Goins Cemetery (A-A)
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: Crackers Neck
Directions: From the junction of Grayson Parkway (US 58) and Beech Grove Lane (Rt 623) head north on Beech Grove Lane about 1.8 miles to Beech Grove Lane (Rt 636) and then north on Beech Grove Lane about 0.6 mile to Honeysuckle Lane (Rt 800). The cemetery is on the north side of Honeysuckle Lane..
GPS Coordinates: N36.64108 W81.02483
Surveyed by: Pat Davis 1988, Paul Herndon 1995; updated by Buford C. Wilson 21 Mar 2008
Comments: The cemetery is an old African-American cemetery and there are a lot of unmarked graves here. A lot of them are marked only with a cement block and others are marked with funeral home markers. The cemetery is in good condition.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| WILLIAMS, Leonard E. | [14 Apr] 1901 | [14 Jul] 1995 | funeral home marker |
| WILLIAMS, Mary E. | [17 Nov] 1917 | [Jun] 1991 | funeral home marker |
| ROBINSON, Isom | 6 May 1911 | 11 Apr 1997 | |
| ROBINSON, Chester A. | 27 Nov 1945 | 11 Sep 2006 | |
| ROBINSON, Mary S. | 10 Sep 1947 | shared stone with above | |
| Row 2 | |||
| KYLE, Ralph E. | 1926 | ||
| KYLE, Lillie Mae | [22 Sep] 1926 | [9 Jun] 1979 | shared stone with above; [d/o Edgar and Norene McMillan] |
| MARTIN, Kate Brown | [1 May] 1923 | [2 May] 2001 | funeral home marker |
| GOINS, Virgil | [3 Aug] 1934 | [7 May] 1995 | funeral home marker |
| GOINS, Harold Lee | [3 Mar] 1940 | [11 Nov] 1997 | funeral home marker |
| Row 3 | |||
| MAXWELL, Allie R. | 21 Apr 1899 | 22 Nov 1970 | [Alabama, w/o Con Maxwell; d/o Anderson and Liddie Robinson] |
| MAXWELL, Roy C. | 4 Feb 1931 | 8 Jun 1982 | [s/o Con and Allie R. Maxwell; h/o Bootsie Robinson] |
| CROCKETT, Mable Cora | 16 Oct 1918 | 19 Aug 1993 | |
| BROWN, Phillip I. | 25 Nov 1944 | 25 Jan 1999 | |
| BROWN, John I. | 31 Mar 1918 | 26 Apr 2003 | [John Isaac] |
| BROWN, Melba L. | 27 May 1926 | shared stone with above | |
| Row 4 | |||
| MAXWELL, John R. | 28 Apr 1923 | 30 Jan 2004 | |
| unknown | unmarked grave | ||
| GOINS, Rex, Jr. | 21 Aug 1927 | 14 Jun 1986 | [s/o Rex and Mary Goins] |
| GOINS, Rex | 1899 | 1941 | |
| GOINS, Mary | 1907 | 1941 | shared stone with above |
| unknowns | eleven cement blocks | ||
| GOINS, Ida G. | 1 Mar 1897 | 12 Jun 1983 | |
| HAMILTON, Elsie Rose | 1926 | 2000 | funeral home marker |
| Row 5 | |||
| unknowns | three cement blocks | ||
| ROBINSON, Sallie | 21 Oct 1882 | 17 Mar 1947 | |
| unknowns | five cement blocks | ||
| ROBINSON, Darin C. | 1972 | [19 Dec] 1977 | |
| ROBINSON, Randy Cleo | [15 Nov] 1956 | [27 Dec] 1981 | |
| ROBINSON, Cuba | 9 Jul 1923 | 2 Dec 1986 | |
| ROBINSON, David A. | [20 Apr] 1908 | [14 Apr] 1987 | |
| ROBINSON, Lena R. | 1926 | shared stone with above | |
| Row 6 | |||
| unknown | cement block | ||
| HAMPTON, W. A. | 23 Sep 1873 | 4 May 1944 | |
| HAMPTON, Mary | 3 Jul 1867 | 31 Mar 1935 | w/o W.A. Hampton |
| unknowns | six cement blocks | ||
| GOINS, Andy C. | 1837 | 1926 | |
| unknowns | six cement blocks | ||
| WILLIS, Cleate [W.] | [22 May] 1920 | [27 Mar] 1966 | funeral home marker; [PFC U.S. Army World War II] |
| Row 7 | |||
| unknowns | three cement blocks | ||
| [GOINS, D.A.] | headstone missing, footstone “D.A.G.” | ||
| GOINS, Mary | 25 Jul 1850 | 7 Jan 1921 | w/o D.A. Goins |
| unknown | cement block | ||
| MAXWELL, Tincey | 1829 | 8 Aug 1919 | |
| MAXWELL, William F. | 1865 | 22 Aug 1928 | |
| unknown | cement block | ||
| GOINS, Edgar | 15 Oct 1883 | 30 May 1937 | |
| Row 8 | |||
| unknowns | two cement blocks | ||
| McCRAY, J.E. | 11 Oct 1844 | 17 Sep 1899 | |
| McCRAY, Evaline | 1 Sep 1851 | 6 Oct 1919 | |
| unknowns | nine cement blocks | ||
| ROBINSON, Melvin T. | 1882 | 1945 | |
| unknown | cement block | ||
| Row 9 | |||
| unknowns | ten cement blocks | ||
| GOINS, Minnie Pearl | [20 Mar] 1878 | [15 Sep] 1966 | |
| TAYLOR, Vella G. | [2 Oct] 1910 | [Mar] 1973 | funeral home marker; [w/o Garnett Taylor] |
| GOINS, Milton | 15 Jan 1921 | 8 Jul 1977 | [s/o Colonel & Minnie Lynch Goins] |
| Row 10 | |||
| THORNTON, James E. III | [16 Jan] 1963 | [16 Jul] 1999 | funeral home marker |
| JENNINGS, Ruby G. | 23 Jun 1912 | 3 Feb 1991 | |
| JENNINGS, Thomas | 13 Oct 1894 | 10 Jun 1981 | Pvt. U.S. Army World War I |
| unknowns | two cement blocks | ||
| HALE, Allen W. | 1951 | 1962 | |
| unknowns | four cement blocks | ||
| unknown | unmarked grave | ||
| MAXWELL, Tamaria S. | 1999 | funeral home marker | |
| JENNINGS, Hodger J. | 1949 | [21 May] 1974 | funeral home marker |
| JENNINGS, Roy L[ee] | [24 Feb] 1935 | [20 Jul] 1979 | funeral home marker |
| BROWN, Elizabeth J. | 1930 | 1999 | funeral home marker |
| JENNINGS, Thomas Lee, Jr. | [17 May] 1931 | [2 Apr] 2005 | funeral home marker |
| COSTON, Albert E. | [3 Jan] 1925 | [17 Sep] 1994 | funeral home marker |
| Row 11 | |||
| unknown | cement block | ||
| unknown | field stone | ||
| SLATER, Robert L. | 5 Apr 1915 | 21 Apr 1954 | |
| SLATER, Jennie B. | 16 Jul 1909 | [2 Oct 1976] | shared stone with above; [w/o Robert L. Slater; birth 16 Jul 1897 in SSDI] |
| Row 12 | |||
| unknown | cement block | ||
| McCRAY, Omer C. | [19 Sep] 1894 | [11 May] 1970 | funeral home marker |
| McCRAY, Zollie E. | [1 Mar] 1893 | [14 Sep] 1979 | funeral home marker; [w/o Omer C. McCray] |
| McCRAY, Loyd Jasper | [13 Dec] 1921 | [26 Aug] 1993 | funeral home marker |
| McCRAY, Athon C., Sr. | 16 Aug 1924 | 8 Jul 2003 | |
| McCRAY, Elgean C. | 22 Oct 1926 | ||
| Row 13 | |||
| TAYLOR, Garnett G. | 20 Jan 1894 | 31 Mar 1979 | |
| GOINS, V.P. Isreal | 1903 | 1976 | |
| GOINS, Ollie G. | 1897 | 1989 | shared stone with above |
| no markers on graves, locations unknown | |||
| GOINS, Mayberry | 1914 | 4 Nov 1940 | |
| WAUGH, Minnie | 26 Feb 1935 | ||
| GOINS, Dread | 19 Jun 1945 | ||
| ROBINSON, Dean | 3 Sep 1945 | ||
| ROBINSON, Anderson | 12 Oct 1945 | ||
| ROBINSON, Lydia | 12 Oct 1950 | ||
| GOINS, Mallie | |||
| GOINS, Albert | 26 Feb 1940 | ||
| MAXWELL, Frank | 26 Nov 1946 | ||
| McCRAY, Florence | |||
| GOINS, Violet | 3 Apr 1939 | ||
| GOINS, Wiley | 8 Jun 1939 | ||
| GOINS, Frank | 27 Nov 1946 | ||
| KYLE, Mazie | 3 Sep 1951 | [nee Willis] | |
| McCRAY, Buria | 12 Jan 1973 | ||
| GOINS, Mourning | |||
| JENNINGS, Mary | |||
| JENNINGS, Victory | 15 Dec 1935 | ||
| JENNINGS, Crockett | 7 Oct 1937 | ||
| ROBINSON, Mary Jane | 9 Mar 1939 | ||
| GOINS, Ruby Mae | 7 Jan 1940 | ||
| ROBINSON, Baby | 20 Mar 1949 | [infant of Lena Robinson] | |
| unknown | [“Dude”] | ||
| KREAL, Ollie | |||