Sears Cemetery, Whiteville
Columbus County, NC
Transcribed by David B High, June 1998 from the private publication "They're Buried in Our Past, Columbus County, NC, 1808-1883" dated December, 1983. Permission granted by the authors, Anita Barfield and Kay Duncan.

David C Smith, 11/31/1850 - May 1894
James Smith, 7/5/1805 - 7/16/1861
Winnifred Smith, 9/22/1820 - 9/8/1867 [wife of James Smith]
John W Smith, 10/20/1838 - 1/25/1853 [son of James & Winnifred Smith]
C Calvin Watkins, 1825 - 2/18/1891 [son-in-law of James & Winnifred Smith]
Mary F Watkins, 4/27/1840 - 3/16/1921 [wife of C Calvin Watkins]
Sue Watkins, 1868 - 1893

Second Section [behind first section, partway through a pine thicket]
Elias Newman, 1/15/1836 - 2/9/1900
Nancy, wife of G Boswell, 1808 - 8/19/1888
Above-ground brick vault, no dates or names

At one time this cemetery was apparently much larger.