C. A. Williams Cemetery

Sampson County, NC

Surveyed by Sharon Dover Romanek April 2004




The following is a complete listing of the tombstones in the C. A. Williams Cemetery in Sampson County, NC.

Location Going east from the Fayetteville area of North Carolina on Highway 24(Clinton Road) to Autryville, NC, take Autryville Road left. You will have a cemetery on your right at this intersection, and a church on the left ahead of you. To the right this same street is known as Church Street. Go 4.3 miles. Turn left on Leroy Autry Road; go about a 1.2 mile and turn left between some houses. There is no marker pointing the way to the cemetery, but any neighbor in the area will know of the location of the cemetery. You will wind back in on a dirt road to the cemetery, which is surrounded by farming fields and woods.



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    The epitaphs are as follows:



    
    
    David N. Faircloth
    Husband of 
    Linda Faye Williams
    Jul 12 1946
    Dec 31 1990
    
    
    
    Double Stone
    Williams
    J. Dewitt
    Mar 18 1894
    Nov 20 1975
    US Army WWI  
    Minnie Mae
    Mar 3 1907
    Apr 17 1991
    Maiden name Edge
    Dau of 
    Nancy Ray Edge & Leonard Edge
    
    
    Donald Dewitt Williams
    Son of 
    John & Minnie
    Jul 2 1930
    Mar 21 2004
    Husband of 
    Mildred McCombs Williams
    Father of 
    Donald Gene
    
    Levy Doyle Williams
    Oct 25 1941
    Jun 2 1962
    1501 Trans. Sq. AF 
    Son of 
    Minnie John  Dewitt & Minnie Williams
    Drowned while  in AF in California
    
    Walter Bailey Williams
    Born & Died
    Oct 23 1943
    Son of 
    Minnie & Dewitt Williams
    
    Dennis Ray "Plug" Williams
    Apr 19 1945
    Oct 9 1974
    U.S. Army
    Son of 
    John Dewitt & Minnie
    Husband Of 
    Alice Fletcher Williams
    
    Donald Gene Williams
    Sep 7 1959
    Jul 7 1997
    Son of 
    Donald & Mildred McCombs Williams
    
    Jeffrey Vernon Faircloth
    Aug 1 1982
    Oct 14 1995
    Son of 
    Alda Faircloth
    
    
    Double Marker
    Faircloth
    G. Vernon
    Jun 30 1924
    Sep 11 1984
    Christelle S
    Apr 7 1927
    Nov 20 1996
    Married April 1947
    
    Infant Faircloth
    Born & Died
    Dec 5 1952
    Son of Vernon & Christelle
    
    Double Marker
    Faircloth
    Marion
    May 28 1905
    Dec 30 1980
    Son of 
    George & Repsie Williams Hall
    Callie Hall
    Sep 24 1904   May 15 1974
    Dau of
    John & Margaret Willis Hall
    
    Nova Kermit Faircloth
    Son of Marion & Callie
    Oct 24 1926
    May 25 1928
    
    
    
    Williams, Repsie Williams       Dec. 9, 1881    Aug. 7, 1952    (Wife of George Faircloth
    								    Dau of Charles & Susan
    								    Williams Williams)
    
    
    Hall Infant                     b. & d.         1961            (Son of Mr. & Mrs. James 
    								      R. Hall) 
    
    
    Horne, Berry Marvin             Apr. 17, 1907   Mar. 13, 1963   (died of tuberculosis.
    								    Husband of Ella. Son of
    								    D.G. Horne & M. A. 
    								    Unknown)
    
    
    Horne, Ella W.                  Sept. 1, 1905   Jan 13, 1998    (Ella was wife of Berry 
    								    Horne, sister of John 
     								    Dewitt, daughter of 
    								    Evander & Rosa Lane 
     								    Williams)
    
    
    
    Horne, Marvin Jr.               Dec. 8, 1934    Oct. 26, 1953   (Son of  Berry &
                                                                     Ella Horne. Killed In an auto accident)
    
    
    Williams, Evander               Dec. 5, 1864    May 16, 1923    (Great-grandfather of
    								    Submitter-husband of
    							            Rosa Lane Williams, son
    								    Of Reddin William and 
    							            Rosa Lane Williams. 
    								    Father of John Dewitt
    								    Williams) 
    
    
    Williams, Rosa Lane             Sept. 25, 1870  July 15, 1953   (Wife of Evander Williams
    								    Dau of Willie Lane & 
    								    Isabelle Sessoms Lane)
    
    
    Williams, Carl B.               1929            1973		    (Husband of Bobbie) 
    
    
    Williams, Bobbie Dean Honeycutt Mar 17, 1933    Apr. 3, 1958     (Wife of Carl B.)
                                                                    
    
    Beal, Ida Williams              Oct. 23, 1883   June 27, 1943     (Wife of C.W. Beal
    								      Daughter of Charles
    								      & Susan Williams  
    								      Williams) 
    
    
    These two are side by side and share one headstone
    Williams, Julia P.              May 14, 1902    May 21, 1902
    Williams, Rosa M.               May 14, 1902    May 25, 1902    Daughters of Ida
    
    
    Double Marker
    Williams, Susan Anner           May 19, 1857    Oct. 22, 1929   (Wife of Charlie A.
    								    Dau of William & 
    							            Rebecca Autry Williams) 
    Williams, Charlie A.            Feb 1, 1860     Oct. 29, 1915   (Husband of Susan. Son 
    								    of Reddin & Nancy  
    								    Faircloth Williams)
    
    
    Williams, Suley Lee             Sept. 22,1885   Dec 4, 1920      (Daughter of Charles &
    								    Susan Williams Williams)
    
    
    Double Marker
    Williams, Viola Mae             1906            1958             (Wife of J. Frank.
     								     Dau of John Edge
    								     & Minnie West Edge)
    Williams, J. Frank              1890            1962		    (Husband of Viola. Son
    								     Of Charles & Susan 
    								     Williams Williams)
    
    Double Marker
    Williams, Obie Alvin            Dec. 19, 1927   July 25, 1980   Military Marker-PFC US 
       								     ARMY-WWII-Husband of
    								    Sallie. Son of John &
    								    Viola Edge Williams
    Williams, Sallie H.             Oct. 25, 1929   August 25, 2002  (Wife of Obie-Dau 0f Lee & Nancy Mathis
    								     Herring)
    
    
    Double Marker
    Williams, Jessie James          Feb 17, 1896    Feb 15, 1973    (Husband of Carrie
    								    Son of Charles & 
    							            Susan Williams Williams	
    Williams, Carrie Horne          March 27, 1896  Jan 6, 1973     (Wife of Jessie. Dau of
    								    Enoch & Mary Strickland
    								     Horne)
    								   Married Feb. 20, 1916)
    
    
    Sessoms, Sallie F.              Nov. 17, 1934   May 9, 1968
    
    
    Williams, Ira Gladys            May 22, 1915    Feb. 2, 1940    (Wife of Fleet L.Sessoms)
    
    
    Double Marker
    Williams, Vinnie E.             Aug 15, 1895    Mar. 12, 1970   (Wife of George. 
    								    Daughter of M. Isiah
    							            & Hariette Hall Ezell)
    Williams, George W.             June 21, 1893   Sept 8, 1958    (Husband of Vinnie. 
    							            Son of Charles &
    								    Susan)
    
    
    Williams, Harvey A.             June 12, 1922   Dec. 28, 1978   (Husband of Margaret B.
    								    Son of George & Vinnie
    								     Ezell Williams)
    
    Double Marker
    Faircloth, Void                 March 3, 1920    Aug 22, 1997     (Husband of Emily)
    Faircloth, Emily W.             Nov. 22, 1919   May 21, 1992     (Wife of Void.
    								     Dau of George &
                     						     Vinnie Ezell Williams
    						                    Married November 18,
    								     1944)
    
    
    Faircloth, Jimmie V.            Aug 28, 1947    Jan 21, 1948      (Son of Void & Emily)
    
    
    Double Marker
    Williams, Winifred Scott        May 27, 1929    June 30, 1978      (Son of Jessie & Carrie Horn Williams. 
                                                                Husband of Lettie. CPL US Army Korea) 
    Williams, Lettie Lou            Feb 1, 1933                        (Wife of Winifred
    								       Living) 
    							              Married February 24,
       									1951
    
    
    Double Stone
    Wallace, George Vernon          Dec.16,1921     Oct. 12, 2000      (Husband of Cletha)
    Williams, Cletha                May 9, 1920     Nov.  5, 2003      (Wife of George. Dau
     								       of Jessie & Carrie)
    								      (Married June 14, 1950)
    
    
    Williams, Novah Lee		  Jan. 29,1933    Feb. 14, 1933       Son of Paul & Jincie
    									Faircloth Williams
    
    
    Williams, Roy Clifton
    April 29,1934
    July 20, 1936
    Son of Paul & Jincie Faircloth Williams
    
    
    

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