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075    WEST CHAPEL HILL CEMETERY - (CA. 1949)

Location - At the corner of Village Drive and Jay Street in Chapel Hill. Owned and maintained by the Town of Chapel Hill.

Coordinates: 35d 55m 13.0s N; 79d 04m 05.0s W Click here for Google maps

This cemetery was in the past referred to as the Lewis Hackney Memorial Cemetery or the Carrboro Black Cemetery.

Survey - This cemetery was surveyed In March, 1975. Some stones from the 1970s survey may no longer be in place.

Graves, Marked - There were 44 marked graves.

Graves, Unmarked - There were 7 unmarked graves (probably more).

1. -----, -----   (b. 1962 - d. 1964)
(Date of Death Questionable)
2. Alston, Gus   (b. 7 May 1908 - d. 8 Feb 1968)
Georgia Tec 5 Co F 1323 Engr Regt World War II
3. Alston, James T   (b. 15 May 1919 - d. 24 Apr 1958)
Pfc Us Army World War II
4. Atwater, Carrie   (b. 14 Mar 1889 - d. 28 Mar 1959)
5. Atwater, Charlie   (b. 1893 - d. 1966)
6. Atwater, Nello   (b. 7 Oct 1914 - d. 3 Oct 1957)
7. Atwater, Roy   (b. 17 Dec 1892 - d. 31 Jan 1955)
Pvt Co B 423 Res Labor Bn QMC, World War I
8. Baldwin, Girls   (b. 1960 - d. 1964)
9. Barbee, Gladys Augusta   (b. 1 Jan 1914 - d. 23 Jun 1969)
10. Barbee, Willis Edward, Jr.   (b. 18 Feb 1932 - d. 29 Oct 1950)
'He was the sunshine of our home'. (Football and Trumpet engraved on stone)
11. Brewer, Luther   (b. 1913 - d. 1968)
12. Brown, J C   (b. 1923 - d. 1967)
13. Campbel, Lillie   (b. 1931 - d. 1966)
14. Clark, Etta S   (b. 16 May 1888 - d. 27 Dec 1958)
Footstone: E.S.C.
15. Cobb, James   (b. 22 Sep 1891 - d. 29 Oct 1949)
Cpl 411 Service Bn Qmc World War I
16. Cox, Roberta Byrd   (b. 1899 - d. 1954)
'Mother'
17. Craig, Denna Cotton   (b. 26 Dec 1880 - d. 4 Dec 1949)
'At Rest'. Footstone: 'Mother'
18. Edwards, Walter C   (b. 13 Nov 1889 - d. 6 Feb 1954)
Footstone: W.C.E.
19. Fearrington, Fannie   (b. 1899 - d. 20 Sep 1952)
'Mother', 'Her memory doth live'. Footstone: F.F.
20. Hargraves, Darnell   (b. 22 Oct 1896 - d. 19 Aug 1953)
Cook Sup Co 365 Infantry World War I
21. Hargraves, Dorsey   (b. - d. 22 May 1961)
Aged 66 Yrs. Footstone: 'Father'
22. Mayes, Annie C   (b. 22 Apr 1906 - d. 13 Aug 1956)
Wife of J R Mayes Footstone: A.C.M.
23. McCellan, Stephan   (b. 1910 - d. 1967)
24. McCullough, Mary   (b. 1866 - d. 1951)
25. Merritt, Etta S   (b. 27 Feb 1916 - d. 13 Aug 1950)
Footstone: E.S.M.
26. Miller, Carrie S   (b. 2 Feb 1879 - d. 31 May 1951)
Footstone: 'Mother'
27. Milliken, Patricia   (b. 1947 - d. 1964)
28. Neville, James   (b. 27 Oct 1890 - d. 6 Feb 1955)
29. Neville, Nellie   (b. 1892 - d. 1959)
Footstone: N.N.
30. Peace, Bessie T   (b. 15 Feb 1884 - d. 26 Dec 1961)
(Wife of John Benton Peace) 'Mother' Footstone: B.T.P.
31. Peace, Ernest Leander   (b. 2 Jul 1926 - d. 20 Jun 1959)
Son (Of John Benton and Bessie T Peace) Sgt 91 Air Rflg Sq Af A/2c Us Air Force Bombardment Wing World War II Footstone: E.L.P.
32. Peace, John Benton   (b. 22 Apr 1871 - d. 6 Nov 1953)
'Father' Footstone: J.B.P.
33. Perry, Fannie Rogers   (b. 18 Jun 1870 - d. 4 Aug 1953)
Wife of Alfred N Perry Footstone: 'Mother'
34. Perry, Raymond A   (b. 24 May 1939 - d. 17 Oct 1963)
Son of Raymond L and Mary B Perry. Footstone: R.A.P.
35. Roberson, Jaculine Carol   (b. 6 Dec 1960 - d. 20 Apr 1961)
Daughter of Marie Roberson
36. Smith, Brantley H   (b. 14 Mar 1905 - d. 5 Oct 1955)
Footstone: B.H.S.
37. Snipes, Robert L   (b. 1916 - d. 1965)
38. Thompson, Willie   (b. 1891 - d. 1964)
(Name And Dates Scratched In Cement)
39. Trice, Lillie Jones   (b. Aug 1882 - d. 9 Sep 1961)
'Mother'
40. Webster, Lillian H   (b. 1881 - d. 13 Nov 1960)
(Wife of Willie W Webster) Aged 70 (?) Yrs. Footstone: 'Mother'
41. Webster, Willie W   (b. 1882 - d. 1958)
Footstone: 'Father'
42. Williams, Lucille   (b. 24 Jan 1919 - d. 15 Apr 1953)
(Letters Scratched In Concrete)
43. Williams, Mae F   (b. 31 Dec 1938 - d. 12 Dec 1950)
(Letters Scratched In Concrete) (surname Could Be 'William')
44. Williams, Rosevelt   (b. 15 Feb 1924 - d. 4 Apr 1965)
Footstone: 'Son'
45. Winston, Ernest   (b. 10 Oct 1914 - d. 16 Oct 1961)
Tec 5 Us Army World War II
46. Young, Gladys   (b. 1917 - d. 1964)