Owen Family Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: Whitetop
Directions: The Owen Family Cemetery is to the right (west) of Wolf Knob Road (Rt 746) about 3/4 mile south of its junction with Spencer Branch Road (Rt 797).
GPS Coordinates: N36.586995 W81.497795
Surveyed by: Jeff Weaver 26 March 2003
Comments: The cemetery is neat, clean and well maintained. There are 36 grave sites in this cemetery record, all clearly marked. The earliest grave is from 1892. Some information comes from Paul Herndon’s files.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| RICHARDSON, Alta | 1933 | [d/o Grover M. and Celia Jane Reedy Owen; w/o Clarence M. Richardson]; double stone with next | |
| RICHARDSON, Clarence M. | 1934 | 1988 | [s/o Clarence and Gladys Reedy Richardson] |
| KILBY, Ruby | 6 Mar 1918 | [d/o Grover M. and Celia Jane Reedy Owen]; double stone with next | |
| KILBY, Woodrow M. | 20 Feb 1913 | 8 Jan 1989 | [s/o Robert and Lina Farmer Kilby] |
| KILBY, Paul Bryant | 5 Apr 1940 | 11 Oct 1978 | [s/o Woodrow M. and Ruby Owen Kilby] |
| KILBY, Dale R. | 14 Sep 1937 | 17 Oct 1982 | U.S. Army Korea 1956-1959; [s/o Woodrow M. and Ruby Owen Kilby] |
| Row 2 | |||
| OWEN, Artie Hopkins | 1915 | 1918/1989 | U.S. Navy World War II |
| OWEN, Stella | 1 Oct 1891 | 25 Mar 1892 | [d/o William E. and Mary E. Phipps Owen] |
| OWEN, Era F. | 1910 | 1912 | d/o Mr. and Mrs Luther Owen |
| OWEN, Weiss[WILLIAMS, Weiss Owen] | 1915 | 1917 | s/o Mr. and Mrs. Orley Owen;[error by stonecutter; s/o Orley and Ina Owen Williams] |
| WYATT, Betty Lea | 13 Mar 1965 | 14 Mar 1965 | [d/o Vance E. and Agnes Weaver Wyatt] |
| OWEN, Blake E. | 27 Feb 1924 | 28 Jan 1985 | Tec. 5 U.S. Army World War II |
| OWEN, Vergie M. | 10 Mar 1913 | [nee King] | |
| WYATT, Vance E. | 27 Feb 1938 | 10 Aug 1990 | [s/o Paul and Mable Hamm Wyatt]; double stone with next |
| WYATT, Agnes W. | 4 Apr 1942 | [d/o Wilborn C. and Violet Owen Weaver] | |
| Row 3 | |||
| WEAVER, Violet O. | 18 Apr 1920 | [nee Owen]; double stone with next | |
| WEAVER, Wilborn C. | 1 Sep 1916 | 17 Sep 1981 | U.S. Army , World War II; [Wilborn Clayborne, s/o Elihu Franklin and Sophronia B. Kilby Weaver] |
| OWEN, Virgie M. | 10 Mar 1913 | double stone with next | |
| OWEN, Blake E. | 27 Feb 1924 | 28 Jan 1985 | |
| BLAKE, Celia J. | 19 Mar 1895 | 16 Jun 1958 | double stone with next |
| OWEN, Grover M. | 1 Oct 1891 | 17 Dec 1978 | [s/o William E. and Mary E. Phipps Owen] |
| OWEN, Mary E. | 3 Oct 1850 | 3 May 1939 | [d/o James Harvey and Evaline Weaver Phipps] |
| OWEN, William E. | 15 Dec 1850 | 13 Sep 1930 | |
| OWEN, Montey E. | 29 Nov 1882 | 22 Feb 1983 | Pvt. U.S. Army World War II; [s/o William E. and Mary E. Phipps Owen]; double stone with next |
| OWEN, Cynthia M. | 26 Aug 1899 | 13 Jan 1975 | [nee Sturgill] |
| OWEN, Roy Lee | 14 Apr 1942 | 10 Jul 1993 | [s/o Montey and Cynthia Sturgill Owen] |
| FARMER, N. Cleve | 10 Jun 1909 | 6 Mar 1982 | s/o Mr. and Mrs. Noah Farmer |
| FARMER, Vilena W. | 24 Jan 1910 | 2 Dec 1983 | [d/o Elihu Franklin and Sophrona B. Kilby Weaver] |
| WEAVER, Elihu F. | 29 Sep 1888 | 7 Mar 1948 | [Elihu Franklin, s/o Clayborne Monroe and Martha Lutisha Phipps Weaver] |
| WEAVER, Sophrona B. | 1 Oct 1887 | 12 Mar 1960 | [nee Kilby; w/o Elihu Franklin Weaver] |
| Row 5 | |||
| SHEETS, Lela | 1877 | 1949 | w/o Matthew Sheets |
| TESTERMAN, Stella Owen | 16 Sep 1922 | double stone with next | |
| TESTERMAN, L. Guy | 20 Feb 1922 | 19 May 1999 | |
| OWEN, Dorothy Louise | 18 Oct 1930 | double stone with next | |
| OWEN, Glen Ray, Sr. | 4 Jul 1926 | 26 Nov 2000 | |
| Row 6 | |||
| OWEN, Josephine L. | 23 Sep 1932 | double stone with next | |
| OWEN, Monty Duane | 30 Sep 1929 | 2 Jul 2001 | |
