Bethany Cemetery
Carroll County, Virginia
Pipers Gap District
Location: Cranberry Community
Directions: Located at Gladstone Lane, behind the Bethany Union Baptist Church on the south side of Rt. 722 (Cranberry Road), 2.1 miles from the intersection of Highway 58 (East Stuart Drive).
GPS Coordinates: N 36.689090 W 80.851930
Surveyed by: Buford C. Wilson; 18 February 2012; buford-wilson@outlook.com
Comments: The cemetery is well fenced and in excellent condition. Many of the graves never had an engraved stone and have been marked with funeral home metal markers (FHM). Recently someone has marked several of these graves with small engraved granite markers. Information in [brackets] is not on the stone.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Spencer I. | [03 Feb] 1910 | [30 Sep] 1987 | Shared stone with next; Spencer Isaac; s/o Emmett Brown & Isabelle Callahan |
| BROWN, Virgie M. | [28 Jun] 1911 | [11 Jun] 1979 | Virgie Mable; d/o Nat & Sallie Newman |
| BROWN, Ella | 1899 | 1955 | FHM |
| EARLY, Ralph | [02 Jul] 1913 | [May] 1965 | |
| HALE, Frances E. | 14 Aug 1915 | 23 Aug 1976 | |
| TOLLIVER, Betty Jean | 22 Jun 1943 | Jul 1943 | |
| CARTER, William Lee | 1876 | 1955 | Shared stone with next two; s/o Martha Carter |
| CARTER, Leith Ann | 1877 | 1939 | d/o Moses Newman & Susan Pearman; w/o William Lee Carter |
| CARTER, Archie | 1905 | 1937 | s/o William Lee Carter & Leith Ann Newman |
| CARTER, Edgar | 28 May 1918 | Sep 1920 | s/o William Lee Carter & Leith Ann Newman |
| CARTER, George | Oct 1915 | Feb 1916 | s/o William Lee Carter & Leith Ann Newman |
| JENKINS, Martha Carter | May 1850 | Oct 1911 | nee Carter; w/o Henry Jenkins |
| CARTER, Hicks | Feb 1910 | Mar 1910 | |
| Unknown | Unmarked | ||
| CARTER, Julia Ann | 17 Dec 1853 | 18 Apr 1923 | |
| EARLY, Celia | [15 Sep 1857] | 15 Sep 1915 | |
| HASH, Letcher E. | 14 Apr 1929 | 23 May 2008 | Letcher Elmo; s/o Charlie Younger Hash & Jennie Geneva McMillian |
| HASH, Jennie G. | 10 May 1892 | 20 Jan 1995 | Shared stone with next; Jennie Geneva; d/o Caroline McMillan; w/o Charlie Younger Hash |
| HASH, Charlie Y. | 20 Apr 1887 | 15 Nov 1970 | Cpl. Co. R 36 Infantry WW I; Charlie Younger; s/o Reuben K. Hash & Fannie Parks |
| Unknown | Unmarked | ||
| HASH, Viola Marie | 18 Nov 1921 | 11 Oct 1937 | d/o Charlie Younger Hash & Jennie Geneva McMillian |
| Unknown | Unmarked | ||
| EARLY, Martha Ann | 05 Apr 1892 | 17 May 1958 | d/o Celia Early |
| MARTIN, David | 1798 | 1913 | b/date on stone appears to be wrong |
| MARTIN, Henry | 1887 | 1985 | FHM |
| Unknown | 4 Unmarked | ||
| HANDY, James C. | [27 Jun] 1942 | [14 Nov] 2008 | FHM; James Charles; s/o James Battle Handy & Helen Elizabeth Foster |
| BROWN, Louia F. | [14 Nov] 1891 | [24 Jun] 1974 | Shared stone with next; Louia Fernando “Nando”; s/o Winston Nathan Brown & Alice R. Hylton |
| BROWN, Lina D. | 1905 | w/o Louia Fernando Brown | |
| EARLY, Joseph Louis | 26 Nov 1936 | 10 Dec 2004 | Shared stone with next; SSG U. S. Army Korea Vietnam |
| EARLY, Belvis L. Milliner, Rev. | 29 Mar 1938 | w/o Joseph Louis Early | |
| HASH, Paul W. | 22 Feb 1916 | 23 Aug 2011 | Shared stone with next; Paul Weldon; s/o Charles Younger Hash & Jennie Geneva McMillian |
| HASH, Piney R. | 17 Feb 1918 | 31 Aug 2002 | Piney Rose; d/o James Robinson & Sallie Goins; w/o Paul Weldon Hash |
| HORSLEY, Minnie B. | [06 Mar 1908] 1906 | [01 Nov 2006] | Shared stone with next; d/o Emmett Brown & Isabelle Callahan; w/o James E. Horsley, Jr. |
| HORSLEY, James | [11 Mar] 1886 | [Dec] 1968 | James E., Jr. |
| CARTER, Ira Lee | [09 May] 1913 | [21 Jan] 1981 | PFC U. S. Army WW II; s/o William M. Carter & Cynthia Alice Newman |
| CARTER, Charles R. | 1903 | 1966 | s/o William M. Carter & Cynthia Alice Newman |
| CARTER, Mazie | 17 Mar 1894 | 01 Jan 1951 | d/o Charlie Edwards & Bettie Grogans; w/o Charles R. Carter |
| BROWN, Prather | 1900 | 1952 | FHM; s/o Commodore Brown & Mary Grogans |
| COX, Thomas Lee | 23 Mar 1951 | 25 Dec 1974 | s/o Middie Lou Cox |
| COX, Middie Lou | 11 Sep 1924 | 26 Feb 1995 | d/o Wiley Lewis Cox & Minnie Elizabeth McKinny |
| Unknown | Unmarked | ||
| SAUNDERS, Willie Walter | 03 May 1884 | 06 May 1950 | s/o John Saunders |
| HASH, John S. | |||
| HASH, Linnie P. | 19 Feb 1891 | 27 Aug 1941 | Shared stone with next; d/o William M Carter & Cynthia Alice Newman; w/o James B. Hash |
| HASH, James B. | 07 Sep 1884 | 03 Dec 1951 | s/o Reuben K. Hash & Fannie Parks |
| HASH, Delois | 01 Jul 1941 | 30 May 1951 | |
| HASH, Rickey L. | 1956 | 1965 | FHM |
| JONES, Mary Buena | 1915 | 1985 | |
| HASH, Dorothy | 1933 | Aug 1948 | |
| TAYLOR, Robert O. | 29 Mar 1929 | 22 Jul 2011 | Shared stone with next; Robert Oscoe; s/o Rachel Taylor |
| TAYLOR, Marsha L. | 30 Mar 1947 | w/o Robert Oscoe Taylor | |
| Unknown | Unmarked | ||
| CARTER, Mourning D. | [12 May] 1949 | [17 Jul] 2001 | Mourning Devine; d/o Robert Oscoe Taylor & Annie Mae Saunders |
| BRUCE, Mary S. | |||
| HAMPTON, Virginia C. | 1924 | [07 Dec] 1980 | Virginia Catherine; d/o Willie Walter Saunders & Mourning Blair; w/o Randolph W. Hampton |
| SAUNDERS, Whitfield H. | 20 Mar 1935 | 06 Mar 1973 | A3C U. S. Air Force; Whitfield Hewleas; s/o Willie Walter Saunders & Mourning Blair |
| Unknown | 3 Unmarked | ||
| TAYLOR, Robert B. | [12 Jun] 1952 | [13 Aug] 1983 | FHM; Robert Bristol; s/o Robert Oscoe & Annie Mae Saunders |
| SAUNDERS, No name | 1906 | 1955 | FHM |
| Unknown | 4 Unmarked | ||
| KYLE, Dana Marie | 22 Jun 1953 | 27 Jun 1953 | |
| MAXWELL, Jonathan | 1988 | [10 Jun] 1988 | FHM |
| EARLY, Isaacs | [Jan] 1975 | Isaacs Devoe | |
| GOINS, Infant boy | 1971 | FHM | |
| GOINS, Infant boy | 1969 | FHM | |
| BOYD, Charlotte A. | 1962 | 1962 | FHM |
| NEWMAN, Mose | 1822 | Mar 1908 | Shared stone with next; Moses; s/o George & Delilia Newman |
| NEWMAN, Susan | 1836 | 22 Aug 1925 | d/o Alsey Pearman; w/o Moses Newman |
| Unknown | 2 Unmarked | ||
| CARTER, J. Prather | 1890 | 1928 | |
| OAKLEY, Victoria | 1896 | 01 Aug 1957 | FHM; d/o Moses Newman & Susan Pearman; w/o William Oakley |
| PHIPPS, Effie N. | 11 Dec 1890 | 12 Dec 1961 | Effie Ellen; d/o Moses Newman & Susan Pearman; w/o Harvey James Phipps |
| NEWMAN, Carlton H., Sr. | 04 Feb 1922 | 01 May 1974 | Virginia SFC U. S. Army WW II Korea Vietnam; s/o Effie Ellen Newman |
| BEAMER, Larry | Feb 1946 | Aug 1946 | FHM |
| BROCK, Matthew | 24 Sep 1927 | 15 Jul 2004 | |
| BROWN, Josephine W. | [25 Aug] 1931 | [10 Apr] 2011 | FHM; d/o Ellis White & Edna Gilliam; w/o Wayne William Brown |
| JENNINGS, Sherry Lea | [08 Sep] 1956 | [30 Mar] 2011 | FHM; d/o Wayne William Brown & Josephine White |
| BROWN, Wayne William, Sr. | 27 Nov 1935 | 14 Dec 2004 | A1C U. S. Air Force; s/o Reaves Carlie Brown & Lola Inez Carter |
| BROWN, Robert C., Sr. | 19 Feb 1917 | 13 Feb 1993 | |
| BRYAN, Robert S. | 05 Jul 1968 | 03 Jul 1992 | |
| BROWN, Michael R., Sr. | 09 May 1954 | 14 Mar 2005 | Michael Ray; s/o Mary Brown |
| BROWN, Edward Reaves | 20 Jan 1925 | 12 Apr 1996 | STMI U. S. Navy WW II; s/o Reaves Carlie Brown & Lola Inez Carter |
| REEVES, Franklin Gray | 10 Jun 1955 | 07 Oct 1988 | U. S. Air Force; s/o John E. Reeves & Myrtle Brown |
| BROWN, Reaves C. | [10 Jun] 1901 | [08 Aug] 1974 | Shared stone with next; Reaves Carlie; s/o Isaac Brown & Renee Robinson |
| BROWN, Lola I. | [08 Jan] 1901 | [Dec] 1968 | Lola Inez; d/o William M. Carter & Cynthia Alice Newman; w/o Reaves Carlie Brown |
| EARLY, Victoria A. | 08 Mar 1897 | 11 Apr 1971 | Victoria Allen; d/o William M. Carter & Cynthia Alice Newman; w/o Foye Early |
| Unknown | 2 Unmarked | ||
| CARTER, Cynthia Alice | 1867 | 1904 | d/o Moses Newman & Susan Pearman; w/o William M. Carter |
| CARTER, William M. | Aug 1857 | 26 May 1947 | s/o Martha Carter |
| CARTER, Fannie Carol | 1861 | 1931 | FHM; w/o William M. Carter |
| Unknown | Unmarked | ||
| CARTER, Samuel Garland | 1904 | 1963 | s/o William M Carter & Cynthia Alice Newman |
| MILLER, James | 1930 | 1949 | FHM |
| CLARK, Maggie A. | 1897 | 1962 | Shared stone with next; Maggie Annie; d/o William M. Carter & Cynthia Alice Newman; w/o James Frank Clark |
| CLARK, James F. | 1896 | 1955 | PFC 320 Service Bn. QM WW I; James Frank; s/o Jacob Clark & Minerva Hale |
| JEFFERSON, Baby Boy | 1943 | s/o George Lain Jefferson & Verleen Minerva Clark | |
| CLARK, Jacob | 1862 | Apr 1934 | s/o Martha Clark |
| CLARK, Minerva Hale Martin | 1868 | 07 Dec 1927 | d/o Isom & Harriett Hale; w/o Jacob Clark |
| HASH, Ricky | [09 Feb] 1955 | [26 Jan] 2010 | FHM; Ricky Allen; s/o Charles Blaine Hash & Virginia E. Robinson |
| HASH, Prince E. | [02 Oct] 1939 | [10 Nov] 2005 | FHM; s/o Charles Blaine Hash & Virginia E. Robinson |
| HASH, Blaine | [29 Apr] 1918 | 30 May] 2005 | FHM; Charles Blaine; s/o Charlie Younger Hash & Jennie Geneva McMillian |
| HASH, Virginia R. | [12 Jul] 1921 | [31 Aug] 2003 | FHM; Virginia E.; d/o James Robinson & Sallie Goins; w/o Charles Blaine Hash |
| HASH, Jack & Jill | 1953 | ||
| CARTER, Joseph L. | 1966 | Shared stone with next two; | |
| CARTER, Thelma R. | 1938 | Thelma Rose; d/o Paul Weldon Hash & Piney Robinson; w/o Joseph Louis Carter | |
| CARTER, Joseph Louis | 11 Jul 1936 | 01 Oct 1991 | HM1 U. S. Navy Vietnam; s/o James E. Carter & Fannie Price |
| TOLLIVER, Eugene E. | 23 Feb 1913 | 22 Oct 1981 | |
| WILLIAMS, Johnie J. | 25 Dec 1928 | Shared stone with next; Johnie James | |
| WILLIAMS, Elsie I. | 11 Dec 1928 | 16 Feb 2009 | Elsie Isabelle; d/o Harvey James Phipps & Effie Ellen Newman; w/o Johnie James Williams |
| ROBERTSON, Kathy W. | 27 Aug 1956 | 27 Nov 1994 | Kathy Marie; d/o Johnie James Williams & Elsie Isabelle Phipps; w/o Berl Ray Robertson |
| WILLIAMS, Michael J. | 06 Nov 1951 | 10 Oct 1974 | Sgt. U. S. Air Force Vietnam; Michael James; s/o Johnie James Williams & Elsie Isabelle Phipps |
| HASH, Charles F. | 31 Jan 1953 | 18 Jul 1977 | |
| EARLY, Minerva I. | 12 Feb 1918 | 18 Nov 1985 | Minerva Inez; d/o Sallie Newman; w/o Matthew Early |
| PARSON, Mable Sue | 30 Aug 1939 | 08 Apr 1991 | |
| BEAMER, Richard L. | 10 Jun 1928 | 09 Aug 2010 | Richard Lee; s/o Fred Douglas Beamer & Mary Jane Brown |
| BEAMER, Mary Jane | 05 Jul 1910 | 18 Mar 1997 | d/o Reeves & Lelia Brown; w/o Fred Douglas Beamer |
| BEAMER, Fred D. | Aug 28 1900 | Nov 16 1982 | Fred Douglas; s/o Hezekiah Beamer & Dillsie Brown |
| BEAMER, James F. | 18 Jun 1940 | 23 Aug 1991 | James Foyster |
| BROWN, Evelyn May | 28 May 1932 | 01 Feb 1970 | |
| KYLE, Betty Ruth Carter | [15 Apr] 1935 | [05 Oct] 2007 | FHM; d/o Charlie Carter & Massie Edwards; w/o Sam Kyle |
| KYLE, Sam | [13 Jun] 1929 | [21 Nov] 2011 | FHM; s/o Clyde Kyle & Vetra Brown |
| HASH, Etta Carter | 28 Feb 1907 | [Mar] 1980 | d/o William Carter & Annie Newman; w/o William Moses Hash |
| TOLLIVER, Edna V. | 07 Apr 1911 | 17 Dec 1991 | |
| MARTIN, Waymon | 07 Aug 1945 | 21 Dec 1983 | SP5 U. S. Army WW II Korea Vietnam; s/o Waymon, Sr. & Virginia Martin |
| MAXWELL, Herbert R. | [20 Mar] 1941 | [27 Feb] 2003 | Herbert Robert; s/o Raymond Bryant Maxwell & Elizabeth G. Hash |
| MAXWELL, Verona D. | 23 Jul 1953 | 16 Sep 1984 | Verona Diane; d/o Raymond Bryant Maxwell & Elizabeth G. Hash |
| MAXWELL, Raymond B. | 1914 | [01 Jan] 1981 | Shared stone with next; Raymond Bryant; s/o Lionel Maxwell & Valley Spicer |
| MAXWELL, Elizabeth G. | [28 Jul] 1911 | [16 Nov] 1996 | d/o Charlie Younger Hash & Jennie Geneva McMillan; w/o Raymond Bryant Maxwell |
| TAYLOR, Annie Mae | 1933 | 1962 | FHM; d/o Willie Walter Saunders & Mourning Blair; w/o Robert Oscoe Taylor |
| TAYLOR, Infant boy & girl | 1970 | FHM; c/o Robert Oscoe Taylor & Annie Mae Saunders |