Find A Grave - Guilford County

Morehead, John Motley b. July 4, 1796 d. August 27, 1866
Governor of North Carolina, 1841-1842.
First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Plot: Tallest obelisk in center of cemetery
Neal, Roy b. May 30, 1921 d. August 15, 2003
Television Correspondent. Born Roy N. Hinkle in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1921, he was recognized as a leading news expert in spaceflight and science. As a NBC TV news executive, he covered all of the Mercury missions and later reported the Gemini and Apollo missions and the early space shuttle flights. He hosted the ARRL video production, New World Of Amateur Radio, an overview of ham radio in space and also appeared in the films "The Night Holds Terror" (1955), "Cry Terror" (1958) and...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church Columbariu, High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Penn, John b. May 17, 1741 d. September 14, 1788
Signer of the Declaration of Independence from North Carolina. Born in Virginia, he studied law under his cousin, Edmund Pendleton, a lawyer who was also a leading Virginia patriotic leader. When he was 21, he received his license to practice law. He practiced successfully for about twelve years in Virginia, but in 1774, he moved to North Carolina, where he became a Revolutionary patriot leader as well as set up a law practice. He married Susannah Lyme, with whom he would have three...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Preyer, Lunsford Richardson b. January 11, 1919 d. April 3, 2001
US Congressman. Served in the United States Navy during World War II. Elected to represent North Carolina's 6th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1969 to 1981. Also served as a Superior Court Judge in 1956, Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina from 1961 to 1963, and Candidate for Governor of North Carolina in 1964. The Federal Building in Greensboro, North Carolina, was named for him in 1988. He was the grandson...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Green Hill Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Richmond, Dannie b. December 15, 1931 d. March 16, 1988
Musician. He was an American drummer who was best known among jazz fans for his work with Charles Mingus, and among pop fans for his work with Joe Cocker, Elton John and Mark-Almond. Richmond was born in New York City, New York, and started playing tenor saxophone at the age of thirteen; he went on to play R&B with the Paul Williams band in 1955. His career took off when he took up the drums, though, through the formation of what was to be a 21-year association with Charles Mingus. That...[Read More] (Bio by: Steven Laird)
Piedmont Memorial Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Richmond, David Leinail b. 1941 d. December 7, 1990
Civil Rights Figure. On February 1, 1960 Richmond and three other African-American young men sat down at a segregated cafeteria counter at the Woolworth's store in Greensboro, North Carolina. The four were refused service at the time, but their act led to the "Greensboro Sit-Ins", a series of protest demonstrations that eventually brought about the integration of the cafeteria counters. Richmond was a native of Greensboro. He graduated from Dudley High School and then attended the North...[Read More] (Bio by: Jesse)
Carolina Biblical Gardens, High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Scales, Alfred Moore b. November 26, 1827 d. February 8, 1892
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General, US Congressman, North Carolina Governor. He was admitted to the bar in 1851, practiced law in Madison North Carolina and was a member of the State House of Commons, 1852 to 1857. In 1857, he was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress serving until 1859. With the outbreak of the Civil War, he volunteered as a Private in the Confederate Army and served the entire war, attaining the rank of Brigadier General. After the war, he resumed the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Green Hill Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
GPS coordinates: 36.0822296, -79.7979889 (hddd.dddd)
Young, Lemuel Floyd 'Pep' b. August 29, 1907 d. January 14, 1962
Major League Baseball Player. He was a second baseman for three teams in ten years in the major leagues. For his first seven years he played with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1933-40). He played a year with the Cincinnati Reds (1941) and finished with the St. Louis Cardinals (1941, 1945). During his career he batted a modest .262 with 32 home runs and 347 runs batted in. He had his best year in 1938 when he was fourteenth in voting for the National League Most Valuable Player. (Bio by: Mel Bashore)
Guilford Memorial Park, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Yow, Kay (Sandra Kay) b. March 14, 1942 d. January 24, 2009
Basketball Coach. Born Sandra Kay Yow, she began her career in 1975, when she was appointed associate athletics director at North Carolina State University. As the women's head basketball coach, she earned 20 NCAA tournament bids, won four Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championships and was the first ACC women's coach to record 700 victories. She also coached the US woman's basketball team to gold medals at the Goodwill World Games in 1986 and to a gold medal at the 1988 Olympic games in...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Gibsonville City Cemetery, Gibsonville, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA

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