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196    OAKWOOD - SILER CITY [H12.1]   -   Surname starts with D

Location - Siler City. South of US 64, west side of North Chatham Avenue

Coordinates: 35d 43m 58.0s N; 79d 28m 15.0s W Click here for Online Maps

On 7 October 1938, Katherine M. Phillips, recorded 98 grave markers. On 19 November 1992, Wade Hampton Hadley, Jr., recorded 18 grave markers for his own family members. In January, February and March 1999, Audrey O. Heiser recorded 1360 legible markers, and seven illegible markers including all but six markers recorded by Katherine M. Phillips. In 1968, Dr. James Annerton Turner was reinterred to Charlotte, North Carolina.

Owner: Town of Siler City.
Topo Quadrant: Siler City.
Municipal owned: Yes.
Used: Yes.
Number of graves: 1879.
White: Yes.
Unrestricted access: Yes.
Well maintained: Yes.
Enclosed: No.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 1860.
Last burial: 2019.
First burial: 1825.
Last canvassed by: Audrey O. Heiser. Date: 1999. Updated by Allen Dew in December 2019.



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1. Darden, Mary Susan Cashwell   (b. 26 Sep 1904 - d. 6 Jun 1988)
Row-45. Wife of Paul Edward Darden. "Beloved Mother and Friend". Family headstone. Information on footstone.
2. Darden, Paul Edward   (b. 12 Oct 1900 - d. 23 Jan 1969)
Row-45. Husband of Mary Susan Cashwell Darden. Family headstone.
3. Dark, Aaron Burton, Sr.   (b. 17 Aug 1830 - d. 17 Oct 1882)
Row-C-15. Husband of Mary Decimus Dark. Footstone: Father.
4. Dark, Annie Stone   (b. 6 Nov 1896 - d. 3 Sep 1985)
Row-C-15. Wife of Guy Goldston Dark. "His Wife". Double headstone.
5. Dark, Callie Dunlap Phillips   (b. 2 Oct 1911 - d. 24 Nov 1997)
Row-C-13. Wife of Willie B. Dark. Double headstone. Footstone: Wife.
6. Dark, Claude Ritter   (b. 26 Oct 1906 - d. 12 Oct 1931)
Row-C-13. Son of Junius A. and Mamie Ritter Dark. Family headstone w/granite curbing. Footstone: CRD.
7. Dark, Darlene Ann   (b. 24 Apr 1946 - d. 10 Apr 2007)
Row-XX.
8. Dark, Edwin Tull   (b. 27 Mar 1903 - d. 8 May 1957)
Row-43. Double headstone. Information on footstone.
9. Dark, Emma A.   (b. 25 Sep 1871 - d. 7 Jul 1893)
Row-C-15. Daughter of Aaron B. and Mary Decunius Dark. Large.
10. Dark, Emma Willis Bray   (b. 9 Sep 1874 - d. 21 Aug 1968)
Row-C-15. Wife of Robert W. Dark. Double headstone. Footstone: Mother.
11. Dark, Eugene Jasper   (b. 1 May 1900 - d. 29 Mar 1936)
Row-C-13. Husband of Margaret E. Hanner Dark. Double headstone. Information on footstone.
12. Dark, Grace Marie   (b. 29 Jun 1896 - d. 10 Oct 1897)
Row-C-15. Daughter of Robert W. and Emma Bray Dark. Small. Footstone: GMD.
13. Dark, Guy Goldston   (b. 10 Jan 1882 - d. 2 Jan 1928)
Row-C-15. Husband of Annie Stone Dark. Double headstone.
14. Dark, Guy Goldston, Sr.   (b. 17 Mar 1915 - d. 15 Dec 2005)
Row-B-20. Husband of Irene Horvath Dark. Double headstone.
15. Dark, Helen Margaret Van Lear   (b. 17 Aug 1908 - d. 3 Aug 1985)
Row-C-9. Wife of Pryor Lee Dark. Double headstone.
16. Dark, Irene Hovarth   (b. 14 May 1921 - d. 11 Sep 2013)
Row-B-20. Age 92. Wife of Guy Goldston Dark, Sr. Daughter of Alex Hovarth and Anne Bene Hovarth. "In loving memory". Double headstone.
17. Dark, Junius Albert   (b. 26 Sep 1877 - d. 20 Oct 1956)
Row-C-13. Husband of Mamie Ritter Dark. Double headstone w/granite curbing. Footstone: Father.
18. Dark, Lala Deane Sykes   (b. 12 Sep 1927 - d. Unknown)
Row-XX.
19. Dark, Lois Amelia White   (b. 22 Mar 1914 - d. 7 May 2004)
Row-XX.
20. Dark, Mamie Jane Ritter   (b. 7 Aug 1883 - d. 10 Oct 1940)
Row-C-13. Wife of Junius A. Dark. "His Wife". Double headstone w/granite curbing. Footstone: Mother.
21. Dark, Margaret Ellen Hanner   (b. 8 Jun 1901 - d. 9 May 1959)
Row-C-13. Wife of Eugene J. Dark. Double headstone. Information on footstone.
22. Dark, Mary Decimus Goldston "Mollie"   (b. 19 Feb 1839 - d. 29 Dec 1917)
Row-C-15. Wife of Aaron B. Dark. "Mother, thou art now at home". Large.
23. Dark, Newby Judson, Jr.   (b. 28 Dec 1919 - d. 30 Jun 1981)
Row-B-27. "In memory of".
24. Dark, Nicholas Bray "Nick"   (b. 11 Oct 1919 - d. 14 Sep 2013)
Row-XX. Age 93. Husband of Lala Deane Dark. Son of Robert W. Dark and Emma Bray Dark.
25. Dark, Pryor Lee   (b. 20 May 1898 - d. 18 Sep 1979)
Row-C-9. Husband of Helen Van Lear Dark. US Navy 43CB Battalion Vietnam WWI and WWII. Double headstone. Military footstone.
26. Dark, Robert Hanner   (b. 9 Sep 1926 - d. 24 Oct 1991)
Row-C-14. T 3 US Navy WWII. Military footstone.
27. Dark, Robert William, Jr.   (b. 4 Dec 1910 - d. 2 Nov 1969)
Row-A-23. Double headstone. Footstone: Father.
28. Dark, Robert William, Sr.   (b. 25 Sep 1871 - d. 4 Aug 1953)
Row-C-15. Husband of Emma Bray Dark. Double headstone. Footstone: Father.
29. Dark, Thomas Jefferson, III   (b. 26 Mar 1894 - d. 18 Dec 1987)
Row-16. MUS 3 CL US Army WWI. Large family headstone. Military footstone. Section AA-1 next to US 64.
30. Dark, Virginia Lowrance Hudson   (b. 22 Jan 1914 - d. 12 Nov 2007)
Row-XX.
31. Dark, Willie Bradford   (b. 21 Apr 1909 - d. 1 Apr 1978)
Row-C-13. Husband of Callie Phillips Dark. Double headstone. Footstone: Husband.
32. Daurity, Bethel Delano Harris "Babe"   (b. 25 Jan 1933 - d. 24 Apr 2007)
Row-XX.
33. Daurity, William Joseph "B J"   (b. 11 Jul 1931 - d. 20 Mar 2017)
Row-XX. Husband of Bethel Harris Daurity. Son of Guy G. Daurity and Pearl Johnson Daurity.
34. Davis, Helen   (b. 18 Jun 1932 - d. 31 Mar 1978)
Row-51. Flat. Footstone: HD.
35. Davis, Herbert Lee   (b. 18 Sep 1932 - d. 11 Feb 1969)
Row-22. NC PFC Ameds USAR. Military footstone. Section AA-1 next to US 64.
36. Daye, Herbert Eugene   (b. 2 Aug 1932 - d. 30 Aug 1967)
Row-44. NC SFC Btry C 540 FA Bn Korea. Double headstone. Military footstone.
37. Detscher, Betty Louise Smith   (b. 1938 - d. Unknown)
Row-XX.
38. Dewberry, Eluned Williams   (b. 21 Jul 1908 - d. 8 Jan 2002)
Row-XX.
39. Dewberry, John Marion, Jr.   (b. 29 Jan 1910 - d. 25 Dec 1958)
Row-XX.
40. DiMeo, Dante Joseph   (b. 26 Feb 1918 - d. 11 May 1978)
Row-51. Husband of Margie Smith Dimeo. US Army WWII Korea. Double headstone. Military footstone.
41. DiMeo, Margie Mae Smith   (b. 9 Nov 1919 - d. 26 Dec 1987)
Row-51. Wife of Dante Joseph Dimeo. Double headstone. Information on footstone.
42. DiMeo, Richard John   (b. 4 Dec 1951 - d. 27 Apr 2005)
Row-XX.
43. Disharoon, Frances Virginia Allred   (b. 30 Mar 1925 - d. 14 Mar 2018)
Row-XX.
44. Dixon, Bidney Winter   (b. 28 Apr 1925 - d. 3 Oct 2013)
Row-XX.
45. Dixon, Christopher Parrish   (b. 1 Mar 1962 - d. 15 Jun 2015)
Row-XX.
46. Dixon, Genera Lavena Hudson   (b. 25 Nov 1856 - d. 7 May 1946)
Row-C-13. Flat.
47. Dixon, Hubert Carlyle, Sr. (Dr.)   (b. 6 Dec 1891 - d. 11 Feb 1935)
Row-C-3. Husband of Mazie Winter Dixon. "He lived to serve". Flat.
48. Dixon, Hugh Wilbert   (b. 13 Jan 1891 - d. 3 Feb 1958)
Row-C-13. Husband of Ola Edwards Dixon. NC Pvt 4 Co 155 Depot Brig WWI. Double headstone. Military footstone.
49. Dixon, Lucy Ellen Siler   (b. 20 Feb 1865 - d. 24 Nov 1947)
Row-B-22. Wife of Robert H. Dixon, Sr. Family headstone. Information on footstone.
50. Dixon, Mazie Elizabeth Winter   (b. 12 Apr 1897 - d. 18 May 1998)
Row-C-3. Wife of M. Carlyle Dixon, M.D. Funeral marker.
51. Dixon, Ola Mae Edwards   (b. 30 Apr 1896 - d. 13 Oct 1978)
Row-C-13. Wife of Hugh Wilbert Dixon. Double headstone. Information on footstone.
52. Dixon, Oran Swain, II   (b. 22 Apr 1855 - d. 17 Sep 1909)
Row-C-13. Flat.
53. Dixon, Robert Hadley, Jr.   (b. 3 Oct 1902 - d. 5 Mar 1938)
Row-B-22. Son of Robert H., Sr. and Lucy Siler Dixon. Family headstone. Information on footstone.
54. Dixon, Robert Hadley, Sr.   (b. 2 May 1862 - d. 22 Jun 1932)
Row-B-22. Husband of Lucy Siler Dixon. Family headstone. Information on footstone.
55. Dixon, Tazzie Luna   (b. 1 Apr 1888 - d. 17 Nov 1902)
Row-C-13. Flat.
56. Dorsett, Elizabeth Brooks   (b. 5 Jun 1873 - d. 21 Oct 1913)
Row-B-10. "She was loyal to her church, home and to her God". 3' Obelisk. In Family plot w/granite curbing.
57. Dorsett, Fern Octava Heilig   (b. 14 Jun 1918 - d. 10 Oct 1984)
Row-48. Wife of Henry Bryant Dorsett. Double headstone. Footstone: Mother.
58. Dorsett, Henry Bryant   (b. 7 Mar 1915 - d. 20 Apr 1987)
Row-48. Husband of Fern H. Dorsett. PFC US Army WWII. Double headstone. Military footstone.
59. Dorsett, Infant Son   (b. 17 Apr 1919 - d. 17 Apr 1919)
Row-C-16. Infant son of Lalla Vett Dorsett. Flat.
60. Dorsett, John Daniel   (b. 5 Aug 1902 - d. 16 Jan 1987)
Row-XX.
61. Dorsett, John Dewey   (b. 8 Jul 1898 - d. 10 May 1987)
Row-B-7. Husband of Mary Minerva Jenkins Dorsett. Double headstone. Footstone: Dewey.
62. Dorsett, John Newlin   (b. 8 Oct 1879 - d. 20 Oct 1950)
Row-B-10. Son of William T. and Olivia N. Dorsett. Flat.
63. Dorsett, Lalla Vett   (b. 5 Nov 1913 - d. 20 Feb 1914)
Row-C-16. Flat.
64. Dorsett, Mary Ivey Dorsett   (b. 3 Apr 1875 - d. 12 Oct 1953)
Row-C-16. Wife of V. M. Dorsett, Sr. Family headstone. Information on footstone.
65. Dorsett, Mary Minerva Jenkins   (b. 7 Aug 1899 - d. 10 Mar 1989)
Row-B-7. Wife of John Dewey Dorsett. Double headstone. Footstone: Minerva.
66. Dorsett, Olivia Newlin   (b. 25 Dec 1849 - d. 30 Oct 1896)
Row-B-10. Wife of William T. Dorsett. Family headstone w/granite curbing. Information on footstone.
67. Dorsett, Robert Douglas "R.D."   (b. 18 Dec 1939 - d. 3 Dec 1996)
Row-47. SP 4 US Army Vietnam. Double headstone. Military footstone.
68. Dorsett, Shotwell   (b. 8 Sep 1882 - d. 6 Oct 1893)
Row-B-10. Son of William T. and Olivia N. Dorsett. Family headstone w/granite curbing. Footstone: Son.
69. Dorsett, Vet Mollette, Sr.   (b. 4 Mar 1876 - d. 28 Jan 1946)
Row-C-16. Husband of Mary Ivey Dorsett. Family headstone. Information on footstone.
70. Dorsett, William Taylor   (b. 16 May 1847 - d. 29 Feb 1936)
Row-B-10. Husband of Olivia N. Dorsett. Family headstone w/granite curbing. Information on footstone.
71. Dowd, Carrie Myrtle Womble Underwood   (b. 5 Mar 1900 - d. 28 Nov 1975)
Row-08. Married 4 times. Daughter of William Womble and Emily Campbell Womble. Information on footstone. Section AA-1 next to US 64.
72. Dowd, Mattie Ferne Jordan   (b. 25 Aug 1915 - d. 15 Aug 2000)
Row-XX.
73. Dowdy, Charles Lewis "Pick"   (b. 6 Jul 1941 - d. 27 Dec 2018)
Row-XX.
74. Dowling, Linda Kay Hinshaw   (b. 26 Oct 1946 - d. 25 Sep 1990)
Row-A-19. Hinshaw family headstone w/granite curbing.
75. Drum, Jacob Cannie "Jimmie"   (b. 23 Oct 1900 - d. 12 Oct 1957)
Row-C-38. Husband of Mildred A. Drum. "Our Father which art in Heaven". Double headstone. Footstone: Jimmie.
76. Drum, Jessie Cleo   (b. 20 Mar 1929 - d. 27 Aug 1929)
Row-C-38. Daughter of Jimmie C. and Mildred A. Drum. Small, with lamb. Durm on HS - next to DRUM as on parents stone next.
77. Drum, Mildred Adcock   (b. 4 Jul 1895 - d. 24 Jan 1981)
Row-C-38. Wife of Jimmie C. Drum. "Our Father which art in Heaven". Double headstone. Footstone: Mildred.
78. Dudd, Esther K.   (b. 19 Apr 1926 - d. 25 Mar 1990)
Row-45. Beloved Daughter of Paul and May. Mother of Kris, Paula and Teresa. "Meme". Darden family headstone. Information on footstone.
79. Dudek, Katherine Priscilla Ellis   (b. 25 Feb 1921 - d. 28 Jun 2005)
Row-XX.
80. Dudek, Rudolph Stanley   (b. 18 Apr 1919 - d. 6 Feb 2007)
Row-XX.
81. Duncan, Hettie McLaughlin   (b. 12 Mar 1902 - d. 26 Feb 1950)
Row-C-29. Wife of Victor M. Duncan. Family headstone. Information on footstone.
82. Duncan, Theodore Kay   (b. 1 Sep 1906 - d. 2 Jun 1993)
Row-C-28. "Absent in body, Home with The Lord". Flat.
83. Duncan, Victor Miles   (b. 3 Jun 1904 - d. 25 Nov 1970)
Row-C-29. Husband of Hettie McLaughlin Duncan. Family headstone. Information on footstone.
84. Duncan, Virgie Mary Magdalene Diamond   (b. 21 Oct 1907 - d. 21 Oct 1989)
Row-C-28. Daughter of John W. and Nannie Smith Diamond. "Home with her Lord". Flat.
85. Dunn, Annie Ruth Lopossay   (b. 28 May 1929 - d. 20 Apr 1973)
Row-C-35. "To know her was to love her". Footstone: Mother.
86. Dunn, Colie Elbert "Bud"   (b. 29 Aug 1926 - d. 25 May 2014)
Row-XX. Husband of Faye Cheek Dunn. Son of James B. Dunn and Rosa Oliver Dunn.
87. Durham, Hattie Geneva Kearns   (b. 1 Mar 1873 - d. 21 Mar 1968)
Row-C-2. Wife of William S. Durham. Family headstone. Information on footstone.
88. Durham, Hattie Kearns   (b. 24 Dec 1910 - d. 7 Jul 1911)
Row-C-2. Daughter of William S. and Hattie Kearns Durham. Family headstone. Information on footstone.
89. Durham, Hilda Edwards Carter   (b. 3 Oct 1909 - d. 8 May 1998)
Row-42. Wife of Wade Hadley Durham. Double headstone. Information on footstone.
90. Durham, Robert Aaron   (b. 24 Mar 1843 - d. 19 Feb 1919)
Row-C-2. Family headstone. Information on footstone.
91. Durham, Thomas C.   (b. 24 Dec 1910 - d. 25 Jun 1913)
Row-C-2. Son of William S. and Hattie Kearns Durham. Family headstone. Information on footstone.
92. Durham, Wade Hadley "Pete"   (b. 26 May 1907 - d. 9 May 1964)
Row-42. Husband of Hilda Carter Durham. Double headstone. Information on footstone.
93. Durham, William Sampson   (b. 10 Mar 1869 - d. 16 Aug 1943)
Row-C-2. Husband of Hattie Kearns Durham. Family headstone. Information on footstone.