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237    JONES HILL CHURCH [African-American] [111-G]

Location - Old Fields Twp. on both sides of a path which goes north off of Old Raleigh Rd (SR 1136), about 0.5 mile west of Ernest Rd (SR 1160).

Coordinates: 35d 43m 48.5s N; 78d 01m 10.2s W Click here for Online Maps

Overgrown, but identifiable; not enclosed.
174 graves (49 with readable stone or marker).

Recorders: Gerald Lamm/Joan L. Howell Mar 16 1994

1. Batts, Annie Boykin   (b. 25 Aug 1887 - d. 22 Jul 1962)
Daughter of Jerry & Lucy Batts.
2. Batts, Percy   (b. 10 Sep 1904 - d. 8 Jul 1962)
(Homemade stone)
3. Bullock, William H.   (b. 31 Jan 1897 - d. 1 Mar 1956)
North Carolina Pvt 441 Res Labor Bn QMC World War I.
4. Coleman, Bill (Mrs.)   (b. Abt 1905 - d. 1 Sep 1967)
Age 62 yrs. (Metal marker Darden Memorial Funeral Home)
5. Coleman, Frances   (b. Abt 1944 - d. 12 Jun 1970)
Age 25 yrs 6 mos. (Metal marker Darden Memorial Funeral Home)
6. Coleman, Jessie Knight (Mrs.)   (b. Abt 1916 - d. 4 Jul 1973)
Aged 57 years. (Metal marker Darden Memorial Funeral Home)
7. Coleman, Tammy   (b. Abt 1968 - d. 9 Feb 1973)
Aged 4 yrs. (Metal marker Darden Memorial Funeral Home)
8. Coleman, Willie   (b. 15 Oct 1928 - d. 26 Sep 1964)
Age 35 years.
9. Coley, Ben   (b. 1864 - d. 1921)
At rest. (Masonic symbol)
10. Coley, Jim (Mr.)   (b. Abt 1895 - d. 30 Apr 1971)
Aged 75 yrs. (Metal marker Darden Memorial Funeral Home)
11. Cotton, Hilliard S. D. (Mr.)   (b. 17 Aug 1911 - d. 23 Apr 1962)
Husband and father. (Homemade stone)
12. Edmundson, Johnie   (b. 11 Dec 1890 - d. 19 Oct 1954)
North Carolina Pvt Co A 429 Res Labor Bn QMC World War I
13. Edmundson, Maggie   (b. 6 Jan 1906 - d. 26 Feb 1942)
Asleep in Jesus. (Homemade stone)
14. Hasty, Donell   (b. 5 Jun 1973 - d. 10 Feb 1935)
(dates on the cement slab seem to be reversed, perhaps)
15. Hasty, Willie   (b. Abt 1924 - d. 30 Apr 1969)
Age 44. (Homemade slab)
16. Hines, Anthony   (b. Abt 1969 - d. 21 Mar 1973)
Age 3 yrs 7 mo. (Metal marker Darden Memorial Funeral Home)
17. Jeffreys, Mc.   (b. 1865 - d. 1934)
His record is on high.
18. Jones, Bettie L.   (b. 21 Dec 1894 - d. 9 Sep 1913)
Wife of William Jones.
19. Jones, Chellie   (b. Aug 1895 - d. 10 Mar 1912)
Gone but not forgotten.
20. Jones, Devie   (b. 16 Sep 1908 - d. 18 Feb 1922)
Darling we miss thee.
21. Jones, E. A. (Rev.)   (b. 12 Jan 1891 - d. 25 Sep 1945)
Although he sleeps his memory doth live.
22. jones, Hilton E.   (b. Abt 1947 - d. 8 Apr 1969)
Aged 21 yrs. (Metal marker Darden Memorial Funeral Home)
23. Jones, John H.   (b. 4 Jul 1851 - d. 10 Jun 1928)
(A)-Pennie Jones. Not lost, blest thought, but gone before where we shall meet to part no more.
24. Jones, Josiah   (b. 22 Jul 1862 - d. 20 Feb 1925)
Gone but not forgotten.
25. jones, K. C.   (b. 1910 - d. Apr 1948)
(Homemade stone)
26. Jones, Keizah   (b. 28 Aug 1864 - d. 20 Aug 1898)
A devoted wife and a loving mother.
27. Jones, Kizzie L.   (b. Unknown - d. 9 Sep 1913)
Daughter of William & Bettie Jones.
28. Jones, Noel   (b. 1843 - d. 25 Sep 1915)
29. Jones, Pennie   (b. Jan 1851 - d. 14 Jan 1913)
(A)-John H. Jones. She is not dead but sleeping.
30. Jones, Richard   (b. Unknown - d. 23 Feb 1937)
North Carolina Pvt ICI 343 Sere Bn QMC
31. Jones, Roxie A.   (b. 28 Nov 1899 - d. 21 Oct 1900)
Gone to be an angel.
32. jones, Susie   (b. 14 Aug 1892 - d. 1 Sep 1957)
May she rest in peace.
33. Jones, Theo R.   (b. 23 Jul 1905 - d. 15 Feb 1908)
Asleep in Jesus.
34. Jones, William Plummer, Sr.   (b. 20 Mar 1893 - d. 30 Apr 1962)
(Also metal marker)
35. Knight, Minnie   (b. Abt 1896 - d. 1 May 1964)
Aged 67. (Metal marker Darden Memorial Funeral Home)
36. Kurney, William Richard   (b. 25 Aug 1925 - d. 21 Nov 1972)
North Carolina STM2 USNR World War II.
37. Locus, Julious   (b. 10 Mar 1854 - d. 30 Jun 1922)
He followed virtue as his truest guide, Lived as a Christian as a Christian died.
38. Lucas, Effie Bryant   (b. 3 Jun 1898 - d. 23 Jun 1948)
39. Lucas, John M.   (b. 20 Oct 1872 - d. 15 Jun 1925)
(Masonic symbol) K of K
40. Parker, Hazel C.   (b. 16 Aug 1912 - d. 26 Aug 1964)
Wife of Sylvester Parker. God called her home.
41. Powell, Daisy   (b. 13 Nov 1900 - d. 27 Aug 1920)
Daughter of E. L. & Sarah Powell. Gone to a better land. Peace be thine.
42. Powell, Elijah   (b. 15 Jun 1907 - d. 16 Sep 1928)
Son of E. L. & Sarah Powell. His toils are past, his work is done. He fought the fight - the victory won.
43. Powell, Elijah   (b. 1868 - d. 8 Sep 1948)
Father. Wilson County.
44. Sessoms, Raymond   (b. 9 Feb 1921 - d. 31 May 1922)
Son of Heywood & Maggie Sessoms. At rest.
45. Taylor, Mary L.   (b. 12 Feb 1902 - d. 29 Oct 1908)
Blessed are the early dead.
46. Unknown, B. (Mr.)   (b. 1875 - d. 9 Feb 1___)
47. Unknown, Phoebe (Rev. Mrs.)   (b. Abt 1916 - d. 15 Dec 1971)
Aged 55 years 9 mo 17 days. (Metal marker Hamilton Funeral Home)
48. Wiggs, Pansy   (b. 12 Aug 1926 - d. 22 Nov 1929)
Daughter of Mary and Jeff Wiggs. At. rest. (Homemade stone)
49. Williams, Charlie A.   (b. 27 Nov 1870 - d. 7 Sep 1935)
May he rest in peace.