Oak Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery (A-A)
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: West of Independence
Directions: This cemetery is at the Oak Grove United Methodist Church 4 1/2 miles west of Independence on the north side of Wilson Hwy (US 58) at the intersection with Twin Oaks Road. Access to the cemetery is via the driveway to the church
GPS Coordinates: N36.623451 W81.232316
Surveyed by: Rich and Ginger Ballard 17 Mar 2003.
Comments: There may well be more unmarked graves than marked in this cemetery. These unmarked graves may have field stones (more than 30) or now-illegible metal markers or no marker at all. Locations of unmarked graves and those marked by field stones are not shown in this list.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| PARSONS, Phillip M. | 28 Mar 1928 | 5 Apr 1990 | Cpl U.S. Army Korea |
| Row 2 | |||
| SCALES, Dallas | 1912 | 2000 | |
| PHIPPS, Jeffrank | [25 Nov] 1934 | [8 Aug] 1991 | metal marker; s/o Crockett Phipps & Edna Valentine |
| DAVIS, Robert Lee | 1937 | 1991 | metal marker; VFW marker |
| DAVIS, Inez Yvonne | 1953 | 2000 | |
| GOINS, J. Robert | 4 Jan 1908 | 15 Sep 1985 | double stone with next |
| GOINS, Nannie L. | 22 Apr 1918 | 14 Jul 1979 | [d/o Silas Lee & Mallie B. Phipps] |
| Row 3 | |||
| VALENTINE, Clarence | [18 Aug] 1915 | [8 Jun] 1979 | double stone with next; [s/o James Frank Valentine & Gency Ann Phipps] |
| VALENTINE, Margarette | [nee McMillan] | ||
| COX, Dorian Zahir | 26 Feb 1998 | 31 Aug 2001 | |
| COX, Larkin | [25 Oct] 1902 | [28 Nov] 1991 | [Larkin Edward, s/o Wiley Cox & Nannie McKinney] |
| McKINNEY, W. Lenard | 29 Oct 1895 | 1 Jun 1974 | Pvt U.S. Army |
| McKINNEY, Geneva | 1916 | 1999 | |
| GARRETT, Harry W. | 29 Nov 1917 | 8 Sep 1980 | Pvt U.S. Army World War II; carved birth year 1918; [s/o Richard Garrett & Martha Early, h/o Aretta McMillan]; double stone with next |
| GARRETT, Scottie L. | 1956 | 1978 | “daughter” |
| COX, Odell R. | 19 Jan 1940 | 21 Sep 1992 | |
| THOMPSON, Ellis Houston “Elgie” | 17 May 1932 | ||
| THOMPSON, Mary Edith | 25 Apr 1937 | 4 Jun 2001 | |
| THOMPSON, Don | [19 Dec] 1912 | [9 Sep] 1989 | [Don Early, s/o Joseph Thompson & Alma Faye Ward; h/o Gladys Phipps] |
| THOMPSON, Jessie C. | 15 May 1921 | 20 Feb 1989 | U.S. Army World War II; [s/o Joseph Thompson & Alma Faye Ward] |
| THOMPSON, Irlee | 22 Jan 1917 | 29 Oct 1977 | Tec 5 U.S. Army World War II; [s/o Joseph Thompson & Alma Faye Ward; obit lists birth as 28 Jan 1917] |
| THOMPSON, Nannie Kathryn | 27 Jan 1915 | 21 Nov 1992 | [d/o Belford Phipps & Effie Parsons; w/o Irlee Thompson] |
| MITCHELL, Dondre Austin Cortlen Dakota | metal marker | ||
| THOMPSON, Joseph W. | 5 Jun 1923 | 4 May 1974 | |
| THOMPSON, Stella Mae | 7 Feb 1931 | 16 Feb 1993 | [d/o Greek McMillan & Bessie Valentine; w/o Wayne Thompson] |
| Row 4 | |||
| McKINNEY, J. Earnest | 31 May 1911 | 20 May 1988 | double stone with next |
| McKINNEY, Mattie Mae | 11 Jul 1921 | ||
| PARSON, Leona | 10 Dec 1908 | 16 Feb 1936 | “our sister” |
| GAMBILL, Samuel A. | 8 Apr 1926 | Va Pvt 510 Engrs | |
| PRICE, Wallace | 7 Sep 1930 | 15 May 1998 | PFC U.S. Army Korea |
| McMILLIAN, Calvin Greek, Jr. | 8 Sep 1932 | 22 May 1997 | PFC U.S. Army Korea |
| McMILLIAN, | 1915 | 1997 | metal marker |
| COX, Walter | 26 Apr 1906 | 29 Apr 1984 | |
| PHIPPS, Belford, Sr. | 28 Mar 1889 | 2 Sep 1971 | double stone with next |
| PHIPPS, Christina | 4 Jul 1902 | 19 Apr 1995 | [d/o Franklin Howard & Mallie McKinney] |
| HOWARD, Margaret | [21 Mar] 1921 | [18 Nov] 1991 | uncarved block, metal marker; [Emmer Margaret, d/o Belford Phipps & Christina Howard] |
| Row 5 | |||
| REEVES, George S. | 11 Aug 1920 | 30 Jan 2002 | VFW marker; double stone with next |
| REEVES, Margaret M. | 21 Feb 1931 | ||
| McKINNEY, Rose L. | 1905 | 1967 | |
| McKINNEY, Booker | 1940 | 1965 | |
| HOWARD, Walker G. | 6 Feb 1924 | 30 Jan 1958 | Va PFC 242 Ord Ammo Co World War II |
| unknown | __ Jul ____ | “age 45”; metal marker | |
| McKINNEY, Haywood | 1876 | 1950 | |
| McKINNEY, Cynthia Gentry | Nov 1876 | Jul 1942 | |
| McKINNEY, Lessie | 1891 | 1966 | metal marker |
| HOWARD, Mallie | 7 Jun 1874 | 4 Apr 1927 | |
| CROCKETT, Virgie Howard | 10 Sep 1910 | 19 Sep 1990 | |
| McKINNEY, Sennie H. | 14 Sep 1877 | 3 Nov 1959 | |
| JOHNSON, Mary M. | 5 Sep 1842 | 2 Aug 1920 | |
| JOHNSON, George Alexander | 1873 | 1948 | |
| JOHNSON, Alma E. | 27 Jun 1894 | 31 Jan 1987 | |
| JOHNSON, Hazel H. | 12 Oct 1916 | ||
| PHIPPS, Dailey E. | 22 Jul 1884 | 21 Aug 1944 | double stone with next |
| PHIPPS, Verna C. | 16 Sep 1898 | 31 Aug 1993 | |
| PHIPPS, Dorothy S. | 1 Jan 1923 | 10 Jun 1996 | “in remembrance of our loving mother, confidant, and grandmother”; [Dorothy Shirley, d/o Dailey Phipps & Verna Cox] |
| Row 6 | |||
| L.P. | |||
| Row 7 | |||
| JOHNSON, Edna A. | 8 Feb 1919 | 28 Jul 1920 | double stone with next |
| JOHNSON, James L. | 4 Oct 1924 | 28 Apr 1925 | |
| JOHNSON, Jake L. | 3 Dec 1928 | 30 Dec 1977 | [s/o Alex & Alma Johnson] |
| JOHNSON, Jeanette | 15 Sep 1926 | 27 Nov 1991 | |
| unknown | 1901 | 1985 | metal marker, name gone |
| SAUNDERS, Thelma | 1914 | 1985 | |
| BROWN, Samuel R. | 1878 | 1941 | |
| LEE, Gene H. | 27 Oct 1918 | 20 Oct 1973 | mother; double stone with next |
| LEE, Carl J. | 16 Nov 1899 | 3 Jan 1973 | father |
| LEE, Fred Jefferson | 10 Jan 1903 | 10 Feb 1971 | |
| GOINS, Reed | 10 Apr 1887 | 19 Dec 1958 | Va Sgt 867 Trans Corps World War I |
| GOINS, Rosie A. | 1902 | 1996 | |
| Row 8 | |||
| EVANS, Albert D. | 4 Feb 1925 | 8 Aug 1995 | Sgt U.S. Army World War II; double stone with next |
| EVANS, Helen Cox | 24 Jan 1925 | ||
| COX, Piper | 14 Aug 1894 | 4 Feb 1976 | double stone with next |
| COX, Martha A. | 22 Apr 1893 | 30 Aug 1983 | [Martha Ann, d/o Sam Harriston; obit birth 21 Apr 1893] |
| COX, Flora N. | 1890 | 6 Apr 1972 | |
| COX, Ida | 28 Jan 1886 | 16 Mar 1905 | d/o Ned and Ellen Cox |
| LEE, Cathaline ___ Mallie | 12 Apr 1907 | 1 Mar 1908 | |
| LEE, Mallie B. | 24 Jan 1873 | 14 Apr 1957 | [d/o Jefferson & Harriett Gleeves Phipps]; double stone with next |
| LEE, Silas | 9 Apr 1862 | 3 Apr 1937 | |
| VALENTINE, William | 6 Nov 1896 | 25 Jan 1962 | Va PFC 8656 Co Trans Corps World War I; double stone with next |
| VALENTINE, Hattie | 31 Jul 1897 | 12 Mar 1998 | |
| VALENTINE, Charles T. | 22 Feb 1923 | 3 Jan 2001 | STM 1 U.S. Navy World War II |
| Row 9 | |||
| COX, Garnett | 25 Nov 1939 | Va PFC 506 Engrs | |
| OSBORNE, Carlie | 26 Jun 1939 | WV Pvt 803 Pioneer Inf | |
| PHIPPS, Alex R. | 16 Sep 1892 | 7 Feb 1951 | Pvt 510 Engineers World War I |
| PHIPPS, Lessie M. | 21 Sep 1887 | 19 Aug 1973 | |
| 2 metal markers, no labels | |||
| COX, Leader | 1920 | 1992 | |
| COX, Ellis J. | 1 Oct 1933 | Va Cook 805 Co Trans Corps; stone fallen | |
| COX, Reece | stone broken | ||
| COX, Mary | 1870 | 1907 | |
| COX, Lawrence C. | 19 Jul 1905 | 11 Oct 1908 | |
| Row 10 | |||
| McMILLAN, Sylvester | 23 Jul 1915 | 21 Aug 1987 | double stone with next |
| McMILLAN, Frances | 22 Sep 1917 | ||
| McMILLAN, Vester Lee | 2 Jun 1939 | 28 Jun 1954 | [s/o Sylvester McMillan & Frances Cox] |
| McMILLIAN, Calvin Greek | 25 Aug 1891 | 6 May 1980 | [s/o Calvin & Sue McMillan; m1 Sallie Phipps, m2 Bessie Valentine, m3 Christine Davis] |
| THOMPSON, Surphronia | 1984 | metal marker | |
| THOMPSON, Mrs. Annie | 3 Sep 1956 | metal marker | |
| THOMPSON, John E. | 11 Oct 1907 | age about 44 years | |
| Row 11 | |||
| ROOKS, Mayme Cox | 1880 | 1932 | age 52 yrs 6 days |
| COX, Mary E. | 1844 | 1930 | age 86 yrs |
| McMILLAN, Gerna | 1869 | 1934 | age 45; a kind father |
| HALL, ___ | __ Feb 1892 | 8 Apr 1915 | |
| COX, Clinton | ___mily [This is a very large marker and may have read “Clinton Cox Family” before the concrete deteriorated.] | ||
| COX, Mrs. Alice S. | 1880 | 1960 | |
| Row 12 | |||
| ISOM, Alex | Sep 1845 | 8 Jul 1908 | |
| ISOM, Annie | 7 Jun 1849 | 21 Jul 1917 | w/o Alix Isom |
| ISOM, Eddie | 1875 | 1968 | metal marker |
| ISOM, | |||
| THOMPSON, Gladys | metal marker | ||
| PHIPPS, Jones | “the Phipps Family” | ||
| PHIPPS, Edith | “the Phipps Family” | ||
| PHIPPS, Nannie | “the Phipps Family” | ||
| PHIPPS, Mintory | “the Phipps Family” | ||
| Row 13 | |||
| PARSONS, Sam | 7 Feb 1876 | 21 Jul 1908 | fallen stone |
| _____, Lonnie D. | loose metal strip leaning against field stone | ||
| PHIPPS, Scot Bearn | 26 Jun 1900 | 29 May 1903 | age 2 yrs 9 mos 3 ds; s/o Jas. and Bettie Phipps |
| Row 14 | |||
| PARSONS, Vasso Wayne | 23 Dec 1892 | 7 Jun 1980 | Pvt U.S. Army World War I; [s/o Andy Parsons & Hester Ann Bowers; h/o Lillian Reeves] |
| OWENS, Virginia P. | 3 Feb 1882 | 17 Nov 1933 | |
| PARSONS, Handy | 3 Jun 1858 | 9 Feb 1928 | h/o Esther Ann Parsons |
| COX, Summit | 8 Jun 1890 | 29 Mar ____ | |
| Row 15 | |||
| unknown | metal marker, no label | ||
| PARSONS, John E. | 14 Oct 1934 | Pvt 1 Cl 505 Engrs | |
| Other rows close to church | |||
| PHIPPS, Crockette C. | 12 Sep 1892 | 1 Jun 1972 | Pvt U.S. Army World War I |
| ___TERS, Clara | hand carved; “June” part of one date | ||
| WA_BO__, Anna | ___ | 11 Feb 1902 | hand carved |
| Known to be buried in this cemetery but no markers found | |||
| McKINNEY, Lydia | [ca 1855] | [10 Jun 1952] | |
| McMILLAN, Iva Christine | [11 Apr 1927] | [23 Mar 1978] | [nee Davis; w/o Calvin Greek McMillan] |
| OSBORNE, Alfred | [ca 1852] | [bef 1923] | |
| PARSONS, Danny Roy | [20 Jan 1958] | [20 Dec 1982] | [s/o Lee Roy Parsons & Nannie Phipps; h/o Cynthia Latin] |
| PARSONS, Phillip Morris | 28 Mar 1928 | 5 Apr 1990 | [s/o Wayne Parsons & Lynn Reeves] |
| PHIPPS, James | [ca 1884] | [26 Jun 1952] | |
| PHIPPS, Phillip Jerone | [19 Jul 1957] | [27 Jul 1957] | [s/o Dorothy Phipps] |
| PHIPPS, Virgil Enoch | [16 Oct 1909] | [21 Dec 1980] | [s/o Jones Phipps & Mintone Gambill] |
| PHIPPS, Walter Clifford | [6 Sep 1906] | [5 Mar 1981] | [s/o Allie Phipps] |
| PHIPPS, | ca 1852 | bef 1923 | |