Babel Starnes Cemetery

Located at 1602 Starnes Cemetery Road off Plyler Mill Road (see map)

Buford Township, Union County, North Carolina

The cemetery is behind a big horse barn and is surrounded by a rock wall (parts covered in ivy) which was built in 1883 by Jack Griffin[1]. Very well maintained.

Copied by Charles Bivens

Updated by Bill & Ann Price Dec 31, 2008 –

From the cemetery files of Ann Medlin Price

Photos provided by Ann Price and Lewis Bramlett

Laney, Felix Alexander

Nov 16, 1864-Mar 28, 1938

  (S/o Lewis C. and

  Jerusha Roxanna Parker Laney)

Laney, Geneva L. (Linker)

Nov 11, 1927-no date (d.Dec 18, 2004 per SSDI)

  W/o Ward Thomas Laney

   (She is buried at Mt. Zion Baptist Church)

   (D/o Mose R. and Lena Blake Linker)

Laney, G. Frank

Sept 1, 1893-Apr 16, 1968

  S/o Felix & Roxie Laney

Laney, (Isabel) Ida May

Apr 29, 1894-Feb 14, 1919

  W/o R.P. (Raymond P. Laney)

  (R.P. born 1890-Died Aug 23, 1953 was

  the son of Felix and Roxie  Laney-he

  married second Maude Privett Mar 27,

  1920)

Laney, Infant Daughter

Apr 24, 1923-Apr 24, 1923

Laney, Mary E. (Wilson)

Oct 24, 1915-June 19 1994

  W/o G. Frank Laney

  D/o Ernest M. & Pearl Guinn Wilson

Laney, Roxie Lorena Starnes

Oct 21, 1870-June 11, 1935

  W/o Felix A. Laney

  D/o Babel & Nancy I. Starnes

Laney, Ward Thomas

May 8, 1908-July 5, 1978

  S/o Felix & Roxie Laney

Montgomery, Hattie G. Laney

Jan 8, 1873-May 9, 1943

  W/o 1st H. B. Starnes

  W/o 2nd L. F. Montgomery

  (Married Aug 8, 1915)

Starnes, Arris G. (Guy)

Dec 30, 1898-Mar 21, 1970

  S/o Baxter & Mattie J. Aycock Starnes

Starnes, Arris Guy, Jr.

Jan 22, 1921-July 3, 1964

  NC PFC CO B 13TH INF WW II BSM PH

Starnes, Babel

Mar 11, 1839-Nov 7, 1882

  (S/o Moses &  Mary Richardson Starnes)

  (CO F 48TH REGT NC CSA)

Starnes, Christine Gay

Aug 9, 1924-June 10, 1992

  W/o Arris G. Starnes Jr.

Starnes, H. (Hector) B.

Dec 24, 1879-Jan 23, 1908

  (S/o Babel & Nancy I. Starnes)

Starnes, Hoyle

Mar 2, 1904-July 29, 1935

  (S/o Hector & Hattie Starnes)

Starnes, Infant

No Dates

  D/o Baxter & Mattie Starnes

Starnes, Magdelena J. (Josey)

Aug 16, 1901-Dec 30, 1985

  W/o Arris G. Starnes 

Starnes, Martha A. E. (Nash)

Aug 10, 1886-May 19, 1948

  2nd W/o R. Baxter Starnes

  Married Aug 29, 1901 in Union County

  D/o J.B. & Jane Nash

Starnes, Mattie J. (Aycock)

Apr 20, 1879-Nov 13, 1899

  1st W/o R. Baxter Starnes

  D/o Charles A. & Lou Rena Starnes Aycock

Starnes, Nancy I. (Isabella Arant)

Aug 28, 1849-May 12, 1939

  W/o Babel Starnes

  (Married Oct 19, 1869 in Union County)

  D/o John & Margaret Brigman Arant

Starnes, Olive L.

Mar 9, 1882-Nov 19, 1882

  D/o Babel & Nancy I. Starnes

Starnes, R. (Rufus) Baxter

June 11, 1877-Aug 28, 1947

  S/o Babel & Nancy I. Starnes

Starnes, Ruth

Sept 3, 1907-July 4, 1982

  D/o R. Baxter & Martha Ann Nash Starnes

Stogner, Eulalia

Oct 20, 1920-No Date

 

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This page created Jan. 2, 2009 by Julie Hampton Ganis – updated Nov. 29, 2009

 

 

 

 



[1] - It took him four days to place the rocks as they were handed to him and he was paid $4 for his work.