Fields Cemetery, Evergreen
Columbus County, NC
Transcribed by David B High March 1999 from the private publication "They're Buried in Our Past Columbus County NC 1808 - 1984 (Vol 2)" dated June 1984. This cemetery is #108 in the survey. Permission granted by the authors Anita Barfield and Kay Duncan. Dates are shown in a uniform format.

The Works Projects Administration Historical Records Survey of North Carolina, 1940, states this cemetery is located 2 miles north of Evergreen and 1/4 miles west from Fair Bluff and Elizabethtown Road.

Malecha Ellen Shaw 2/17/1882 - 10/9/1936
Joseph Daniel Shaw 7/23/1875 - 4/21/1954
Aaron Hill 5/19/1844 - 9/2/1896
Matilda Fields; wife of Aaron Hill 1847 - 1917
Mattie; wife of Joel E Hill 10/10/1881 - 8/17/1905
William T Simmons 11/13/1887 - 8/27/1949
Mary Bertie Simmons 2/4/1900 - 3/3/1953
4 Cinder block markers
Dora Lou Simmons 4/25/1935 - 8/25/1972
Fred D Simmons 7/8/1933 -
George W Kissam Sr 1/1/1878 - 10/31/1946
George W Kissam Jr 3/23/1936 - 12/15/1948
Jessie; daughter of C E & Ida Schuemeyer 11/10/1906 - 4/3/1907
Annie; daughter of Elias & Mary Shepherd 9/18/1896 - 5/15/1898
Elias V Shepherd 12/2/1854 - 1/4/1904
Mary J, wife of Elias V Shepherd 4/12/1856 - 11/12/1922
Mortie Jane; wife of T R Britt 10/10/1880 - 7/3/1929
Thomas Randolph Britt 9/20/1873 - 7/20/1960
Lucy K Britt 3/23/1889 - 5/15/1967
Fannie; wife of D C Leggett 9/17/1875 - 8/4/1924
D C Leggett 7/13/1869 - 11/13/1940
James K Fields 12/24/1820 - 5/28/1898
Charity; wife of J K Fields 6/5/1822 - 5/30/1905
W K Fields 4/29/1862 - 12/14/1926
Nancy Thedotia Fields 6/9/1866 - 7/7/1947
Paisley Fields DDS 12/15/1889 - 4/23/1964
Norma, daughter of W K & N T Fields 10/18/1894 - 12/1/1897
Stone unreadable
Corbet, son of A S & M E Fields 4/15/1894 - 11/29/1898
Sallie, daughter of C & N J Fields 9/10/1886 - 5/22/1888
Curt Fields 1848 - 1931
Nancy Jane Fields 1847 - 1922
Franklin, son of Francis & Ada Fields 3/13/1913 - 6/9/1919
Berry Simmons
Florence Simmons; "His Wife" (same stone as Berry & Sally Simmons)
Sally Simmons; "His Wife" (same stone as Berry & Florence Simmons)
Rhoda Shepherd 4/2/1843 - 5/1/1906
Mary L, wife of J A Shepherd 1/2/1854 - 9/5/1906
Alice Hubbard; wife of John Fields 3/6/1860 - 3/2/1952
John F Watts 7/25/1857 - 2/11/1942
Lettie A Watts 1/9/1853 - 6/9/1942
Elton T Fields; NC Ssgt WW II 6/24/1919 - 7/11/1971
Naaman G, son of G T & P D Fields 7/23/1912 - 1/16/1914
Heide Mae Fields 1923 - 1925
Pearlie Grooms Fields 2/9/1889 - 6/15/1966
George Thomas Fields 2/11/1881 - 11/29/1966

Additional known burials from WPA records:
Uma Fields 8/30/1891 - 7/22/1893; daughter of W K & M T Fields
Columbia J Fields 8/12/1879 - 1/18/1908; daughter of C & N J Fields
W A Simmons 6/15/1851 - 9/20/1912