Ball Family Cemetery

Grayson County, Virginia

aka Laurel Hill Cemetery

Location:  Haw Orchard Mountain
Directions:  This small cemetery is on the east side of Laurel Hill Road (Rt 748) about one half mile south of Highlands Pkwy (US 58).
GPS Coordinates:  N36.604533 W81.474083
Surveyed by:  Paul Herndon in 1995 and Jeff Weaver on 30 Apr 2003
Comments:  The cemetery is neat and well maintained. There were 34 graves present at that time, the earliest daring from 1908.

Name Birth Death Comments
Row 1
BALL, Eveline 11 Feb 1827 22 Sep 1908 [nee Reedy; w/o William B. Ball]
BALL, William B. 23 Feb 1831 21/31 Mar 1910 [s/o Sarah Ball]
Row 2
[GUALTNEY, daughter]     [12 1/2 yr old girl]
Row 3
GAULTNEY, Richard D. 28 Sep 1933 6 May 1936  
GAULTNEY, John E. or F. 3 Mar 1885 25 Jul 1922  
GAULTNEY, Joseph N. 21 Feb 1854 26 Mar 1926 double stone with next
GAULTNEY, Sarah Ann B. 8 May 1859 4 Apr 1940 [nee Ball]
Row 4
GAULTNEY, Lee P. 7 Jan 1892 26 Jun 1949  
BALES, Ruth W. 12 Dec 1897 10 Feb 1981 [d/o Clayborn & Martha Phipps Weaver; m1 Lee P Gaultney, m2 Dailey Bales]
Row 5
BALL, James 1867 1932 double stone with next
BALL, Lucinda 1867 1934 [nee Carter]
SULLINS, J. Cleve 10 May 1891 25 Apr 1977 [James Cleve, s/o Rhoda Waddell]; double stone with next
SULLINS, Lessie B. 25 Jun 1900 9 Apr 1976 [nee Ball]
Row 6
MORAN, James Crockett 18 Sep 1930 10 Mar 1934  
TESTERMAN, Cicero M. 31 May 1886 3 Sep 1970  
TESTERMAN, Birty C. 29 Mar 1884 8 Dec 1956 [Birty Kathryn, d/o Albert & Jennie McGrady Ball; w/o Cicero Testerman]
FINLEY, Lee 1921 1980 funeral home marker; [Lee Roy, s/o John Harrison & Susie Blevins Finley; h/o Stella Testerman]
REEDY, Wade 1911 1998 funeral home marker
REEDY, Maggie Testerman 27 Jun 1912 24 Mar 1997 [d/o Cicero & Birdie Ball Testerman; w/o Wade Reedy]
Row 7
TESTERMAN, Boyd 1914 2002  
HASH, Mary Ellen 3 Feb 1917 6 Sep 2001  
BALL, Roby J. 1 Mar 1871 29 Aug 1949 [also listed as Julian Roby]
CHATHAM, Jessie T. 8 Dec 1919 21 Jun 1999  
CHATHAM, Brian Keith 1982 1982  
TESTERMAN, Nancy B. 31 Aug 1880 16 Jul 1935 double stone with next
TESTERMAN, J. Winton 13 Jan 1867 8 Jun 1940  
Row 8
RICHARDSON, Zon W. 15 Jul 1885 17 Oct 1951 [Zon William]
RICHARDSON, "Lonnie" T. 28 Aug 1888 27 Jan 1975 [nee Vergie Malonia Testerman]
RICHARDSON, Alley G. 21 Jan 1914 14 Jul 1979 [Alley Glen, s/o Zon & Lonia Testerman Richardson]
RICHARDSON, Lucille J. 19 May 1924   [nee Davis]
TILLERY, S. Claudette Richardson 5 Feb 1946 3 May 1997  
Row 9
SMITH, Nella R. 31 Aug 1921   [nee Richardson]; double stone with next
SMITH, John W. 13 Apr 1921 6 Dec 1989 Corp U.S. Army World War II; [John Wesley, s/o Wesley Emmitt & Mattie Coffey Smith]
RICHARDSON, Lacy 28 Jul 1919 3 Oct 1982 Corp U.S. Army World War II