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Cruise Cemetery

Carroll County, Virginia

Laurel Fork District

Location: Crooked Oak Community

Directions: In a pasture field at the intersection of Rt. 1100 (Retrievers Run) and Rt. 779 (Link Drive).

GPS Coordinates: N 36.734824 W 080.623448

Surveyed by: Buford C. Wilson, February 09 2015; buford-wilson@outlook.com

Comments: The cemetery is well fenced and in good condition. Information in [brackets] is not on the stone.

Cruise Cemetery, Carroll County, Virginia
Name Birth Death Comments
Row 1
WEBB, Sarah Ann Combs 1835 d/o Newell Combs & Francis Beamer; w/o John J. Webb
HURST, Clive V. 29 Jun 1908 22 Jan 1968 Clive Vetous; s/o George Cabell Hurst & Alice Lee Reynolds
HURST, Avis H. 01 Nov 1914 06 Sep 2003 Norma Avis; d/o Obediah Marquis Hall & Cora Lee Nester; w/o Clive Vetous Hurst
Row 2
NESTER, John H. 1877 1944 John Henry; s/o Currin George Nester & Sarah Margaret Goad
NESTER, Sarah M. 30 Apr 1851 29 May 1932 Sarah Margaret; d/o William Goad & Sarah Hylton; w/o Currin George Nester
NESTER, Enoch E. 05 Jan 1888 20 Apr 1926 Pvt. 165 Inf. 42 Div. Enoch Emanuel; s/o Currin George Nester & Sarah Margaret Goad
ALDERMAN, Henry 28 Oct 1816 03 Oct 1888
HALL, Oba M. 12 Oct 1885 09 May 1963 Obediah Marquis; s/o Joseph Ada Hall & Rachel Catherine Webb
HALL, Cora L. 19 Apr 1891 24 Feb 1944 Cora Lee; d/o Currin George Nester & Sarah Margaret Goad; w/o Obediah Marquis Hall
HALL, William C. 24 Feb 1929 16 Mar 2014 Shared stone with next; s/o Obediah Marquis Hall & Cora Lee Nester
HALL, Lou Fern 23 Nov 1933 d/o Flemming Reed Dalton & Louisa Ellen Alderman; w/o William C. Hall
HALL, Paul Edwin 01 Jul 1953 11 Mar 2006 s/o William C. Hall & Lou Fern Dalton
Row 3
CRUISE, Earl H. 10 Jun 1895 05 Oct 1972 Cpl. Co. D 103 Inf. WW I; Earl Howard; s/o Solomon Cruise & Mary Selona Monday
CRUISE, Noah 07 Jan 1893 s/o Solomon Cruise & Mary Selona Monday
CRUISE, Henry 11 Sep 1847 02 Aug 1927 James Henry; s/o Peter Cruise & Nancy Elizabeth Hylton
CRUISE, Nancy Shelor 03 Jan 1850 06 Aug 1940 d/o Randolph T. Shelor & Mary Harris; w/o James Henry Cruise
CRUISE, Winnie L. 1903 Shared stone with next; Winefrede Lee; d/o Nelson R. & Frances Webb
CRUISE, Levy M. 1896 1956 Levy Madison; s/o David Cruise & Martha Alice Goad
Row 4
NESTER, J. Preston 26 Nov 1876 10 Apr 1967 Shared stone with next; John Preston; s/o John Nester & Nancy R, Goad
NESTER, F. Lillian 10 Apr 1879 06 Feb 1930 Fair Lillian; d/o John J. Webb & Sarah Ann Combs; w/o John Preston Nester
NESTER, Larmie E. 20 Feb 1900 05 Aug 1920 Larmie Edith; d/o William Zion Nester & Ida Mae Worrell
CRUISE, Robert O. 30 Mar 1909 14 Jun 1910 s/o A. G & L. M. Cruise; Stone is illegible now
CRUISE, Dottie B. 02 Jan 1905 18 Apr 1907 d/o David Cruise & Martha Alice Goad
CRUISE, Charlie E. 01 Sep 1888 20 Jun 1890 s/o David Cruise & Martha Alice Goad
CRUISE, Peter 29 Jun 1813 07 Apr 1887
CRUISE, Elizabeth 11 Oct 1820 21 Feb 1894 Nancy Elizabeth; d/o Valentine & Rebecca Hylton; w/o Peter Cruise
CRUISE, Martha A. 06 Sep 1866 23 May 1955 Shared stone with next; Martha Alice; d/o James Fountain Goad & Hannah Webb; 2nd w/o David Cruise
CRUISE, David 19 Oct 1860 [1861] 25 Jan 1936 s/o Peter Cruise & Nancy Elizabeth Hylton
CRUISE, Solomon 19 Oct 1861 20 Dec 1939 s/o Peter Cruise & Nancy Elizabeth Hylton
CRUISE, Mary S. 01 Aug 1866 05 Oct 1972 Mary Selona; d/o James Jackson Monday & Emisette Thompson; w/o Solomon Cruise
Row 5
NESTER, Infant c/o George Elliott Nester & Bertha Florence Horton
NESTER, George E. 07 Oct 1881 17 Feb 1963 Shared stone with next; George Elliott; s/o Currin George Nester & Sarah Margaret Goad
NESTER, Mattie L. 05 Jul 1882 15 May 1976 Mattie Lenora; d/o James Preston Cox & Emily C. Shepherd; 2nd w/o George Elliott Nester
ROBERTS, Velma Nester [01 Feb 1917] Velma Jane; d/o George Elliott Nester & Mattie Lenora Cox; w/o John Ira Roberts
ROBERTS, John Ira 15 Apr 1920 31 May 1993 PFC U. S. Army
RORER, Troy C. 21 Dec 1906 17 Jul 1925 s/o George Wesley Rorer & Rosa Belle Cruise
CRUISE, Emmer 05 Jun 1888 11 Jun 1890 d/o John Valentine Cruise & Mary Alice Iroler
CRUISE, Lewis E. P. 04 Jan 1882 04 Apr 1902 Lewis Emmanuel Peter; s/o John Valentine Cruise & Mary Alice Iroler
CRUISE, John V. 1852 1911 Shared stone with next; John Valentine; s/o Peter Cruise & Nancy Elizabeth Hylton
CRUISE, Mary A. 1857 1937 Mary Alice; d/o Emmanuel Peter Iroler & Emily Jane Cloud; w/o John Valentine Cruise
BARNES, Nancy E. Cruise 14 Dec 1855 05 Oct 1936 d/o Peter Cruise & Nancy Elizabeth Hylton; w/o Joseph Calvin Barnes & Walter Raleigh Montgomery
BARNES, James Estel 11 Nov 1880 06 Mar 1958 s/o Joseph Calvin Barnes & Nancy Elizabeth Cruise
Row 6
RAULFS, [Glenn] s/o Dr. George W. & Betty Raulfs
RAULFS, [Carolyn] [21 Oct 1952] [03 Jun 2011] d/o John Ira Roberts & Velma Jane Nester; w/o Glenn Raulfs
GOAD, Hannah J. 10 May 1896 18 Feb 1918 Stone is broken; d/o William Thomas Goad & Hester Dickerson
GOAD, Sarah E. 18 Jul 1898 18 Jun 1900 d/o William Thomas Goad & Hester Dickerson