POWELL CEMETERY This tiny family cemetery is located in Cleveland County, N.C. in No. 8 Township northeast of Delight, a former rural Post Office and Telephone Central. Owner of Cemetery: Lemuel White Approximate number of marked graves: 4 Unmarked graves: 8 General condition of cemetery: In edge of woods and abandoned. The four Powell sisters that are buried in this cemetery all died of cancer of the breast. There are no dates on the markers. Mary Ann York was buried near this cemetery on the side of the road below Mr. Lemuel White's house. Worker, Forest Williams Date of survey: Nov. 20, 1939 Workers: Forest Williams and Anson G. Melton Inscriptions: Powell, Emily Powell, Harriett Powell, Jane Powell, Polly, She was the last buried here. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This cemetery is among the many Cleveland cemeteries included on the Cleveland Count WPA Cemeteries CD, copyrighted 2008, by Ann K. Propst and Derick S. Hartshorn. All listings and cemeteries listings were made prior to 1940 and represent the conditions of that time. All information has been donated to the NCGenWeb Project but authors retain copyright protection under law. It may be referenced and briefly exerpted under the universal fair use doctrine. For a copy of the complete Cleveland County WPA Cemetery Survey CD, see http://www.hartshorn.us/CWPA.htm