Southern Cemetery
Carroll County, Virginia
Pine Creek District
Location: Shorts Creek Community
Directions: In a pasture field at the end of Rt. 817 (Country Road) on the east side of Rt. 785 (Ridge Road).
GPS Coordinates: N 36.824564 W 080.790505
Surveyed by: Buford C. Wilson; 10 Dec 2012; buford-wilson@outlook.com
Comments: The cemetery is well fenced and in poor condition. Many of the stones are overturned. Information in [brackets] is not on the stone.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| DONITHAN, Abraham | 24 Oct 1880 | 11 Feb 1941 | s/o Jacob & Parthenia Donithan |
| DONITHAN, Florence B. | 02 Sep 1890 | 07 Aug 1962 | nee Bays; w/o Abraham Donithan |
| SOUTHERN, Lucinda | Shared stone with next; d/o David Edmonds& Martha “Patsy” Powell; w/o James A. Southern | ||
| SOUTHERN, James | James A.; s/o Robert N. Southern & Sarah Elizabeth Tipton | ||
| Unknown | 2 No name | ||
| Row 2 | |||
| CARPENTER, Emma Sue | 11 Jul 1942 | 12 Mar 2011 | FHM; d/o Oscar C. Carpenter & Lacy Sanders; w/o John W. Bays |
| EDWARDS, Tammy Louise | 04 Feb 1972 | 09 Jun 1972 | d/o John Wesley & Betty Jo Edwards |
| BAYS, Fannie G. | 18 Sep 1901 | 07 Feb 1988 | Fannie Elizabeth; d/o Thomas Jefferson Gravley & Laura Victoria Dalton; w/o James Isom Bays |
| BAYS, J. Isom | 1897 | 1965 | James Isom; s/o Isham Bays & Lurinda Southern |
| BAYS, Isham | 1857 | 1929 | s/o Raleigh J. Bays & Frances Rebecca Caviness |
| BAYS, Lurinda | 14 Jan 1852 | 06 Dec 1910 | d/o Robert N. Southern & Sarah Elizabeth Tipton; w/o Isham Bays |
| BAYS, Joseph Nelson | 22 Oct 188_ | 04 Jul 188_ | s/o Isham Bays & Lurinda Southern |
| BAYS, James | 18 Apr 1883 | 28 Sep 1886 | s/o Isham Bays & Lurinda Southern |
| WILLIAMS, Family | |||
| Row 3 | |||
| SOUTHERN, C. Earnest | 19 Dec 1907 | 12 Dec 1992 | Charles Earnest; s/o Charles Ingram Southern & Mary Florence Richardson |
| SOUTHERN, Edna L. | 24 Jun 1912 | 25 Mar 1998 | Edna Lee; d/o Charles Ingram Southern & Mary Florence Richardson |
| BLACK, Joanah B. | 1862 | 1961 | Shared stone with next; d/o Robert N. Southern & Sarah Elizabeth Tipton; w/o John A. Black |
| BLACK, John A. | 1832 | 1904 | s/o James & Thurza Black |
| Row 4 | |||
| HARPER, Goldie Marvel | 08 Mar 1902 | 13 Feb 1906 | d/o William R. Harper & Cora Lee Southern |
| HARPER, William R. | 06 Sep 1871 | 02 Jun 1924 | s/o Samuel Harper & Louisa Jane Williams |
| HARPER, Cora L. | 14 Oct 1868 | 18 Apr 1954 | Cora Lee; d/o Robert N. Southern & Sarah Elizabeth Tipton; w/o William R. Harper |
| Row 5 | |||
| JENNINGS, Brittain | 12 Feb 1896 | 06 Oct 1918 | Soldier of WW I; s/o W. E. Jennings & Emily L. Southern |
| JENNINGS, Emily L. | 13 Apr 1865 | 20 Sep 1962 | d/o Robert N. Southern & Sarah Elizabeth Tipton; w/o W. E. Jennings |
| SOUTHERN, Florence | 07 Apr 1885 | 12 Oct 1919 | Elizabeth Florence; d/o Joseph S. Myers & Mary Jane White; w/o Neal Southern |
| SOUTHERN, Neal | 25 Sep 1875 | 10 Oct 1919 | s/o Robert N. Southern & Sarah Elizabeth Tipton |
| SOUTHERN, Marvel Reeves | 31 Oct 1903 | 10 Mar 1907 | d/o Neal Southern & Elizabeth Florence Myers |
| Row 6 | |||
| SOUTHERN, Goldie | 12 Apr 1919 | 26 Mar 1999 | Shared stone with next; d/o Robert O. Southern & Mary Ann Gilley |
| SOUTHERN, William R. | 23 Sep 1912 | 24 Feb 1987 | William Robert; s/o Robert O. Southern & Mary Ann Gilley |
| SOUTHERN, Polly A. | 04 Jun 1883 | 21 Sep 1953 | Mary Ann; d/o William H. Gilley & Paulina Dalton; w/o Robert O. Southern |
| SOUTHERN, Robert O. | 04 Jun 1873 | 14 Jun 1922 | s/o Robert N. Southern & Sarah Elizabeth Tipton |
| SOUTHERN, Sarah | 10 Jun 1832 | 24 Nov 1913 | Sarah Elizabeth; d/o William Tipton & Martha King; w/o Robert N. Southern |
| SOUTHERN, Robert N. | 01 Jan 1826 | 22 May 1907 | s/o William C. Southern & Nancy Hurst |
| Row 7 | |||
| EDMONDS, Laura A. | 1879 | 1929 | Shared stone with next; Laura Alice; d/o Robert N. Southern & Sarah Elizabeth Tipton; w/o William J. Edmonds |
| EDMONDS, William J. | 1868 | 1946 | s/o Lewis Edmonds & Jane Horton |
| Row 8 | |||
| LAWSON, Jessie O’Neil | 10 Jun 1921 | 18 Sep 1942 | s/o Earlie Madison Lawson & Lillian Ethel Edmonds |
| LAWSON, Lillian E. Edmonds | 17 Apr 1898 | 23 Jan 1957 | Shared stone with next; Lillian Ethel; d/o William J. Edmonds & Laura Alice Southern; w/o Earlie Madison Lawson |
| LAWSON, Earlie M. | 18 Nov 1889 | 19 May 1969 | Earlie Madison; s/o George Jackson Lawson & Elizabeth Winnie L. Tolbert |