New Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery
Perquimans Co., NC
Surveyed by Diane Siniard
June 2008
Resurveyed June 2013




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the New Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery in Perquimans County, NC.

Location: On New Hope Rd at the intersection of Woodville Rd and Fosters Ln. Cemetery is on both sides of the church as well as behind it.

Circa 1809

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    GPS Coordinates:
    36.15510 N
    76.31660 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Page 1 On Right side of church: Louise Bostic Pardue Oct 26 1927 Jun 3 2008 Lucy Howell Spencer Apr 25 1879 Jun 17 1949 William Woodley Spencer Aug 27 1877 Jan 7 1954 Mary Spencer Wife of B F Davidson Wife of S D Banks 1873-1946 Bertha Lillian Davidson Sep 6 1893 Nov 29 1963 James Ruppert Banks SC1 US Navy World War II Jul 27 1920 Jul 2 1994 Double Stone Pardue Robert E Nov 5 1931 NOD Louise B Oct 26 1927 Jun 3 2008 Double Stone Byrne James Charles Jul 8 1932 Jun 18 2003 Iris Ritchie Jul 14 1935 May 13 2004 Double Stone Jones Harold Robert Sep 14 1936 NOD Married Jun 29 1956 Frances Cartwright Feb 8 1937 Mar 31 2005 Gary Scott Aug 18 1962 Jul 30 1999 Double Stone Copeland Sherman Erie Jul 20 1923 Dec 14 2001 Mary King Nov 3 1925 Oct 14 2001 Double Stone Sallie Hobbs Jones Sep 20 1909 May 10 1981 Thomas Hoyle Jones Apr 13 1904 Sep 25 1981 Shelton Calvin Hobbs Oct 4 1906 Aug 16 1969 Berta H Hobbs Wife of John Calvin Hobbs Apr 29 1886 Mar 24 1960 James C Hobbs Apr 17 1911 Apr 8 1951 Double Stone Hobbs Julian V Jul 30 1919 May 27 1981 Helen H Jul 31 1920 Jun 14 1988 Double Stone Jones Fred Leigh Sep 21 1933 Feb 2 1993 Audrey Stallings Jan 20 1938 NOD Benjamin Harrison Chambers Sep 8 1926 Nov 2 1990 Reggie Eure Dec 24 1983 Dec 25 1983 Eugene Benton Morgan S1 US Navy World War II May 18 1927 Nov 30 2010 Robert E Wells Jr S1 US Navy World War II May 17 1927 Aug 27 1993 Double Stone Chapman Alec B 1902-1975 Ida Mae Case 1900-1990 Double Stone Tucker Fernando B Oct 24 1907 Aug 15 1992 Married Dec 18 1932 Mollie W Dec 25 1910 Mar 24 2004 Thomas Dewitt Webb Mar 29 1901 Dec 8 1967 Trixie Webb Dees Mar 10 1911 Jan 22 1985 Mary Elizabeth Webb Jul 24 1914 Jun 9 1994 Susan Rebecca Webb Sep 26 1907 Jun 19 1994 Double Stone Yezdanian Kegan Sarkis 1941-2009 Ethel Joan 1944-NOD FS Kegan S Yezdanian Jr A2C US Air Force Aug 2 1941 Jul 8 2009 James P Neary Jul 29 1932 May 21 1956 Penny W Neary Nov 3 1909 Aug 26 1991 Double Stone Webb Jecola Gregory Sep 13 1877 May 24 1965 Leonidas Rosser Oct 26 1874 Jun 1 1956 Page 2 Noah M Ward Jr Nov 16 1933 Feb 6 1952 William G Moffitt US Navy World War II 1917-1984 Wm W Weeks Nov 16 1852 Apr 15 1924 Carson B Banks Sgt US Army World War II Oct 23 1915 Jan 15 1996 Waverly Ann Banks Sep 14 1937 Apr 10 1943 Buchannon Sutton Banks Nov 4 1891 Aug 16 1947 Grace Patience Banks May 20 1894 May 28 1931 Lina Sawyer Jackson 1874-1934 Unmarked Stone Baby Darnell Born & Died Dec 5 1969 Double Stone Dail Charlie E Aug 15 1912 Aug 12 1998 Clara J Dec 18 1916 Apr 1 1980 MM E A Goodman 1877-1957 MM Caroline Goodman 1878-1958 Clarence B Goodman Mar 20 1899 Feb 2 1945 Marvin Hoyle Umphlette Feb 15 1903 Dec 29 1955 Stephen Decator Banks Jan 6 1883 Dec 1 1972 Double Stone Nurney James Monroe Sep 2 1878 Aug 30 1942 Blanche Umphlett Sep 29 1889 May 9 1975 Double Stone Umphlett Charney Umphlett Apr 22 1852 May 7 1926 Martha Mathews Jan 20 1853 Jan 25 1940 Daniel Charles Umphlett 1877-1968 Ella Coffield Umphlett 1875-1944 Matt Mathews Umphlett 1906-1934 Ector Austin Dail Jun 6 1911 Jan 4 2000 Double Stone Dail Mattie Umphlett Jun 20 1886 Jun 17 1975 William Enoch Oct 28 1883 Jul 31 1961 Double Stone Spivey Frances Godfrey May 20 1928 Sep 17 1992 Married Sep 20 1953 Matt Mathews Jr Jan 22 1926 Aug 22 2002 FS Matt M Spivey Jr US Army World War II Korea Jan 22 1926 Aug 22 2002 Married D'Anna L Newton Spivey Oct 28 1994 Double Stone Spivey Lawrence H Dec 10 1912 Sep 5 2004 Mary J Oct 25 1910 Sep 11 1992 Matt Mathews Spivey Jul 6 1898 Jun 9 1980 Lucy G Spivey Wife of Matt M Spivey Sep 16 1899 Jun 30 1943 Samuel Green Sep 8 1870 Jul 29 1934 Double Stone Bright Henry Wilbur Oct 8 1915 Jun 14 1972 Naomi Spivey Mar 1 1919 Jan 17 1988 FS Henry Wilbur Bright North Carolina PFC Co A 20 Engineers World War II Oct 8 1915 Jun 14 1972 William H Williams Dec 25 1873 Feb 12 1949 James P Russell North Carolina PFC 9206 Tech Svc unit World War II Jun 10 1927 Feb 4 1953 Nellie Williams Russell Feb 29 1904 May 26 1974 Shirley Ellsworth Russell Dec 17 1929 Oct 16 1986 Dennis C Wood May 8 1895 Aug 2 1952 Wm Edmund Wood Husband of Penelope Gregory Wood Aug 18 1862 Jan 12 1941 Penelope Wife of W E Wood 1870-1922 Double Stone Sawyer Geneva G 1874-1916 Abner 1878-1932 Bettie Daughter of Abner & Geneva Sawyer May 16 1896 Aug 13 1906 Julia Ann Weeks Landing Gibson 1858 Jan 13 1943 Willie M Lamb Age 9 mos James H Lamb 1914-1932 Estelle Lamb 1918-1931 Grave House Elizabeth Nicholson NOI Grave Houe Circa 1865 Dedicated Feb 15 2009 A Mothers Darling NOI Grave House NOI Double Stone Banks George W 1868-1932 Sallie S 1884-1959 Capt Jack NOI Double Stone Landing Armesia Robins Nov 23 1862 Jul 5 1934 William Jackson Aug 5 1859 Feb 21 1940 Page 3 Emma R Turner 1862-1938 G W Turner 1850-1914 Double Stone Turner Joseph Gaston 1850 Jun 5 1887 Florence Small Feb 10 1859 Sep 15 1887 Ervin A Turner Nov 30 1911 Dec 12 1984 Henrietta H "Etta" Turner Apr 29 1908 Aug 3 2001 Virginia P Newby Wife of David G Newby Sep 21 1855 Aug 18 1936 David G Newby Oct 9 1854 Feb 3 1911 Double Stone Forbes Clayton W Jr Apr 18 1925 Jan 10 2006 Married Feb 15 1948 Myers T May 3 1921 Jun 1 1999 Marshall Hugh Caddy SSG US Army Iraq Feb 19 1977 Nov 16 2004 Bronze Star Medal C J Corbitt NOI Susan Corbitt NOI William E Corbitt Co E 33 NC Inf CSA Georgetta G Davidson Born Sep 30 1819 Age 34 yrs Catherine Wood Jordan 1844-1906 James W Bunch Co F NC State Troops CSA Nettie Turner Wife of W K Barclift 1882-1961 W K Barclift 1876-1935 Archie Wellington Barclift Apr 3 1903 Jan 30 1995 Ella Mae Barclift Jan 18 1913 Jul 7 1999 Leon Barclift 1924-1940 James Robert Whedbee May 22 1860 May 8 1937 Martha Williams Whedbee Aug 22 1865 Sep 5 1942 Lula Whedbee Wood Jan 24 1886 Jun 1 1938 Sarah A Daughter of J R & Martha J Wheedbee Dec 2 1890 Nov 14 1911 Double Stone Son James Wrightson Jackson Jr Apr 18 1918 Jul 8 1945 Father James Wrightson Jackson Dec 8 1891 Dec 5 1936 Double Stone Elva Jackson Aug 13 1871 Oct 21 1918 Her son Claude L Jul 11 1898 Oct 20 1918 Behind Church: Rebecca Woodley Died Nov 28 1881 Aged 67 yrs Anderson Woodley Mar 19 1836 Sep 25 1871 Parthenia Spencer Died Mar 21 1889 Aged 50 yrs 3 mos Bettie Elizabeth Wife of L R Howell May 5 1873 Apr 20 1911 Leo Robbinson Howell May 9 1868 Apr 30 1943 B F Butt Died Jun 1 1900 Age 14 yrs Olivia Gregory Died Mar 31 1882 Aged 70 yrs 1 ms Joseph Gregory Died Nov 3 1880 Aged 70 yrs Mary E Butt Died Aug 9 1886 Aged 20 yrs 1 mo & ds Mary E Gregory Wife of B F Gregory Rest Buried B F Gregory Dec 20 1843 May 16 1923 Harriet Fleetwood Gregory 1861-1934 Unmarked Stone Virginia Wife of H A Goodman Dec 7 1853 Oct 19 1913 Age 57 ys 10 ms 13 ds Hardy A Goodman Dec 13 1853 Sep 25 1910 Unmarked Stone Margaret Ann NOI Double Stone Margaret Ann Wife of Samuel Long Died Jul 25 1859 Aged 23 ys 6 ms 16 ds Margaret Ann Daughter of Samuel & Margaret Long Died Sep 9 1859 Aged 1 mo 12 ds George W Reed Died Dec 17 1852 Aged 39 ys 2 ms 5 ds Page 4 Charles Harrell Son of J H & M C Jacock Died Sep 16 1881 Age 6 ys 8 ms 14 ds Margaret Ryan Jacocks Wife of Jonathan Hill Jacocks Daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth Stevenson Jun 17 1800 Feb 13 1920 Family Stone Thomas Stevenson Esq Son of Thomas Apr 1 1762 Dec 17 1801 Sarah Reed First Wife Died Jan 27 1796 Elizabeth Ryan Second Wife Oct 11 1767 Apr 22 1813 William Stevenson Son of Thomas & Sarah Nov 16 1781 Feb 2 1806 Drowned in Albermarle Sound Durant Reed Son of George D Reed NOI Mary Stevenson Daughter of Thomas & Sarah Dec 25 1788 Mar 26 1809 Captain William Stevenson Great Ancestor His son John Thomas Son of John Grandfather of Margaret Mary Elizabeth Daughter of J H & M C Jacocks Died Oct 8 1872 Age 7 ms 23 ds Jonathan Hill Jacocks Son of Jonathan & Elizabeth Jacocks Aug 2 1792 Jan 29 1847 Thomas Stevenson Jacock Sep 21 1818 Jan 2 1852 Margaret Stevenson Consort of Edward A Lamb Dec 13 1825 Jun 13 1850 Aged 24 ys 6 ms George W Reed Son of William & Rachel Reed Oct 12 1813 Dec 17 1852 Aged 39 ys 2 ms 5 days Double Stone Jones Thomas Goodman Dec 25 1875 May 23 1934 Ada Bateman Feb 22 1879 Dec 10 1917 Ella B Nixon Jul 2 1825 Oct 25 1894 Dr Alfred C Nixon Jun 25 1837 Mar 25 1900 T E Goodman Jun 18 1843 Apr 29 1894 Sarah Elizabeth Goodman Wife of T N Gregory Apr 19 1872 May 18 1899 Three Sons Noah, Thomas & Julian Sallie Steele Daughter of H A & Margaret Goodman Died Aug 23 1899 Aged 18 ys 9 ms 29 ds Evelen May Goodman Sep 23 1910 Sep 29 1911 Jane G Reed Died Aug 24 1848 Aged 28 ys Hardy J Jones Sep 12 1866 Aug 1 1933 Katie R Jones Nov 1 1876 Jul 20 1969 Viola J Foster Dec 7 1898 May 15 1970 James A Beales Dec 20 1909 Jan 8 1982 US Navy WWII Veteran Fannie Lee Foster Beales May 29 1920 Feb 9 2000 Double Stone Small Joshua Small Feb 18 1835 Sep 23 1880 Martha Humphries Mar 7 1840 Feb 1907 Una Small Umphlett Aug 4 1920 Sep 22 1994 Double Stone Small Joshua C 1868-1949 Sallie A 1875-1957 Newby Baby May 8 1954 May 9 1954 Triple Stone Newby Father Thomas May 2 1908 Mar 28 1984 Mother Arminta S Mar 23 1916 Dec 16 2001 Son Thomas Jr Jul 19 1950 Apr 18 1985 Double Stone Coffield Adeline M Nov 9 1882 Jan 31 1955 NOI Double Stone Small Charlie 1870-1945 Martha 1878-1937 Double Stone Watson Dennis Small Apr 25 1911 Aug 11 1976 Mary Ballance Small Aug 10 1894 Jan 20 1973 Thelma Cole Barclift Daughter of George William & Katherine Yates Cole Wife of Chancie De Shield Barclift Dec 17 1902 Aug 19 1981 Chancie De Shield Barclift Son of Colonna DeShield & Maggie Goodman Barclift Jun 22 1902 Dec 9 1975 Minister of United Methodist Church 50 Yrs William Carter Barclift Husband of Mary Chappell Barclift Nov 5 1926 May 2 1992 Annie Carter Wife of Heber C Barclift Oct 21 1905 Jan 26 1990 Heber Carver Son of Colonna & Maggie Barclift Mar 14 1900 Feb 22 1968 Maggie Goodman Wife of Colonna D Barclift May 3 1876 Apr 22 1958 Colonna DeShield Barclift Aug 17 1873 Jul 23 1932 Page 5 Joseph G Son of Colonna & Maggie Barclift Oct 23 1904 Nov 10 1904 Maude Estelle Daughter of Colonna & Maggie Barclift Sep 16 1894 Aug 25 1896 Joseph G Barclift Jan 10 1838 Mar 17 1906 Mary S Wife of Jos G Barclift Died Aug 11 1926 Age 79 yrs Brooks Barclift Son of Joseph G & Mary S Barclift Aug 29 1887 Sep 17 1955 Double Stone Barclift Walter Carlton Nov 22 1878 Jun 18 1962 Elizabeth Keaton Aug 18 1877 Dec 30 1961 Brooks Barclift North Carolina Pvt Btry C 10 Regt Fard World War I Aug 29 1887 Sep 17 1955 Dempsey Barclift Died Oct 11 1822 Age 44 ys 7 ms Martha Wife of Dempsey Barclift Died Oct 15 1846 Age 64 ys 10 ms Left side of Church W Joseph Story Died Sep 4 1901 Age 33 ys John H Story Apr 1 1862 Sep 12 1891 Grizzelle E Story Oct 27 1860 Oct 2 1891 John H Story Jr Mar 18 1891 Oct 15 1891 Mattie J Gray Mar 2 1882 Jan 3 1903 T Lucille G Elliott Sep 8 1916 Nov 8 1986 Edgar A Haskett North Carolina Sgt Co B 3 Engineers Nov 7 1909 Nov 26 1966 Double Stone Haskett Alice Wood 1875-1958 Joseph Wesley 1874-1952 Double Stone Proctor Edith W 1912-1996 Ralph J 1908-1962 Shirley June Proctor Aug 21 1946 Jul 20 2010 William Sawyer Dec 10 1816 Jan 15 1893 M E Wood Sep 7 1879 Jan 28 1888 C R Sawyer Feb 6 1830 Jan 13 1881 M E Sawyer Apr 27 1853 Oct 8 1879 W W Sawyer Jul 20 1870 Nov 4 1870 G E Sawyer Jan 1 1867 Dec 23 1869 J J Sawyer Sep 25 1859 Jun 21 1881 W G Sawyer May 16 1851 Sep 11 1855 Alfred Turner Mar 20 1823 Sep 7 1871 Martha D White Aged 52 ys 1856 J B White Aged 24 ys 1855 Margaret Ann Daughter of D A & C P Perry Died 1934 Aged 16 ds Thomas White Died Aug 28 1851 Aged 57 ys Double Stone Ownley Lenna Sorey Sep 29 1952 NOD Henry Milton Sr Oct 14 1932 Oct 29 2007 FS Henry M Ownley Sr Pvt US Air Force Korea Oct 14 1932 Oct 29 2007 Double Stone Ownley Patrick H Jr 1908-1973 Ola S 1911-1968 Double Stone Ownley Patrick H Oct 13 1879 Dec 31 1962 Sudie Lamb Oct 13 1889 Aug 18 1974 Double Stone Ritter June Arthelia May 8 1940 NOD Married Jul 2 1958 Jimmie Delane Oct 9 1936 Apr 23 1996 Dorthea Kuntz Sherritt Dec 29 1925 Dec 29 1998 Bennie Arthur Sherritt Oct 6 1916 Feb 12 1999 Nancy Jackson 1846-1918 Andrew C Stevenson 1873-1943 Double Stone Humphries George Reed May 22 1891 Sep 2 1931 Lula Russell Oct 11 1891 Jun 2 1936 Edward S Horton May 15 1901 Jul 30 1901 Page 6 Double Stone Horton Charles Edward Nov 17 1868 Oct 24 1940 Maggie Sawyer Dec 6 1880 Mar 20 1963 Nannie L Wife of James Umphlet Jun 20 1875 May 18 1898 Isaac C Umphlett Died Sep 28 1912 Age 69 ys Double Stone Forbes Lathan Sep 14 1930 Jul 15 2003 Josephine Apr 8 1932 NOD George Washington Simpson May 30 1888 Apr 5 1968 Talola Vashti Davis Simpson Jul 28 1891 Jun 16 1963 Double Stone Godfrey James Marion Sep 2 1928 Nov 18 2011 Mattie Wray Apr 20 1936 NOD Martha D "Mattie" Duke Simpson Mar 16 1877 Mar 15 1962 Daniel W Simpson Sr Feb 5 1878 Apr 18 1930 Susan Maude Simpson Jan 10 1902 Dec 24 1988 Verna Termille Infant Daughter of Geo W & Lula Butler Mar 21 1907 Sep 21 1907 Sophia Wife of Jos Ware Died Sep 8 1906 Age 80 ys Lula Ellen Infant Daughter of Geo W & Lula Butler Jul 21 1914 Nov 16 1914 Sophia B Simpson 1875-1937 Age 62 yrs Evelyn Cross Simpson 1913-1935 Age 22 yrs Herman Elbert Saunders Mar 22 1898 Dec 23 1968 Winifred Haze Simpson 1909-1925 Age 16 yrs James Humphries Sep 24 1897 Nov 27 1946 Anderson Humphries Feb 11 1890 Oct 10 1949 Double Stone Humphries James B Apr 7 1862 Sep 14 1948 Margaret H Oct 15 1870 Sep 23 1949 Wray Humphries Feb 10 1895 Sep 24 1902 Thomas A Markham 1841-1928 Charlie W Griffin Aug 28 1873 Jan 28 1954 Guy Thomas White Dec 11 1948 Jun 23 2009 Joseph Keaton Co F 27 NC Inf CSA Double Stone Webb Guy T 1901-1964 Virginia H 1905-1973 Double Stone White Dempsey J "D J" 1922-1997 Mildred W "Monk" 1927-2012 Double Stone White Susan Humphlett May 14 1955 NOD Carson L "Kit" Nov 8 1952 Mar 30 2009 Susan Rebecca Sutton Wife of Barclift S Banks Wife of John B Webb Apr 23 1852 Aug 5 1949 Double Stone Webb Maggie M Webb 1877-1934 John B Webb 1878-1941 Fannie Margaret Webb Nov 24 1906 Sep 7 1908 Fanny Markham Webb Feb 13 1909 Nov 13 1921 *Stone in pieces Barclift S Banks Oct 17 1850 Jun 27 1925 Unmarked Stone Julian Wallace Hughes Apr 24 1931 Sep 14 1970 FS Julian W Hughes North Carolina AN US Navy Korea Apr 24 1931 Sep 14 1970 Broken Stone NOI Triple Stone Cartwright Jehu Cartwright Jan 4 1829 Mar 24 1890 Mary G Cartwright Jun 6 1866 May 22 1885 Milercent Cartwright Apr 12 1831 Oct 29 1902 Double Stone Morris William Q Nov 27 1884 Jun 10 1967 Sarah F May 18 1886 Mar 18 1981 Mary Vernon Ward Phillips Sadler Aug 4 1934 Aug 28 1995 Wortley Griffin Apr 26 1873 Jul 19 1960

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