Aswell-Turnage Cemetery

Greene County, NC

Surveyed by Judy Hawkins June 2008
Resurveyed by Horace Wiggins April 2012




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Aswell-Turnage Cemetery in Greene County, NC.

Location Shine Crossroads, take Shine Rd. for about 1/2 mile, then turn right on Gurganus Rd. Continue for about 1 mile to 1783 Gurganus Rd. Cemetery is located behind brick home at this address. Nearest intersection is Shine Rd. and Gurganus Rd.

This cemetery is actually two cemeteries that are side by side with separate fences.

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    GPS Coordinates:
    35.449687 N
    77.769576 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Double Stone Ginn Luby Ginn Jul 6 1876 Jul 28 1941 Willie Gin Dec 24 1883 NOD John G Grant Nov 14 1890 Apr 4 1956 Double Stone Grant Charlie Jun 10 1880 May 24 1951 Martha Mozingo Jan 29 1877 NOD Walter Grant Husband of Ethel W Grant Jul 4 1903 Aug 13 1936 Emma Grant Wife of Alex Grant Mar 14 1862 Sep 16 1935 Double Stone Vaughan John Jul 9 1871 Nov 14 1933 Rena Jan 11 1874 NOD Temesia V Grant Jul 7 1900 Jan 22 1956 Malcolm Ray Son of John & Temsia Grant May 21 1927 Mar 21 1928 E Edward Son of C V & L V Vaughn Nov 23 1924 Jul 11 1925 J W Head 1847 Oct 1 1926 Luther B Head Oct 5 1884 Oct 29 1952 Sheardwood Son of Joe & Bertha Mae Head Mar 13 1938 Aug 3 1938 Lydie T Vaughan Jul 26 1908 Dec 16 1955 Loue M Price Sep 10 1855 Mar 12 1922 Laura Ellen Daughter of H P & Carrie Price 1925-1926 J W Son of H P & Carrie Price 1924-1926 James H Price May 9 1890 Mar 31 1933 Infant Son of H P & Carrie Price 1936-1936 H P Price 1866-1938 Walter Head Aug 24 1898 Mar 3 1923 Ethel Norris Head Nov 5 1926 Jul 1931 Double Stone Head Vance Nov 29 1877 Jan 17 1936 Mollie Sep 17 1878 Sep 1 1951 Jim Aswell Apr 12 1859 Dec 31 1925 Ellen Head Aswell Aug 3 1874 Nov 21 1931 Dorris Ellen Daughter of E L & Tiny Lynch Feb 26 1912 Nov 21 1916 William Patrick Son of E L & Tiny Lynch Aug 19 1910 Oct 6 1911 Mary Margaret Daughter of W S & Lillie Smith 1925 Francis Daughter of W S & Lillie Smith Sep 30 1923 Dec 28 1923 Wilbert Son of W S & Lillie Smith Feb 10 1919 Apr 1919 Double Stone Smith William S Jan 1 1889 Apr 17 1960 Lillie Aswell Apr 28 1891 NOD John B Aswell Apr 6 1862 Oct 6 1923 Willie Tyndall Aug 22 1881 Sep 21 1940 Wm P Aswell Mar 18 1840 Feb 4 1916 Elender J Wife of W P Aswell Oct 5 1865 May 10 1940 Wm J Aswell Oct 21 1888 Oct 19 1918 Philip Alvin Son of Alvin & Mary Turnage Jun 21 1946 Wyatt C Turnage Mar 2 1872 Jul 9 1951 Canary Wife of W C Turnage Jul 18 1873 Apr 15 1939 Carrie Ellen Daughter of W C & Canary Turnage Mar 17 1910 Nov 15 1911 Wyatt Alfred Son of W C & Canary Turnage Dec 29 1905 Oct 26 1906 Limon Murphy Son of W C & Canary Turnage May 24 1913 Feb 9 1914 Baby Edna Vaughn

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