Morris
Jun 28 1932
May 29 2000
Richard Taylor
Apr 18 1894
Aug 16 1978
Mrs Willie W Taylor
1 / 19 / 1905
1 / 27 / 1971
Frank Wallace Overton Jr
A3C
US Air Force
Apr 10 1935
Dec 30 2003
William H Johnson
Aug 27 1943
Jun 5 2007
Seth Thomas
Oct 8 1903
Nov 23 1986
Mildred Harrell
Jul 24 1921
Apr 20 1987
Carrie H Floyd
Dec 4 1926
Dec 22 1996
Ethel Lee White
Feb 23 1914
Jul 6 1976
Mother
Rose Lee
Mar 24 1863
Jun 24 1928
Lewis Leigh
Born Mar 1861
Died Jan 24 1913
Philander H Leigh
Born Mar 9 1897
Died Mar 28 1922
Thomas Nixon
Born Aug 16 1821
Died Mar 17 1911
Unreadable Flat Stone
Sue Mallory
Born 1879
Died May 3 1914
C M Mallory
Died Sep 8 1927
Age 61 years
Wooden post
With blank metal marker
James E Leigh
Jun 16 1869
Jan 8 1928
In memory of
Father
Berry Jenkins
Died Feb 15 1932
Age 61 years
Mother
Emmer Jenkins
Died Dec 12 1934
Age 54 years
Elcana Whidbee
Jan 23 1900
May 20 1944
Frank Hollowell
Dec 22 1874
Feb 22 1959
Alice Godfrey
Born Dec 27 1927
Died Sep 6 1965
Mother
Mary
H
Whidbee
(hand inscribed)
Marjorie M Whidbee
Dec 27 1945
May 23 1974
Clayton Jenkins
1907 – 1949
Katie Hollowell
Feb 4 1920
Oct 11 1976
Booker T Harrell
Apr 10 1906
Jul 9 1976
Edith O Nixon
Born Jun 8 1885
Died Jan 30 1970
Ernest Wilson
North Carolina
PFC
349 Labor BN QMC
World War I
Feb 18 1888
Oct 2 1968
Alfred Wilson
Age 65
May 24 1957
Benjamin Wilson Jr
Nov 12 1947
Aug 25 1983
Anderson White
Pvt
US Army
World War I
Sep 15 1896
Jun 4 1980
Stanley L Wilson
Sep 22 1928
Dec 2 1987
Martha F Pruill
Dec 2 1929
Oct 19 1938
Richard L Spruill
Dec 29 1959
Nov 20 2001
Solomon White
1868 – 1925
and wife
Susan White
1874 – 1939
Mother
Sarah Cox
Sep 30 1879
May 25 1943
Spence Cox
1865 – 1936
W H Eason
1867 – 1940
Joseph H Dillard
Mar 3 1908
Apr 20 1960
Diane Siniard Send your questions (and thanks) directly to Diane.
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