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
Judy Hawkins Send your questions (and thanks) directly to Judy.
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