CLEVELAND COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Philadelphia Methodist Church Cemetery Cleveland County, NC Cemeteries PHILADELPHIA METHODIST CEMETERY Cleveland County, NC African-American By W. D. Floyd This cemetery is located about half a mile south of Highway NC-182 between Lawndale, NC and Fallston, NC. Going east toward Fallston take the first right after you pass Burns High School and it will be about half a mile on the right. I was there April 16, 2001 and I started in the northwest corner. Many unmarked graves in this cemetery. THE SURNAMES ABERNATHY, ABERNETHY, ADAMS, BEAM, BENJAMIN, BERRY, BLACK, BROWN, BYRD, CAMP, CARSON, CAVINESS, CLARK, COVINGTON, DAVIS, DAWKINS, DEGREE, DILLINGHAM, DIXON, DULA, EAVES, ELMORE, ENLOW, FEEMSTER, GIDNEY, GREEN, GUITON, GUYTON, HAMILTON, HAYNES, HOPPER, HORD, HOURD, HOWELL, HOYLE, HULL, JACKSON, JETER, LATTIMORE, LOGAN, MARCH, MARTIN, MAUNEY, MCKNIGHT, MILLER, MULL, NEAL, NOLAN, OATES, PASS, PEELER, POMPEY, ROSS, SCHENCK, SHADE, SHUFORD, SPIKES, STROUD, SURRATT, TATE, WANSLEY, WELLS, WHITE, WILLIAMS, WILLIAMSON, YOUNG March, Silas 1843 1914 March, Mary 1859 1919 March, Allie 1889 1919 Jackson, John B. 38 years Apr 2, 1925 Beam, Plato Unknown Mar 4, 1919 Williamson, Anna Belle W. Feb 22, 1900 Jan 21, 1970 Williamson, Fleming Theodore Dec 23, 1903 Aug 24, 1958 Brown, Eula No Dates Brown, Frank No Dates Brown, Pauline No Dates Brown, Ola Mae No Dates Unknown Ross, Lula 1900 1928 Hoyle, Hattie Feb 23, 1953 Mar 2, 1915 w/o Andy Hoyle Wansley, Mildred Inez Jun 28, 1918 Sep 11, 199 d/o Andrew & Amanda Shuford Davis, Mary Frances Shuford Smith Jul 1, 1921 May 31, 1994 Elmore, Guy Mar 16, 1929 Elmore, Luther Mar 10, 1865 Apr 5, 1904 Elmore, Hannah Aug 11, 1861 Apr 27, 1947 Unknown Elmore, Eugene May 17, 1930 Jan 7, 1968 Elmore, No Names or Dates Brown, Thomas B. Feb 22, 1924 Apr 8, 1965 WW II Lattimore, Charlie Apr 22, 1921 May 13, 1991 WW II Lattimore, Wilbur Lee May 30, 1930 Apr 24, 1979 Korea Lattimore, John W. Sep 14, 1922 Oct 30, 1999 WW II Camp, Clyde Apr 3, 1903 Jul 30, 1976 Camp, Alline Nov 30, 1923 ---- Lattimore, Lucille Sep 1, 1925 Aug 3, 1997 Lattimore, Alonzo Thompson Mar 14, 1882 Jan 17, 1969 Lattimore, Zula S. Dec 15, 1892 Jan 17, 1973 Mauney, Oliver S. Dec 5, 1912 Mar 18, 1978 Mauney, Amie E. Apr 12, 1915 Jan 14, 2000 Mauney, Calvin L. Mar 7, 1939 Jun 6, 1969 Mauney, Joe Lee May 18, 1`937 Nov 9, 1978 Ross, Charlie Lee Oct 30, 1897 Jul 31, 1971 Elmore, Tate L. Apr 28, 1897 Jun 22, 1986 Elmore, Emmer I. Nov 26, 1895 Aug 21, 1957 Elmore, Pauline Jan 28, 1921 Jun 4, 1999 Elmore, Luther W. Apr 29, 1917 Jun 24, 1950 Elmore, Loy Jan 16, 1904 ---- Elmore, Pearlie L. Jun 10, 1904 Jan 10, 1950 Shuford, Lena Mae 1910 1935 Williamson, Elmina Nov 18, 1886 Jun 2, 1911 w/o JAW Dixon, Nancy A. Oct 1847 Sep 5, 1916 w/o WA Dixon Dixon, William 75 years Apr 24, 1906 Dixon, Lillie A. Oct 11, 1883 Apr 24, 1903 d/o WA & NA Dixon Covington, Dora Apr 20, 1868 Jul 8, 1922 Ross, William 1868 Sep 20, 1913 Ross, David H. Jan 19, 1902 Feb 20, 1963 Ross, Ethel P. May 1, 1906 Apr 1, 1950 Dillingham, Bessie E. 1895 1982 Dillingham, Edward W. 1885 1950 Elmore, John N. 1898 1962 Elmore, Ethel Blanton Aug 28, 1912 Jan 21, 1981 Mauney, Annie Mae May 23, 1933 Feb 3, 1988 Mauney, Sylvester Sep 23, 1930 Jun 26, 1993 Elmore, Everett L. May 11, 1919 Aug 16, 1992 Elmore, Portia S. Feb 4, 1920 ----- 2 Unknowns Hord, Emma L. Apr 4, 1911 Dec 17, 1989 Hord, Emanuel C. Jul 4, 1915 May 23, 1982 Howell, Virginia Hord Sep 25, 1925 Nov 18, 1968 Nolan, Tishie H. Oct 30, 1902 Aug 8, 1944 Green, Nelson D. Feb 2, 1917 Mar 8, 1968 WW II 2 Unknowns Hourd, Candace 44 years Jan 6, 1922 w/o A. Hourd Haynes, Vanessa Ann Benjamin May 16, 1959 Dec 30, 1995 Benjamin, Willen Mauney Feb 23, 1941 ----- Benjamin, Elijah, Sr. Jun 13, 1937 Feb 9, 1994 Mull, Dealia 1865 1937 Mull, David 1865 1906 Ross, Everett Nov 23, 1891 Aug 3, 1935 Hord, Rev. Albert No Date Apr 21, 1935 Black, Maggie London Jun 21, 1985 Feb 21, 1946 Shuford, Amanda M. May 7, 1886 Jan 13, 1953 Shuford, Andrew Jun 14, 1887 Jun 23, 1970 Elmore, Harvey Mar 4, 1912 Jun 22, 1954 Dula, Melcolm Abdula Elmore Nov 28, 1974 Jan 19, 1998 Elmore, Harvey, Jr. 1948 2001 Temp. Brown, George W. Jan 11, 1930 ----- Brown, Brenda M. Aug 7, 1948 Aug 31, 1998 Surratt, Otho Feb 22, 1898 Oct 8, 1966 Surratt, Mary A. Jul 27, 1892 Dec 6, 1986 McKnight, Jesse G. May 22, 1922 Sep 21, 1982 Degree, Steven Tyrone Jun 9, 1968 Aug 24, 1993 Adams, DeAsia B. Apr 19, 1999 Adams, DeShun L. Apr 20, 1999 Ross, Robert Lee, Jr. Apr 3, 1951 Feb 7, 1977 Ross, Leander 1915 1973 Ross, Grace 1920 --- Ross, Robert L. Feb 5, 1930 Jul 3, 1989 Ross, Dorcas S. Dec 13, 1930 ---- Ross, Sharon L. Aug 4, 1954 Aug 4, 1954 Surratt, Omission Apr 23, 1907 Mar 25, 1935 Unknown Oates, Ralph Sep 19, 1930 Nov 6, 1998 Korea Oates, Elizabeth M. Dec 25, 1938 Aug 2, 1992 Mauney, George Albert Mar 14, 1924 Mar 1, 1983 WW II Mauney, Lucille S. May 5, 1921 ----- Mauney, Helen S. Nov 13, 1918 ---- Mauney, Edward D. Jan 16, 1918 Apr 16, 1974 Mauney, Melvin W. Sep 1, 1950 Jun 6, 1988 Unknown March, Carrie Jan 11, 1892 Mar 6, 1928 Unknown Surratt, Robert 1867 Nov 1930 Surratt, Laymon 1910 Sep 12, 1931 Surratt, Sarah Feb 1877 Nov 7, 1956 Hamilton, Floyd Mar 22, 1919 Jul 4, 1980 WW II Hamilton, Marcus Mar 1, 1879 Jan 31, 1949 Hamilton, Arthur Millers Oct 27, 1930 ----- Hopper, Tracy Lamont Mar 19, 1979 Aug 7, 1999 Shuford, Lula B. Sep 19, 1920 Feb 27, 1982 Shuford, William Mar 28, 1914 Mar 13, 1997 WW II 2 Unknowns Spikes, John Billy Sep 12, 1920 May 14, 1997 WW II Byrd, Jerry Cornelias Nov 26, 1941 Jul 2, 1992 Elmore, John Max 1921 1989 WW II Byrd, Mary E. 1901 1973 Byrd, James C. Mar 28, 1938 Dec 25, 1972 Elmore, T. S. Mar 9, 1922 May 8, 1972 WW II Gidney, Margaret N. Apr 17, 1892 Oct 19, 1978 Gidney, Earnest R. May 28, 1906 Aug 15, 1972 Elmore, Bertha L. Oct 10, 1899 May 12, 1967 Elmore, Florence D. Apr 28, 1887 Dec 29, 1963 Pass, Leona Bessie Jul 9, 1920 Jan 15, 1988 Pass, Thurman H. Sep 19, 1916 Apr 2, 1956 Pass, Bessie Scott May 2, 1887 Jul 22, 1951 Pass, Rev. N. J. Oct 4, 1879 Nov 28, 1952 Pass, Norris Jan, Jr. Jan 9, 1911 Jun 18, 1956 White, Di8ane B. Dec 30, 1934 Feb 14, 1996 Surratt, Ruthie Lee Boyd Sep 23, 1922 Oct 26, 1990 Beam, Docia Oct 23, 1891 ----- Beam, Eleam Aug 27, 1886 Apr 6, 1956 Shuford, Melvin W. Aug 30, 1918 Jan 10, 1965 WW II Shuford, John W. 1892 1951 Shuford, Katie 1893 ---- Rosss, Minnie Feb 28, 1894 Feb 19, 1972 Peeler, Elsie Surratt Dec 27, 1933 Nov 27, 1966 Surratt, Winford Jun 27, 1922 Jun 6, 1956 WW II Unknown Surratt, Atha May 9, 1900 Jun 13, 1934 Unknown Wells, Louise 1857 Jun 30, 1937 Wells, Albert 1864 Apr 1, 1931 Wells, Lige Nov 9, 1901 Jun 25, 1944 Wells, Bill Sep 19, 1914 Aug 31, 1951 WW II Surratt, Mattie B. Jan 4, 1895 Mar 6, 1968 Surratt, Willie F. Dec 23, 1896 May 19, 1971 Surratt, Necator Feb 5, 1902 Jul 9, 1956 Mauney, No Names or Dtaes Surratt, Avery Oct 22, 1911 Mar 18, 1963 WW II Surratt, Sylvia K. Mauney 1942 1975 Surratt, Franklin Henry Apr 25, 1936 Oct 27, 1978 Korea Wells, Everette G., Jr. Feb 25, 1925 Jan 26, 1987 Pompey, Magonialee Surratt Oct 12, 1900 Nov 16, 1996 Pompey, William Bennett Jan 13, 1899 Feb 23, 1987 Surratt, Gertrude Ellis Oct 16, 1903 Dec 25, 1986 Surratt, A. V. Feb 27, 1939 Dec 5, 1982 Wells, James William Feb 19, 1922 Oct 27, 1981 WW II Wells, William A. Jul 20, 1942 Sep 10, 1980 Wells, Thomas May 9, 1900 Oct 23, 1958 Dawkins, Lee Nov 18, 1877 Jan 23, 1942 Dawkins, Douglas Nov 7, 1895 ----- Clark, Hattie Apr 21, 1890 Apr 21, 1966 Clark, Carl Wells Aug 4, 1909 ----- Beam, Ruby Feb 17, 1939 Aug 9, 1985 Shuford, Alice No Date Apr 28, 1898 Shuford, Amey No Date Apr 1, 1912 Shuford, Wesley No Date Oct 12, 1905 Lattimore, J. C. Sep 21, 1872 Sep 13, 1905 s/o JC & MJ Lattimore, M. L. Mar 9, 1876 Jan 11, 1888 d/o JC & MJ Lattimore, Juliette Apr 6, 1885 Enlow, Cora Jan 24, 1885 Dec 13, 1919 Mauney, Linda Kaye May 9, 1954 Jan 8, 1955 ?????, Long 1930 Missing Temp. Mauney, Esper T. C. Feb 16, 1920 Dec 29, 1966 WW II Mauney, Shirley Shuford Apr 16, 1916 Mar 14, 1990 Caviness, W. T. Dec 15, 1883 Jul 10, 1913 Unknown Williamson, Martha Apr 4, 1865 Jun 6, 1923 Eaves, John 62 years Feb 14, 1923 Hull, Mamie G. Nov 3, 1903 Oct 7, 1977 4 Unknowns Williamson, Alice A. Jun 11, 1892 Nov 19, 1966 Williams, Fairrie Jane Aug 2, 1894 Jun 25, 1952 Williamson, John Wellman Jun 11, 1892 Jul 6, 1968 Williamson, Mamie E. Dec 25, 1898 May 16, 1994 Williamson, Constance Jul 3, 1923 Jan 29, 1975 Williamson, John Jan 20, 1918 Nov 24, 1971 Williamson, Anna Bell Feb 22, 1900 Jan 21, 1970 Miller, Geraldine W. Aug 13, 1933 Aug 7, 1977 Surratt, David E. 1936 1999 Temp. Shade, Dwight Nov 15, 1911 Oct 30, 1996 Shade, Bertie R. Sep 9, 1913 Apr 3, 1994 Ross, Marion Dec 3, 1937 Aug 6, 1990 Berry, Bessie B. Feb 15, 1894 Mar 9, 1991 Wells, Mattie L. Beasley Jul 15, 1907 Sep 11, 1985 Wells, Thomas Gilbert Dec 22, 1922 Mar 22, 1984 Abernethy, Osborne W. 1907 1976 WW II Abernathy, Margie Belle Aug 23, 1904 Sep 24, 1995 Unknown Ross, Charles A. Dec 25, 1920 Dec 15, 1965 Ross, Lessie L. Jan 20, 1926 Jun 8, 1972 Clark, Clara 1920 1973 Clark, Laney 1892 1979 Clark, Ralph Jul 17, 1948 Aug 8, 1989 Vietnam Martin, Mary Lue 1911 1953 Williamson, Morris Apr 14, 1898 Nov 24, 1949 WW I Carson, Madilla F. Nov 16, 1905 Jul 29, 1982 Feemster, Atwell Nov 7, 1906 Aug 15, 1964 Feemster, Lizzie G. Jan 28, 1881 Jul 15, 1983 Feemster, Shelton S. Mar 25, 1879 May 18, 1944 Unknown Mull, Lucinda Philus May 27, 1877 Mar 18, 1946 Ross, Willard Aug 27, 1923 Jul 11, 1968 Ross, Docia Mac 1923 2000 Temp. Young, Roy B. Feb 3, 1909 Dec 7, 1957 WW II Unknown Williamson, Delia Barbara 1909 1988 Williamson, Alfred Sep 9, 1925 Mar 23, 1988 WW II Schenck, Warren G. Jan 12, 1922 Jun 2, 1984 Schenck, Lois W. Apr 12, 1925 ---- Schenck, Thomas A. Sep 2, 1892 Aug 27, 1949 Schenck, Lora Mull May 27, 1894 Mar 10, 1952 w/o Thomas A. Schenck Mauney, Lucille W. Dec 15, 1916 Oct 27, 1989 Mauney, Larkin Nov 28, 1914 Mar 18, 1963 Ross, Harrison May 8, 1836 May 10, 1916 Tate, Annie Archie Jul 21, 1914 Aug 23, 1979 Surratt, Nettie Mar 10, 1879 Mar 23, 1949 Surratt, Lounge 84 years Mar 11, 1953 2 Unknowns Mull, Charles L. Dates Buried Mull, Sophie B. 1904 ----- Mull, John F. 1892 1975 Schenck, Charles William Feb 24, 1918 Aug 4, 1983 WW II Schenck, Ruth H. May 13, 1913 May 15, 2000 Hoyle, John C. Aug 2, 1900 Mar 8, 1989 Hoyle, Ida Abbott Jan 14, 1919 May 19, 1958 Brown, James H. Apr 23, 1919 Oct 21, 1948 WW II Brown, James Luther Dec 4, 1916 Apr 3, 1979 WW II McKnight, Loraine E. Jul 10, 1947 Jan 15, 1950 Unknown Shuford, Minnie 1879 1915 Shuford, Gertrude 1897 1920 Shuford, Zelda 1906 1950 Unknown Neal, Harrison No Dates Logan, Hugh T. May 4, 1907 s/o C & A Logan Stroud, Magar 70 years Jan 23, 1918 Peeler, Abee 1837 1909 Peeler, Martha Ramseur 1840 1914 Schenck, William Henry 68 years Dec 11, 1929 Hoyle, Flossie 1905 1941 Unknown Hoyle, Clifton S. May 27, 1927 Jun 11, 1954 WW II Hoyle, Cornelia Jan 28, 1906 Apr 20, 1994 Hoyle, Cethel E. Mar 23, 1909 ----- Hoyle, Janice R. Dec 29, 1943 Feb 25, 1944 Hoyle, Lillie 1881 1944 Hoyle, Pink 1866 1948 Hoyle, Rdgar Jul 27, 1891 Nov 29, 1963 WW I Stroud, Hattie B. Oct 8, 1903 Jul 7, 1989 Stroud, Thomas M. May 20, 1898 Feb 22, 1974 Hoyle, Ruth E. Mar 21, 1921 ----- Hoyle, Ellsworth J. Sep 10, 1918 Jan 26, 1992 Clark, Willie 1918 2000 Temp. Jeter, John Rister Apr 28, 1919 May 27, 1998 WW II Guiton, Adeline Aug 14, 1849 Date Gone Guiton, Jacob A. 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