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THIS CEMETERY IN CARROLL VA IS LOCATED OFF (RT 607) IRON RIDGE ROAD, BEHIND THE MIDWAY BAPTIST CHURCH. THE ORIGINAL CHURCH WAS BUILT IN 1909. ALL THE RECORDS WERE LOST WHEN THE CHURCH BURNED IN 1936. A NEW CHURCH WAS BUILT ON THE SITE IN 1954 AND IN RECENT YEARS A NEW CHURCH HAS BEEN BUILT BESIDE THE OLD ONE.
BY TRADITION, THE CEMETERY WAS NEGLECTED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. LATER IT WAS CLEARED OF BRIARS AND UNDERGROWTH AND SOWN IN GRASS. UNFORTUNATELY SOME WELL-MEANING PEOPLE REMOVED ALL THE FIELDSTONE GRAVE MARKERS. THERE IS AN UNDETERMINED NUMBER OF UNMARKED GRAVES. THE NEWEST MARKER IN THE CEMETERY IS 61 YEARS OLD. IT APPEARS THERE IS ROOM FOR MORE BURIALS, BUT IN FACT THE CEMETERY HAS NO MORE SPACE. MANY OF THE UNMARKED GRAVES ARE FAMILY MEMBERS OF WORKERS WHO CAME TO THIS AREA TO WORK IN A NEARBY IRON MINE. MOST OF THEM MOVED ON, LEAVING NOTHING BEHIND BUT THEIR SWEAT IN THE MINE, AND THEIR LOVED ONES IN THE CEMETERY.
THERE ARE PLANS TO EXPAND THE CEMETERY IN THE FUTURE. PRESENTLY THE CEMETERY IS WELL FENCED AND MAINTAINED.
COMPLETED MAR 15 2002 UPDATED APR 19 2003
ABBREVIATIONS:
F: FATHER
M: MOTHER
H: HUSBAND
W: WIFE
(NAME) MAIDEN NAME
"NAME" NICK NAME
1 MANUEL, SARAH A (CARTER) NEW DEC 5 1862 MAY 15 1930
F: HUGH CARTER
M: RACHEL CARTER
H: JOHN H MANUEL
2 MANUEL, JOHN H SEP 17 1859 APR 11 1931
F: FILE MANUEL
M: MARY ANN MANUEL
W: 1ST ORLENIA D SHOCKLEY
2ND SARAH A CARTER
3 MANUEL, ORLENIA D (SHOCKLEY) JAN 6 1855 MAR 21 1920
F: COMMODORE SHOCKLEY
M: ELIZA C SHOCKLEY
H: JOHN H MANUEL
4 BOBBITT, PAT FEB 18 1908 MAY 12 1917
F: MARTIN VANBUREN BOBBITT
M: CORA JANE (MANUEL) BOBBITT
5 BOBBITT, MARTIN GLEEN SEP 18 1924 APR 29 1925
F: MARTIN VANBUREN BOBBITT
M: CORA JANE (MANUEL) BOBBITT
6 LYONS, HARLEY DEC 11 1906 DEC 5 1918
F: MARTIN LUTHER LYONS
M: SARAH BELLE (WILLIAMSON) LYONS
7 LYONS, W H 1841 DEC 26 1917
F:
M:
W:
8 FELTS, THEODORE AUG 28 1834 MAY 13 1917
CO E 45TH VA INF CSA
F: JOSHUA FELTS
M: POLLIE (BURNETT) FELTS
W: AVIS FARMER
9 EASTRIDGE, WAITHALEE OCT 1 1921 JUN 12 1923
F:
M:
10 EASTRIDGE, ALENE JAN 7 1932 FEB 24 1932
F: FRED ROBERT EASTRIDGE
M: RHODA WINOA (CARICO) EASTRIDGE
11 EASTRIDGE, JOSEPHINE OCT 13 1930 JUL 2 1934
F: FRED ROBERT EASTRIDGE
M: RHODA WINOA (CARICO) EASTRIDGE
12 KEGLEY, NOREADER VICTORIA JAN 22 1919 JAN 25 1920
F:
M: LIZZIE KEGLEY
13 RING, BABY BOY INFANT OCT 23 1941
F: ELMER/GRADY PERFADER RING
M: SARA ARMISTA "SALLY" (RING) RING
14 RING, GERLINE INFANT OCT 9 1932
BY TRADITION F: FRED CURTIS RING
M: NELLIE G (HANKS) RING
15 RING, CONLEY HARVEY JUN 5 1922 SEP 4 1922
F: ELMER JAMES RING
M: ROSIE ALICE (ROBERTS) RING
