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Edwards Family Cemetery (Stagecoach Road)

Carroll County

Fancy Gap District

Location: Flower Gap Community

Directions: Beside an old abandoned roadbed off Stagecoach Road that exits off Rt. 692 (Paul’s Creek Road), 1.5 miles from Rt. 691 (Flower Gap Road).

GPS Coordinates: N 36.62499 W 080.70584

Surveyed by: Buford C. Wilson; 04 Dec 2013; buford-wilson@outlook.com

Comments: The cemetery is overgrown and in very poor condition. Information in [brackets] is not on the stone.

Edwards Family Cemetery (Stagecoach Road), Carroll County
Name Birth Death Comments
Row 1
EDWARDS, Baby
Row 2
McCREARY, Elva Irene 12 Sep 1940 12 Jun 1944 d/o Jesse Edward McCreary & Flora Combs
McCREARY, Jesse E. 07 Aug 1887 31 Aug 1932 Shared stone with next; Jesse Edward; s/o C. Franklin McCreary & Mary McMillion
McCREARY Flora C. 11 Aug 1886 11 Apr 1958 d/o Noah Combs & Martha Ann Cagle; w/o Jesse Edward McCreary
COMBS, Oscar 10 Sep 1902 03 Nov 1908 s/o Joseph N. Combs & Rachael Tina Edwards
COMBS, Elvada 03 Jan 1915 24 May 1917 d/o Joseph N. Combs & Rachael Tena Edwards
COMBS, Chester 15 Nov 1917 25 Nov 1921 s/o Joseph N. Combs & Rachael Tina Edwards
COMBS, :Joe 07 Sep 1867 1939 Joseph N.; s/o William Noah Combs & Catherine Jane Edwards
COMBS, Rachael [22 Jun 1873] After 1940 Rachael Tena; d/o William P. Edwards & Rachel P. Ayers; w/o Joseph N. Combs
COMBS, Roby 02 Mar 1911 Mar 1949 s/o Joseph N. Combs & Rachael Tena Edwards
COMBS, Harlie Jordan 10 Dec 1933 03 Feb 2009 U. S. Army Korea; s/o Troy Combs & Reva Irene Steelman
EDWARDS, Emma Viola 30 Mar 1904 14 Dec 1995 d/o William Jerden Edwards & Easter Leftwich
EDWARDS, William J. 07 Apr 1878 08 Apr 1967 Shared stone with next; William Jerden; s/o William P. Edwards & Rachel Ayers
EDWARDS, Easter L. 29 Sep 1884 25 Nov 1972 d/o James Ellis Leftwich & Annora Hill; w/o William Jerden Edwards
EDWARDS, Fred 17 Sep 1922 10 Jul 1945 PFC; Fred Lonzo; s/o William Jerden Edwards & Easter Leftwich
EDWARDS, Viola 22 Jul 1903 12 Jan 1904 d/o William Jerden Edwards & Easter Leftwich
EDWARDS. Raleigh 04 Jul 1902 04 Jul 1902 s/o William Jerden Edwards & Easter Leftwich
EDWARDS, Jesse James 14 Feb 1920 04 Feb 1995 s/o William Jerden Edwards & Easter Leftwich
SCOTT, Betty E. 07 Apr 1918 d/o William Jerden Edwards & Easter Leftwich
Row 3
McCRAW, Carley J. 29 Mar 1932
There appears to be 50 or more graves marked only with fieldstones and the rest of the marked graves are scattered and not in any row order. No doubt there are many members of the Edwards and related families buried here in the unmarked graves.
COMBS, Massie C. 31 Jul 1861 22 Jan 1943 Massie Catherine; d/o William Noah Combs & Catherine Jane Edwards
COMBS, William N. 20 Apr 1838 08 Jan 1919 Pvt. Co. E. 29 Va. Inf. CSA; William Noah; s/o Zedekiah Combs & Susannah Payne
COMBS, Catherine J. 21 Feb 1838 26 Jan 1914 Catherine Jane; d/o John Edwards & Nancy J. Mankins; w/o William Noah Combs
RIGNEY, Infant 23 Nov 1928 s/o David Tillman Rigney & Bessie S. Combs
CROTTS, Garland T. 22 Sep 1905 11 May 1907 s/o John Crotts & Rosa E Hawks
EDWARDS, H. C., Jr. 19 May 1925 Henry Clay, Jr.; s/o Henry Clay Edwards & Amelia Ann Virginia Hawks
EDWARDS, Henry C. 14 Apr 1861 23 Dec 1941 Shared stone with next; Henry Clay; s/o Jesse Mankins Edwards & Sarah Elizabeth Johnson
EDWARDS, Mecie F. 15 Jan 1866 14 Mar 1914 Artimecia Frances; d/o John Dowell & Mary Ann Jones; w/o Henry Clay Edwards
EDWARDS, Infant 31 Jan 1904 d/o Henry Clay Edwards & Artimecia Frances Dowell
EDWARDS, Gertie M. 21 Mar 1911 01 Jan 1917 Gertie May; d/o Rupert C. Edwards & Catherine Edwards
EDWARDS, Emons L. 12 Sep 1890 20 Jul 1916 Emons Lafayette; s/o Jesse Mankins Edwards, Jr. & Mary E. Browder
EDWARDS, Catherine Combs 21 Sep 1892 11 Dec 1956 d/o Noah Combs & Martha Ann Cagle; w/o Emons Lafayette Edwards
COMBS, Martha Ann 27 May 1862 20 Mar 1927 d/o William Henry Cagle & Susannah Owens; w/o Noah Combs
COMBS, Barnett 22 Dec 1890 14 Oct 1891 s/o Noah Combs & Martha Ann Cagle
COMBS, William H. 05 Sep 1883 24 Jun 1885 Name is Wilbur H. in Carroll County Death Records; s/o Noah Combs & Martha Ann Cagle
COMBS, Lewellyn 26 Jul 1882 30 Jun 1884 d/o Noah Combs & Martha Ann Cagle
EDWARDS, John J. 28 Jan 1835 28 Mar 1918 Pvt. Co. E 30 BN Va. Sharpshooters CSA; s/o John “Mountain John” Edwards & Nancy J. Mankins
EDWARDS, John “Mountain John” 1791 09 Jan 1880 Serg. 7 Va. Militia War of 1812; s/o William Edwards & Sarah Edwards
EDWARDS, William A. Aug 1842 31 Jul 1911 Co. E 29 Va. Inf. CSA; s/o Levi & Mary Edwards
EDWARDS, William P. 23 Mar 1829 1905 Co. E 29 Va. Inf. CSA; s/o John “Mountain John” Edwards & Nancy J. Mankins