Bethany Community Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: South of Independence
Directions: This cemetery lies beside the Bethany United Methodist Church right on the NC state line. From the junction of of New River Parkway (U.S. 21) and Old River Ln (Rt 700) go west about half a mile on Old River Lane to Shady Hill Rd [SR 700] then go west on Shady Hill Rd. Continue on Shady Hill Rd. about 1 mile. The cemetery is just south of junction with Bethany Rd (Rt 700).
GPS Coordinates: N36.5711852 W81.1703451
Surveyed by: Ginger Ballard on 9 Apr 2004
Comments: The cemetery is currently in use and is well-maintained. It lies right beside the road and is easily seen from the road. Information in square brackets [] is from the files of Paul Herndon.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| FIELDS, Joe C. | 1901 | 1964 | double stone with next |
| FIELDS, Cleo D. | 1896 | 1987 | |
| Row 2 | |||
| ROYAL, Ira H. | 27 Jul 1895 | 28 Nov 1969 | double stone with next |
| ROYAL, Maudie A. | 24 Oct 1904 | 2 Jul 1973 | “At rest” |
| POE, Alan Lane | 16 Mar 1966 | 31 Aug 1991 | |
| Row 3 | |||
| WAGONER, Dorothy | 17 Mar 1926 | infant | |
| POE, Floyd N. | 17 Sep 1863 | 18 Sep 1940 | s/o J.T. & Celie Poe |
| POE, Elizabeth Shumate | 27 Sep 1863 | 10 Feb 1940 | w/o Floyd N. Poe |
| POE, Cora Jennings | 12 May 1884 | 31 Mar 1958 | w/o W.E. Poe |
| POE, William Elbert | 26 Jun 1889 | 27 Jun 1972 | |
| POE, Maley Clyde Price | 20 Nov 1892 | 23 Mar 1930 | w/o W.E. Poe |
| POE, Wiley Bays | 17 Jan 1920 | 22 Jan 1973 | Virginia S1 U.S. Navy World War II; double stone with next |
| POE, Ruby Ruth | 15 Sep 1922 | 23 Jan 1998 | |
| POE, Ella May | 8 Feb 1927 | 8 Jan 1929 | [twin] d/o W.E. & M[aley] C[lyde Price] Poe |
| POE, Stella Fay | 8 Feb 1927 | 15 Dec 1928 | [twin] d/o W.E. & M.C. Poe |
| POE, Floyd W. | 25 Sep 1917 | 28 Dec 1918 | s/o W.E. & M.C. Poe |
| Row 4 | |||
| BATES, Fannie E. | 26 Mar 1887 | 6 Dec 1959 | |
| BATES, Sarah C. | 23 Jul 1864 | 10 Jul 1945 | |
| BATES, J.R. | 16 Mar 1854 | 10 Jan 1910 | |
| CROUSE, Ollie Rose | 2 Jun 1917 | 28 May 1979 | |
| CROUSE, Cleave | 22 Dec 1886 | 27 Jan 1976 | double stone with next |
| CROUSE, Tilda B. | 2 Oct 1886 | 22 Jan 1972 | |
| CROUSE, Bessie H. | 20 Jul 1900 | 26 Apr 1972 | double stone with next |
| CROUSE, John R. | 26 Mar 1906 | 28 Aug 1978 | |
| CROUSE, Robert Lee | s/o Grover & Rosa Lee Crouse | ||
| WAGONER, James | 17 Feb 1888 | 15 Feb 1915 | s/o R.W. & J. Wagoner |
| SHUMATE, Nancy | 20 Oct 1840 | 22 Feb 1905 | |
| SHUMATE, Rev. James | 14 Feb 1835 | 22 Apr 1902 | |
| POE, Edgar | 23 Mar 1914 | 16 Mar 1915 | baby, s/o W.E. & C.M. Poe |
| Row 5 | |||
| CROUSE, Frank C. | 1909 | 1987 | double stone with next |
| CROUSE, Minnie L. | 1917 | ||
| CROUSE, Lonnie F. | 25 Nov 1913 | 20 Dec 1980 | [s/o Cleve Crouse & Matilda Blevins, h/o Ruth Hash] |
| CROUSE, Cinda | 1872 | 1960 | double stone with next |
| CROUSE, Ferd | 1879 | 1951 | |
| CROUSE, Frank | 22 Jun 1854 | 15 Mar 1944 | double stone with next |
| CROUSE, Matilda S. | 18 Aug 1865 | 9 Oct 1930 | |
| CROUSE, Infant | 1921 | child of Cleve & Matilda Crouse | |
| CROUSE, Infant | 1923; | child of Cleve & Matilda Crouse | |
| CROUSE, Infant | 1925 | child of Cleve & Matilda Crouse | |
| unknowns | 5 unmarked | ||
| Row 6 | |||
| CROUSE, William Roby | 26 Jul 1936 | 26 Nov 1996 | double stone with next; [s/o Henry Wayne Crouse & Annie Mae Keen] |
| CROUSE, Dorothy Mae | 17 Dec 1937 | ||
| CROUSE, Bonnie | 21 Jan 1945 | double stone with next | |
| CROUSE, Roy | 23 Jul 1950 | 10 Apr 1988 | |
| CROUSE, Henry Wayne | 29 Apr 1906 | 22 Jun 1985 | double stone with next |
| CROUSE, Annie May | 25 May 1910 | 4 Mar 1984 | married 29 Oct 1927 |
| CROUSE, Stella Faye | 27 May 1935 | 27 Jun 1935 | |
| HASH, Thomas Wayne | 9 Aug 1951 | 18 Jan 1952 | s/o Mr. & Mrs. Curtis Hash; at foot of previous grave |
| GAMBILL, Sallie | 10 Jul 1807 | 25 Jul 1890 | w/o Martin Gambill; aged 82 ys [nee Crouse; death also recorded as 25 Jan] |
| GAMBILL, Martin | 14 Jan 1801 | 14 Oct 1879 | aged 78 ys 9 ms |
| unknowns | 7 unmarked | ||
| MOXLEY, John A. | 16 Jul 1853 | 18 Mar 1926 | [birth year also read as 1859] |
| MOXLEY, Margaret | 5 Sep 1859 | 4 Aug 1938 | w/o J.A. Moxley |
| Row 7 | |||
| KIRBY, Curtis Ryan | 11 Feb 2000 | infant s/o Delmas & Linda Kirby | |
| HUBBARD, Linda Carol | 4 Feb 1958 | double stone with next; [nee Hash] | |
| HUBBARD, Darrell Glenn | 18 Mar 1955 | 26 Aug 1996 | [s/o Frank Hubbard & Dorothy Bolling] |
| HASH, Anna Ruth | 13 Jan 1930 | 4 Aug 2002 | double stone with next |
| HASH, Curtis Gwyn | 21 Sep 1930 | 7 Feb 1991 | [s/o Giles Homer Hash & Josephine Bobbitt] |
| HASH, Curtis Gene | 6 Jan 1949 | 10 Jul 2002 | double stone with next |
| HASH, Mary Christine | 3 Jun 1946 | ||
| GAMBILL, Robert C. | 4 Aug 1844 | 11 Feb 1925 | aged 80 ys 6 ms 7 ds |
| GAMBILL, Susie | 10 Apr 1834 | 23 Mar 1903 | |
| GAMBILL, Cynthia | 10 Oct 1872 | 10 Sep 1879 | d/o R.G. & Susie Gambill; aged 4 yrs |
| unknown | |||
| HENDRIX, Annie B. | 2 Jun 1907 | 16 Jul 1907 | infant/o J.L. & L.J. Hendrix |
| BOYER, Mary Matilda | 15 May 1879 | 9 Aug 1922 | w/o E.J. Boyer |
| BOYER, Emmett J. | 12 Nov 1872 | 3 Jan 1952 | |
| Row 8 | |||
| ROYAL, Presley R. | 10 Mar 1926 | double stone with next | |
| ROYAL, Myrtle C. | 7 Jul 1915 | 6 Oct 1999 | |
| BLEVINS, Peggie | 19 Dec 1878 | 9 May 1938 | [birth date also read as 10 Dec] |
| BOYER, Isac Guyn | 23 May 1898 | 1 May 1977 | |
| BOYER, Della P. | 14 Feb 1894 | 13 Apr 1960 | |
| BOYER, Boyse | 20 Dec 1927 | 24 Sep 1929 | |
| BOYER, Garnet | 13 Feb 1918 | 8 Jul 1919 | s/o I.G. & Della Boyer |
| BOYER, infant | 22 May 1917 | 22 May 1917 | infant/o Worth & Effie [Wingate] Boyer |
| BOYER, Effie | 4 Oct 1891 | 8 Jun 1917 | w/o Worth Boyer; [nee Wingate; sister/o Albert Wingate] |
| BOYER, Worth | 2 Aug 1896 | 25 Jun 1963 | |
| BOYER, Drucy Phipps | 24 Nov 1898 | 15 Sep 1964 | w/o Worth Boyer |
| Row 9 | |||
| LINEBERRY, Myrtle E. | 31 Dec 1892 | 22 Oct 1963 | |
| LINEBERRY, Eugene M. | 10 Oct 1921 | 25 Jan 1961 | double stone with next |
| LINEBERRY, Victoria C. | 7 Sep 1905 | 30 Jan 1954 | |
| SHAW, James W. | 26 Nov 1868 | 30 Mar 1950 | double stone with next |
| SHAW, Victoria H. | 16 Jun 1867 | 1 Oct 1949 | |
| HOLCOMB, Leander | 12 Jan 1835 | 3 Jul 1914 | |
| HOLCOMB, Scales S. | 1881 | 1956 | double stone with next |
| HOLCOMB, Louzennie M. | 1877 | 1964 | |
| HOLCOMB, Robert L. | 16 May 1915 | 23 Aug 1962 | double stone with next |
| HOLCOMB, Ethelene H. | 9 Nov 1919 | ||
| HOLCOMB, Bobby Lee | 2 Jul 1939 | 2 Feb 1972 | |
| HOLCOMB, Allie Rose | 16 Apr 1902 | 27 Sep 1990 | [d/o Scales S. Holcomb & Luzenia Martin] |
| WARD, Rebecca M. | 22 Jun 1895 | 28 Feb 1981 | [d/o Isaac Martin & Polly Taylor, w/o Logan Ward] |
| MARTIN, John C. | 3 Mar 1890 | 8 Jun 1991 | double stone with next |
| MARTIN, Annie H. | 2 Sep 1889 | 7 Oct 1974 | |
| JONES, Wayne E., Rev. | 1 Jul 1906 | 9 Jun 1978 | double stone with next; [Wayne Everett, s/o Noah Jone & Arlene Perkins, h/o Lura Holcomb] |
| JONES, Lura B. | 15 Feb 1909 | 4 Aug 2002 | |
| SEXTON, Rev. Paul F. | 11 May 1931 | 12 Apr 1995 | double stone with next; [Paul Franklin, s/o Wallace Sexton & Clyde Ward] |
| SEXTON, Jo Ann Jones | 21 Oct 1934 | ||
| COX, W[illiam] F[loyd] | 18 May 1858 | 11 Jul 1936 | |
| COX, Mary C. | 28 Nov 1852 | 8 Sep 1933 | w/o W.F. Cox; [d/o Isaac &aamp; Frankie Busic] |
| Row 10 | |||
| ANDERS, Bobby Lee | 10 Mar 1951 | 20 Aug 1970 | |
| ANDERS, Robert Lee | 17 Jul 1946 | 18 Jul 1946 | |
| FARMER, Nancy Waynell | 30 Dec 1935 | infant/o Mr. & Mrs. T.W. Farmer | |
| MARTIN, Jennie G. | 10 Jul 1934 | 6 Jul 1997 | double stone with next |
| MARTIN, Johnny C., Jr. | 19 Nov 1929 | 22 Dec 1999 | |
| JOHNSON, Steve C. | 9 Jul 1879 | 14 Jul 1956 | double stone with next; [s/o Thomas Johnson & Martha Chambers] |
| JOHNSON, Dora E. | 24 Jan 1880 | 8 Feb 1954 | [nee Taylor] |
| McMILLAN, Edith Jane | 12 May 1922 | 4 Mar 1923 | d/o Wiley & Lydia McMillan; aged 9 ms 20 ds |
| Row 11 | |||
| CROUSE, Robert Edward Lee | 6 Feb 1932 | 18 Jan 1995 | |
| Believed to be buried here | |||
| RUTHERFORD, Fannie | 1887 | 1959 | metal marker, not found in 2004. [Probably unmarked grave beside Annie Hendrix] |