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005    HAMLET FAMILY

Location - on Hamlet Rd (SR-1519) near the Warren / Halifax county line.

Coordinates: 36d 17m 33.1s N; 77d 56m 52.5s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: From Warrenton courthouse on Hwy 158 E Bus, travel 0.5 and turn right onto Hwy 58. Travel 4.2 miles to Liberia and bear left onto Hwy 43. Travel 8.2 miles to Arcola and turn left onto SR 1519 (Hamlet Rd). Travel 2 miles to the cemetery, enclosed by a wire fence, on the right 100 yards from the road. Eight graves are marked by small slabs with a white cross. The cemetery, located in Halifax County, was established in 1894 by Samuel W. Hamlet. There is a large plaque and an engraved stone with the family history recorded. Race-White.

1. Bennett, Arthur E.   (b. 15 Feb 1937 - d. 2 Mar 1937)
"Budded on earth to bloom in heaven"
2. Hamlet, Harold Kent   (b. 23 Mar 1932 - d. 23 Mar 1932)
"Infant son"
3. Hamlet, Ruby   (b. 23 Aug 1897 - d. 2 May 1919)
Wife of G M Hamlet. "Weep not, she is at rest"
4. Hamlet, Samuel Williams   (b. 6 Jun 1844 - d. 28 Dec 1921)
Husband of Susan Anna Shearin Hamlet. (Enclosed in crypt)
5. Hamlet, Susan Anna Shearin   (b. 25 Sep 1854 - d. 24 Feb 1917)
Wife of Samuel Williams Hamlet. (Enclosed in crypt)
6. Qualls, Ezra S.   (b. 22 Oct 1873 - d. 5 Nov 1899)
7. Qualls, Henry S.   (b. 1837 - d. 1919)
Pvt. Co F, 12 NC Infantry, CSA.
8. Shearin, E. Loyd   (b. 1929 - d. 2007)
Son of Ernest Spurgeon Hamlet and Etta Irene Hamlet Shearin.
9. Shearin, Ernest Spurgeon   (b. 29 Mar 1885 - d. 30 Jan 1929)
Husband of Etta Irene Hamlet Shearin. Son of William H. Shearin.
10. Shearin, Etta Irene Hamlet (Mrs.)   (b. 15 Dec 1892 - d. 4 Oct 1949)
Wife of Ernest Spurgeon Shearin. "His wife" "Whose feet have trod the path of God, not lost but gone before"
11. Shearin, Grover C.   (b. 1927 - d. 2005)
Husband of Mary Mageline Jackson Shearin. Son of Ernest Spurgeon Hamlet and Etta Irene Hamlet Shearin.
12. Shearin, William H.   (b. 20 Mar 1854 - d. 14 Apr 1927)
Husband of Sara Lea Shearin.
13. Tharrington, Edward Roy "Edd"   (b. 21 Dec 1873 - d. 13 May 1945)
Husband of Tabbie Hamlet Tharrington. Son of Pugh Henry Tharrington and Martha Temperance Timberlake Tharrington.
14. Tharrington, Gid Otha   (b. 1907 - d. 1 Jan 1976)
Husband of Nannie Maud Alston Tharrington. "Father". Son of Edward Ror Tharrington and Tabbie Hamlet Tharrington.
15. Tharrington, John Garranin   (b. 20 Mar 1916 - d. 20 Mar 1916)
"From Mother's arms to the arms of Jesus"
16. Tharrington, Nannie Maud Alston   (b. 18 Sep 1908 - d. 24 Sep 1961)
Wife of Gid Otha Tharrington. "Mother". Daughter of Gideon Branch Alston and Nannie Bett Crawley Alston.
17. Tharrington, Rachel Anna   (b. 5 Jan 1915 - d. 5 Jan 1915)
"Budded on earth to bloom in heaven"
18. Tharrington, Sam Grady   (b. 17 Oct 1910 - d. 3 Dec 1912)
"From Mother's arms to the arms of Jesus"
19. Tharrington, Tabbie Hamlet   (b. 10 Oct 1876 - d. 21 Jun 1965)
Wife of Edward Roy Tharrington. "The Lord is my Shepherd". Daughter of Samuel Williams Hamlet and Susan Anna Shearin Hamlet.