WARD’S STATION CEMETERY
C.K. 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. 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 E.L. & 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 H.D. Blackman”
BLACKMAN, Enorma G. 4/24/1917 – 2/8/1919 “Daughter of J.M. & 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, R.C. 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 M.S. Fipps”
FIPPS, Frances Eveline 12/26/1922 “Daughter of R.S. & Zellie M. Fipps – Stillborn”
FIPPS, M.S. “Jake” 10/12/1896 – 1/13/1966
FIPPS, Zellie May 1/20/1902 – 12/27/1922 “Wife of R.S. Fipps”
FISHER, Infant Son 8/29/1935 “Son of S.J. & 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 S.F. “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 A.M. 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, S.F. “Junior” 10/12/1906 – 3/23/1966 “Daddy”
HINSON, T. Sterling 10/23/1909 – 12/30/1967
HINSON, V.D. 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 S.E. & L.M. 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 WW II”
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, D.C. 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. W.V. Mercer”
MERCER, Leila V. Ward 1905 – 1983 “Beloved Mother of the Seven M.M.”
MERCER, Maggie M. Norris 3/15/1870 – 1/29/1925 “Wife of D.C. 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 C.E. & Lillie Mae Nealy”
NEALY, Mary Ruth [dates illegible]
NEALY, Rosella 8/14/1912 “Died – Age 27 Years”
NEALY, W.A. 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, B.T. 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, E.T. 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 B.T. Nobles”
NOBLES, Sam 1900 – 1968
NOBLES, Sharon Kaye 4/14/1958 – 5/13/1960 “Daughter of Onzie & Thelma Nobles”
NOBLES, “Stillborn” 1932(?)
NOBLES, U.S. 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 W.V. & E.J. Norris”
NORRIS, Margaret 1/25/1929 – 2/6/1929 “Daughter of W.V. & E.J. Norris”
NORRIS, Mary Annie 10/1/1900 – 12/17/1904 “Daughter of J.K. & A.J. 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 R.N. 3/31/1891 – 11/22/1958
SOLES, Donnie DeBerry 10/13/1919 – 1/1/1992 “Son of Daniel R.N. 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. D.D. Soles”
SOLES, J.V., 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. J.V. Soles]
SOLES, Ola Bell McCracken 6/17/1895 – 12/8/1964 [wife of Daniel R.N. 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, A.B. 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 E.C. & 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 B.W. Ward”
WARD, Curtis McCray 10/2/1908 – 8/17/1929 “Son of E.C. & Glenn D. Ward”
WARD, D.J. 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