Gatesville Municipal Cemetery

At intersection of High and Court Streets

(Partial Listing)


GODWIN

Adolphus Pilston Godwin, Son of Henry Dolphus and Levenia Jones Godwin,
Born Hertford Co., NC Sept. 28, 1877. LL.B. Degree Wake Forest College,
1900. Admitted to NC Bar Herford Co., Superior Court, Fall term 1900. Entered
Practice Gates County 1900. First Cashier, Board Member and acting President
Tarheel Bank and Trust Co. Mayor, Gateville, NC. Senator 1907-09. Major
Assistant Judge Advocate General NC Staff Gov. W.M. Kitchen. Solicitor Gates Co.
Criminal Court 1931-32; Judge 1932-44. President 1st NC District Bar. Democrat.
Methodist. Died Jan. 16, 1956. Wife, Mabel Clair Hayes, Sons, A. Pilston Jr., Walter
Hayes, Francis Marne, Edward Redden, Phillip Pittman Godwin.

GODWIN

Adolphus Pilston Godwin, Jr., Lawyer, Born October 6, 1912, Married Mildred Vann,
Daughter of Joseph Newsome and Agnes Wooten Vann, August 10, 1940. Children:
Adolphus Pilston III, and Gretchen Vann Godwin MacNair. Admitted to the NC
Bar 1937. Special Agent F.B.I. 1942-1945. Member NC Senate 1953, 55, 56. NC
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles 1965-67. NC Superior Court Judge 1967-82.
Resident of Gatesville, NC 1912-1965. Resided in Raleigh, NC 1965 until death
October 25, 1993

Godwin

A. Pilston Godwin Jr.
Oct. 6, 1912
Oct. 25, 1993

Mildred Vann Godwin
Oct. 31, 1915

Godwin

A.P. Godwin
Sept. 28, 1877
Jan. 16, 1956

Mabel H. Godwin
July 15, 1892
July 18, 1963

Frances N. Godwin
Apr. 30, 1919
Sept. 30, 1974

Phillip P. Godwin
Nov. 27, 1924
Dec. 12, 2001
Wake Forest College, BA 1953:JD 1956
NC House of Rep. 1961-1971 Speaker 1971-1973
NC Senate 1973-1974
Husband-Father-Lawyer-Friend

Anita Freeman Godwin
Nov. 5, 1927
Sept. 3, 1997
Wife of Phillip P. Godwin
Wife-Mother-Teacher-Friend

Cross

John Gatling
1864-1932

Virginia Riddick
1882-1967

Alfred Walton Cross
Apr. 19, 1916
Aug. 9, 1985

Edgar Cross
Nov. 8, 1867
Oct. 24, 1955

Lizzie Walton
Wife of Edward Cross
May 15, 1881
May 16, 1947

John B. Walton
1854-1923

Sallie Norfleet Walton
1841-1915

Patrick H. Hayes
1875-1933

Hayes

Robert W.
1862-1939

Retta C.
1875-1944

John C. Cross Jr.
1929-2003

Mrs. Nannie B. Cross
Born Dec. 20, 1841
Died Sept. 23, 1901

In Memory of
Thomas E. Cross
Born Dec. 9, 1826
Died Dec. 12-1908
"Blessed is the man that walked not in the steps
of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners,
nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful, but it's delight is in
the law of the lord and in his law doth he meditate day and night"

Mrs. Mary H. Cross
Born Aug. 29, 1843
Died Oct. 24, 1885
"Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord."

William C. Norfleet
1904-1905

Blackwell B. Powell
June 16, 1916
May 12, 1988

Jean Brown Powell
Oct. 24, 1923
Feb. 12, 1979

Rev. Thom. L. Brown
1868-1941

Carrie H. Brown
1887-1971

Hofler

Lula C.
1861-1935

James H.
1852-1914

Charles E. Hayes
June 6, 1877
Mar. 27, 1908

"Bow"
B.R. Hayes
Born June 6, 1871
Died Mar. 10, 1907

Essie Hayes Costen
1878-1901

Walter R. Hayes
1859-1925

Annie E. Hayes
Oct. 22, 1867
Oct. 9, 1909

Wills

Dr. Elbert Vaughan Wills
May 5, 1887
Sept. 6, 1955

Helen Norfleet Wills
June 23, 1890
Dec. 24, 1969

Julia Hayes Norfleet
Wife of Charles B. Norfleet
And Thier Little Daughter
Ruby Norfleet
1869-1895
1895-1898

Caroline G. Hayes
1838-1888

Hayes
Thomas E. Hayes
Born 1885
Died Oct. 1891
-
Venie S.
His Wife
Born June 23, 1855
Died Mar. 20, 1901

James B. Norfleet
NC
PVT US Army
World War I
April 10, 1888
Sept. 24, 1865

Linda W. Beamon
1942-2001

Laura Kay Beamon
1968-1968

Earle L. Riddick
May 14, 1922
June 15, 1924
"Gone but not forgotten"

John Riddick Eure Jr.
US Coast Guard
World War II
Jan 18, 1922
March 12, 2001

Mary Ann Beamon Eure
Beloved Wife & Mother
July 8, 1928

Hofler

C.W. Hofler
Sept. 29, 1835
Sept. 29, 1911
"Faith hope and charity
Soldier in the Civil War
2nd NC Cav Co. C"

Martha E. Hofler
June 16, 1829
July 1, 1911
"Sleep thy last sleep free from
care and sorrow, rest where none
weep till the eternal morrow"

Irma Simpson
Sept. 21, 1886
July 17, 1907
"Not lost to love, not lost to memory,
but gone to our heavenly home above"

Hofler

Sallie A. Hofler
1863-1943

Lycurgus Hofler
1858-1934

Riddick

James Roy
Dec 31, 1921
Feb. 13, 2000

Amaryllis L.
Jan. 30, 1928

(On same stone as above)
Steven P.
Aug. 22, 1956

Riddick

James A.
June 26, 1887
Jan. 28, 1971
"Father"

Nina S.
May 5, 1892
Sept. 1, 1981
"Mother"

Waverly Clifton Riddick
Feb. 20, 1917
Dec. 31, 2000

Roy E. Selvey
May 25, 1958
June 4, 1995

Horace V. Beamon
1898-1985

Essie B. Beamon
1908-1991

Greene

William Clyde Greene
Aug. 15, 1901
Feb. 13, 1978

Aldine O'Neil W. Greene
Oct. 28, 1894
Apr. 4, 1986

Winn

Clarence A.
March 30, 1923
Feb. 20, 1999
Clarence Aubrey Winn
Tec 4 US Army
World War II
March 30, 1923
Feb. 20, 1999

Evelyn H.
Jan. 12, 1928
June 23, 1977

Married Aug. 2, 1947

Harrell

Moses Thomas
Apr. 27, 1908
Jan. 13, 1982

Marjorie Greene
Feb. 21, 1917
Nov. 16, 1984

Ema P. Greene
Jan. 22, 1880
April 30, 1963

William L. Greene
May 11, 1874
Mar. 31, 1947

Mills L. Riddick
March 24, 1884
Jan. 8, 1959

Claudia Riddick
Sept. 2, 1893
Sept. 7, 1950

Willis J. Riddick
Feb. 6, 1887
Nov. 23, 1945

Florine Riddick
Aug. 18, 1882
May 30, 1966

Parker

John L. Parker
Sept. 6, 1875
May 17, 1946

Sue E. Parker
Sept. 30, 1877
Sept. 26, 1961

Parker

"Mother"
Julia Anne
Oct. 8, 1972
Jan. 16, 1919

"Father"
Charlie Alfred
July 19, 1867
June 10, 1954

"Mother"
Mary R. Riddick
1861-1917

James H. Parker
June 22, 1870
Nov. 23, 1944

Ida Riddick Parker
Born March 27, 1869
Died July 6, 1913

Edward Hofler
1919-1920

Gordon Hofler
1923-1927

Hofler

James Luther
Son of James H. & Lula Hayes Hofler
1883-1944

Annie Brown
Daughter of William H. & Isabella Brown
1887-1955

Ralph Hayes Hofler
1918-1983

Ellis

Gerald D.
Sept. 15, 1892
Mar. 25, 1937

Sallie R.
July 7, 1890
Jan. 22, 1919

William Henry Brown
1848-1922

Isabella Brown
1857-1926

Young

Caroline Hofler
Daughter of James L. & Annie B. Hofler
August 8, 1913
Dec. 17, 1995

Gorman Pierce
Son of James C. and Pearl B. Young
November 22, 1912

Eure

Alvin Carter
Mar. 4, 1933
Feb. 5, 2000

Bessie Jernigan
June 25, 1935

The following are transcriptions by James Baines for the Gatesville Cemetery

Baines David
1-Mar-1920
5-Jul-1921
son of: John D./Mamie S. Baines

Baines Dorothy
7-Feb-1927
spouse Thos M. Horner (son of Wm Mck. Horner)

Baines Elizabeth
1-Oct-1914
9-Oct-1918
dau of: John D./Mamie S. Baines

Baines Erma
7 Feb 1888
26-Aug-1958
spouse: John Lewis Hofler

Baines Freddie Jerome
9-Apr-1900
6-Feb-1972

Baines Horace B.
1891-1973
spouse Ida Eason Baines

Baines Horace Marion
5-Apr-1926
12-Apr-1979
"Pete"
spouse Mildred Sykes

Baines Ida Eason
1898-1988
spouse Horace B. Baines

Baines Infant
30-Nov-1932
son of: John D./Mamie S. Baines

Baines John D.
Jul 3, 1885
6-Jul-1969
spouse Mamie S. Baines

Hofler John Lewis
Jun 22,1886
20-Apr-1959
spouse Erma Baines Hofler

Baines Kader Elliott
Apr 25,1857
18-Mar-1933
spouse Kate Lawrence Baines

Baines Kate Lawrence
Jul 22,1865
22-Nov-1934
spouse Kader Elliott Baines

Baines Mamie Story
Mar 20,1889
18-Jan-1959
spouse John D. Baines

Baines Mildred Sykes
8-Sep-1925

Baines Myrtle Rountree
24-Mar-1901
29-Jul-1976
spouse Shirley C. Baines

Baines Shirley Clinton
Aug 24,1894
6-Sep-1970
spouse Myrtle R. Baines

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