EBENEZER ~Bob White Rd~ Cemetery
Visited November 30, 2003
By Members & Volunteers of the
Isle of Wight Historical Society
(Revised January 18, 2003)
OBSERVATIONS
The cemetery is located at the intersection of Bob White Road and Poor House Road about 10 miles west of
Smithfield. Major parts of it are overgrown and damage from hurricane Isabel is evident. Trees have fallen
causing major damage to some tombstones and crypts. Some graves are beneath large fallen trees and are
inaccessible for transcribing. Debris consisting of flower containers and other grave decorations that have
blown from their original placement is abundant. Many graves are nothing more than dirt mounds with no
visible identification. Some stone markers carry no inscription so it becomes impossible to identify the persons
buried there. Approximately 88 unmarked graves were found.
Please address your comments/corrections to: albert.b@charter.net or epowellsr@aol.com.
Note
(1)
STONEWALL J. SYKES
ROBERT L. WILLIAMS
Oct. 4, 1916
June 23, 1986
May 6, 1917
Sept, 1987
PAGE C. FULGHAM
July 9, 1904
Oct 17, 1991
MARY J. FULGHAM
June 22, 1916
Jan 13, 1993
LEDA CARTER
Died November 12, 1992
Aged 65 years
MILTON V. BAILEY, JR.
Feb 25, 1956
March 15, 1997
JOHN WALTER BAILEY
SGT US Army
May 5, 1952 Oct 5, 1997
MARGARET S. TYLER
May 28, 1934 Feb 24, 1998
JOHN E HALL
May 16, 1927 – April 30, 1998
JAMES A. DELK
Oct 23, 1906
Nov 19, 1998
Pretlow & Chapman Funeral Home
Chapman --Pretlow
Note
(2)
LINWOOD CUTLER
Mar 17, 1926
Nov 29, 1998
DORTHY B. DAVIS
Pretlow -- Chapman
ROBERT L. GILES
MARTIN C. ARTIS
MARY S. JOHNSON
ELLA L. WILLIAMS
March 19, 1919
Sept. 2, 1988
PLEASANT HOLMES
Nov. 22, 1919
Feb. 26, 1989
Pretlow -- Chapman
DENNIS J. WILLIAMS
Jan. 24, 1937 – Apr. 11, 2002
~~~~~
Cook Bros. – Shivers Funeral Chapel
LISA J. CHAPMAN
Jan 9, 1994
LISA S. JOHNSON
Oct. 19, 1960
Dec. 24, 1997
JANE E. YOUNG
Sept 7, 1930
Dec 27, 1998
STEVEN D. COOPER
July 22, 1982
Sept. 16, 1994
JUNUIS UZZLE
WILLIE B. UZZLE
Jan. 5, 1925
Oct. 30, 1988
Pretlow – Chapman
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GENEVA H. UZZLE
Jan 10, 1929
Aug. 27, 2003
LEG ROY DELK
Jan 19, 1963
Sept 6, 1998
BEATRICE S. DELK
Aug. 6, 1926 – Feb. 13, 2002
FRANCES JEAN
LESLIE
Sept. 21, 1930
Mar. 8, 1925
Oct. 31, 2000
June 24, 2001
“Precious Lord Take Our Hands”
Cooke Bros. – Shivers Funeral Chapel
Pretlow – Chapman
Note
(3)
Carter
CHARD H. WILLIAMS SR
June 6, 1944
March 2, 1992
JOHN WILLIAMS, JR
Dec. 5, 1951
Jan. 30, 1989
ZOLIE L. ALLMOND
Sept. 30, 1917
April 12, 1988
SUSIE P. ALLMOND
Jan. 9, 1926
April 27, 1993
Pretlow – Chapman
JAMES O. TURNER
June 2, 1935 – Nov. 17, 2000
~~~
Note
(4)
Cooke Bros. – Shivers Funeral Chapel
Note
(5)
ALLEN MILLER, JR
PFC US Army Korea
Nov 20, 1932 – Nov 8, 1970
BARBARA RUFFIN
June 2, 1944 – April 26, 1998
“JOHN AND ANDREA FAULK”
Pooles Funeral Home
RANDOLPH SMITH
Dec. 5, 1921 – May 31, 2003
Pooles Funeral Home
Note
(6)
JOHN HOWELL YEOMAN
CBM US Navy
WWII Korea Vietnam
Feb. 24, 1927 ~~ Mar. 14, 1995
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RONNIE J. HOLLOWAY
Nov. 28, 1951
Oct 2, 1996
WAITER L. DIGGS
March 1, 1937
Aug. 8, 1986
ALLORAY HAMLIN
Jul. 24, 1951
Aug 8, 1998
BERTHA G. DELK
April 27, 1900
Aug. 6, 1986
ROSE L. DELK
Dec. 27, 1926
Oct. 14, 1989
CORRINE H. LIVERMON
Dec. 21, 1919
June 14, 1937
FRED D. LIVERMON
May 9, 1943
March 10, 1996
LORENZO D. LIVERMON
Dec. 9, 1963
Nov. 27, 1998
JIMMIE LIVERMON
Feb. 1, 1952
Mar. 19, 2000
HURLEY WELLON, SR.
May 26, 1924
April 5, 1995
Pretlow -- Chapman
“ROSIE”
ROSETTA MARIE MOSBY
Oct. 23, 1997
Feb. 15, 2003
Pretlow -- Chapman
ANNIE SMITH
Aug. 1, 1895
Jan. 9, 1987
Pretlow – Chapman
ROY C. SMITH, JR
Born Mar. 14, 1932
Died Jan. 10, 1982
CECIL D. YOUNG
Sept. 3, 1909
Sept. 13, 1990
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WILLIAM H. MILLER
Jan. 27, 1918
Sept. 2, 1984
MARTHA L. MILLER
Dec. 2, 1909
Dec. 24, 1984
LOUISE M. FAULK
April 4, 1913
June 7, 1985
MARIA A. NEWBY
May 24, 1914
Oct. 26, 1989
CEDRIC JOHNSON
July 28, 1983
Aug. 1, 1983
JOHN L. DIGGS
Aug. 17, 1912
Feb. 28, 1985
ERNEST H. DIGGS
PFC US Marine Corps
World War II
Jan. 17, 1919 – Nov. 13, 2000
SMITH A. ROBINSON
Aug. 5, 1928
Sept. 28, 2001
HERBERT E. BIGGS, SR.
Aug. 6, 1927
July 14, 1997
BRUCE S. WILKINS
Oct. 15, 1957
Jan. 27, 1995
FREDIT L. TYNES
Jan. 23, 1948
April 15, 1986
TESSIE M. MASSENBURG
Oct. 8, 1930
May 4, 2001
HERBERT LIGGINS
Sept. 14, 1929
March 12, 1995
WILLIE LIGGINS
June 11, 1921
Nov. 25, 1994
Pretlow -- Chapman
MARY S. JOHNSON
April 9, 1941
Oct. 17, 2003
WALTER LIGGINS
July 9, 1923
Sept. 30, 1987
Franklin
Pretlow -- Chapman
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ROBERT L. GILES
Dec. 24, 1929 – Feb. 17, 2002
Cooke Bros. – Shivers Funeral Chapel
LESLIE L. HOLLOMAN JR
June 18, 1944
July 8, 1999
Tynes -- Edwards
ALICE L. S. DAVIS
Oct. 3, 1923
March 8, 1999
Pretlow -- Chapman
ALVERTUS LEMON
U.S. Navy
World War II
Jun. 17, 1917
Feb. 29, 1980
MARTHA E. LEMON
Oct. 27, 1924
Nov. 8, 1991
RUBY L. DOCKERY
Jan. 23, 1943
Jan. 23, 1992
MABLE U. EVANS
Jan. 9, 1917
Jan 26, 1988
ELBERT EDWARDS
March 31, 1917
April 26, 1984
MATTIE D. EDWARDS
Dec. 23, 1924
Nov. 23, 2000
MARY A. ELEY
Dec. 3, 1926
May 25, 1995
Pretlow – Chapman
GWALTNEY E. ELEY
April 28, 1930
Oct. 7, 2002
Pretlow – Chapman
Father
BENJAMIN H. WELLONS
Jan. 24, 1929
Nov. 28, 2001
MARTIN L. ARTIS
May 18, 1984
March 17, 2003
Pretlow – Chapman
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RUFFIN SHEARS
May 12, 1916
Feb. 9, 2002
JULIA MAE WYNN
July 16, 1923
April 30, 1999
GERTRUDE SPRATLEY
May 15, 1932
Feb. 16, 1999
DOROTHY B. DAVIS
Aug. 16, 1936
Dec. 5, 1998
CHRISTINE EZZLE
May 5, 1922
Dec. 17, 1989
WILLIAM DAVIS JR.
Dec. 27, 1927
March 16, 1989
Pretlow – Chapman
JAMES LIGGINS
Sept. 13, 1982
Tynes -- Edwards
Pretlow -- Chapman
Pretlow -- Chapman
LLOYD LIGGINS
Pvt U.S. Army
World War I
1897 ~~ 1946
MATHIE B. [undecipherable]
Dec. 5, 1935 [?]
EMILY L. SMITH
Feb. 1907
Feb 1980
JAMES C. WILSON
Feb. 1917
April 17, [?] 1931
ALICE ANTHONY LIGGINS
1877 – 1943
Mother
CLAIBORNE LIGGINS
1868 – 1936
Father
GEORGE C. LIGGINS
March 8, 1908
March 10, 1932
JULIA L. MASSENBURY
Dec. 25, 1914 – April [?], 1944
JAMES H. WILSON
Feb. 10, 1919
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ERVIN HOLLEMAN
Oct. 10, 1957
PAUL O. LIGGINS
1900 – March 6, 1985
LAURA B. LIGGINS
April 1, 1902
July 20, 1993
HENRY LEE HUDGINS
Virginia
STM1 US Navy
World War II
Dec. 21, 1928 – July 11, 1969
LLOYD UZZLE
Died Mar. 9, 1981 [1961?]
DORA H. OWENS
Jan 16, 1900
March 3, 1995
GEORGE T. POPE
Died Jan. 20, 1953
SARA A. POPE
Died Mar. 17, 1951
MARYLAND HILL
Died Feb. 18, 1948
ALICE LEE WILLIAMS
Died Aug. 8, 1961
SOLMOND UZZLE
June 3, 1879
Oct. 10, 1912
“My Beloved Daughter”
CORREAN GROCE
Born
May 9, 1890
Died
Sept. 13, 1904
“Asleep in Jesus”
MARY C. MYLER
August 27, 1952
Mother
EMMALINE GRACE
WELLS
Feb. 20, 1851
Apr. 27, 1935
“Sleep and take thy rest”
[HS]
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ANNIE W. HILL
Jan. 24, 1971
JOE WILLIAM SMITH
Oct. 15, 1937
Jan. 10, 1938
SARA M. MORRIS
Feb. 8, 1951
CHARLES DAVIS
1906
1960
MARGARET
Wife of
JEFFREY FULGHAM
Died Mar. 1, 1917
Age 62 yrs.
“Honored, Beloved and Wept,
Here Mother Lies”
TULLALEE MILLER
Jan. 15, 1907
Feb. 2, 1970
[HS]
Note
(8)
SHEDRICK TYNES
1898 ~ 1978
JAMES S. BRACY
Died Aug. 30, 1956
FANNIE E. BRACEY
April 10, 1905
May 12, 1989
JAMES O. BRACEY
May 14, 1926
May 23, 1989
BEATRICE V. HAYES
Feb. 5, 1922
May 19, 1984
Note
(9)
EDWARDS
SARAH T.
1896 ~ 1980
FRED
1895 ~ 1954
JOHN C. SPRATLEY
Nov. 9, 1920
May 3, 1990
JAMES H. LANGHORNE
Sept. 27, 1961
Feb. 9, 2002
OTIS W. DIGGS
Sept. 15, 1921
Nov. 18, 1970
WILLIAM SPRATLEY
March 4, 1880
April 18, 1971
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ETTA M. SPRATLEY
Born 1888
Died 1953
JAMES W. SPRATLEY
Sept. 7, 1904
July 13, 1981
PERNELL C. WILLIAMS
GEORGE LEE DELK
SA – US Navy
Feb. 10, 1938 ~ Nov. 5, 1981
WILLIE EDWARDS
Aug. 1, 1974
NELLIE A. EDWARDS
Nov. 7, 1901
JAMES I. ANTHONY
Mar. 6, 1905
Dec. 4, 1992
OTHEL UZZLE
Died Sept. 14, 1964
ROBERT UZZELL
Nov. 28, 1915
March 8, 1983
GERALDINE WELLONS
March 6, 1983
JAMIE L. UZZLE
Sept. 11, 1979
JUNE 24, 1984
DONALD L. WILLIAMS
Aug. 3, 1955
Dec. 31, 1986
JACK WILLIAMS
Nov. 17, 1927
Sept. 16, 1996
LUCY S. BLAKNEY
June 10, 1930
Sept. 19, 1994
MARY L. WILLIAMS
Jan. 15, 1896
Aug. 21, 1999
DANIEL T. WILLIAMS
Jan. 25, 1935
Sept. 19, 1975
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JOHN WILLIAMS, SR.
Died Sept. 16, 1953
ISAAH C. WILLIAMS
Died Feb. 16, 1953
EASTER HILL
Wife of
STAFFORD HILL
Baby
PENNIE E. HILL
ARTHUR D. HILL
July 23, 1905
Feb. 24, 1985
Note
(10)
[?]LAWRENCE EDWARDS
Died Sep. 20, 1962
BESSIE F. GIBBS
Aug. 16, 1873
Aug. 20, 1969
SARAH FLOOD
GEORGE FLOOD
HATTIE Y. WILLIAMS
“In God’s Care”
“BLU”
LEWISTON ALLMOND
Feb. 29, 1916
Apr. 4, 1990
CARRIE ALMOND
Died March 14, 1957
“At Rest”
H. M. TYNES
Born 1876
Died Jan. 20, 1942
LUCY A. TYNES
June 15, 1889
Feb 8, 1967
MILTON ALMOND
Jan. 28, 1920
Dec. 30, 1977
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NOTES
(1) Inscription written on paper encased in metal marker frame.
(2) Wooden stake next to marker with “CUTLER” marked on it.
(3) Has footstone but no markings
(4) Both a vertical marker and a slab carry the inscription
(5) Fresh grave with flowers but no marker. The inscription is on a ribbon on
the flower spray.
(6) CBM is “Combat Medical”
(7) [HS] is headstone inscription. Also inscribed on horizontal concrete slab
are the words:
Emmaline Grace Wells
Feb. 20, 1851 – April 27, 1936
Tynes – Edwards – Shivers
Funeral Service
(8) [HS] is headstone inscription. Also inscribed on the crypt stone are the
words: Beatrice E. Hayes Feb. 5, 1922 May 19, 1984
(9) These are headstone inscriptions .. they are also inscribed on the crypt
stones for each grave.
(10)
A large tree has damaged the crypt stone. Not sure if this name is,
“Clarence” or “Lawrence”.
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