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




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

Location from Hwy 158 turn right on Hwy 32 and the cemetery will be about 1/2 mile up on the left.

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    GPS Coordinates:
    36° 26.297 N
    76° 36.637 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Page 1 Double Stone Whitmell F Hill Sep 4 1868 Jan 7 1945 Bertha P Hill Feb 2 1891 May 28 1977 Dorothy Hill Mar 28 1915 May 21 1921 Nettie F Hill Apr 21 1862 Nov 9 1938 John R Hill Jun 15 1864 Jul 26 1948 Mary Bertha Hill Dec 29 1887 May 11 1969 Margaret E Nixon Aug 14 1915 Dec 2 1990 Lidie W Nixon Wife of William Nixon Dec 18 1966 William Nixon Nov 23 1858 Feb 4 1925 Ida G Nixon 1860-1900 Antoinette S Corbitt Nov 15 1878 Mar 12 1962 John E Corbitt Aug 3 1874 Oct 3 1946 Double Stone F H Russell May 4 1936 Mar 17 1907 S S Russell Jun 11 1841 Nov 19 1914 Fannie A Russell Dec 15 1832 Aug 20 1920 Lucille A Cross May 12 1905 Jan 9 1986 F Norfleet Cross Apr 6 1903 Feb 21 1944 Mary Elizabeth Cross Feb 13 1878 Jan 23 1963 Frank N Cross Jul 24 1873 Apr 13 1932 Herbert Gaston Brown Mar 15 1859 Jan 31 1940 Mattie Cross Brown Aug 2 1870 Jun 12 1945 Double Stone Hattie S Oct 1 1843 Mar 12 1902 John F Cross Apr 8 1841 Jul 6 1919 Edgar Norfleet Son of Jno F & H S Cross Jan 19 1867 Jan 24 1867 Charlie Riddick Son of Jno F & H S Cross Dec 2 1878 Aug 11 1880 Double Stone Cross Joseph Milton Oct 29 1845 Mar 3 1922 Mary Elizabeth Jan 27 1845 Feb 26 1914 Oscar Moss Son of Jos M & M E Cross Nov 2 1879 May 31 1880 Joseph Milton Son of Jos M & M E Cross Oct 26 1876 Jul 28 1883 Hattie Sadie Daughter of J M & M E Cross Sep 22 1883 Oct 11 1887 Infant Son of T A & Dora Jordan Feb 23 1911 Marion Elizabeth Daughter of T A & Dora Jordan Sep 17 1912 Jan 27 1913 Mary Eleanor Wiggins Jun 1 1907 Dec 8 1928 Stone flipped Can't turn Maggie S Wife of J V Jordan Apr 14 1857 May 21 1897 James Victor Jordan Son of T A & Nancy Norfleet Jordan Jun 1 1856 Feb 28 1928 Mary Florence Jordan Second Wife of James Victor Jordan First Wife of Melville McConnell Jordan Mar 12 1857 Jan 16 1941 Edward M Son of J V & M S Jordan Dec 4 1886 Oct 27 1906 Ernest E Son of L H & M D Whedbee Oct 19 1893 Jan 19 1897 Infant Son of L H & M D Whedbee Rest Buried Double Stone Leonidas H Whedbee Mar 3 1850 Mar 29 1929 M Dora Sep 10 1852 Oct 23 1903 Leon Norfleet Son of L H & M D Whedbee Aug 7 1890 Oct 26 1906 William Frank Cross Jun 30 1907 Mar 12 1943 Roxie Smith Tucker Born Pitt County Married William F Cross Jun 30 1933 Married Frank L Nixon Oct 21 1967 Died Aug 7 2002 Double Stone Nixon Frank Lassiter Died May 10 1978 Roxie Tucker Cross Buried Nearby (see above) Page 2 Double Stone Nixon James Walton NOI Gona Lee NOI James E Gregory May 15 1896 Oct 12 1972 Antoinette H Gregory Jul 25 1899 Mar 8 1990 Quadruple Stone Hill Harry Belmont Hill 1891-1972 Sarah Jeanette Hill 1901-1986 James E Gregory 1896-1972 Antoinette Hill Gregory 1899-1990 Harry Belmont Hill Jan 11 1891 Jan 29 1972 Sarah Jeanette Hill May 1 1901 May 20 1986 Willard O Hill May 4 1876 Apr 14 1956 Lena P Hill Feb 22 1889 Jun 6 1960 MM John Darius Hill Jr Jul 23 1953 Jan 3 2013 Charles H Pierce Jr May 9 1924 Jul 19 1982 Dorothy Hofler Pierce Brothers Oct 11 1926 Apr 19 1996 Double Stone Pierce Willie Benton 1885-1971 Charlie Herbert 1879-1952 Frances Pierce Hansen 1914-1982 Ann Turnage Hill Jun 25 1927 NOD John Darius Hill May 11 1911 Oct 1 1993 Quadruple Stone Family of Willard O Hill John D Hill 1911-1993 Ann T Hill 1927-NOD James W Hill 1910-1984 Ophelia P Hill 1921-1982 Ophelia Parker Hill Apr 6 1921 Sep 16 1982 James Willard Hill Jan 10 1910 Dec 24 1984 FS James W Hill US Marine Corps World War II Jan 10 1910 Dec 24 1984 Double Stone Nixon Samuel Edwin Jan 6 1897 Dec 18 1986 Marianne Richard Jun 25 1895 Jun 26 1972 Gladys Corbitt Apr 27 1895 Sep 4 1957 Antoinette Daughter of Mr & Mrs J E Corbett May 11 1910 May 6 1912 Elizabeth R Ward Mar 11 1879 Nov 15 1968 Berresford Hope Ward Jan 15 1877 Nov 28 1955 Double Stone Harrell William Preston Harrell 1843-1922 Annie Christian Harrell 1853-1929 Mary Vaughan Harrell Feb 29 1892 Oct 27 1903 Daughter of O C & Susie Harrell NOI Double Stone Octavius Claiborne Harrell May 16 1864 Jul 31 1906 Sue Williams Oct 5 1869 Sep 12 1961 William H Norfleet Aug 30 1848 Mar 28 1885 Ora Lee Wife of C F Moreland May 28 1871 Dec 29 1905 Infant Daughter of Rufus C & Annie L Dennis Jan 22 1888 Jan 24 1888 Infant Daughter of Rufus C & Annie L Dennis Jan 22 1888 Mar 1 1888 James A Harrell North Carolina Pvt 920 Casual Co World War I Jan 28 1893 Dec 9 1961 Matttie Draughon Harrell Nov 20 1894 Aug 25 1940 Clara Nixon 2nd Wife of W P Harrell Jr Aug 27 1870 Dec 7 1929 George W Riddick Nov 4 1868 Dec 19 1955 Martha C Riddick Dec 29 1869 Oct 2 1929 Ruth E Riddick Jul 21 1908 Oct 22 1930 Leland S Riddick Jun 3 1897 Jul 22 1946 Lewis A Rountree Apr 5 1873 Mar 9 1934 Sarah E Rountree Nov 11 1875 Jan 7 1965 F Hayslett Rountree Jun 7 1906 Nov 26 1978 Mary F Rountree Oct 9 1908 Aug 27 1994 Frank Elliott Pierce Apr 8 1919 Dec 2 1993 Beatrice H Pierce Sep 6 1888 Jan 1 1965 Frank Leslie Pierce Jun 2 1885 Mar 28 1966 Mamie Blanche Pierce Aug 28 1887 Apr 2 1972 Page 3 Lloyd Quinton Pierce Aug 11 1902 Aug 30 1986 Mildred White Pierce Sep 28 1910 Jan 2 1996 Double Stone Ward Goma Lee Died Nov 19 1989 George Wilburn Jan 2 1906 Mar 16 1994 Ann Hall Daughter of G W & Goma Ward Sep 24 1940 Sep 25 1940 James R Corbitt Jr 1909-1937 Maude Corbitt Sanders 1911-1991 Fletcher Corbitt 1908-1994 Pearl R Corbitt 1884-1970 James R Corbitt 1860-1939 T Fletcher Riddick Sep 18 1899 Jul 26 1983 Josie H Riddick Dec 5 1909 Jun 24 1986 Alton Wiley Riddick US Army Dec 21 1937 Jul 1 2004 Eunice Mae Rountree US Navy World War II Sep 9 1910 Nov 21 2008 Ludie J Carter Feb 14 1879 Jan 13 1960 John H Carter Mar 27 1874 Jan 2 1938 C Leon Pierce 1920-1939 Charlie Lee Pierce Nov 11 1897 Oct 28 1968 Erma H Carter Pierce Oct 14 1901 Oct 16 1995 R J Corbitt Apr 5 1835 Jun 2 1900 Cora L Jones Jan 11 1882 Jun 22 1953 Willie Jones Jun 19 1873 Aug 16 1947 Lelia Frances Rountree Jan 16 1865 ??? ?? 19?? Rest unfinished Edward S Hoffler Jr Jun 7 1934 Sep 21 1947 Edward S Hoffler Sr Jun 8 1907 Aug 14 1978 Edna Rice Hoffler Dec 23 1910 Jun 5 2006 Double Stone Hofler Job 1842-1918 Cora L 1863-1950 Leslie Harrell Pierce Nov 19 1913 Jan 18 2001 Elizabeth J Pierce Oct 22 1914 Jun 12 1962 Henry Barton Hoffler Sep 14 1904 Aug 4 1997 Hazel Baker Hoffler Jan 11 1905 Oct 9 2003 Sally R Hoffler Dec 9 1874 Feb 6 1932 S Wycklief Hoffler Aug 13 1870 Jun 28 1931 Double Stone Harrell Herbert H Harrell Oct 15 1880 May 10 1948 Mary Robertson Dec 21 1894 May 2 1983 Double Stone Geraud Paul G Mar 22 1886 Aug 3 1963 Lettie C Sep 16 1876 Mar 25 1956

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