Ball Family Cemetery
aka Laurel Hill Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
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 |