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Bishop’s Chapel Church Cemetery

Carroll County, Virginia

Pipers Gap District

Location: Poplar Knob Community

Directions: On the north side of Rt. 683, (Poplar Knob Road), 1.65 miles from Rt. 712, (Mallory Road), behind the Bishop’s Chapel United Methodist Church.

GPS Coordinates: N 36.66441 W 080.88736

Surveyed by: Buford C. Wilson; Updated 22 Sep 2009; buford-wilson@outlook.com

Comments: The cemetery is in excellent condition. Information in [brackets] is not on the stone.

Bishop’s Chapel Church Cemetery, Carroll County, Virginia
Name Birth Death Comments
Row 1
BOND, Alvin W. 12 Mar 1958 07 Nov 2005 Shared stone with next; Alvin Wade; s/o Wayne Bond & Mary Bise
BOND, Patricia B. “Pat” 24 Mar 1958 w/o Alvin Wade Bond
BOTTOMLEY, Ted Junior 25 Feb 1934 30 Dec 1987 U. S. Navy; Shared stone with next; s/o Romey Ballard Bottomley & Lillie Martha Redd
BOTTOMLEY, Rita Ann 11 Oct 1934 21 Jul 1987 d/o Sam Cornett & Trula Mae Anderson; w/o Ted Junior Bottomley
ROBERTS, Dallas 30 Mar 1919 16 Sep 2004 Shared stone with next; s/o James M. Roberts & Annie Jean Ingersoll
ROBERTS, Gathie E. 18 Oct 1924 19 Aug 1998 Gathie Ellie; d/o Thomas J Alley & Mozelle E. Frazier; w/o Dallas Roberts
ROBERTS, Rebecca Huel [21 Jul] 1940 [09 Oct] 2007 FHM; d/o Fred Howard Nance and Martha Ellen Moorefield; w/o Nanard Roberts
FIELDS, Floyd Ralph 14 May 1932 16 Sep 1999 s/o William E. Fields & Lillie Hale; h/o Mandlean
HARPER, Angel Machell 2000 FHM; d/o George Harper Jr. & Janie Fields
HALL, Dawn [25 Nov] 1932 [02 Feb] 2006 FHM d/o Dewey Pope & Matoka Mabry
JENNINGS, Betty T. 06 Jul 1935 09 Oct 2000 Betty Jo; d/o James Garnett Troy & Edna Mae Brown
Row 2
BOND, Sibyl McGrady 25 Mar 1936
BOND, John T. 08 Oct 1930 Shared stone with next; John Thomas; s/o Edmond Dennis Bond & Sadie Hazel Reynolds
BOND, Anne Lee 14 Aug 1931 07 Feb 1993 d/o Romey Ballard Bottomley & Lillie Martha Redd; w/o John Thomas Bond
EASTRIDGE, Faye H. 24 Jun 1937 03 Mar 1993 Palestine Faye Hanks; d/o Daniel Elbert Hanks & Ella Snow; w/o James Eldridge Eastridge
ROBERTS, Ray Allen [10 Sep] 1950 [29 Jun] 2009 s/o Bishop Hale Roberts & Hazel Jennie Catron; h/o Pam Vaught
ROBERTS, Bishop H. 06 Sep 1918 15 Nov 1968 Shared stone with next; Bishop Hale; s/o Sidney Foster Roberts & Ollie Mae Williams
ROBERTS, Hazel C. 05 Apr 1930 05 Jul 1990 Hazel Jennie; d/o Vance P. Catron & Iva Roberts; w/o Bishop Hale Roberts
TROY, Edna M. [04 Jun] 1911 [08 Jun] 1979 Edna Mae; d/o Lyl Coy Brown & Lola Higgins; w/o James Garnett Troy
Row 3
BOTTOMLEY, Omar Eugene 29 Jun 1927 25 Oct 2008 U. S. Navy WW II; Shared stone with next; s/o Romey Ballard Bottomley & Lillie Martha Redd
BOTTOMLEY, Frances Irene 27 Feb 1930 d/o Andrew Jackson Higgins & Nannie Lou Payne; w/o Omar Eugene Bottomley
REDD, Sarah T. 13 Mar 1864 22 Feb 1963 Sarah Louvenia Thomason; d/o Miles William Thomason & Elizabeth Harmon; w/o John Redd
PADGETT, Kenneth R. 09 Sep 1940 Shared stone with next; Kenneth Ray
PADGETT, Anita G. 04 Mar 1939 Anita Gaye; d/o John Price Dotson & Annie Allene Stoneman; w/o 1st Gerald Dean Anders; 2nd Kenneth R. Padgett
ANDERS, John K. 11 Jul 1964 19 Feb 2006 John Kevin; s/o Gerald Dean Anders & Anita Gaye Dotson
ANDERS, John Thomas 26 Oct 1960
PARKS, Olen Carl 28 Sep 1931 Shared stone with next; d/o Jackson Floyd Parks & Della Mae Carpenter
PARKS, Dottie Hanks 15 Oct 1929 Dottie Edna; d/o Daniel Elbert Hanks & Ella Snow; w/o Olen Carl Parks
HIGGINS, “Andy” [12 May] 1890 [16 Nov] 1973 Andrew Jackson; Shared stone with next; s/o Calvin C. Higgins & Alice Edwards
HIGGINS, Nannie L. 1895 1965 Nannie Lou; d/o Franklin Kook Payne & Mary Launa Cox; w/o Andrew Jackson Higgins
HIGGINS, Thomas E. 19 Jun 1924 30 Nov 2002 Shared stone with next; Thomas Earl; s/o Andrew Jackson Higgins & Nannie Lou Payne
HIGGINS, Grace E. 25 Jan 1936 Grace Elaine; d/o Luther Dock Woodel & Gracie Mae Jones; w/o Thomas Earl Higgins
MOORE, Virgil “Mack” 25 Nov 1940 25 Mar 2005 Shared stone with next; Virgil M.; s/o Fielder Moore & Winifried Boyer
MOORE, Wilma L. 10 Jul 1942 w/o Virgil M. Moore
Row 4
LEEDY, Harold Dale 18 Dec 1927 Shared stone with next; d/o Gardner Ribble Leedy & Susie Edith Rider
LEEDY, Juanita Robinson 17 Mar 1931 22 Apr 1984 d/o Martin Robinson & Elsie Chrisley; w/o Harold Dale Leedy
DOTSON, John Price 11 Mar 1914 08 Jul 1994 Shared stone with next; s/o Charles Lee Dotson & Mary Mae Baumgardner
DOTSON, Annie Allene S. 21 Aug 1919 Annie Allene Stoneman; d/o Guy Thomas Stoneman & Ella Eliza Hanks; w/o John Price Dotson
DILLON, Billy Gray 27 Sep 1946 31 Jul 1996 U. S. Navy Vietnam; s/o William Mumford Dillon & Lena Rose Roberts
Unknown Unmarked grave
DILLON, Lena Rose 24 Sep 1928 Shared stone with next; d/o James M. Roberts & Annie Jean Ingersol; w/o William Mumford Dillon
DILLON, William Mumford 15 Jan 1924 16 May 1996 PFC U. S. Army WW II; s/o Robert Smith Dillon & Flora Nettie Newman
BOYER, Baby Infant 25 Dec 1978 d/o Charles Edgar Boyer & Pauline Frances Thomason
STANDIFORD, Glenn S. 15 Feb 1921 25 Aug 1994 Shared stone with next; Glenn Sterling; s/o Edwin Standiford & Mary Sanders
STANDIFORD, Florence 17 May 1923 10 Dec 1996 Florence Virginia; d/o George B. Hudson & Mae Fuller; w/o Glenn Sterling Standiford
PAYNE, Howard D. 28 Jun 1917 06 May 1997 Shared stone with next; Howard Delvin; s/o Eli Casper Payne & Maude Baliff
PAYNE, Lillian L. 20 Sep 1925 d/o George B Hudson &Mae Fuller; w/o Howard Delvin Payne
Row 5
PAGE, Dorothy Lee [10 Sep] 1923 [14 Apr] 2007 FHM; w/o Melton Page
LEEDY, Charles R., Rev. 13 Apr 1925 18 Apr 1985 Shared stone with next; S 1 U. S. Navy WW II; Charles Ribble; s/o Gardner Ribble Leedy & Susie Edith Rider
LEEDY, Beulah Cornett 12 Dec 1929 21 Nov 1998 d/o Samuel Cornett & Trula Mae Anderson; w/o Charles Ribble Leedy
PARKS, J. Floyd 22 Jul 1907 30 Aug 1981 Shared stone with next; Jackson Floyd; s/o Rev. Richard Lee Parks & Jeanne Haga
PARKS, Della Mae 12 Aug 1907 24 Oct 1996 d/o William Cooper Carpenter & Flora Leota Jones; w/o Jackson Floyd Parks
JACKSON, Samuel D. 24 Dec 1929 20 Sep 2007 Shared stone with next; Samuel Darle; s/o Joseph Samuel Jackson & Macie Clyde Munsey
JACKSON, Pauline P. 19 May 1933 Hattie Pauline Parks; d/o Jackson Floyd Parks & Della Mae Carpenter; w/o Samuel Darle Jackson
JACKSON, Gregory H. 23 Dec 1957 26 Jan 1979 Gregory Howard; s/o Samuel Darle Jackson & Hattie Pauline Parks
PARKS, William Jackson 27 Aug 1940 03 Sep 2004 Shared stone with next; s/o Jackson Floyd Parks & Della Mae Carpenter
PARKS, Linda M. Spicer 28 Jan 1941 11 Apr 1993 Linda Mae; d/o Paul Roosevelt Spicer & Gerty Ellen Melton; w/o William Jackson Parks
LEWIS, James E. 14 Jun 1922 28 Sep 1966 James Ernest; s/o Sam Lewis & Tiney Logan; h/o Lura Mandelon Davis
DAVIS, Ronald D. [03 Jul] 1938 [16 Sep] 2009 FHM; Ronald David; s/o Freeman Davis & Callie Holcomb
Row 6
BOTTOMLEY, Garnett 13 Jun 1929 Shared stone with next; Garnett Wesley; s/o Romey Ballard Bottomley & Lillie Martha Redd
BOTTOMLEY, Wanda P. 27 Jan 1928 26 Aug 1999 Wanda Pugh; d/o Mose Warfield Pugh & Martha Waddell; w/o Garnett Wesley Bottomley
LEEDY, Gardner R. 20 Aug 1895 15 Apr 1969 Shared stone with next; Gardner Ribble; s/o Kittie Bedsaul
LEEDY, Susie E. 10 Oct 1895 04 May 1981 Susie Edith; d/o William Martin Rider & Polly Ann Lineberry; w/o Gardner Ribble Leedy
LEEDY, Michael R. 13 Jan 1942 27 Nov 2007 Shared stone with next; Michael Randolph; s/o Warren W. Leedy & Hazel Russell
LEEDY, Patricia 13 Jan 1945 Patricia Lee; d/o William & Pauline Bennett; w/o Michael Randolph Leedy
LAWSON, Ronald Stuart 21 Jan 1951 21 Jul 1996 SP 4 U. S. Army Vietnam; s/o Harden Stuart Lawson & Mildred Victoria Davis
Row 7
REDD, Jesse Garfield 03 Mar 1907 28 Mar 1971 Shared stone with next; s/o Maston Green Redd & Margaret Ellen Sexton
REDD, Nellie Cassell 08 Aug 1908 08 Mar 1988 Nellie Gedys; d/o Charles Thomas Cassell & Martha Pendleton; w/o Jesse Garfield Redd
STONEMAN, Raleigh C. 29 Nov 1916 04 Feb 1981 Shared stone with next; Raleigh Caldwell; s/o Guy Thomas Stoneman & Elia Eliza Hanks
STONEMAN, Frances 20 Nov 1916 18 Dec 2002 Mary Frances; d/o Gardner Ribble Leedy & Susie Edith Rider; w/o Raleigh Caldwell Stoneman
HODGE, Luke W. 06 Sep 1932 22 Mar 2004 Shared stone with next; Luke White; s/o Lonnie Q. Hodge & Roxie White
HODGE, Helen M. 24 May 1930 d/o Jessee Garfield Redd & Nellie Gedys Cassell; w/o Luke White Hodge
BURCHAM, Robert G., Sr. Rev. [06 Jun] 1945 [22 Jul] 2009 Robert Glenn; FHM; s/o Creed Burcham & Lema Monday
MONK, John William 28 Nov 1898 20 Nov 1966 Shared stone with next;
MONK, E. Josephine Jane 07 Jul 1908 21 Mar 1972 Emily Josephine Jane; d/o Oscar Robinette & Cynthia Watson; w/o John William Monk
MONK, Lemuel E. 07 Sep 1939 12 Nov 1994 Shared stone with next; Lemuel Elihu; s/o John William Monk & Emily Josephine Jane Robinette
MONK, Mary E. 29 Jul 1944 Mary Ellen; w/o Lemuel Elihu Monk
BROWN, Dilver L. 04 Nov 1904 09 Mar 1972 Shared stone with next; Dilver Leroy; s/o Lyl Coy Brown & Lola Higgins
BROWN, Stella E. 10 Sep 1902 06 Apr 1993 Stella Emmaline; d/o Franklin Kook Payne & Mary Launa Cox; w/o Dilver Leroy Brown
BROWN, D. Lavonne 08 Jan 1947 21 Feb 2001 Dilver Lavonne; s/o Dilver Leroy Brown & Stella Emmaline Payne
BROWN, Joseph Nelson [15 Dec] 1940 [04 Dec] 1978 U. S. Navy; s/o Edith Brown
Row 8
MELTON, Charles W. 30 Mar 1937 18 Sep 2002 Shared stone with next; Charles Wayne Sr.; s/o Garney Jackson Melton & Stella Maude Griffin
MELTON, Dortha P. 03 Apr 1935 07 Mar 2006 Dortha Irene Parks; d/o Jackson Floyd Parks & Della Mae Carpenter; w/o Charles Wayne Melton Sr.
MELTON, Garney Junior 31 May 1934 26 Aug 1982 Shared stone with next; s/o Garney Jackson Melton & Stella Maude Griffin
MELTON, Ethel Parks 03 Aug 1937 09 Dec 2007 Ethel Mae; d/o Jackson Floyd Parks & Della Mae Carpenter; w/o Garvey Junior Melton
SAYERS, Rebecca Ann 1962
SAYERS, Clyde F., Sr. 31 Oct 1924 14 Jan 2006 Shared stone with next; Clyde Franklin Sr.; s/o Garland Hobart Sayers & Rosia Etta Smith
SAYERS, Lois V. 17 Sep 1925 18 Jul 2001 Lois Virginia; d/o John M. Allison & Beatrice Dickens; w/o Clyde Franklin Sayers, Sr.
BUTCHER, Jimmy L. 10 May 1951 Shared stone with next; Jimmy Lee; s/o Kyle Lloyd Butcher & Callie Mae McKenzie
BUTCHER, Diane S. 04 Oct 1951 Sandra Diane Sawyers; w/o Jimmy Lee Butcher
Row 9
GREEN, Wallace 21 Apr 1937 Shared stone with next; Wallace Harvey; s/o Joseph Green & Elizabeth Hall
GREEN, Louise 29 Jun 1935 Mary Louise; d/o Hurley Fleming Poole & Dora Belle Sturgill; w/o Wallace Harvey Green
POOLE, Hurley Curtis 15 Dec 1932 12 Oct 1996 U. S. Navy Korea; s/o Hurley Fleming Poole & Dora Belle Sturgill
LOWE, Patsy Carolyn 18 Jul 1941 10 Sep 1996 d/o Lonnie Q. Hodge & Roxie White
DOUGLAS, Thomas D. 03 Apr 1935 07 Aug 2002 Shared stone with next; Thomas Dean; s/o Clarence E. Douglas & Ora Mae Roberts
DOUGLAS, June M. 10 Mar 1948 June Marie; d/o Luther Dock Woodel & Gracie Mae Jones; w/o Thomas Dean Douglas
ADKINS, Frank “Cotton” 10 Jan 1937 18 May 2001 Shared stone with next; Franklin Delano; s/o Jonah Adkins & Myrtle Hart
ADKINS, Bonnie 23 Jan 1947 Bonnie Louise Gillespie; w/o Franklin Delano Adkins
CAIN, Joyce Kay 16 Aug 1953 06 Jul 2009 FHM; d/o Clyde A. & Theressa Hawks; w/o Casper O’Neal Cain
Row 10
EDWARDS, Albert H. 08 Jun 1918 [27 May 2003] Shared stone with next; s/o Charles Edwards & Louise Dobson
EDWARDS, Dorothy H. 10 Sep 1921 Dorothy Hudson; d/o George B. Hudson & Mae Fuller; w/o Albert H. Edwards
SANTOS, Dennis J. 15 Jun 1952 24 Mar 2004 Shared stone with next; Dennis James; s/o Charles & Hazel Santos; h/o Arlene
SANTOS, Arlene 30 Jun 1967 w/o Dennis James Santos
BISHOP, Anthony Adam 22 May 2009 23 May 2009 s/o David Paul Bishop & Kayla Nicole Rippey
BOYD, Leland Michael 22 May 2009 28 Jun 2009 s/o Clinton “Pete” & Jessica Boyd
Row 11
LINEBERRY, Donald Gray 01 Nov 1951 12 Dec 1985 SSG U, S. Army; s/o Charles Everett Lineberry & Lena Gladys Jones; h/o Nancy
LINEBERRY, Everett Ray 24 Nov 1932 Shared stone with next; s/o Charles Everett Lineberry & Lena Gladys Jones
LINEBERRY, Betty J. 10 Feb 1947 Betty Jean; d/o Eugene Fortner & Eunice Johnson; w/o Everett Ray Lineberry
Row 12
LINEBERRY, Bobby Dean 31 Mar 1939 18 Dec 2006 Shared stone with next; s/o Charles Everett Lineberry & Lena Gladys Jones
LINEBERRY, Hessie Mae 22 Jun 1942 18 Dec 2006 d/o Zelmer Cinder Frost, Sr. & Hessie Belle Absher; w/o Bobby Dean Lineberry
SUMMERS, Donnie Leon 25 Oct 1966 03 Feb 1996 s/o Leon Ralph Sumners & Hessie Mae Frost
Location of this grave is unknown
WARE, Teresa Celeste 18 Jun 1962 28 Aug 1972 Unmarked