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1012    WALNUT GROVE CEMETERY (Walls Cemetery) [African-American]

      Location - beside JR Road west of the JR Cigar Outlet stores.

      Coordinates: 35d 31m 00.1s N; 78d 17m 34.7s W Click here for Online Maps

      Directions: from the intersection of Interstate 95 and Hwy 70, take the road which goes up to the JR Cigar Outlet. Continue west on JR Rd around the curve and the cemetery is on the left beside the road.

      View #2 in the cemetery. View #3 in the cemetery. View #4 in the cemetery.
      View #5 in the cemetery. View #6 in the cemetery.

      It is a fairly large cemetery with many dozens of graves. The cemetery was cleaned up by the Rosewood JROTC in 2015 and many burials were identified.
      Thanks to Selma Mayor Pro-Tem Jacqueline Lacy for championing this improvement and keeping the records of found burials.


  1. Battle, Clinton   (b. 11 Sep 1911 - d. 5 Jun 1956)
  2. Battle, Frances P. Barnes   (b. Jun 1879 - d. 14 Jul 1939)
        3. Wife of Richard Battle. Daughter of Henry Barnes and Mary Artice Barnes.
  3. Battle, James E.   (b. 20 Apr 1933 - d. 3 Apr 1955)
        4. PFC US Army, 16th Infantry Regiment.
  4. Battle, W. Glenn   (b. 15 Sep 1912 - d. 28 Mar 1943)
  5. Bell, Aaron   (b. 1861 - d. 1946)
  6. Bell, Arthur   (b. 1897 - d. 1966)
        7. Husband of Maggie Bell.
  7. Bell, Maggie   (b. 1898 - d. 5 Sep 1943)
        8. Wife of Aaron Bell.
  8. Buffalow, Napoleon   (b. 20 May 1918 - d. 12 Jun 1948)
        9. T-Sgt US Army, 79th Sig Heavy Construction, WW-II.
  9. Chancey, Robert G.   (b. 22 Jun 1924 - d. 5 Dec 1952)
        10. NC PFC US Army, 3225 QM Service Company, WW-II.
  10. Coley, Dicey T.   (b. Unknown - d. 1965)
        11. God's finger touched her and she slept.
  11. Coley, Isaac Eugene   (b. 28 Dec 1881 - d. 25 Mar 1976)
  12. Coley, Laney S.   (b. 1879 - d. 1958)
        13. Blessed are the dead that die in the lord.
  13. Curtis, Mollie   (b. 10 Feb 1893 - d. 15 Dec 1961)
  14. Ellis, Griffin E. (Rev.)   (b. 1892 - d. 8 Feb 1932)
  15. Everett, Johnnie   (b. 1897 - d. 1949)
        16. Not my will, but Thine be done.
  16. Hasting, Roberta Archie   (b. 23 Feb 1908 - d. 11 May 1964)
  17. Hobbs, Maggie C. Scott   (b. 15 Aug 1904 - d. 21 Nov 1960)
        18. Wife of Daniel Hobbs. Daughter of Frank Scott and Rose Plower Scott.
  18. Holloman, B. J.   (b. 5 Oct 1893 - d. 13 Oct 1973)
        19. Husband of Love W. Holloman.
  19. Holloman, Irving B.   (b. 19 Feb 1917 - d. 1 May 1981)
        20. Father.
  20. Holloman, James Edward   (b. 26 Jul 1926 - d. 24 Dec 1951)
        21. NC STM-1 US Navy Reserves.
  21. Holloman, Lovie W.   (b. 11 Nov 1898 - d. 1 Jun 1967)
        22. Wife of B.J. Holloman.
  22. Holmes, Earl Hall   (b. 1928 - d. 5 Sep 2005)
        23. Husband of Willa van Aalten Holmes. Son of Charles E. Holmes and Anna H. Holmes. Earl Hall Holmes, age 77, of Smithfield, died on Monday, September 5, 2005 at his home. A memorial service will be held Saturday, September 10 at 3 p.m. in the chapel of Parrish Funeral Home in Selma. Surviving are his wife, Willa van Aalten Holmes; four sons, Douglas H. Holmes and wife, Debbie of Forest, VA, Kenneth E. Holmes and wife, Jennifer of Columbus, NC, Jeffrey A. Holmes of Rustburg, VA, and Steven C. Holmes and wife, Tammy of Lynchburg, VA; three stepchildren, Jacqueline M. Upchurch of Dunn, Michael R. Cobb and wife, Michelle of Raleigh, and Edward A. Cobb of Syracuse, NY; 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; one brother, John Holmes of Cazenovia, NY; three sisters, Clara Lites of Ocracoke, NC, Barbara Gwynn of Delphi, NY, and Dorothy Grandaw of Canton, NY; and many nieces and nephews.
  23. Horton, Missouri   (b. 9 Feb 1906 - d. 24 Jan 1956)
        24. In my Father's house are many mansion.
  24. Jakes, James M.   (b. 22 Oct 1919 - d. 7 Aug 1964)
  25. Jakes, Sally   (b. 10 Oct 1878 - d. 18 Sep 1954)
  26. Lane, Howard Stephen   (b. 1927 - d. 1980)
        27. Son of Stephen Howard Lane and Emma Delia Toler Lane. Cpl. US Air Force.
  27. Lane, Stephen Howard   (b. 16 Jun 1895 - d. 6 Sep 1975)
        28. Husband of Emma Delia Toler Lane.
  28. Lewis, Marie   (b. 30 Jul 1914 - d. 4 Apr 1941)
        29. Daughter of M.N. Lewis and Millie A. Wall Lewis.
  29. Lewis, Millie A. Wall   (b. 28 May 1892 - d. 26 Sep 1944)
        30. Wife of M.N. Lewis. Daughter of Allen Walls and Diana Turner Wall.
  30. O'Neal, Ella Johnston   (b. 1866 - d. 1954)
        31. Daughter of Sylvia Johnston.
  31. Richardson, Paul F.   (b. 3 Apr 1913 - d. 24 Dec 1956)
        32. At Rest.
  32. Ricks, Johnie R.   (b. 14 Aug 1905 - d. 19 Feb 1931)
        33. Son of A.T. Ricks and Elmia Ricks.
  33. Ricks, Thoman (Rev.)   (b. 7 Nov 1869 - d. 2 Feb 1932)
        34. Father of Minnie B. Ricks Morgan and Walon Ricks.
  34. Singletary, Sam   (b. 8 Apr 1894 - d. 3 Jan 1963)
  35. Smith, Almon Floyd   (b. 19 Feb 1904 - d. 11 Dec 1961)
        36. Husband of Selina M. Smith. My beloved husband, farewell.
  36. Smith, Frederick Douglas   (b. 12 Jun 1933 - d. 5 Jan 1968)
        37. NC A2C US Air Force.
  37. Smith, Selina M.   (b. 11 Oct 1904 - d. 2 Feb 1954)
        38. Wife of Almon Floyd Smith. She hath
  38. Vinson, Birdie Jakes   (b. 30 Nov 1899 - d. 14 Jan 1958)
        39. Daughter of Landy Jakes.
  39. Wall, Allen   (b. May 1852 - d. 4 Dec 1917)
        40. Husband of Dianna Mesie Turner Wall (1862-1920). Son of Isaac Wall and Charity Wall.
  40. Wall, Dianna Mesia Turner   (b. Jan 1862 - d. 19 Jun 1920)
        41. Wife of Allen Wall. Daughter of Richard Turner and Adeline Turner.
  41. Wall, King H.   (b. Feb 1885 - d. Sep 1950)
        42. Husband of Georgia Graham Wall.
  42. Wall, Quinton C.   (b. 30 Aug 1886 - d. 24 Nov 1967)
        43. God Took Him.


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