The following is a PARTIAL listing of the tombstones in the Pine Lawn Cemetery in Pitt County, NC.
Location in Bethel from Hwy 11/13 turn on Package Craft Rd then turn left on S Main St then right on W Lewis St/Cemetery Rd the cemetery will be on the right just past Smith St.
This cemetery is also called Bethel Colored Cemetery & Highsmith Cemetery
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GPS Coordinates:
35.799528 N
77.383174 W
The epitaphs are as follows:
Marvin Payton
Rest Buried
Samuel B Purvis
Apr 21 1902
Jan 12 1964
James Worsley
Oct 5 1913
Jan 25 1997
William H Best
Jul 12 1941
Aug 16 1974
Albert Best
Nov 1 1902
Jan 24 1958
John Best
May 5 1885
Nov 17 1971
Clara Purvis Worsley
Jun 6 1929
Jan 17 1958
Jeffer Sherrod
Dec 22 1921
Feb 5 2008
Rosa Deloise Williams
Apr 22 1950
Oct 23 1958
Cora Lee Sherrod Person
Sep 11 1936
Sep 28 1984
Arthur Staton
Mar 21 1902
Nov 28 1967
Callie Page
Dec 1 1889
Aug 22 1965
Mary S Eason
Oct 20 1901
Nov 6 1982
Rosetta Staton
Mar 22 1901
Feb 22 1966
Gladys M Avery
Jul 13 1920
May 18 1986
Double Stone
Parker
Lovie J
Nov 20 1920
NOD
Rev Willie G
Sep 27 1913
Nov 30 1993
Charlie Jenkins
Jul 4 1885
Mar 21 1977
Clemmie E Jenkins
Jul 29 1888
Feb 2 1971
Daisy C Perkins
May 17 1917
Oct 13 1999
Tom Perkins
Aug 17 1909
Jun 3 1971
Double Stone
Jenkins
Charles E
1917-2003
Fannie L
1924-NOD
Columbus Powell
Nov 10 1895
Nov 10 1975
Benjamin Franklin Powell
May 2 1923
Mar 26 2005
Annie Powell
Oct 17 1903
Feb 8 1987
McKinley Powell
Jul 13 1906
Nov 16 1971
Double Stone
Emma Mae Whitmore
Feb 5 1920
Dec 30 2003
Elbert Lee Whitmore
Jul 18 1918
Apr 26 1998
Sudie Weavey
Apr 17 1899
Feb 7 1972
Hilda Mae Brown
Jun 13 1945
Aug 8 2004
Thelma Brown
Sep 6 1916
Dec 12 1991
Geraldine Brown-Parrish
Mar 23 1936
Jan 1 2004
Dora P Ross
May 1 1892
May 11 1973
Marha B Razor Jones
Feb 16 1919
Sep 24 2003
James Coppage
Jul 2 1917
Jan 17 2005
Barbara J Chrisp
Jan 14 1945
Dec 23 2004
Falicia B Williams
Aug 5 1970
May 5 2002
Doris L Jenkins
May 16 1931
Sep 29 2002
Mary L Corey
Aug 23 1941
Jun 7 2003
Jasmine Moore
Feb 19 2003
Mar 30 2003
Paulette Manning Whitehead
Jan 15 1955
Jul 1 2003
Donald Wayne Brown
1952-2003
Evangelene Williams
Feb 29 1946
Sep 17 2006
Jasper Ray Grimes
US Army
Vietnam Persian Gulf
Apr 27 1947
Jul 23 2003
Blanche E "Ma Pete" Carney
Oct 5 1903
Mar 31 2004
Jimmy Lee Hollis
Mar 24 1923
Apr 21 2004
Peggy Joyce Hyman
Aug 12 1954
May 8 2004
Ethel M Grimes
Aug 10 1956
Jul 21 2004
James Louis Harper
Sgt US Army
Vietnam
Jun 16 1942
Sep 18 2004
Russell E Moore
Apr 8 1942
Oct 2 2004
Jesse Lee Thigpen
May 4 1942
Nov 5 2004
Double Stone
Moore
Shelia
Jul 1 1970
NOD
Married
Sep 21 2002
James
Jul 30 1966
Jul 8 2005
Ernestine Staton
May 4 1956
Dec 8 2005
Judy W Little
Sep 11 1943
Jan 28 1999
Beatrice A Wilkins
Oct 28 1910
Aug 3 1994
Russell David Staton Sr
SFC
US Army
Korea
Mar 29 1932
Jun 27 1994
Mildred Paige
Apr 1? 1?43
May 7? 1944
Catherine Paige
Oct 8 1923
Feb 20 1997
Julia Bynum Speight
Apr 15 1908
Jan 18 1994
Cenora House
Aug 15 1941
Mar 8 1994
Roosevelt Carmack
Jan 15 1932
Mar 21 1994
Elbert Wilson
May 8 1940
Dec 9 1999
Julia W Salisbury
May 24 1931
Jul 8 1994
Kelvin L Maye
Jul 27 1956
Oct 17 1994
Carol J Pitt
Sep 21 1955
Mar 27 1993
Mayo A Little
Jun 14 1921
Jul 5 1993
Clarence Eugene Grimes
PFC
US Army
Mar 20 1936
Nov 25 1993
Shelia B Worthington
Mar 24 1964
Mar 25 1993
MM
Ruth Geraldine Brown
1944-2002
John Bess Jr
PFC
US Army
World War II
Jun 20 1925
Mar 12 1993
Epsie Jean McCray
Jul 15 1940
Jan 12 1995
Ronald Lee Howell
SP5 US Army
Vietnam
Apr 17 1956
Oct 4 2004
Henry Howell
PFC US Army
World War II
Nov 28 1922
May 30 2003
Johnnie Clayton Howard
PFC
US Marine Corps
World War II
Dec 21 1926
Jul 29 1992
Pennie Little
Apr 12 1908
Mar 21 1996
Travis Demetris Howell
Jun 26 1973
May 3 1992
Henry L Pratt
Jul 15 1933
Nov 16 1992
Rosa L Foreman
Mar 21 1919
Dec 10 2008
MM
Vivian Blount
1946-2003
Mary D Daniels
Jun 5 1925
Jun 6 1992
Ms "Loueaster" Mary Savage
May 7 1916
Apr 25 1986
William Highsmith
Sep 15 1910
Apr 10 2001
Willie Ray Purvis
Jun 5 1942
Nov 10 1997
Gertie B Slade
Mar 25 1920
Dec 13 1987
Charlie S Staton
May 9 1900
Jan 20 1986
Elibe Staton
Feb 23 1953
Feb 4 1991
Patience B Suggs
Jun 16 1935
Dec 11 1985
Emma D Brown
May 26 1925
Oct 27 2007
James Howell Jr
Nov 20 1934
Apr 14 1986
Mittie W Clark
Jan 13 1912
Dec 16 2000
James A Clark
Dec 7 1939
Sep 30 1985
Charlie L Andrews
Jan 11 1924
Oct 23 1990
Loney Lee Sneed
Mar 30 1919
Mar 17 1990
Walter L Cherry
Jan 6 1913
Mar 26 1985
David James Moore
Jun 12 1912
Sep 18 1984
Johnny Witherspoon
Dec 25 1917
Aug 4 1985
Joseph A Jenkins
STML
US Navy
World War II
Apr 25 1925
Jan 5 1980
Patricia Ann Brown
Oct 13 1955
Dec 19 2005
Roy Mitchell Brown
Jan 2 1957
Aug 19 1984
Mattie M Chance
Mar 31 1917
May 6 1985
Bessie Highsmith
Oct 3 1910
Jun 14 1989
Double Stone
Bunns
Robert Sr
Aug 8 1910
Jan 7 1986
Supheronia Willis
Oct 1 1913
May 7 1984
David M Harris
TSgt
US Air Force
Feb 17 1933
Sep 7 1999
Johnny L Brown
Jun 3 1944
Jan 14 1985
Western Bunns
Feb 14 1938
Aug 30 1984
Albert M Williams
US Army
World War II
May 26 1920
Mar 22 1984
Louis Leggett
STM1
US Navy
World War II
Mar 1 1916
Feb 4 1984
Louise Gardner
Dec 24 1911
Mar 27 1984
Fred Gardner
Oct 1 1908
Mar 8 2002
Ernest Worsley
Aug 30 1918
Jun 26 1978
Mollie B Worsley
Dec 18 1923
Sep 10 1976
Mary W Hollis
Feb 2 1904
Aug 30 1999
David L Parker
Apr 14 1924
Sep 20 1976
Roosevelt Highsmith
Feb 15 1932
Apr 24 1985
Addie Willis
May 20 1920
Sep 20 1991
Sterling Willis
TEC5
US Army
World War II
1924-1976
Willie Mae Peele
May 28 1915
Mar 28 1984
Samuel Stancil
PFC
US Army
World War II
Mar 7 1917
Aug 21 1976
Charles E Best
Army Veteran
1964-1995
Mamie Gardner
May 20 1890
Mar 27 1974
Church Perkins Jr
STM1 US Navy
World War II
May 1 1927
Aug 8 1973
Lucy Maye
Jun 1 1892
Jul 7 1972
Henry Maye
Sep 2 1900
Nov 9 1978
Bennie S Purvis
Feb 14 1930
Nov 23 1990
Dorscina Staton
May 11 1898
Feb 20 1972
Willie L Vines
Dec 28 1913
Jun 14 1971
Minnie W Vines
Dec 5 1947
Sep 28 1977
Zebedee "Zeb" Carney
Oct 5 1920
May 6 1984
Willie M Jenkins
Feb 2 1910
Jan 28 1971
Melvinia Best Jenkins
Feb 5 1908
Jul 15 1991
Christopher C Blackwell
Dec 5 1922
Dec 31 1970
Maggie N Blackwell
Mar 24 1901
Aug 21 1992
Judge Blackwell
May 15 1903
Dec 26 1978
??sy Ann Williams
Mar 12 1908
Dec 25 1970
Walter F Williams
Sep 14 1903
Mar 14 1985
Double Stone
Coburn
Evelyn
Nov 9 1927
Oct 30 2006
Clyde
May 10 1925
NOD
Loisteen Sutton
Apr 29 1943
Nov 8 1987
Bettie M Thomas
May 17 1923
Jul 7 1971
Virginia J Howard
Wife of
Andrew Howard
Jan 1 1933
Feb 2 1970
Andrew Howard
Husband of
Virginia Howard
Jul 23 1933
Dec 19 1981
Joseph A Jenkins
US Army
World War I
Oct 8 1896
Dec 18 1981
Susie V Jenkins
Mar 6 1900
Jan 24 1975
Susie B Knight
Mar 10 1918
Aug 12 1976
Felica Locus
Infant
Daughter of
Curtis & Naomi Locus
Sep 13 1966
Cottrell S Jenkins
Staff Sergeant Company F
919th Air Base Security Battalion
Jun 16 1920
Jul 1 1988
Ella Bynum Pitt
Oct 15 1892
Mar 12 1982
Lonnie Pitt
North Carolina
PFC
US Army
World War I
Sep 15 1895
Jun 26 1965
Johnnie Mae Jones
Dec 15 1909
Apr 23 1991
Joydine Jone
Apr 13 1934
Feb 1 1969
Nellie Highsmith
Aug 6 1927
Apr 10 1992
Double Stone
Pitt
Ollie Bynum
Mar 25 1902
Aug 15 1993
Dennis
Dec 20 1907
Apr 10 1997
Harold Payton Chance
Apr 6 1921
Aug 17 1970
Julia Johnson Chance
Jul 23 1892
Mar 7 1972
William Claudius Chance Sr
Nov 17 1879
May 10 1970
Carol Wilson Caldwell
Feb 26 1946
Apr 16 1976
Attorney & Counsler at Law
William Claudius Chance Jr
Jul 25 1917
Oct 7 1991
Counsler & Attorney at Law
Warren Cheshire Chance
Dec 27 1917
Jan 27 1999
James G Wilkins
Jan 8 1910
Jun 27 1985
James B House
Jun 9 1919
Jun 8 1969
FS
James Burnice House
North Carolina
Rest Buried
Gilford Cherry
Sep 15 1892
Sep 21 1969
Leon E Parker
NOI
Dollie Howell
Sep 28 1885
Feb 3 1970
Catherine R Whitney
Jun 17 1915
Apr 14 1992
Lula Coburn
Sep 3 1889
Jan 21 1986
Emmett E Whitney
Jun 9 1923
Jul 3 1970
Rathey Wilson
1911-2004
Vera Griggs
May 29 1921
Dec 11 1974
Will Griggs
Dec 24 1887
Dec 26 1970
Lillie Bell Griggs
Dec 18 1896
May 20 1988
Willie S Clast
Jun 1 1919
Nov 16 1987
James Russell Armistead
SSgt
US Air Force
Korea
Sep 8 1929
Aug 10 1977
Gwendolyn Armistead Bunch
Apr 16 1937
May 1 1992
Milton A Armistead
Oct 26 1912
Nov 11 1998
Vivian A Walker Armistead
Apr 19 1916
Mar 30 1999
Junious Boston Chance
Aug 11 1898
Apr 23 1990
Carolyn Armistead Chance
Nov 1 1994
NOD
Solonia Wolfrey Armistead
May 23 1895
Aug 20 1971
Lena S Carney
Jan 10 1900
Sep 23 1977
Rev John H Carney
Sep 7 1898
Nov 15 1983
Willie Moye Brown
Aug 10 1938
Apr 5 1965
Louise M Brown
May 4 1934
Sep 24 1952
Wm Nathaniel Brown
May 3 1932
May 11 1958
Morris Brown
Pvt
US Army
World War II
Jun 3 1927
Feb 18 1994
Willie Mae Cox
Jan 5 1929
May 13 2001
Double Stone
Little
William H
Jul 4 1912
Sep 18 2006
Connie R
Jan 21 1912
May 13 1991
Raymond T Hyman
Apr 3 1946
Jun 25 1995
Double Stone
Hyman
William B
Aug 21 1919
Oct 16 1990
Magnora S
Oct 14 1923
NOD
Annie J Staton
Sep 9 1887
Aug 18 1976
Mary Carraway
May 11 19??
Mar 8 196?
Rev John Carraway
Jul 4 1906
Dec 27 1985
Queenie Person
Mar 10 1908
Jun 12 1974
Double Stone
Baker
Ronald L
Feb 2 1956
Mar 6 1975
Billie R
May 2 1942
Dec 22 1975
Willie R Baker
May 2 1942
Dec 22 1975
Hattie Little
Oct 5 1884
Mar 7 1985
Double Stone
Brown
Leroy L
1914-NOD
Retha D
1915-1988
Whit Salisbury
Jun 14 1913
Jan 24 1992
Susie L Salisbury
Mar 8 1918
Dec 1 1986
Joe Nathan Carney
US Army
Aug 30 1930
Mar 26 1981
Linnie B Brown
Mar 14 1910
Jan 5 1997
William J Brown
Dec 14 1910
Mar 18 1979
William Hyman Jr
Jul 14 1933
Jun 2 1986
Roscoe Carroll
Feb 7 1914
Aug 30 1986
Atha V Carroll
Mar 12 1917
Aug 20 1999
Christopher C Harris
Dec 16 1957
Jul 4 1986
Double Stone
Roberson
Jimmie L
Apr 5 1924
Apr 5 1987
Mary M
Jan 31 1925
Aug 26 1997
Kenneth A
Mar 3 1959
Jul 4 1986
Alverna Morning
Feb 28 1935
Feb 5 1998
George W Griffin
Apr 23 1933
Feb 3 1987
James Ed Andrews
Jun 25 1923
Dec 3 1988
Ida H Andrews
Mar 31 1898
Oct 14 1987
John J Person
Aug 30 1944
Dec 1 1987
Clarence Salisbury
Jan 4 ????
Broken Stone
Rest Unreadable
Willie L Salisbury
Jan 27 1941
Feb 19 1989
Hubert Newton
Jun 2 1914
May 30 1990
Thomas Cherry Sr
Dec 26 1922
Apr 23 1988
Julia Ann Purvis
Aug 23 1914
Apr 29 1999
Reginald S Carmack
Nov 20 1953
Jan 29 1995
Docx Moore
Jan 1 1901
Mar 11 1995
Joush Ray Barnes
Mar 23 1945
May 19 1995
Raymond Earl Best
Mar 31 1973
Jun 9 1995
James E Person
Aug 3 1942
Oct 19 1995
Bennie C Sherrod Sr
Jun 4 1921
Apr 1 1996
Addie Wilson
Feb 13 1951
May 8 1996
MM
Kiera Marie Speight
Mar 5 1925
Mar 13 2007
Velma R Jones
Dec 11 1948
Jan 3 1998
Leroy Wilson Jr
May 15 1953
May 5 1996
John Grimes Jr
Jul 15 1987
Dec 15 1996
Gloristeen McCray
Sep 26 1943
Feb 20 1998
Mattie Clemons
Nov 24 1926
Jun 20 1998
Gladis Anderson
Nov 15 1922
Aug 11 1997
David Lee
May 23 1943
Nov 17 2003
James E Howard
Apr 3 1930
Apr 21 1997
Cortez V Smith
Feb 9 1975
Dec 4 1996
DeLois Hyman
Nov 15 1946
Dec 21 1999
Larry Devon Hyman Reveal Jr
Jun 17 1979
Dec 1 1996
Carrie L Manning
May 16 1916
Jul 4 1996
Michael F Evans
May 10 1960
Apr 15 1996
Ceola Evans
Apr 5 1924
Feb 13 1999
Patricia Allen Lynch
Feb 24 1951
Mar 29 1996
Mary F Blackwell
Oct 5 1927
Oct 29 1995
Judge Blackwell Jr
STM1 US Navy
World War II
May 23 1925
Jun 8 1999
Jodie Gray Jenkins
Sep 10 1928
May 21 2005
Frances ?? Wilkins
Jun 10 1912
Oct 18 2002
William H Wilkins
Jun 1 1910
Jun 11 1995
Double Stone
Coburn
George Sr
Jun 2 1898
Jan 6 1997
Bessie W
Dec 31 1906
Sep 16 1994
Willie Clifton Pippen
Sep 30 1943
Jul 22 1988
Mary Griggs
Mar 28 1936
Apr 29 1997
John Thomas Griggs
May 21 1925
Jun 4 1988
Double Stone
McCray
James W
May 26 1923
Dec 6 1987
Daisy M
Dec 30 1936
May 5 1989
Daisy Pippins
Dec 3 1918
Oct 29 1987
Louvenia B Mooring
Sep 23 1901
Feb 11 1991
Richard H Mooring
Aug 4 1902
Jul 7 1986
James Andrews
Jan 23 1913
Jul 11 1998
Lucy Andrews
Oct 21 1918
Aug 27 2008
Katie B Taylor
Jan 12 1885
Sep 15 1987
Inez B Hyman
Nov 9 1924
Feb 1 1997
Lee Vernon Hyman
Oct 5 1929
Sep 4 1986
Hugh M Lacy
Jun 8 1928
Apr 7 1988
Zella Mae Lacy
Mar 20 1924
Aug 31 1987
Lucinda Paige
Feb 3 1893
May 26 1987
Aquilla B Jenkins
1895-1987
Alberta Knight Whichard
Jul 29 1903
Mar 17 1997
Sidney E Staten
Feb 5 1928
Oct ?? 1988
Willie L Howard
Sep 20 1914
Jun 13 1986
Mary Garrett
Dec 25 1927
Nov 20 1991
Cornelius Garrett
Oct 1 1920
Apr 26 1986
Double Stone
Johnson
Richard B
1924-1983
NOI
FS
Richard B Johnson
Cpl US Army
World War II
Apr 21 1924
Nov 25 1983
Lula Sherrod
Sep 12 1905
Apr 1 1960
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