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028    SLEDGE FAMILY

Location - off Horseman Drive in the Lake Royale Resort development.

Coordinates: 35d 57m 01.8s N; 78d 10m 59.5s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: in the Lake Royale Resort, turn right on first street after entering gate; go to Sagamore Drive and turn right; follow Sagamore Drive. Turn right off Sagamore Drive onto Horseman Drive. The cemetery is about 200 yards on the right around a curve just across from the first two houses. It is marked with a large wooden sign.

Surveyed by Bruce H. Woodard and updated in June 2011.

1. Debnam, Ida Sledge   (b. 1868 - d. 1899)
Wife of Baldy Edward Debnam. Daughter of Alfred A. Sledge and Mary Burgess Sledge.
2. Debnam, Mary Ida   (b. 8 Feb 1900 - d. Unknown)
Died early. No marker.
3. Harris, Gladys Marie Sledge   (b. 16 Jul 1913 - d. 30 Oct 1941)
Wife of Edward Harris. Daughter of John T and Sally Strickland Sledge. Grave moved to Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Wilson, NC, where her husband is buried.
4. Sledge, Alfred A.   (b. 2 Jul 1812 - d. 1904)
Husband of Mary Burgess Sledge. (concrete slab over grave)
5. Sledge, Eva Mae   (b. 23 Oct 1894 - d. 1901)
Daughter of John T and Sally Strickland Sledge
6. Sledge, John Turner   (b. 18 Jun 1865 - d. 7 Jun 1926)
Husband of Sally Strickland Sledge
7. Sledge, Mary Burgess   (b. 28 Aug 1821 - d. 1899)
Wife of Alfred A. Sledge. (concrete slab over grave)
8. Sledge, Sally Strickland   (b. 17 Feb 1870 - d. 17 Apr 1950)
Wife of John Turner Sledge
9. Sledge, Turner B.   (b. 1847 - d. 1865)
Grave marked with stones; wooden marker added in 2011.