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Linder Cole Cemetery

Grayson County, Virginia

Location: Mt. Rogers

Directions: This cemetery is off School House Rd (Rt 751) which intersects with Highlands Pkwy (US 58) at Mt Rogers School.It is on a hillside at the end of a dirt road 0.2 mile west of Highlands Pkwy.

GPS Coordinates: N36.594841 W81.536225

Surveyed by: Jeff Weaver on 3 May 2003; updated by Eleanor Cox Mar 2009

Comments: The cemetery is well fenced and maintained. There were 212 graves at the time of Jeff’s survey. It was also surveyed in 1992 by Mr & Mrs William Hensley..

Linder Cole Cemetery
Plaque at the Entrance of the Cole Cemetery

Linder Cole Cemetery
General View of the Linder Cole Cemetery

Linder Cole Cemetery, Grayson County, Virginia
Name Birth Death Comments
Row 1
unknown     field stone
FINLEY, Mary E. 6 Jan 1865 30 Nov 1942 [possibly d/o John & Mahala Finley]
FINLEY, Elbert     funeral home marker & field stone
HILL, John     funeral home marker & field stone
HILL, Carline 20 Jun 1851 3 Feb 1934  
HILL, Robert P. 28 Jun 1891 25 Nov 1956 [Robert Poole, s/o Meredith “Meadie” & Caroline Abshire Hill]; double stone with next
HILL, Spar B. 12 Feb 1887 18 Aug 1963 [Sarah Malinda Sparrow Catharine, d/o Reuben & Sarah Billings Blackburn]
HILL, Mary Jane 16 Sep 1891 23 Sep 1959  
HILL, Roger Dewey 22 Feb 1920 18 Jan 1992 PFC U.S. Army Korea
Row 2
unknowns     two field stones
unknown     shaped field stone
WEAVER, John 2 Nov 1799 14 Feb 1872 [s/o William Weaver, Sr.]
WEAVER, Celia S. 20 May 1830 24 Feb 1915 [d/o Samuel & Elizabeth Anderson Pennington; w/o John Weaver]; stone broken
unknowns     three field stones
BALDWIN, Will 1902 1968  
BALDWIN, Nina G. [7 Oct] 1902 [2 Jun] 1991 [Nina Ann, d/o Ed & “Tot” Upchurch Greer]
Row 3
BALDWIN, Ora “Nug” 21 Aug 1904 23 Dec 1979  
unknowns     two field stones
BALDWIN, Okie 1913 1978 funeral home marker
unknowns     eight field stones
PRICE, Dora J. 10 Apr 1909 19 Jun 1994  
PRICE, Jackie Wayne 17 Nov 1935 28 Mar 1936  
PRICE, Daisey Blanch 18 Jun 1931 5 Apr 1934  
Row 4
unknowns     three field stones
BALDWIN, Jennie Little 1874 1951 [d/o Billy & Pollie S. Little; w/o John Baldwin. Other sources give dates as 3 Apr 1871 – 28 Jun 1948.]
BALDWIN, John 1872 1925  
unknowns     six field stones
BLACKBURN, Fannie 7 Dec 1900 26 Aug 1961  
BLACKBURN, Elisha 27 Apr 1889 15 Feb 1960 [s/o Reubin J. and Sarah J. Billings Blackburn]; double stone with next
BLACKBURN, Wadie Jane 4 Oct 1922 27 Aug 1932  
Row 5
unknown     field stone
PRICE, Willard G. 26 Aug 1905 25 May 1974 [Willard Glenn, s/o Adolophus H. & Eunice Creola Cole Price]; double stone with next
PRICE, Hattie Mae 17 Aug 1910 28 Oct 2008 [d/o Wells & Minnie Graham Hart]
unknowns     six field stones
JONES, Ruth Ann 2 Apr 1953 2 Apr 1953  
JONES, William Bradley 13 Mar 1937 18 Mar 1937  
JONES, Lydia Elizabeth 19 Oct 1886 19 Nov 1974 double stone with next
JONES, William Arthur 25 Apr 1882 30 Mar 1935  
Row 6
PRICE, Hazel V. 10 Jan 1908 22 Jun 1995 “Honorary member of Mt. Rogers Fire Department and Rescue Squad 1979”; [Hazel Virginia, d/o Adolphus H. & E. Creola Cole Price]
PRICE, A[dolphus] H. 9 Sep 1873 14 Mar 1953 [s/o Daniel H. & Permelia Hanks Price]
PRICE, A.H., Mrs. 27 Jul 1880 15 Jul 1945 [Eunice Creola, d/o Linder & Darthula Weaver Cole]
Row 7
unknowns     three field stones
WEAVER, Jane   21 Oct 1899 aged 53 years 6 mos 11 days; [d/o F.M. Sturgill; w/o W.H. Weaver]
WEAVER, W.H. 20 Aug 1841 30 Aug 1895 [s/o Joshua Weaver]
WEAVER, Martha Lawrence      
WEAVER, Josuia 1775 1868  
Row 8
MAHAFFEY, Mary Francis 18 Jan 1870 28 Apr 1928  
unknowns     seven field stones
WALLS, Mary S. 16 Apr 1851 31 Mar 1874 w/o J.M. Walls
unknowns     two field stones
Row 9
THOMPSON, Alice Hill 14 Mar 1924   [d/o Robert P. & Spar Blackburn Hill]; double stone with next
THOMPSON, Van Buren 30 May 1914 29 Mar 1965 Pvt HQ, Btry 2nd Coast Artillery World War II
PEACOCK, Bruce 1894 1906 quad stone with next three
PEACOCK, Ollie 1892 1906  
PEACOCK, Catherine 1866 1906  
PEACOCK, Inez 1866 1906  
unknowns     eleven field stones
Row 10
BLACKBURN, Sara, Mrs. 6 Mar 1846 4 May 1930 [nee Billings]; w/o R.J. Blackburn
BLACKBURN, R[euben] J[ordan] 29 May 1829 10 Mar 1909 [s/o John & Winnie Prevette Blackburn]
BLACKBURN, Reuben 4 Nov 1882 6 Feb 1913 [s/o R.J. & Sara Billings Blackburn; h/o Martha Sexton]
DOLINGER, Catherine Hill 12 Jul 1927 1 Feb 1999  
MAHAFFEY, Infant 1910 1910 child of J.B. Mahaffey; double stone with next
MAHAFFEY, Garnie 1914 1916 child of J.B. Mahaffey
unknowns     nine field stones
SEXTON, Wiley Washington 1 Jul 1910 2 Jul 1910  
SEXTON, Ina Ethel 27 Aug 1911 13 May 1913  
SEXTON, William Archie 23 Apr 1914 10 Sep 1915  
Row 11
GREER, Onie W. 17 Feb 1912 8 Dec 1981  
unknown     field stone
GREER, Ebert 21 Feb 1907 21 Apr 1927  
unknowns     seven field stones
DARNELL, Ucia     funeral home marker & field stone
DARNELL, Houston     funeral home marker & field stone
GRIFFIN, Lela     funeral home marker & field stone
HILLENBURG, Sylvia 1914 2000 funeral home marker
unknown     field stone
HAGA, John     funeral home marker & field stone
HAGA, Arkie     funeral home marker & field stone
HAGA, Julia 18 Feb 1884 2 Mar 1951 [nee Griffin; birth dates are the same for both individuals]; double stone with next
HAGA, Luther 18 Feb 1884 3 Nov 1956 [John Luther, s/o Wm Henry and Margaret Dolinger Haga; h/o Julia Griffin Haga]
Row 12
unknowns     three field stones
MASSIE, Lee     hand carved field stone
SHEETS, James H. 11 Dec 1862 19 Mar 1947  
SHEETS, Charlie W. 1 Jan 1883 6 Mar 1940  
SHEETS, Harvey W. 13 Oct 1910 11 Jun 1933  
HAGA, Fred 4 Mar 1914 15 Mar 1975 [s/o Luther & Julia Griffin Haga]
Row 13
FINLEY, Harold McKinley 16 Apr 1934 8 Dec 1936 s/o Mr. & Mrs. C.W. Finley
FINLEY, Lucy Rebecca Haga 10 Aug 1909 22 Jan 2006 [d/o John Luther & Julie Griffith Haga]; double stone with next
FINLEY, Claude W. 6 Aug 1904 3 Aug 1986 [s/o George & Mary Hill Finley]
unknowns     two field stones
GREER, Wilborne 14 May 1884 25 Jul 1940 [h/o Mintie Cole Greer]
STAMPER, Chloe 1906 1945  
GREER, Mintie Cole [12 Oct] 1888 1961 [d/o Linder & Darthula Weaver Cole; w/o Wilborne Greer]
PRICE, Robert Carson 15 Jan 1935 18 Jan 1935 [s/o M. Daniel & Zola Kilby Price]
PRICE, Zola N. 30 Mar 1915 30 Oct 1993 [Zola Nan, d/o Emmett & Flossie Weaver Price; w/o Mitchel Daniel Price]
PRICE, Dan [23 Aug] 1912 [Dec] 2002 [Mitchell Daniel]; funeral home marker
PRICE, Mitchell C. 25 Jan 1965 6 Dec 1998 [Mitchell Charles, s/o Paul & Verna Adkins Price]
PRICE, Robin Michelle 13 Jul 1970 14 Jul 1970  
Row 14
PRICE, Birda 1876 [15 Jun] 1952 [nee Sturgill]
SULLINS, Colleen Greer 30 Jan 1932   double stone with next
SULLINS, Max 5 Jan 1929 22 Jun 1998 PFC U.S. Army World War II
SULLINS, Fannie P. 16 Aug 1902 5 Jul 1982 [Fannie Gladys, d/o Thomas R. &Birda Sturgill Price]
MAHAFFEY, Pearl 23 Sep 1914 19 Sep 1951  
COLE, Darthula E. 23 Apr 1852 7 Feb 1929 [d/o John & Celia Pennington Weaver; w/o Linder Cole]
COLE, Linder 9 Aug 1848 24 Jun 1919 [member of the Odd Fellows Lodge at White Top. John Linder Gillenwater, s/o Charles & Elizabeth Haga Cole]
PRICE, Hugh C. 23 Sep 1883 14 Feb 1964  
PRICE, Emma L. 20 Mar 1884 25 May 1957 [nee Price]; w/o Hugh C. Price
Row 15
BLACKBURN, Keith R. 7 Sep 1948 22 Nov 1971  
PRICE, Evelyn A. 24 Aug 1931 3 Nov 1931 [d/o Wade H. & Lela B. Dunavan Price]
PRICE, Lela B. 13 Aug 1902 19 Sep 1973 double stone with next
PRICE, Wade H. 12 Mar 1901 9 Dec 1997 [s/o A.H. & E.C. Cole Price]
WALLS, June Sullins 2 Oct 1926 17 Apr 1987  
WALL, Wilmer Bruce, Jr. 31 Oct 1945 27 Apr 1950 [no “S” on surname]
PRICE, Ada 16 Jan 1923 16 Jan 1923  
PRICE, Dicky 7 Sep 1937 7 Sep 1937  
PRICE, T.R. 24 Sep 1878 23 Dec 1941 [possibly s/o Dan & Permelia Price]
Row 16
DAVIS, Charlie G. 29 Jul 1902 25 Nov 1944 [Charlie Glenn]
PRICE, Stella G. 2 Oct 1915 16 Jan 1999 double stone with next
PRICE, Ray T. 22 Mar 1908 18 Dec 1989 served as Sheriff of Grayson County; [Ray Theodore, s/o Thomas & Birda Sturgill Price]
PRICE, Rex 22 Oct 1919 19 Nov 2006
DOLINGER, Jeffrey Orvil 4 May 1958 24 Dec 2008 [s/o Orvil & Freda Price Dolinger]
DOLINGER, Frieda P 10 Jan 1935   double stone with next
DOLINGER, Orvil J. 3 Aug 1932 2 Nov 1970 EN3 U.S. Navy Korea
PRICE, Virginia 1922 2000 funeral home marker
PRICE, Robert Kyle 9 Mar 1921 2 Apr 1967 World War II
PRICE, E. Gwyn 9 Jul 1898 5 Jun 1962 [s/o A.H. & E.C. Cole Price; h/o Mae Mahaffey Price]
unknown     field stone
Row 17
PRICE, Daisy L. 19 Mar 1883 3 Aug 1962 double stone with next
PRICE, Newton G. 27 Mar 1878 15 Oct 1976  
SADLER, William 23 May 1897 15 May 1976 Pvt U.S.Army World War I; double stone with next
SADLER, Florence J. 25 Jun 1905 19 Jun 1995 [Florence Rosetta, d/o William & Lydia Davis Jones]
REEDY, Garen R. 5 Aug 1954 5 Aug 1954 “son”
REEDY, Bertha M. 2 Aug 1925   double stone with next
REEDY, Jesse J. 22 Dec 1919 14 May 1999 PFC U.S. Army World War II
KILBY, Maggie Edwards 15 Sep 1883 21 May 1957  
KILBY, John T. 11 Mar 1878 1 Mar 1959 [possibly s/o Cicero & Zilla Kilby]
Row 18
KILBY, Debra Jean 23 Feb 1953 8 Apr 1953  
Believed to be buried here bt no marker found
KILBY, Hiley [30 May 1871] [13 Feb 1954] [d/o Sam & Cassie Shumate Kilby]