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132    MORPHIS [E61.2]

Location: Baldwin Township. West side of US 15-501, 500 feet south of SR 1700, Mt. Gilead Church Road, adjacent to and north of Bynum Methodist Church Cemetery (E61.1)

Coordinates: 35d 47m 35.0s N; 79d 06m 08.0s W Click here for Google maps

On 1 February 1989, February 1998, and 27 March 1997, Will and Audrey Heiser recorded 4 grave markers and several sunken areas. By phone conversations, Ida Ruth (Durham) Lee reported 3 other persons buried here.

Legal Description: Plats: 4-98, 2 Apr 1954; 94-274, 17 Jan 1994; 96-399, 4 Nov 1996.
Topo Quadrant: Farrington.
Family owned: Yes.
Used: Yes.
Number of graves: 10.
Cemetery size: 60' x 80'.
Black: Yes.
Unrestricted access: Yes.
Overgrown and easy to identify: Yes.
Enclosed: Yes.
Enclosed explanation: Concrete block wall 40' x 50' around old cemetery. Chain link fence 20' x 50' around new cemetery..
Enclosed conditions: Broken in places.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 4.
Last burial: 1998.
First burial: 1943.
Last canvassed by: Will M. Heiser. Date: 24 Mar 1998.

1. Durham, Hattie M.   (b. 9 Jun 1896 - d. 19 Mar 1976)
Flat. Outside of concrete block wall-inside fence.
2. Durham, Mary Francis (Morphis)   (b. - d. )
Per Ida Ruth (Durham) Lee, 3-2-98.
3. Lee, Kevin Bruce   (b. 21 Jun 1959 - d. 2 Sep 1996)
PFC US Army. "Beloved Father and Son". Flat. Outside of concrete wall-inside fence.
4. Lee, Roy, Jr.   (b. 1924 - d. 1998)
Funeral marker.
5. Morphis, Emma Smith   (b. - d. )
"Mother". Flat slab. Per Ida Ruth (Durham) Lee, 3-2-98.
6. White, Bill   (b. - d. )
Husband of Hattie White. Per Ida Ruth (Durham) Lee, 3-2-98.
7. White, Lewis   (b. - d. 16 Sep 1943)
Son of Bill and Hattie White. Funeral marker. Inside concrete block wall. Relationship per Ida Ruth (Durham) Lee..