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Jones, Turner, Booker, Adams, Stewart Cemetery
Wake County, North Carolina

Sunset Lake Rd.
Holly Springs NC

Lat: 35°39'19"N, Lon: 78°47'26"W

Contributed by Shirley Olson, Mar 11, 2002 [shirley32olson@yahoo.com]. Total records = 43.

From the beltline (Hwy 440, US 1, and Hwy 64W) head west to the Apex (Hwy 55) exit on US 1, (Williams St. ). Turn left at the light, going towards Holly Springs and Fuquay-Varina. Go about 2 1/2 miles to a light and a left turn on to Holly Springs Rd. (SR 1152). About 1 1/2 miles up the road turn right onto Sunset Lake Rd., (SR 1301) and go about 1/2 mile to the cemetery on the right side of the road just past the entrance to Sunset Ridge Subdivision, Kenmont Dr.

Not too long ago this was a rural neighborhood with a few African American homeowners, all long time residents. The land was virtually untouched by change. Sunset Lake was the location of a hunting club, and it was an area of great natural beauty.

Relentless growth in Wake Co. caught up with this overlooked part of the county a few years ago and the construction of a country club and other expensive neighborhoods has changed this place forever. Newly paved roads, sewer lines, schools and shopping centers have sprouted all around the cemetery which sits on the frontage of beautiful meadow. Way in the back of this property there is another smaller cemetery.

Transcribed from tombstones by Shirley & Gordon Olson on Mar 08, 2002.

- Shirley Olson

Adams, Arthur C., b. 17 Nov 1917, d. 15 Apr 1993
Adams, Elnora F., b. 10 Mar 1927, d. 1 Oct 2000
Adams, Flora T., b. 5 Mar 1919, d. 28 Sep 1999
Adams, George Herbert Hoover, b. 21 Aug 1928, d. 17 Dec 1974
Adams, James S., b. 4 Nov 1926, d. ????
Adams, Linwood C., b. 1958, d. 1995
Adams, Pearl Lena, b. 22 Mar 1897, d. 22 Feb 1961
Booker, Elijah, b. 1964, d. 2002 (Trice Fun. Home)
Booker, Ethel Jones, b. 12 Aug 1908, d. 5 Dec 1997
Booker, Ida M., b. 15 Aug 1927, d. 26 Oct 2000
Booker, Ida Watson, b. 10 Jun 1894, d. 28 May 1986," Mother"
Booker, Kater Brown (KB), b. 6 Jul 1910, d. 18 Jan 1998
Colvin, Olean, b. 24 May 1921, d. 22 Oct 1990
Colvin, Otis, b. 2 May 1918, d. 28 Mar 1997
DeBoise, Earnest Lee, b. 1990, d.1990 (Seagraves Fun. Home)
Garrett, Frances Booker, b. 25 Jan 1920, d. 26 Nov 1988
Garrett, John, b. 1914, d. 2001
Jackson, Samuel, b. 1902, d. 2002 (Chappell Fun. Home)
Johnson, Margarete A., b. 13 Jul 1948, d. 3 Nov 1988
Johnson, Mozelle E., b. 13 May 1957, d. 18 Jan 1993
Jones, Eunice T., b. 11 Nov 1904, d. 13 Jan 1971
Jones, Ricky, b. 1959, d. 2001 ( Trice Fun. Home)
Jones, Rufus, Hezekiah, b. 9 Nov 1925, d. 4 Jul 1973, NC Cpl USMC WW2
Jones, Walter, b. 13 Jul 1899, d. 15 Jun 1947
Laws, Stella Mae Jones, b. 13 Nov 1895, d. 29 Feb 1988
McKethan, Evelyn Turner, b. 5 Mar 1905, d. 6 Mar 1997
McKethan, Frank, b. 15 Mar 1926, d. ????
McKinnie, Elouise Laws, b. 4 Aug 1926, d. 4 Aug 1993
McKinnie, Samuel, b. 10 Mar 1924, d. ????
Norris, James Earl, b. 1925, d. 2002 (Trice Fun. Home)
Phillips, Beulah, b. 27 Jul 1901, d. ????
Phillips, Rev. Walter, b. 5 Aug 1902, d. 28 Sep 1987
Staton, Glossie, b. 1908, d. 1996 (Trice Fun. Home)
Stewart, Antwan D., b. 1983, d. 4 mos. ( Seagraves Fun. Home)
Stewart, Charles R., b. 1938, d. 2001 (Seagraves Fun. Home)
Stewart, Miss Ernestine, b. 1944, d. 1983 (Seagraves Fun. Home)
Stewart, Mrs. Inez Turner, b. 27 June 1922, d. 20 Oct 1975
Turner Johnny F., b. 1913, d. 1990
Turner, Charles E., b. 1968, d. 1993 (Prince Fun. Home)
Turner, Hubert, b. 3 Mar 1907, d. 15 Oct 1974
Turner, Margaret, b. 1921, d. 1993 (Prince Fun. Home)
Turner, Mary Raines, b. 15 Apr 1907, d. 29 Jun 1991
Turner, W.A., b. 1 Nov 1894, d. 11 Oct 1918

Misc:
Sunken stone, carved cross visible
Some unmarked graves
Where there was a readable funeral home marker and no tombstone I have given the name of the funeral home. There are additional graves with either no marker or an unreadable marker.