Comers Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: West of Troutdale
Directions: From Sugar Grove Hwy (SR 16) at the Smyth County line proceed west on Homestead Road (Rt 741) to the Comers Creek Baptist Church (founded 1906). The cemetery is behind the church on the left side of the road and is visible from the road.
GPS Coordinates: N36.690712 W81.431305
Surveyed by: Ginger Ballard Dec 2001; updated in April 2007 by Crissie Peters and Ginger.
Comments: This cemetery is well-maintained.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| COMBS, Boss | 1919 | 1995 | double stone with next |
| COMBS, Elma M. | 1918 | 2004 | married 6 Aug 1945 |
| COMBS, William Conley | 7 Jun 1938 | double stone with next | |
| COMBS, Georgia Kay | 29 Jan 1947 | 2004 | |
| Row 2 | |||
| WAAK, Virginia C. | 1941 | 2007 | metal marker |
| BILLINGS, Emily Kay | 3 Apr 1946 | 30 Nov 2002 | |
| BARTON, Robert D. | 25 Oct 1936 | 12 Mar 1994 | double stone with next |
| BARTON, Geneva B. | 27 Feb 1943 | 24 Dec 1994 | |
| BILLINGS, Ruby B. | 21 Jul 1923 | 13 May 1988 | [nee Brown; w/o Carl E. Billings] |
| BILLINGS, Carl E. | 11 Aug 1920 | 16 Jan 1992 | Pvt U.S. Army World War II; [Carl Elet, s/o Abraham & Sarah Brooks Billings] |
| Row 3 | |||
| unknown | footstone: “Pete”; no headstone | ||
| BROOKS, W. Earl | 24 Apr 1928 | 4 Oct 1999 | double stone with next |
| BROOKS, Phyllis V. | 12 Oct 1929 | 19 Oct 1993 | |
| unknown | footstone: sister; does not appear to align with a headstone | ||
| BROOKS, David E. | 26 Nov 1948 | footstone: David; double stone with next | |
| BROOKS, Chong O. | 25 May 1945 | footstone: Ruby | |
| BROOKS, ____ | married 23 Sep 1960; double stone with next; footstone: father | ||
| BROOKS, ____ | footstone: mother | ||
| BROOKS, Garland R. | 9 Feb 1943 | ||
| Row 4 | |||
| WILSON, William C. | 3 Jun 1933 | double stone with next | |
| WILSON, Bertie S. | 6 Jun 1933 | wed 1 Oct 1955 | |
| JOHNSON, Hurley | 30 Aug 1912 | 7 Jan 1994 | double stone with next |
| JOHNSON, Belle | 5 Aug 1912 | 18 May 2000 | |
| BALL, Archie | 30 Oct 1932 | 11 Oct 1982 | U.S. Army Korea |
| BALL, William Brack | 4 Sep 1931 | ||
| BILLINGS, Wint | 1 Jul 1908 | 20 Sep 1978 | [s/o Abraham & Sarah Brooks Billings] |
| SHEETS, Gordie L. | 18 Jul 1903 | 20 Jul 1997 | double stone with next |
| SHEETS, Ruby Campbell | 4 Mar 1913 | 19 Jun 1996 | |
| PARKS, Charlotte P. | 20 Feb 1937 | double stone with next | |
| PARKS, Guy E. | 27 May 1930 | 28 Apr 2004 | |
| SHEETS, Claude A. | 22 Feb 1932 | 20 Jun 2001 | double stone with next |
| SHEETS, Lydia C. | 8 May 1936 | ||
| Row 5 | |||
| TRIVITT, Donald E. | 14 Jan 1936 | 26 Mar 2005 | double stone with next |
| TRIVITT, Joeann | 14 Nov 1941 | 29 Oct 2004 | married 15 Jun 1961 |
| BILLINGS, Ronnie Franklin “Cotton” | 6 Jan 1932 | 31 Mar 1989 | [s/o Opal & Belva Brown Billings] |
| BILLINGS, Opal | 25 Sep 1915 | 2 May 1980 | [s/o Abraham & Sarah Brooks Billings]; double stone with next |
| BILLINGS, Belva V. | 23 Oct 1921 | [nee Brown] | |
| BILLINGS, Grover Sidney | 23 Sep 1949 | 28 May 1976 | |
| BILLINGS, James D. | 28 Feb 1955 | 12 Sep 1972 | |
| BILLINGS, Phillis N. | 9 Sep 1960 | 23 Jun 1963 | |
| BILLINGS, Wanda K. | 26 Mar 1954 | 5 Apr 1954 | [Wanda Kay, d/o Opal & Belva Brown Billings] |
| LOWMAN, Andrew T. | 1875 | 1972 | double stone with next |
| LOWMAN, Sarah F. | 1878 | 1935 | |
| BALL, William Ezra | 1887 | 1974 | double stone with next |
| BALL, Mattie Lula | 1898 | 1962 | |
| unknown | unmarked | ||
| STONE, Zady | 12 Mar 1900 | 17 May 1940 | mother |
| BILLINGS, Abe | 1874 | 1929 | double stone with next |
| BILLINGS, Sarah Brooks | 1877 | 1948 | |
| unknown | unmarked | ||
| PRUITT, Howard J. | 26 Dec 1931 | 9 Jan 1932 | |
| PRUITT, Ruby E. | 22 Aug 1925 | 8 Sep 1925 | |
| PRUITT, Grace E. | 14 Jan 1923 | 23 Jan 1923 | |
| PRUITT, James E. | 8 Jan 1920 | 13 Jan 1922 | |
| BROOKS, Earl | 24 Dec 1920 | 5 Jan 1921 | shared stone with next three |
| BROOKS, Danie | 13 Feb 1924 | 27 Feb 1924 | |
| BROOKS, Infant | 26 Apr 1925 | 26 Apr 1925 | |
| BROOKS, Wallace | 24 Feb 1941 | 5 Mar 1941 | |
| BROOKS, James Lester | 20 May 1938 | 6 Jan 2006 | BUL3 U.S. Navy |
| BROOKS, James Monroe | 24 Sep 1895 | 15 Jul 1962 | [s/o Rufus Brooks]; Va Pvt U.S. Army World War II; double stone with next |
| BROOKS, Lue C. | 20 Apr 1903 | 26 May 1993 | [Lue Cinda, d/o Zilla Fox] |
| Row 6 | |||
| SMITH, W.C. | 9 Sep 1914 | 10 Feb 1915 | son of F[elix] and E[ffie Brooks] Smith |
| SMITH, D[ortha] C. | 4 May 1906 | 8 Feb 1917 | daughter of F[elix] and E[ffie Brooks] Smith |
| Row 7 | |||
| COMBS, William Jackson | 6 Mar 1907 | 23 Jan 1912 | son of Eli and Birtie Combs |
| COMBS, George | 26 Mar 1905 | 13 Jun 1983 | [George William, s/o Noel & Polly Hayes Combs] |
| COMBS, Nole | 2 Jul 1873 | 25 Dec 1954 | [Noel]; double stone with next |
| COMBS, Pollie | 29 Feb 1876 | 18 Oct 1948 | [nee Combs] |
| COMBS, Nancy | 10 Aug 1908 | 29 Dec 1925 | |
| COMBS, William Harvey | 13 Sep 1903 | 20 May 1912 | son of Noel Alexander and Pollie Combs |
| LOWMAN, Reggie H. | 1902 | 1917 | |
| SHEETS, Dicy J. | Jul 1866 | 20 Apr 1925 | wife of Lee Sheets; [d/o Calvin & Amanda Bare Woodie] |
| SHEETS, Lee | 28 May 1867 | 12 Mar 1933 | [Lee Ander, s/o David & Martha Osborne Sheets] |
| HENSLEY, Bruce A. | 11 Feb 1931 | 10 May 2004 | double stone with next |
| HENSLEY, U. Gray | 6 May 1942 | ||
| SHEETS, Norman Judson, Pastor | 14 Sep 1893 | 13 Jun 1986 | PFC U.S. Army World War I; [s/o David & Martha Osborne Sheets] |
| SHEETS, Celia E. | 1 Mar 1900 | 4 Jul 1929 | wife of Norman Sheets; [d/o Johnson V. & Mary Bell] |
| PERKINS, Annie | 1894 | 1922 | |
| Row 8 | |||
| MURRAY, John Wiley | 12 Aug 1921 | 19 Dec 2004 | S1 U.S. Navy World War II; [s/o Joseph Cebert & Emma Frances Parks Murray]; double stone with next |
| MURRAY, Geraldine B. | 12 Dec 1939 | wed 8 Aug 1953; [nee Billings] | |
| COMBS, Alvin L. | 3 Dec 1870 | 23 Mar 1949 | double stone with next |
| COMBS, Jeanetta M. | 30 Mar 1874 | 10 Apr 1956 | [nee Milly Jeanetta Pennington] |
| COMBS, Merdith | 25 Feb 1927 | age 83 years; [Meredith] | |
| COMBS, Nancy | 9 Aug 1848 | 29 Dec 1911 | wife of Mardieth [sic] Combs |
| COMBS, Caleb | 28 Apr 1867 | 8 Apr 1928 | |
| COMBS, Nancy Elizabeth | 27 Oct 1879 | 18 Feb 1913 | |
| COMBS, Emma May | 19 Dec 1915 | 29 Dec 1918 | |
| BROWN, Dollie Elizabeth | 19 Nov 1915 | 31 Jan 1919 | |
| unknowns | two unmarked graves | ||
| BROOKS, Infant | son of Virgie and L.A. Brooks | ||
| BROOKS, Carrie | 18 Jan 1925 | 17 Feb 1925 | infant daughter of Emma and L.A. Brooks |
| BROOKS, Emma H. | 1898 | 1925 | mother |
| BROOKS, Virgie May | 1900 | 1958 | mother |
| BROOKS, Lee Ander | 10 Jun 1894 | 24 May 1961 | Father |
| BROOKS, Glen | 1904 | 1965 | |
| Row 9 | |||
| MABE, Bronson F. | 4 Oct 1916 | ||
| PHELPS, Woodrow | 17 Sep 1916 | 28 Jun 1950 | W Va Pvt 10 Inf 14 Div 18 Sep 1916 – 28 Jun 1950 |
| BROOKS, Claude C. | 29 Jun 1925 | 26 May 2002 | double stone with next |
| BROOKS, Alice F. | 20 Jul 1925 | 12 Aug 2001 | |
| BROOKS, Cleve Wyndell | 11 Sep 1929 | 7 Oct 1985 | |
| BROOKS, Dema Combs | 1887 | 1959 | |
| COMBS, Floyd | 18 Jul 1883 | 4 Oct 1888 | |
| COMBS, Infant | 1934 | 1934 | infant d/o Wiley & Rosie Combs |
| unknowns | seven unmarked graves | ||
| COMBS, Allen E. | 22 Nov 1931 | 16 Sep 1938 | unmarked |
| unknown | unmarked | ||
| COMBS, Georgia E. | 11 Jul 1909 | 14 Oct 1944 | |
| RICHARDSON, J. Sherman | 1892 | 1987 | |
| RICHARDSON, Mandy S. | [2 Nov] 1896 | [5 Oct] 1980 | [Amanda Magdalene, d/o Lee & Dicy Woody Sheets; w/o Sherman Richardson; SSDI lists birth as 16 May 1897] |
| Row 10 | |||
| CLEARY, Bryson G. | 15 Jan 1936 | 17 Feb 1992 | [Bryson Glenn, s/o Homer & Della Richardson Cleary] |
| CHATHAM, Wm. Harold | 12 Aug 1935 | 7 Sep 2005 | BT 2 U.S. Navy; double stone with next |
| CHATHAM, Frances N. | 9 Jan 1935 | ||
| CHATHAM, J. Earl | 11 Dec 1907 | 27 Aug 1967 | double stone with next |
| CHATHAM, Mae B. | 27 Aug 1911 | 10 Jun 1981 | [Emma Mae, d/o John & Dema Combs Brooks] |
| CHATHAM, Bobby | 11 Sep 1942 | 27 Oct 1942 | infant twin of Earl and Mae Chatham |
| CHATHAM, Nancy | 11 Sep 1942 | 27 Oct 1942 | infant twin of Earl and Mae Chatham |
| BROOKS, Jettie | 25 Sep 1896 | 28 May 1897 | daughter of J.C. and S.J. Brooks |
| BROOKS, Infant | 5 Jul 1905 | 6 Jul 1905 | daughter of J.C. and S.J. Brooks |
| BROOKS, Sarah Jane | 15 Nov 1869 | 11 Jul 1905 | wife of J.C. Brooks |
| BROOKS, J.C. | 20 Jun 1870 | 25 Aug 1939 | |
| BROOKS, Rufus J. | 26 Dec 1875 | 19 Apr 1945 | |
| BROOKS, Mary E. | 10 Jun 1875 | 7 Oct 1937 | |
| BROOKS, Ethel Gay | 31 May 1943 | 18 Dec 1943 | |
| CLEARY, Mattie Brown | 13 Oct 1884 | 28 Jun 1966 | |
| CLEARY, Homer Glen | 2 May 1908 | 15 Feb 2000 | |
| CLEARY, Della Irene | 6 Sep 1909 | 15 Jul 1965 | |
| CLEARY, Robert Lee | 30 Jun 1873 | 4 Oct 1965 | |
| Row 11 | |||
| COMBS, William Roby | 11 Apr 1902 | 26 Jul 1973 | |
| COMBS, Sammel Brack, Rev. | 12 Aug 1906 | 7 Sep 1948 | |
| HAYS, Ruby V. | 31 Mar 1915 | 31 Mar 1915 | daughter of U.S. and Bessie Hays |
| HAYES, Leona | 15 May 1910 | ||
| HAYES, Carrie | 6 May 1884 | 14 Mar 1911 | |
| HAGA, David H. | 14 May 1892 | 12 Jun 1913 | |
| HAYES, Arter | 6 Dec 1880 | 1 Dec 1939 | double stone with next |
| HAYES, Dora | 2 May 1884 | 22 Dec 1933 | |
| COMBS, Arvel J. | 16 Sep 1925 | 2 Aug 1975 | Father |
| COMBS, John B. | 16 Dec 1901 | 25 Jul 1972 | double stone with next |
| COMBS, Lelia B. | 22 Jan 1905 | 25 Apr 1972 | |
| PRUITT, H. Freeling | 2 May 1875 | 8 Nov 1946 | double stone with next |
| PRUITT, Amanda C. | 25 Nov 1882 | 16 Jun 1972 | |
| Row 12 | |||
| BROOKS, Walter Zee | 6 Oct 1910 | 12 May 1994 | |
| KING, Walter E. | 21 May 1907 | 25 Dec 1971 | |
| KING, John W. | 15 May 1884 | 30 Sep 1960 | |
| KING, Leona B. | 22 Sep 1890 | 10 Nov 1964 | |
| KING, Infant | 18 Dec 1910 | 16 Feb 1911 | son of J.W. and Leonia King |
| BROWN, Jane | 1860 | 2 Aug 1912 | |
| unknowns | four unmarked graves | ||
| BROWN, W[illiam] A[rthur] | 25 Nov 1886 | 2 Aug 1963 | double stone with next |
| BROWN, Nancy Jane | 2 May 1890 | 30 Jan 1977 | [d/o Thomas & Tinnie Billings Brooks] |
| Row 13 | |||
| unknowns | two unmarked graves | ||
| DEMPSEY, Ringeye Charles W. | 1921 | 1999 | double stone with next |
| DEMPSEY, Ruby Combs | 1920 | 2006 | |
| PRUITT, Charlie H. | 27 Sep 1890 | 10 May 1963 | double stone with next |
| PRUITT, Sessie A. | 25 Aug 1892 | 28 Dec 1982 | |
| GREENE, Dale | 7 Jul 1923 | 18 Aug 1991 | U.S. Army World War II; double stone with next |
| GREENE, Ruby E. | 7 Jul 1927 | 2 Sep 2001 | |
| unknown | unmarked | ||
| BROOKS, Ray D. | 5 Dec 1908 | 21 Oct 1975 | double stone with next |
| BROOKS, Sarah M. | 10 Apr 1910 | 13 Feb 1999 | |
| COMBS, Wiley L. | 1896 | 1969 | shared stone with next two |
| COMBS, Rosie R. | 1901 | 1946 | |
| COMBS, Billie J. | 1932 | 1965 | |
| YOUNG, Helen Combs | 4 Feb 1926 | 1 Jan 2006 | |
| unknowns | two unmarked graves | ||
| COMBS, Ray | 15 Nov 1949 | 15 Nov 1949 | |
| PHELPS, Roger Clyde | 4 Apr 1950 | 9 Apr 1950 | |
| COMBS, Mary J. | 1918 | 1940 | shared stone with next two |
| COMBS, Nora E. | 1895 | 1969 | |
| COMBS, Floyd T. | 1893 | 1975 | |
| unknown | unmarked | ||