Search North Carolina Death Records

•  North Carolina Newspapers, Full Search (1775-1993), 203 titles
•  North Carolina Obituary Search, (1988-current)
•  North Carolina Funeral Notices

Tweetsie Railroad Cemetery
Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina

Lat: 36° 10' 16"N, Lon: 81° 38' 54"W

Contributed by Carl W Dykes, Nov 06, 2006 [cwdykes@charter.net]. Total records = 110.

Tweetsie Railroad Cemetery is located at the Tweetsie Railroad Amusement Park on U.S. Highway 321 about 3.5 miles south of Boone and north of Blowing Rock. It is on the west side of the highway across from the Middle Fork Church.

The cemetery is a prominent part of the park. The park closes seasonally at the end of October, however there are some functions within the park which continue and there are usually employees nearby.

The cemetery is in excellent condition and is well maintained. The amusement park is privately owned. It would be difficult to separate the history of the park from that of the cemetery. The park can be contacted at 1-828-264-9061.

There were a few stones which were deceased children that I could not read to any certainty, otherwise, this is complete.

This cemetery may have had another name but I have been unable to determine what that name might have been.

I completed reading and transcribing this cemetery from all existing and legible headstones and markers on Oct 30, 2006.

- Carl W Dykes

Ashley, Amy Lynn, b. Nov 7, 1951, d. Mar 18, 1952
Ashley, Bessie Nelson, b. Jan 23, 1904, d. Jan 8, 1993, w/o Spencer F.
Ashley, Bynum, b. 1910, d. 1914
Ashley, Dean L., b. 1901, d. 1948
Ashley, Ellen Cook, b. Aug 19, 1925, d. Apr 4, 1996
Ashley, Fred M., b. 1925, d. 1945, Memorial Stone, U.S. Army, WWII, KIA
Ashley, Infant, b. Feb 4, 1953, d. Feb 4, 1853
Ashley, James Carey, b. 1868, d. 1955
Ashley, John T., b. 1864, d. 1946
Ashley, Joseph H., b. 1903, d. 1959
Ashley, Martha Hampton, b. 1876, d. 1940, w/o James Carey
Ashley, Mary S., b. 1879, d. 1942, w/o John T.
Ashley, Neil Sylvester, b. Jun 9, 1920, d. Nov 1, 1973, U. S. Navy Reserves, WWII
Ashley, Ray G., b. 1915, d. 1942
Ashley, Roger W., b. Aug 19, 1896, d. Apr 7, 1960
Ashley, Ronnie Neil, b. Apr 9, 1955, d. Nov 9, 1955
Ashley, Sarah Brown, b. 1840, d. 1913, w/o Benjamin
Ashley, Spencer F., b. 1903, d. 1951
Ashley, Stephen Carter, b. May 21, 1944, d. Feb 7, 1995, USAF, Vietnam
Ashley, Suma Miller, b. 1909, d. 1927, w/o Joseph H.
Ashley, Wesley, d. Rev., b. May 30, 1883, d. Oct 21, 1950, "Psalms 19:14"
Ashley, William F., b. 1911, d. 1932
Ashley, Zadie Mae, b. May 29, 1920, d. May 30, 1920
Berry, Anita Jean, b. Nov 16, 1960, d. Nov 16, 1960
Brown, Bobby, b. May 11, 1935, d. Oct 27, 1955
Brown, Emily, b. Jul 1, 1863, d. Jul 13, 1941
Brown, Hannah, b. Mar 11, 1838, d. Feb 4, 1922, w/o J. M.
Brown, J. M., b. Mar 26, 1835, d. Mar 15, 1909
Brown, Martha Caroline, b. Jul 17, 1885, d. Sep 23, 1979
Carlton, Margaret S., b. May 15, 1848, d. Feb 9, 1923, sis/o of Mary Elizabeth Carlton Greer
Church, Clinard, b. 1894, d. 1956
Church, Florence M., b. 1895 d.1969, w/o Clinard
Clark, Billie Hollifield, b. 1922 d.
Coffey, Adolphus J., b. Sep 24, 1928, d. May 22, 1961
Coffey, Flora B., d. Mar 1, 1901, age: 18y 11m 2d
Coffey, Francis, b. 1944, d. 1945
Coffey, H. Clinton, b. Jul 27, 1880, d. Feb 19, 1933
Coffey, James M., b. Apr 1860, d. Feb 23, 1924
Coffey, James Newland, b. Oct 4, 1904, d. Jul 14, 1962
Coffey, Jesse Calton, b. Apr 21, 1821, d. Aug 28, 1904
Coffey, Joe, b. Jun 20, 1943, d. Jun 1, 1963
Coffey, M. M., b. Mar 15, 1886, d. Dec 18, 1950
Coffey, Margaret Jeanette, b. May 20, 1952, d. Dec 23, 1953
Coffey, Mary L., b. Nov 12, 1859, d. Mar 3, 1924, w/o James M.
Coffey, Mary Nelson, b. Apr 27, 1892, d. Feb 15, 1968, w/o M. M.
Coffey, Milton Leroy, b. Jul 10, 1900, d. Oct 25, 1970
Coffey, Nancy Raines, b. Sep 30, 1822, d. Jan 14, 1899, w/o Jesse Calton
Coffey, Nealie Bertha, b. Jun 2, 1902, d. Jun 15, 1987, w/o James Newland
Coffey, Roby C., b. Jun 13, 1920, d. Jul 4, 1989
Coffey, Rose Green, b. Apr 3, 1911, d. Jul 23, 1944
Coffey, Ruth C., b. Aug 22, 1924, d. Jan 26, 2003, w/o Roby C.
Coffey, Velma Penley, b. Dec 17, 1901, d. Oct 26, 1969, w/o Milton Leroy
Coffey, Viola T., b. Apr 12, 1891, d. July 19, 1961, w/o H. Clinton
Elrod, Edward M., b. Aug 11, 1890 b. Sep 6, 1955
Elrod, Josie Nelson, b. Aug 3, 1888, d. Jul 5, 1981, w/o Edward M.
Gragg, Nomie, b. Jul 1, 1885, d. Jul 18, 1913
Greene, Chanie, b. Dec 9, 1867, d. Aug 29, 1961, w/o Waitstel
Greene, Fred E., b. Jun 23, 1903, d. Jan 7, 1975, w/o Lloyd F.
Greene, Lloyd F., b. Sep 19, 1890, d. Jan 6, 1963
Greene, Waitstel, b. Jul 1, 1852, d. Nov 13, 1930
Greer, Mary Elizabeth Carlton, b. Mar 23, 1857, d. Mar 11, 1935, w/o Thomas Franklin
Greer, Thomas Franklin, b. Oct 10, 1851, d. Mar 25, 1945
Hodges, Clarence L., b. Mar 29, 1917, d. Oct 6, 1917, s/o Larkin P.
Hodges, Larkin P., b. 1880, d. 1961
Hodges, Lillian Ashley, b. 1900, d. 1946, w/o Larkin P.
Hodges, Sarah Carolina, b. Sep 3, 1976, d. Jan 24, 1950
Hollifield, Bessie, b. Oct 22, 1897, d. May 28, 1977, w/o Wylie
Hollifield, Wylie, b. Jul 11, 1892, d. Mar 24, 1947
Honeycutt, Don, b. Apr 9, 1903, d. Jul 26, 1948
Hopkins, Lillie V. Greer, b. Jan 25, 1883, d., w/o Thomas W.
Hopkins, Mary E., b. 1911, d. 1911, d/o Thomas W.
Hopkins, Thomas W., b. Jul 17, 1879, d. Mar 13, 1948 "Masonic Emblem"
Johnson, Moses A., b. Nov 10, 1852, d. Jan 9, 1921
Miller, Sue Brown, b. Mar 4, 1878, d. Jan 13, 1940
Norris Maie N., b. 1917, d. 1969, w/o Allie S.
Norris, Allie S., b. 1909, d. 2003
Norris, Nelia M, b. Feb 18, 1936, d. Feb 18, 1936, d/o Allie S.
Rogers, Henry T., b. 1901, d. 1990
Rogers, Viola W., b. 1907 c. 1993, w/o Henry T.
Russing, Lloyd L. "Skip", b. Mar 1, 1925, d. Feb 11, 1997
Shore, D. Sanders, b. Feb 1, 1861, d. Jul 12, 1947
Shore, Addie C., b. May 26, 1840, d. Nov 11, 1912, w/o Christian
Shore, Burmah E., b. Sep 20, 1929, d. Dec 10, 2001
Shore, Bynum Ray, b. Mar 15, 1905, d. Oct 13, 1907
Shore, Callie Ann, b. Feb 14, 1883, d. Jan 19, 1953
Shore, Christian M., b. Sep 8, 1874, d. Jan 5, 1939
Shore, Emma R., b. May 21, 1913, d. Jan 21, 1996
Shore, Joan W., b. Apr 9, 1932, d. Sep 20, 1988, w/o Burmah E., married Aug 15, 1950
Shore, Lester H., b. Sep 6, 1895, d. Dec 30, 1925, w/o Robert H. Sr.
Shore, Lois Mae, no dates, "Sister", no other info
Shore, Lora C., b. Jul 7, 1877, d. Apr 16, 1963
Shore, Mae Auton, b. Mar 17, 1910, d. Mar 3, 1959, w/o Paul, d.
Shore, Paul D., b. Jul 5, 1903, d. May 14, 1984
Shore, Robert H. Sr., b. Feb 15, 1887, d. Aug 25, 1961
Shore, Samuel E., b. Apr 20, 1963, d. Dec 15, 1995
Shore, Sandra, b. Jun 9, 1965, d., w/o Samuel E.
Shore, Sarah Alice, b. Jun 8, 1864, d. Dec 15, 1927, w/o, d. Sanders
Shore, Stewart V., b. Mar 8, 1908, d. Dec 16, 1973
Tate, Bahnson Thomas, b. Mar 10, 1933, d. Sep 8, 2003
Tate, Sam C., b. Jul 5, 1909, d. Apr 30, 1999
Tate, Velma B., b. Apr 24, 1917, d. Jan 15, 2004, w/o Sam C.
Taylor, Mary Lee, no dates, "Sister", no other info
Teague, James Earl, b. May 2, 1930, d. Sep 7, 1960
Teague, Julia Marie, b. Jul 26, 1928, d., w/o James Earl
Triplett, Harly B., b. Jan 5, 1892, d. Jun 11, 1975
Triplett, William D., b. Jul 17, 1919, d. Sep 10, 1994, U.S. Army, WWII
Triplett, Willie Lea C., b. Nov 1, 1898, d. Aug 18, 1932, w/o Harly B.
Wheeler, John M., b. Apr 30, 1927, d. Apr 30, 1927
Wheeler, John Midas, b. Mar 7, 1904, d. Apr 16, 1993
Wheeler, Rose Maude, b. 1901, d. 1961