Goodson Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: Off Blue Ridge Parkway near MP 213
Directions: This cemetery is on the south side of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Mile Post 213, just off Foothills Rd (Rt 612) and Fishers Peak Rd. The Goodson settlement and Goodson School were located nearby.
GPS Coordinates: N36.56889 W80.86112
Surveyed by: Buford C. Wilson 16 Apr 2001, updated 19 Apr 2008
Comments: The cemetery appears to be on land that was owned by Leander L. Goodson. By family tradition Leander, his second wife, son and daughter-in-law are buried here in unmarked graves.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| PRICE, Carlie George | 10 Aug 1888 | 2 Oct 1904 | [s/o George Washington Price & Celia Jane McMeans] |
| PRICE, George W. | [20 Feb] 1866 | [2 May] 1957 | [George Washington] |
| PRICE, Celia J. | 1869 | [22 Oct] 1953 | shared stone with above; [Celia Jane, d/o Rufus McMeans & Emaline Hash] |
| SMITH, Betty C. | 29 Apr 1910 | 19 Oct 1962 | [Betty Cordella, d/o George Washington Price & Celia Jane McMeans] |
| SMITH, Claude H. | 11 Jun 1903 | 12 Apr 1988 | shared stone with above; [Claude Harrison, s/o James Madison Smith & Rosamond Harrison] |
| HAUMACHER, John F. | 12 Apr 1894 | Oct 1960 | [John Fred “Jack”, s/o Fred Haumacher & Pauline Glassen; h/o Nina Ann Taylor] |
| TAYLOR, Owen Thomas | [ca 1826-30] | [12 Mar 1909] | Co K 51st VA Inf CSA; no dates on stone. [Previous stone showed age as 98 yrs with this death date but censuses indicate birth as shown; s/o William & Sarah Taylor; m1 Mahala ____, m2 Sarah Elizabeth McRoberts] |
| TAYLOR, Sarah Elizabeth | 11 Nov 1861 | 17 Apr 1950 | [d/o Thomas McRoberts & Margaret Melton; m1 Owen Thomas Taylor, m2 Andy Burnette] |
| SHOCKLEY, U. Grant | 1869 | 1933 | [Ulysses Grant, s/o John B. Floyd Shockley & Polly Melton] |
| SHOCKLEY, Flora L. | 1872 | 1956 | shared stone with above; [Flora Lavinia, d/o David Norman & Prudence Goodson; m1 Ulysses Grant Shockley, m2 Clemons Matthew Norman] |
| NORMAN, Clemons M. | 10 May 1892 | 22 Feb 1944 | [Clemons Matthew, s/o William M. Norman & Sarah Jane Norman] |
| NORMAN, William M. | 12 Dec 1871 | 14 Dec 1939 | [s/o Matthew Norman & Patty Creed] |
| NORMAN, Sarah Jane | 4 Jul 1867 | 3 Sep 1947 | shared stone with above; [d/o David Norman & Prudence Goodson] |
| unknowns | two unmarked graves | ||
| HOLDERFIELD, Charlie | 7 Apr 1903 | 22 Nov 1929 | [s/o George Washington Holderfield & Nancy Norman; h/o Liney Lowe] |
| Row 2 | |||
| GOODSON, Alexander G. | 15 Oct 1880 | 26 Jan 1965 | [Alexander Garfield, s/o Benjamin Goodson & Edith Virginia Lowe] |
| GOODSON, Maggie L. | 25 May 1883 | 10 Mar 1974 | shared stone with above; [Maggie Louisa, d/o Riley Barker & Sarah Elizabeth Smith] |
| PRICE, Garnett Glenn | 28 Jul 1912 | 7 Sep 1977 | [s/o George Washington Price & Celia Jane McMeans] |
| PRICE, Cora Florence | 4 Jul 1908 | 21 Feb 1998 | shared stone with above; [d/o Ulysses Grant Shockley & Flora Lavinia Norman] |
| DICKENS, Daniel M. | 29 Nov 1892 | 23 Feb 1977 | [s/o Clark Dickens & Sallie (Dickens) Johnson] |
| DICKENS, Mattie V. | 9 Feb 1889 | 14 Dec 1960 | [Mattie Virginia, d/o Caleb B. Cornett & Mary Sheffield; w/o Daniel M. Dickens] |
| DICKENS, Sarah D. | 16 Jun 1846 | 19 Apr 1926 | [w/o Clark Dickens?] |
| GOODSON, William J. | 28 May 1868 | 10 Nov 1955 | [William Jackson “Bill”, s/o Joseph Goodson & Martha Burcham] |
| GOODSON, Nancy J. | 14 Jul 1868 | 21 Sep 1950 | shared stone with above; [Nancy Jane, d/o Alfred Dickens & Jincy Johnson] |
| GOODSON, Ida Lona | 1896 | 1902 | [d/o William Jackson Goodson & Nancy Jane Dickens] |
| GOODSON, Benjamin W. | 1898 | 1901 | [s/o William Jackson Goodson & Nancy Jane Dickens] |
| SMITH, Madison | 12 Jan 1870 | 13 Feb 1946 | [James Madison “Matt”, s/o Lewis Smith & Sarah Harriett Holderfield] |
| SMITH, Rosamond | 6 Feb 1875 | 28 Mar 1951 | shared stone with above |
| HARRIS, James Willard | 12 Jul 1942 | [infant] | |
| HARRIS, Roscoe Gene | 1 May 1924 | 21 Mar 1942 | [s/o Phillip Harris & Laura Price] |
| HARRIS, Jamalea | 19 Sep 1939 | 1 Nov 1939 | |
| Row 3 | |||
| FORTNER, Eddie F. | 18 Aug 1932 | 27 Oct 1969 | [Eddie Franklin, s/o John Harvey Fortner & Dora Eunice Dickens] |
| FORTNER, Peggy S. | 1 Dec 1941 | shared stone with above; [d/o Marshall South & Imogene Burton] | |
| COCKERHAM, Pate C. | 1900 | 1921 | [Peyton Clayton, s/o Elias & Bettie J. Cockerham] |
| COCKERHAM, Elsie D. | 1902 | 1925 | [d/o Thomas Shelby Goodson & Alice Caroline Dickens; w/o Peyton Clayton Cockerham] |
| GOODSON, Thomas S. | 1876 | [26 Aug] 1950 | [Thomas Shelby “Bud”, s/o Moses G. Goodson & Laura Ann Howlett; m1 Alice Caroline Dickens, m2 Elsie Eller Smith] |
| GOODSON, Caroline | [2 Aug] 1883 | [13 Nov] 1917 | shared stone with above; [Alice Caroline, d/o Dudley Dickens & Sally A. Dickens] |
| GOODSON, Floyd E. | [7 Nov] 1917 | 1919 | [Floyd Eldridge, s/o Thomas Shelby Goodson & Alice Caroline Dickens] |
| GOODSON, Boyd E. | 7 Nov 1917 | [infant s/o Thomas Shelby Goodson & Alice Caroline Dickens] | |
| GOODSON, Kelly | 1900 | 1900 | [s/o Thomas Shelby Goodson & Alice Caroline Dickens] |
| GOODSON, Joseph “Joe” | 1845 | 1919 | [s/o Leander L. Goodson & Nancy Brannock; m1 Martha Burcham, m2 Jane Smith] |
| LUNDY, Virgil Dewey | 18 Jun 1942 | 3 Mar 1944 | [s/o Kelly Lundy & Eva Sue Harris] |
| RAMEY, Geraldine | 5 Dec 1944 | [infant] | |
| LUNDY, Ronald Dean | 17 Aug 1945 | [infant] | |
| LUNDY, Betty Gelene | 21 Dec 1940 | [infant d/o Roscoe Lundy & Nellie Grady Smith] | |
| Row 4 | |||
| unknown | illegible stone | ||
| GOODSON, Ben | 6 Apr 1843 | 25 Feb 1927 | [Benjamin, s/o Leander L. Goodson & Nancy Brannock] |
| GOODSON, Edith | 15 Oct 1852 | 28 Aug 1946 | shared stone with above; [Edith Virginia “Eda”, d/o Kirby Lowe & Becky Galyean] |
| GOODSON, Rodger Price | 23 Jan 1937 | 25 Dec 2000 | Leysin Switzerland; [s/o Price Goodson & Katherine Virginia Hall; m1 Deanna Lou Hartsock, m2 Elizabeth “Beth” Ann Hunt] |
| GOODSON, R. Troy | 8 Oct 1886 | 13 Apr 1970 | [Reed Troy, s/o Benjamin Goodson & Edith Virginia Lowe] |
| GOODSON, Bessie L. | 16 Dec 1888 | 6 Jun 1962 | shared stone with above; [Bessie Loeka, d/o Byrd Lowe & Mollie Sandefur] |
| GOODSON, Cecil | 16 Sep 1917 | 2 Feb 1918 | [d/o Reed Troy Goodson & Bessie Loeka Lowe] |
| SMITH, James Willard | 30 Sep 1919 | 30 Jul 1921 | s/o Roy & Artlie Smith |
| Row 5 | |||
| GOODSON, Marry J. | 13 Jul 1847 | 5 Jan 1927 | [Marry Jestin, d/o Peter Bedsaul & Malinda Matilda Mary Baker] |
| GOODSON, Train R. | 1843 | 12 Mar 1925 | shared stone with above; [s/o Leander L. Goodson & Nancy Brannock] |
| GOODSON, Fraizer F. | 6 Mar 1886 | 11 Nov 1897 | [s/o Train R. Goodson & Marry Jestin Bedsaul] |
| unknown | beside a large stump in the center of the cemetery | ||
| unknown | beside a large stump in the center of the cemetery | ||
| SHOCKLEY, Elmer Harvey | [s/o Ulysses Grant Shockley & Flora Lavinia Norman] | ||
| HOLDERFIELD, Frank | 30 Mar 1901 | 29 Nov 1963 | [s/o George Washington Holderfield & Nancy Norman] |
| HOLDERFIELD, Bertie | 1902 | 4 Aug 1953 | shared stone with above; [Bertie Jane, d/o James Madison Smith & Rosamond Harrison] |
| HOLDERFIELD, Alma | 1926 | 1934 | [d/o Frank Holderfield & Bertie Jane Smith] |
| HOLDERFIELD, Lois | 1930 | 1930 | [d/o Frank Holderfield & Bertie Jane Smith] |
| HOLDERFIELD, Adis | 1924 | 1925 | [d/o Frank Holderfield & Bertie Jane Smith] |
| McROBERTS, S. Thomas | 14 Apr 1872 | 3 Dec 1953 | [Stephen Thomas, s/o Thomas McRoberts & Margaret Melton] |
| McROBERTS, Ceilian | 3 Mar 1874 | 2 Nov 1938 | [d/o Joseph Brannock & Sallie Dickens; w/o Stephen Thomas McRoberts] |
| unknown | |||
| Row 6 | |||
| WALKER, Jasper K. | 29 Sep 1873 | 4 Nov 1943 | [Jasper Kenley, s/o Zacra Tandy Walker & Amanda Jane Smith] |
| WALKER, Martha R. | 12 Sep 1874 | 20 Oct 1954 | [Martha Ann, d/o Isom Richardson & Jane Crouse; w/o Jasper Kenley Walker] |
| WALKER, Walter O. | 9 Apr 1914 | 23 Sep 1922 | [Walter Otto, s/o Jasper Kenley Walker & Martha Ann Richardson] |
| WALKER, William C. | 21 Jul 1911 | 2 Jun 1913 | [William Curtis, s/o Jasper Kenley Walker & Martha Ann Richardson] |
| WALKER, Lonnie N. | 24 Aug 1906 | 12 Mar 1912 | [Lonnie Newton, s/o Jasper Kenley Walker & Martha Ann Richardson] |
| WALKER, Infant Son | 30 Jul 1903 | [s/o Jasper Kenley Walker & Martha Ann Richardson] | |
| WALKER, Queen Columbia | [15 Jul 1877] | [19 Jun 1884] | unmarked; [d/o Zacara Tandy Walker & Amanda Jane Smith] |
| WALKER, James Dolphus | [26 Oct 1881] | [29 Jun 1884] | unmarked; [s/o Zacara Tandy Walker & Amanda Jane Smith] |
| WALKER, Lula Ellen | [11 Feb 1879] | [4 Jul 1884] | unmarked; [d/o Zacara Tandy Walker & Amanda Jane Smith] |
| WALKER, Laura Belle | [14 Jul 1883] | [25 Jul 1884] | unmarked; [d/o Zacara Tandy Walker & Amanda Jane Smith] |
| HOLDERFIELD, son | [s/o George Washington Holderfield & Nancy Norman] | ||
| Row 7 | |||
| HOLDERFIELD, Sara | 29 Aug 1932 | 17 Mar 2002 | [d/o John W. Holderfield & Bertie Robinson; w/o Frank Holderfield] |
| GOODSON, Clyde C. | [20 Feb] 1890 | [10 Sep] 1943 | [Clyde Creed, s/o Benjamin Goodson & Edith Virginia Lowe] |
| GOODSON, Cenia L. | [8 Sep] 1890 | [18 Dec] 1970 | [Cenia Irene, d/o Barnett Lowe & Sarah Jane Walker; w/o Clyde Creed Goodson] |
| unknown | |||
| unknown | “W.G.” | ||
| GOODSON, Margaret | [Aug 1968] | unmarked; [age 6 yrs & 6mos; d/o Leander L. Goodson & Nancy Brannock] | |
| Believed to be buried here | |||
| GOODSON, Leander L. | [ca 1800] | [owned land where cemetery is located] | |
| GOODSON, Nancy Brannock | [ca 1820] | [2nd w/o Leander L. Goodson] | |
| GOODSON, Moses G. | [ca 1851] | [s/o Leander L. Goodson] | |
| GOODSON, Laura Ann Howlett | [w/o Moses G. Goodson] | ||
| SMITH, T.M. | stone listed in earlier survey but not found in 2008; possibly the illegible first stone in row 4 | ||