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239 O'RORKE [Raleigh City Cemetery, Formerly Catholic Cemetery]
Location - between E. Lane St. and Pender St. where these streets intersect Tarboro Rd. in Raleigh; one block south of St. Augustine's College. The entrance to the cemetery is on Pender St. (Catholic Cemetery (O'Rorke, O'Rourke), 1101 Pender St., Raleigh, NC.)
Coordinates: 35d 46m 58.0s N; 78d 37m 18.0s W Click here for Online Maps
The smallest of three cemeteries owned and maintained by the city of Raleigh, this cemetery is listed in Wake County RE Data as Catholic Cemetery although it has become the property of the city of Raleigh and is known as the O'Rorke Cemetery. It is no longer in use as a cemetery and from all appearance looks like a grassy field with a few monuments in the fenced area consisting of .99 acres. Land for the cemetery was donated to the Catholic Church by John O'Rorke, an immigrant from Ireland, who came to Raleigh in 1820 where Catholicism had not been generally practiced. He was a benefactor to the first Catholic church built in Raleigh, the Church of St. John the Baptist, built on land owned by O'Rorke. The cemetery was establised in 1858, on land sold to the Catholic Church for $5.00, by Mr. O'Rorke, but fell into disuse when Oakwood Cemetery opened in 1869 and offered perpetual care. The cemetery was offered to the city of Raleigh as a "Potter's Field", for the burial of indigents in 1938. In 1979 it was renamed O'Rorke Cemetery to honor the founder, John O'Rorke, who is buried on the left side of the cemetery. The cemetery is maintained by Raleigh Parks and Recreation's Cemetery Division. Another view of the cemetery.
Records dating from 1937 were made available through the generosity of Mr. Danny Morgan, Park Operations Supervisor, Cemetery Division. Records prior to 1937 were destroyed in a fire. No birth dates or death dates are recorded, names of the deceased and their burial dates are given. Plot locations are noted.
NOTE: All death dates are actually burial dates, unless noted in the comments for each burial. Some additional burials and information provided by other sources including: "Miscellaneous Records, Cemetery Records, WPA Survey of pre-1914 Cemetery Inscriptions, Stanley-Wake County." Compiled by the "Historical Records Survey of North Carolina in 1940" by James H. McCullers. Re-surveyed in 1996 by Mary Alice Hale and Harriette Riggs. Reviewed and compared with the Supt. list obtained from Raleigh Parks and Recreation.
- Ackerman, Harry A. (b. - d. 22 Nov 1972)
Location: Space 8, back row.
- Adams, Flossie (b. - d. 25 Mar 1982)
- Allen, Juanita (b. 1923 - d. 10 Dec 1985)
Location: 219. "Faithful Hilltop Church Bus Rider"
- Alston, Bessie (b. - d. 13 Apr 1971)
Location: Space 27, 2nd row.
- Alston, Catherine (b. - d. 17 Jun 1980)
- Alston, Doris M. (b. - d. 3 Dec 1982)
- Alston, Willie (b. - d. 26 Jan 1971)
Location: Space 24, 2nd row.
- Anderson, Benjamin (b. - d. 9 Jan 1980)
- Anderson, William (b. - d. 27 Dec 1985)
- Anglin, Frank (b. - d. )
(pauper's section? no dates)
- Ashton, Phinnittie (b. - d. )
(pauper's section? no dates)
- Atkins, Billy D. (b. - d. 13 Nov 1973)
Location: Space 17, back row.
- Baby, (Unknown) (b. - d. 26 May 1968)
- Baines, (Baby Girl) (b. - d. 3 Mar 1983)
Location: 3rd from fence.
- Baker, David (b. - d. 9 Sep 1977)
- Baker, Robert E. (b. - d. 2 Dec 1985)
- Baldwin, Henrietta (b. - d. )
(pauper's section? no dates)
- Banks, Herman (b. - d. 10 Dec 1980)
- Barbee, Andens Ann (b. 18 Mar 1851 - d. 19 Nov 1858)
- Barfield, Alva (b. - d. 17 Oct 1983)
- Barrett, Demetries (b. - d. 7 Feb 1985)
- Barrow, Emma Jean (b. - d. 5 Mar 1981)
- Bass, Allie Marlin (b. - d. 9 Oct 1980)
- Bass, William Thomas (b. - d. 18 Mar 1972)
- BeBeau, Richard C. (b. - d. 30 Mar 1976)
- Been, Harold Douglas (b. - d. 4 Dec 1975)
- Bell, June (b. - d. 2 Jan 1985)
- Benton, Earl (b. - d. )
(pauper's section? no dates)
- Blalock, Viola (b. - d. 13 Apr 1979)
- Borrow, Emma Jean (b. - d. )
(pauper's section? no dates)
- Bough, Benton (b. - d. 5 Apr 1973)
Location: Space 12, back row.
- Bowles, William C. (b. - d. 7 Jul 1977)
- Boylan, Frank (b. - d. 15 Aug 1984)
- Bredwell, Willie Roy (b. - d. 7 Jun 1976)
- Brewer, Eva E. (b. - d. 14 Jun 1971)
- Brewington, Denise (b. - d. 7 Feb 1984)
- Brice, Theodore (b. - d. 29 Oct 1979)
- Bridges, Jessie (b. - d. 4 Feb 1977)
- Brown, Annie (b. - d. 4 Sep 1984)
- Brown, Gladys (b. - d. 16 Jul 1979)
- Bryan, Erma (b. - d. 24 Feb 1942)
Location: Pauper Space 2.
- Buck, William H. (b. - d. 1 Apr 1975)
- Bulter, Mary (b. - d. 19 Sep 1867)
(might be Butler) in Ireland
- Bunch, Joseph (b. - d. 17 Jan 1984)
- Bunch, Maryland (b. - d. 13 Apr 1982)
Location: 148. (may be Marland Burch)
- Burrell, Dave (b. - d. 14 Feb 1980)
- Campbell, Lazarus (b. - d. 7 Nov 1983)
- Campbell, Raymond (b. - d. 15 Nov 1982)
- Canady, Ashiya C. (b. - d. 18 Jan 1985)
- Capps, Lewis (b. - d. 10 Nov 1976)
- Cardell, William (b. - d. 3 Feb 1978)
- Casey Lot, Infant (b. - d. 7 Mar 1875)
- Casey Lot, Infant (b. - d. )
- Casey, Ellen (b. 17 Jan 1839 - d. 5 Oct 1900)
Wife of James Casey. Tipperary, Ireland
- Casey, James (b. 21 Feb 1831 - d. 20 Jul 1891)
Husband of Ellen Casey. Tipperary, Ireland
- Casey, William Edward (b. 15 Nov 1864 - d. 18 Jun 1865)
- Cavaness, Vera N. (b. - d. 17 Aug 1973)
- Chavis, Chuck (b. - d. 3 May 1972)
- Clagg, Louise (b. - d. 23 Oct 1984)
- Clagg, Sarah (b. - d. )
(pauper's section? no dates)
- Clark, Floyd (b. - d. 28 Apr 1982)
- Clay, Edward (b. - d. 22 Feb 1989)
- Clayton, Infant (b. - d. 15 Mar 1878)
son of J. and M.L. Clayton
- Coadie, Samuel (b. - d. 14 Nov 1978)
- Cobb, Monica (b. - d. 9 Apr 1985)
- Coleman, Marion (b. - d. 9 Apr 1985)
- Coleman, McRain (b. - d. )
(pauper's section? no dates)
- Collins, Jerry (b. - d. 13 Jun 1984)
- Cook, Ester (b. - d. 13 Sep 1985)
- Cook, Wilbur (b. - d. 6 Mar 1980)
- Cooper, Ina (b. - d. 11 Sep 1979)
- Covington, Catherine (b. - d. 6 May 1975)
- Covington, Martha (b. - d. 13 Apr 1981)
- Crosson, Lula S. (b. - d. 9 Aug 1974)
Location: Space 24, 2nd row.
- Davis, Albert (b. - d. 14 Jan 1981)
- Davis, Wilbert (b. - d. 18 Apr 1983)
- Davis, William Paul (b. - d. 3 Dec 1980)
- Debose, James (b. - d. 13 Oct 1983)
- Doyle, Edward J. (b. 28 Oct 1867 - d. 2 Nov 1877)
- Ducan, Prince (b. - d. 29 Mar 1978)
- Duffy, ?? (b. - d. )
- Dunn, Lena (b. - d. 2 Oct 1981)
- Dunston, Leroy (b. - d. 18 Jan 1973)
Location: Space 10, 1st row.
- Edwards, Bernice (b. - d. 12 Sep 1983)
- Emerson, Ruth W. (b. - d. 5 Apr 1971)
Location: Space 26, 2nd row.
- Emory, Marvin (b. - d. 24 Aug 1982)
- Evans, Celia (b. - d. 3 Jun 1983)
- Evans, Sam (b. - d. 11 Jul 1979)
- Fain, Josephine (b. - d. )
(pauper's section? no dates)
- Faircloth, Fannie (b. - d. 23 Feb 1984)
- Faircloth, Wesley (b. - d. 7 Feb 1975)
- Ferrell, Garland (b. Oct 1918 - d. 27 Jul 1983)
Location: 165. (also listed as Garland Farrell)
- Flecher, Winston (Fletcher?) (b. - d. )
(pauper's section? no dates)
- Flynn, John (b. - d. 15 Nov 1979)
- Ford, Ernestine (b. - d. 22 Mar 1982)
- Franklin, Anthony (b. - d. 15 Jan 1986)
- Frazier, Robert E. (b. 28 Apr 1921 - d. 18 Jan 1971)
Location: Space 25, 2nd row. (actual death date)
- Gains, Josephine (b. - d. 14 Sep 1972)
Location: Space 7, back row.
- Garrett, Nellie (b. - d. 6 Jan 1978)
- Gay, Warren (b. - d. 7 Sep 1983)
- Gill, Hattie (b. - d. 1 Mar 1974)
Location: Space 18, 2nd row, back c.
- Glenn, James R. (b. - d. 16 Jan 1978)
- Gray, Rev. Joe Henry (b. - d. 1 Mar 1985)
- Green, Joseph Duke (b. - d. 31 Mar 1977)
- Gregory, Agnes (b. - d. 17 Jan 1985)
- Gretchen, Hartge E. (b. - d. 22 Nov 1972)
Location: Space 9, back row.
- Griffin, Elizabeth (b. - d. 26 Dec 1979)
- Griffin, Herman (b. - d. 4 Mar 1981)
- Hall, Janet (b. - d. 12 Jul 1979)
- Hall, Luther (b. - d. 17 Jun 1977)
- Harris, Charles (b. - d. 13 Dec 1979)
- Harris, Charles H. (b. - d. 18 Dec 1980)
- Harris, Frank (b. - d. )
(pauper's section? no dates)
- Harris, George W. (b. - d. 25 Jul 1975)
- Harris, Indiana (b. - d. 12 Jul 1978)
- Harris, James (b. - d. 6 Apr 1984)
- Hawkins, Willie (b. - d. 2 Apr 1979)
- Hayes, Winnie (b. 3 Nov 1879 - d. 21 Feb 1888)
Infant of J.P. and M.A. Hayes
- Hickman, Charles (b. - d. 4 Mar 1986)
- Hines, Lillie B. (b. - d. 7 Jun 1971)
Location: Space 28, 2nd row.
- Hinton, Will (b. - d. 20 Mar 1981)
- Holiday, Henderson (b. - d. 12 Jan 1979)
- Holloway, Fred (b. - d. 23 May 1978)
- Holloway, Matthew (b. - d. 1 Feb 1985)
- Horton, (Baby) (b. - d. 5 Sep 1985)
- Howard, Annie (b. - d. 25 Mar 1977)
- Howard, Cora Lee (b. - d. 24 Aug 1967)
Location: Space 23, 2nd row.
- Howard, Lewis (b. - d. 9 Jul 1982)
- Howell, Eugene Bond (b. - d. )
- Howell, Fannie J. (b. - d. )
- Howell, Melinda (b. - d. )
- Howell, T.K. (b. - d. )
- Huff, Annie (b. - d. 2 Sep 1976)
- Hughes, Robert (b. - d. 27 Aug 1981)
- Hunter, Edward (b. - d. 20 Jan 1978)
- Iman, Shadi Mohammed (b. - d. 5 Sep 1984)
- Ingram, Mary B. (b. - d. 26 Nov 1980)
- Ivey, Ben (b. - d. 25 Apr 1980)
- Jackson, Charles (b. - d. 8 Feb 1978)
- Jacob, Susie (b. - d. 7 Aug 1972)
Location: Space 6, back row.
- Jacobs, Gusill (b. - d. )
(pauper's section? no dates)
- Jacobs, John (b. - d. 11 May 1982)
- Jeffries, John (b. - d. 14 Mar 1985)
- Jennings, Alonzo (b. - d. 15 Feb 1979)
- Johnson, Mary Lee (b. 26 Feb 1928 - d. 16 Sep 1985)
Location: 215. (actual death date)
- Johnson, Roosevelt (b. - d. 16 Jul 1974)
Location: Space 23, 2nd row.
- Johnson, Thomas (b. - d. 20 Feb 1945)
Location: Pauper Space 3.
- Johnston, Hilda (b. - d. 5 Aug 1977)
- Jolly, Franklin D. (b. - d. 25 Oct 1974)
- Jones, (Baby Boy) (b. - d. 14 May 1985)
- Jones, Jonathan (Baby) (b. - d. 15 Oct 1982)
- Jones, Luther (b. - d. 29 Sep 1966)
- Kastelhum, Mary (b. - d. )
(pauper's section? no dates)
- Kearney, Jessie (b. - d. 17 Dec 1984)
- Keene, Phyllis (b. - d. 10 Jan 1985)
- King, George (b. - d. 2 Mar 1949)
Location: Pauper Space 5.
- Kinsey, (Baby Girl) (b. - d. 20 Jul 1953)
Location: Pauper Space 8.
- Kutsis, Mary (b. - d. 14 Mar 1977)
- Langston, Anna (Baby) (b. - d. 31 Dec 1952)
- Lassiter, Letha (b. - d. 9 Sep 1977)
- Lassiter, Robert (b. - d. 16 May 1983)
- Leamon, Charles W. (b. - d. 4 Sep 1974)
- Leonard, Annie P. (b. - d. 24 Nov 1980)
- Lewis, Eddie (b. - d. 30 Oct 1978)
- Lewis, Joseph (b. - d. 18 Sep 1975)
- Lewis, Mary Frances (b. - d. 30 Jan 1967)
- Lord, Clarence (b. - d. 28 Oct 1985)
- Love, Christine (b. - d. 13 Nov 1985)
- Lowe, Christopher (b. - d. 30 Aug 1984)
- Lucas, Horace (b. - d. 15 Jul 1981)
- Lucas, Linwood (b. - d. 30 Dec 1983)
- Lucken, Harry B. (b. - d. 4 Apr 1977)
- Lunsford, Willie (b. - d. )
(pauper's section? no dates)
- Marley, James (b. - d. 12 Apr 1968)
- Marshall, Bennie (b. - d. 14 Nov 1977)
- Martin, Edna (b. - d. 19 Aug 1980)
- Martin, Jennie (b. - d. 20 Mar 1984)
- Maske, Ted (b. - d. )
(pauper's section? no dates)
- Matthews, Rudisill (b. - d. 19 Apr 1973)
Location: Space 13, back row.
- McBride, James (b. - d. 2 Feb 1983)
- McGill, Ruth (b. - d. 1 Apr 1957)
Location: Cathedral Space 4.
- McLaughlin, (Baby Boy) (b. - d. 20 May 1985)
- McLendon, Henry (b. - d. 18 Jan 1973)
Location: Space 11, 1st row.
- McNeil, Bernice (b. - d. 30 Jan 1975)
- Meredith, Mica (b. - d. 20 Aug 1982)
- Merritt, Lumas (b. - d. 14 Mar 1978)
- Miller, Clawson (b. - d. 2 Mar 1982)
- Miller, Hoye (b. - d. 10 Mar 1980)
- Mills, Edith (b. - d. 25 May 1984)
- Monahue, Eli (b. - d. 4 Feb 1985)
- Montague, (Baby Boy) (b. - d. 28 Feb 1986)
- Moore, Albert (b. - d. 3 Jun 1982)
- Moore, Moses C. (b. - d. 2 Jan 1981)
- Moore, Sharon (Baby) (b. 1983 - d. 2 Sep 1983)
Location: Fence. (Lightner FH)
- Morgan, Helen (b. - d. 14 Dec 1979)
- Morgan, John (b. - d. 27 Oct 1977)
- Murphy, Paul (b. - d. 10 Sep 1979)
- Murry, Paul (b. - d. )
(pauper's section? no dates)
- Myatt, Minnie (b. 1860 - d. 18 Apr 1951)
Location: Space 8. Wife of George A. Myatt.
- Norton, Earl (b. - d. 7 Feb 1977)
- O'Neal, Maycon (b. - d. 7 Feb 1961)
Location: Pauper Space 13.
- O'Neal, Vernon Jim (b. - d. 7 Nov 1962)
- O'Rorke, John (b. 1788 - d. 12 Mar 1867)
- Olive, Leslie Lee (b. - d. 14 Feb 1977)
- Page, Willie (b. - d. 20 Nov 1981)
- Parker, George (b. - d. 14 Sep 1981)
- Patterson, Frank (b. - d. 24 Mar 1977)
- Patterson, Kenlowe (b. - d. 29 Jun 1983)
- Perry, Annette (Baby) (b. - d. 7 Jan 1943)
Location: Pauper Space 2.
- Perry, Francis (b. - d. 24 Apr 1979)
- Perry, Q.C. (b. - d. 24 Jan 1985)
- Phillips, Mary E. (b. - d. 1 Nov 1960)
- Pierce, Donald Ray (b. - d. 4 Sep 1979)
- Pittman, Sacred (b. - d. 20 Aug 1980)
- Plavec, Jonathan (Baby) (b. - d. 26 Apr 1957)
- Plumadore, Mary Gertrude (b. 7 Jun 1874 - d. 27 Sep 1874)
- Plumadore, Mary Louisa (b. 22 Oct 1871 - d. 25 Oct 1871)
daughter of N. and C. Plumadore
- Poole, Josephine (b. - d. 22 Sep 1983)
- Prendergast, M.A. (b. - d. 5 Nov 1875)
- Price, Joe Nathan (b. - d. 25 Sep 1973)
Location: Space 16, back row.
- Pruitt, Ashley (b. - d. 25 Jul 1975)
- Pullion, George (b. - d. 30 Dec 1983)
- Quiller, Freddie (b. - d. 16 Nov 1983)
- Ravenal, Allen (b. - d. 30 Aug 1973)
Location: Space 15, back row.
- Reddick, W.F. (b. - d. 14 Apr 1942)
- Reed, Jessie (b. - d. 11 Jan 1980)
- Ribeiro, Walter (b. - d. 7 Jul 1980)
- Rice, Addie (b. - d. 4 Aug 1980)
- Rich, Fannie Adams (b. - d. 20 Nov 1949)
Location: Pauper Space 6.
- Riddick, Helen Johnson (b. - d. 13 Mar 1967)
- Riddick, Willis I. (b. - d. 28 Feb 1871)
- Rogers, Arthur (b. - d. 14 Aug 1984)
- Rogers, Bud (b. - d. 28 Sep 1941)
Location: Pauper Space 1.
- Rolen, William (b. - d. 22 Feb 1982)
- Rose, William A. or L. (b. 24 Aug 1872 - d. 11 Nov 1962)
Location: Space 1. (listed as William Ross),(actual death date)
- Royster, Reddick (b. - d. 13 May 1985)
- Rudisill, Matthew (b. - d. )
(pauper's section? no dates)
- Rutland, James (b. - d. )
(pauper's section? no dates)
- Sanders, Roger (b. - d. 21 Apr 1978)
- Sawyer, John (b. - d. 13 Jul 1950)
Location: Pauper Space 7.
- Sawyer, Willie (b. - d. 30 Jan 1975)
- Sherman, Bertha N. (b. - d. 7 Sep 1977)
- Sikes, William (b. - d. )
(pauper's section? no dates)
- Sims, Will (b. - d. 20 Aug 1985)
- Singleton, Judson (b. - d. 1 Dec 1966)
- Smith, Clarence (b. - d. 29 Mar 1985)
- Smith, John (Pinkney) (b. - d. 12 Jun 1981)
- Spence, Margaret (b. - d. 5 Dec 1977)
- Spuren, Stephen (b. - d. 23 May 1979)
- Starlings, Elizabeth (b. - d. 21 Apr 1983)
- Stover, Watson H. (b. - d. 12 Mar 1974)
Location: Space 20, 2nd row.
- Stroud, Elisha (b. - d. 4 Dec 1979)
- Sullivan, Jimmy Lee (b. - d. 24 May 1977)
- Talmachoff, Boris (b. - d. 11 Apr 1979)
- Tankersley, James (b. - d. 16 Mar 1982)
- Taylor, Alvin (b. - d. 30 Nov 1981)
- Taylor, Edward (b. - d. 4 Sep 1981)
- Taylor, Jessie (b. - d. 20 Jun 1978)
- Taylor, Mannie (b. - d. 11 Mar 1985)
- Taylor, Mary (b. - d. 30 Dec 1981)
- Telson, Arnold (b. - d. 30 Oct 1975)
- Terrell, Sean (Baby) (b. - d. 22 Nov 1983)
- Thomas, George (b. - d. 2 Jan 1980)
- Thomas, James (b. - d. 8 Jan 1985)
- Thomas, Lena (b. - d. 28 Jan 1985)
- Tighe, John (b. - d. 26 Dec 1871)
- Trusedale, Izell (b. - d. 21 Feb 1984)
- Turner, Berlener (b. - d. 4 Dec 1980)
- Tyson, John (b. - d. 29 Apr 1981)
- Unknown, (b. - d. 4 Jun 1968)
- Unknown, (b. - d. 2 Dec 1955)
- Walker, Donald (b. - d. 24 Jun 1982)
- Wall, David Michael (b. 9 Jan 1961 - d. 20 Jul 1983)
Location: 164. (actual death date) "Always loved, never forgotten"
- Washington, Mary (b. - d. 27 Oct 1982)
- Watkins, Marshal (b. - d. 19 Aug 1976)
- Weaver, Julius (b. - d. 15 Mar 1954)
- Weller, (Baby) (b. - d. 13 Jul 1984)
- West, (Baby) (b. - d. 12 Dec 1941)
Location: Pauper Space 1.
- White, Charlie (b. - d. 6 May 1981)
- White, Jessie Jewell (b. - d. 22 Jan 1986)
- White, John (b. - d. 4 Jan 1985)
- White, Maynard (b. - d. 1 Jul 1981)
- Wiggins, Distiny (b. - d. 16 Jan 1984)
- Williams, Alice (b. - d. 22 Oct 1984)
- Williams, Arthur (b. - d. 15 Aug 1979)
- Williams, J. B. (b. - d. )
(pauper's section? no dates)
- Williams, Mary Jane (b. - d. 14 Mar 1984)
- Williams, Tony (b. - d. 18 Nov 1985)
- Willis, Louise (b. - d. 8 Feb 1979)
- Wilson, Al John (b. - d. 8 Jan 1979)
- Wilson, Annie (b. - d. 11 Nov 1979)
- Wilson, Johnny L. (b. - d. 22 Apr 1974)
Location: Space 22, 2nd row.
- Wilson, Margaret (b. - d. 22 Jan 1946)
Location: Pauper Space 4.
- Winston, Bernard (b. - d. 6 Jul 1984)
- Wood, Bernice McCray (b. - d. 16 Dec 1965)
- Wood, Truly (b. - d. 6 Aug 1979)
- Worthingham, Roselle (b. - d. )
- Wright, Annie (b. - d. 12 Jan 1978)
- Zguro, (Baby) (b. - d. 28 Jan 1977)
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