Pierce Cemetery
Columbus County, NC
This cemetery is located on the Pierce Cemetery Road, SR 1907,between SR 1001 and the Red Bug Crossroads, about two miles south of Hallsboro, NC. It was surveyed by David B High and Dorothy Benton in June 1998. It is a large, well-maintained cemetery, endowed with perpetual care since 1900. There appear to be some unmarked graves. The survey was begun on the west side of the cemetery. Transcribed by David B High.

001 Infant twin son of Angelo & Mary Pierce, 12/1/1935 - 12/4/1935
002 Infant twin son of Angelo & Mary Pierce, 12/1/1935 - 12/2/1935
003 Mary Elizabeth Pierce, 1/25/1904 - 10/29/1970
004 Angelo Pierce, 8/22/1904 - 12/23/1980
005 Mary Angelo Pierce, 1/27/1964; William Angelo Pierce, 1/27/1964
006 Virginia Faye Smith Pierce, 12/10/1932 -
007 Malcolm Alfred Pierce, Sr, 7/16/1931 -
008 Infant daughter of Royal & Bessie Pierce (no date)
009 Bessie M Pierce, 5/28/1901 - 2/25/1984
010 Royal Pierce, 6/10/1892 - 4/13/1966
011 Royal Vaile Pierce, NC S2, USNR WWII, 8/3/1922 - 9/1/1953
012 Samuel Gaines Pierce, 10/14/1895 - 2/18/1979
013 Ethel P Sasser, 2/27/1899 - 12/12/1983
014 Carl S Sasser, 11/16/1898 - 2/18/1985
015 Sidney J Sasser, 4/16/1926 - 5/2/1996, USN Ret
016 Brenda Mae, daughter of J Marvin & Sallie W Council, 7/21/1943 - 1/17/1944
017 J Marvin Council, 1907 - 1972
018 Cribb, Jason Franklin, 5/9/1911 - 5/12/1975
019 Same stone as # 18; no name
020 Addie E Pierce, 1890 - 1973
021 Dixon D Pierce, 1894 - 1958
022 John W Pierce, 1870 - 1957
023 Martha Y Pierce, 1873 - 1962
024 Theresa F Pierce, 11/11/1901 - 7/16/1977
025 Theda Mae, wife of Samuel G Pierce, 12/14/1903 - 10/18/1937
026 Stephen Leroy, son of S G & Theda M Pierce, 3/29/1927 - 3/30/1929; Richard Foy, son of S G & Theda M Pierce, 6/26/1926 - 4/6/1930
027 Armlin J Pierce, 1846 - 1939
028 Sarah E Pierce, 1847 - 1938
029 Adeline Burney (no dates)
030 Annie Laura, daughter of Coy & May Pierce, 3/14/1927 - 3/14/1928
031 Coy Pierce, 10/11/1890 - 11/17/1971
032 Hattie Mae Pierce, 2/26/1889 - 10/19/1966
033 Jesse B Pierce, NC Staff Sgt, 331 Infantry, WWII, 9/23/1923 - 8/5/1944
034 James Bardell Ward, 7/14/1932 - 2/18/1939 [son of Jesse & Mary Ward]
035 Jesse Judson Ward, 7/3/1908 - 8/19/1966, Cdr USN
036 Mary Helen Ward, 7/1/1911 -
037 Marie Pierce Gladin, 7/9/1915 - 
038 William Alton Gladin, 4/27/1920 - 2/11/1970
039 Vance Pierce, 1873 - 1956
040 Sarah M Pierce, 1878 - 1967
041 Lillian P Davis, 1899 - 1958
042 Alma Pierce Motsinger, 8/24/1901 - 11/11/1984
043 Noma M Shipman, 6/11/1889 - 12/2/1974
044 Luther C Shipman, 6/1/1882 - 1/6/1973
045 Maggie Shipman Pierce, 4/10/1925 - 7/13/1992
046 Robert Allen Bullard, 2/20/1931 -
047 Virginia Smith Bullard, 7/15/1934 -  "Married 11/18/1951; Children Sherry, Pamela, Judith Ann, Amy Leigh"
048 Thompson Twins (no dates)
049 Betty Wayne Hood, 12/2/1926 - 2/7/1992
050 George Washington Wayne, 2/20/1888 - 3/22/1948
051 Nell Thompson Wayne, 9/26/1891 - 3/25/1977
052 William Alton Gladin, Georgia, Sgt, 2539 Base Unit, AAF, WWII, 4/27/1920 - 2/11/1970
053 Emma E Pierce, 1/27/1866 - 6/14/1944 [Columbus's wife]
054 Columbus Pierce, 4/24/1855 - 1/17/1929
055 Frances Pierce, 5/22/1887 - 6/9/1973
056 Locy, daughter of Columbus & Emma Pierce, 56/1889 - 7/27/1913
057 Sabry, daughter of Columbus & E Pierce, 9/7/1898 - 3/28/1907
058 Infant daughter of Columbus & E E Pierce, 8/22 - 8/24/1904
059 Infant daughter of Columbus & E E Pierce, 11/22 - 12/27/1902
060 Infant son of Columbus & E E Pierce, 11/22/1902 - 12/10/1902
061 Jas Byron, son of S W & E M Pierce, 6/11/1910 - 4/25/1911
062 Stephen Worth Pierce, 4/10/1867 - 8/17/1948
063 Emily Margaret Council Pierce, 5/10/1879 - 7/10/1962
064 Ophelia Pierce, wife of C S Holt, 11/27/1901 - 12/7/1927
065 Edelle Pierce Satterfield, 1904 - 1973
066 Archibald T Thompson, 1/7/1860 - 11/11/1918
067 Henrietta M Thompson, 10/14/1859 - 11/12/1917
068 Donald B Thompson, 9/15/1896 - 1/13/1928
069 Roland A Thompson, 11/14/1888 - 3/21/1938, 1st Lt 319 Machine Gun Btn
070 William Henry Thompson, 4/7/1893 - 4/17/1957
071 Dora Pierce Thompson, 3/5/1904 - 6/16/1984
072 David N Council, 5/17/1897 - 2/2/1963
073 Zadie F Council, 4/27/1900 - 6/22/1983
074 "Beloved Husband", Charles R Council, 2/28/1922 - 10/1/1969
075 William Arrell Pierce, 10/30/1908 - 9/26/1975
076 Mabel Ingold Pierce, 10/4/1908 - 5/6/1980
077 Unmarked
078 Paige Deanne Allen, 5/23/1996
079 Daniel C Thompson, 11/10/1869 - 8/28/1921
080 Sophia Bell Council, 1883 - 1942
081 James Rufus Council, 1878 - 1942
082 Roxie Lois Pierce, 7/14/1925 - 6/3/1927
083 Weldon Pierce, 12/12/1894 - 6/26/1984
084 Retha P Pierce, 9/22/1896 - 2/28/1993
085 Stephen H, son of Minnie Pope, 6/22/1899 - 11/26/1904
086 Minnie Dew Pope, 11/29/1876 - 1/13/1968
087 A Pope, 1/3/1878 - 2/19/1923, Masonic emblem
088 Romie F Pope, 12/5/1898 - 9/22/1939
089 Infant son of Mr & Mrs J Carl Stevens, 9/3/1947
090 Infant Pope [no dates]
091 Julia B Floyd, wife of J T Pope, 1/29/1886 - 6/27/1924
092 John T Pope, 3/15/1876 - 1/10/1951
093 Unmarked
094 Jesse Dew, 12/24/1879 - 11/5/1961
095 Lena Victoria Dew, 8/17/1885 -  June 1978
096 Tommie Jackson Dew, 3/6/1911 - 6/2/1988
097 Luetta Williamson Dew, 11/27/1919 - 8/21/1992
098 Samuel E Hailey, 1919 - 1996
099 Edell D Hailey, 1917 -
100 Stephen George Dew, 7/19/1936 - 4/11/1998
101 Son, Graham Randolph Dew, PFC, 4th Marine 6th Div, 3/5/1924, killed on Okinawa 6/6/1945, WWII
102 Mother, Kathleen Dew, 6/4/1897 -
103 Helen Dew Wilson, 3/26/1851 - 1/23/1939
104 Stephen T Dew, 1/1/1850 - 12/11/1932
105 Holmes Dew, 4/8/1884 - 7/12/1940
106 Elizabeth Jane, daughter of Mr & Mrs Holmes Dew, 1932 - 1944
107 Jaunita[sic], daughter of H & Kathleen Dew, 2/8/1926 - 2/7/1929
108 Lucille Council Green, 7/5/1918 -
109 Ben Coles Green, 7/22/1914 - 7/7/1997
110 Annie D Dew, (no dates)
111 Bessie Dew, (no dates)
112 Indiana Dew, (no dates)
113 John Dew, (no dates)
114 Infant
115 Infant
116 Susan O Green, 1882 - 1920
117 David W Green, 1876 - 1984
118 Royal [Green], [son of Susan & David Green]
119 William M Green, 9/9/1901 - 10/25/1968
120 Clossie Wilson Green, 8/1/1912 - 6/6/1984
121 Charles Edward Green, 8/9/1918 - 6/20/1977
122 Annie Bell Long Green, 4/21/1926 - 12/8/1986
123 James H Green, 2/26/1900 - 6/5/1925
124 Christine Wilson Greene, 3/28/1912 - 10/9/1976
125 John Wesley Greene, 9/5/1906 - 10/31/1946
126 Louise Greene Hill, 1/1/1935 - 11/8/1992
127 Lucy B Green, 7/14/1912 -
128 Weldon Green, 8/17/1910 - 4/20/1963
129 Leroy, son of Mr & Mrs Weldon Greene, 7/20/1948 - 7/29/1948
130 Mary Ellen B Register, 9/30/1947 -
131 Willie Vester Register, 7/30/1943 - 8/4/1996
132 Infant Pierce
133 Infant Pierce
134 Olivia Pierce
135 Dallas Pierce
136 Infant Thompson
137 Infant Thompson
138 Laura W, wife of S L Sykes, 11/25/1874
139 Samuel Lum Sykes, 7/24/1867 - 12/30/1906
140 Manly Hobbs, (no dates)
141 Herman Tyler, 4/20/1908 - 6/18/1979
142 Ila Gibson Tyler, 7/30/1902 - 9/14/1967
143 Barney H[enry] Tyler, 3/8/1921 - 10/5/1970, Virginia, SA US Navy WWII
144 D Erline Tyler, 10/5/1970 - 
145 David Brannon Baysdon, 4/18/1913 - 6/14/1986
146 No inscription, (same stone as #145)
147 Alvah Willis Pierce, 9/2/1870 - 8/11/1948
148 Margaret Council Pierce, 5/10/1873 - 4/27/1925
149 Jonathan Franklin Pierce, 8/4/1902 - 1/31/1989
150 Avery M Pierce, 5/9/1907 - 3/8/1968
151 Mattie C Pierce, 5/29/1911 - 9/28/1990
152 Mother, Esther Mae Shipman Mozingo, 7/11/1904 - 6/22/1939
153 Infant Shipman
154 Infant Shipman
155 Infant Shipman
156 Metal marker, illegible
157 Elmo Shipman, 6/17/1887 - 1909
158 Mother, Annie Shipman, 2/22/1849 - 2/24/1925
159 Minnie Louise, daughter of Mr & Mrs J W Shipman 4/4/1918 - 10/25/1921
160 Laurabelle, daughter of J M & Henrietta Shipman 12/29/1922-10/10/1924
161 John W Shipman, 4/1/1878 - 6/14/1968
162 Mother, Henrietta Shipman, 1881 - 1931
163 Sadie Shipman Anderson, 1908 - 1935
164 Austin Lee Anderson, NC Amm 3C US Navy WWII 12/22/1925 - 4/27/1947
165 Infant Shipman
166 Rossie William Tyler, NC Seaman 1st Class USNR 8/28/1915 - 7/25/1945
167 Ethel Tyler Hobbs, 8/20/1913 - 6/8/1958
168 Dora Batten Tyler, 6/30/1885 - 6/17/1964
169 Emma S, 7/2/1904 - , same stone as #157
170 Lora Ward, 10/10/1882 - 6/12/1966, NC, Pvt, Evac Hosp 37, WWI
171 Infant son of Earline & Barney Tyler, 7/22/1955
172 Mother, Addie Mae Canady, 7/28/1940 - 1/20/1975
173 Harry Mizzell, 1934 - 1970
174 Evelyn Ward, 1924 - 1991
175 Cicero Ward, 1911 - 1967
176 Calvin Ward, 1938 - 1943
177 Earnest Ward, 1940 - 1943
178 Daughter, Sarah Jane "Sallie" Brown, 11/9/1884 - 3/12/1964
179 Father, Baldwin Brown, 9/18/1856 - 2/20/1941
180 Mother, Sarah E Brown, 7/10/1857 - 3/23/1931
181 Wm H Barefoot, 1906 - 1982
182 Ruth "Lizzie", 1908 - 1997
183 Mortie Lee Sasser, 1/4/1877 - 3/17/1958
184 Albert Sidney Sasser, 4/5/1872 - 2/2/1953
185 Daughter of A S & Mary Sasser, 4/11/1911 - 12/21/1916
186 No name , 1913 - 1917
187 R S Rushing, 4/1/1892 - 4/22/1918
188 Hattie Lee, 9/19/1898 - 5/23/1984
189 Jason Van Williams, 4/13/1893 - 7/21/1937 NC Pvt Co D 144 Machine Gun
Bn 40th Div WWI
190 Martha Gladys, daughter of J V & Hattie P Williams, 7/2/1921 - 7/18/1943
191 Ellis Edwin Benton Jr, 10/9/1953 - 6/16/1954, Infant son of Louise & Edwin Benton
192 A Sidney Pierce, 1862 - 1932
193 Carlotte C, 1872 - 1963
194 Ben T Pierce, 1908 - 1987
195 Dorothy Aileen, 1916 - 1997
196 Eula S Russ, 1905 - 1994
197 Pope infant son, b/d 5/13/1937
198 Pope infant daughter, b/d 1/1933
199 Minnie Louise Pope, 1/20/1936 - 7/29/1936
200 James Leonidas Pope, 6/5/1900 - 8/5/1957
201 Lelia Jane Pope, 1/1/1899 - 1967
202 Eugene Sasser, 5/2/1915 - 11/13/1981
203 Pettite S Sasser, 8/15/1886 - 4/8/1985
204 John Vilas Sasser, 1/5/1889 - 11/26/1966
205 Nancy Louvenia Sasser, 5/1/1877 - 4/13/1965
206 John Sasser, (no dates)
207 Lewis G Sasser, 11/4/1892 - 5/7/1924
208 Mabel, daughter of L G & E M Sasser, 2/11/1922 - 6/17/1922
209 Infant Sasser
210 Grace L, daughter of F & A B Pope, 3/16/1913 - 10/15/1913
211 Henry Wood Pope, 8/29/1921 - 8/14/1947
212 Fannie Dew Wood, 9/29/1921 - 8/10/1942
213 Fannie Wood Pope, 1884 - 1974
214 Archie Bishop Pope, 1883 - 1958
215 Wilson Ray Dudley, NC Tec 4 Co A 75 Armd Med Bn WWII, 12/15/1922  - 5/21/1972
216 Vance Roland Pope, NC Pvt US Army, WWI, 6/26/1896 - 6/17/1939
217 Earlie Wood Pope, 7/10/1896 - 12/14/1984
218 Jessie Earle "Mikey" Pope, 9/25/1925 - 6/10/1926
219 Louise Carter, 5/13/1917 - 3/14/1970
220 James Bond, 9/8/1925 - 2/5/1985, US Army, WWII
221 Clinton Morris Perry, 5/18/1918 - 2/14/1968
222 Concrete slab, no information
223 Bertha Barefoot Dew, 12/12/1900 - 3/13/1971
224 Lonny Dew, NC, PFC, 6 Trench Mortar Bn, 11/13/1941
225 George Clemmons, 1932 - 1989
226 Roger Clemmons, 2/16/1937 - 3/23/1985
227 Beatrice Clemmons Stubbs, 10/16/1925 - 4/17/1977
228 Amanda Sasser Clemmons, 7/10/1900 - 3/16/1995, wife of Badger Clemmons
229 Badger Clemmons, NC Pvt Co A 322 Infantry WWI, 12/23/1891 - 7/24/1968
230 Norman, son of B & A V Clemmons, 7/12/1922 - 10/22/1923
231 Cement slab, no information
232 W Clemmons, Died age 77, cement vault
233 Troy Lee Barefoot, 1908 - 1924
234 William Lewis, Jr, son of Mr & Mrs W M Barefoot, 2/2/1925 - 7/4/1941
235 Nettie Clemmons Barefoot, 4/6/1884 - 3/22/1969
236 Clarence Mack Barefoot, 1/10/1878 - 1/13/1971
237 Marion E Pope, 1/20/1903 - 1/8/1984
238 Helen B Pope, 10/3/1915 -
239 Morris Reeves, 9/5/1925
240 James A Reeves, 12/30/1899 - 9/27/1989
241 Flossie D Reeves, 2/22/1902 - 10/19/1986
242 Clayton R Dew, 5/5/1921 - 9/14/1995
242 Marie H Dew, 8/31/1926 - 3/4/1978
243 Will Dew, (no dates)
244 Nora Dew, (no dates)
245 Alma Dew, (no dates)
246 Clausen Dew, (no dates)
247 Sims Dew, (no dates)
248 David Kent High, 4/3/1954 - 7/29/1993
249 Julius "Jay" F High, 9/4/1977 - 3/3/1993
250 J Albert High, 10/6/1910 - 1/22/1977
251 Gordon Dew Shipman, 3/17/1905 - 3/23/1968
252 Mon Malton Shipman, 7/17/1902 - 11/20/1957
253 J D Shipman, 9/26/1933 - 10/14/1933
254 Wilton McLane Jones, 5/9/1925 -
255 Carlene Shipman Jones, 11/14/1930 -
256 William James Kelly, 10/30/1942 -
257 Veda Shipman Kelly, 2/20/1945 -
258 Hazel P Barefoot, 11/27/1916 -
259 Royal Barefoot, 9/1/1910 - 11/6/1915
260 Ward
261 Maebelle B Ward, 1903 - 1997
262 Infant pierce
263 Joseph Kelly Ward, 1877 - 1927
264 Hattie Clemmons Ward, 1879 - 1975
265 Allie Rea Gross Ward, 1923 - 1973
266 Pauline Pope Ward, 5/13/1913 - 1/30/1996
267 Dewey Ward, 6/4/1909 - 6/28/1983
268 Garland Ward, 5/13/1900 - 1/15/1977
269 Blanche P Ward, 2/29/1896 - 10/29/1982
270 James Paul Ward, 1/13/1925 - 12/20/1969
271 Eunice F Ward, 12/29/1930 - 12/30/1930
272 Lester Ward, born & died 1/17/1935
273 Gladys Dew Ward, 1/8/1925 -
274 Thomas Allen Ward, 12/13/1919 - 9/3/1978, S/Sgt, USArmy, WWII
275 James Truman High, 12/25/1905 - 1/28/1988
276 Ottie Ward High, 9/16/1906 - 2/3/1990
277 Mitch High, 7/31/1957 - 4/30/1991
278 Nancy N High, 9/16/1935 - 12/6/1994
279 Deidra Denise Davis, 3/12/1962 - 11/2/1991
280 Infant Gale
281 Frankie B Connor, 6/26/1923 -
282 Rev William O Connor, 5/2/1911 -
283 William Blount Connor, 6/11/1948 - 6/12/1948
284 Charles Richard Connor, 6/2/1944 - 11/26/1987
285 Emma S Pierce, 2/6/1916 - 29 October 2001
286 Fred M Pierce, 9/18/1905 - 7/25/1983
287 Lena Gordon Pierce, 4/15/1894 - 3/11/1975
288 Joseph V Pierce, 10/9/1907006/15/1963
289 Olive Council, wife of J B Pierce, 10/9/1866 - 1/4/1936
290 Robert Hoke Pierce, 4/29/1897
291 Martha Betts Pierce, 8/5/1903 - 1/10/1989
292 Jesse L Pierce, 10/3/1914 - 12 July 2000
293 Mary M Pierce, 1/26/1916 - 5/4/1987
294 Lollie Pierce Boswell, 11/11/1901 - 11/7/1987
295 Roy S Council, 3/31/1905 - 2/19/1988
296 Clyde P Council, 2/28/1911 - 22 August 2006
297 Willis R Council, 3/13/1943 -
298 Frankie J Council, 5/19/1939 - 7/12/1993
299 Jeffery Hoke Reynolds, 12/7/1994 - 4/2/1995