Wilkes Cemetery
Macon Co., NC

Surveyed March 12, 2005

Directions: From the corner of W. Main Street and Harrison Street in Franklin, take Hwy. 28 toward Bryson City. Go about 2 1/2 miles. Turn left onto Airport Road. Go 2.4 miles until the road dead-ends. Turn left onto Olive Hill Road. Go about 1.6 miles. Turn right onto the gravel road which is just past Olive Hill Gospel Chapel; this road is marked by a sign which reads "Wilkes Cemetery". Go about 1/10 mile to the cemetery at the end of that road.

Notes: Numbers 14, 15, and 16 were squeezed together into the spot where normally only one, or perhaps two small, graves would go. In the rough "map" below, the road leading to the cemetery ends at about number 08, with the cemetery extending to the right of the road.

The following record reflects the actual writing on the tombstone. The graves were laid out (approximately) and surveyed as follows:

                        01
08 07 06 05 04    03    02
      09    10          11
            13          12
   20 19 18    17 16 15 14
      21 22       23    24
               26       25
                           27
                           28 29


[01]
Infant son born to Bill and Irene Willis

[02-03-04-05]
[blank footstones to 05]

[05]
Wilkes, At rest:
Malcom M. Wilkes  Nov. 1881  May 1, 1913
Agnes M. Wilkes  Aug. 7, 1912  June 5, 1928
Laura Wilkes  Dec. 6, 1889  May 24, 1915
Two infants  [no dates]

[06]
Fieldstone

[07]
Double stone, Passmore:
Linda Allen  June 19, 1945  [no date]
Jimmy D. Sr.  Mar. 31, 1940  Feb. 26, 2004; footstone: Daddy

[08]
Our son  Jimmy D. Passmore, Jr.  June 21, 1965  Apr. 29, 1993;
     footstone: J. D. P.

[09]
Double stone, Ashe, We will meet again:
Eugenia Teem  Feb. 7, 1919  Oct. 18, 1997; footstone: Wife
Paul Lee  Oct. 28, 1909  Apr. 23, 1995; footstone: Husband

[10]
Double stone, Ashe, In God we trust:
Mina W.  Dec. 6, 1885  Mar. 16, 1975; footstone: Mother
Lonnie W.  Aug. 20, 1886  June 22, 1953; footstone: Father

[11]
In God we trust  Earl Ashe  Feb. 29, 1908  Mar. 2, 1908; footstone:
     Infant

[12]
Double stone, Poindexter:
Mother  Elizabeth Wilkes  Jan. 28, 1873  Feb. 28, 1904; footstone:
     E. W. P.
Son  Zeb Vance  Aug. 19, 1894  July 24, 1912; footstone: Z. V. P.

[13]
Double stone, Morgan:
Horace J.  Apr. 21, 1905  Sept. 7, 1992
Nellie Mae  Jan. 25, 1904  Jan. 28, 1988

[14]
Stone, fallen over, no writing on either side

[15]
Double stone:
S. [A?.] Wilkes  Born Feb. 5, [18*8?] Died Nov. 2, [18*1]
S. [A?.] Wilkes  Born [illegible]  Aged 18 [ms.?]
     [Note: 1939 HRS by Horace J. Hurst:
          S. A. Wilkes  Feb. 5, 1866  Nov. 24, 1871
          S. M. Wilkes  1875  1893]

[16]
Stones at head and foot

[17]
Lavada Wilkes wife of James O. Wilkes  Born 1840  Died Dec. 28, 1910
     She was a kind and affectionate wife, a fond mother, and a 
     friend to all.

[18]
James O. Wilkes  Co. K  1 N.C. Cav.  C.S.A.; footstone: James Wilkes
     Born Dec. 28, 1830  Nov. 3, 1908  [inscription faded]

[19]
Double stone, Willis:
Charlie  June 8, 1873  Apr. 16, 1956; footstone: C. W.
Rachel  Jan. 11, 1866  Apr. 20, 1947

[20]
Sister  Abbie L. Willis  June 15, 1893  Aug. 10, 1965  In God we 
     trust; footstone: A. L. W.

[21]
Double stone, Bryson:
Son  Howell C.  Dec. 4, 1907  Dec. 27, 1964; footstone: [blank]
Mother  Mary W.  June 9, 1883  Mar. 12, 1981; footstone: [blank]

[22]
Double stone, Wilkes:
James F.  Dec. 14, 1862  May 5, 1951; footstone: J. F. W.
Linda Reeves  Sept. 4, 1866  Sept. 3, 1949; footstone: L. R. W.

[23]
William Wilkes  Sept. 7, 1892  About 1896; footstone: W. W.

[24]
Lucille Wilkes  Oct. 17, 1889  About 1894; footstone: L. W.

[25]
Infant sons of Mr. + Mrs. Grady H. Wilkes
Thomas Monroe  [no dates]; footstone: Infant
Grover Dillard  [no dates]; footstone: Infant

[26]
Double stone, Wilkes, Gone but not forgotten:
Grady H.  Apr. 22, 1894  Dec. 10, 1967; footstone: Daddy
Annie B.  July 12, 1903  Sept. 4, 1970; footstone: Mama

[27]
Edith Marie Morgan  Dec. 15, 1929  Oct. 13, 1931; footstone: Baby

[28]
Double stone, Passmore, Rejoice with the Lord:
Pearl M.  Sept. 13, 1905  June 10, 1977
Frances Wilkes  Sept. 7, 1925  [no date]

[29]
Joyce M. Passmore  Jan. 21, 1943  Feb. 27, 1943