Laurel Cemetery
Konnarock, Smyth County, Virginia
The Laurel Valley Cemetery is located a few feet from the intersection of Whitetop Road and Crab Apple Lane in the Konnarock Section of Smyth County, Virginia. This cemetery was surveyed by Jeff Weaver on March 24, 2003. There are 234 grave sites identified in this record, the oldest dating from 1878. Genealogical notes by Dave Reedy added May 11, 2003.
General view of the Laurel Cemetery
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| Moore, John Hillard | Mar. 9, 1889 | Dec. 25, 1981 | |
| Warren, Raymond A. | Aug. 4, 1926 | Nov. 15, 1992 | |
| Shumate, Sarah E. | Feb. 16, 1904 | Mar. 6, 1999 | Double stone with next; d/o Arthur W. Riddle & Emma Upchurch. |
| Shumate, McKinley F. | Oct. 15, 1898 | Jan. 1, 1983 | |
| Row 2 | |||
| Lester, Hugh C., Jr. | Mar. 4, 1934 | July 21, 1971 | |
| Lester, Hugh B. | Oct. 30, 1896 | Feb. 28, 1982 | Double stone with next |
| Lester, Cordelia B. | Apr. 23, 1898 | Nov. 3, 1983 | |
| Row 3 | |||
| Shumate, Jesse | May 4, 1935 | July 16, 1994 | AN, U.S. Navy, Korea |
| Shumate, Arthur Ward | Dec. 1, 1927 | Dec. 16, 2000 | Double stone with next |
| Shumate, Delores K. | Dec. 31, 1931 | ||
| Row 4 | |||
| Combs, Naomi B. | Aug. 20, 1925 | Double stone with next | |
| Combs, Robert Lee | Apr. 2, 1916 | Sep. 10, 1997 | U.S. Army, World War II |
| Testerman, James Irvin, Sr. “Jim” | Oct. 29, 1937 | July 9, 2000 | U.S. Navy |
| Testerman, Ricky Lane | July 6, 1958 | April 11, 1971 | |
| Testerman, Dora B. | Nov.7, 1916 | Double stone with next | |
| Testerman, Arde | Mar. 15, 1915 | Dec. 30, 1992 | |
| Testerman, Lucas A | Feb. 25, 1935 | Oct. 22, 1973 | Double stone with next |
| Testerman, Janet C. | Jan. 25, 1941 | ||
| Testerman, Nancy C. | Jan. 20, 1892 | Aug. 22, 1976 | |
| Testerman, Bruce H. | 1913 | 1985 | PFC, U.S. Army, World War II |
| Testerman, Roger C. | 1919 | 1978 | Corp., 29th Inf. Div., U.S. Army, World War II |
| Row 5 | |||
| Stuart, Keith Boyd | May 14, 1967 | Dec. 22, 1986 | |
| Pennington, Lura Gay Roark | June 2, 1914 | Nov. 15, 1968 | Double stone with next |
| Pennington, Lillard Odell | Jan 3, 1911 | Mar. 26, 1999 | |
| Brooks, Edith E. | Feb. 5, 1922 | Double stone with next | |
| Brooks, Howar | Sep. 5, 1919 | Mar. 5, 1999 | Married Dec. 27, 1941 |
| Blevins, Mae E. | Nov. 29, 1907 | Mar. 18, 2001 | Double stone with next |
| Blevins, William L. “Bill” | May 25, 1912 | June 21, 2000 | |
| Blevins, Jessie M. | July 31, 1932 | Sept. 1, 2000 | Corp., U.S. Army, Korea |
| Haga, Albert L. “Doc” | May 11, 1913 | Double stone with next | |
| Haga, Beulah “Bow” | May 11, 1919 | Jun. 16, 2002 | |
| Miller, Carrington W. “Carrie” | Dec. 25, 1912 | Double stone with next | |
| Miller, Kelly Ford | Mar 8, 1911 | Feb. 9, 1997 | |
| Shepherd, Roger L. | June 24, 1947 | Sep. 21, 1997 | Double stone with next |
| Shepherd, Carolyn J. | April 15, 1948 | ||
| Price, Jaysee | Nov. 5, 1920 | Aug. 21, 2002 | Double stone with next |
| Price, Viola P. | July 28, 1923 | May 24, 2001 | |
| Shepherd, Mont E. | Aug. 10, 1922 | Double stone with next | |
| Shepherd, Artie E. | Nov. 10, 1927 | Aug. 11, 1994 | |
| Row 6 | |||
| Blevins, James D. | Apr. 2, 1937 | Double stone with next | |
| Blevins, Dorothy G. | Jan. 27, 1941 | Pre-need stone | |
| Barr, Johnny Dale, Jr. | Feb. 22, 1980 | Feb 27, 1980 | |
| Dolinger, Avery F. | 1885 | 1968 | Double stone with next |
| Dolinger, Molly B. | 1892 | 1972 | |
| Row 7 | |||
| Hayes, William Everette | Jan. 9, 1919 | Double stone with next | |
| Hayes, Ethel P. | Jan. 26, 1921 | Nov. 26, 2001 | |
| Hayes, Irvin | May 14, 1927 | 2002 | Double stone with next |
| Hayes, Margaret R. | Aug. 16, 1928 | ||
| Baker, Eddie | Sep. 3, 1912 | Double stone with next | |
| Baker, Esther | Oct. 28, 1916 | Feb. 27, 2000 | |
| Blevins, R. C. | Oct. 6, 1935 | Oct. 17, 1999 | Sp4, U.S. Army; Double stone with next |
| Blevins, Nancy | Married June 19, 1962 | ||
| Barr, Sally J. | Mar. 3, 1938 | Mar. 5, 1999 | Double stone with next |
| Barr, Marshall Lee | Oct. 9, 1938 | ||
| Stanberry, Aley | Oct. 22, 1879 | June 30, 1967 | |
| Weaver, Irene Ruby | July 8, 1927 | Apr. 10, 1968 | Wife of Carver Weaver |
| Weaver, Wade W, | 1895 | 1975 | Wagonner, U.S. Army, World War I |
| Row 8 | |||
| Price, T. | Funeral home marker | ||
| Price, C. | Funeral home marker | ||
| Vaughn, Shelia Adams | Jan. 11, 1950 | Aug. 3, 2000 | |
| Adams, J. Everett | Jan. 12, 1922 | Aug. 30, 2000 | Double stone with next |
| Adams, Helena H. | Oct. 7, 1927 | ||
| Haga, Clarence A. | Oct. 8, 1914 | Double stone with next | |
| Haga, Elizabeth L. | Dec. 15, 1915 | Dec. 3, 1999 | |
| Janney, Rita M. | Nov. 24, 1946 | April 29, 1991 | |
| Hoosier, William A., Sr. | Sep. 23, 1911 | Feb. 17, 1946 | Double stone with next |
| Hoosier, Martha Haga | April 19, 1917 | ||
| Hoosier, Janet Neomia | Feb. 5, 1939 | Dec. 7, 1995 | |
| Meyer, Heinz | 1899 | 1987 | |
| Meyer, Marga | 1898 | 1990 | |
| Simcox, Eda Blevins Pennington | Sep. 7, 1882 | Jun. 24, 1973 | |
| Shepherd, Biddie | Feb. 8, 1872 | Dec. 14, 1946 | |
| Hoosier, Nancy Blevins | Jan. 2, 1875 | Sep. 19, 1964 | |
| Row 9 | |||
| Mitchell, J. Woods, Sr. | Jan. 14, 1927 | Double stone with next | |
| Mitchell, G. Pauline | May 7, 1928 | Sep. 23, 2001 | |
| Hoffman, Connie | May 5, 1957 | May 28,m 1957 | s/o Mr. & Mrs. Bruner Hoffman |
| Hoffman, Silas Brunner | Oct.30, 1910 | July 17, 1981 | Double stone with next |
| Hoffman, Ruby Dale | July 7, 1920 | ||
| Huffman, Carl E. | 1924 | 1944 | Virginia, Pvt., 180th Inf., 45th Inf. Division, U. S. Army, World War II |
| Huffman, Daniel M. | 1870 | 1964 | |
| Francis, Thomas Lester | Sept. 17, 1895 | Apr. 9, 1962 | Age 66 years |
| Francis, Carrie H. | July 23, 1898 | Aug. 27, 1964 | Age 66 years |
| Johnson, Sherry Lynn | Sept. 1, 1966 | Sep. 16, 1966 | |
| Johnson, Violet Isabel | 1925 | 2003 | Funeral Home marker |
| Huffman, Void E. | Sep. 6, 1902 | Oct. 30, 1977 | Double stone with next |
| Huffman, Laura E. | Dec. 20, 1896 | Jan. 21, 1983 | |
| Huffman, James Allen | Jun. 12, 1973 | Jun 3, 1985 | |
| Roberts, Joshua Ryan | Mar 3, 1994 | Mar. 3, 1994 | Baby of Donald & Ella Roberts |
| Hoffman, Edward D. | 1932 | 2003 | Funeral home marker |
| Combs, Manuel A. | Sept. 19, 1926 | Feb. 28, 2003 | |
| Combs, David L. | Sep. 29, 1936 | Aug. 30, 1999 | |
| Harringer, Jeffrey L. “Jeff” | Sep. 11, 1959 | Feb. 7, 1996 | |
| Harringer, Betty S. | Dec. 12, 1932 | Double stone with next | |
| Harringer, John F. | Aug. 17, 1929 | Dec. 8, 1999 | |
| Blevins, Luther Albert | Apr. 21, 1910 | Oct. 9, 1973 | |
| Brooks, Frank James | Apr. 5, 1936 | Nov. 5, 1975 | |
| Row 10 | |||
| Combs, Mary H. | Apr. 19, 1916 | Double stone with next | |
| Combs, Lillard F. | Apr. 19, 1911 | Nov. 4, 1972 | |
| Perkins, Otis Lee | Dec. 22, 1914 | Feb. 21, 1987 | Pvt., U.S. Army, World War II |
| Reedy, Chester L. | Jun. 26, 1939 | Apr. 3, 1987 | s/o Thomas A. Reedy & Queenie Billings |
| Reedy, Thomas A. | Mar. 10, 1894 | Sep. 17, 1987 | s/o Isaac H. Reedy & Charlotta Sheets. |
| Reedy, Tommy | Mar. 14, 1956 | July 22, 1990 | s/o Carrie Reedy |
| Reedy, Velma Virginia | Oct. 7, 1923 | Aug. 29, 2000 | Funeral home marker; d/o Thomas A. Reedy & Queenie Billings. |
| Anders, Jimmy Lee | 1944 | 2002 | Funeral home marker |
| Pennington, Elwanda T. | Aug. 14, 1931 | Double stone with next | |
| Pennington, Herbert | Dec. 9, 1934 | U.S. Navy, 1952. Retired Sergeant First Class U.S. Army, 1975 | |
| Hall, Edith M. | 1931 | Double stone with next; d/o Harvey Pennington & Margaret S. Pennington. | |
| Hall, William R. | 1931 | Pre-need stone | |
| Shomate, John W. | July 16, 1924 | Oct. 12, 2002 | Funeral home marker |
| Row 11 | |||
| Hoosier, Herman Roscoe | Nov. 8, 1908 | Feb. 7, 1993 | Double stone with next |
| Hoosier, Edna Hoffman | Aug. 31, 1917 | Feb. 14, 1995 | |
| Umbarger, Walter L. | July 17, 1867 | Feb, 27, 1929 | Triple stone with next two. |
| Umbarger, Emma N. | April 1, 1867 | Dec. 23, 1933 | |
| Umbarger, Edgar L. | Feb. 22, 1897 | May 14, 1965 | |
| Umbarger, Catherine Cox | Mar. 1, 1900 | Nov. 17, 1983 | Funeral Home marker |
| Hayes,, William Fred | July 28, 1918 | Feb. 9, 1953 | Member, Masonic lodge |
| Hayes, Bessie D. | Aug. 7, 1883 | Mar. 3, 1967 | |
| Hayes, W. S. | Apr. 30, 1887 | Mar. 30, 1946 | |
| Haga, Sarah C. | Sep. 1, 1869 | Dec. 27, 1962 | |
| Brown, J. P. | Feb. 2, 1933 | Apr. 30, 1996 | Desk Sgt., Marion, Va. Police Dept. |
| Hayes, William Patten | Aug. 9, 1885 | Sep. 10, 1962 | Double stone with next |
| Hayes, Fannie Pennington | Aug. 21, 1883 | Oct. 5, 1978 | |
| Brown, Sherman | Nov. 27, 1910 | Double stone with next | |
| Brown, Rosie Hayes | Dec. 31, 1911 | Sep. 11, 1996 | |
| Sheets, Harvey G. | 1883 | 1979 | Double stone with next; s/o James Harrison Sheets and Martha Powers. |
| Sheets, Ida W [Weaver]. | 1890 | 1969 | |
| Pennington, Orley Delmer | Jun 16, 1914 | July 8, 1981 | Double stone with next |
| Pennington, Isabell V. | Jan. 15, 1918 | June 18, 1997 | |
| Haga, Edward P. | Mar. 16, 1896 | Oct. 17, 1981 | Double stone with next |
| Haga, Zella M. | Mar. 20, 1898 | Nov. 2, 1982 | |
| Haga, Ernest Wade | Feb. 28, 1917 | Nov. 5, 1988 | |
| Wilson, Dale L. | Jan. 16, 1956 | July 24, 1984 | |
| Stanberry, William Frank | 1902 | 1972 | Double stone with next |
| Stanberry, Lucy Pearl | 1907 | 1989 | |
| Stanberry, Vincent F. | Feb. 9, 1965 | Jna. 2, 1996 | U.S. Navy |
| Row 12 | |||
| Kilby, William J. | Mar. 28, 1951 | Jan. 25, 1968 | |
| Price, Ida B. | Nov. 26, 1909 | Oct. 14, 1989 | Double stone with next |
| Price, Con C. | Sep. 6, 1910 | May 12, 1988 | |
| Shumate, Orpha P. | May 9, 1934 | Apr. 30, 1975 | |
| Pennington, Nannie A. | Apr. 23, 1914 | Sep. 11, 1998 | Double stone with next |
| Pennington, Earl G. | Aug. 8, 1916 | Aug. 3, 1984 | |
| Robbins, Cebert L., Jr. | Feb. 17, 1927 | Nov. 15, 1972 | Va., Pvt., U.S. Army, World War II |
| Walls, Mae D. | 1900 | 1982 | Double stone with next |
| Walls, Coy H. | 1898 | 1967 | |
| Yarbert, Linda Sue | May 18, 1947 | Jan. 25, 1951 | Granddaughter of Coy & Mae Walls |
| Pennington, Flossie L. | July 20, 1906 | Aug. 17, 1994 | Double stone with next |
| Pennington, Willard C. | Oct. 2, 1902 | Sep. 6, 1987 | |
| Haga, Nancy J. | 1880 | 1962 | Double stone with next |
| Haga, John W. | 1883 | 1967 | |
| Haga, Mary Ines | July 6, 1902 | Oct. 3, 1949 | Wife of W. R. Haga; Double stone with next |
| Haga, W. R. | Apr. 25, 1904 | May 28, 1955 | |
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| Pennington, J. J. | Nov. 6, 1898 | Feb. 12, 1899 | |
| Brown, Wade Dean | April 8, 1944 | April 8, 1944 | s/o. Mr. & Mrs. Sherman Brown |
| concrete block | |||
| Stanberry, Whitney Marie | May 25, 1989 | May 25, 1989 | d/o Charlie & Sara Stanberry |
| Testerman, Angelia J. | July 6, 1966 | Infant | |
| Testerman, Jarvis L. | Jan. 8, 1911 | Nov. 19, 1998 | |
| Row 13 | |||
| Pennington, Myrtle A. | Dec. 5, 1878 | Jun 23, 1948 | Double stone with next |
| Pennington, Calaway S. | Mar. 14, 1874 | Oct. 6, 1962 | |
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| Pennington, Albert F. | Dec. 5, 1899 | Mar. 17, 1973 | Double stone with next |
| Pennington, Charity | May 8, 1905 | Apr. 4, 1947 | |
| Concrete Block | |||
| Field Stone | |||
| Walls, Galen James | Dec. 3, 1929 | Mar. 1, 2001 | funeral home marker |
| Finley, W. Marshall | 1939 | 1960 | |
| Finley, William H. | 1890 | 1955 | Double stone with next |
| Finley, Mary J. | 1894 | 1986 | |
| Pennington, Noah M. | Jan. 15, 18778 | Mar. 8, 1966 | Double stone with next |
| Pennington, Lallie W. | Nov. 21, 1889 | Dec. 22, 1945 | |
| Trivett, Raymond Lee | May 19, 1921 | Apr. 29, 1993 | PFC, U.S. Army, World War II |
| Trivett, Eva Danish | Sep. 14, 1927 | ||
| Swinhart, Stephanie Anne | Oct. 28, 1968 | Feb. 16, 1986 | |
| Adams, Kenny M. | 1897 | 1958 | Double stone with next |
| Adams, Fannie P. | 1900 | 1995 | |
| Adams, Harley D. | 1934 | 1959 | |
| Row 14 | |||
| Blevins, Margaret [Matrissa] | 1890 | 1977 | Double stone with next; d/o Wilburn L. Parker & Mary M. Lewis. |
| Blevins, Jehue | 1885 | 1958 | s/o Alfred Blevins & Martha Lewis. |
| Blevins, Wilburn Layfette | Oct. 25, 1914 | Aug. 1, 1960 | s/o Jehu Blevins & Martha Lewis. |
| Blevins, Ruby M. | Oct. 11, 1924 | Aug. 20, 1993 | Double stone with next |
| Blevins, Claudie J. | July 14, 1920 | Jan. 14, 1981 | Pvt, U.S. Army, World War II; s/o Jehu Blevins & Martha Lewis. |
| Gentry, Denton Mae | July 28, 1909 | Oct. 20, 2002 | Double stone with next |
| Gentry, Clyde Dewey | July 18, 1906 | Oct. 10, 1972 | |
| Gentry, Rex Stanley | Nov. 28, 1946 | Dec. 1, 1946 | |
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| Hayes, William Zachariah | 1858 | 1890 | |
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| Row 15 | |||
| Pennington, May H. | Apr. 21, 1896 | Apr. 4, 1970 | Double stone with next |
| Pennington, Eli D. | Mar. 25, 1892 | Aug. 27, 1978 | |
| Pennington, Junior D. | July 7, 1923 | Dec. 4, 1955 | |
| Pennington, Andrew | Oct. 17, 1809 | Oct. 11, 1878 | Double stone with next; Oldest identified grave in this cemetery. This is a replacement grave marker, the original was located behind the maintenance shed on 3/24/2003. |
| Pennington, Hester | May 8, 1912 | Oct. 19, 1890 | nee Blevins |
| Pennington, Neoma | Jan. 11, 1902 | Age 58 years | |
| Pennington, G. L. | Oct. 26, 1891 | Jan.. 13, 1892 | |
| Pennington, Delila | Jan. 18, 1870 | Oct. 20, 1891 | |
| Haga, C. J. | Oct. 20, 1880 | Mar __, 1884 | |
| Haga, Harold | July 17, 1906 | Aug. 22, 1906 | s/o N. B. & C. J. Haga |
| Combs, Eli | 1877 | 1956 | Double stone with next |
| Combs, Birtie E. | 1885 | 1955 | |
| Huffman, Dulcie Combs | Dec. 19, 1908 | Sept. 22, 1964 | |
| Huffman, Daniel Brack | Sep. 9, 1900 | Aug. 28, 1990 | |
| Taylor, Anna Louise | Oct. 15, 1984 | July 21, 1986 | |
| Taylor, John F. | Dec. 25, 1914 | Mar. 22, 1985 | Double stone with next |
| Taylor, Ella Mae | Mar. 23, 1920 | ||
| Huffman, William R. | Oct. 2, 1896 | July 19, 1978 | Double stone with next |
| Huffman, Dulcie J. | 1898 | 1962 | |
| Row 16 | |||
| Pennington, Laura Mae | Feb. 2, 1908 | Nov. 8, 1982 | Triple stone with next two |
| Pennington, Harold Carson | Sep. 7, 1911 | Nov. 4, 1962 | A.S., .U.S.N.R. World War II |
| Pennington, Fred Tim | Jan. 9, 1941 | July 25, 1968 | Sp4, U.S. Army, Vietnam |
| Pennington, Donald H. | Feb. 20, 1932 | Nov. 1, 1995 | Ssgt., U.S.Air Force |
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| Haga, Alia Jane | May 14, 1886 | Jan. 18, 1968 | |
| McLain, Daniel | 1902 | Sept. 28, 190_ | Child’s grave, stone broken |
| Edwards, Ruth Betty | Nov. 15, 1910 | Mar. 13, 1949 | |
| Edwards, Celia E. | 1888 | 1958 | |
| Edwards, Charles L. | 1888 | 1963 | |
| Row 17 | |||
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| Huffman, John | Aug. 19, 1896 | July 10, 1963 | |
| Row 18 | |||
| Wyatt, Rosie M. | 1886 | 1967 | Double stone with next |
| Wyatt, M. Monroe | 1895 | 1964 | |
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| Wyatt Odell | Oct. 10, 1920 | Dec. 3, 1990 | |
| Wyatt, Corrine Wilcox | May 5, 1918 | May 8, 2001 | |