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Coal Creek Memorial Park

Carroll County, Virginia

Pipers Gap District

Location: Coal Creek Community

Directions: On the south side of Rt. 608 (Coal Creek Road), .2.6 miles from Rt. 97 (Pipers Gap Road), across the highway from the Coal Creek Community Church.

GPS Coordinates: N 36.627455 W 080.876352

Surveyed by: Buford C. Wilson; 09 Nov 2010; buford-wilson@outlook.com

Comments: The cemetery is in excellent condition. Information in [brackets] is not on the stone.

Coal Creek Memorial Park, Carroll County, Virginia
Name Birth Death Comments
Row 1
RUTHERFORD, Jerry E., Sr. 16 Sep 1946 03 Nov 2003 Shared stone with next; Jerry Ernest; s/o Ernest Winfred Rutherford & Wilma Atlee Huffman
RUTHERFORD, Mary Lou 29 Aug 1940 08 Aug 2001 Mary Lucinda; d/o Joseph Barton Jones, Jr. & Opal Cox; w/o Jerry Ernest Rutherford, Sr.
Row 2
COOLEY, Rufus Barton 06 Nov 1925 09 Mar 2002 Shared stone with next; s/o Everett Rudolph Cooley & Millie Kate Worrell
COOLEY, Betty Hillman 16 Jul 1929 16 Dec 1995 d/o Charles Hillman & Ruth Byrd; w/o Rufus Barton Cooley
DRIVER, Blaine E. 11 Sep 1952 23 Feb 2008 Shared stone with next; Blaine Elliott; s/o ? Driver & Amelia Hill
DRIVER, Jeanne C. 13 Sep 1952 24 Feb 2009 d/o Ellis Franklin Cooley, Sr. & Katie Johnson; w/o Blaine Elliott Driver
Row 3
HART, Michael T. 20 Sep 1917 10 May 2003 Shared stone with next; Michael Thomas; s/o Peter Francis Hart, Sr. & Matilda Dingledine
HART, June F. 25 Sep 1924 16 Aug 2001 June Frances; d/o Peter & Frances Engel; w/o Michael Thomas Hart
COOLEY, Infant 21 Nov 1968 s/o Roger & Phyllis Cooley
COOLEY, Everett R. 18 Nov 1887 03 Jun 1955 Shared stone with next; Everett Rudolph; s/o William Rufus Cooley & Mary Ellen Cox
COOLEY, Mollie K. 18 Feb 1890 11 Dec 1956 Mollie Kate; d/o Joshua Worrell & Polly Gillespie Smith; w/o Everett Rudolph Cooley
Row 4
LAYNE, Andrew J. 05 Sep 1925 Shared stone with next two;
LAYNE, Carolyn L. 09 Sep 1946 15 Nov 1964
LAYNE, Mildred L. 16 Jun 1928
LAYNE, Douglas E. 14 Jan 1952
VOGEL, Sy 23 Oct 1924 24 Nov 1994 U. S. Army Air Force WW II 1942-1945; Seymour
SAPONE, Cecil Raymond 03 Aug 1936 28 May 2004 Shared stone with next; U. S. Air Force; s/o Anthony Sapone & Marion Anderson
SAPONE, Therese 26 Jan 1939 w/o Cecil Raymond Sapone
COMBS, James W. 17 Apr 1918 12 Jan 1984 James Woodrow; s/o Preston Clyde Combs & Mamie Ethel Cain
COMBS, Beatrice Thomas 06 Oct 1926 07 Mar 1999 Beatrice Louise; d/o Burl Thomas & Elizabeth Slate; w/o James Woodrow Combs
POWERS, Arthur E. 21 Jul 1912 06 Oct 1993 Shared stone with next; Arthur Edwards, Sr.
POWERS, Nella W. 07 Jan 1912 22 Sep 1968
Row 5
RICHARDSON, Bobby J. 19 Feb 1955 23 Sep 2000 Shared stone with next; Bobby Joe; s/o Robert Paul Richardson & Jo Anna Lowe
RICHARDSON, Kaye C. 01 Oct 1951
RICHARDSON, Robert P. 19 Jul 1926 01 Oct 1995 Shared stone with next; Robert Paul; s/o Lebert James Richardson & Caroline Elizabeth Redd
RICHARDSON, Jo Anna L. 30 Sep 1934 27 Sep 1996 d/o Claude O. Lowe & Lizzy Gentry; w/o Robert Paul Richardson
PADGETT, Juanita Alverta 11 Jul 1918 21 Jun 1991 d/o Bruce Bedsaul & Thelma Harrison; w/o Wilmer Padgett
POE, Margaret Charlene 08 Nov 1953 20 Feb 2001 d/o Cecil Utt & Edith Hess; w/o ? Poe & Noe Reyes
POE, A. Graham 23 Dec 1898 06 May 1983 Shared stone with next; Alexander Graham; s/o James H. Poe & Isabella Hash
POE, Myrtle B. 23 Sep 1899 08 Dec 1984 d/o Pinkney Lafayette Bedwell & Mary Elizabeth Sturdivant; w/o Alexander Graham Poe
BERZE, Ronald A. 18 Jan 1939 Shared stone with next;
BERZE, June H. 11 Nov 1935 11 Mar 1995 d/o Elbert Morgan Hess & Dora Pearl Cain; w/o Ronald A. Berze
Row 6
PARISH, J. Fred 16 Mar 1906 21 Aug 1987 Shared stone with next; s/o John Franklin Parish & Lou Mattie Matthews
PARISH, Bernice H. 01 Aug 1914
MILGRIM, Platt Roosevelt 22 Jul 1931 13 Mar 1992 Shared stone with next; A1C U. S. Air Force; s/o Parker Milgrim & Pearl Moore
MILGRIM, Alyce W. 12 Mar 1935
VAUGHAN, James Stephen 10 Sep 1932 15 May 2002 Shared stone with next; U. S. Army; s/o Harold Clinton Vaughan & Fannie Irene Byrd
VAUGHAN, Kate H[iggins] 16 Oct 1929 nee Higgins; w/o James Stephen Vaughan
NEWMAN, Berlin J. 17 May 1926 10 Aug 2001 Shared stone with next; Berlin John; s/o Shelton Newman & Lillie May Smythers
NEWMAN, Annie L. 02 Nov 1921
HUGHES, Colley W. 18 May 1926 19 Oct 1987 Shared stone with next; s/o John Hughes & Lula Price
HUGHES, Nita F. 25 Jan 1926 12 Mar 2008 Laura “Nita”; d/o William Lee Farrar & Estelle Crocker; w/o Colley W. Hughes
JOHNSON, Tony Morgan 03 Mar 1956 11 May 2006
Row 7
WILSON, Marvin Glenn 30 Aug 1931 Shared stone with next;
WILSON, Mildred Williams 01 Jul 1931 d/o Claude Swanson Williams & Sina Caroline Cooley; w/o Marvin Glenn Wilson
WILLIAMS, George W. 11 Jul 1927 07 May 2009 George Woodford; s/o Claude Swanson Williams & Sina Caroline Cooley
WILLIAMS, Margaret G. “Peggy” 04 Feb 1930 d/o Claude Swanson Williams & Sina Caroline Cooley
WILLIAMS, Claude S. 18 Jan 1893 09 Mar 1980 Shared stone with next; Sgt. U. S. Army WW I; Claude Swanson; s/o John T. Williams & Maggie Landreth
WILLIAMS, Sina Cooley 1897 1965 Sina Caroline; d/o William Rufus Cooley & Mary Ellen Cox; w/o Claude Swanson Williams
COOLEY, Thomas G. 04 Dec 1906 10 Apr 1986 Thomas George; s/o Wiley Preston Cooley & Cornelia J. Jennings
COOLEY, James Allen, Jr. 16 Nov 1922 14 Oct 1991 Shared stone with next; s/o James Allen Cooley, Sr. & Pearl M. Davis
COOLEY, Faye L. 03 Apr 1920 23 Oct 2005 Celia Faye; d/o Ralph W. Lineberry & Josephine B. Litteral; w/o James Allen Cooley, Jr.
SNOW, Garnett P. 10 Feb 1911 24 Feb 1985 Shared stone with next; Garnett Posey; s/o Charles Snow & Rosa Williams
SNOW, Blanche C. 01 May 1914 10 Jun 1988 Blanche Beatrice; d/o John Hardin Cooley & Bertie Lee Larue; w/o Garnett Posey Snow
DRUMMOND, Eugene L. 19 Jul 1923 15 Apr 1992 AS U. S. Navy WW II; Eugene Laymar; s/o Ernest Drummond & Lottie Lee Peery
DRUMMOND, Lorraine Pauline 07 Feb 1928 24 May 1996 d/o George Francis McKinney & Florence Bell Odell; w/o Eugene Laymar Drummond
GREEN, William E. [01 Jul] 1917 [31 Jul] 2000 Shared stone with next; William Edward “Bill”; s/o Earl Green & Mary E. Donovan
GREEN, Jane P. [27 Jul] 1936 [07 Jan] 1997 d/o Alphonse Thiebert & Teresa Trotlier; w/o William Edward Green
HAWKS, Cecil A. [17 Nov] 1901 [Oct] 1977 Shared stone with next; Cecil Andrew; s/o William Robert Hawks & Frances Galyean
HAWKS, Hazel B. [21 Nov] 1913 [10 Nov] 1994 d/o Harry Benton & Lillian Keck; w/o Cecil Andrew Hawks
Row 8
COOLEY, Charlie H. 21 Nov 1900 25 Sep 1970 Shared stone with next; Charles Henry; s/o Wiley Preston Cooley & Cornelia J. Jennings
COOLEY, Nora R. 12 Feb 1904 09 Dec 1983 Nora Rose; d/o James Kenley McKnight & Ella V. Hampton; w/o Charlie H. Cooley
COOLEY, John E. 25 Mar 1897 04 Aug 1972 Shared stone with next; John Edison; s/o Wiley Preston Cooley & Cornelia J. Jennings
COOLEY, Rose H. 20 Jul 1899 11 Dec 1983 Rose Lucinda; d/o Solomon F. Higgins & Margie Todd; w/o John Edison Cooley
COOLEY, Herbert W. 26 Jun 1921 15 Aug 1997 Shared stone with next; Herbert Wiley; s/o John Edison Cooley & Rose Lucinda Higgins
COOLEY, Irene H. 25 Jun 1919 17 May 1992 d/o Emmitt Higgins & Frances Elizabeth Greene; w/o Herbert Wiley Cooley
COOLEY, James A. 15 Jan 1899 01 May 1958 Shared stone with next; James Allen, Sr.; s/o Wiley Preston Cooley & Cornelia J. Jennings
COOLEY, Pearl M. 24 Aug 1893 04 Feb 1984 d/o Uriah F. Davis & Matilda McKnight; w/o James Allen Cooley, Sr.
PENNEY, William H. 16 Apr 1909 25 Sep 1988 Shared stone with next; William Hyter; s/o William H. Penney & Eunice Edwards
PENNEY, Olivia C. 29 Mar 1920 14 Apr 2000 Mary Olivia; d/o Henry Grady Cooley & Lucille Katherine Stanger; w/o William Hyter Penney
FRENCH, Candida Dawn 17 Apr 1971 28 Jan 2010 FHM; d/o Terry & Joyce Bottomley; w/o Dennis French
Row 9
HIGGINS, Hardin Preston 06 Jan 1898 17 Jan 1978 Shared stone with next; s/o Thomas Preston Higgins & Ella Blair
HIGGINS, Geneva C. 13 Mar 1898 19 Nov 1987 d/o Thomas Monroe Cox & Louvenia R. Gardner; w/o Hardin Preston Higgins
TAYLOR, Garfield [04 Mar] 1916 [17 May] 2005 Shared stone with next; s/o Marshall Taylor & Florence Brinegar
TAYLOR, Mildred [12 Mar] 1927 [12 Jun] 1965 Mildred Vera; d/o Glen Thomas Higgins & Edna Pearl Burris; w/o Garfield Taylor
HIGGINS, Rufus E. 1892 1958 Shared stone with next; s/o Emmett Higgins & Emma Florence Jennings
HIGGINS, Myrtle R. 1887 1954 d/o William Hardin Reavis & Harriet Elvira Davis; w/o Rufus E. Higgins
HIGGINS, Thomas Hardin 26 Feb 1920 05 Apr 2010 Shared stone with next; s/o Hardin Preston Higgins & Geneva Cox
HIGGINS, Virginia Bedsaul 20 Dec 1919 15 Sep 2006 d/o Luther Bedsaul & Lona Jennings; w/o Thomas Hardin Higgins
PIERCE, J. C., Jr. [09 Aug] 1918 [19 Oct] 1990 Shared stone with next; John Cornellius; s/o John Cornellius Pierce, Sr. & Della Ward
PIERCE, Sue H. [10 Sep] 1921 [09 Dec 2009] Katherine Sue; d/o Elmer Jack Higgins & Lessie V. Cox. w/o John Cornellius Pierce, Jr.
FIELDER, Robert James 20 Oct 1923 07 Nov 1997 Shared stone with next; U. S. Army WW II Com. Mil. Pol. European & South Pacific Tour; s/o James V. Fielder & Bertha Roberts
FIELDER, Hilda Mitchell 01 Nov 1926 Hilda Frances; d/o Edgar J. Mitchell & Guida Higgins; w/o Robert James Fielder
PHILLIPS, Halfred Linnie 09 May 1915 24 Oct 1985 Shared stone with next; Tec 5 U. S. Army WW II; s/o Calvin Phillips & Elizabeth Miller
PHILLIPS, Alma H. 03 Aug 1918 17 Jan 2006 Alma Sue; d/o Cloyd Hodges & Vergie Lundy; w/o Halfred Linnie Phillips
HAWKS, Robert A. Dean 30 Jun 1935 15 Jun 1998 Shared stone with next; Robert Aldene; s/o Barnett Hawks & Hattie Barker
HAWKS, Pansy P. 22 Nov 1939 Pansy Violet; d/o Halfred Linnie Phillips & Alma Sue Hodges; w/o Robert Aldene Hawks
Row 10
WILLIAMS, Thomas F. 15 Feb 1911 08 Jul 1984 Shared stone with next; Thomas Fred “Buster”; s/o Thomas Williams & Nancy Swain
WILLIAMS, Emma H. 15 Apr 1913 04 Oct 2000 d/o Thomas Preston Higgins & Ella Blair; w/o Thomas Fred Williams
HIGGINS, Glen T. [19 Nov] 1901 [11 Dec] 1995 Shared stone with next; Glen Thomas; s/o Emmett Higgins & Emma Florence Jennings
HIGGINS, Edna P. [15 Jul] 1901 [02 Feb] 1990 Edna Pearl; d/o Emory J. Burris & Sarah Ann Pool; w/o Glen Thomas Higgins
KATSCHMANN, Anna 1856 1918 Shared stone with next;
WINKLER, Anna 1923 1929
WINKLER, Francis J. [07 Mar] 1892 [Jun] 1979 Shared stone with next;
WINKLER, Martha A. [31 Aug] 1886 [Dec] 1966
MAUTER, George Frederick 10 Apr 1910 03 Jun 1991 Shared stone with next; s/o George C. Mauter & Martha Katschmann
MAUTER, Edna G. Hansen 13 Nov 1912 24 Jan 1995 w/o George Frederick Mauter
NICHOLS, Glen Gilbert 02 Jan 1900 16 Sep 1983 Shared stone with next; s/o James Vince Nichols & Susie Kathleen Edwards
NICHOLS, Margie Higgins 13 Nov 1904 10 Jan 1996 d/o Emmett Higgins & Emma Florence Jennings; w/o Glen Gilbert Nichols
CAVALLARO, James [26 Jul] 1896 [18 Nov] 1988 Shared stone with next; s/o Mario Cavallaro & Rosa Trerc
CAVALLARO, Sadie F. [26 Mar] 1905 [10 Nov] 2003 Sadie Frances; d/o Peter Castiglione & Anna Calabrese; w/o James Cavallaro
Row 11
COX, Roy Thomas 30 Jun 1895 18 Apr 1982 Shared stone with next; U. S. Army WW I; s/o Thomas Monroe Cox & Louvina R. Gardner
COX, Pauline Blair Higgins 07 May 1904 07 Jul 1988 d/o Thomas Preston Higgins & Ella Blair; w/o Roy Thomas Cox
MARION, James F. 30 Mar 1925 19 Nov 1975 Pvt. U. S. Army WW II; James Franklin; s/o William Harmon Marion & Zetta Nelson
WENSEL, Laurence L. 13 Mar 1919 Shared stone with next;
WENSEL, Janice Cox 01 May 1926
NICHOLS, Ray F. 21 Mar 1944 12 Aug 1992 Shared stone with next; Ray Felix; s/o Glen Gilbert Nichols & Margie Higgins
NICHOLS, Linda L. 24 Oct 1943 Linda Lou; d/o William Sanders Isom & Nina Marie Lawson; w/o Ray Felix Nichols
PFISTER, Walter Henry 04 Apr 1921 04 Oct 2009 Shared stone with next; Tec 4 U. S. Army WW II; s/o Frank Pfister & Margaret Jordan
PFISTER, Rose M. 1928
Row 12
STRAUSS, Stephanie 27 Nov 1917 29 Jan 2003 Shared stone with next;
STRAUSS, Emil F. 10 Oct 1914 26 Feb 1994 Emil Francis; s/o Leonard Albert Strauss & Michaeline Sadowski
SMITH, Carol A[nn] 16 Dec 1941 26 Nov 1987 Carol Ann; d/o Emil Francis & Stephanie Strauss
NICHOLS, Emmett Lee 21 Feb 1928 03 May 2006 Shared stone with next; s/o Glen Gilbert Nichols & Margie Higgins
NICHOLS, Faith Higgins 13 Jan 1926 05 Oct 2006 Marion Faith; d/o Carl Jackson Higgins & Violet Edwards; w/o Emmett Lee Nichols
Row 13
WATSON, Jeffery Lee 05 Dec 1928 05 Mar 1987 s/o Jerry Watson & Linda Cooley
COOLEY, H. G. 18 Oct 1922 02 Aug 1995 Shared stone with next; Henry Grady, Jr.; s/o Henry Grady Cooley, Sr. & Lucille Stanger
COOLEY, Nona Fae 16 Jun 1929 d/o Lee Johnson Faddis & Ethel Maud Bedsaul; w/o Henry Grady Cooley, Jr.
COOLEY, Dennis Ray 25 Oct 1949 09 Dec 2005 Shared stone with next; s/o Henry Grady Cooley, Jr. & Nona Fae Faddis
COOLEY, Kathy Elaine 24 Jul 1950 d/o Wilbur Barnett Payne & Odessa Marie Hawks; w/o Dennis Ray Cooley
PAYNE, Wilbur B. 24 Nov 1909 24 Jul 1996 Shared stone with next; Wilbur Barnett; s/o Jasper Lee Payne & Effie Louvenia Lowe
PAYNE, Odessa H. 01 Mar 1913 04 Nov 2009 Odessa Marie; d/o Robert Fred Hawks & Bessie C. Hill; w/o Wilbur Barnett Payne
Row 14
BURCHAM, Alexander 2005 FHM
BURCHAM, Destiny B. 2005 FHM
MAWYER, Dillard D. 30 Nov 1931 17 Apr 2008 Shared stone with next; Dillard Daniel; s/o Dillard Daniel Mawyer & Kathleen Mirginia McGunn
MAWYER, Alma Sue 17 Aug 1933 d/o Glen Thomas Higgins & Edna Pearl Burris