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027    CHAMPION - CAWTHORNE FAMILY

Location - off SR-1151 (Soul City Blvd) at the old Reavis homeplace before the railroad crossing. GPS location approximate.

Coordinates: 36d 25m 13.4s N; 78d 16m 05.2s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: From Warrenton courthouse on N Main St, travel 0.2 mile and turn left onto Ridgeway St and Hwy 158 W Bus/401 N. Travel 4.1 miles to Norlina and turn left onto Hwy 1 S/158 W. Travel 4.5 miles and turn left onto SR 1151 (Soul City Blvd). Travel 0.2 to the site of the old Reavis homeplace on the right in the woods before the railroad crossing.

The abandoned cemetery could not be found in 2004. A Department of Transportation employee said the highway was constructed as to preserve the cemetery. In a conversation with Mrs. Margaret Champion Kimball in 1992, she said the Champion Cemetery is near the site of the old Reavis house near Manson and Soul City. The house is no longer standing. Race-White.

1. Cawthorne, Betsy   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Wife of James S Cawthorne
2. Cawthorne, James S   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Husband of Betsy Cawthorne
3. Champion, Duke   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
4. Champion, Ida Capps   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
5. Champion, Infant Son   (b. 19 Mar 1938 - d. 19 Mar 1938)
Child of Willis Duke Champion and Josephine Joyner Champion
6. Champion, Jim   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Brother of John.
7. Champion, John   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
8. Champion, Mary Evans   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)