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Spraggins Family Cemetery
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| This well-kept cemetery is located in the side yard of a home with the address of 725 Spraggins Rd. (Route 742), approx. 0.7 miles east of Elam Rd. (Route 644). At least 7 other graves are here marked only with fieldstones or old cinder blocks. It is highly probable there are many more graves here. |
| Latitude: | 36º 33' 41.6" N (36.561556) |
| Longitude: | 77º 55' 45.1" W (-77.929194) |
| Transcribed: | 2008 |
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According to Civil War Soldiers from Brunswick County, Virginia, Pvt. Marston G. Spraggins and his wife, Louisa J. (-) Spraggins, are buried here. Although this book and the county road map spells the name Spraggins, all but one stone here for this family shows Spragins, CWS f BCV, p. 519. |
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| Lilly M. Spragins | 2 Jun 1918 — | 13 Apr 1919 | |
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| SPRAGINS | |
| Dora D. Spragins | 13 Dec 1883 — | 22 Sep 1967 | |
| Stith B. Spragins | 26 Feb 1877 — | 19 Dec 1949 | |
| Stith Bolling Spraggins married Daisy Wray, apparently identical to Dora D., CWS f BCV, pp. 519, 630. |
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| Ollie Wray Durgan | 4 Jan 1874 — | 24 Sep 1974 | |
| Olive V. Wray, sister of Daisy, married first John Davis Lynch and second, Billy Durgan, CWS f BCV, p. 630. |
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| Sidney Earl Spragins | 19 Oct 1929 — | 13 Feb 1930 | Infant son of
Suthie E. & Lola D. Spragins |
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| William Carlton Spragins | 11 Feb 1931 — | 4 May 1934 | Infant son of
Suthie E. & Lola D. Spragins |
| Suthie Spraggins was a son of Stith and Daisy Spraggins, CWS f BCV, p. 519. |
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| Sharon Denise Jones | 12 Oct 1973 — | 14 Oct 1973 | |
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Edward L. & Dorothy J. Jones
Nov 1, 1950 |
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| Dorothy J. Jones | 12 Mar 1922 — | 29 Dec 2006 | |
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| James H. Carter | 30 Mar 1929 — | 1 May 1998 | |
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| SPRAGGINS | |
| William K. Spraggins | 11 Apr 1879 — | 12 Aug 1947 | |
| Nannie B. Spraggins | 11 Jan 1883 — | 7 Nov 1966 | |
| William King Spraggins, CWS f BCV, p. 519. |
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| Bessie Mae Carter | 19 Jul 1905 — | 21 Mar 1954 | |
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| Leroy Carter | 15 Mar 1942 — | 16 Jun 1954 | |
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| STARKE | |
| James M. Starke | 6 Dec 1867 — | 11 Nov 1939 | |
| Lillie P. Starke | 7 Nov 1879 — | 7 Nov 1915 | Our devoted parents |
| James M. starke married Lilly P. Wray, CWS f BCV, pp. 525-26. |
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| Louisa S. Starke | | | |
| This is presumably Louisa Satterwhite, widow of Pvt. Rufus H. Starke. Although they are reported to be buried on the farm where they lived in south Brunswick County, near Elams, North Carolina, conversations with two citizens who knew the old Starke farm well said they were aware of no cemeteries there. Since Rufus' daughter-in-law Lillie P. Starke was buried in 1915 in the Spragins Cemetery, about 0.5 mi. from the Starke home, it is likely Rufus, who died in 1904, is nearby. Indeed, a sunken fieldstone indicates a very old grave next to Louisa, CWS f BCV, p. 525. |
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| Rufus A. Starke | 10 Aug 1901 — | 29 Oct 1969 | |
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| WRAY | |
| Alexandria N. Wray | — | 30 Jul 1928 | |
| Analiza T. Wray | — | 6 Jun 1938 | |
| Alexander Neville Wray and Ann Eliza Taylor were parents of Olive, Lilly, and Daisy Wray who are buried here, CWS f BCV, pp. 519, 547, 630. |
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| JONES | |
| William Bryant Jones | 13 Oct 1898 — | 23 Jun 1942 | |
| Louisa Spragins Jones | 27 Sep 1901 — | 3 Aug 1999 | |
| Louise Spraggins married William Bryant Jones, CWS f BCV, p. 519. |
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| | | Infant son of
Mr. & Mrs. W.B. Jones
July 21, 1935 |
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| LYNCH | |
| Charlie Daniel Lynch | 8 Jul 1922 — | 1 Jun 1997 | Charlie Daniel Lynch
U S Army
World War II
July 8, 1922 - June 1, 1997
Silver Star
Purple Heart |
| Ruth Edwards Lynch | 19 May 1923 — | | Ruth Edwards Lynch
May 19, 1923 |
Both Charlie and Ruth have flat footstones and Charlie's is a government-issued military marker.
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| LEWIS | |
| Ralph W. Lewis | 4 Nov 1939 — | | |
| Sharon E. Lewis | 17 Jun 1942 — | | |
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© Copyright John W. Pritchett
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