Headstone reads:
John J. Mills
July 7, 1883
June 20, 1940
Gone but not forgotten
across the top of the headstone: "FATHER"
Find A Grave record for: Mills-Haddock Cemetery, Black Jack, Pitt County, North Carolina, USA
The grave sits in close proximity to ... but not as close as expected for a couple ... to the headstone for Person:Sudie Mills (1). Find A Grave record purports the two were a couple.
Find A Grave: additional unsupported information
John J. Mills was the son of Jessie B. and Bettie Edwards Mills and husband of Sudie Sutton Mills. He was a farmer. His death was caused by cerebral apoplexy due to hypertension and arteriosclerosis. He was buried June 21, 1940. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106519360/john-j-mills, 10 Dec 2021)