Rileys Creek Community Cemetery

Pender County North Carolina

Surveyed by Gwen Keith Brown 1985 & Matt Hillman January 2009


The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Rileys Creek Community Cemetery in Pender County, NC.

Location: Clarks Landing Loop Road

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    The epitaphs are as follows:

    Robert Powell Barnhill Pvt US Army Aug 24, 1893 Dec 20, 1978 Beadie Wilson Barnhill Aug 22, 1905 Oct 15, 1983 Willie Roy Barnhill 1905 - 1993 Mamie Wilson Barnhill 1907 – 1989 Thomas L. Barnhill 1887 – 1981 Lillian H. Barnhill 1908 – 1993 William Leroy Barnhill Oct 14, 1945 May 2, 1993 Jane Lewis Barnhill Feb 23, 1949 Alonza Lee Clark S Sgt U S Army World War II Sep 22, 1910 Apr 12, 1994 Charles Henry Clark, Jr. June 14, 1934 June 25, 2001 Joanna Corbett Clark Oct 30, 1933 Larry P. Clark July 4, 1926 July 27, 1992 Lillian P. Clark Born Aug 3, 1904 Died Aug 12, 1961 Lola Louise Clark Nov 6, 1906 Aug 8, 1996 Ralph M. Clark Born Jan. 30, 1902 Died June 2, 1975 Franklin Edwards Colvin April 8, 1924 March 30, 1998 Emma Barnhill May 26, 1932 Albert Richard Hall Dec 9 1980 Dec 10 1980 William James Hudgins U S Marine Corps Dec 5 1929 May 10 1995 William James “Jim” Hudgins Dec 5, 1929 May 10, 1995 (Masonic Emblem) Daniel Huggins Mar. 14, 1928 Apr. 19, 1996 Denny E. Huggins June 30, 1904 July 27, 1978 Blanche F. Huggins Nov. 8. 1911 John Dewey Huggins Feb. 20, 1909 July 24, 1992 Married April 3, 1932 Together Forever Margaret Wilson Huggins March 7, 1911 Nov. 4, 2001 Clyde Delphen Jones May 6, 1905 May 3, 1977 Kathleen Rivenbark Jones Sept 2, 1910 Isaac E. Jones Oct. 7, 1907 April 7, 1973 Effie C. Jones Sept. 4, 1904 Feb. 21, 1964 Walter B Keith April 9, 1888 March 1, 1973 Together Forever Geneva S. Keith April 17, 1897 December 5, 1989 Allene L. Lewis Born June 23, 1916 Died March 1, 1960 Charlie Haywood Lewis November 24, 1916 February 4, 2001 Homer A Lewis Oct. 30, 1939 Together Forever Carolyn T. Lewis Oct. 22, 1940 April 4, 1996 Gone to be with Jesus forever Jeffrey Dean Lewis Sept. 11, 1959 Dec. 7, 1995 Father – Joseph Bernard Lewis Mother – Allene Langston Lewis Sister – Geraldine L. Thigpen Brother – Julian B. Lewis Died Jan 2, 1990 Joseph Bernard Lewis Aug. 23, 1908 Dec. 11, 1973 Julian Bernard Lewis U S Air Force Vietnam Apr 20, 1944 Jan 2, 1990 Oscar Paul Lewis Oct 26, 1910 Feb 23, 1989 Edna Langston Lewis Oct 14, 1918 Nov 10, 1976 Jesse Faison Rich June 20, 1911 Jan. 14, 1995 Bessie Jackson Rich Dec. 16, 1910 Jesse Faison Rich U S Navy World War II JUN 20 1911 JAN 14 1995 Melza A. Rooks May 3, 1926 July 14, 1997 Married Dec 26, 1944 Together Forever Etta Mae R. Rooks May 14, 1927 Houston Lee Spivey Aug. 3, 1924 Laura Keith Spivey Aug, 3, 1925 Wed Mar 17, 1947 Children Julie Mark, Keith, Katie, Melissa Thanks’s Lord for life and Victory over death James Edward Vernon July 30, 1888 Dec. 25, 1973 Boney E. Wilson Sr. Born May 7, 1901 Died March 23, 1970 Together Forever Eloise W. Wilson Born Sept. 18, 1901 Died Sept. 5, 1993 Baby Boy Infant Son of Ed and Glenn Wilson July 24, 1947 Oscar C. Futreal Born March 20 1918 Died December 29 1962 Same Stone Udell R. Futreal Born June 3 1916 Died June 9 1999 Gerald R. Langston Born April 3 1920 Died March 29 1991 Same Stone Katie S. Langston Born April 20 1920 Died December 15 1962 Earnest Albert Langston US NAVY WORLD WAR II Born May 27 1925 Died September 2 1991 Linda S. Taylor Born June 6 1923 No other Date Robert Lee Taylor Sr. US ARMY WORLD WAR II Born November 7 1924 Died January 4 1993 Woodie H. Gregory Jr. Born September 27 1946 Died April 11 1992 Allen P. Hunt Born August 8 1928 Died March 7 1987 Same Stone Sylvia L. Hunt Born December 26 1933 No other date William King Reaves Born July 22 1927 Died July 3 1984 Herbert H. Reaves Sr. Born August 8 1911 Died November 19 1997 Same Stone Marie W. Reaves Born April 9 1916 Died September 19 1975 Elizabeth Rivenbark Beloved wife of Lacy Rivenbark Born September 16 1913 Died January 10 2003 S. L. Barnhill TEC 5 US ARMY Born December 28 1919 Died August 12 1974 Same Stone Ophelia A. Barnhill September 24 1928 Died January 27 2008 Sherwood Wayne Batson Born April 5 1977 Died April 6 1977 Terry Lynn Rivenbark Born November 4 1950 Died April 4 2004 Same Stone Loving Husband of Roxanne Dodson Rivenbark Born October 7 1953 No other date Norman Arthur Rooks Born December 8 1913 No other date Same stone Eleanor Lewis Rooks Born November 25 1916 Died January 26 1999 Married May 8 1935 Gerald R. Langston 34 303 134 902 Ordinance US ARMY In service to his country May 9 1942 – November 29 1945 Arthur W. Rooks Born March 12 1887 Died May 9 1967 Same Stone Estelle R. Rooks Born September 4 1891 Died May 16 1984 Paul H. Holly Born January 11 1911 Died July 27 1965 Same Stone Mary E. Holly Born August 26 1921 Died August 3 1997 W. Russell Woodell Born 1917 Died 1983 Same Stone Annie Mae Woodell Born 1916 Died 1979 Alex A. Holly Born July 5 1909 Died March 10 1966 Same Stone Mary Lou Holly Born September 8 1911 Died March 30 2002 Lena Thorpe Leonard Born May 16 1906 Died July 3 1996 Robert Henry Holly Born November 29 1941 Died June 15 2006 Same Stone Linda Rich Holly Born May 22 1944 No other date Married June 24 1962 W. Gilbert Lockhart Born 1905 Died 1989 Same Stone Virginia R. Lockhart Born 1914 Died 1996 Richard C. Crawford Born 1915 Died 1995 Same Stone Helen P. Crawford Born 1922 Died 1991 Richard L. Crawford Sr. Born May 28 1941 Died January 2 2006 Pamela Graham Born July 4 1953 No other date William Franklin Graham Born July 23 1920 Died May 2 2005 Robbie W. Moore Born 1910 Died 1979 Same Stone Catherine W. Moore Born 1920 Died 1974 Marjorie Hanson Glander Born December 26 1918 Died April 17 2001 Charles H. Clark Born 1898 Died 1974 Same stone Elizabeth H. Clark Born 1906 Died 2003 Carey Wendell Huggins Born October 18 1955 Died February 22 2003 Betty Jean Royal Born October 12 1937 Died August 4 2001 Earl Gordon Taylor US NAVY World War II Born April 25 1907 Died June 6 1985 Thelma Nunalee Taylor Born October 21 1911 Died December 15 1993 Glenn S. Taylor Born 1903 Died 1979 Same Stone Etta C. Taylor Born 1908 Died 1992 Milton R. Walton Born January 31 1910 Died December 30 1973 Same Stone Lena Mae Walton Born May 9 1913 Died January 24 2005 Milton Raymond Walton Jr. Born November 19 1932 Died March 4 2008 Same Stone Charlotte Beal Walton Born June 3 1934 No other date Ebbo B. Dixon Sr. Born January 4 1911 Died March 24 2002 Same Stone Lucy Jones Born September 6 1911 Died March 30 1995 Terry Graham Dixon Born October 24 1943 Died November 8 1992 Alton Bryan Dixon Born December 5 1937 Died July 13 1998 Kenneth leon Lewis Born July 13 1973 Died October 2 2005 John William Orr Jr. Born August 19 1923 Died December 14 2006 Same stone Mildred Malpass Orr Born July 10 1920 Louis Kenneth Blake US NAVY KOREA VIETNAM Born February 6 1929 Died February 6 1996 Carolyn Orr Blake Born April 21 1942 Died August 3 2008 Michael P. Jackson Born April 9 1966 Died August 24 1986 Robert “Jason” Kornegay Born May 12 1974 Died May 15 1986 Robert Earl Kornegay Born May 16 1951 Died April 15 1987 Stephen Daniel Justice US ARMY Born March 27 1936 Died May 27 1980 Thomas James Keffer “Tommy” Born April 17 1974 Died May 21 1986 Dorothy Evylyn Gause Born May 15 1927 Died June 22 1994 Rev. Richard Blake Hayes Born March 12 1946 Died February 12 2007 Same Stone Mary L. Britt Hayes Born April 4 1947 No other date Troy Lee Ferrell Sr. Born November 13 1942 Died May 13 2001 Gary Wesley Crainshaw “Bo” Born May 24 1940 Died March 5 2000 Wilbur I. Reaves Sr. Born September 20 1913 Died September 2 1989 Same Stone Dora L. Reaves Born January 25 1924 Died July 9 2003 Herbert Hanson Reaves Jr. Born June 26 1934 Died No other date Same Stone Joyce Fields Reaves Born May 8 1934 Died February 1 1987 Charles E. Kane SI US COAST GUARD World War II Born January 27 1929 Died December 3 1993 Marie Orr Kelley Born December 29 1929 Died May 17 1994 Percy E. Gurganious NORTH CAROLINA PFC US ARMY World War II Born January 9 1919 Died December 1 1973 Maggie H. Gurganious Born August 4 1916 Died November 30 1983 Robert H. Orr, Sr. Born April 7 1900 Died January 23 1973 Same Stone Alice B. Orr Born October 8 1896 Died February 21 1972 Clidy Marvin Born June 14 1928 Died July 19 1928 Herbert H. Brinson Born August 31 1920 Died October 19 2000 Same Stone Mae Ola Orr Brinson Born July 8 1924 No other date Jenifer Lynn Murray Born May 25 1978 Died June 5 1987 James Garland Lloyd Born December 29 1944 Died October 31 2008 Age 63 Forrest F. Harts Born 1901 Died 1986 Same Stone Viola G. Harts Born 1906 Died 1984 Preston Bonham US ARMY World War II Born April 29 1921 Died July 11 1994 Frances Faye Garner Bonham Born November 8 1944 Died January 30 2002 Same Stone L. V. Bonham Born December 9 1927 Preston Bonham Born 1921 Died 1994 Same Stone Mattie K. Bonham Born 1924 Died 1992 Carl Edward Gurganious, Sr. Born October 5 1936 Died October 27 1976 Odell Gurganious Born August 22 1909 Died March 10 1962 Same Stone Annie Mae Gurganious Born October 12 1904 Died July 11 1988 Tiffany Randolph Born December 3 1996 Died December 3 1996 Joseph P. Carpenter Born 1922 Died 1980 Same Stone Roberta K. Carpenter Born 1932 Died 1985 Richard Alton Mitchell SGT US ARMY KOREA Born September 12 1935 Died February 12 1986 Francine Paquette Mitchell Born August 11 1938 Died November 25 1983 Alphonse R. Paquette Born March 16 1915 Died July 26 1978 Same Stone Ada E. Paquette Born June 6 1914 Died November 20 1988 Robert R. Holly Born 1944 No other date Same Stone Deloris M. Holly Born 1946 Died 1988 Johnnie Davis Diggs US NAVY VIETNAM Born July 2 1952 Died April 24 2005 Evelyn Boswell Amerson Born March 31 1911 Died October 30 2002 Johnnie Davis Diggs Born July 2 1952 Died April 24 2005 Same Stone Sandra Grooms Diggs Born July 11 1959 No other date Eugene N. Westbrook Born April 27 1895 Died September 2 1962 Edell Westbrook Moore Born February 23 1920 Died April 21 1999 Arlene B. Land Born March 4 1924 Died April 22 1994 Walter J. Barnhill Born November 2 1891 Died March 29 1975 Same Stone Dora S. Barnhill Born September 9 1894 Died February 14 1989 Fred Baker Born May 25 1913 Died March 6 2007 Same Stone Esther Kish Baker Born May 30 1914 No other date Coy Willard Anderson Born November 10 1919 Died March 19 2008 Same Stone Velma Rooks Anderson Born December 22 1922 No other date Myron C. Futch Born 1918 Died 2001 Same Stone Louelle H. Futch Born 1913 Died 1987 Wesley Fred Stellar Born May 20 1921 Died November 19 2005 Same Stone Mary Belle Henry Stellar Born November 4 1922 Died September 4 2003 Anthony Ray Parker Born November 12 1956 Died December 5 1979 Wayne Thomas Stellar Born March 2 1943 Died June 3 2005 Earl Ray Porter Born September 2 1951 Died January 10 1976 Arthur F. Stellar Born 1892 Died 1976 Same Stone Emma J. Stellar Born 1889 Died 1980 James Howard Sandifer SI US NAVY World War II Born May 26 1926 Died March 26 1981 Rufus Bonham Born May 3 1924 Died March 31 2002 Same Stone Mary Pearl Bonham Born September 9 1926 Died May 2 2000 Eldred N. Kinlaw Born 1909 Died 1985 Same Stone Helen F. Kinlaw Born 1919 Died 1992 Robert E. Lee Born 1921 Died 1983 Same Stone Evylyn W. Lee Born 1923 Died 2002 D. Lowell Mercer Born October 8 1927 No other date Same Stone Julia E. Henry Mercer Born April 1 1927 Died February 13 2000 George W. Spayd Born 1898 Died 1989 Same Stone Elizabeth R. Spayd Born 1902 Died 1977 George William Spayd Born March 23 1926 No other date Same Stone Joanne Auchy Spayd Born October 4 1929 Died January 30 2001 Clara S. Hudgins Stroup Born November 28 1910 Died May 4 1999 Edward Adolph Langston Born January 14 1923 Died August 22 1986 Same Stone Hazel Flynn Langston Born May 3 1926 No other date Michelle Kathleen Blumeyer Born January 26 1965 No other date Barry Clark Jones US AIR FORCE Born May 1 1942 Died April 21 2007 Same Stone Gail Vernon Jones Born July 2 1957 No other date Married July 24 1999 Grover R. Scott Born 1910 Died 1981 Same Stone Nellie M. Scott Born 1917 Died 2000 Allene Lewis Born June 23 1916 Died March 1 1960 Thomas Henry Thigpen Born August 20 1936 Died January 13 1998 Same Stone Geraldine Lewis Thigpen Born December 17 1936 Died No other date Howard Alton Peay, Sr. US ARMY Born May 17 1928 Died August 27 2005 Ralph Fowler PVT US ARMY World War II Born October 31 1916 Died November 10 1982 Andrew C. Gurganious Born February 2 1926 Died July 17 2006 Same Stone Eleanor A. Gurganious Born November 19 1927 No other date David Arndt Dail US ARMY IN service to his country May 25 1965 May 16 1967 Born February 1 1944 Died August 29 2005 Alton Lee Fowler Born November 14 1905 Died April 24 1974 Howard A. Peay, Sr. Born 1928 Died 2005 Same Stone Clara F. Peay Born 1932 Died 2008 Isaac Melvin Born April 10 1877 Died September 28 1963 Same Stone Birta F. Melvin Born September 22 1895 Died March 4 1972 George W. Peay Born May 6 1917 Died December 18 1988 Same Stone Thelma M. Peay Born November 28 1922 Died March 3 1972 John T. Peay NORTH CAROLINA TEC 5 CO A 369 ENGR CBT BN World War II Born October 18 1915 Died February 2 1973 Same Stone Juanita S. Peay Born September 5 1921 Died October 7 2000

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