The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Bonham Cemetery in New Hanover County, NC.
Location: from Wilmington take 421 south which turns into Piner Rd. Take Piner Rd then turn right on Myrtle Grove Rd.Follow Myrtle Grove Rd and turn right on Shannon Dr at the fork follow the straight path up behind the brick wall that can be seen from the road and you will see 2 cemeteries separated by a brick wall and gate. The other cemetery is the Bryan Cemetery.
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View photos of the headstones here.
GPS Coordinates:
34.12452 N
77.87629 W
Epitaphs are as follows:
Lorena DeVane Livingston
Apr 12 1938
Mar 20 2007
Thelma DeVane Compher
May 14 1934
Aug 16 2007
Norman Earl Piner
Jul 31 1906
Mar 5 1934
Viola Mae Piner Devane
Nov 4 1908
Apr 23 1995
Double Stone
Francis D Capps
Sep 2 1847
Mar 6 1916
Columbia P
Mar 31 1852
Feb 28 1916
FS
Francis D Capps
Mus Co A 10 Bn Hv Arty
Confederate States Army
Sep 2 1847
Mar 15 1916
Unmarked
Broken Stone
John J Wells
Son of
Henry & Sarah Wells
Aug 3 1845
Rest Buried
Unreadable
Broken Stone
James Newton Russ
Sep 7 1874
Mar 29 1947
Naomi Ruth
Wife of
J N Russ
May 30 1886
Oct 17 1918
Agatha Russ
Wife of
J N Russ
Aug 17 1880
Jun 3 1940
Thomas E Russ
Aug 22 1922
Jun 5 1982
Marietta Holt Piner
Feb 22 1905
Sep 17 1978
Double Stone
Bonham
Chas T Bonham
May 3 1848
Mar 27 1927
Cornelia Ruth Bonham
Sep 7 1849
Dec 6 1925
Frank R Russ
Jan 18 1907
Jan 11 1939
Norman E Black
Feb 4 1955
4 mos old
John Graydon Piner
Jul 23 1953
May 24 1979
Double Stone
J Blaney Piner
Nov 30 1881
Aug 18 1969
Julia F Piner
Mar 8 1883
May 13 1948
Double Stone
Piner
Norman E
Sep 14 1926
NOD
Ruby G
May 12 1927
NOD
FS
Norman E Piner
Sep 14 1926
Aug 21 2007
Martha E Johnson
Wife of
Malachi Russ
Jan 24 1878
Jan 2 1946
Malachi Russ
Apr 21 1868
Feb 7 1948
No Photos:
George W Capps
Nov 1889
Oct 25 1956
Noland G
Son of
J N & N B Russ
May 5 1905
Oct 14 1918
Queen E
Daughter of
J N & N B Russ
Aug 6 1909
May 17 1910
John Evans Send your questions (and thanks) directly to John
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