Drake Memorial Cemetery
Gates Co., NC
Surveyed by Diane Siniard December 2013




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Drake Memorial Cemetery in Gates County, NC.

Location 1102 Hwy 158 beside St John AME Zion Church.

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    GPS Coordinates:
    36° 26.503 N
    76° 36.158 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Page 1 Rev "W" D" Drake SDCM USN (Ret) Jun 1 1918 Feb 13 2005 Double Stone Saunders Oscar C Mar 4 1918 Aug 5 2007 Married Aug 11 1937 Mary E Jul 16 1917 Sep 3 2005 Thelma Y Eason Jul 29 1937 Apr 13 2000 MM Julia R Mozelle 1915-2000 James W Goodman Feb 15 1943 Apr 19 2001 Double Stone Knight George T Feb 7 1937 Jun 4 2002 Married Feb 27 1960 Vivian E Nov 15 1937 NOD FS George T Knight ADJ3 US Navy Vietnam Feb 7 1937 Jun 4 2002 Geneva Mozelle Wiggins Feb 9 1917 Aug 18 2002 Ceretta Clarice Mozelle Barrington Oct 4 1923 Dec 16 2002 Janet R Taylor May 13 1952 Jun 14 2009 William "Dick" Gatling Jr Jan 20 1936 Jul 16 2005 Wooden Cross Frank Costen Jan 12 1924 Feb 22 2007 Double Stone Saunders A McCray Sr Oct 7 1915 Feb 14 2008 Married Jun 23 1950 Helen J Nov 11 1923 NOD Arthur M Saunders Sr Oct 7 1915 Feb 14 2008 Marcus J Boyce Sep 20 1984 Jun 15 2008 William H Goodman Dec 8 1940 Jun 19 2009 Edward L Bond Apr 6 1921 Feb 22 2010 Double Stone Williams Joann Eason Apr 22 1949 NOD Married Dec 18 1971 Otis G Jr Apr 20 1949 Jul 10 2010 Johnny M Lassiter Dec 30 1953 Apr 24 2011 Edward R Riddick Oct 30 1957? May 12 2011 Dorothy R Johnson Mar 18 1948 Sep 22 2013 Michael A Eason May 23 1955 Feb 24 2013 L McCoy Saunders Aug 30 1924 Oct 9 1998 Double Stone Riddick William E Sr May 17 1944 Sep 15 2008 Married Mar 9 1967 Yvonne P Oct 21 1946 NOD FS William Elbert Riddick May 17 1944 Sep 15 2008 Belinda R Butler May 11 1956 Jul 27 2008 Florida O Bond Aug 18 1919 Oct 11 2002 Charlie Frank Eason US Army World War II Jan 9 1919 Jul 10 2002 Etta Mae Bailey Aug 29 1936 Mar 29 2002 Phonie Mayce White Oct 22 1950 Feb 28 2002 Eddie Samiel Sr Feb 22 1913 Sep 7 2009 James B Moore Oct 9 1913 Aug 26 2008 Lou Bonnie Moore Jul 27 1913 Dec 31 2001 Double Stone Eason James N Sep 2 1922 Oct 22 1996 Martha C Aug 30 1922 Apr 15 2000 Double Stone Howell Sarah E Dec 2 1932 NOD Julius R Feb 5 1929 May 8 1996 Nora B Mozelle Sep 16 1921 Apr 22 1996 Thomas Edison Mozelle Apr 6 199 Jan 20 2008 Lansy Linwood Brown Jan 17 1917 Jun 13 1994 Double Stone Eason Abraham Feb 9 1913 Aug 1 1993 Rosa H Jan 19 1915 Jan 31 2004 ?edie B Rountree Jan 9 1910 Oct 10 1995 Double Stone Honeghan Cecil C Oct 22 1996 NOD Vanzola W May 23 2004 NOD Double Stone Lassiter John W Aug 26 1921 Oct 7 1992 Mary B Apr 15 1931 NOD
    Page 2 Double Stone Eason Lewis E 1921-1997 Phonie C 1924-1992 Double Stone Eason Laura L 1918-2000 Married Feb 18 1937 Norial N 1913-1990 Bessie W Howell Mar 18 1938 NOD Double Stone Lassiter Edith E Dec 30 1909 Jul 22 1993 Henry E Apr 27 1904 Oct 28 1992 Gary W Saunders Mar 25 1917 Jan 26 2000 Aaron Pernell Wiggins Sgt US Army World War II Aug 15 1926 Jan 4 2012 Double Stone Seymore Paul D Dec 30 1912 Jan 31 1990 Lillie K Jul 24 1915 NOD Double Stone Bond John Willie Jun 24 1952 NOD Bertha W Jan 29 2003 NOD FS Bertha W Bond Mar 31 1909 Jan 29 2003 J Eva Williams NOI Double Stone Costen-Hite Brother David M Costen 1887-1989 Sister Maggie E Hite NOI Linwood T Bond US Navy World War II Oct 23 1924 Jul 4 1989 Double Stone Smith Walter Lee Sr Oct 22 1936 Jun 16 1993 Shirley Irene Aug 10 1937 NOD J Walter Norman Oct 20 1900 Nov 22 1988 Maggie O Simpkins May 6 1925 Jul 17 1988 Donald Ray Eason Jun 1 1954 Jan 2 1994 Frank Harvey Eason Feb 21 1947 Feb 23 1988 FS Frank Harvey Eason US Air Force Vietnam Feb 21 1947 Feb 23 1988 Elizabeth Beamon Aug 20 1921 Jun 10 2010 Double Stone Sawyer Claude Matthew Feb 21 1916 Oct 18 1987 Bernice Polson Nov 24 1911 Nov 2 1991 Bertha L Howell Jul 15 1910 Aug 19 2001 C Edison Mozell Mar 11 1911 Sep 3 1986 Double Stone C S Goodman Sr Mar 22 1913 Oct 1 1985 Nicolia M Goodman Mar 7 1916 Jul 30 2008 Alexander C Powell Sr Jun 3 1928 Jul 22 2007 Mary Louise Riddick 1912-1985 Ida Eason Beamon Apr 1 1914 Aug 4 1997 William Max Beamon Feb 12 1912 May 18 1985 Double Stone Beamon Lee E Dec 24 1900 Sep 24 1984 Mary A Jul 21 1907 May 27 2001 Mary G Lassiter May 27 1918 Jan 14 1987 W Alfred Lassiter Sep 6 1910 Aug 30 1984 Dora Mullen Harris Mar 1 1908 Feb 6 1984 Viola P Lassiter Oct 27 1913 Jul 12 1998 Double Stone Cash Richard Earl Sep 8 1932 NOD Frances Eason Geraldine Feb 7 1937 Dec 27 2011 Double Crypt Creecy Larlyne Crudup Jun 24 1920 Nov 18 1989 Hollis Frissell Aug 11 1917 Aug 9 2005 Double Crypt Costen Bertha Dildy Jul 25 1915 Apr 7 2002 Everett Russell Aug 17 1915 Feb 6 2007 Double Stone Howell Ella M "Honey" Apr 25 1920 Jul 19 2007 Lewis B "Bill" Jul 3 1913 Mar 31 1995 La Senia B Lassiter Jun 9 1945 Dec 28 2009 Nereus L Lassiter Oct 20 1944 Oct 23 2010 Unmarked Grave Phenia L Lassiter Oct 9 1908 Mar 4 1994 Double Stone Eason Frances L Sep 28 1915 Nov 1 2005 Timothy L Aug 26 1911 May 19 2000 Carrie Eason Ingram Dec 18 1943 Oct 17 1983 Double Stone Smith Carrie P Sep 18 1917 Oct 7 2005 John E Sep 12 1911 Aug 19 1983 Ray Donald Beamon Aug 1 1953 Feb 24 2005 William H Costen Jun 27 1913 Apr 1 2000 H Winfield Costen Jan 12 1912 Apr 14 1992 MM Sarah Lane Costen Nov 1 1921 Jul 20 2012 Age 90 Helen R Coleman Jan 12 1911 Oct 14 2002 Susan Costen Jones Jul 18 1921 NOD Sadie R Costen Dec 30 1883 Feb 22 1980
    Page 3 Margaret H Costen Nov 12 1917 Mar 5 1978 McEll Costen US Navy Dec 8 1927 Jan 31 2008 Otelia C Riddick Dec 26 1909 Aug 31 2009 Samuel Riddick Jun 28 1904 Oct 17 1976 Birdie A Powell Dec 17 1915 Jan 6 1976 George LeRoy GoodmanBS MS 6th Year Nov 7 1925 Mar 31 2008 Dahlia Goodman Lassiter Aug 8 1890 May 17 1975 Rosa S Payton Dec 2 1921 Oct 27 2002 Mary Riddick Knight Jun 20 1929 Jan 28 2005 Mildred L Underwood May 29 1911 Apr 26 2002 Francis L Howell Feb 17 1927 Jul 9 1993 Fannie H Powell May 31 1890 Apr 7 1979 Double Stone Wiggins Aaron R May 17 1947 NOD Ida I Mar 11 1959 NOD Double Stone Lassiter B C Apr 12 1911 Feb 6 1993 Mattie L Feb 11 1916 Aug 8 1974 Double Stone Green Miles S Mar 27 1988 NOD Maggie I Jun 23 2005 NOD FS Maggie W Green Jan 6 1906 Jun 23 2005 Double Stone Riddick Isaiah US Army WWII Veteran Jan 30 1975 NOD Mattie W Mar 5 2000 NOD

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