Jordan’s Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery

Pender County North Carolina

Surveyed by Matt Hillman July 2008


The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Jordan’s Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery in Pender County, NC.

Location: 4670 Stag Park Rd Burgaw.

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    The epitaphs are as follows:



    Julius R. Moore June 20 1882 November 20 1975 Same Stone Ina Mae Moore October 17 1884 February 10 1975 Married 1902 ___________________________________ Linwood Jackson Son of Jack and Myrtle Moore Born & Died February 13 1938 ___________________________________ Winnie A. Moore March 6 1859 September 13 1927 ___________________________________ Louis Carl Ryals Sammons March 31 1950 January 20 1986 ___________________________________ E. Linwood Moore April 4 1903 April 12 1924 ___________________________________ Infant Sons of J. D. and Elease Player June 3 1936 August 19 1938 ___________________________________ Pearl Christine Moore September 7 1907 August 6 1959 ___________________________________ Mack Allen Moore February 6 1900 August 31 1944 ___________________________________ Baby Moore Daughter of Wade & Gaynell Moore October 6 1953 ___________________________________ Mack Allen Moore Jr. March 11 1932 June 4 2007 ___________________________________ Hugh Hampton Moore July 5 1951 No Other Date Same Stone Lisa Grissett Moore April23 1958 October 23 2002 ___________________________________ James Patrick Moore May 2 1906 February 4 1969 Same Stone Helen Lane Moore July 5 1917 January 4 2005 ___________________________________ Bert Thornwell Graham April 24 1902 October 6 1969 Same Stone Naomi Moore Graham March 6 1902 May 14 1979 ___________________________________ Zeb Graham June 30 1903 March 14 1976 ___________________________________ Leola M. Graham April 21 1903 August 20 1988 ___________________________________ Charles Sidney Lane North Carolina PVT MG CO 321 Infantry World War I December 28 1892 November 4 1969 Same Stone Lineaus Rackley Lane December 13 1899 August 19 1989 ___________________________________ Sidney Marion Lane US NAVY World War II March 29 1922 July 15 2006 Same Stone Bobbie Ricks Lane December 29 1928 No Other Date Married May 9 1947 ___________________________________ Mack Carl Winter 1st LT. US MARINE CORPS World War II February 10 1922 October 25 1996 Purple Heart ___________________________________ Joy Highsmith Whitley June 2 1972 April 16 2006 ___________________________________ Lloyd E. Rackley August 15 1895 January 8 1984 ___________________________________ Roy Douglas Lanier March 14 1939 September 21 1989 ___________________________________ Roy Lanier December 28 1907 December 31 1999 Same Stone Ethel Jones Lanier August 20 1913 September 28 1994 Married December 28 1931 ___________________________________ John Ellis Lanier Jr. April 13 1918 March 31 1963 ___________________________________ Lillie F. Lanier August 4 1889 May 10 1952 ___________________________________ Winnie A. Lanier March 5 1886 August 29 1971 ___________________________________ Bernard Prescott November 16 1909 June 1 1955 ___________________________________ Katie Jones Prescott March 16 1912 January 10 2008 Age 95 Years ___________________________________ Joseph Neil Prescott November 2 1949 December 30 1986 ___________________________________ Julian Adolphus Owens October 22 1898 May 2 1989 Same Stone Eula Mae Jones Owens May 9 1905 December 19 1989 ___________________________________ Marshall B. Jordam April 9 1909 May 16 1979 Same Stone Martha M. Jordan February 27 1908 September 30 1984 Married June 24 1933 ___________________________________ Charles S. Jennings June 28 1928 February 29 1994 Same Stone Leah W. Jones Jennings January 30 1934 No Other Date ___________________________________ Rebecca Lynne Waldron January 9 1955 No Other Date ___________________________________ Dewey Walker Rivenbark April 24 1942 No Other Date Same Stone Elizabeth Ann Rooks Rivenbark December 26 1946 September 9 2003 Married May 1 1965 ___________________________________ Karen Melissa Morris April 24 1971 December 3 2003 ___________________________________ William Charles Pennington March 29 1955 No Other Date Linda Wind Pennington October 7 1953 June 12 2002 Married May 16 1987 ___________________________________ Katie Robinson Reavill November 6 1900 May 13 1962 ___________________________________ Oscar D. Hodges November 4 1890 November 1 1963 Same Stone Lila T. Hodges August 21 1892 July 28 1973 ___________________________________ John W. Harris March 3 1889 December 3 1947 ___________________________________ Leon Harris July 13 1947 October 28 2003 ___________________________________ David Lee Holden July 13 1935 No Other Date Same Stone Rita Harned Holden November 10 1941 No Other Date ___________________________________ Eleanor Peterson Pfaff February 27 1942 September 17 2004 ___________________________________ Linwood Wesley Newell April 6 1950 November 30 2007 ___________________________________ Marshall Goff CPL US ARMY January 16 1930 July 5 1990 ___________________________________ Norman Walter Bond October 21 1919 August 14 1994 Same Stone Edna Harris Bond January 14 1920 September 10 1993 Married December 9 1939 ___________________________________ Maggie Lee Harris Jordan May 19 1928 March 20 1995 ___________________________________ Joseph Hudson Harris March 27 1893 November 20 1945 Same Stone Annie Jordan Harris January 19 1893 October 2 1972 ___________________________________ Robert Thomas Harris September 23 1940 June 10 1965 ___________________________________ Joseph “Robbie” Harris January 17 1917 August 16 2004 Same Stone Ruth Cavenaugh Harris June 29 1919 October 28 2003 ___________________________________ Cephus Beasley April 22 1899 June 21 1987 ___________________________________ Buddy Benton November 25 1936 February 14 1938 Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Benton ___________________________________ Alfred J. Beasley 1870 – 1934 ___________________________________ Janie G. Beasley 1872 – 1956 ___________________________________ Gussie Fairfax Hand September 4 1882 September 6 1920 ___________________________________ William W. 1871 – 1962 ___________________________________ Joseph P. Beasley March 6 1901 November 24 1987 Same Stone Catherine E. Beasley December 29 1916 May 27 2000 ___________________________________ Judson Ezzell October 31 1918 March 7 1988 ___________________________________ Jennifer Lynn Lanier Daughter of Donald & Linda lanier December 12 1977 March 10 1978 ___________________________________ Walter T. Player January 6 1908 August 12 1962 ___________________________________ John Boney Player March 6 1868 March 8 1952 ___________________________________ Mary Elizabeth Jordan Player Wife of J. B. Player April 28 1884 September 14 1930 ___________________________________ James Boney Player Born June 23 1920 Died November 26 1923 ___________________________________ Elizabeth Jordan Daughter of George & Maybell Jordan October 12 1921 October 13 1921 ___________________________________ Carl Jordan Son of George & Maybell Jordan December 27 1916 June 3 1919 ___________________________________ George F. Jordan December 11 1888 February 15 1975 Same Stone Maybelle B. Jordan December 27 1894 April 22 1990 ___________________________________ John B. Jordan January 28 1854 March 19 1939 Same Stone Mary E. Jordan June 30 1858 January 10 1928 (?) ___________________________________ George F. Jordan 1845 – 1916 Same Stone Annie E. Jordan 1843 – 1908 Same Stone George P. Jordan 1875 – 1914 ___________________________________ Mary Jane Jordan Casteen Wife of Willie G. Casteen February 21 1878 February 17 1943 ___________________________________ Willie G. Casteen December 12 1875 April 13 1958 ___________________________________ Mary Ellen Casteen Wife of Asa E. Mathis May 8 1905 December 28 1987 ___________________________________ Asa E. Mathis January 16 1890 June 23 1963 ___________________________________ Raymond Lee Jordan December 5 1939 November 29 2001 Same Stone Gladys Brinson Jordan January 14 1944 No Other Date ___________________________________ Zeblin G. Jordan July 22 1951 April 6 1999 ___________________________________ Roy Lee Jordan May 4 1913 September 13 1994 ___________________________________ Jesse W. Jordan November 21 1876 July 3 1940 ___________________________________ Martha Jane Murray Jordan Wife of Jesse W. Jordan September 9 1889 March 6 1982 ___________________________________ William L. Jordan July 25 1851 June 1 1924 Same Stone Sarah A. Carney Wife of William L. Jordan May 23 1860 January 11 1938 ___________________________________ James H. Jordan April 10 1878 June 26 (Not readable from picture) Same Stone Ida T. and Infant July 18 1887 November 14 1933 ___________________________________ Edgar James Casteen May 26 1882 January 11 1939 ___________________________________ Irene Malpass November 13 1894 December 23 1962 Wife of E. J. Casteen 1917 – 1939 Wife of B. Simmons 1943 – 1962 ___________________________________ Rosa Pope Daughter of E. J. & Irene Casteen August 19 1923 August 21 1923 ___________________________________ Samuel Harold Jordan Son of D. J. & Bertha Jordan Born & Died October 11 1966 ___________________________________ Elizabeth Ann Jordan Daughter of Charlie & Adrienne Jordan Born and Died October 31 1948 ___________________________________ Douglas Jordan Daughter of Jessie & Martha Jordan July 22 1928 July 25 1928 ___________________________________ Maggie May Jordan Daughter of Jessie & Martha Jordan Born August 22 1907 Died July 16 1918 ___________________________________ Joseph E. Jordan April 11 1912 May 7 1983 Same Stone Elizabeth Inez Jordan April 18 1916 March 4 1987 ___________________________________ Edward Glenn Harding US ARMY VIETNAM August 2 1938 August 5 1985 ___________________________________ John Thomas Jordan June 12 1894 July 29 1989 Same Stone Mary T. Lane Jordan December 27 1894 August 26 1988 ___________________________________ Harvey Jordan Son of W. R. & Viola Jordan December 25 1913 July 3 1922 ___________________________________ Viola Jordan Wife of W. R. Jordan March 10 1888 September 13 1919 ___________________________________ Walter R. Jordan January 5 1888 May 30 1974 Same Stone Estelle M. Jordan June 16 1898 July 2 1985 ___________________________________ Albert Hodges January 27 1894 July 22 1973 Same Stone Lillian W. Hodges October 2 1911 March 20 1996 ___________________________________ Arthur Hodges January 26 1894 April 10 1938 ___________________________________ Anna Jordan Hodges September 24 1856 April 9 1945 ___________________________________ Thomas Lee Hodges April 20 1856 June 2 1928 ___________________________________ Thomas L. Hodges April 20 1851 June 2 1928 Same Stone Anna D. Hodges September 24 1856 No other date ___________________________________ K. L. Hodges Smith Wife of J. A. Smith June 12 1879 August 14 1922 ___________________________________ J. A. Smith June 24 1879 December 31 1917 ___________________________________ J. A. Smith Jr. February 10 1910 September 11 1910 ___________________________________ Charlie D. Jordan Born August 26 1861 Died November 25 1937 ___________________________________ Royce Payne Lyon US MARINE CORPS World War II KOREA July 25 1924 February 25 1997 ___________________________________ Walter B. Hanchey North Carolina PVT 33 INFANTRY World War II December 29 1912 October 8 1958 ___________________________________ Donald McKay Batson Sr. September 6 1928 February 2 1993 Age 62 Years ___________________________________ Thomas H. Batson Husband of Jessie A. Jordan February 22 1902 October 14 1985 ___________________________________ Jessie A. Jordan Wife of Thomas H. Batson January 24 1906 April 2 1943 ___________________________________ Infant Son of T. H. & Jessie Batson Born & Died March 26 1943 ___________________________________ Donald M. Batson Sr. September 6 1928 February 2 1991 Same Stone Melba Kennedy Batson July 31 1945 No other date ___________________________________ John W. Batson Jr. August 17 1911 August 14 1924 ___________________________________ Mattie C. Batson February 8 1871 June 17 1961 ___________________________________ Herbert W. Batson February 9 1897 March 29 1968 ___________________________________ Wilbur J. Batson December 11 1904 July 15 1974 ___________________________________ John Ivey Gray Sr. US ARMY February 21 1928 February 14 1989

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