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My wife, Lee, and I went to the cemeteries listed below and video taped each grave.  We then transcribed the information to this list.  We checked our list against “Gravestone Inscriptions, an Inventory of Cemeteries in Wayne County” here-after referred to as “The Book” and also parts of the WPA.  We checked, double checked, cross-checked, and re-visited the cemeteries, and expect that there may still be errors; especially considering how difficult it is to read some of the stones.   Since The Book was published prior to our visit to the cemeteries, after each list I have listed entries in the book that I did not see at the cemetery.   The WPA entries are noted where they differ from others.  I put the information in a format I think will be easier to use.  We tried to start at one end and weave back and forth along each line as best as we could tell them, and that is the sequence of the list.  In some cases, when the surname was not given, I used the surname of the husband or father.   These are our personal work-sheets and not intended for publication, however, anyone may use them as they wish.    Bill & Lee  Malpass, III    5/5/98 

Salem Cemetery: Located at intersection of S.R. 1313 and 1300.  Follow Hwy 117 north from Goldsboro to Belfast.  Turn left on SR 1313.  Follow SR 1313 to SR 1300.  At that intersection, the Salem Methodist Church is at your right.  Look across and to the right to see the cemetery. 

There is a drive that divides the cemetery in half.  The drive starts at the road and goes back.  We started on the left (south) side, went to the back and then switched to the other side and started back toward the road. 

Farmer, Joseph Clement    d. Oct 12, 1937 son of J. H. & Dorothy Farmer 
Farmer, Dorothy Jane  b. Nov 15, 1938 d. Nov 24, 1938 dau of J. H. & Dorothy Farmer 
Farmer, Dorothy E.    b. Apr 14, 1910 d. ---  (same stone as JH Farmer) 
Farmer, James H.   b. Dec 14, 1912 d. Apr 29, 1982 
Edgerton, Paul Leon  b. May 18, 1914 d. Nov 26, 1991 
Farmer, Timothy Bryan  b. Dec 31, 1965 d. Dec 31, 1965 
Edgerton, Mary F.  b. 1879  d. 1965  (same stone as FA Edgerton) 
Edgerton, Frank A.  b. 1875  d. 1933 
Smith, Marie Edgerton  b. July 24, 1902 d. Mar 26, 1974 (same stone as RL Smith) 
Smith, Raymond Leslie  b. Sep 13, 1890 d. Sep 8, 1967 
Edgerton, Hilda Turner  b. Aug 26, 1919 d. ----  (same stone as ED Edgerton Sr.) 
Edgerton, Emmitt D. Sr.  b. Aug 25, 1908 d. Sep 22, 1983 
Bass, Milton Lee   b. Dec 25, 1907 d. Jan 30, 1954 
Woodard, Richard W.  b. Sep 10, 1868 d. Jan 5, 1929 
Woodard, Nannie Hill  b. Oct 25, 1883 d. Oct 4, 1974 
Corbett, Henry   b. Oct 28, 1877 d. Dec 10, 1928 
Davis, Thurman Euriel  b. Nov 15, 1908 d. Nov 1, 1953 
Measley, Adam Davis  b. 1881  d. 1919 
Measley, Eva Paschall  b. 1881  d. 1950 
Carraway, George A.  b. Oct 20, 1859 d. Jan 12, 1929 
Welds, Clarence R.  b. Jul 30, 1922 d. Feb 4, 1962 PFC 610 BASE UNIT AAF WORLD WAR II 
Wells, Luby Harper  b. Mar 8, 1881 d. Sep 6, 1954 (same stone as BAS Wells) 
Wells, Bessie Anna Sasser  b. Sep 20 1884 d. May 3, 1931 
Andrews, Lucile Rose  b. Jun 8, 1914 d. Oct 31, 1989
Andrews, Infant   b. ----  d. July 14, 1944 son of E. E. & Lucille R. Andrews
Andrews, Emory E.  b. Sep 8, 1913 d. Sep 20, 1981 
Andrews, Lila P.   b. Mar 4, 1889 d. Aug 28, 1977 
Andrews, W. Wiley  b. Oct 14, 1886 d. Jan 26, 1971 
Large marked off area - no stones. 
Andrews, I. P. Andrews  b. Feb 26, 1853 d. Mar 18, 1944 (same stone as AMC Andrews.) 
Andrews, Annie M. Crumpler b. Feb 26, 1858 d. Mar 9, 1929 
Andrews, Ina Pearl  b. Mar 17, 1902 d. Feb 11, 1924 dau of IP & Annie M. Andrews 
Andrews, Bessie   b. Apr 19, 1893 d. Sep 29, 1894 dau of IP & Annie Andrews 
Andrews, W. H.    b. Dec 11, 1826 d. Nov 9, 1895 
Andrews, Avy   b. Jun 8, 1829 d. Mar 6, 1914 wife of WH Andrews 
Pate, Ruth Willard  b. Jun 26, 1898 d. Aug 7, 1985 dau of John H. & Mary Peele Pennington Pate. 
        Wife of Leslie Frank Andrews May 14, 1920 - Dec 7, 1954. 
        Wife of Rev Ernest A. Killette May 14, 1956 - July 11, 1974 
Andrews, Leslie Frank  b. Sep 30, 1890 d. Dec 7, 1954 son of I. P. & Annie C. Andrews;  Husband of Ruth Pate 
Military stone PVT BTRY F 1 REGT FARD WWI 
Hales, Mabel R.   b. Sep 20, 1904 d. Dec 13, 1980 (same stone as CW Hales.) 
Hales, C. Wilbert   b. Feb 13, 1905 d. Aug 15, 1979 
Hales, Pearl   b. Feb 27, 1925 d. May 13, 1944 
Rich, Julius S.   b. Jan 18, 1880 d. Apr 6, 1958 
Rich, Lottie A.   b. May 13, 1888 d. Dec 6, 1927 
Hales, Agnes M.   b. Apr 12, 1926 d. May 12, 1927 
Hales, Kent   b. Mar 12, 1941 d. May 12, 1941 
Rich, Dorothy Virginia  b. Sep 18, 1922 d. Nov 20, 1967 
Rich, J. Monroe Jr.  b. Aug 25, 1886 d. Jan 14, 1960 
Rich, Annie Andrwes  b. Jul 28, 1898 d. May 13, 1967 
Rich, James Garland  b. Aug 16, 1917 d. May 4, 1995 
Lancaster, Mary Ellen  b. Jul 1860 d. Sep -- 1935 (same stone as LA Lancaster) 
Lancaster, L. A. Lancaster b. Feb 11, 1858 d. Aug 13, 1925 
Futrell, E. L.   b. Aug 18, 1883 d. May 5, 1927 
Hare, Eula G.   b. 1911  d. 1927 
Hare, S. H.    b. 1880  d. 1946 
Hare, Gertrude H.  b. May 14, 1879 d. May 2, 1962 
Jones, Narcissis Carter  b. May 16, 1879 d. Sep 26, 1961 
Hare, Dolly J.   b. Aug 28, 1911 d. Jun 12, 1986 
Hare, Robert L.   b. Jul 5, 1914 d. Oct 23, 1980 
Hare, Estelle S.   b. 1910  d. 1935 
Hare, Carl   b. Jul 11, 1904 d. Dec 15, 1980 US Army 
Starling, Paul P.   b. Mar 12, 1919 d. May 27, 1921 
START NORTH SIDE OF DRIVE AT BACK 
Smith, Thomas Edward  b. Oct 22, 1929 d. Nov 29, 1933 
Smith, Jim Berry   b. Apr 25, 1910 d. Mar 27, 1963 TEC 5 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT WWII 
Smith, Lela Futrelle  b. Jul 16, 1912 d. Aug 16, 1984 
Pate, Emma Jackson  b. Nov 17, 1853 d. Dec 12, 1929 wife of Lewis Sasser 
Sasser, Herman L.   b. Nov 13, 1882 d. Jul 16, 1941 (same stone as RE sasser.) 
Sasser, Ruth Ester  b. Sep 3, 1893 d. Oct 21, 1969 
Royal, Francis   b. ----  d. Jul 13, 1921 son of HL & Ruth Sasser 
Cox Infant   b. ----  d. Aug 17, 1938 son of RI & Elizabeth Cox. 
Vail, Henry J.    b. Jul 20, 1833 d. Jul 14, 1905 
Rose, Fannie Ella  b. Jun 18, 1870 d. Dec 12, 1901 wife of SL Rose. 
Rose Infant   b. ---  d. Dec 12, 1901 son of SL & FE Rose. 
F. E. B.    b. ---  d. ---  (Marker) 
B. P.    b. ----  d. ---  (Marker  (start Montague Plot)) 
B. C. M.    b. ---  d. ---  (Marker) 
Montague, S. D.   b. Jul 28, 1854 d. Jul 17, 1923 
Montague, Sallie Pate  b. Feb 7, 1861 d. Oct 16, 1958 
Peirce, Blanche   b. Mar 14, 1882 d. Nov 1, 1906 (East side of Tall Marker - North side of Tall Marker reads Sallie Pate Montague.) 
Montague, Bell S.  b. Feb 27, 1880 d. Nov 26, 1908 (South side of Tall Marker - also reads S. D. Montague at top) 
Montague, David D. Jr.  b. Mar 24, 1920 d. May 7, 1934 son of DD and Myrtie Montague. 
Montague, Callie Graes  b. Nov 25, 1916 d. Aug 29, 1917 dau of DD & M Montague. 
Montague, Vivian Ruth  b. Oct 15, 1906 d. May 22, 1912 dau of DD & MM Montague 
Montague, Infant   b. ---  d. May 14, 1912 dau of SO & CA Montague 
Montague, Nelta P.  b. Dec 5, 1916 d. Jul 21, 1923 dau of MR. & Mrs. SO Montague. 
Pelt, Marvin W.   b. Oct 23, 1912 d. Jul 4, 1913 son of AG & Gertrude Pelt. (end Montague Plot) 
Lassiter, Robert S.  b. 1868  d. 1927  (same stone as EE Lassiter) 
Lassiter, Effie E.   b. 1872  d. 1937
Infants    b. ----  d. ---  (same stone as EE Lassiter!) 
Lassiter, Clayton   b. 1898  d. 1942  (same stone as EE Lassiter!) 
Lassiter, Robert A.  b. 1902  d. 1946  (same stone as EE Lassiter!) 
Lassiter, Cecil   b. 1899  d. ---  (same stone as EE Lassiter!) 
Howell, Mazana   b. ---  d. Oct 1904 Age 87 years. 
Howell, Lewis   b. ---  d. Jul 1911 Age 80 years. 
Howell, Aunt Zilphia  b. May 4, 1834 d. Jan 25, 1941 A devoted christian for 92 years. 
Lane, Essie B.   b. Sep 26, 1875 d. Nov 12, 1957 
Lane, C. F.    b. June 20, 1905 d. ---- 

These entries from The Book were not found at the cemetery: 

S.D. Montague, son of S.D. Montague, 1884 - 1905 

Andrew J. Best, 10-3-1871; 3-16-1947 
Va CPL Co D 4 Reg Va Inf Spanish American War 

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