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Askew / Bowen Cemetery
Photos taken by: Nola & Alston Dunbar in May 2009

Directions: Going north on Hwy. 32 go 2.4 miles past State Road 1621 and turn right into a lane.  This small cemetery is about 150 yards up the lane.  Information has been recorded as written on the tombstones.  Any additional information known by family members and/or research of public records has been indicated in brackets.  Click on underlined names to see a photograph of the headstone.

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NAME BIRTH DEATH INSCRIPTION / COMMENTS
Askew, Bernard July 26, 1920 Aug. 11, 1921

Son of J.T. & Lula Askew

Askew, Frank [same as James F. Askew] [Oct. 7] 1886
[SS Deaths]
[Jan. 16] 1978
[SS Deaths]

Close-up of Funeral Home Marker

Askew, Gerald R. July 4, 1942 July 22, 1942

Our Baby - Footstone: GRA
[Epitaph taken from Beaufort Co., NC Cemeteries - Book 2

Askew, Hazel E. Dec. 12, 1929 Dec. 4, 1930

Dau. of Mr. & Mrs. J. Frank Askew  - Footstone: HEA

Askew, James F. [inscription almost obliterated] Oct. 7, 1886 Jan. 16, 1978

Gone but not forgotten.

Askew, John Jr. [Jan. 9, 1914] Jan. 9, 1914

Infant son of J.T. & Lula Askew

Askew, Josephine B.
[inscription almost obliterated]
Jan. 18, 1890 Aug. 13, 1969

A devoted wife, a loving mother, a friend to all

Askew, Lula Bowen April 15, 1892 Aug. 30, 1922

Wife of John T. Askew - Gone but not forgotten.
Footstone: LA

Askew, Vera M. Dec. 24, 1923 Dec. 28, 1923

Dau. of Mr. & Mrs. J. Frank Askew  Footstone: VMA

Askew, Violet D. [July 15, 1913] July 15, 1913

Dau. of Mr. & Mrs. J. Frank Askew

Bowen, Alma Dec. 3, 1904 Jan. 29, 1905

Dau. of Mr. & Mrs. J.L.M. Bowen

Bowen, Annie E. Nov. 23, 1868 Nov. 26, 1949 [Double with Mountiville Bowen]  Footstone: AEB
Bowen, Benjamin Franklin Nov. 29, 1851 Jan. 29, 1941 Although he sleeps, his memory lives.
[Double with Martha Custus Bowen]  Footstone - Father
Bowen, Clinton Dec. 12, 1898 Jan. 3, 1909
[sunk below ground]
Son of J.L.M. & A.E. Bowen
[Death date taken from Beaufort Co., NC Cemeteries - Book 2]
Bowen, infant son Sept. 15, 1929 Sept. 18, 1929 Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. C.E. Bowen
Bowen, John I. [Ireland] June 26, 1819 Sept. 13, 1905 Aged 86 ys. 2 mo. 27 ds.
[Married Lucretia Respess Baynor]
Bowen, J.L.M. [John Langley Mountiville]
*same as Mountiville Bowen - has 2 stones
Oct. 6, 1853 Mar. 23, 1922 [Death Certificate]
Bowen, John T. Feb. 4, 1885 Oct. 16, 1885 Son of Mr. & Mrs. J.L.M. Bowen  Footstone: JTB
Bowen, Lucretia R. Jan. 25, 1823 Jan. 22, 1916 [Married John Ireland Bowen] [Death Certificate]
Bowen, Martha Custus Feb. 16, 1861 June 3, 1953 His Wife - A devoted wife and loving mother
[Footstone:Mother]  [Double with Benjamin Franklin Bowen]
Bowen, Mountiville
*same as J.L.M. Bowen - has 2 stones
Oct. 6, 1853 Mar. 23, 1922 [Double with Annie E. Bowen]  [Death Certificate]
Footstone: MB
Bowen, William M. Sept. 23, 1886 Nov. 28, 1887 Son of Mr. & Mrs. J.L.M. Bowen  Footstone: WMB
Davenport, Little Roy Sept. 11, 1896 July 28, 1897 In Memory Of
Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not for such is the kingdom of God.  Footstone: RD
Harris, James D. Jan. 29, 1885 June 25, 1908 Gone but not forgotten
[close up of inscription
Footstone: JDH

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