Monta Vista Memory Gardens Cemetery

Galax, Virginia

Location: This cemetery is in Carroll County Virginia, within the city limits of Galax Virginia. The cemetery is on the north side of Glendale Road 0.1 mile west of the Cranberry Road intersection.

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GPS Coordinates: N 36.68723 W 080.89143 (at entrance)

Surveyed by: Buford C. Wilson Completed 14 Nov 2007

Comments: This is a large cemetery and it is divided into 5 different gardens and a mausoleum. The individual gardens are listed separately. The pre-need markers are not listed, but the unmarked graves are listed. This cemetery has only ground level bronze markers and many of them only list the birth and death years. Whenever possible the complete dates are taken from the Social Security Death Index or other available information.

Avenue of Flags

Monta Vista Memory Gardens—Avenue of Flags
Name	Birth	Death	Comments
HUNDLEY, Roy Wesley, Sr.	04 Feb 1928	04 Jan 1993	U.S. Army World War II
HUNDLEY, Wanda Ruth Rector	02 Jul 1933	02 Dec 1995
CAUDILL, James Ralph	28 May 1918	09 May 2007
LAWSON, Andrew Jacob	28 Sep 1907	20 Feb 1996	U.S. Army World War II
LAWSON, Elglenna “Dutchy”	30 Jul 1916	05 Dec 1978
MOXLEY, Newton Hardy	22 Feb 1922	17 Jul 1998	Tec 5 U.S. Army
MELTON, Guy Morgan	11 Nov 1920	02 May 1997	PFC U.S. Marine Corps World War II
LUNDY, Harvey Miles	23 May 1914	15 Oct 1990	PFC U.S. Army World War II
ALDRED, Ray Troy	20 Dec 1950	06 Nov 2000
ALDRED, Harden Troy	27 Nov 1920	05 Jan 1995	Cpl U.S. Army World War II Korea

Monta Vista Memory Gardens—Garden of Devotion
Name	Birth	Death	Comments
POPE, Dewey	29 Oct 1902	Nov 1982
POPE, Matoka Ellen Mabry	07 Sep 1909	30 Nov 2002
DOUGLAS, Virgil Reeves	01 Mar 1930	02 Jan 1991	U.S. Navy
BEDSAUL, Richard Elwood	17 Jul 1921	28 Jan 2006
MATTHEWS, Thomas “Jeff”	18 Dec 1895	05 Jan 1973	Virginia Cpl Air Service World War I
MATTHEWS, Zelle T.	1901	Jun 1974
ANDERSON, Fred	04 Mar 1902	Mar 1980
ANDERSON, Mable Richardson	13 Jun 1914	Mar 1995
SMYTHERS, E. Clinton	03 May 1911	08 Aug 1981
SMYTHERS, Anna Beulah Jones	07 Aug 1907	12 Feb 2000

Monta Vista Memory Gardens—Garden of Prayer
Name	Birth	Death	Comments
BREWER, Hallie E.	03 Apr 1909	11 Mar 1989
AUSTIN, Hurley H., Jr.	15 Apr 1932	31 Mar 2004
AUSTIN, Alice Tennis	17 Oct 1932	16 Apr 2004
GRIFFIN, Brenda Sue Farmer	23 Aug 1949	17 Dec 2001
GRUBB, Vincent Tobler	23 Dec 1918	25 Oct 2000	U.S. Navy World War II
GRUBB, Roselle Burris	22 Jul 1921	10 Aug 2004
LINVILLE, Ernest Calvin	30 Mar 1948	09 Nov 1995
LINVILLE, Leonard	28 Sep 1918	22 Mar 1991
ALDRED, Gail Lenore	09 Apr 1955	24 Feb 2001
DAVIS, Lucas Ray	16 Aug 1995	20 Sep 2007

Monta Vista Memory Gardens—Garden of the Christus
Name	Birth	Death	Comments
EDWARDS, John H.	26 Sep 1924	09 Oct 1993	Virginia RCT 75th AAA Gun Batallion World War II
EDWARDS, Ona Mae	12 Aug 1932	24 Aug 1988
MARTIN, Christine	1968	Jun 1973
MARTIN, Macie Adron	25 Jan 1910	25 Aug 1908
MARTIN, Verna Orpha Davis	07 Sep 1914	07 Jul 2004
MILLNER, Hensile F.	14 Mar 1905	Oct 1987
MILLNER, Mary Rose	05 May 1913	02 Mar 2003
LAWSON, Frank J., Sr.	1900	Mar 1962
LAWSON, Sylvia	1902	Sep 1993
MARTIN, Clara Bell	20 Mar 1931	04 Feb 1994

Monta Vista Memory Gardens—Garden of the Good Shepherd
Name	Birth	Death	Comments
DEZERN, Jessie Ray	18 Jun 1925	03 Apr 2002	S1 U.S. Navy World War II
HILL, Charles	1891	May 1981
HILL, Minnie	1887	Feb 1970
STOOTS, Robert Buford	15 Jul 1927	10 Dec 1976
RUSSELL, Emma		Jul 1973
HILL, McKelvie	09 Aug 1886	Apr 1965
HILL, Leavie M.	1889	May 1972
TAYLOR, Emma Hampton	17 Feb 1878	Jul 1969
SMITH, Aron Crockett		Feb 1995
STOCKNER, James C.	01 May 1920	08 Oct 1971	Virginia MDMM 3U.S. Navy World War II

Monta Vista Memory Gardens—Mausoleum
Name	Birth	Death	Comments
EDWARDS, Bobby R., Jr.	14 Sep 1954	01 Feb 2003
LAWSON, Helen Louise Holmes	31 Oct 1932	23 Sep 2002
LINEBERRY, Sharon Diana	10 Dec 1952	21 Aug 1994
CECIL, Billy Ray	31 Jul 1939	30 May 1997
DICKERSON, Dexter Elwood	23 Jul 1931	12 Feb 2005	A1C U.S. Air Force Korea
COURTNEY, Mildred	30 Nov 1909	Jul 1987
COURTNEY, Hayden Bruce	17 Jan 1920	Nov 1988
HOUTZ, Vernon D.	16 Jul 1921	16 Jul 1995
CECIL, Garnett J.	24 Nov 1920	Mar 1985
CECIL, Nellie Lee Aldred	15 Mar 1921	27 Feb 2006
SHORES, Benjamin G.	07 Jul 1918	27 May 1993
SHORES, Rhoda Fern Galyean	27 Jan 1928	23 Jun 2007
BOBBITT, Clarence	27 Jun 1917	22 Oct 2001	U.S. Army
HILL, Flora Frazier	18 Feb 1903	Jan 1982
FADDIS, Ray J., Sr.	08 Mar 1923	Sep 1965
MASON, Wanda F.	07 Jun 1931	03 Sep 1989
PORTER, Doris	22 Aug 1913	Oct 1987
HAWKINS, Ethel B.	30 Jun 1915	09 Feb 2001
HAWKINS, John W.	02 Sep 1910	22 Nov 1993
GLASCO, Lucille Yolanda	22 Jul 1961	31 Feb 2000
HALL, Posie Verne	05 Mar 1921	20 Jun 2003
HALL, Pherbia Flossie Shockley	18 May 1919	19 Jul 2003
PILLOW, Maggie S.	27 Nov 1908	25 Sep 1984
LAFFOON, Sarah Annie M.	15 Nov 1896	Jul 1977
MANUEL, Arlis E.	27 Dec 1917	01 Nov 1993
MANUEL, Dell L.	1921	Aug 1993
REEVES, Terry Wayne	13 Nov 1957	05 Mar 1993
BOLING, Robert Allen	01 Apr 1933	08 Oct 2003
WHITE, Melvin Verlon	13 Aug 1941	21 Jul 2006
ROTENBERRY, Ollie B.	17 Sep 1905	Oct 1984
CASHWELL, Jennings Edmond	26 Oct 1925	30 Dec 1987
WINGATE, Vilas M.	10 Apr 1905	17 Jan 1997
WINGATE, Jessie Mae	28 Feb 1917	15 Oct 2006
WILSON, Kemper Coy	30 Jun 1891	Jan 1973
HORTON, Floyd M.	22 Apr 1919	29 Sep 1995
RUSSELL, Richard Glen	26 Jul 1928	25 Nov 1997
BOURNE, Lona R.	22 Mar 1914	02 Dec 1992
BOURNE, Morris B.	27 Feb 1909	29 Dec 1997
GREEN, Mary Ruth Russell	31 Mar 1933	06 Jul 2007
ASHCRAFT, Betty Louise Holbrook	19 Aug 1925	05 Mar 1986
HAYNES, Johnny G.	30 Sep 1941	10 May 1988
COX, Paul Allen	13 Jul 1927	16 Oct 2007
AKERS, Jonathan Eric	14 Jun 1972	03 Aug 1995
BRACKINS, Eugene F.	21 May 1930	27 Nov 1990
SCHAEFFER, Dorothy M.	29 Oct 1915	Jul 1985
SCHAEFFER, Franklin Robert	31 Dec 1912	23 Sep 1991
ALDERMAN, Drura Wesley	02 Mar 1918	14 May 2005
BLEVINS, Dwight A.	17 Nov 1922	14 Mar 2000
BEDSAUL, Glen Nathan	1924	May 1999
BEDSAUL, Louise Alanna Aldred	05 May 1929	30 Oct 2007
BOTTOMLEY, Fanny M.	03 Jun 1894	Dec 1989
BOTTOMLEY, Walter William	23 Oct 1893	Jun 1981
KANE, Cecil H.	20 Apr 1912	02 Mar 1996
DELP, Ray Jefferson	25 Dec 1918	12 Apr 1997
ALDERMAN, Erin Elizabeth	1975	1985	Moved from Woodlawn Memorial Park in Bluewell West Virginia
HAYNES, Jessie	03 Nov 1902	20 Feb 1988
HAYNES, Nora	22 Apr 1908	25 Mar 1995
LEONARD, Clayton L.	03 Jun 1920	08 Jun 1988
RICHARDSON, Estein “Dick” E.	02 Feb 1917	04 Feb 2007
GOAD, Bennie Clinton	19 Apr 1908	18 Oct 1990
GOAD, Iola D.	11 May 1911	13 Nov 1995
WRIGHT, Josie Brown	07 Feb 1917	Jan 1984
DELP, Randy Gay	24 Jul 1967	07 Feb 1985
DELP, Hallie Sue	08 Sep 1933	03 Jan 1998
LINEBERRY, Genoa	14 Apr 1942	Apr 1985
SEXTON, Lucian Ford	26 Jun 1918	13 Jul 1993	S1 U.S. Navy World War II
CRATCH, Virginia Louise Ecklin		Mar 2007
LYONS, Guyda Todd	1904	Sep 1987
WORRELL, Pearl Mae Sparks	09 Sep 1893	Apr 1989
WORRELL, Parry Lee	24 Dec 1916	24 Jan 1984
WORRELL, Carlos	06 Apr 1913	26 Jun 1994
LINEBERRY, Dorothy Virginia Poe	22 Nov 1925	25 Nov 2000
BEDSAUL, Myrtle	12 Nov 1918	22 Sep 1995
BEDSAUL, Eart Ellis	01 Dec 1912	13 Jan 1989
UTT, Velma A.	24 Jun 1908	09 Jun 1989
UTT, Otte E.	06 Feb 1909	Apr 1981
DOTSON, Janet Kirk Shuylor	03 Aug 1937	Mar 2003
QUESENBERRY, William Martin, Sr.	27 Oct 1924	30 Dec 2005	U.S. Army
HASH, Claude Dean	24 Jun 1909	24 Mar 2004
HASH, Bessie Ellen Haga	29 Nov 1907	10 Nov 1999
LAFFOON, Pauline	15 Nov 1922	28 Sep 1995
LARGEN, Mary Coltrain	13 May 1934	28 Nov 2002
Cremation urns stored in section B to be kept in wall niche when it is completed
WHITE, Carol Gayle	01 Oct 1949	18 Jan 1995
DEAN, Garland S.	30 Mar 1927	13 Feb 1999
DEAN, Ella M.	15 May 1929	27 Oct 2004
CAPELLA, Mary S. Dean	21 Jan 1956	06 Dec 1983

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