Old Town Memorial Cemetery (A-A)
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: West of Galax
Directions: This African-American cemetery is near the intersection of Greenville Road (Rt 640) and Mockingbird Lane (Rt 780) 0.5 mile from the intersection of Grayson Pky (US. 58) and Greenville Road.
GPS Coordinates: N36.65458 W80.95106
Surveyed by: Buford C. Wilson, 28 May 2007; updated 26 Mar 2008
Comments: The cemetery is well maintained.There are many unmarked graves here, probably 50-100. The older part of the cemetery has no more room for burials, but there are only a few marked graves there. This cemetery was surveyed by an anonymous person in 1994. Paul Herndon surveyed the cemetery in Jun 1995. This listing is a combination of my survey and the two previous ones. Dates for many of the funeral home markers are taken from the SSDI.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| EARLY, Don C. | 15 Apr 1876 | 1 Oct 1927 | |
| CARTER, James L. | 1884 | 13 Jun 1942 | |
| [PARKS, Baby] | stone angel | ||
| Row 2 | |||
| BLAIR, Roby | 31 May 1886 | 19 Oct 1964 | [Roby C., s/o Wilson Blair] |
| BLAIR, Nannie | 12 Dec 1881 | 15 Sep 1962 | [Nannie R., d/o Dred and Mary Goins]; shared stone with above |
| BLAIR, Alma | 18 Apr 1916 | 15 Dec 1941 | [d/o Robie C. and Nannie R. Goins Blair] |
| unknown | Stone with initials “M.N.” | ||
| Row 3 | |||
| THOMPSON, Leonard W. | [18 Feb] 1929 | [11 Jul] 2002 | funeral home marker |
| NOWLIN, Virginia H. | 1910 | 1994 | funeral home marker |
| HAWKINS, Nannie C. | 20 May 1896 | 6 Nov 1983 | |
| CARTER, Celia K. | 5 Apr 1922 | 12 Nov 2000 | |
| BLAIR, Lee Grant | 14 Oct 1916 | 20 Feb 1944 | |
| Row 4 | |||
| PARKS, Jerry M. | 17 Feb 1941 | 9 Jun 2002 | U.S. Navy Vietnam |
| GWYN, Gretchen Goins | 15 Aug 1915 | 5 Jul 1959 | |
| unknown | |||
| CALLAHAM, Nettie | 1 Jan 1861 | 16 Oct 1914 | [Sarah J. “Nettie”], w/o W.T. Callaham [Callahan] |
| CALLAHAM, S.E. | 3 Jan 1882 | 8 Jun 1923 | [Stark, s/o William Thomas Callahan] |
| Row 5 | |||
| COX, Joshua Lamar | 2 Feb 1996 | 9 Nov 1999 | |
| BROWN, Reba K. | 1 Apr 1934 | 13 Oct 2006 | |
| BROWN, Hasten A. | 15 Jul 1927 | shared stone with above | |
| Row 6 | |||
| KYLE, Alease Hale | [12 Jan] 1932 | [20 Jan] 1996 | funeral home marker |
| HIGGINS, Joe James | 9 May 1930 | 11 Oct 1988 | Pvt U.S. Army Korea |
| MAXWELL, William A. | 19 Feb 1920 | 19 Nov 2000 | |
| MAXWELL, Allie R. | 7 Jan 1922 | shared stone with above | |
| PARKS, Benny O. | 16 Jun 1948 | 14 Oct 1962 | |
| PARKS, J. Alzelia | 30 Aug 1914 | 19 Aug 1988 | |
| PARKS, James Thurman | 14 Apr 1939 | 31 Oct 1994 | LTC U.S. Army Vietnam |
| ROBINSON, Eva R. | 30 Aug 1882 | 12 Sep 1942 | |
| CLARK, Rosella | 13 May 1879 | 26 Oct 1913 | d/o Creasey & Jordan Clark |
| Row 7 | |||
| SAWYERS, Jerry D. | [3 Oct] 1961 | [6 Jun] 2007 | [Jerry Darnell]; funeral home marker |
| BROWN, Mary F. | [19 Nov] 1924 | [16 Jun] 2004 | funeral home marker |
| COTTRELL, Anthony G. | [26 Nov] 1946 | [29 Apr] 2005 | funeral home marker |
| BRYAN, Lorraine A. | 1931 | ||
| BRYAN, Gilbert Edward | 7 Feb 1933 | 16 Jan 1989 | Cpl U.S. Army Korea; shared stone with above |
| BRYAN, Rudolph A. | 12 Nov 1915 | 21 Jun 1987 | |
| BRYAN, Madeline E. | 12 Apr 1917 | 13 Mar 1992 | shared stone with above |
| BLAIR, Lotis J. | 1917 | 1983 | |
| KYLE, Zimri H. | 7 Nov 1939 | 18 May 1945 | |
| BROWN, Jonithan Blair | 1962 | 1963 | funeral home marker; stone angel |
| BRYAN, Walter F., Sr. | 1892 | 1988 | [s/o Abram H. and Rose Wolf Bryan] |
| BRYAN, Leota H.B. | 1896 | 1988 | shared stone with above |
| BRYAN, Rosa Wolf | 12 Aug 1874 | 28 Feb 1945 | [w/o Abram H. Bryan] |
| BRYAN, A[bram] H., Rev. | 16 Jun 1857 | 25 Jun 1926 | |
| HALE, Norman M. | 2 Oct 1902 | 8 Dec 1993 | |
| unknown | 1924 | 19_1 | destroyed funeral home marker |
| HALE, Clair | 1907 | 1941 | |
| TUCKER, Willie Lee | [24 Oct] 1922 | [9 Jun] 1994 | funeral home marker |
| JONES, Tommy L., Jr. | [9 Jul 2005] | [9 Jul 2005] | [Tommy Lamont]; funeral home marker |
| unknown | |||
| HALE, John B. | 1865 | 1952 | |
| HALE, Nittie O. | 1879 | 1945 | shared stone with above |
| HALE, Mickie | 13 Mar 1858 | 28 Oct 1914 | w/o W.M. Hale |
| HALE, William | 1862 | 20 Apr 1925 | |
| HALE, Elizabeth C. | 9 Jan 1883 | [2 Feb 2008] | [nee Janie Elizabeth Cochran]; shared stone with above |
| Row 8 | |||
| YOUNG, Linda E. | 31 Mar 1956 | 11 Mar 1997 | |
| YOUNG, Eugene, Rev. | [18 Mar] 1908 | [8 Feb] 1995 | [s/o Henry and Mattie Taylor Young] |
| YOUNG, Naomi H. | [16 Dec] 1915 | [18 Oct] 2006 | shared stone with above |
| YOUNG, Henry A. | 25 Sep 1910 | 24 Sep 1990 | [s/o Henry and Mattie Taylor Young] |
| YOUNG, Elizabeth C. | 30 Mar 1917 | [2 Feb 2008] | [nee Janie Elizabeth Cochran]; shared stone with above |
| unknown | |||
| BROWN, Raymond, Sr. “Toejoe” | 14 Jun 1929 | 21 Jun 2001 | |
| TUCKER, James M. | 22 Jul 1919 | 8 Nov 1975 | Sgt U.S. Army World War II |
| TUCKER, Edna G. | 8 Nov 1926 | 11 Mar 1998 | |
| BROWN, Henry Lee | 5 Jan 1929 | 7 Sep 1986 | U.S. Marine Corps Korea |
| BROWN, Hattie T. | 1896 | 1964 | |
| MAXWELL, Roscoe H. | 1908 | 1962 | [s/o William M. Maxwell] |
| MAXWELL, Irma L. | [13 Nov] 1910 | [May] 1987 | shared stone with above |
| TIDLINE, Samuel K. | 30 Jan 1887 | 25 May 1979 | |
| TIDLINE, Lou Ella G. | 4 Feb 1888 | 28 Feb 1958 | shared stone with above |
| TIDLINE, Helen K. | 23 Nov 1915 | 8 Dec 1920 | [d/o Samuel K. and Lou Ella Tidline] |
| BROWN, Rhudy | 4 Dec 1911 | 15 Oct 1929 | s/o J.S. & Mattie Brown; age 17 y 10 m 11 d |
| unknown | field stone | ||
| BROWN, John | [ca 1868] | 28 Sep 1940 | [s/o Isaiah and Margaret Brown] |
| BROWN, Mattie T. | [ca 1874] | 27 Jan 1953 | [d/o Maxwell Tidline]; shared stone with above |
| TIDLINE, Admiral Dewey | 1898 | 1953 | [s/o Joe and Mattie A. Poe Tidline] |
| TIDLINE, Alonzo B. | 16 Aug 1893 | 12 Mar 1954 | [s/o Joe and Mattie A. Poe Tidline] |
| TIDLINE, Eddie K. | 13 Mar 1896 | 4 Feb 1991 | |
| Row 9 | |||
| WOLFE, McKinley | 11 Jun 1914 | 23 Sep 2003 | [s/o Mack and Nora Toliver Wolfe] |
| BAKER, Theodore A. | Jul 1902 | May 1977 | |
| BAKER, Josephine B. | Dec 1904 | Feb 1996 | shared stone with above |
| GOINS, Daniel | 6 Sep 1912 | 14 Jun 1990 | U.S. Army World War II |
| GOINS, Oleta W. | [15 Nov] 1922 | [27 Dec] 1996 | shared stone with above |
| BRYSON, Levi | [1 Mar] 1917 | [10 Jan] 1992 | |
| BRYSON, Dorothy B. | [10 Feb] 1920 | [Aug] 1984 | shared stone with above |
| BLAIR, Eugene | 18 Mar 1915 | 29 Dec 1976 | U.S. Army World War II |
| MAXWELL, Effie C. | [13 Jul] 1941 | [26 Jul] 2007 | [Effie Christine]; funeral home marker |
| ASBELL, Ruth Young | 6 Sep 1905 | 15 Jun 1984 | |
| CLARK, Lelia Allison | 10 May 1904 | 3 Feb 1981 | |
| BRAXTON, Irene Young | 18 Feb 1918 | 10 Aug 1976 | |
| KINZER, James Henry | 12 Jan 1948 | 12 Oct 1973 | Virginia Pvt U.S. Army Vietnam |
| KINZER, Elizabeth | 1968 | 1968 | funeral home marker |
| Row 10 | |||
| GOINS, Billy R. | 22 Sep 1947 | ||
| GOINS, Mary R. | 4 Mar 1946 | 23 Jan 2003 | shared stone with above |
| MAXWELL, Sally A. | [7 Nov] 1917 | [17 Jul] 2003 | [d/o Will Reeves & Lena Kyle, married first _ Tucker]; funeral home marker |
| TUCKER, Vanita Y. | 9 Nov 1952 | 12 Mar 2001 | |
| TUCKER, James | damaged funeral home marker | ||
| TUCKER, John Edward | 1 Mar 1941 | 21 Jun 1981 | PFC U.S. Army Vietnam |
| YOUNG, Johnnie A. | [7 Nov] 1941 | [9 Apr] 2001 | funeral home marker |
| RICHARDSON, James R. | 29 Dec 1930 | 13 Jun 1995 | |
| RICHARDSON, Katherine E. | 15 May 1931 | shared stone with above | |
| Row 11 | |||
| GOINS, Jackie G. | [15 Jan 1943] | [15 Aug 1998] | funeral home marker |
| COLETRAIN, Lester “Lightening” | [30 Jun] 1917 | [25 Aug] 1998 | [William Lester] |
| unknown | damaged funeral home marker | ||
| MAXWELL, Samuel L. | 18 Oct 1918 | 20 Feb 2002 | |
| MAXWELL, Calvin J. | 29 Jan 1929 | 2 Apr 2002 | |
| MAXWELL, Christine | 6 Aug 1950 | shared stone with above | |
| SANCHEZ, Greta L. | 1969 | ||
| SANCHEZ, J. Enrique | [15 Jul] 1974 | [16 Aug] 2003 | shared stone with above |
| BLAIR, Haywood H. | [20 Dec] 1931 | [23 Dec] 1992 | U.S. Navy |
| WOODS, Juanita Blair | 29 Jul 1927 | 20 Feb 2006 | |
| GOINS, Jake | 22 Feb 1914 | 26 Apr 1984 | T Sgt U.S. Army World War II |
| GOINS, Blanche Ward | [1 Jul] 1894 | [Jun] 1980 | |
| BROWN, Barrie Mitchell | 11 Jul 1942 | 27 Nov 1982 | U.S. Army Vietnam |
| GOINS, Betty L. | Jan 1929 | Sep 2001 | |
| Row 12 | |||
| BLAIR, Clara M. | 16 Oct 1927 | 16 Sep 2006 | |
| KYLE, Charles, Sr. | 12 Sep 1916 | 7 Aug 2007 | [s/o Conley Maxwell & Daisy Kyle] |
| KYLE, Truedella | 28 Dec 1919 | 12 Apr 2006 | [d/o Piper Cox Sr. & Martha Ann Hairston]; shared stone with above |
| KYLE, Charles E., Jr. | 27 Nov 1940 | 29 Mar 1998 | |
| KYLE, Fred | 1917 | [13 Aug] 2006 | [obit lists birth as 9 May 1916; s/o Conley Maxwell & Daisy Kyle, h/o Rose Bryan]; funeral home marker |
| KYLE, Arthur “Coonie” | 2 Nov 1926 | 8 Aug 1995 | [obit lists birth as 2 Nov 1924; s/o Conley Maxwell & Daisy Kyle, h/o Louise Brown] |
| KYLE, Louise B. | 20 Oct 1924 | 11 Jul 1973 | |
| ROGER, France M. | May 1944 | Apr 1990 | |
| KINZER, Darnell “Fudge” | 1926 | 1991 | funeral home marker |
| KYLE, Leon T. | 13 Jul 1954 | 1 Jun 1995 | |
| KYLE, Carolyn W. | 19 Jan 1939 | 29 Jan 1995 | [nee Carolyn Wanda Goins; w/o Leon Eugene Kyle] |
| JOHNSON, Esther B. | 25 Jun 1918 | 16 Mar 1992 | |
| BEAMER, John D., Sr. | 15 Feb 1929 | 21 Jul 1991 | Cpl U.S. Army Korea |
| BEAMER, Almond C. | 1931 | shared stone with above | |
| BEAMER, Joe W., Jr. | 6 May 1924 | 20 Jan 1987 | |
| BEAMER, Louise N. | 2 Feb 1925 | 9 Apr 1993 | shared stone with above |
| BEAMER, Joe Bill | [15 Jun] 1897 | [Sep] 1986 | |
| BEAMER, Daisy H. | [2 Nov] 1898 | [Mar] 1977 | shared stone with above |
| GARCIA, Carlee Beamer | 8 Apr 1931 | 16 Nov 2002 | |
| PORTER, Peggy B. | 13 Mar 1947 | 28 May 2005 | |
| Row 13 | |||
| COLETRAIN, Preston S. | [27 Dec 1941] | [21 Nov 2006] | funeral home marker |
| COLETRAIN, Frances M. | 4 Jul 1939 | 6 Feb 1996 | |
| COLETRAIN, Debra J. | 23 Jul 1959 | 19 Dec 1994 | |
| SPELLER, George W. | 12 Mar 1886 | 16 May 1969 | |
| SPELLER, Annie L. | 12 Nov 1913 | 13 Mar 1994 | |
| HOLLIDAY, William A., Sr. | [1 Feb] 1927 | [29 Mar] 1977 | Cpl U.S. Army Korea |
| CROCKETT, Ester I. | [22 Aug] 1896 | [Jan] 1981 | |
| CROCKETT, Franklin | [3 Mar 1940] | [1 Aug 2005] | funeral home marker |
| Known or believed to be buried here | |||
| BROWN, James V. | [1921] | [1984] | no marker found 2007-08 |
| ROGERS, Minnie F. | [1944] | [1990] | no marker found 2007-08 |
| HACKNEY, Niona Brown | [1906] | [1969] | no marker found 2007-08 |
| GOINS, Charlie T. | [2 Sep 1917] | [Sep 1981] | no marker found 2007-08 |
| GREER, Mary A. | [1889] | [1976] | no marker found 2007-08 |
| CARTER, unnamed | no marker found 2007-08 | ||
| TUCKER, John | [1917] | [1966] | no marker found 2007-08 |
| HALE, James | [13 Jan 1898] | [19 Aug 1922] | no marker found 2007-08 |
| HALE, Talmadge | [1899] | [1983] | no marker found 2007-08 |
| MAXWELL, James | [4 Nov 1932] | [10 Apr 1991] | no marker found 2007-08 |
| BROWN, Robert J. | [1930] | [1975] | no marker found 2007-08 |
| COLETRAIN, Press | by tradition [s/o Robert & Fannie Coletrain] | ||
| COLETRAIN, Jennie | by tradition [Virginia, d/ Flem & June Brown; w/o Preston Coletrain] | ||
| TUCKER, Vannoy | by tradition | ||
| TUCKER, Mammie | by tradition | ||
| CARTER, Belva Marie | [5 Feb 1909] | [4 Aug 1995] | [obit information; d/o Will Maxwell; w/o John Carter] |
| KYLE, Roy Lee “Buck” | 15 Feb 1938 | 20 Oct 2008 | [all information from obit; s/o Harold Kyle and Della Brown; h/o Hazel] |
| MAXWELL, James Walter | 20 Mar 1921 | 5 Dec 1985 | [s/o Calvin Maxwell & Ella Jennings] |