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Mountain View Baptist Church Cemetery

Grayson County, Virginia

Location: West of Independence

Directions: From Wilson Hwy (US 58) go south on Penn Ford Rd (Rt 706) to Mountain View Rd (Rt 700). The cemetery is on Mountain View Road a short distance east of the intersection with Penn Ford Road and across from Mountain View Baptist Church.

GPS Coordinates: N36.592177 W81.191567

Surveyed by: Rich and Ginger Ballard on 15 Apr 2003, updated by Gil Wetmore 15 Aug 2008.

Comments: This cemetery is fenced and well maintained. The church was established in 1932 although some burials predate it.

Mountain View Baptist Church Cemetery, Grayson County, Virginia
Name Birth Death Comments
Row 1
ANDERS, Cammet D. 19 Apr 1922 20 Nov 1987 [s/o Ossie and Ella Crouse Anders]; double stone with next
ANDERS, Rose C. 23 Apr 1943 [d/o Wayne and Annie Crouse; deceased but no date on stone]
Row 2
ANDERS, Heather Michelle [22 Feb 1983] 22 Feb 1983 infant d/o James and Lorrie Redd Anders
Row 3
BONHAMS, Paul W. 26 Oct 1932 30 Jun 1980 Pvt U.S. Army Korea; [Paul Willard, s/o Hurley & Dorothy Mae Loggins Bonhams]
BONHAMS, Kenneth Willard 18 Jun 1958 21 Sep 1988 [s/o Paul Willard & Nancy F. Crouse Bonhams]
BONHAMS, Carol A. 17 Jun 1961 30 Jun 1988 [d/o Paul W. Bonhams]
GOAD, Luther W. 15 Apr 1936 5 Sep 2004  
Row 4
ANDERS, Minerva M. 28 Dec 1906 5 Jan 1978 [d/o Vane & Sarah Kirk Marcum; w/o Claude Thomas Anders]
JOINES, Sonia Anders 31 Mar 1927 25 Jun 1984 [d/o Claude and Minerva M. Anders]
PHIPPS, April Michelle [29 Mar] 1979 [25 Jul] 1996 [d/o Robert Dale & Susan Allison Marek Phipps]
IVEY, George, Jr. 1932 2007  
ANDERS, Otis B. 4 Oct 1932 12 Jan 1998 PFC U.S. Army Korea
Row 5
ANDERS, Mollie H. 1884 1972 [“Polly Ann”, d/o Andrew Jackson and Nannie Taylor Haga]; double stone with next
ANDERS, Floyd P. 1883 1919 [Floyd Preston “Dock”; died in 1920 in mining accident in West Virginia and buried there]
ANDERS, Kilby E. 16 Oct 1907 27 Aug 1976 [s/o Floyd P. and Mollie Haga Anders]; double stone with next
ANDERS, Hallie L. 12 Oct 1910 26 Feb 1988 [d/o Ossie and Ella Crouse Anders]
ANDERS, Luther B. 16 Feb 1928 19 Sep 1995 [Luther Bryan, s/o Kilby E. & Hallie L. Anders]; double stone with next
ANDERS, Faye H. 2 Sep 1932 8 Jul 2001 [nee Holdaway]
ANDERS, Bayse B. 12 May 1912 13 Apr 1987 [s/o Floyd P. and Mollie Haga Anders]
ANDERS, Posey F. 15 Mar 1905 18 Feb 1995 [Posey Fred, s/o Floyd Preston & Molly Haga Anders]; double stone with next
ANDERS, Hallie B. 22 Mar 1908 26 Jun 1989 [Hallie Bell, d/o Thomas Jackson and Elizabeth Murray Halsey]
STOMEAN, Hallie Anders 27 Jun 1919 22 Aug 2001 [sic; should be “Stoneman”; w/o Emerson Stoneman; d/o Floyd P. “Dock” and Molly Haga Anders]
Row 6
FARMER, Rosamond 1847 1921 [nee Davis; w/o Abram Farmer]
FARMER, Abram 1852 1906 [s/o Elliot Farmer]
FARMER, Luther 1905 1905  
FARMER, Sessa 1877 1960 [d/o Abram and Rosamond Davis Farmer]
FARMER, Lessi 11 Dec 1887 21 Feb 1987 [d/o Abram and Rosamond Davis Farmer]
FENDER, Grover C. 22 Jan 1885 4 May 1961 [Grover Cleveland, s/o Daniel Fender]
FENDER, Mallie F. 20 Aug 1883 12 Feb 1977 [d/o Abram Elliott and Rosemond Catherine Davis Farmer; w/o Grover Cleveland Fender]
GERY, Rose M. 1 Mar 1910 23 Dec 1998 [d/o Grover Cleveland and Mallie Farmer Fender]; double stone with next
GERY, Thomas K. 2 Jun 1906 3 Apr 1994 [s/o John and Nellie Gery]
Row 7
FARMER, Foster 1876 1902 [s/o Abram and Rosamond Davis Farmer]
FARMER, Mitchel 1881 1902 [s/o Abram and Rosamond Davis Farmer]
FARMER, Dora 1889 1899 [d/o Abram and Rosamond Davis Farmer]
FARMER, Mertie 1880 1881 [s/o Abram and Rosamond Davis Farmer]
FARMER, Delorma [19 Apr] 1885 [2 Apr] 1956 [Delorma Alberta, d/o Abram and Rosamond Davis Farmer]
FARMER, Delphia Ray 8 Aug 1891 9 Feb 1970 [d/o Abram and Rosamond Davis Farmer]
BYRD, Ruby Anne 1941 2008
Row 8
unknowns     three field stones
BARLOW, Thomas C. 2 Jul 1879 16 Sep 1955 Nebraska Pvt Hospital Corps Spanish American War; [s/o Stephen & Frances Ingram Barlow]
HOLLINGER, Elmer O. 23 Aug 1915 28 Sep 1984  
Row 9
OSBORNE, Jackson 7 Sep 1848 14 Apr 1929 [s/o Jordan Enoch and Jane Hamm Osborne]
OSBORNE, Jeston C. 24 Dec 1852 18 May 1921 [d/o Warren and Nancy Edwards Rector; w/o Jackson Osborne]
OSBORNE, Twins 20 Jul 1869 20 Jul 1869 [children of Jackson & Jeston Osborne]
Row 10
OSBORNE, Lillie E. 15 Aug 1889 15 Apr 1933 [d/o Jackson and Jeston C. Rector Osborne]
OSBORNE, Pearl M. 9 Jun 1887 24 Apr 1947 [d/o Jackson and Jeston C. Rector Osborne]
OSBORNE, Mayme 1 Jan 1908 31 Jan 1917 [d/o John Guy and Sarah Melinda Haga Osborne]
OSBORNE, John Guy 15 Jun 1875 8 Jul 1949 [s/o Jackson and Jeston C. Rector Osborne]
OSBORNE, Sarah M. 15 Feb 1879 6 Feb 1956 [Sarah Malinda, d/o Andrew Jackson and Nannie Taylor Haga; w/o John Guy Osborne]
HASH, Carrie O. 6 Jun 1915 11 May 1986 [d/o John Guy and Sarah Melinda Haga Osborne]; double stone with next
HASH, Swint J. 16 Oct 1911 10 Dec 2005 [s/o Bud and Lou DeBord Hash]; PFC World War II
OSBORNE, Eugene G. 2 Aug 1920 8 Apr 1997 [Eugene Guy, s/o John Guy & Sarah Haga Osborne]; double stone with next
OSBORNE, Betty Jones 4 Jul 1938    
COX, Ruth W. 1933 1991 [d/o Guy and Carrie Osborne Ward]; married 7 Jul 1953; double stone with next
COX, Billy T. 1932   [s/o Cone and Rose Phipps Cox]
Row 11
OSBORNE, Patsy Ann 29 Nov 1948 9 Feb 1949 infant d/o Rev. Troy and Eula Haga Osborne
OSBORNE, Troy J., Rev. [13 Nov] 1903 [8 Sep] 1986 [s/o John Guy and Sarah Melinda Haga Osborne]; double stone with next
OSBORNE, Eula H. [10 Aug] 1905 [21 Nov] 1995 [d/o Howard C. and Etta Dell Osborne Haga]
OSBORNE, Thomas H. 1934 2008 [Thomas Howard]; double stone with next
OSBORNE, Louise A. 1939 [nee Anders]
Row 12
HAGA, Howard C. 20 Aug 1880 10 Mar 1958 [Howard Carlie, s/o Andrew Jackson and Nancy A. Taylor Haga]; double stone with next
HAGA, Etta Dell 25 Oct 1888 25 Apr 1969 [d/o “Cussin” Isom Cox and Nancy Jane Osborne Beck]
MOXLEY, Mary Ruth 31 Jul 1910 17 Jun 1964 [d/o Howard Carlie and Etta Dell Osborne Haga]; double stone with next
MOXLEY, Walter L. [13 Nov] 1909 [15 Feb] 1983 [s/o Alfred and Clemmie Moxley]
HAGA, H. Ernest 13 Aug 1918 24 Sep 1995 Pvt U.S. Army World War II; [Howard Ernest, s/o Howard Carlie & Etta Dell Osborne Haga]
HAGA, Virginia M. 1918 2000 [nee Moxley; w/o H. Ernest Haga]
Row 13
COX, Joshua 12 Apr 1910 17 Oct 1958 [s/o Aras B. and Lucy Ellen Boyer Mink Cox]; married 18 Oct 1932; double stone with next
COX, Nannie O. 7 Jan 1913 2 Nov 2001 [d/o John Guy and Sarah Malinda Haga Osborne]
Row 14
BLEVINS, French P. 18 Mar 1927 10 Sep 2008 SHc USN World War II Korea Vietnam; [French Parker]; double stone with next
BLEVINS, Dorothy C. 6 Aug 1927 [nee Dorothy Claudine Osborne]
Believed to be buried here
MAINES, Laura Ennice [28 May 1880] [13 Aug 1977] [d/o Laura Wolfe; w/o George F. Maines]; unmarked