Elk Spur Cemetery
Carroll County, Virginia
Fancy Gap District
Location: Elk Spur Community
Directions: Beside Rt. 614 (Elk Spur Road), .6 mile from Rt. 608 (Lightening Ridge Road).
GPS Coordinates: N 36.658300 W 080.680809
Surveyed by: Buford C. Wilson; 30 Jul 2014; buford-wilson@outlook.com
Comments: The cemetery is in excellent condition. Information in [brackets] is not on the stone. Although the area next to the highway appears to have room for more graves, a local resident told me that it is filled with unmarked graves.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| McMILLIAN, Savadar | 22 Apr 1888 | 03 May 1957 | d/o Robert & Savadar McMillian; w/o Jesse B. Hudson |
| EDWARDS J. B. | Co. F Prestons BN CSA; Joseph B.; s/o John “Mountain John” Edwards & Roane King | ||
| Row 2 | |||
| AYERS, Iola | 12 Mar 1921 | 17 Mar 1954 | d/o William Henry Ayers & Eveline Meredith; w/o William F. Ayers |
| AYERS, Calvin C. | 24 Aug 1925 | 04 May 1966 | S2 USNR WW II; Calvin Coolidge; s/o William Henry Ayers & Eveline Meredith |
| Row 3 | |||
| ALLEN | No name | ||
| AYERS, Ella Allen | 14 Jun 1899 | 16 May 1977 | |
| ALLEN | 2 No name | ||
| Row 4 | |||
| HAYNES, Samuel Matthew | 05 Sep 1936 | 28 May 1955 | s/o Wiley Chapman Haynes & Katie Elizabeth Julia V. Ayers |
| GUYNN, Lizzie Ayers | 1915 [15 Feb 1913] |
[13 May 2002] | Shared stone with next; Katie Elizabeth Julia V.; d/o Alexander Davidson Ayers & Annie Guynn; w/o Wiley Chapman Haynes & William Richard Guynn |
| GUYNN, William R. | 1876 | William Richard; s/o Stephen & Carrie Guynn | |
| EDWARDS, Cena | 21 Mar 1889 | 20 Mar 1961 | d/o John Henry Hall & Cena Clementine Semones; 2nd w/o Daniel Austin Edwards |
| EDWARDS, Sarah Alice | 11 Jul 1885 | 15 Jan 1913 | d/o William B. Thomas & Mary J. Boyd; 1st w/o Daniel Austin Edwards |
| EDWARDS, Daniel A. | 27 May 1874 | 04 Aug 1962 | Daniel Austin; s/o Joseph B. Edwards & Matilda Wilcox |
| JONES, Jesse Wilbern | 14 Oct 1920 | 28 Feb 1953 | |
| Row 5 | |||
| THOMAS, Lummie Alice | Nov 1872 | Feb 1920 | Shared stone with next; Columbia Alice; d/o Henry William Ayers & Lucy Elizabeth Guynn; w/o Robert Lee Thomas |
| THOMAS, Robert Lee | Jun 1866 | May 1919 | s/o Robert Thomas & Mary Jane Ayers |
| Row 6 | |||
| THOMAS, Arthur | 28 Dec 1898 | 22 Sep 1900 | |
| THOMAS, Rheuben | 30 Jun 1872 | 25 Jul 1900 | |
| THOMAS, Robert T. | Co. E 29 VA Inf. CSA | ||
| Row 7 | |||
| EDWARDS, Jonah Cecil | 21 May 1937 | 28 Nov 1994 | s/o John Walter Edwards & Susan Newes Thomas |
| EDWARDS, Donald Clinton | 20 Apr 1940 | 16 Oct 1991 | s/o John Walter Edwards & Susan Newes Thomas |
| EDWARDS, Irving | 21 Feb 1934 | 01 Mar 1934 | s/o John Walter Edwards & Susan Newes Thomas |
| EDWARDS, Roy | 03 Jan 1935 | 24 Jan 1935 | s/o John Walter Edwards & Susan Newes Thomas |
| EDWARDS, Cathalean | 15 Nov 1935 | 27 Apr 1936 | d/o John Walter Edwards & Susan Newes Thomas |
| EDWARDS, Susie T. | 1905 | 1991 | Shared stone with next; Susan Newes; d/o Robert Lee Thomas & Columbia Alice Ayers; w/o John Walter Edwards |
| EDWARDS, John W. | 1895 | 1962 | John Walter; s/o Levi Edwards & Mary Virginia Tate |
| EDWARDS, Robert Green | 17 Feb 1939 | 23 Feb 1994 | PFC U. S. Army; s/o William Edwards & Nellie Mae King |
| EDWARDS, Nellie Mae | 04 Oct 1908 | 17 Oct 1972 | d/o Hosea G. King & Virginia Elizabeth Leonard; w/o William Edwards |
| EDWARDS, William | 15 Sep 1892 | 01 Nov 1968 | Pvt. U. S. Army WW I; s/o Tilda Edwards |
| LEFTWICH, Elmer A. | 08 Apr 1915 | 16 Jun 1917 | Elmer Alonzo; s/o Homer Lafayette Leftwich & Susan Viola Thomas |
| Row 8 | |||
| AYERS, Susan Shotto | 22 Oct 1948 | 22 Sep 1995 | Shared stone with next; nee Shotto; w/o Clifton Ayers |
| AYERS, Clifton (Cricket) | 30 Dec 1935 | s/o Solomon Ayers & Sullar Mae Guynn | |
| AYERS, Sullar Mae | 17 Jun 1905 | 05 Oct 1985 | Shared stone with next; d/o Wiley Guynn & Laura J. McMillian; w/o Solomon Ayers |
| AYERS, Solomon | 17 Aug 1911 | 19 Apr 1994 | s/o Alexander Davidson Ayers & Annie Guynn |
| AYERS, Seawaltz | 20 Jun 1930 | 27 Jul 1950 | s/o Solomon Ayers & Sullar Mae Guynn |
| McMILLION, Lary | 03 May 1877 | 11 Aug 1943 | Shared stone with next; Laura; d/o Willis McMillan & Mary Jane Tate; w/o Willis Guynn & Charley McMillion |
| McMILLION, Charley | 07 Aug 1885 | 30 Oct 1943 | s/o Martha McMillion |
| McMILLIAN, Isaac Phillip | 11 Apr 1889 | 29 Oct 1948 | s/o Martha McMillion |
| ALLEN, J. G. | 21 Jun 1870 | 26 May 1928 | James Garnell; s/o Anderson & Anne Marie Allen |
| ALLEN, Riley W. | 28 Feb 1873 | 24 Feb 1908 | s/o Anderson & Anne Marie Allen |
| Row 9 | |||
| STRICKLAND, Martha | 11 May 1816 | 23 Jul 1904 | w/o William Strickland |
| STRICKLAND, William | 19 Nov 1812 | 19 Apr 1886 | |
| STRICKLAND, Mary F. | 1848 | 1931 | d/o George W. & Eliza King; w/o John Wesley Strickland |
| STRICKLAND, J. W. | 17 Sep 1845 | 29 Apr 1918 | John Wesley; s/o William & Martha Strickland |
| STRICKLAND, Lucy A. | 16 Aug 1888 | 22 Jul 1908 | d/o John Wesley Strickland & Mary F. King |
| STRICKLAND, John E. | 19 Jan 1882 | 28 Jan 1901 | s/o John Wesley Strickland & Mary F. King |
| Row 10 | |||
| GUYNN, Joseph Marty | 07 Oct 1976 | 25 Jun 2014 | FHM |
| BOND, Della G. | 16 Oct 1912 | 13 Oct 1997 | Shared stone with next; Della Iowa; d/o James Guynn & Inez Thomas; w/o Vernie Kyle Goodsoon & James Riley Washington Bond |
| BOND, James J. | 15 Jul 1875 | 10 Dec 1960 | James “Jim” Riley Washington; s/o Nathan Dudley Bond & Victoria Frances McMillian |
| MEREDITH, Charles W. | 06 Nov 1915 | 20 May 1971 | Charles Walker; s/o Jesse Ewel Meredith & Laura Louemma Edwards |
| MEREDITH, George H. | 19 Jan 1930 | 19 Mar 1930 | s/o Clyde Roscoe Meredith & Lessie Myrtle Thomas |
| HAWKS, Infant son | 25 Feb 1930 | s/o Roy Garland Hawks, Sr. & Rose Meredith | |
| HAWKS, Rose Meredith | 16 Jan 1904 | 20 Aug 1993 | Shared stone with next; d/o Jesse Ewel Meredith & Laura Louemma Edwards; w/o Roy Garland Hawks, Sr. |
| HAWKS, Roy Garland, Sr. | 09 Oct 1904 | 10 Jan 1980 | s/o Floyd Marcus Hawks & Martha Elizabeth McCraw |
| HAWKS, Roy Garland, Jr. | 21 Feb 1934 | 10 Jul 1975 | No marker; s/o Roy Garland Hawks, Sr. & Rose Meredith |
| STRICKLAND, Catherine Virginia Sutphin | 28 Dec 1916 | 16 Aug 2004 | Shared stone with next; d/o James Lurtie Sutphin & Elizabeth Jane Howlett; w/o Horace Cabell Strickland |
| STRICKLAND, Horace C. | 04 Nov 1921 | 05 Mar 1999 | Tec. 5 U. S. Army WW II; Horace Cabell; s/o William Cabel Strickland & Hattie Mae Meredith |
| AYERS, Phebia | 08 Jun 1857 | 19 Mar 1934 | |
| STRICKLAND, Hattie M. | 1897 | 1958 | Shared stone with next; Hattie Mae; d/o Jesse Ewel Meredith & Laura Louemma Edwards; w/o William Cabell Strickland |
| STRICKLAND, W. C. | 1876 | 1968 | William Cabel; s/o John Wesley Strickland & Mary F. King |
| STRICKLAND, Juanita | 27 Aug 1919 | 21 Feb 1923 | d/o William Cabell Strickland & Hattie Mae Meredith |
| Row 11 | |||
| MEREDITH, J. Russell | 1899 | 1967 | James Russell; s/o Jesse Ewel Meredith & Laura Louemma Edwards |
| MEREDITH, Agnes Louise | 26 Jun 1924 | 21 Jul 1925 | d/o James Russell Meredith & Iola Hedgepeth |
| MEREDITH, Samuel M. | 20 Dec 1925 | 04 Apr 1934 | s/o James Russell Meredith & Iola Hedgepeth |
| MEREDITH, Emmet H. | 06 Sep 1911 | 29 Nov 1912 | Emmet Howard; s/o Jesse Ewel Meredith & Laura Louemma Edward |
| MEREDITH, Robert E. | 15 Aug 1906 | 06 Aug 1907 | Robert Edgar; s/o Jesse Ewel Meredith & Laura Louemma Edwards |
| MEREDITH, Laura L. | 10 Oct 1878 | 02 May 1960 | Shared stone with next; Laura Louemma; d/o Daniel A. Edwards & Mary Catherine Rippey; w/o Jesse Ewel Meredith |
| MEREDITH, Jesse E. | 08 Mar 1873 | 28 Feb 1927 | Jesse Ewel; s/o James Meredith & Lucinda Turner |
| MEREDITH, Andy | 08 Apr 1867 | 07 Sep 1939 | Andrew; s/o James Meredith & Lucinda Turner |
| AYERS, Catharine | 10 May 1790 | 28 Dec 1881 | nee Yates; w/o William Ayers |
| AYERS, Mary J. | 01 Aug 1843 | 16 Mar 1926 | Shared stone with next; Mary June; d/o William & Martha Strickland |
| AYERS, John J. | 29 Jun 1838 | 16 Mar 1926 | s/o William Ayers & Catherine Yates |
| AYERS, John J. | 04 May 1861 | 20 Jun 1938 | John Jefferson; s/o John J. Ayers & Mary June Strickland |
| AYERS, Lawrence C. | 11 Jun 1928 | 23 Jul 1947 | s/o John Jefferson Ayers & Mollie Green Edwards |
| AYERS, Walter C. | 06 Aug 1920 | 11 Jul 1948 | PFC 322 Field Arty. BN WW II; s/o John Jefferson Ayers & Mollie Green Edwards |
| AYERS, Mollie E. | 1885 | 1965 | Mollie Green; d/o Daniel Austin Edwards & Mary Catherine Rippey; w/o John Jefferson Ayers |
| STRICKLAND, Arvala M. | 10 Jun 1893 | 16 Dec 1992 | d/o Alexander McMillian & Louisa Jane Bowman; w/o David Washington Strickland |
| STRICKLAND, David W. | 05 Dec 1884 | 01 Feb 1967 | David Washington; s/o John Wesley Strickland & Mary F. King |
| STRICKLAND, Chester L. | 03 May 1923 | 19 Sep 1984 | U. S. Navy WW II; Chester Lee; s/o David Washington Strickland & Arvala McMillian |
| Row 12 | |||
| GUYNN, Aaron | Co. E 29 VA INF CSA | ||
| BURCHAM, J. W. | 29 VA INF CSA | ||
| Row 13 | |||
| GUYNN, Thomas N. | 1836 | 1926 | Co. E. 29 VA Inf. CSA |
| GUYNN, Everett M. | [07 Apr 1886] | 28 Sep 1918 | Pvt. 47 Inf. 4 Div. HY MSC 12 WW I; s/o Martin Stewart Guynn & Roseann Edwards; Pvt. Guynn was killed in France and is likely buried there. There is another stone for him in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery at Fries VA where his wife is buried. |
| GUYNN, Martha F. | 02 Jun 1942 | Shared stone with next; Martha Faye; w/o Tommy Jacob Guynn | |
| GUYNN, Tommy J. | 16 Aug 1944 | 30 Dec 2013 | Tommy Jacob; s/o Wales Lee Guynn & Annie Alvene McMillian |
| GUYNN, Theodore Ray | 31 May 1939 | 21 May 1984 | s/o Wales Lee Guynn & Annie Alvene Guynn |
| GUYNN, Annie Alvene | 15 Apr 1910 | 18 Aug 2001 | Shared stone with next; d/o Ellis Guynn & Lora McMillian; w/o Wales Lee Guynn |
| GUYNN, Lee | 04 Jul 1915 | 01 Jun 1983 | Wales Lee; s/o James T. Guynn & Lillie May Thomas |
| GUYNN, Pearlie Ida | 06 Jan 1942 | 10 Mar 1968 | d/o Wales Lee Guynn & Annie Alvene Guynn |
| GUYNN, Ethel Inez | 11 Jun 1943 | 27 Aug 1943 | d/o Wales Lee Guynn Guynn & Annie Alvene Guynn |
| GUYNN, Lester Junior | 08 Mar 1949 | ||
| JORDAN, Emma Mae | 09 Mar 1935 | Shared stone with next; d/o Wales Lee Guynn & Annie Alvene Guynn; w/o Leo Earl Jordan | |
| JORDAN, Leo Earl | 27 May 1932 | 29 Apr 2006 | Pvt. U. S. Army Korea; s/o John Henry & Lurinda Jordan |
| HYLTON, Benjamin | 16 Jun 1985 | 16 Aug 1985 | Benjamin Joseph; s/o Wayne Leon Hylton & Emma Jean Jordan |
| HYLTON, Emma Jean | 13 Dec 1962 | 16 Nov 2006 | Shared stone with next; d/o Leo Earl Jordan & Emma Mae Guynn; w/o Wayne Leon Hylton |
| HYLTON, Wayne Leon | 18 May 1962 | ||
| CROTTS, Susan N. | 17 Jan 1955 | 16 Dec 2011 | Susan Norine; d/o Edward Gravley & Zelda Edwards |
| GUYNN, Martin S. | Martin Stewart; s/o Thomas N. Guynn & Dica Ann Hall | ||
| GUYNN, Frances | Savelia Frances; d/o J. W. & Savelia A. Burcham; w/o Martin Stewart Guynn | ||
| GUYNN, Margie W. | d/o Martin Stewart Guynn & Savelia Frances Burcham; w/o Arthur J. Guynn | ||
| Row 14 | |||
| AYERS, Clarence Iris | 07 Apr 1910 | 10 May 1977 | Tec.5 U. S. Army WW II; s/o Cyrus B. Ayers & Laura Susan Ayers |
| DEAN, Eveline Ayers | 31 Jul 1901 | 23 Feb 1986 | d/o James Meredith & Alice Ayers; w/o William Henry Ayers & ? Dean |
| AYERS, Will | 14 Jan 1899 | 17 Apr 1950 | William Henry; s/o Cyrus B. Ayers & Laura Susan Ayers |
| AYERS, Cyrus B. | 10 Dec 1862 | 17 Nov 1934 | Shared stone with next; s/o John Armstead Ayers & Margaret Guynn |
| AYERS, Laura S. | 28 Oct 1866 | 17 Jun 1955 | Laura Susan; d/o Henry Ayers & Elizabeth Guynn; w/o Cyrus B. Ayers |
| AYERS, Artie Thomas | 12 Jan 1908 | 16 Apr 1984 | Shared stone with next; s/o Cyrus B. Ayers & Laura Susan Ayers |
| AYERS, Mary Chappell | 30 Jul 1912 | 05 Feb 1996 | d/o William Henry Chappell & Sarah Elizabeth Fleming; w/o Artie Thomas Ayers |
| AYERS, Roman Junior (JR) | 08 Dec 1936 | 21 Jan 1989 | s/o Artie Thomas Ayers & Mary Chappell |
| Row 15 | |||
| TATE, Imogene | 1932 | 1933 | d/o Mr. & Mrs. Earl Tate |
| TATE, Carly C. | 12 Mar 1907 | 31 Jul 1924 | Shared stone with next; s/o William Albert Tate & Lucy Emaline King |
| TATE, Lucy King | 14 Dec 1885 | 18 Jun 1941 | Lucy Emaline; d/o Presley King & Elizabeth Greenwood; w/o William Albert Tate |
| TATE, Neil R. | 04 Sep 1918 | 14 Apr 1949 | Pvt. 3 Inf. Tng. BN WW II; Neil Rector; s/o William Albert Tate & Lucy Emaline King |
| TATE, Neal Douglas | 09 Dec 1938 | 10 Oct 1976 | s/o Neil Rector Tate & Ottola Jarrell |
| TATE, Mary Jane | 30 May 1853 | 05 Mar 1935 | d/o Levi Tate & Elizabeth Ayers |
| PRUITT, Johnny “Sam” | 27 May 1946 | 31 May 1997 | Shared stone with next; Johnny Lee |
| PRUITT, Jean Ayers | 14 Jan 1937 | 27 Jul 2000 | Alma Jean; d/o William Henry Ayers & Eveline Meredith; w/o Johnny Lee Pruitt |
| AYERS, Bessie Dean | [07 Sep] 1927 | [12 Sep] 1984 | Shared stone with next; Bessie Lela; d/o Henry Dean & Rosa Willis; w/o Emmet McKinley Ayers |
| AYERS, Emmet M. | O2 Dec 1922 | 23 Mar 1961 | MM3 U. S. Navy WW II; Emmet McKinley; s/o William Henry Ayers & Eveline Meredith |
| POTTS, Emmett F. | 12 Apr 1966 | 19 May 1966 | s/o Franklin R. J. Potts & Lela Mae Ayers |
| This is a cremation and the ashes are buried here | |||
| LEFTWICH, Frank Aubrey | [22 Feb] 1922 | [31 Mar] 2000 | FHM; s/o Homer L. Leftwich & Sarah Viola Thomas |