Lunsford - Nelms Cemetery

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Lunsford - Melms Cemetery

Location: US 158E, across from Mt Harmony Church Road
Directions: From Roxboro, take 158 E. Turn left onto farm road directly across from the intersection with Mt Harmony Church Road (SR1721)
Access: Cemetery is on private property but has driveable path to it.
Survey: By Amy Ralston and Rebecca Hessee on June 5, 2006
GPS: 36 2037.4 N 078 52 44.8 W
Notes: This cemetery is a match for WPA # 123

Graves

1. Pender D MOONEY / June 11 1905 / July 16 1912

2. Ella May MOONEY / May 6 1898 / Feb 16 1900

3. Eugene E LUNSFORD / Jan 8 1808 / Sept 4 1898 / (fs) EEL

4. Little / Edward C / son of / WA & Ollie L / LUNSFORD / Born / Apr 16 1899 / Died / Nov 3 1900 / (fs) ECL / (This head stone is in very large box wood)

5. Little / Fannie Kate / daughter of / R & Mary LUNSFORD / Born / Mar 21 1890 / Died / June 18 1891 / (This headstone is facing large boxwood)

6. Lillie B / Dau of / WA & Ollie L / LUNSFORD / Born Feb 11 1901 / Died May 26 1903 / (fs) LBL

7. Lottie L / Dau of / WA & Ollie L / LUNSFORD / Born / Jan 28 1894 / Died June 13 1903

8. Our Darling / Freddie Lou / Daughter of / WA & Ollie L / LUNSFORD / Nov 4 1915 / Jan 24 1919 / (fs) FLL / (Twisted on base)

LUNFORD (double stone) Their trust was in God
9. Willie A / Jan 17 1870 / May 12 1933 / (fs) WAL
10. Ollie C / Aug 28 1873 / Dec 11 1955 / (fs) OCL

11. Jessie A LUNSFORD / North Carolina / Cpl US Army / World War I Ph / July 25 1895 Nov 1 1972

12. Eular W / Dau of / NT & MB / CLAYTON / Feb 9 1915 / Apr 21 1917 / (fs) EWC

13. Zeb M / Son of / NT & MB / CLAYTON / Mch 7 1908 / Jan 8 1909 / (fs) ZMC

14. Bert T / son of / NT & MB / CLAYTON / May 15 1900 / Oct 18 1901 / (fs) BTC

15. Minnie Belle / wife of / NT CLAYTON / May 16 1876 / Mar 7 1936 / Age 59 yrs 9mos & 7 days / (fs) MBC

16. Noah T CLAYTON / Aug 29 1872 / May 24 1945 / 72yrs / 8 months 25 days / (fs) MTC

17. Charlie Vincent / Nelms / Jan 5 1908 / Sept 1 1964 / (fs) CVN

18. Betty CARVER / LUNSFORD / April 17 1944 / April 1 1985 / Loving wife and Mother / (fs) Mama

19. B Carlton "T" LUNSFORD / Mar 22 1928 / Jan 10 1980

LUNSFORD (double stone)
20. Bunnie / Aug 16 1892 / July 14 1960
21. Madeline DUNCAN / Oct 11 1900 / Aug 14 1981

22. Sidney M / son of / Bunnie & Madeline / LUNSFORD / July 11 1923 / Feb 21 1941 / Gone but not forgotten / (fs) SML

23. Infant / son of / Bunnie & Madeline / LUNSFORD / Feb 4 1933 / Feb 6 1933 / (fs) L

24. Mary Ann / Daughter of / Bunnie & Madeline / LUNSFORD / Apr 22 1922 / Aug 14 1924

25. Nathan LUNSFORD / Dec 11 1841 / Sept 4 1904

26. Luke / 1981-1995

27. Mary J YANCEY / wife of / Nathan LUNSFORD / Dec 3 1843 / Aug 8 1923 / (fs) MJY

28. Bennie Madison / LUNSFORD, Jr / Nov 23 1943 / Dec 18 1997 / Rest in Peace / (fs) Dad

LUNSFORD (double stone)
29. Madison M / Jan 4 1888 / May 6 1942 / (fs) Daddy
30. Lucy E / Jan 3 1889 / Jan 2 1981 / (fs) Mama

SUIT (double stone)
31. Omega NELMS / Feb 13 1906 / Nov 7 1998 / (fs) ONS
32. Robert Land / Jan 17 1903 / Jan 2 1981 / (fs) RLS

33. Winnie GRAY NELMS / June 201902 / July 2 1979 / She sacrificed for / those she loved / (fs) WGN

34. Alma Odell NELMS / July 4 1897 / April 12 1076 / Gone but not forgotten / (fs) AON

35. Albert Thomas NELMS / Pfc US Army / World War II / 1912 1975

36. NELMS / (written on very top of stone) / Nannie D / wife of / C G NELMS / June 4 1874 / Mar 11 1952 / (fs) NDN

37. NELMS / (written on very top of stone) / Charlie Gray NELMS / Nov 14 1868 / Sept 23 1926 / (fs) CGN

38. Mary Belle NELMS / Aug 3 1895 / Feb 4 1912 /(fs) (blank)

Also 3 graves marked by field stones.

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