Thompson Cemetery

Perquimans County North Carolina

Surveyed by Diane Siniard & Josh Griffin
April 2008




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

Location: Snug Harbor Rd, pass New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, on the other side of the woods. This cemetery is in horrible shape. Vandals have knocked over a lot of stones. Signs of a lot of graves that are not marked.

African American Cemetery

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    GPS Coordinates:
    36° 06.598 N
    76° 28.577 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Abraham Thompson Dec 3 1891 Dec 1 1970 Grave turned over cannot read Lillian BT Edney Mar 4 1893 Dec 7 1978 Unreadable Stone Unreadable Stone Unreadable Stone Infant son of L & H I Thompson Died Oct 9 1910 age 5 days Mr and Mrs Levi Thompson Father 1849-1920 Mother 1859-1920 Unreadable Stone Unreadable Stone Unreadable Stone James Bembry Died Jun 1932 Isaac G Bembry Sep 1877 May 29 1933 George W Simpson Oct 17 1900 Aug 14 1969 Annie M Simpson Mar 1 1866 Dec 8 1921 Booker T Simpson Oct 17 1900 Dec 18 1926 Unreadable Stone John A Carr Aug 29 1938 May 15 1949 Sophia B Simpson Carr Oct 26 1895 Jun 6 1955 Rev John H Skinner Mar 15 1877 Aug 20 1966 Unreadable Stone Lucey Jon?? Nov 1817 Nov 27 stone broken and was buried hard to read Unreadable Stone Evangelist Jua'nita Revell Sep 6 1950 Feb 14 1998 Robert Lewis Revell Oct 3 1935 Nov 10 1996 Lester Revell Feb 10 1910 Feb 28 1962 Edward Revell May 10 1912 Jul 15 1979 Robert L Revell Oct 3 1935 Nov 10 1996 Juanita Revell Sep 6 1950 Feb 14 1998 Geoffrey C Felton Aug 30 1902 Jan 25 1922 Same stone this one was thrown in edge of woods. Unreadable Stone Mary S Revell Nov 3 1916 Jul 31 1995 Annie Elizabeth Wife of JB Felton Mar 4 1892 Aug 29 1926 Stone turned over cannot read JH White Sep 13 1895 Nov 5 1967 John L White Jul 14 1895 Jul 22 1974 Bettie Felton Feb 6 1874 Jul 17 1926 William G Son of HA Holly Mar 14 1907 Oct 20 1925 Jackson Coston Jr US Army World War II Dec 23 1921 Nov 23 1986 James E Skinner Feb 13 1914 Aug 7 1987 Linwood Skinner Sep 15 1912 Jan 2 1973 Hardy Skinner 1862-1935 Lewis Skinner 1911-1935 Mary E Gallop 1896-1936 Mollie Skinner 1868-1953 Henry C Skinner Tec 5 US Army World War II Oct 18 1917 Oct 12 2004 Carthinie Skinner Apr 13 1895 Sep 4 1959 James P Skinner Dec 29 1889 Jul 28 1972 Tyquan D Bailey McKithan Oct 23 1984 Feb 5 2004 William I Skinner Nov 12 1927 Jun 1 1991 Ivory Skinner Jan 22 1920 Mar 27 1998 Fannie Phelps Nov 24 1934 Jan 28 1998 Jean Felton May 3 1926 Apr 4 2000 Eugene Felton Apr 27 1895 Sep 29 1984 Virgillia J Felton Jun 15 1897 Sep 3 1962 Nellie M Sutton Sep 8 1910 Apr 17 1998 Rev. Raymond R Sutton Jul 13 1913 Jul 31 1996 Raymond L Wilson Apr 18 1910 Dec 28 1995 Miriam Juanita McMichael Dec 31 1943 Aug 18 1996 Ruth Hassell Gomez Jun 28 1945 May 5 2004 Dorothy "Dot" D Skinner Apr 13 1936 Feb 22 2005 Unmarked Grave Isabelle VA Campbell Sep 27 1894 Jun 8 1976 Johnetta Marie Alexander May 29 1900 Dec 17 1974 Lillian Mae Alexander May 25 1896 Nov 13 1992 Arthur Louis Hassell Jan 1 1947 Jul 17 1996 Alexzena Hassell Dec 31 1914 Jul 26 1970 James L Hassell Jun 2 1916 Nov 6 1976 Cornelus Garrett Sep 10 1918 Jul 26 1967 Stone turned over Cannot read Annas White 1891-1940 Herbert N White Nov 27 1892 Dec 26 1959 Marganna Jennette Mar 26 1870 Mar 25 1954 Cain Jennett 1859-1920 Unreadable Stone Mary P Lyons Jun 29 1908 Mar 30 1953 Unreadable Stone Unreadable Stone Thomas B Alexander Sep 11 1856 Dec 1 1933 Unreadable Stone Lena Holley Died Apr 11 19?? rest unreadable buried Sherman Holley 1883-1948 Phillips Arthur Campbell Dec 20 1899 Oct 2 1967 Cursie Alexander Sr Feb 13 1909 Jun 27 1968 Louise A Wilson Oct 9 1914 Dec 3 1978 Sallie Green Nov 27 1912 Jul 10 1974 Sufronia Holley Apr 13 1946 Feb 16 1998 General Sherman Holley Mar 21 1919 Apr 11 2001 George Skenner May 13 1914 Mar 16 1969 Percy Skinner Oct 23 1911 May 12 1986 ??cie S Boone Mar 5 1905 Jul 22 1996 part of stone buried Unmarked Grave Mary H Fre??? Oct 26 1??? Aug 17 ???? Stone partially buried Double Stone Hudson Clara E 1887-1941 Charlie 1883-1958 Unreadable Stone Jsoeph Bonns 186?-1939 Stone weathered hard to read CB NOI Grizell Bonne 1877-1927 Double Stone Skinner Willie Lee Feb 15 1900 Apr 28 1987 Cora W Apr 10 1900 May 4 1989 John E Felton Jan 16 1909 Aug 21 1976 Claro L Felton Aug 7 1909 Dec 11 1969 Reginald G Hardy Sr Feb 4 1955 Sep 6 1999 Leroy T White Mar 31 1874 Mar 3 1944 Maggie H Brothers Sep 19 1907 Oct 6 2000 Percy Brothers Feb 8 1934 May 22 2001 George W Long May 16 1916 Jul 15 1983 Mattie V Gaskins Feb 28 1938 Oct 11 2002 Lillie M Carter Mar 5 1910 Jan 6 1980 Sarah M Felton Jul 12 1936 Sep 20 1977 Bernice Harrell Perry Dec 25 1933 Aug 25 2006 Daniel Harrell Nov 25 1903 Jan 26 1982 Harriett Harrell May 30 1902 Apr 22 1978 Boone A Long Dec 5 1914 Jul 25 1943 Selma Long North Carolina OFC OM Corps World War II Apr 25 1917 May 27 1947 Addie Long Jul 13 1894 Mar 15 1958 Unreadable Stone Wooden Marker Arlueter? Bonner Oct 9 1927 Oct 5 1976 Stone hard to read Ethel B Bolden Sep 15 1912 Nov 4 1984 Willie W Brothers Mar 11 1913 Oct 24 1986 Delaware K Abner Dec 14 1979 Jul 5 1987 Elijah Brothers May 7 1924 Feb 14 1988 James Brothers Mar 12 1906 Jul 13 1971 Margaret Brothers Sep 15 1871 Mar 10 1968 WR Brothers Oct 16 1866 Aug 14 1942 Katherine Howard May 2 1879 Feb 12 1965 Glenda Harrell Born & Died Jul 20 1944 Alfred W Abner II May 23 1978 May 30 2002 Annie G Brothers Jan 8 1909 Sep 25 2001 Unmarked Grave William A Harrell Jun 28 1914 Apr 9 1968 Mable Bonner Perry 1929-1996 Double Stone Bonner Martha B Jul 9 1909 Feb 23 1988 Andrew Sep 9 1904 Apr 10 1996 William R Brothers Aug 30 1903 Jul 24 1974 Ruth E Brothers Jan 28 1920 Oct 28 1969 Williams Brothes Oct 21 1898 May 31 1969 Eressa Brothers Aug 4 1902 May 16 1961? Unreadable Stone Unreadable Stone Unreadable Stone James Felton May 19 1902 Dec 11 1959 Margaret Felton Feb 15 1926 Sep 13 1976 John E Felton Sr Mar 10 1942 Jan 27 1979 Adnois F Moore Mar 6 1934 Jul 31 1988 Margaret S Felton Mar 16 1905 Mar 4 1993 Beulah Felton Nov 1 1927 Nov 30 1996 Charles Winslow US Army World War II 1902-1976 Linda J Bonner Jun 24 1961 Jun 7 1997 C Shannonhouse US Army World War II Nov 9 1920 Aug 18 197? stone half buried Lee W Skinner Jan 16 1924 Feb 3 1972 Zebulon W Skinner 1900-1968 Unreadable Stone Patricia Ann Skinner Oct 1956 Mar 1957 John Willie Skinner Jun 4 1931 Mar 20 2005 Unreadable Stone Llewellyn Bembry May 20 1897 Jul 25 1938 Ruth Bembry Aug 11 1887 Oct 30 1967 Archie Bembry North Carolina ST2 USNR World War II Jan 17 1917 Sep 18 1947 Willie LE Downing Sr Nov 14 1922 Oct 12 1983 John H Shannonhouse Pvt 9829 Engr GS World War Oct Rest of stone buried Sam H Jones 1944-1978 Mary Lula Jones Aug 25 1930 Mar 23 1993 Alice Matilda Long May 8 1902 Aug 6 1994 Minnie Gregory Gilliam Oct 1975 NOI Warner Earl Jones May 10 1923 Dec 3 1985 Gladys Brenner Apr 10 1923 Feb 25 1991 Gregory Holley Oct 27 1948 May 7 1991 Sherman Holley Jr Aug 3 1965 Sep 28 1992 Mary I Bonner Sep 28 1906 Aug 22 1997 Unmarked Grave Daisy Lee Downing Nov 18 1900 Dec 29 1999 Thomas A "Buddy" Downing Feb 22 1923 Jun 24 2002 Erie C Downing Nov 1 1969 Mar 18 1992 Daisy J Downing Nov 9 1892 Jan 9 1987 Johnson Downing Dec 5 1889 Mar 27 1974 Margaret E Bonner Mar 14 1924 May 31 1999 Lucy Shannonhouse Jul 19 1920 Oct 26 1977 George W Downing May 12 1915 Jul 22 1974 Mark Downing Sep 19 1918 Jun 18 1994 Seth A Downing Pvt US Army World War II 1917-1994 Willie W Shannonhouse Pvt US Army World War II May 5 1917 Oct 8 1984 Mary Shannonhouse Apr 23 1890 Apr 29 1988 Edward Shannonhouse Dec 29 1911 Apr 10 1992 Seth L Shannonhouse Apr 12 1955 Jan 13 1995 Frances R Shannonhouse Jul 29 1954 Sep 18 2003 Mary A Holley Jan 30 1911 Jan 31 2002 Steve Gilliam Dec 5 1961 Dec 21 2001 Vernell D Gilliam Feb 11 1922 Dec 1 2002 Sarah A Coston May 13 1925 May 9 2007 Dorothy M Reid Jul 27 1932 Jul 31 2001 MM Charlie L Reid Aug 27 1931 Feb 18 2008 Vailen G White Sep 24 1905 Jul 23 1988 2 stones covered by dirt from freshly dug grave. Cannot read See photos Diana L Spruill Oct 3 1955 Dec 7 1990 Elnora L Spruill May 20 1920 May 29 2007 Double Stone Wynn David Sep 12 1912 Jan 18 1995 Hester Cofield May 9 1909 Nov 6 2001 Georgianna H Midgett Apr 10 1909 Oct 15 1993 Charlie Midgett Sr Jul 4 1909 May 27 1992 Darry L Powell Jan 2 1957 Oct 3 1991 Charlie Midgett Jr Jun 5 1940 Jul 3 1994 Annie W Hardy Midgett Feb 20 1932 Dec 25 1995 Deborah Lynae Hardy Jun 4 1959 Jan 11 1999 Double Stone Felton Edison N "Pepsi" Jan 23 1942 NOD Joyce B Feb 20 1945 Jul 5 1996 Eva L Downing Nov 15 1928 Mar 12 2008 Robert L James Jr Oct 27 1947 Aug 19 2000 Double Stone James Robert Lee Jul 7 1922 Apr 8 1995 Married Feb 21 1946 Mary Harrell Nov 8 1922 Robert L James Sr PFC US Army World War II Jul 7 1922 Apr 8 1995 Double Stone Felton Christopher T Oct 16 1906 Oct 16 1992 Married Dec 22 1927 Leaetta Jennette Feb 11 1907 Apr 21 1994



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