Presently living in Florida, I grew up in Pender County in eastern North Carolina. I retired after 40 years in the classroom, teaching elementary level students in NC and FL. My grandparents were from the Murphy, Southerland, Marshburn, and Wells families in Duplin, Bladen,and Sampson counties. Recent searches for family information led me to the Find-a-Grave site. I began recording information of relatives' gravesites in 2009.

Presently living in Florida, I grew up in Pender County in eastern North Carolina. I retired after 40 years in the classroom, teaching elementary level students in NC and FL. My grandparents were from the Murphy, Southerland, Marshburn, and Wells families in Duplin, Bladen,and Sampson counties. Recent searches for family information led me to the Find-a-Grave site. I began recording information of relatives' gravesites in 2009.