St. Peter Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery

Greene County, NC

Surveyed by Judy Hawkins & Vicky Lovett August 2008




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the St. Peter Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery in Greene County, NC.

Location intersection of W. Harper St. and Kingold Blvd in Snow Hill

African American Cemetery

Transcribed by Glenn Fields



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    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Page 1 W. D Burgess Oct 24 1882 Jan 2 1964 MM Mrs W(ilbe)? Sauls(?) Burgess Died Sept 29 1979 Age 93 Minnie Clyde Sauls Born Dec 8 1891 Died May 12 1915 Double stone BRITT Lillie M May 8 1913 Nov 23 1994 Eddie Wilson Dec 17 1908 Jan 29 1984 MOTHER Sarah Britt Suggs 1904 – 1947 FATHER Preston G Suggs 1902 – 1969 Jay P Harper May 10 1913 May 28 1985 Double stone NOBLES Mary E 1916 – 1965 Wilbur Sr 1910 – 1986 Josiah Harper Son of Pearl S Britt Harper & J H McKenney Harper Feb 23 1902 Oct 5 1954 IN MEMORY OF MOTHER Estella Harper Apr 19 1903 Mar 17 1948 Clarence A Davis North Carolina PVT 4199 QM Service Co World War II March 12 1905 September 8 1958 Herman Dillard Sr July 9 1920 Mar 14 1987 Mary S Dickens 1928 – 1985 Rev Mrs Mattie Suggs Dillard June 18 1924 June 23 1974 Travis Edward Suggs US Army World War II Jul 22 1922 Mar 31 1980 Evelyn S Miller 1915 – 1981 Prof Thomas H Suggs June 18 1930 July 26 1993 Eddie M B Hines Apr 25 1943 Feb 7 1993 Mary Braswell Nobles 1906 – 1987 Corine Braswell Nov 15 1920 Oct 21 1975 Mary Jane Terry Mar 7 1897 Aug 17 1973 MOTHER Agnes C Lewis Mar 8 1912 Feb 18 1973 Bettie Lewis Morris Aug 31 1941 Oct 23 1988 Emma B William Nov 2 1895 Mar 28 1976 Miranda S Braswell Oct 13 1900 Oct 3 1977 Henry Streeter North Carolina PFC Rest covered by dirt Rosa Edwards Dec 25 1908 June 15 1972 Isabel W Simmons Feb 1 1903 Jan 30 1972 Elijah Simmons Mar 19 1903 Jan 3 1979 Henry Price Jr Aug 2 1916 Aug 24 1969 Henry Jones Aug 10 1920 Dec 23 1968 John Best Jr North Carolina Tec 5 US Army World War II October 11 1911 June 26 1965 Jimmy Henry Harper Oct 21 1916 July 29 1976 Haddie Blount Mar 17 1898 Nov 9 1973 Johnnie Mae Harper Blount Aug 30 1904 June 3 1974 John M Harper May 10 1979 Dec 27 1962 Pearl S Britt Daughter of Major & Nancy Britt Wife of John H McKenney Harper Feb 18 1882 April 1939 MOTHER Mary H Britt 1878 – 1951 Martha Lee Britt 1932 – 1934 Carro Stocks May 2 1913 Feb 29 1984 Annie Suggs Smith May 28 1909 Feb 8 1990 Emily Suggs Jan 6 1877 July 9 1944 MOTHER Susan Ann Wife of Emily Suggs Sept 15 1874 Jan 23 1937 Sarah D Suggs 1913 – 1982 James P Suggs Sept 9 1915 Jan 17 1974 MOTHER Bettie Britt 1874 – 1947 A J Hill Born Sept 25 1916 Died April 9 1930 Ronell Hill Sept 18 1934 Feb 2 1994 Page 2 Mrs Pernell Hill Sept 15 1909 July 29 1970 Charlie Lorenzo Hill Mar 26 1901 Mar 2 1951 Sammie Earl Hill North Carolina PFC US Army Jan 2 1928 April 14 1964 FATHER George Streeter Apr 24 1874 NOD George Streeter Jr Loving Husband Sweet Memories June 1 1911 May 17 1992 Florence Dunn May 1 1900 Jan 19 1957 Henry Jones Aug 10 1920 Dec 23 1968 Elijah Simmons Mar 19 1903 Jan 3 1979 Isabell W Simmons Feb 10 1903 Jan 30 1972 Rosa Edwards Dec 25 1908 June 15 1972 Malissie Gray March 1897 April 2 1951 Mary Cummings Born Aug 5 1904 Died May 2 1958 William Gray US Army World War I Sep 5 1895 Jan 29 1976 MOTHER Julia R Darden 1882 – 1960 Eddie Jones Sept 7 1926 Mar 25 1991 Robert E Corbett Oct 25 1947 July 2 1994 Jacqueline Graham Feb 10 1963 Feb 6 1995 Multiple stone JONES MOTHER Mattie Lue Mar 16 1893 May 9 1946 FATHER William Sept 26 1880 Sept 5 1949 SON Harry Dec 22 1924 Nov 10 1944 Emmie Lee Beasley Feb 18 1915 July 31 1970 Broken stone ????? Holland Died Oct 24 1921 Age 52 yrs Another piece of stone with this one but appearing to be part of another stone ????? 18 1920 Age 70 yrs Clinton Britt Jan 6 1895 Oct 23 1916 Sunlight Lodge K O Broken stone Miley Baker Died Dec 11 1904 Age 73 yrs (see next photo) Age 73 yrs (part of previous stone) SUGGS MOTHER Sarah Dec 2 1892 Jan 5 1935 FATHER Toney Mar 4 1862 Dec 7 1932 MOTHER Mattie A Edwards 1878 – 1958 WIFE Inez E Burge Aug 25 1912 Jan 17 1968 Broken stone Top half missing Age ?? Stephens Watkins Died Feb 11 1936 Aged 90 yrs Griffen B Suggs May 20 1916 Oct 23 1928 MM Infant Mi?? ?? Roderick(?) Hutchinson Born Dec 25 19?? Died Jan ?? ???? Age 25 days Walter B Suggs Dec 20 1916 Apr 17 1997 MM Mr William R Suggs Born Jan 1 1916 Died April 20 1997 Unreadable Double stone SUGG Aurelia Jones Oct 3 1900 Apr 7 1955 Herman Bryan Sept 15 1885 Dec 27 1980 Leonard HSmith Jr 1904 – 1964 SON Lawrence Harvey Smith April 12 1946 April 14 1946 Kennie D Smith Aug 21 1914 Aug 9 2003 Henry T Suggs Jan 27 1926 June 11 1969 Sadie Suggs Jan 26 1898 July 26 1967 Otis Suggs Born Nov 26 1885 Died Dec 26 1959 MM NOI Clifton Corbett Dec 25 1922 Oct 1 1995 MM NOI Jo Ann Corbett Nov 22 1946 June 8 19?? Double stone DAWSON Preston Feb 29 1900 Oct 31 1969 Addie S Sept 12 1897 Nov 25 1975 Susie Freeman Dec 5 1910 Feb 4 1991 King Hezekiah Suggs Feb 18 1906 Sept 30 1988 Griffin Suggs Jan 14 1937 Mar 14 1997 MM NOI Vera Suggs Busbee Dec 12 1912 Apr 13 1949 Page 3 Mrs Willie Mae Wooten May 12 1908 Aug 8 2003 Age 95 MOTHER Lula Suggs May 1886 Aug 22 1968 Age 80 years Moses Suggs Born 1883 Died July 1 1966 Elsie Mae Sharp Jan 25 1915 Sept 22 1950 Double stone Possibly SUGGS unreadable MOTHER Mery or Neby Mar 12 1877 Oct 5 1947 FATHER Charles Feb 5 1865 Sept ?? 1947 James Roy Williams Dec 22 1909 June 9 1954 Nancy ? Shackleford July 23 1907 Oct 24 1986 MOTHER Fannie Best Spellman May 12 1876 Dec 16 1968 William Solmon Harper North Carolina Rest underground Linda Sims Mar 15 1950 Dec 17 1986 Mattie C Artis Dec 25 1894 July 10 1978 Double stone BRITT Jennie V Dec 17 1874 Feb 22 1950 Henry Oct 4 1866 Nov 27 1925 Nancy Scott Oct 3 1883 July 15 1947 MOTHER Fannie Best Spellman May 12 1876 Dec 16 1968 SUGG Pennie Sugg June 1 1844 June 13 1924 George Best Husband of Fannie Best Died Oct 9 1941 Effie L B Royster Aug 20 1900 May 5 1975 David A Berry 1890 – 1932 Garnie May Dau of M E & D A Berry Feb 8 1912 Jan 1 1913 MOTHER Lucy Taylor Died March 31 1936 Aged 92 years Ora Wife of W H Baker Born Oct 15 1879 Died June 29 1912 Chaney Wife of Simon Carroway Died Feb 23 1910 Age 61 Yrs Hattie Monk Apr 6 1878 Apr 13 1951 Elijah Rasberry North Carolina PVT 365 Infantry World War I September 15 1892 Sept 30 1949 Edmond Rasberry July 12 1854 June 15 1919 Emma Wife of Marcellus Bryant Born 1883 Died Jan 31 1936 Rev L E Rasberry Born Jan 11 1888 Died Aug 15 1956 Cora Wife of Henry Mitchell Born June 20 1879 Died Aug 17 1907 Richard Son of L M Baker Born Aug 1 1828 Feb 14 1906 IN MEMORY OF MY HUSBAND Andrew Dixon Nov 26 1865 June 30 1940 MOTHER Letha O Dixon Jan 23 1880 June 1 1961 Broke stone John G Ellison Born Mar 17 1901 NOI Broken stone Grace Harper Mar 4 NOI Fred Barfield North Carolina PVT 3147 QM Service Co World War II December 28 1918 October 28 1949 Laura Harper Ellison Mar 17 1867 Feb 4 1934 Ada Ellison Wife of James F Radford Mar 8 1897 May 20 1942 H V Ellison Sr Feb 10 1861 Jan 25 1925 Lewis Ellison Born May 8 1887 Died Oct 21 1918 Broken stone Top half missing Died Oct 20 1918 Primus Williams Born 1847 Died Mar 11 1912 Louis Harper Born 1840 Died Mar 30 1910 F & A M and K of G Rev H F Millr (sic) (Miller) Died April 22 1907 Mary Denise Chadwick Feb 26 1959 Mar 5 1979 Leonard L Clark Apr 9 1959 Dec 23 1972 Elsie B Chadwick Feb 6 1925 June 21 1979 MM NOI Viola B Williams Mar 7 1907 Feb 13 1991 “Worm” Andre M Grant Nov 20 1967 Feb 10 1989 DADDY Johnny Whitfield May 3 1960 June 24? 1988 MM Eric Lavall Williams Jr June 9 2008 June 9 2008 Age Infant Page 4 John Henry Washington Sr 1928 – 1984 Hezekiah Williams North Carolina St US Navy World War II Nov 29 1923 Aug 8 1966 Dock Harper June 16 1871 June 30 1924 Hezekiah Whitley Aug 15 1862 June 16 1916 MOTHER Lula Whitley William April 1 1899 July 21 1960 Artha Jones Son of Maudia Jones And husband F L Jones Born Feb 1900 Died Mar 29 1918 Hilton J Gray CPL US Army World War II June 16 1927 Jan 31 1980 Forest Edwards 1926 – 1979 MOTHER Pryann Wife of Henry Petaway Born Aug 15 1887 Died May 2 1927 Henry Petaway Jr June 5 1911 June 2 1992 Henry Petaway 1876 – 1942 Sueleen Bynum Epps June 9 1931 Nov 7 1996 ?ave Our Daughter Rosemary

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