Index to Locations
Belmont Goshen Cemetery
Belmont Greenwood Cemetery
Cherryville Mt. Zion Cemetery
Gastonia Unknown location
Gastonia Bethesda Methodist Church
Cemetery
Gastonia Gaston Memorial Park
Gastonia New Hope Presbyterian Church
Cemetery
Gastonia Oakwood Cemetery
Goshen
Cemetery
Belmont, Gaston County, North Carolina
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Abram Stowe (1842-1897) —
of Belmont, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born July 12,
1842.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
postmaster at Garibaldi,
N.C., 1874-76, 1876-83; Belmont,
N.C., 1893-97.
Died July 1,
1897 (age 54 years, 354
days).
Interment at Goshen Cemetery.
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Greenwood
Cemetery
Belmont, Gaston County, North Carolina
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John William Armstrong (1867-1940) —
also known as John W. Armstrong —
of Belmont, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in Gaston
County, N.C., October
1, 1867.
Republican. Postmaster at Belmont,
N.C., 1889-93, 1897-1915.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Belmont, Gaston
County, N.C., August
14, 1940 (age 72 years, 318
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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William McCoy Jefferson (1892-1944) —
also known as William M. Jefferson; Jeff
Jefferson —
of Belmont, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in Beaufort
County, N.C., February
5, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; postmaster at
Belmont,
N.C., 1934-44.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in Belmont, Gaston
County, N.C., March
23, 1944 (age 52 years, 47
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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DeLambert Pinckney Stowe (1888-1953) —
also known as DeLambert P. Stowe —
of Belmont, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in Gaston
County, N.C., August
30, 1888.
Democrat. Postmaster at Belmont,
N.C., 1915-21.
Died in Belmont, Gaston
County, N.C., January
2, 1953 (age 64 years, 125
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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John Andrew Gullick Jr. (1895-1963) —
also known as J. Andrew Gullick —
of Belmont, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born August
9, 1895.
Democrat. Acting postmaster at Belmont,
N.C., 1934.
Died August
9, 1963 (age 68 years, 0
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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James Matthew Armstrong (1893-1965) —
also known as James M. Armstrong —
of Belmont, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in Belmont, Gaston
County, N.C., June 22,
1893.
Republican. Coal and
oil dealer; postmaster at Belmont,
N.C., 1954-60 (acting, 1954-55).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died June 14,
1965 (age 71 years, 357
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Justus Earl Armstrong (1897-1975) —
also known as Justus E. Armstrong —
of Belmont, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in Gaston
County, N.C., February
19, 1897.
Republican. Postmaster at Belmont,
N.C., 1921-34.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in Gaston Memorial Hospital,
Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C., September
7, 1975 (age 78 years, 200
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Mt. Zion
Cemetery
Cherryville, Gaston County, North Carolina
Unknown
Location
Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina
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Robert Gregg Cherry (1891-1957) —
also known as R. Gregg Cherry —
of Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in York
County, S.C., October
17, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
associated in law practice with Alfred
Lee Bulwinkle; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Gastonia, N.C., 1919-23; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1931-40; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1937; North
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1937-39; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1940,
1948,
1952,
1956;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1941-43; Governor of
North Carolina, 1945-49.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Redmen;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Kiwanis;
Knights
of Khorassan.
Died June 25,
1957 (age 65 years, 251
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Bethesda
Methodist Church Cemetery
Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina
Gaston Memorial
Park
Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina
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Basil Lee Whitener (1915-1989) —
also known as Basil Whitener —
of Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in York
County, S.C., May 14,
1915.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1941; served in the U.S.
Navy during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Carolina, 1948;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1957-69 (11th District
1957-63, 10th District 1963-69); defeated, 1968, 1970.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died May 20,
1989 (age 74 years, 6
days).
Interment at Gaston Memorial Park.
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New Hope
Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina
Oakwood
Cemetery
Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina
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Alfred Lee Bulwinkle (1883-1950) —
also known as Alfred L. Bulwinkle —
of Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
21, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1921-29, 1931-50 (9th
District 1921-29, 1931-33, 10th District 1933-43, 11th District
1943-50); died in office 1950.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; Lions.
Died in Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C., August
31, 1950 (age 67 years, 132
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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