Saint James AME Zion Church Cemetery

Greene County, NC

Surveyed by Judy Hawkins & Vicky & Harvey Lovett February 2009




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Saint James AME Zion Church Cemetery in Greene County, NC.

Location In Snow Hill on Kingold Blvd going toward Goldsboro, turn right on W. Harper St. The cemetery is located on the left about 1/4 mile behind St. James AME Zion Church. The nearest intersection is Kingold Blvd. and W. Harper St.



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    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Double Stone Williams Retho W Oct 5 1930 Oct 19 1992 Violet Y NOI Mildred Hardy Nov 5 1916 Aug 22 2007 Juanita I Williams Feb 11 1922 Jan 15 1997 Double Stone Williams Juanita I Williams Feb 11 1922 Jan 15 1997 Mildred W Hardy Nov 5 1916 NOD Cora Williams Harper Sep 14 1923 Nov 4 1991 James A Harper Dec 30 1920 Oct 27 1995 Double Stone Paige Arlander Sr 1900-1981 Ruth D 1914-1994 Malcom Paige Suggs Sep 30 1940 Jan 6 1996 Lucy M Ellis Aug 3 1920 Nov 13 1975 Julius C Suggs Nov 14 1923 Jan 14 1971 George Suggs Aug 10 1919 Jul 28 1973 MM Unreadable Cora Swinson Suggs Oct 15 1891 Aug 2 1976 Lillie S Wright Feb 28 1912 Aug 25 1980 Ida W Olds 1912-1994 Thomas Miller US Army World War II Mar 12 1922 Aug 4 2006 Flossie S Barnes Jun 26 1900 Jan 21 1991 Flosie Barns NOI Patricia Ann Aytch Dec 9 1961 Aug 21 1970 Walter Aytch Jr Aug 16 1934 Oct 30 2005 Walter Aytch Mar 27 1905 Mar 23 1967 Hattie Mae Aytch Jul 4 1909 Mar 29 1978 Double Stone Aytch Walter Mar 27 1905 Mar 23 1967 Hattie S Jul 4 1909 Mar 29 1978 Johnnie Aytch Aug 26 1929 Aug 28 1992 Double Stone James Shackleford Jul 17 1883 Sep 20 1975 Lucy S Shackleford Jun 10 1898 Feb 11 1972 Green Shakleford Oct 11 1920 Aug 18 1983 MM Jessie J Swinson 1913-2008 Frances A Swinson Jan 28 1919 Sep 9 1996 Jamima W Lane 1888-1985 Johnnie Lewis Bridgers Dec 8 1932 Dec 15 1973 Johnnie L Bridgers North Carolina A5 US Air Force Korea Dec 8 1932 dec 15 1973 Josephine Jones Sep 13 1907 Oct 17 1965 Wilbert Bridgers Jr Jan 16 1926 Jan 10 1963 Wilbert Bridgers District of Columbis PFC 3178 OM Service Co rest buried Fannie Bridgers Apr 9 1884 Jan 30 1957 James Bridgers Jr May 8 1909 Dec 25 1973 Jessie C Bridgers Jul 18 1920 Feb 13 1994 Hawood Forbes Dec 9 1910 Aug 30 1999 Roland Suggs Jan 18 1905 Jul 15 1983 Lena B Hall 1922-2005 Ruby Hall 1940-1999 ?wn Whittly Died 1962 Stone half buried in bad shape Etta J Murphy Jan 9 1890 Oct 13 1957 Charity M Patrick Aug 1 1822 Feb 27 1937 Dorc S Best Nov 1 1899 Oct 29 1976 William H Wall NOI Fannie Hall Reevas Mar 3 1916 Jan 28 2008 Arthur R Farmer Jr Mar 4 1976 Apr 4 2008 John Lewis Blount Jun 19 1940 Jun 19 2006 Joseph Lee King Feb 10 1931 Jul 21 2004 Page 2 MM Paul I Fields Sep 28 1962 Dec 10 2004 Christine Nobles Corbett Apr 10 1922 May 30 2006 Homemade cross Bertha ?arden Dec 28 1920 Apr 11 2007 Bessie T Streeter Nov 6 1906 Apr 4 2002 Emma D Hill 1915-1984 Waltr D Hill Mar 19 1909 Aug 9 1984 Busbee NOI Maude S NOI Double Stone Busbee Sidney A 1843-1917 Sophia 1854-1903 Emma D NOI Mary Jone Edward May 20 1920 May 19 1959 William McKinley Ellis Jun 1 1900 Feb 3 1960 Frederick D 1878-1908 Aubrey D 1894-1926 Robert L 1895-1923 Bettie Beamon Died Sep 28 1932 Katie Hill Nov 25 1893 Jul 20 1976 Mannie Holloway Died Mar 29 1966 Will Holloway Died Jul 26 1937 James W Williams Mar 16 1893 Aug 6 1961 Bertie F Williams Feb 15 1897 Sep 10 1966 Thelma W Speight May 15 1920 Apr 8 1967 Christine Blount Feb 19 1916 Oct 17 2005 William Blount Aug 18 1915 Feb 7 1982 MM Unreadable Estella Blount Jan 11 1895 Mar 14 1982 Double Stone Blount Eddie C Feb 28 1893 Feb 1 1951 Estella E Jan 8 1895 NOD S P Blount Died Jun 15 1919 Age 64 years Bettie Wife of Spise Blount Mar 14 1856 Dec 12 1927 Jacob Blount May 4 1883 Aug 28 1937 Samuel Son of Spias & Bettie Blount Sep 5 1889 Aug 27 1946 Harper Jones Martha I Woodard L Maggie rest buried Double Stone Edwards Edwina H Dec 18 1900 Aug 5 1988 Claude May 18 1897 Jan 18 1946 Julius E Edwards Jan 1 1927 Jan 8 1995 Cecil W Edwards Oct 23 1929 Sep 8 2003 Russell Clinton Edwards Jan 1 1935 Sep 10 1960 Cornelius Applewhite 1923-1981 Cherry Sugg Feb 24 1840 May 24 1907 Seymour Williams Husband of Spicey Williams Apr 7 1888 Nov 8 1935 Horace Greeley Ellis North Carolina Pvt US Army World War I Aug 15 1895 Jul 13 1962 Sidney Darden North Carolina rest buried Burnice A Suggs North Carolina TEC5 1948 QM Truck Co World War II Jan 29 1926 Mar 20 1949 Elizabeth Terese Williams Dec 22 1960 Mar 15 2008 Willie J Best Apr 4 1937 May 12 1988 Patricia B Speight Sep 26 1952 May 1 1981 Dock Chamberlain 1888-1978 Edith C Mitchell Oct 2 1891 May 23 1972 Martha Moore Dixon May 15 1909 February NOI Curtis D Streeter Nov 7 1952 Jul 19 1976 Page 3 Nora H Moore Mar 14 1908 Oct 16 2006 Ester C West May 17 1927 Jun 14 2003 Hannah Cannon 1900-1969 Calvin Cannon Dec 19 1963 Dec 14 1970 Sadie B Wilkes Nov 6 1921 rest buried Anthony C Winson Dec 21 1961 Nov 22 1982 Viola Swinson Feb 1 1900 Feb 5 1977 Freddie Lee Pan Ellis Feb 13 1939 May 27 200 yes, the stone reads 200 Mamie Lee E Ellis Sep 20 1922 Mar 10 1993 Keino Bizzell Hickman Feb 10 1977 Apr 29 1977 James K Harper 1918-1993 Lizzie Speight Apr 22 1928 Jan 10 1994 MM Elizabeth Speight Forbes Jul 4 1946 Sep 7 2007 Peter Small Aug 14 1908 Sep 5 1975 Herbert Hines Sr Nov 28 1902 Aug 16 1975 Mollie A Hines Nov 9 1907 Jul 24 1989 Abbie Streeter Jr Jul 2 1945 Jan 7 2000 Stone very hard to read Eva Streeter Sep 20 1911 rest buried Frank Streeter Jul 12 1939 Dec 30 1994 Herman Streeter Jun 10 1910 May 15 1986 A Dixon Jr NOI Elmer Lee Dixon Jan 13 1944 Sep 4 1971 Double Stone Dixon Andrew Jr Sep 14 1912 Nov 15 1980 Johnnie Mae Dec 9 1923 NOD James E Darden Oct 22 1922 Sep 26 1979 Johnny G Shackleford Jun 12 1947 Aug 1 1978 Elizabeth M Darden Apr 11 1910 Jan 24 1978 Jasper Aytch 1910-1975 Effie L Aytch Sep 12 1912 Oct 13 1989 Freddie P Suggs Dec 15 1911 Dec 7 1991 Henry Suggs Dec 1 1905 Jun 14 1992 Double Stone Speight Lucy Mae Sep 21 1916 Nov 17 2004 Patricia Ann Mar 15 1951 Apr 18 2007 James W Williams Jr Jul 5 1926 Dec 14 1993 Jeannie S Williams Feb 28 1935 Feb 12 1965 Lena Mable Aytch Dec 14 1907 Jul 22 2003 Oddie Aytch Mar 25 19?? May 30 19?? rest buried Richard Davis Sep 23 1933 Feb 21 1978 Steven Shckleford Jun 10 1969 Aug 1 1978 Calvin A Hines Sr Jan 24 1942 Dec 13 1979 John W Baker 1932-1993 Atlas J Chamberlain Aug 17 1934 May 9 1982 Claretta E Waters May 20 1929 Oct 6 1931 Minnie L Cray Apr 12 1901 Aug 6 1980 Will Shepard Jun 17 1889 Aug 22 1976 Charlie Spencer North Carolina TEC 5 Army Air Forces World War II Oct ? ???? Apr 10 1968 partially covered with grass MM Clara Mae Spencer Dec 1 1916 May 20 2007 Lethal Twine May 30 1929 Jul 8 2008 Carrie H Dixon 1899-1976 Walter Wilkes Jan 15 1914 Jul 9 1965 Jessie Canady Mar 20 1901 Jan 1 1980 Page 4 Mary Wilkes Jan 8 1881 Apr 26 1968 William H Rand Jul 27 192? Dec 1 1982 Geraldine S Randolph May 8 1924 Mar 23 1994 Sarah I Shackleford Sep 29 1921 Dec 10 1991 Geneva Shackleford Aug 10 1910 Aug 29 1991 Lester Shackleford Sr 1905-1984 James E Briggs Jul 31 1931 Feb 15 1978 Hattie D Briggs Mar 18 1902 Aug 28 1976 Roy Briggs Sr Apr 28 1899 Sep 1 1972 Pearl Harper 1910-1985 Bessie Suggs 1908-1989 Seymour Williams Jr 1926-1997 Spicy Williams Parker Nov 4 1904 Jun 1 1970 Raymond Hill Nov 25 1895 Dec 21 1991 Rosa Hill Aug 27 1917 Aug 17 1996 Minnie L Edwards Aug 2 1894 Jan 31 1991 Double Stone Edwards Bennie P Jul 14 1894 Dec 18 1973 Minnie L Aug 2 1897 NOD Howard P Edwards North Carolina Cpl US Army Korea rest buried Double Stone Edwards Mary Eliza Jan 22 1919 NOD Bennie Percy Nov 22 1916 Feb 11 1981 Raymond T Belcher Jul 8 1927 Aug 19 2001 Joann F Belcher Jan 29 1930 Feb 23 1994 Willie Britt Aug 17 1922 Jan 23 1976 Emma L Britt Oct 10 1901 Apr 12 1993 John H Britt Nov 3 1896 Aug 3 1973 MM Clovis Melvin Miller Sep 17 1927 Dec 24 1997 Arthur E Dixon SSGt US Army World War II Feb 29 1920 Aug 12 1981 Annie G McCowan Jun 14 1898 Nov 28 1978 Viola D Bryant Sep 25 1902 Feb 24 1970 Vinnie Chavern Feb 18 1904 May 30 1995 MM unreadable William Henry Pace US Army 1956-1996 Louis L Joyner 1947-1987 Double Stone Elliott Laura S Aug 25 1935 NOD Henry N Feb 13 1931 Jul 22 1995 Arthur R Greene 1934-1990 Zodie B Blount Oct 13 1906 Jun 18 1990 Maurice Jermain Hardy Apr 26 1976 Jan 16 1996 Daniel E Best 1988-2007 Bryant Atkinson Jr May 6 1923 Apr 31 1992 Harvey L Brafield Nov 22 1909 Feb 17 1997 Gail Best Mar 6 1959 Jul 18 1996 Kendrick Rashon Best Sep 21 1985 Feb 3 2002 Hattie Braswell Mar 9 1906 Oct ? 1935 hard to read Jasper Barfield Sr Jan 8 1909 May 26 2003 Double Stone Edwards Doris N NOI Richard McK. Jan 25 1918 Dec 13 1990 Annie I Johnson Aug 13 1936 Oct 28 1996 Joe M Edwards Sep 19 1919 Nov 1 1994 Annette Edwards Dec 26 1955 Jan 11 1973 James P Edwards Apr 24 1920 Aug 12 1974 Luberta E Baxter Feb 20 1919 Apr 20 1978 Ashby Edwards Apr 25 1895 Jun 20 1979

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