Dorsey C Ward Cemetery

Chowan County North Carolina

Surveyed by Diane Siniard
June 2009


The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the Dorsey C Ward Cemetery in Chowan County, NC.

Location: 244 Sign Pine Rd



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    GPS Coordinates:
    36° 17.332 N
    76° 37.241 W

    The epitaphs are as follows:



    MM Josephine S Ward 1928-1998 MM Leland Pat Ward 1919-1988 Triple Stone Ward Susan Gray Sep 24 1949 NOD Vivian Webb May 8 1916 Feb 17 1984 James F "Capp" Oct 22 1908 Dec 1 1985 Double Stone Ward Mary B Nov 30 1946 NOD Married Mar 19 1967 C Dorsey Mar 27 1945 May 25 1994 Clarence "Chuck" D Ward Jr Oct 23 1968 Dec 6 1986 Calvin Parks Jan 3 1852 Jul 26 1931 Harriett E Parks Jun 13 1865 Jul 18 1949 Mary Parks Kane Jun 10 1910 Sep 24 1979 Sallie Parks Davis May 12 1900 Jun 24 1969 William T Davis Aug 29 1888 Aug 24 1942 Mary Lee Craft 1913-1958 Donnie Edla Ward Daughter of Constance H & James D Ward Sep 29 1912 Mar 29 2001 James Dorsey Ward Husband of Constance Cortez Hobbs Oct 30 1883 Jun 8 1968 Constance Cortez Hobbs Wife of J D Ward Oct 30 1883 Jun 11 1946 MM Vivian Webb Ward 1916-1984 Elton Claxton Ward May 31 1916 Feb 13 1967 Mary Elizabeth L Ward Oct 30 1919 Sep 5 1995 Dorsey McIver Spivey May 20 1899 Sep 12 1923 Still Born Child of Mr & Mrs W H Spivey NOI Still Born Child of Mr & Mrs W H Spivey NOI William Henry Spivey Jun 4 1853 Jan 9 1918 Cornelia Ward Wife of William Henry Spivey Sep 25 1874 Feb 11 1942 William Henry Spivey Jr Mar 16 1911 Mar 3 1971 W D & H E Perry Baby Dec 3 1919 Still Born Eula V Perry Jan 29 1899 Oct 18 1912 Curtis J Perry Son of W D & H E Perry Jan18 1907 Oct 21 1910 Infant Son of W D & H E Perry Feb 1906 Still Born Can't read day, stone almost impossible to read Infant Daughter of W D & H E Perry Jun 18 1893 Still Born Double Stone Perry William D 1871-1947 Harriet Ward 1870-1930 Joel S Perry Oct 11 1877 Oct 8 1881 Coston N Perry Sep 7 1881 Sep 29 1881 Elizabeth V Perry Oct 18 1852 Sep 7 1881 Double Stone Ward Raymond M Mar 4 1918 Sep 28 1964 Gertrude B Sep 7 1914 NOD Lessie Bunch Ward Nov 11 1900 Apr 28 1994 Clayton M Ward North Carolina Pvt Btry E 2 Regt FA Rept Draft World War I Feb 1 1898 Feb 12 1960 Double Stone Ward Charles B Aug 15 1937 Jul 16 1970 Margaret A Apr 17 1940 NOD Arizona Spruill Oct 13 1861 Oct 13 1928 Lloyd Ward Aug 20 1891 Oct 25 1916 Bonnie Irene Ward Jun 1 1885 Nov 21 1907 Sarah Welch Sep 2 1830 Jul 22 1908 John W Baker Jul 7 1881 Jul 26 1976 Dorsey C Ward Died Oct 29 1889 Age 82 years Annie Dora Ward Born Jan 24 1872 Age 7 years Penney Ward Born 1876 Age 32 years Wooden Marker Propped against tree NOI Ferma Marvin Ward 1914-1950 Victoria Parks Ward Mar 12 1885 Jul 17 1976 Caleb W Ward 1880-1949 Luecrety Ward Jul 8 1842 Dec 13 1920 Pvt Anderson S Ward Co F 11 NC Inf CSA 1842-1889


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