Cemetery at Ocean Ridge Plantation
Contributed by Danny Lee Blanton
August 1999
Brunswick County, North Carolina

Located in Sunset Beach, Brunswick County, NC on the Ocean Ridge Plantation Golf Course

Directions: From Shallotte take US 17 south approximately 6 miles, turn in to Ocean Ridge and go to Clubhouse. Turn left directly in front of Clubhouse, after crossing bridge, cemetery on left. Well kept and easily accesible.

Surveyed 11 May 1999 by Danny Lee Blanton;
Additional information by Linda A Winn-Lyon, May 2006

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photos taken March 2006

thanks to Linda A Winn-Lyon for the photographs; you may contact her with questions or comments.

Benton, Infant daughter of Mr & Mrs Clyde Benton 1946

Benton, Della W 23 Dec 1881 - 30 Jun 1965
Benton, Needon B 7 Dec 1872 - 1 May 1943

Benton, Golie 26 Jan 1907 - 15 Mar 1966

Benton, Jones P 24 Dec 1921 - 22 Feb 1973
S1 US Navy WWII

Benton, Josephine 4 Sep 1898 - 25 May 1904

Benton, Orey 6 Aug 1918 - 22 Sep 1920
Darling we miss you but in heaven we will meet

Benton, P died 30 Oct 1921, age 82 years
He died as he lived, trusting in Jesus

Benton, Anna A McDowell 29 May 1837 - 11 Apr 1903
wife of Preston Benton
She was meek and lowly in Jesus' steps she trod, Her life was pure and holy she's now gone

Benton, W. M. 3 Feb 1868 - 14 May 1929
An honest man is the noblest work of God

unreadable broken stone


Frink, D S 22 Feb 1859 - 22 Oct 1934
Having finished life's duties he now sweetly rests

Frink (Frenk), Martha 26 Dec 1875 - 3 Feb 1929
wife of D S Frink

Frink, Luther J 18 Dec 1910 - 8 Dec 1914
son of D S & M Frink
Darling we miss thee

Frink, Jane E 14 May 1868 - 11 Sep 1897
wife of A G Frink
Having finished life's duty she now sweetly rests

Grissett, J H 23 Jul 1850 - 14 Feb 1921
No pains, no grief, no anxious fears can reach our loved one sleeping here
husband of Polly Simmons

Grissett, Polly Simmons 1 Jul 1858 - 16 Jul 1937
wife of J H Grissett
A kind affectionate wife and a fond mother

Grissett, John Sidney 30 Jul 1925 - 8 Mar 1994
Tec 5 US Army WWII

Grissett, Infant son of John S & Marie Grissett 8 Sep 1948
Budded on earth to bloom in heaven

Grissett, M W 7 Jul 1831 - 26 Jul 1892
Thou art gone our precious father; Never more we'll meet on earth, but we'll meet thee o'er the river, and there our tears will all be dried

Grissett, Sarah S 10 Jan 1832 - 4 Oct 1894
wife of M W Grissett
Thou art gone our precious mother; Never more we'll see thy face; till we meet thee o'er the river in that happy dwelling place
broken stone

Grissett, Robert E 14 Feb 1869 - 6 Feb 1951

Grissett, Sallie J 26 Sep 1872 - 14 Oct 1900
wife of R E Grissett



Our baby
infant of R E & S J Grissett?

Grissett, William C 12 Nov 1893 - 22 Oct 1926
Gone but not forgotten

Rising, Gilbert B 17 Aug 1921 - 20 Sep 2001
Pvt US Army WWII

Grissett, Mayam W 22 Mar 1892 - 26 May 1962
Grissett, Melle P 5 May 1896 - 17 Apr 1970

Grissett, Infant daughter of M W & L M Grissett
Born & Died 10 Apr 1920
At rest

Hughes, M Welton 3 Jun 1928 - 19 April 1999
Hughes, Catherine G 10 Mar 1930 - 10 Dec 1991
Married 14 Oct 1946

Thompson, Susie G 7 Aug 1885 - 24 Oct 1959
At Rest

Ludlam, W A 18 Apr 1882 - 13 Sep 1908

Moody, Bruce H 4 Apr 1936 - 19 May 1936
son of Bruce & Ethelene Moody
Asleep in Jesus

Ward, Tommy Roy 6 May 1939 - 21 Feb 1995
Gone but not forgotten

Ward, Timothy Michael 6 Aug 1966 - 18 July 2002

unknown broken stone


unknown baby (wooden markers)