Benjamin Ham Cemetery

Greene County, NC

Surveyed by Judy Hawkins & Ann Perry Hamm June 2008




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Benjamin Ham Cemetery in Greene County, NC.

Location: At Mewborn Church, take Mewborn Church Rd. to Warrentown Rd. and turn left and continue to a large white colonial home (Best/Murphy Home), then bear left onto Hamtown Rd. and continue to Davis Rd. and turn right on Davis, then left on Sims Rd. (The sign for Sims Rd. is on the right side of the road) Sims road is a path surrounded by a trailer park. The cemetery is in the center of the trailer park. The nearest intersection is Hamtown Rd. and Davis Rd.



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    The epitaphs are as follows:



    William Moore Jr Apr 28 1908 May 16 1989 Dallas Moore Jan 28 1907 Nov 21 1981 Sidney Mewborn Moore Feb 2 1915 Oct 12 1965 Walter Moore Aug 29 1902 Oct 14 1952 Double Stone Moore Sallie Dec 20 1883 Aug 27 1970 William Jul 29 1872 Jul 7 1943 MM James M Hamm 1920-1982 Frank Malcolm Hamm US Army Korea Oct 12 1933 Mar 4 1982 MM Mamie S Hamm NOI MM Frank Malcolm Hamm 1933-1982 Paul N Hamm 1898-1922? MM Dean Rice 1956-1956 Winnie C Wife of Joe Hamm Aug 1887 Feb 1924 Barbara Ann Daughter of H B & Sinnie Hamm Aug 7 1935 Jun 26 1937 Double Stone Hamm Sinnie R Sep 12 1903 Mar 30 1989 Harvey B Aug 15 1903 Oct 16 1952 MM Roy Blair Hamm 1944-2000 MM Robert Lee Isom 1918-1989 Robert Lee Isom PFC US Army World Wa II Apr 21 1918 Dec 7 1989 David Edward Barfield Dec 30 1965 Dec 31 1968 Frank A Son of B H & Winnie Hamm Jun 4 1913 Feb 27 1915 Andrew Hall Oakley 1883-1959 Double Stone Sisters Lizzie Wife of W L Ham 1894 Feb 5 1918 Ammar Colman Died Feb 5 1918 NOI Died by fire Ella C Gay 1895-1981 John T Gay 1879-1950 Nannie I Wife of J T Gay Dec 25 1885 Mar 10 1922 Jarvis Willard Son of J T & Ella Gay Jan 13 1934 Jan 15 1937 James Berry Son of J T & Nannie Gay birth date covered over by cement Sept 3 1907 Double Stone Ham Dallas Dec 21 1878 Nov 21 1958 Dora Mozingo Mar 17 1879 Feb 23 1963 Lula Daughter of Dallas & Dora Ham Apr 1 1918 Nov 16 1927 Amitha Wife of Spias Ham Dec 15 1841 Oct 4 1923 Tim Berry Carter Jul 17 1916 Sep 15 1955 Nancy Ham Feb 22 1843 Oct 24 1926 Benjaman Ham Jan 28 1842 Apr 4 1904 Rena H Stafford May 26 1901 Oct 31 1947 Dorcas Wife of John Wells Died Aug 8 1887 NOI John Wells Died Mar 9 1882 NOI Benj. Ham Jan 5 1806 Mar 19 1894 Age 88 yrs 2 mos 14 days Floyd M Son of W B & Lula Ham Jul 7 1897 Oct 26 1897 James B Son of W B & Lula Ham Sep 15 1904 Aug 21 1905 Lossie M Daughter of M B & Lula Ham Jul 7 1906 Dec 19 1906 Wm H Ham Sep 26 1843 Mar 19 1908 Mariah Ham Apr 16 1844 Dec 29 1933 Infant Son of W B & Lula Ham Aug 19 1908 Aug 29 1908 Infant Son of W B & Lula Ham Nov 2 1910 Nov 5 1910 Ester May Daughter of W B & Lula Ham Nov 4 1918 Oct 1 1919 Minnie E Vaughan May 25 1896 Dec 30 1923 Darius B Vaughan Aug 1 1883 May 29 1949 Infant Daughter of T W & Katherleen Lancaster Nov 24 1936 Nov 30 1936 Roland Son of Bennie & Ethel Ham Sep 12 1936 Oct 6 1937 Double Stone Ellis Enoch E Aug 5 1877 Mar 14 1948 Ida H Aug 28 1872 Feb 28 1957 Willard D Son of Walter & Goldie Ham Apr 19 1921 Mar 20 1922 Arthur C Son of E E & Ida Ellis Apr 27 1910 May 13 1916 Lillie I Daughter of E E & Amie J Ellis Jan 20 1897 Oct 28 1904 Amie Jane Wife of E E Ellis Jun 14 1880 Apr 4 1903 Benjamin I Son of B & A Carlile Oct 27 1874 Apr 10 1883 Ava Wife of Benj. Carlile Aug 1845 Oct 17 1897 Benjamin Carlisle Oct 25 1843 Oct 9 1915 John W Son of John & Fannie Ham Mar 19 1906 Dec 5 1955 Double Stone Marrenda Taylor 1855-1935 Needham Taylor 1850-1916 James Best Son of Charlie & Hattie Taylor Jul 17 1912 Feb 9 1918 Alton Angelo Barfield Jr Aug 17 1930 Nov 20 1930 Mary Silsan? Goff WIfe of P G Goff Jul 2 1869 Nov 30 1920 Double Stone Taylor Charlie Jul 31 1882 May 17 1965 Hattie A Oct 2 1882 Jul 22 1945 Fannie T Corbitt Jul 12 1891 Nov 24 1946 Polly H Carter Mar 22 1883 Jun 16 1954 Berry Carter Mar 23 1885 Nov 27 1930 Turner Howell Nov 2 1867 Aug 24 1925 Nancy Jane Wife of Turner Howell Nov 19 1872 Aug 17 1924 Bunnie Howell Sep 29 1900 Feb 8 1932 Double Stone Wade Minnie Lee Jun 20 1887 Jul 3 1959 Zeb D Mar 2 1877 Mar 26 1929 Adean Daughter of Z D & Minnie Wade Oct 7 1922 Nov 17 1922 Gladis Daughter of Z D Wade Jun 12 1916 Jul 9 1916 Sarah A Howell Wife of J R Ham 1863 Jun 11 1943 Haywood Ham Mar 28 1867 Aug 24 1926 Stone flipped over Can't read J Hiram Ham Nov 11 1870 Nov 1 1930 Cora R Ham Jun 7 1874 Mar 4 1948 Fannie Wife of John Ham Aug 1 1881 Jan 19 1916 Fannie Daughter of John & Fannie Ham Jan 22 1915 Feb 1 1915 Heppie R Daughter of R L & Eula M Kearney Dec 12 1928 Jan 9 1929 Infant Daughter of S L & Lola M Kearney Jul 19 1931 NOD Lonnie R Howell Nov 24 1893 Feb 28 1957 Double Stone Kearney Clyde W 1910-1987 Henry L 1913-1941 Henry I Kearney Oct 10 1913 Jun 2 1941

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