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
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