Bethany Presbyterian Church Cemetery

New Hanover County NC

Surveyed by John Evans September 2012




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Bethany Presbyterian Church Cemetery in New Hanover County, NC.

Location: on Castle Hayne Rd across from Heritage Park Dr.

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    GPS Coordinates:
    34.282702 N
    77.923425 W

    Epitaphs are as follows:

    
    
    Double Stone
    Rivenbark
    Otha Mae Puckett
    Dec 5 1909
    May 14 1993
    William Currie Sr
    Sep 9 1909
    May 24 1995
    
    Brian Young
    Infant
    Son of
    Charles & Ann Rivenbark
    Aug 27 1973
    
    Infant
    Son of
    Currie & Mae Rivenbark
    Aug 2 1945
    
    Double Stone
    Blanchard
    Florence Whitehurst Blanchard Gore
    Sep 22 1906
    Jan 1 2004
    Henry James
    Aug 31 1897
    Dec 10 1942
    
    Lelon Graham Herring
    Dec 2 1916
    Feb 23 1947
    
    Double Stone
    Herring
    Elizabeth I
    Oct 14 1889
    Nov 23 1982
    Lelon G
    Aug 7 1888
    Oct 29 1961
    
    James William Garner
    Dec 11 1945
    Feb 6 1946
    
    Thomas M Justice
    Aug 31 1915
    Apr 21 1933
    
    Laura Whitehurst
    1854
    Nov 12 1923
    Age 69 yrs
    
    Double Stone
    Whitehurst
    Charles Thomas
    Mar 16 1880
    Apr 17 1924
    Annie Bailey
    Feb 11 1881
    Jul 11 1969
    
    Charles Edward Whitehurst
    Dec 11 1908
    Nov 17 1970
    
    C W Prescott
    Mar 1865
    Jun 8 1924
    
    Carl P Puckett
    Oct 12 1912
    Nov 27 1935
    
    Pruvia G Lewis
    May 15 1848
    Dec 15 1945
    
    Delmar E Parker
    Jan 17 1895
    Aug 13 1959
    
    Minnie B Marslender
    May 13 1872
    May 11 1962
    
    Mary Sneeden Rivenbark
    Jan 22 1921
    Oct 30 2003
    
    Donald G Rivenbark Sr
    US Army Air Forces
    World War II
    Feb 4 1920
    Aug 3 2003
    
    Martha E Rivenbark
    May 5 1879
    Mar 20 1949
    
    Baxter Rivenbark
    Aug 24 1875
    Dec 5 1947
    
    Martha R Mitchell
    Aug 31 1944
    May 21 1979
    
    Thelma J Murray
    Jun 7 1898
    Nov 8 1978
    
    B Franklin Murray
    Jan 1 1890
    Jan 8 1946
    
    Infant
    Son of
    J B & M S Eason
    Died
    Nov 29 1916
    
    Walter R
    Son of
    C P & Lizzie Davis
    Rest Buried
    
    James Simmons Davis
    Seaman
    US Navy
    Sp Am War
    
    Elizabeth O Davis
    Aug 15 1884
    Jun 9 1965
    
    James S Davis
    Aug 2 1907
    Sep 13 1915
    
    Sarah A Evans
    Died
    Mar 28 1937
    
    James R Jr
    Son of
    J R & Etta Raynor
    Apr 7 1917
    Mar 28 1920
    
    Edgar Rivenbark
    Oct 10 1879
    Nov 18 1935
    
    Katie Futch
    Jun 21 1890
    Apr 9 1969
    
    Robert Burns Buck
    SSgt US Army
    World War II
    Dec 4 1919
    Feb 12 1992
    
    Robert Burns Buck Jr
    Nov 1 1948
    
    Wilhelmina B Seitter
    Aug 1 1889
    Jan 5 1977
    
    Charlie Frederick Seitter
    Dec 31 1868
    Sep 28 1943
    
    Joy Carlyn
    Daughter of
    Danie W & Carl F Seitter
    Apr 11 1929
    Dec 17 1929
    
    Herman Carl Seitter
    Aug 30 1919
    Feb 7 1926
    
    Durant V Baldwin
    Jan 26 1902
    Dec 16 1945
    
    Emma S Baldwin
    May 12 1904
    Jan 12 1989
    
    Horace G Talbot
    Mar 22 1872
    Aug 26 1956
    
    Mary Lee Melton
    Wife of
    Horace G Talbot
    Jan 25 1883
    Mar 15 1934
    
    Frederick R Jordan
    Jul 21 1873
    Sep 16 1964
    
    Maggie Flint
    Wife of
    F R Jordan
    Oct 20 1877
    May 14 1934
    
    Mary Cecil
    Daughter of
    H M & W F Prince
    Nov 2 1917
    Jul 4 1918
    
    Orpha S Stanland
    Dec 28 1901
    Jan 10 1977
    
    Catherine Hilda
    Daughter of
    H M & W F Prince
    Aug 22 1919
    May 29 1920
    
    Baby Girl Stanland
    Dec 21 1961
    
    Herman
    Son of
    H M & W F Prince
    Jul 21 1914
    Aug 23 1921
    
    Thomas B Oldham
    Jul 16 1903
    Jan 11 1965
    
    Edna Lovett Kerr
    Nov 11 1910
    Dec 27 1919
    
    Daniel Edwin Kerr
    May 1 1878
    Mar 18 1935
    
    Annie Celeste Kerr
    May 7 1878
    May 17 1952
    
    Sallie Wingate Oldham
    Sep 17 1900
    Oct 27 1949
    
    James Groves Blake
    North CArolina
    S2 US Navy
    World War II
    Jul 13 1928
    Sep 29 1947
    Harry F Bauer D M 26
    
    Double Stone
    Blake
    Bradley A
    Sep 22 1890
    Jun 26 1981
    Madie L B
    Nov 12 1893
    Aug 21 1962
    
    James R Blake
    Oct 21 1914
    Apr 20 1915
    
    Ervin S Blake
    US Navy
    Mar 8 1949
    Sep 16 1989
    
    Double Stone
    Blake
    Betty P
    Feb 22 1924
    Feb 5 1987
    Joseph W
    Jul 31 1886
    May 5 1983
    
    Lillie Blake Kermon
    Sep 15 1873
    Jan 12 1945
    
    Clifton B Lutterloah
    Jan 24 1913
    Jan 3 1989
    
    Double Stone
    Blake
    Henry C
    Oct 22 1844
    Jul 6 1923
    Margaret S
    May 9 1849
    Sep 26 1928
    
    William A Lineker
    Jun 13 1859
    Feb 13 1915
    
    Double Stone
    Wright
    Minnie B
    Feb 5 1871
    Aug 6 1950
    Edward
    Jan 4 1886
    Jan 20 1933
    
    Edward Baker Wright
    Nov 3 1901
    Jul 9 1960
    
    Mary Lou R Wright
    Nov 15 1907
    Aug 30 1976
    
    Double Stone
    Rochelle
    Andrew S
    Mar 28 1872
    May 1 1964
    Mary E
    Sep 11 1880
    Apr 6 1933
    
    Blanche O Kerr
    Dec 13 1898
    Nov 22 1981
    
    Clarence M Kerr
    Jul 26 1898
    Jan 20 1950
    
    Double Stone
    Kerr
    Clarence Graham Sr
    Dec 19 1918
    Oct 17 2004
    Elizabeth Burton
    Mar 27 1921
    NOD
    
    Lawrence D Rhodes
    Feb 10 1903
    Nov 2 1972
    
    Bessie Ray Oldham Rhodes
    Jan 31 1908
    Mar 28 1990
    
    Donald J Rhodes
    Aug 17 1934
    Dec 26 1953
    
    James O Mintz
    Jun 17 1907
    Oct 24 1968
    
    Double Stone
    Kerr
    Robert Jackson
    Nov 14 1922
    NOD
    Inez Dail
    Apr 12 1926
    Feb 23 2006
    
    Walter A Kerr
    May 8 1880
    Aug 9 1958
    
    Roberta Elizabeth "Robbie" Lytle
    Nov 9 1901
    Mar 1 1992
    
    Cyrille A Carter
    North Carolina
    SSgt Sq A
    3027 Base Unit AAF
    World War II
    Feb 12 1917
    Dec 7 1952
    
    A Valerie Carter Peterson
    Oct 19 1890
    Jan 28 1978
    
    Double Stone
    Herring
    Duncan Harris
    Apr 29 1909
    Jun 17 1964
    Evelyn Kerr
    Jan 28 1913
    May 19 1984
    
    Sadie Carter Lamb
    Nov 20 1899
    Jul 2 1964
    
    Double Stone
    Foy
    Clifton
    Nov 9 1906
    Jul 31 1972
    Ethel M
    Aug 13 1906
    Feb 16 1951
    
    Double Stone
    Sutton
    Glenn Alexander
    Feb 15 1902
    Nov 13 1989
    Juanita Johnson
    Nov 11 1908
    Aug 26 1980
    
    L P "Buck" Bonnett
    Sep 14 1917
    Oct 20 1965
    
    Brian Zachary Stevens Houck
    Son of
    Brian & Candy
    Nov 13 1990
    Dec 1 1990
    
    Elton Franklin Kirby
    Oct 22 1941
    Oct 12 1990
    
    Kenneth A Kirby
    May 9 1906
    Apr 12 1955
    
    Lillian Murray
    Wife of
    Kenneth A Kirby Sr
    Dec 26 1913
    Feb 19 1980
    
    Donald LeRay Kirby
    Born & Died
    Feb 22 1965
    
    Double Stone
    Sutton
    Fred Herbert
    Jan 9 1884
    Sep 12 1955
    Bessie Bissette
    Aug 22 1892
    Dec 18 1955
    
    Mary Frances Blake
    Daughter of
    James M & Lula W Blake
    Nov 24 1924
    Jul 28 2003
    
    Betty Lou Blake
    Daughter of
    James M & Lula W Blake
    Nov 26 1929
    May 17 1995
    
    Double Stone
    Blake
    John Edward Sr
    Jan 7 1916
    Feb 18 1992
    Elizabeth H
    Nov 10 1924
    Feb 23 2002
    
    Teunis A Bergen
    Jun 27 1879
    Sep 5 1971
    
    Emma L Bergen
    Apr 6 1881
    May 23 1972
    
    Archie T Hardison
    Jan 10 1889
    Jun 13 1958
    
    Kathleen Hardison
    Aug 21 1923
    Jun 16 1924
    
    Sabra H Hardison
    Jun 5 1900
    Nov 13 1977
    
    Linda Dianne Blake
    Daughter of
    John & Elizabeth
    Aug 7 1852
    Aug 11 1952
    
    Lula Whitehurst Blake
    Sep 6 1894
    Feb 18 1964
    
    Beulah Whitehurst
    Wife of
    F Marion Justice
    Sep 6 1894
    Oct 16 1957
    
    Francis M Justice
    North Carolina
    Pvt US Army
    World War I
    Apr 25 1895
    Sep 16 1964
    
    Beatrice Mae
    Wife of
    John E Stephens
    May 10 1892
    Oct 8 1959
    
    Tena Lee Feenstra
    Mar 5 1962
    
    Double Stone
    Feenstra
    Henry J
    Oct 11 1925
    Sep 22 1981
    Audrey W
    Jun 18 1929
    NOD
    
    Double Stone
    McEwen
    Henry Dwight Jr
    Feb 19 1911
    Aug 30 1986
    Eugenia Feenstra
    May 4 1916
    Apr 2 2008
    
    Double Stone
    Feenstra
    Sipke
    Dec 27 1889
    Apr 3 1983
    Anna G
    Nov 14 1891
    Nov 25 1976
    
    Double Stone
    Justice
    Lee A
    Sep 26 1881
    Feb 20 1963
    Louise P
    Dec 10 1901
    Oct 25 1992
    
    Double Stone
    Groot
    Peter
    Jun 23 1910
    May 12 1998
    Gertrude "Truus"
    May 17 1910
    NOD
    
    MM
    Gertrude P Groot
    May 17 1910
    Jan 17 2009
    Age 98
    
    Albert T Ward
    Jul 26 1908
    Apr 15 1976
    
    Mae Ward Roberson
    Oct 31 1908
    Feb 11 1962
    
    David G Ellers
    Nov 26 1880
    Jan 22 1965
    
    Mannie L Balcombe
    Wife of
    D Gibson Ellers
    Aug 5 1880
    Jan 14 1962
    
    Alma Balcombe Hale
    Apr 1 1889
    Apr 5 1966
    
    Harold Thomas Hamilton
    US Army
    World War II
    Jun 23 1918
    Sep 7 1999
    
    Eleanor Newton Hamilton
    Oct 21 1915
    Jan 16 1978
    
    Annie B Vernon
    Sep 24 1891
    Oct 22 1956
    
    Double Stone
    Newton
    Joseph Porter
    Feb 16 1882
    May 18 1956
    Louise Bowen
    May 21 1894
    Oct 22 1979
    
    Lucille Newton Durham
    Jun 14 1913
    Oct 1 1995
    
    Newton D Cruise Jr
    North Carolina
    SWO US Marine Corps
    World War II Korea
    Feb 21 1915
    Oct 23 1960
    
    John Robert Newton
    Sep 9 1945
    Oct 4 1969
    
    Virginia Morris Newton
    Dec 3 1920
    NOD
    
    James Porter Newton
    Feb 22 1920
    Apr 11 1989
    
    Double Stone
    Whitehurst
    Edward T
    Sep 23 1884
    Sep 30 1964
    Katie B
    Jul 25 1888
    Apr 11 1972
    
    Edward H Whitehurst
    US Army
    World War II
    Oct 5 1911
    Feb 28 1979
    
    Double Stone
    Ward
    Clement M
    Oct 28 1884
    Jun 16 1966
    Married
    Sep 1 1912
    Fannie N
    Aug 9 1896
    Jul 31 1963
    
    Double Stone
    Jordan
    Robert Henry
    Aug 4 1900
    Mar 15 1997
    Mary Belle Murray
    Feb 19 1909
    Oct 27 1990
    
    Double Stone
    Jordan
    Richard William
    Oct 12 1902
    Dec 6 2001
    Thelma Boylan
    Aug 5 1908
    Aug 28 1998
    
    Double Stone
    Boylan
    Joseph E
    Aug 17 1872
    Apr 22 1973
    Tena C
    Aug 3 1881
    May 30 1976
    
    Double Stone
    Rumple
    Mildred McGill
    Aug 19 1906
    Apr 12 1999
    Pressley Paul
    Sep 20 1908
    Apr 18 2001
    
    MM
    Linda Jane Koen
    Apr 25 1940
    May 10 2008
    Age 68
    
    Double Stone
    Koen
    Peter H
    Feb 18 1908
    Dec 26 1978
    Louise E
    Feb 3 1916
    Nov 7 1995
    
    Double Stone
    Moore
    Julius R
    Apr 16 1939
    Apr 19 1997
    Betty B
    May 13 1942
    May 12 2002
    
    Double Stone
    Bloodworth
    James P
    Feb 10 1915
    Jan 27 1991
    NOI
    
    Marion E McKoy
    Jul 6 1957
    Jul 11 1957
    
    Curtis W McKoy
    Nov 9 1958
    Jan 8 1959
    
    Roxie R McKoy
    Nov 25 1916
    May 6 1984
    
    Double Stone
    Rivenbark
    Eugene D
    1880-1965
    Martha J
    1890-1971
    
    Double Stone
    Rivenbark
    Harriss Bradford
    Dec 31 1907
    Jun 6 2000
    Helen Talbot
    Jan 22 1908
    Apr 28 1997
    
    John David Lewis Sr
    North Carolina
    Pvt US Marine Corps Res
    World War II
    Sep 28 1908
    Feb 15 1962
    
    Alice Hollis Lewis
    Jun 9 1918
    Feb 17 2007
    
    Crystal Lynn Swart
    Aug 19 1979
    May 30 2002
    
    Francis William Ganey
    Sep 30 1940
    Jun 4 1993
    
    Jakob Bron
    1918-1978
    
    Dorothea Bron
    1917-2009
    
    Double Stone
    Bullard
    James M Jr
    Jun 3 1927
    NOD
    Married
    May 31 1953
    Eleanor Herring
    Sep 30 1932
    Jul 4 2005
    
    Double Stone
    Gilbert
    Francis H
    Feb 2 1918
    Nov 1 2008
    June Murrell
    Jan 30 1929
    May 8 2007
    
    MM
    Christerpher Lee Ellis
    1986-2008
    
    Mayhew W Cayton
    Feb 27 1959
    Aug 12 2002
    
    Double Stone
    Herring
    Louis Eugene
    May 30 1914
    Sep 5 2001
    Married
    Jun 8 1940
    Marguerite Bellamy
    Mar 27 1910
    Jan 14 2002
    
    Triple Stone
    Lewis
    Gerona B
    Oct 5 1879
    Mar 7 1957
    Shourd M
    Oct 30 1877
    NOD
    James W
    1910-1943
    
    Wade R Lewis
    Aug 8 1908
    Oct 7 1950
    
    Hannah H Futch
    Apr 22 1870
    Aug 19 1951
    
    Emma Futch Rivenbark
    Apr 16 1909
    Sep 29 1995
    
    E Aubrey Rivenbark Sr
    Nov 24 1901
    Apr 17 1994
    
    

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