Osborne-Williams Cemetery
aka William Perkins Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
aka Williams Cemetery
Location: Low Gap Road, Wilson District
Directions: The Osborne-Williams Cemetery is on Low Gap Road (Rt 740) about 0.4 mile from its intersection with Highlands Parkway (US 58). The obvious landmark to note this location is a World War II era Quonset Hut with the inscription “L.J. Osborne” over the door.
GPS Coordinates: N36.626515 W81.445607
Surveyed by: Jeff Weaver on 3 April 2003
Comments: The cemetery is on the ridge behind this Quonset Hut. The walk is gentle. The cemetery is fenced, neat and clean. There are 47 graves in this cemetery, the earliest dating from 1900.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| OSBORNE, Robert Sterling | 9 Dec 1961 | 9 Dec 1961 | s/o Mr. & Mrs. Orley C. Osborne |
| OSBORNE, Orley C. | 4 May 1931 | 12 Dec 1992 | BT2 U.S. Navy Korean War; [Orley Cicero, s/o Lawton J. & Leva Williams Osborne; h/o Juanita C.] |
| OSBORNE, Max M. | 1 Mar 1926 | 23 Jun 1966 | Va MAM3 USNR World War II |
| OSBORNE, Leva B. | 10 Oct 1907 | 12 Sep 1980 | [Leva Belle, d/o Orley A. & Ina Owens Williams; w/o Lawton J. Osborne] |
| OSBORNE, Lawton J. | 4 Feb 1900 | 5 Oct 1969 | |
| PHILLIPS, Melanie Dawn | 18 Jun 1972 | 23 Jun 1972 | |
| OSBORNE, Van R. | 7 Nov 1924 | 29 Aug 1981 | S1 U.S. Navy World War II; [Van Rupert, s/o Lawton & Leva Williams Osborne] |
| Row 2 | |||
| unknowns | five wooden crosses | ||
| Row 3 | |||
| unknown | concrete block | ||
| unknowns | four wooden crosses | ||
| PERKINS, William | 6 Dec 1859 | __ Jan 1900 | |
| REEDY, J.M. | 30 Jan 1856 | 11 May 1905 | |
| PERKINS, Joan | 7 Mar 1839 | 19 Apr 1913 | |
| PERKINS, Ira G. | 5 Apr 1832 | ||
| unknown | wooden cross | ||
| Row 4 | |||
| PERKINS, Lovic | 1874 | 1934 | double stone with next |
| PERKINS, Rebecca | 1869 | 1954 | |
| unknowns | three wooden crosses | ||
| HOFFMAN, Manuel | 22 Sep 1893 | 3 May 1921 | double stone with next |
| HOFFMAN, Clara E. | 28 Oct 1895 | [10 Dec 1983] | |
| Row 5 | |||
| PEACOCK, Laura L. | 24 Mar 1878 | 8 May 1934 | double stone with next |
| PEACOCK, John H. | 12 Aug 1860 | 5 Jul 1948 | |
| SAGE, Carrie J. | 5 Aug 1907 | 11 Jan 1991 | [Carrie Joan, d/o John Henry & Laura Perkins Peacock]; double stone with next |
| SAGE, Paul J. | 3 Nov 1906 | 22 Dec 1990 | [Paul James, s/o Joshua & Sarah Ann Pierce Sage] |
| SAGE, James Booker | 11 Feb 1930 | 3 Mar 1995 | SFC U.S. Army Korean War, Vietnam; double stone with next |
| SAGE, Shirley Sue | 29 Mar 1935 | ||
| Row 6 | |||
| WILLIAMS, Don B. | 19 May 1927 | 25 Nov 1937 | s/o Mr. & Mrs. Orley Williams |
| WILLIAMS, Nancy Weiss | 1858 | 1942 | [d/o Austin & Syntha Weiss; w/o W.J. Williams] |
| WILLIAMS, Orley A. | 5 Dec 1885 | 15 Nov 1954 | [Orley Austin, s/o Jeff & Nancy Weiss Williams]; double stone with next |
| WILLIAMS, Ina E. | 13 Dec 1886 | 3 Feb 1965 | [d/o William & Mary Owen] |
| WILLIAMS, Delmar F. | 1911 | 1971 | double stone with next |
| WILLIAMS, Viola | 1919 | ||
| HENDERSON, Charles Glenn | 27 Oct 1903 | 3 Jun 1993 | U.S. Army World War II; [s/o Roby & Lydia Greer Henderson] |
| WILLIAMS, Linney | 25 Aug 1921 | 14 Jun 1995 | [Linney Oris, s/o Orley A. & Ina Owens Williams]; double stone with next |
| WILLIAMS, Virginia | 23 Nov 1931 | 16 Aug 1993 | [Virginia Dare, d/o Doe & Rose Halsey Anderson] |