Cobb Cemetery

Greene County, NC

Surveyed by Judy Hawkins June 2008




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

Location Take 903 N. from La Grange to Jason (about 5 miles), turn left on Rag Rd., then go to Cattle Gate Rd. which is a loop road. Take second entrance to Cattle Gate Rd. and go .3 mile and turn left on dirt path. Cemetery is located down this path.

Transcribed by Marti Beasley



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    The epitaphs are as follows:



    PAGE 1 Robert C Lee Oct 8 1958 Jan 31 1998 MM Lillie Jernigan 1910 2006 MM Elec Conner NOI James Edward Warters Sep 30 1931 June 21 1933 DOUBLE STONE Helen H Carter Feb 10 1877 Jun 4 1936 Fancy C Carter Feb 6 1875 Sep 10 1966 Iris Smith Gooding Apr 8 1924 Apr 12 1940 Annie T Gooding Dec 24 1890 Jun 27 1954 Sim Gooding Dec 28 1880 Mar 22 1947 Pauline Warters May 6 1903 Jun 15 1954 James R Warters Nov 2 1885 Feb 17 1962 Mary Wife of J R Warters Apr 2 1891 Oct 26 1918 Leman Son of J.R and Mary Warters Apr 22 1917 Oct 22 1917 W. T Son of P.S and Lillian Smith Oct 6 1918 Oct 12 1918 Noah Son of P.S and Lillian Smith Mar 18 1905 Jun 30 1906 Robert Son of P.S and Lillian Smith Apr 25 1912 Feb 28 1914 Infant Son of P.S and Lillian Smith Ma 15 1914 Lillian Smith Oct 22 1885 Aug 17 1939 William Preston Smith Oct 2 1879 Dec 21 1949 DOUBLE STONE George Allen Stocks Aug 30 1901 Aug 19 1936 Patsy Olivia Stocks Sep 30 1902 Jan 9 1985 Eliza Stocks 1876 1933 Emily Jane Daughter of John and Mary Lane Dec 30 1865 May 30 1941 DOUBLE STONE James P Smith Jul 22 1909 Mar 14 1993 Mary Ann Smith Mar 19 1920 Feb 23 2004 James Alton Smith Sep 6 1940 Sep 15 1941 William Earl Smith Nov 14 1942 Aug 8 1969 B H Smith Apr 2 1828 Aug 18 1877 Pinkney Son of Sam and Nancy Blizzard Jan 15 1863 Sep 10 1927 J C Mclawhorn Nov 9 1864 Oct 7 1933 Mary J Hall Age about 36 yrs NOI Larkin Hall Age about 46 yrs NOI Eveline Wife of W.A Radford Sep 6 1877 Mar 3 1939 W.A Radford Mar 31 1871 Jul 14 1956 Luby Andrew Son of Mr and Mrs W.A Radford Feb 22 1906 Mar 14 190? Harriet L unreadable Stone very weathered hard to read Nellie M Daughter of H Q and Liela? Quinn Oct 30 1915 Feb 3 1916 DOUBLE STONE Lessie Perry Carter Mar 9 1919 Aug 29 1938 Jessie Carter May 29 1909 Feb 25 1967 Rena Lovett Perry Feb 14 1879 Jan 31 1953 DOUBLE STONE Raymond Grant Carmack Sep 20 1924 NOD Lillie M Gooding Carmack Apr 4 1940 Aug 24 1999 Henry R Radford 1843 Jul 5 1921 Pvt Co I 66 NC Inf CSA Dec 15 1840 Jul 5 1921 Winnie Wife of Henry Radford 1845 Dec 21 1913 Tom Lovet Nov 6 1854 Mar 14 1902 Infant Of G.W Grant and wife Infant Of G.W Grant and wife Infant Daughter of L.C and Sallie Carter Born and Died July 31 1913 Infant Of G.W Grant and wife NOI Infant Son of L.C and Sallie Carter Oct 1 1917 Infant Son of L.C and Sallie Carter Aug 15 1913 PAGE 2 Martha Lendora Wife of G.W Grant Aug 31 1877 Feb 18 1913 Loucinda Wife of Tom Lovet Apr 20 1861 Nov 20 1978 Jonie Ray Son of Richard and Rena Browder May 23 1944 Infant Of J.R and M.N Radford Mar 5 1924 Sudie Stephens Jones Grant Jun 13 1889 Feb 23 1968 George Grant Sep 13 1884 Nov 6 1950 Unreadable Headstone Albert Son of Ben and Mary Radford May 18 1926 Jul 5 1927 DOUBLE STONE Mary Esther Radford Aug 9 1892 May 22 1958 George Benjamin Radford Mar 13 1892 Apr 14 1947 Cartha Ann Carter 1852 Jun 12 1938 Raymond Carter US Navy WWI Oct 15 1924 Sep 15 1997 Edward T Carter Sep 9 1921 Jul 16 1975 Retha Lea Carter May 1 1930 Dec 22 1931 Hazel Carter Royal Jul 24 1916 Jul 30 1936 Lavenia Carter Apr 21 1889 Apr 6 1975 Edd Carter Oct 12 1889 Oct 29 1965 Baby Girl Radford May 20 1956 Infant Son of Mozelle and Avery Radford Mar 7 1956 Dallas L Kennedy 1906 1976 Olive C Kennedy 1911 1928 Gladys Girline Kennedy Jan 23 1941 Jan 4 2002 Joshua Bradley Carter Aug 24 1999 Arthur E Phelps US Army Korea Oct 14 1932 Dec 16 2003 James Edward Carter PFC US Army Korea Nov 8 1931 Jun 11 1992 George Willie Carter Oct 6 1907 Jan 14 1964 Helen Mae Chase Jones Oct 11 1912 Apr 4 1988 Walter E Carter Sep 14 1914 Aug 22 1948 Buck Carter SP3 US Army Sep 23 1934 Dec 25 2000 {wife of Ann Carter} DOUBLE STONE Sallie E Carter Oct 7 1883 Sep 8 1950 Levi C Carter May 1 1886 Jan 21 1967 Hugh Radford PVT BN Conf Center WWI Nov 1 1888 Aug 13 1950 Robert Lee Carter PFC US Army May 17 1927 Aug 25 1967 Sharon Elaine Carter Oct 12 1959 Jul 17 1977 James D Carter Aug 22 1967 Jan 6 1969 DOUBLE STONE Leroy Grant Jan 19 1924 Dec 7 1992 Dorothy Grant Feb 3 1930 Oct 9 1989 Louise Burroughs Ruffin Nov 6 1926 Jun 8 1998 Nellie Perry Burroughs Sep 26 1909 Mar 26 1990 Nicodemus Burroughs Aug 20 1904 Jun 29 1972 MM Jeffry Burroughs NOI Rita Summerlin 1954 1992 MM Ajaila Iliana Kittrell 2002 MM Arthur Taylor Jr 1925 2006 MM Eddie Russell Taylor 1923 1998 DOUBLE STONE Cecil A Grimes Jun 12 1930 Nov 8 1992 Margaret L Grimes Apr 11 1936 2000 Rufus Larkin Carter Jul 17 1902 Aug 7 1951 PAGE 3 Lizzie Dail Carter Mar 9 1905 Sep 20 1985 John Henry Sykes US Navy WWI Jun 25 1924 Oct 26 1982 Audie Leo Long Aug 24 1956 Nov 12 1976 James Thomas Long Feb 17 1959 Jan 25 2003 Harriet Yvonne Long Sep 5 1957 Sep 6 1957 DOUBLE STONE Elton Gerald Radford Feb 27 1929 Dec 31 1957 Sallie Worrell Radford Mar 5 1935 NOD DOUBLE STONE Annie C Edmundson Nov 8 1951 NOD Ronnie E Edmundson Nov 6 1952 Oct 16 2006 Loumis Graham Hall NC US PFC Army WWII Mar 30 1911 May 29 1973 L G Hall Jr Feb 25 1960 Jan 24 2008 DOUBLE STONE John Wayne Sullivan SGT US Army Apr 2 1945 Dec 24 2000 Mary B Sullivan Jun 13 1950 NOD DOUBLE STONE Milton Eugene Hill Jul 15 1927 Jan 10 2002 Retha Carter Hill Mar 19 1941 NOD Deborah Annette Elps Jan 14 1960 Mar 6 1960 Theodore A Elps Aug 13 1930 Feb 13 2001 DOUBLE STONE Ida Sullivan Hall Jul 18 1921 Feb 15 2001 Harris Hall Jr US Navy WWII Jul 12 1927 Jun 16 1993 Baby Tucker NOI Mark Allen Sullivan Jul 7 1974 Aug 21 1974 Son of Debra K Sauls DOUBLE STONE Frank J Sullivan Sep 9 1927 Aug 22 1984 Annie B Sullivan Dec 11 1932 NOD DOUBLE STONE Minnie Hill Sullivan Oct 20 1901 May 19 1971 Benjamin Harvey Sullivan NC PFC CO C 322 INF WWI Nov 17 1894 Apr 6 1966 DOUBLE STONE Ella Hall Sullivan Aug 25 1929 Jan 31 2006 Benjamin George Sullivan Apr 7 1922 Jan 29 1978 Daughter of Mr and Mrs Pete James Terry Lou Aug 3 1961 Jan 15 1962 DOUBLE STONE Rosa Lee Radford Feb 16 1908 Dec 22 1961 William P Radford Jan 25 1905 Apr 14 1981 Pahni? Scott Born & Died Mar 13 1962 Handwritten stone very hard to read Lannie Louise Edmundson Aug 10 1930 Feb 25 1976 Odie E Smith Oct 28 1907 Oct 2 1979 Mary Evelyn Smith Jun 14 1911 Apr 17 1991 Danny Ray Smith Feb 19 1952 Jun 22 1986 Tom Smith Jul 3 1934 Oct 27 1996 Minnie C Hall Mar 10 1905 Mar 31 1962 Harris Hall Aug 10 1903 Jan 6 1959 Donald Omax Hall Feb 1 1932 Nov 8 1962 DOUBLE STONE Paulette Edmundson Butts Jul 30 1949 Feb 27 2000 Willie Ray Butts Jan 19 1948 NOD Thomas F Chapman Nov 18 1905 Nov 8 1961 Herbert L Gooding May 6 1912 Feb 7 1988 MM Hubert Lee Gooding 1948-2008 Ada C Gooding Dec 5 1910 Apr 28 1987 Jennie Chase Carter May 5 1887 Apr 5 1964 Lester Preston Smith Mar 16 1948 Jun 28 1960 Richard Benjamin Smith TEC 4 US Army WWII Sep 9 1919 Mar 16 2001 Gladys C Smith Aug 10 1929 Dec 9 2003 Lloyd Emmerson Greene A2C US Air Force Nov 16 1934 Jun 19 2001 Michael Allen Radford Nov 25 1969 Sep 11 1988 Gregory Lee Tucker Mar 17 1968 Feb 12 1996 David Allen Tucker Jul 5 1957 Oct 19 1995 Brian Keith Tucker Jan 22 1962 Sep 11 2003 PAGE 4 Sidney J Radford NC TEC5 US Army WWII May 13 1919 Sep 15 1973 Grace Smith Radford Nov 11 1926 Jan 9 2003 Miles Radford VT CO A 3 NC INF CSA 1837 – 1863 Lemuel J Radford PVT CO A 3 NC INF CSA 1841 – 1863 Wyatt J Radford PVT CO B 8 BATT PARTISAN RANGERS CSA 1832 – 1862 Benjamin Radford PVT CO B 1 NC ARTY CSA NOI Patrick Radford PVT CO C 27 NC INF CSA NOI Robert Radford PVT CO I 35 INF CSA Elizabeth S Lee Nov 16 1936 Sep 21 2004 Robert David Lee May 20 1927 Jan 2 1991 DOUBLE STONE Lizzie C Warters Jan 1 1918 NOD Jimmie H Warters Aug 21 1910 Jan 23 1993 Joseph D Gooding PFC US ARMY KOREA Aug 28 1933 Aug 22 1990 DOUBLE STONE Juanita T Gooding Jun 7 1921 NOD Robert E Gooding Nov 29 1913 Sep 25 1985 DOUBLE STONE Pennie L Radford Aug 31 1916 Mar 21 2003 Charlie G Radford Dec 18 1913 Mar 16 1980 DOUBLE STONE Barbara Radford James Aug 15 1943 Dec 22 2001 MARRIED Jan 30 1960 Abner Grey James Oct 12 1939 Feb 5 1995 June Greene Thurman Oct 24 1928 Apr 6 2005 Mildred Kennedy Greene Nov 16 1909 Nov 9 1995 William Nelson Greene AB US AIR FORCE VIETNAM Oct 31 1940 May 3 1995 Philip Owen Smith A2C US AIR FORCE May 15 1938 Dec 19 1989 Clarence M Smith May 15 1914 Dec 20 1987 Emma L Smith Nov 15 1916 Dec 19 1979 Nellie Winifred Carter Wife of Ivey Benjamin Warters Died Feb 17 1930 Know to be buried here, but with no stone

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