Best Cemetery

Greene County, NC

Surveyed by Judy Hawkins, Vicky Lovett & Linnie Hedgepeth November 2008




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

Location From Snow Hill, take Hwy. 13 S. towards Goldsboro for about 6.5 miles and turn left on Mewborn Church Rd. Continue for about 1/4 mile and turn left at a path between two mobile homes. Cemetery is located in woods behind these homes. Located right beside the Smith Cemetery. (This cemetery is very hard to find because it is in the middle of some woods)



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    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Haywood H Clay Son of R B & Patience W Taylor Aged 2 ys 1 mo 11 ds NOD Robert Best Son of R B & Patience W Taylor Apr 29 1858 Jun 19 1878 Laura Elizabeth Daughter of R W & A C Best Aug 16 1859 Oct 21 1860 Aged 1 yr 4 mos 4 ds Mattie C Wife of H H Best 1838-1912 H H Best 1835-1905 William Henry Son of H H & M C Best 1866-1868 S Kate D Daughter of Henry & Nancy Swinson Wife of H H Best Apr 6 1844 Aug 14 1860 Aged 16 ys 4 mos 8 ds Infant of H H & Elizabeth Ann Best 1856 Death date buried Elizabeth A Best Daughter of H B & W Holmes Wife of H H Best Apr 28 1838 Jul 15 1858 Aged 20 yrs 2 mos 17 ds

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