Ward's Station Cemetery
Contributed by Teresa Hilburn
Columbus County, NC
Ward's Station Cemetery
CK Martin Trail
Located Beside Ward's Station Church of God
Chadbourn, Columbus County, North Carolina
Surveyed by Teresa Hilburn hilburnt@sccoast.net April 14, 2007

There are a few gravestones with illegible or no inscriptions. The cemetery is well-kept.

ANDREWS, Alene Duncan 2/20/1921 - 9/22/2006 [same stone as Odell S Andrews, Jr]
ANDREWS, Odell S, Jr 12/22/1928 - 3/20/2004
ANDREWS, William M, Jr 9/10/1926 - 3/12/1999 "CPO US Navy WW II Korea"
BABSON, Bessie Hinson 10/19/1887 - 10/8/1974 "Mother" [same stone as Lewis Babson]
BABSON, Lewis 9/21/1884 - 7/28/1950
BABSON, Lewis S, Jr 1/11/1926 - 7/11/1995 "Father - Junior"
BABSON, Merriam J 9/3/1932 - 3/15/1934 "Daughter of EL & Thelma Babson"
BABSON, Norma F McKee 9/30/1934 - 12/20/1992 "Mother - Faye" [same stone as Lewis S Babson, Jr]
BLACKMAN, Argent 10/12/1888 - 9/26/1934 "Wife of HD Blackman"
BLACKMAN, Enorma G 4/24/1917 - 2/8/1919 "Daughter of JM & Mary Blackman"
BLACKMAN, Fern 1946 "Died" [same stone as Sidie Blackman]
BLACKMAN, Sidie 5/1938 "Died" [same stone as Fern Blackman]
BLACKMON, Billie R 3/25/1935 - 6/2/1935 "Son of Mr & Mrs Bill Blackmon"
BLACKMON, Buck 11/8/1881 - 12/25/1935
BLACKMON, Cindy Odell 5/2/1917 - 8/7/2002 "Married 9/25/1935 - Mother" [same stone as James Garland Blackmon]
BLACKMON, E Caroline W 3/21/1852 - 4/23/1937 [same stone as McDaniel Blackmon]
BLACKMON, G Tom 11/18/1919 - 12/5/1954
BLACKMON, James Garland 9/19/1917 - 10/17/2000 "Father"
BLACKMON, Jane Nobles 1887 - 1960
BLACKMON, McDaniel 11/4/1847 - 8/7/1914 "CSA Co G-51 Regt - In Loving Memory Granddaughter Ella Jane B Joyner Great Grandson Charles D Joyner"
BRADDY, Anna Nichols 10/17/1841 - 1912
BRADDY, Frances Lewis 9/14/1878 - 9/26/1916 [wife of Oscar Nichols Braddy?]
BRADDY, Francis Nichols 8/23/1905 - 12/16/1929 "Brother"
BRADDY, Oscar Nichols 4/22/1868 - 6/15/1931
BRIGHT, Alice V 3/14/1881 - 8/19/1939
BRIGHT, George Best 8/7/1881 - 1/13/1957
BRIGHT, James Elwood 3/14/1921 - 9/8/1994
BULLINGER, Fred O 12/30/1930 - 4/23/1998 "Beloved Husband & Father"
BULLINGER, John Thomas 12/12/1897 - 11/9/1957 "NC Pvt MG Co 331 Inf WW I"
BULLINGER, Lucy Adline 7/5/1899 - 2/20/1985 [same stone as John Thomas Bullinger]
CALLAHAN, Pauline Cartwright 8/30/1954 - 1/31/1981 "Daughter"
CARNES, Miriam Mercer 7/30/1937 - 11/1/1999 "A Dear Mother, Sister, Cousin & Friend"
CARTRETT, Pink 2/4/1943 "80 Years Old"
CARTWRIGHT, Ester Scott [same stone as Richard Dixon Cartwright]
CARTWRIGHT, Richard Dixon 4/1/1908 - 4/3/1990
CLIFF, Burris Van 5/1/1910 - 2/20/1983
CLIFF, Cyrus H 5/16/1916 - 3/2/1968 "NC TEC5 US Army WW II"
CLIFF, Jesse A 1/1/1884 - 9/7/1948
CLIFF, Nettie H 2/9/1891 - 5/2/1978 [wife of Jess A Cliff?]
CLIFF, Rudolph Sherroll, Sr 11/1/1922 - 5/29/1975 "US Army WW II - Beloved Father"
CRUM, Jennifer Nicole 3/16/1993 - 12/31/2004
DUNCAN, Connie Nobles 12/24/1919 - 8/24/1986 "Mother, Mama"
DUNCAN, Oscar M 1896 - 1968
DUNCAN, RC 3/1/1928 - 5/20/1931 "Son of Oscar & Sallie Duncan"
DUNCAN, Sallie W 1886 - 1964 [same stone as Oscar M Duncan]
EDWARDS, Amanda 1856 - 1935 "Wife of Henry Edwards"
EDWARDS, Henry 1854 - 1936
EDWARDS, Sarah Frances Mercer 5/1/1877 - 12/12/1952 [same stone as Charlie Mercer]
ELIXSON, Edwin A 1/8/1900 - 12/5/1964 "SC Sea US Navy WW I"
ELIXSON, Sadie N 3/14/1909 - 3/2/1987 [wife of Edwin A Elixson?]
FIPPS, Addie W 11/26/1880 - 12/9/1953 "Wife of MS Fipps"
FIPPS, Frances Eveline 12/26/1922 "Daughter of RS & Zellie M Fipps - Stillborn"
FIPPS, MS "Jake" 10/12/1896 - 1/13/1966
FIPPS, Zellie May 1/20/1902 - 12/27/1922 "Wife of RS Fipps"
FISHER, Infant Son 8/29/1935 "Son of SJ & Althea Fisher"
FRINK, Wallace F 4/11/1906 - 7/23/1948
GILMORE, Ella L 9/7/1905 [same stone as Robert W Gilmore]
GILMORE, Robert W 3/7/1903 - 12/1/1964
GRAY, Harland Hank 6/3/1965 - 6/23/2005 "Beloved Father, Son & Brother"
GRAY, Pete 6/7/1964 - 5/9/1992
HAMM, Hester Boalt 1/3/1908 - 11/13/1986
HAMMOND, John B 11/20/1925 - 6/28/1953 "NC PFC Svc Btry 280 FA BN WW II"
HAMMOND, John R 10/22/1893 - 1/24/1913
HAMMONDS, Eddie J 1907 - 1963 "Father"
HAMMONDS, Lou Ella 1904 - 1979 "Mother" [same stone as Eddie J Hammonds]
HAMMONDS, Mary Frances 1/15/1860 - 2/3/1935 [same stone as Rowland A Hammonds]
HAMMONDS, Robert Lee 5/29/1934 - 1/8/2003 "PFC US Army"
HAMMONDS, Rowland A 12/25/1849 - 6/5/1943 "Dear Father & Mother, although we miss you much, we know you rest with God"
HAMMONDS, Sadie Nobles 6/28/1936 [same stone as Robert Lee Hammonds]
HARDEE, Benjamin Kevin 6/2/1966 - 9/9/2000
HARDEE, Bobby Eugene 1940 - 1999
HARDEE, Ernest Paul 1918 - 1981
HARDEE, Pauline W 1922 - 1998 [wife of Ernest Paul Hardee?]
HILBOURN, Elroy 11/21/1917 - 7/1/1972
HILBOURN, Kathleen Nobles 12/23/1922 [same stone as Elroy Hilbourn]
HINSON, Albert Marshall 1/30/1879 - 7/10/1947
HINSON, Annie Martin 1879 - 1919 "Wife of Isham Hinson"
HINSON, Billy 3/24/1936 - 8/20/1959
HINSON, Clarence 6/29/1913 - 4/28/1933
HINSON, Elroy 4/24/1932 - 6/26/1956 "Son of Frances & Sam F Hinson, Jr - Enlisted US Army INF 6/13/1950 Holder of Korean Service Medal With Three Bronze Camp Stars, United Nations Service Medal & Combat Infantryman's Badge, Honorably Discharged From US Army As a SFC 6/12/1953"
HINSON, Ferdinand "Ferd" 9/29/1914 - 8/14/1984 "Son of Helen Norris & Albert Marshall Hinson - Husband of Minnie Stanley - Children Helen Geraldine & Shelia Eldice"
HINSON, Forney 6/30/1875 - 10/15/1940
HINSON, Frances B 10/21/1909 - 10/31/1987 "Mother" [same stone as SF "Junior" Hinson]
HINSON, Grady T 5/8/1912 - 5/19/1968 "NC TEC5 279 Port Co TC WW II"
HINSON, Helen Norris 2/6/1886 - 6/8/1932 "Wife of AM Hinson"
HINSON, Lillie Mercer 9/26/1911 - 5/8/2001 "Our Beloved Mother" [same stone as T Sterling Hinson]
HINSON, Louisa 6/15/1880 - 1/16/1966 [same stone as Forney Hinson]
HINSON, Madeline Lawson 12/9/1920 - 2/15/1995 "Mother - Married 10/8/1939" [same stone as Paul Wilbert Hinson]
HINSON, Minnie Stanley 5/4/1917 [same stone as Ferdinand "Ferd" Hinson]
HINSON, Paul Wilbert 4/8/1917 - 3/12/1986 "Father"
HINSON, SF "Junior" 10/12/1906 - 3/23/1966 "Daddy"
HINSON, T Sterling 10/23/1909 - 12/30/1967
HINSON, VD 3/2/1921 - 2/11/1957 "NC PFC Medical Department WW II'
HINSON, William E 9/16/1869 - 7/31/1950
HORNE, Jerry McWayne 9/18/1945 - 7/23/2004 "We will always love you Daddy, John & Bill"
HORNE, Leonia B 9/19/1920 - 6/11/1961 "Mother"
HUGHES, David Kelly 10/5/1937 - 12/25/1937 "Son of Paul E & Myrtle Hughes"
HUGHES, Louisa Mae Nobles 2/8/1875 - 5/20/1938 "Wife of Samuel Edward Hughes"
HUGHS, Geo W 3/13/1915 - 5/23/1917 "Son of SE & LM Hughs"
JOHNSON, Kenneth Mitchel 12/25/1942 - 10/24/1966
JOLLY, Coye R 12/3/1904 - 12/21/1988 [same stone as M Guthrie Jolly]
JOLLY, M Guthrie 3/18/1903 - 10/7/1975
KEOWN, Minnie Mercer 4/29/1932 - 6/23/1981
LEARY, Daniel Thomas 2/3/1912 - 1/16/1992 "US Army"
LEARY, Gurthia C 5/5/1908 - 9/26/2001 "The Greatest Gift We Ever Had Came from God We Call Them Mama & Daddy" [same stone as Daniel Thomas Leary]
LONG, Inez Nobles 7/6/1913 - 11/22/1999 [same stone as Nolon F Long]
LONG, Nolon F 12/10/1900 - 4/2/1968
McGEE, Mary L Norris 9/1/1884 - 1/30/1947 "Wife of Henry S McGee"
McKEE, Archibald C "NC 43 MG BN 15 Div 12/13/1941
McKEE, Jacquline 5/26/1938 - 2/15/1940 "Daughter of Rossie H & Thetus McKee"
McKEE, Rossie H 2/10/1910 - 12/29/1977 "Beloved Husband - Dad"
McKEE, Theatus M 6/26/1908 - 10/26/1994 "Beloved Mother - Mom" [same stone as Rossie H McKee]
MEARES, Infant Daughter 6/26/1965 - 6/26/1965 "Infant Daughter of Irene & Irvin E Meares"
MEARES, Irvin Emerson 5/1/1925 - 12/14/1981 "US Army WWII"
MERCER, Allie B 7/11/1888 - 6/19/1948 [wife of Joe P Mercer?]
MERCER, Charlie 9/12/1879 - 7/1/1934
MERCER, Chellie Edwards 7/23/1886 - 11/17/1958 [same stone as Willie Van Mercer]
MERCER, Clara L 3/23/1932 - 4/20/1932 "Daughter of Woodroe & Minnie Mercer"
MERCER, DC 3/24/1878 - 2/27/1944
MERCER, David M 1908 - 1971
MERCER, Doctor Franklin 1907- 1979 "Father"
MERCER, Ethel Mae 1912 - 1971 [same stone as David M Mercer]
MERCER, Frankie E 9/15/1943 - 1/23/1973
MERCER, Homer Lee 9/6/1911 - 11/17/1993
MERCER, Joe P 2/4/1885 - 7/26/1961
MERCER, Joseph R 7/12/1914 - 1/27/1925 "Son of Mr & Mrs WV Mercer"
MERCER, Leila V Ward 1905 - 1983 "Beloved Mother of the Seven MM"
MERCER, Maggie M Norris 3/15/1870 - 1/29/1925 "Wife of DC Mercer"
MERCER, Minnie R 5/15/1914 - 11/29/1987 [same stone as Woodrow W Mercer]
MERCER, Willie Van 2/4/1883 - 2/24/1958
MERCER, Woodrow W 1/7/1912 - 9/21/1989
NEALEY, Carlie 9/28/1920 - 8/21/1954
NEALEY, Carson Edgar 5/2/1915 - 3/3/1971 "Father"
NEALEY, David J 1889 - 1949
NEALEY, Lillie Mae Long 2/10/1918 - 9/18/2001 "Mother" [same stone as Carson Edgar Nealey]
NEALEY, Nora 1888 - 1962 [same stone as David J Nealey]
NEALEY, Wilmer James 1940 - 1989
NEALY, Linda Kay 12/27/1945 - 10/11/1946 "Daughter of CE & Lillie Mae Nealy"
NEALY, Mary Ruth [dates illegible]
NEALY, Rosella 8/14/1912 "Died - Age 27 Years"
NEALY, WA 6/21/1967(?) - 6/2(?)/1968
NOBLES, ??? 7/24(?)/1928(?) - 2/11/1931
NOBLES(?), ??? 5/3/19(?) - 12/2(?)/1932
NOBLES, Alace 2/28/1936(?) - 9/19/1938(?)
NOBLES, BT 1886 - 1913 "Kind Father of Love Thou Art Gone to Thy Rest"
NOBLES, Billy Devon, Jr 10/23/1985 - 12/12/2003
NOBLES, Burley Lee 8/27/1936 - 3/31/2003
NOBLES, Dora 1907 - 1967 [wife of Sam Nobles?]
NOBLES, Dortha Ward 5/2/1909 - 11/8/2001 "Grandmother"
NOBLES, ET 1888 - 1929(?)
NOBLES, Earl 9/27/1920 - 2/19/1938
NOBLES, Edith Geneva 12/25/1923 - 5/10/1928
NOBLES, Elizabeth N 1884 - 1966 [same stone as James R "Jim" Nobles]
NOBLES, Ethell 9/12/1882 - 2/24/1957
NOBLES, Eula Mae 10/12/1920 - 7/18/1922
NOBLES, Fulton 10/2/1914 - 4/29/1990
NOBLES, Georgia Bert Harris 1/19/1913 - 7/18/2002 [same stone as Fulton Nobles]
NOBLES, James Earl 1966 - 2006
NOBLES, James R "Jim" 1885 - 1968
NOBLES, John C 7/6/1892 - 10/16/1975 "PVT US Army WW I"
NOBLES, Joseph 2/27/1944 - 2/9/1945
NOBLES, Leonard "Age 63"
NOBLES, Leroy "Age 33"
NOBLES, Mary 3/5/1861 - 12/12/1933 "A tender Mother & A Faithful Friend" [same stone as Melvin Nobles]
NOBLES, Melvin 10/14/1857 - [no date]
NOBLES, Merline 5/5/1938 - 5/10/1941
NOBLES, Minnie Lee 12/22/1901 - 5/22/1960 [same stone as Willie Lee Nobles]
NOBLES, Nora C 1900 - 1978
NOBLES, Prudie Soles 4/3/1906 - 11/7/1976
NOBLES, Rachel 1888 - 1929(?) "Wife of BT Nobles"
NOBLES, Sam 1900 - 1968
NOBLES, Sharon Kaye 4/14/1958 - 5/13/1960 "Daughter of Onzie & Thelma Nobles"
NOBLES, "Stillborn" 1932(?)
NOBLES, US 11/28/1922 - 3/19/1985
NOBLES, Willie Lee 2/20/1897 - 9/13/1974
NORRIS, Anna Jane 8/4/1867 - 4/10/1936 [wife of J Kelly Norris?]
NORRIS, Charles D 10/3/1892 - 1/20/1951
NORRIS, Emma Ward 11/25/1900 - 11/5/1989 [same stone as William Vance Norris]
NORRIS, Erika Staudter 3/22/1919 - 5/4/2004 "Born Pforzheim, Germany - Wed 3/16/1957" [same stone as Harry Dixon Norris]
NORRIS, George Vernon 4/8/1926 - 6/20/1945 "Florida PFC4 Marines 6 Marine Div WW II"
NORRIS, Harry Dixon 12/25/1930 - 11/17/2000 "Born Ward Station, NC - US Air Force Korea"
NORRIS, Holland 4/22/1888 - 10/20/1921
NORRIS, J Kelly 9/19/1862 - 1/23/1937
NORRIS, Josephine 10/24/1924 - 1/30/1927 "Daughter of WV & EJ Norris"
NORRIS, Margaret 1/25/1929 - 2/6/1929 "Daughter of WV & EJ Norris"
NORRIS, Mary Annie 10/1/1900 - 12/17/1904 "Daughter of JK & AJ Norris"
NORRIS, Mary Eliza 9/7/1863 - 1/26/1896 "Wife of Kelley Norris"
NORRIS, Minnie M 6/4/1902 - 1/4/1972
NORRIS, Nettie Ray 8/1930 - 12/1930
NORRIS, William J 5/25/1837 - 12/12/1912
NORRIS, William Vance 5/25/1900 - 9/29/1965
NORRIS, Willie 3/3/1910 - 4/11/1932
PENNINGTON, Mary Jane Blackmon 10/16/1940 - 3/1/1995 "A Loving Daughter, Mother & Friend" [same stone as Thomas Pennington]
PENNINGTON, Thomas 7/9/1939 - 12/19/1988 "We Love You Mom & Dad - Wed 7/2/1988"
RISING, Charles M, Jr 3/17/1940 - 9/19/1999 "SFC US Army Vietnam Grenada Desert Storm'
RISING, Charles Marcus 6/15/1917 - 10/22/1989 "Father"
RISING, Clara Hewett 10/4/1923 "Mother - Married 10/22/1938" [same stone as Charles Marcus Rising]
RISING, Douglas M 4/5/1942 - 8/13/2004 "US Air Force"
ROYALS, Jessie James 4/11/1924 - 11/27/1998
RUSS, Chellie Mae 3/28/1893 - 9/6/1969 "Mother Is Not Dead Only Sleeping" [same stone as Oliver R Russ]
RUSS, Edward 6/21/1918 - 6/24/1918 "Son of Oliver & Chellie Russ"
RUSS, LeRoy 11/29/1910 - 9/29/1938
RUSS, Oliver R 3/21/1879 - 11/12/1956
RUSS, Robert Edward 10/3/1917 - 7/28/1957 "NC Sgt 325 ABN Inf 82 ABN Div WW II"
RUSS, Walter 8/7/1922 - 6/19/1924 "Son of Oliver & Chellie Russ"
SELLERS, Troy 3/1/1892 - 9/8/1969
SOLES, Benjamin "Bud" M 12/24/1893 - 4/18/1965
SOLES, Britt 1944 "Died"
SOLES, Daniel RN 3/31/1891 - 11/22/1958
SOLES, Donnie DeBerry 10/13/1919 - 1/1/1992 "Son of Daniel RN Soles - Born in Dillon, SC - US ARMY"
SOLES, Ella L 5/2/1918 - 4/9/1997 "Mama" [same stone as Johnnie Soles]
SOLES, Franklin D 3/28/1944 - 9/12/1944 "Infant Son of Mr & Mrs DD Soles"
SOLES, JV, Rev 10/10/1923 - 6/16/1970
SOLES, Jimmy Lee 12/7/1941 - 10/31/1960 "Son of Mr & Mrs Donnie D Soles" [wearing uniform in photo]
SOLES, Johnnie 10/13/1921 - 11/13/1984 "Daddy"
SOLES, Killise N 1933 "Died" [same stone as Britt Soles]
SOLES, Lonnie Lee 1/24/1917 - 7/10/1938
SOLES, Mabel M 7/15/1924 "Mother" [same stone as Rev JV Soles]
SOLES, Ola Bell McCracken 6/17/1895 - 12/8/1964 [wife of Daniel RN Soles?]
SOLES, Ollie Watts 4/15/1903 - 3/4/1974
TURBEVILLE, Glencie E 5/9/1931 - 12/20/1995 "Tuncie"
TURBEVILLE, Hilda N 11/21/1938 - 1/29/1990 [same stone as Glencie E Turbeville]
TURBEVILLE, Ruth Edna 11/27/1919 - 11/22/1999
TURNER, Nettie Norris 9/18/1905- 5/1/1942
TUTON, Carlie Lee 12/27/1911 - 5/16/1999
TUTON, Leona Ward 3/23/1912 - 1/6/1991 [same stone as Carlie Lee Tuton]
TYLER, Charles Edward 9/25/1930 - 7/7/1938 "US Army Korea"
WARD, AB 10/4/1890 - 2/10/1914
WARD, Agsalom 1844 - 1917 "Husband of Elizabeth N & Maggie B Ward Fowler - Son of Samuel Ward - CO H51 NC INF CSA"
WARD, Angela Yvonne 5/23/1953 - 4/7/1959 "Daughter of Benjamin C & Geraldine H Ward"
WARD, Benjaman 3/19/1920 "Died - Age 73 Years"
WARD, Benjamin Brooks 4/11/1927 - 10/16/1959 "NC PVT 9223 Tech SVC Unit WW II"
WARD, Benjamin Carl 7/1/1921 - 2/24/2005 "Served on USS Davis 1939-1943 New USS Yorktown 1943-1945 CVIO B Div WTIC US Navy WW II - Son of EC & Glen Dora Anderson Ward - Husband of Geraldine H Ward - Father of Larry, Angela Y & J Kent Ward"
WARD, Betty Louise 10/8/1927 - 10/10/1989 [wife of Benjamin Brooks Ward?]
WARD, Coartney 1/15/1846 - 11/11/1931 "Wife of BW Ward"
WARD, Curtis McCray 10/2/1908 - 8/17/1929 "Son of EC & Glenn D Ward"
WARD, DJ 11/25/1860 - 5/21/1949
WARD, Ellis Chester 4/8/1872 - 12/13/1933
WARD, Edgar Rackley 5/20/1907 - 12/2/1999 "Father"
WARD, Frazier 1881 - 1956
WARD, Geraldine Hinson 10/16/1932 [same stone as Benjamin Carl Ward]
WARD, Gertie Watts 1/19/1915 - 6/10/1993 "Mother" [same stone as Edgar Rackley Ward]
WARD, Glen Autman 12/4/1949 - 3/5/1999 "Father"
WARD, Glen Dora A 4/2/1883 - 4/1/1865 [same stone as Ellis Chester Ward]
WARD, Jake 9/25/1911 - 1/8/1981
WARD, Jessie James 6/16/1840 - 7/1/1863 Co D 20 NC Inf CSA Killed at Gettysburg PA"
WARD, Lola N Jackson 1909 - 1992 [same stone as Frazier Ward]
WARD, Lonie Nobles 1900 - 1979 [same stone as Willie L Ward]
WARD, Lonnie M 3/24/1879 - 1/31/1935
WARD, Louise Green 1/28/1924 - 4/9/1997 [same stone as Robert L Ward]
WARD, Maude H 3/20/1897 - 6/7/1925
WARD, Ralph Monroe 9/19/1930 - 8/6/1968 "NC MSgt US Air Force WW II Korea"
WARD, Robert L 6/2/1917 - 12/4/1986 "SSgt ETO Pattons 3RD Army 666 Art DN"
WARD, S Wallace 5/3/1919 - 2/6/1981
WARD, Stancil P 4/10/1874 - 2/24/1919
WARD, Willie Floyd 3/20/1940 - 10/18/1990
WARD, Willie L 1885 - 1957 [same stone as Lonie Nobles Ward]
WEST, George P 5/13/1897 - 6/14/1956
WHITTINGTON, Eliza Berry 8/18/1907 - 4/28/1985 "Granny"
WILLIAMS, Paul D 5/25/1959 - 7/28/1983