Clayton - Long Cemetery

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This page last updated on February 2, 2008

Location: After 723 Whitt Town Road on the right.
Directions: From Roxboro, take Whitt Town Road (SR 1149) between NC 49 South and NC 157.
Access: Well maintained, near road with driveway
Survey: completed by Amy Ralston & Rebecca Hessee on October 10, 2006
GPS: 36 21 46.1 79 00 42.4
Topographic Map
Notes: The cemetery. Can be seen from road but is surrounded by tall cedar trees.
The following notice is hanging on tree at back of cemetery:
NOTICE NOTICE / We are asking for your / help / keeping up cemetery / We can no longer take care / of the whole cemetery. / Someone from each family will / need to take care of their own plots. / Thanks / Garland Foushee 919-471-9649 / Email [email protected]

Graves

1. Henry C CLAYTON / May 4 1910 / Aug 26 1936 / (fs) HCC

CLAYTON (double stone)
2. Prophus C / March 5 1860 / May 23 1938 / (fs) Father
3. Mollie WHITFIELD / May 22 1874 / Feb 6 1920 / (fs) Mother

4. Ruben Clyde / CLAYTON / Oct 7 1904 / Mar 14 1912 / (fs) RCC

5. Lois A DICKEY / Oct 3 1935 / Jan 1 1936 / (fs) LAD

CLAYTON (double stone)
6. George Dewey / Feb 8 1906 / Oct 21 1980 / (fs) Father
7. Irene BLALOCK / Oct 20 1920 / Jan 4 1945 / (fs) Mother

LONG (double stone)
8. Stephen Calvin / May 30 1919 / June 30 2001
9. Annie Bell CARR / Feb 27 1922 / Nov 11 1999

10. Tony Michael LONG / North Carolina / Co D 15 Signal BN / Vietnam / Nov 16 1951 Feb 13 1972 / (fs) Tony Michael LONG / 1951 1972( This is a funeral home marker.) Headstone is under 2 cedar trees.

LONG (double stone) / Loved in life and in death remembered
11. John Raymond / July 18 1905 / Dec 14 1954 /(fs) JRL
12. Ida WALKER / June 13 1902 / April 18 1967 / (fs) IWL

LONG (double stone)
13. James B / Jan 1 1917 / June 9 1975 / (fs) James Bradsher LONG / Pfc US Army / World War II / Jan 11 1917 June 9 1945
14. Florena B / Nov 15 1924 / Dec 19 2005 / (fs) Mother

15. Herbert Green LONG / North Carolina / Pfc Co I 405 Infantry / World War II / April 16 1921 Oct 28 1969

16. Margaret Belle LONG / May 13 1914 / Feb 1 1974 / (fs- funeral marker) Margaret Belle LONG / 1914 1974

LONG (double stone)
17. J Martin / Feb 18 1875 / Sept 17 1950 / (fs) JML
18. Ida PERKINS / Nov 6 1881 / Oct 3 1957 / (fs) IPL

19. Infant son / of Mr & Mrs / J Martin / LONG / Nov 24 1926

20. Infant son / of Mr & Mrs / J Martin / LONG / Apr 29 1929

21. Frederick F / LONG / Feb 12 1912 / Mar 28 1914 / Gone to be / an Angel / (fs) FFL

22. Orie J / LONG / Aug 13 1907 / July 25 1908 / She was the / sunshine of / our home / (fs) OJL

MERCER (double stone)
23. James W / Jan 21 1933 / Feb 19 1987 / (fs) Husband
24. Dessie LONG / July 3 1909 / Nov 11 19999 / (fs) Wife

LONG (double stone)
25. Harvey P / Jan 31 1923 / Mar 26 1988 / (fs) Daddy
26. Alma RICARDO / June 5 1920 / Oct 29 1987 / (fs) Mama

27. Shirley Carter FOX / Dec 4 1935 / July 29 1995

28. Harry L FOX / Pfc US Army / Korea / Aug 11 1930 Oct 25 1990

FOX (double stone) / As long as life and memory last, we shall remember you
29. James Irving / Jan 29 1914 / June 11 1988 / (fs) Father
30. Betty HARRIS / Dec 5 1916 / Jan 13 2005 / (fs) Mother

31. FOX / William / Thomas / 1943-1944

REGAN (double stone) ( Woodmen of the world memorial)
32. Edgar R REGAN / July 30 1887 / May 4 1945
33. Lochie WALKER / wife of / E S REAGAN / Nov 22 1883 Nov 23 1950

WALKER (double stone)
34. Samuel L / June 27 1891 / Nov 26 1937 / (fs) Father
35. Euphemia RHEW / Sept 13 1894 / Feb 26 1970

36. Connie ALBERT / ( Funeral home marker, no dates. )

37. Gladys ALBERT / ( Funeral home marker, no dates.)

The 4 graves below are in a curbed off section with one double headstone. CLAYTON. Info is on footstones.

38. William R CLAYTON / July 28 1900 / Nov 21 1969

39. William M CLAYTON / Oct 6 1849 / Feb 25 1936 (Son of Martin Clayton)

40. Lula V CLAYTON / Mar 2 1867 / Mar 21 1901

41. Lonnie G / son of / Wm & Lula CLAYTON / June 7 1891 / June 22 1896

42. J D Jr / son of / JD & Essie / LONG / Aug 7 1918 / Aug 8 1918 / (fs) JDL

43. RRL / ( Marked by a bronze marker with the letters RRL)

44. Elizabeth J / wife of / S M LONG / Born / Mar 26 1840 / Thou art gone from / world of care / The bliss of Heaven to / share / ( The top is broken off the head stone.)
(Elizabeth Jane Clayton Long, wife of Stephen Matthew Long.)

45. S M LONG / May 3 1842 / Jan 2 1923 / Fair well my wife / and children all / from you a Father / Christ doth call / (fs) SML
(Stephen Matthew Long. Husband of Elizabeth Jane Clayton. Married on December 23,1869. Stephen Matthew's second marriage was to Fannie Gates Hamlin. See Person County Heritage II, Articles 357 & 362)

LONG (double stone)
46. Dallas S / Sept 14 1870- May 16 1941 / (fs) DSL
47. His wife / Nettie STANFIELD / Aug 8 1875- Aug 31 1947 /(fs) NSL
(Dallas S. Long, son of Elizabeth Jane Clayton and Stephen Matthew Long.)
(Nettie Stanfield Long, wife of Dallas Sanford Long. Married on Dec.6,1896)

48. Mary LONG / wife of / H G WHITFIELD / Aug 1 1929 / June 2 1950 / (fs) MLW

49. Betty Jean RUSSELL / Aug 29 1938 / July 11 1990 / Always remembered / (fs) BJR

50. WHITFIELD / Archie Taft / May 5 1909 / Dec 7 1967 / (fs) ATW

51. H M WHITFIELD / Sept 23 1878 / Oct 16 1944 / (fs) HMW

WHITFIELD (double stone) (On reverse side- WHITFIELD / Precious Memories
52. Benjamin C / Apr 22 1924 / Aug 6 2000 / (fs) Ben
53. Ann BROACH / Jan 26 1928 / (living) / (fs) ANN

54. Effie T / wife of / H M WHITFIELD / Dec 24 1888 / Jan 15 1925 / At Rest / (fs) ETW

55. G W WHITFIELD / Died Apr 1 1935 / Age 88 yrs

56. Lucy A / wife of / G W WHITFIELD / Died Mch 30 1919 / Age 72 yrs. / She was a kind neighbor / and ever ready to / lend a helping hand / (fs) LAW

57. Eva J HALL / 1920

58. Walter WHITFIELD / May 26 1876 / Dec 30 1938 / Gone, but not forgotten / (fs) WW

WHITFIELD (double stone) / Peace in the Valley
59. Marcus E / Nov 14 1913 / Mar 3 1991 / (fs) Daddy
60. Mattie B / Jan 4 1923 / (living) / (fs- at headstone) Mama

61. Stephen R FOUSHEE / Feb 14 1919 / June 10 2000

62. Ruth N FOUSHEE / May 7 1924 / June 12 1995

63. Richard Love FOUSHEE / Pvt US Army / World War II / Jun 22 1925 May 27 2000

64. Regenal E / son of / R T & M J / FOUSHEE / Sep 20 1913 / Oct 26 1913 / (fs) REF

FOUSHEE (double stone) / Sleeping in Peace
65. S Harry / Aug 24 1897 / Dec 10 1964 / (fs) Father
66. Bessie D / Sept 6 1899 / Dec 30 1977 / (fs) Mother

67. Matha J / wife of / R T FOUSHEE / Aug 27 1876 / Oct 17 1913 / Her life was beauty, truth, / goodness and love. / (fs) MJF

FOUSHEE (double stone)
68. His wife / Mattie E OAKLEY / Aug 20 1892 / Oct 18 1980 / (fs) MEF
69. Robert Thompson / Sept 6 1874 / Oct 6 1940 / (fs) RTF

70. Nanie Everleen / Dau of / RT & MF FOUSHEE / Sept 22 1936 / Mar 21 1947 / A little time on earth she spent / til God for her his angels sent / (fs) NEF

FOUSHEE (double stone) / Gone but not forgotten
71. Bennie A / Feb 5 1901 / Nov 6 1954 / (fs) BAF
72. Floyde Wrenn / Sept 27 1900 / May 28 1951 / (fs) FWF

73. Clarence Anderson / son of / CH & ER FOUSHEE / 1936-1941 / (fs) CAF

CLAYTON (double stone) / wed Dec 1 1950
74. Willie Thomas / June 29 1927 / (living) /(fs- at headstone) Daddy
75. Rachel FOUSHEE / May 15 1931 / Nov 17 1984 / (fs) Mama

76. BB / WESTBROOKS / Oct 17 1862 / Dec 30 1918 / To forget is vain / endeavor. Love’s / remembrance / lasts forever. / (fs- out of ground, leaning on head stone.) BBW

78. Effie Landress / WESTBROOKS / wife of / R S LONG / Born Dec 2 1886 / Died July 9 1926 / She was an affection- / nate daughter and / a faithful friend. / LONG / (fs) ELL

LONG (double stone)
79. Robert S / Sept 13 1871 / July 2 1953 / (fs) RSL
80. Carrie G / Aug 2 1908 / Nov 29 1992 / (fs) CGL

WALTERS (double stone)
81. John R / May 12 1906 Sept 23 1973 / (fs) Daddy
82. Maggie F / Oct 5 1911 / May 19 1971 / (fs) Mama

83. Julius B CLAYTON / son of / James Henry & Fannie CLAYTON / Sept 24 1876- Aug 30 1960 / At Rest

84. Fannie / Howard / CLAYTON / Sept 10 1852 / Aug 1 1915 / She sleepth / (fs) FHC

85. James / Henry / CLAYTON / Nov 17 1842 / Mar 31 1904 / At Rest / (fs) JHC

86. Anna B CLAYTON / wife of / JW DANIEL / Nov 27 1871 / Oct 11 1943 / Her memory is blessed / (fs) ACD

87. James W DANIEL / May 15 1871 / May 1 1950 / At Rest / (fs) JWD

88. Bertha Gravitte BURTON / Sept 9 1900 / Dec 15 1982 / (fs) BGB

89. Woodrow J / son of WB & / I M WALKER / June 20 1924 / Blessed are the / pure in heart for / they shall see GOD

90. Leonard Lee WALKER / "Bill" / July 7 1928 / June 28 1994

91. Willie B Jr / son of W B & / I M WALKER / Oct 24 1917 / June 24 1919 / Sleep on dear one / take thy rest. / We loved you but / God loved you best

92. Novie E WALKER / Jan 19 1912 / Aug 9 1926 / Darling Novie, she has left / us, Left us, yes, for evermore / But we hope to meet our / loved one. On that bright / and happy shore

WALKER (double stone)
93. William Buckley / Nov 18 1889 / May 7 1970
94. Babe Irene / May 10 1891 / July 5 1943

COZART (double stone)
95. William Taft / Nov 2 1908 / June 17 1962 / (fs) WTC
96. Nettie WALKER / April 24 1914 / Oct 15 1979 / (fs) NWC

97. Lottie Bell WALKER / June 1 1885 / Nov 27 1975

98. Nancy M WALKER / June 18 1887 / Jan 31 1958 / Christ loved her and took her home. / (fs) NMW

99. Frank L / son of / SL & MB / WALKER / May 19 1895 / Dec 22 1898 / Those who God / loves die young / (fs) (blank)

100. Minerva B WALKER / Oct 15 1853 / Aug 19 1928 / Loved in life and in death / remembered

101. Sollie L WALKER / May 27 1859 / May 7 1937 / Eternal rest grant to him O Lord and let / perpetual light shine on him

102. H H WALTERS / 1861 / Jan 30 1914 / (illegible writing) / (fs) HHW

103. Mary F / wife of / J A B WALTERS / Born / July 24 1835 / Apr 30 1905 / Dear Sister is gone, but / not forgotten / Never will her memory fade / sweetest thoughts shall / ever linger / Around the cold and silent grave.

104. J A B WALTERS / Born July 30 1835 / Died Oct 24 1902

105. Nancy H / wife of / Martin CLAYTON / Born / November 1813 / Died / Aug 1 1898 / As a wife devoted / as a mother affectionate / Is a friend ever kind and true

106. Martin CLAYTON / Born / October 1808 / Died / Oct 12 1882 / His tolls are past, his work is done / He fought the fight the victory won / (fs) MC
(Married Nancy Hudgins b:20 Nov 1813 d: 01 Aug 1898)

FOX (double stone)cv
107. Ozie A FOX Jr / June 24 1924 / Mar 31 1973 / (fs) Father
108. Louise PULLIAM FOX / Nov 21 1921 / May 22 1974 / (fs) Mother

109. Lester C / Son of / OM & LP FOX / May 3 1892 / Aug 22 1893 / At Rest / (fs) LCF

110. Cleopatra / wife of / G M FOX / Mch 13 1857 / Nov 19 1912 / She was a kind and / affectionate wife and / mother and a friend to all / (fs) CF
(Daughter of Martin Clayton)

111. George Monroe / FOX / Aug 2 1862 / Oct 19 1944 / Faithfull [sic] Kind and True / (fs) GMF

112. Father / Osie A FOX / Jan 22 1889 / Sept 13 1955 / He fell asleep and / now sweetly rests / (fs) OAF

113. Mother / Blanch MOORE / wife of / O A FOX / Sept 28 1893 / Oct 20 1934 / She fell asleep and / now sweetly rests / (fs) BMF

114. Bobby Lester / son of / O A & B M / Our little / darling / (fs) BLF

115. Mary M FOX / wife of / Clayton RHEW / Feb 26 1920 / Aug 8 1966 / A tender mother, she / has done what she could / (fs) Mother

There are 3 graves marked by field stones at head and foot and one grave marked by a field stone at the head only.

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