We loved them. They were our friends, our families, our heroes. Now, in the crumbled earth, they are our memories, remaining in this world if not visible to it. As we walk among the temples, towers, and stone blocks which are their witness in this time after their time, a rushing wind may stir their voices. The voices come not from the grave, but from within our own, quick, flesh-encased bones.
Cemetery is on right side of roadway heading southbound.
There are approximately 35 graves marked with fieldstones. N.C. Highway 213 on County Road 1342 about 1.2 miles from Highway 213 located on the right hand side of roadway on hillside. The cemetery site is enclosed in a heavy wire fence with an iron gate. There are at least six graves marked with field stones and several ground depressions which are probably unmarked graves. Hardy Franklin Merrill and Jane Ramsey Merrill were husband and wife.