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305    WATKINS FAMILY

Location - on Stells Rd in the Wake Crossroads community.

Coordinates: 35d 53m 08.5s N; 78d 29m 35.3s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: From 540 take 401 exit North to a right [heading East] onto Mitchell Mill Rd. Past the Wake Crossroads intersection, bear left onto Louisbury Rd [not Louisburg Rd.] Make a right onto Stells Rd almost to it's end. Cemetery is on the right.

The cemetery is outlined by old stones on an embankment. There are numerous fieldstones that probably mark many unknown burials.

Surveyed and photographed by Mrs. Deborah Scott Spencer with assistance from Preston Wright on 20 February 2010.

1. Faison, Ector Edwin   (b. 29 Mar 1879 - d. 5 Dec 1944)
Husband of Eula Watkins Faison. Footstone: Father. (dates from death records)
2. Faison, Eula Watkins   (b. 17 Mar 1894 - d. 22 Sep 1949)
Wife of Ector Edwin Faison. Footstone: Mother. [maiden name = Watkins per Preston Wright]. (dates from death records)
3. Hagwood, Herman C.   (b. 6 Sep 1908 - d. 27 Jan 1975)
Husband of Bessie Davis Hagwood. "Beloved Husband". "Rest In Peace"
4. Medlin, E. Howard   (b. 21 Jan 1927 - d. 30 Mar 1998)
Husband of Ethel Watkins Medlin
5. Medlin, Ethel Watkins   (b. 4 Jun 1924 - d. 21 Oct 2002)
Wife of E. Howard Medlin [maiden name = Watkins per Preston Wright]
6. Perry, Ruby Watkins   (b. 12 Jul 1918 - d. 11 Jun 1940)
"Our Mama". (Per death certificate, her full name was Ruby Neva Watkins Perry, daughter of A.J. Watkins and Annie E. Stell. She died at Mary Elizabeth Hospital of toxemia while pregnant.)
7. Watkins, A. Raymond   (b. 10 Jul 1898 - d. 14 Sep 1971)
8. Watkins, Almond "Jack"   (b. 17 Jun 1913 - d. 10 May 1969)
9. Watkins, Andrew J.   (b. 1866 - d. 1944)
Husband of Annie E. Watkins
10. Watkins, Annie E.   (b. 24 Sep 1873 - d. 29 Oct 1944)
Wife of Andrew J. Watkins. (Per death certificate, she is the daughter of Wesley Stell and Mary E. Peebles. Dates: b. 24 Sep 1873, d. 29 Oct 1944.)
11. Watkins, Arthur Lee   (b. 22 Sep 1928 - d. 9 Mar 1931)
Shared burial plot outlined in field stones
12. Watkins, Betty Lou   (b. 30 Mar 1944 - d. 30 Mar 1944)
Shared burial plot outlined in field stones
13. Watkins, Carrie "Bea"   (b. 16 Nov 1949 - d. 15 Apr 1996)
14. Watkins, David Norris   (b. 1930 - d. 2008)
(Funeral Home marker)
15. Watkins, George "Buck"   (b. 16 Jan 1926 - d. 29 Nov 1984)
16. Watkins, Livian Florence   (b. 30 Aug 1930 - d. 23 May 1933)
Shared burial plot outlined in field stones
17. Watkins, Louis Elbert   (b. 6 Jun 1937 - d. 19 Mar 1938)
Shared burial plot outlined in field stones
18. Watkins, Nellie H.   (b. 26 Apr 1904 - d. 3 Sep 1986)
Wife of W. Marvin Watkins
19. Watkins, Norris "Hog"   (b. 1 Feb 1930 - d. 15 Jan 2008)
20. Watkins, W. Marvin   (b. 21 Jan 1902 - d. 11 Apr 1984)
Husband of Nellie H. Watkins
21. Watkins, W. Milton   (b. 11 Dec 1922 - d. 29 Nov 1986)
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