Cherry Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery - Rockingham County, Virginia - Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society

Cemetery	Cherry Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery
Location	Cherry Grove, Rockingham County, Virginia. At the junction of Cherry Grove Road (Route 752) and John Kline Lane (Route 880). From the Courthouse in Harrisonburg, take Route 42 North (High Street, name changes to Virginia Avenue, name changes to Harpine Highway) 7.4 miles to Wengers Mill Road (Route753) and turn left. Go 2.7 miles to Cherry Grove Road (Route 752) and turn right. Following the road signs, go 1.9 miles and the cemetery is on the right side.
Notes	In 1967, J. Robert Swank recorded this cemetery and made a notation on his paper that "there are quite a few unmarked graves." Some of the "Remarks" are from J. Robert Swank and were included when he recorded this cemetery. The rows start at the top of the hill (older section) to the bottom (newer section) and from left to right. The cemetery is well kept.
Survey Date and Recorder	27 Jan 2002 Bob & Lois Emswiler

Cemetery Index

Surname Index

Surnames are sorted by section / plot / row / grave - only sections and rows are shown

Row	Surname	Given Name & MI	Birth Date	Death Date	Headstone Notes	Remarks
001	Hottinger					ch/Oscar; No visible marker - recorded by Swank in 1967
002	Sherman	William A.	11 Feb 1918	3 Oct 1953	S1USNR WWII VA	s/Marvin
002	Shultz	Herman J.	2 Apr 1898	31 Mar 1954		s/Andrew J. & M. M.
002	Smith	Myrel	10 May 1915	25 Jul 1945	s/Jacob & Susan
002	Smith	Harold	3 Mar 1903	23 Sep 1927	s/Mr & Mrs Jacob Smith	s/Jacob
002	Smith	Susie C.	16 Mar 1878	23 Oct 1937	Mother	w/Jacob
002	Smith	Jacob M.	27 Oct 1875	30 Sep 1953
002	Bixler	John				s/Morgan J. & Mary C.
002	Bixler	Mollie				w/John; nee Shultz
003	Hill	Naomi C.	1945	1947	d/W. E. & M. J. Hill	d/Willard
003	Hill	Willard E.	4 Aug 1917	7 Sep 1982
003	Hill	Mamie J.	28 Aug 1915	21 Jun 2001
003	J.	M.			buried need info
003	Smith	Thomas N.	31 Mar 1872	22 Oct 1946		s/Capt John
003	Zirkle	Billie H.	1876	1920		s/Henry
003	Zirkle	Annie B.	1878	1943		w/Billie H.; d/Capt John Smith
003	Bush	Mary S.	10 Jun 1872	23 Dec 1914	w/S. I. Bush; Mother
003	Beach	Lottie E.	17 Oct 1891	16 Oct 1918	w/F. D. Beach
003	Hopkins	Leora B.	1895	1952		1/w Arch L. Hopkins; d/Samuel Bush
003	Hopkins	Archie L.	1898			buried here
003	Allaman	Sallie Hester Hause	3 Dec 1883	30 Jan 1920	Aged 37y 1m 27d; w/Clarence Allaman
003	Hollar	Mrs. Oscar				nee Hawse; no marker
003	Hollar	J. Oscar	1877	1960		s/Robert Hollar; McMullen funeral marker only
003	S.	M. V.			footstone Initials	Appears to be burial here
003	Bond	Infant	16 Jan 1962	19 Jan 1962		ch/Basil C.; no marker
004	Zirkle	Luther E.	21 Feb 1874	30 Jun 1953		s/Henry
004	Zirkle	Sallie R.	28 Mar 1877	21 Sep 1951		w/L. E.
004	Zirkle	Norman S.	17 Sep 1908	17 Sep 1908	ch/L. E. & S. R.
004	Zirkle	Henry	17 Mar 1840	15 Jul 1914	Aged 74y 5m 28d; Our Father
004	Zirkle	Maggie	21 Oct 1841	21 Jul 1917	Aged 75y 9m; w/Henry Zirkle
004	Hause	John A.	27 Oct 1850	14 Jan 1919	Aged 68y 2m 18d
004	Hawse	Susan A.		25 May 1907	Aged 64y 7m 5d; w/J. A. Hawse
004	Sherman	Daniel W.	15 Jun 1840	14 Jan 1911	Aged 70y 7m
004	Sherman	H. Marvin	1884	1968
004	Sherman	Pearl H.	1889	1982
004	Sherman	Myrtle Ruth	19 May 1920	5 Jan 1921	Aged 7m 17d; d/H. M. & P. V.
004	Sherman	Raymond S.	1915	1941		s/Marvin
004	Ritchie	Foster P.	22 Dec 1897	10 Dec 1983
004	Ritchie	Gertrude C.	1897	1919	w/F. P.	1st/w Foster P.; d/Adam J & Laura B Kesner Hartman
004	Berry	David E.	15 Aug 1904	2 Aug 1994
004	Berry	Halsie H.	8 Dec 1907	6 May 1994		w/David E.
004	Berry	Leonard L.	10 Dec 1927	11 Dec 1927	s/D. E. & H. E. Berry
005	Colvill	Elizabeth Emma Bell	28 Dec 1879	30 Aug 1909	w/ Wm. E. Colvill; d/J. W. & Sallie E. Bixler
005	Colvill	James William	30 Aug 1909	30 Aug 1909	Infant Son	s/Elizabeth E. B.
005	Bixler	John W.	24 Sep 1845	28 Oct 1910		brother to Morgan
005	Bixler	Sarah E.	1 Aug 1841	24 Dec 1917		w/J. M.
005	Mason	Ralph R.	21 Nov 1903	14 Feb 1979
005	Mason	Sallie L. E. Bixler	1886	1956		d/J. M. & S. E. Bixler
005	Dove	Kate	2 Mar 1879	23 Oct 1919	Aged 40y 7m 21d; w/H. F. Dove	1w/Homer F. Dove; nee Reedy
005	Reedy	Sallie	19 Apr 1853	12 Jan 1916	Aged 62y 8m 13d; Mother	mother of Kate
005	Hill	Myrtle A.	2 Mar 1880	9 Jan 1906	Aged 25y 10m 7d; w/Jacob B. Hil	nee Reedy
005	Hill	Infant	31 Jan 1906	31 Jan 1906	s/J. B. & M. A. Hill	ch/Jacob B. & M. A.
005	Bixler	Thelma V.	8 Dec 1911	12 Dec 1912	d/J. E. & S. E.; 1y 7d	d/Edward
005	Bixler	Bertie B.	4 Sep 1909	26 Aug 1918	Aged 9y 11m 28d; d/J. E. & Sallie E.	d/Edward
005	Bixler	Bulah R.	31 Oct 1899	31 Aug 1918	Aged 18y 10m; d/J. E. & Sallie E.	d/Edward
005	Pettit	Charles D. L.	18 Jul 1898	13 Jan 1959		s/Rosie
005	Pettit	Rosie G.	22 Oct 1873	14 Sep 1952		d/John H. Whetzel
005	Whetzel	Lillie Bell	8 Jul 1879	23 Aug 1944	d/J. H. & E. W. Whetzel	d/John H. Whetzel
005	Whetzel	John H.	25 Dec 1838	13 Dec 1918	Father
005	Whetzel	Elizabeth A.	15 Oct 1846	7 Jun 1919	Mother
005	Whetzel	Ollie Suvanna	9 Jul 1885	2 Apr 1960	d/J. H. & E. W. Whetzel	d/John H.
005	Whetzel	W. M.	6 Sep 1871	1 Feb 1934	Aged 63y 4m 25d	s/John H.
005	Whetzel	Lula C.	12 Oct 1871
005	Shultz	William H.	15 Nov 1899	5 Oct 1958		s/Andrew J. & M. M.
005	Shultz	Harriet E.	28 Sep 1903	27 Feb 1994
006	Baker	Mary	23 Nov 1845	24 Jun 1918	Aged 72y 7m 1d; w/David	w/Jacob
006	B.	M.S.			footstone only
006	Bush	Sarah	10 Jun 1832	10 Sep 1898	Aged 66y 3m; w/James	w/James
006	Bush	James	15 May 1832	10 Jul 1902	Aged 70y 1m 25d
006	Bush	Philander	1828	1912
006	Derrow	Howard S.	3 Sep 1899	22 Jul 1972
006	Derrow	Mattie F.	28 Sep 1863	15 Apr 1945		w/Joseph; mother of Mrs. James Ruebush - Dayton VA
006	Smith	Ruby E.	4 Jul 1905	30 Nov 1967
006	Smith	Estie S.	1877	1948		2nd/w John E.; nee Simmons
006	Smith	John E.	1866	1918		s/William
006	Smith	Angeline	1871	1930	Aunt	d/William
006	Smith	Woodrow W.	19 Oct 1914
006	Smith	Evelyn H.	8 Jan 1919
006	Smith	Ralph N.	10 Jan 1912	17 Feb 1985
006	Smith	Charlotte W.	1 Mar 1922
007	S.	E. J.			footstone only	footstone only
007	Lofftus	Archibald	7 Jun 1832	5 Sep 1901	Aged 69y 2m 28d; Father
007	Lofftus	Hannah D. D.	21 Feb 1873	4 Apr 1887	Aged 14y 1m 13d; d/Archibald & Mary C.
007	Morris	Annie F.	18 Sep 1898	6 Aug 1899	Aged 10m 18d; d/George & Mamie M.
007	Smith	Minnie V.	7 Feb 1898	19 Mar 1899	d/William E. & Ella J.
007	Smith	Emmer J.	8 Feb 1908	11 Feb 1908	s/William E. & Ella J.
007	Smith	Ella J.	1877	1911		w/Wm. E.; nee Smith
007	Smith	William E.	1874	1959		s/Capt. John
007	Smith	Loudon C. T.	27 Jul 1900	19 May 1908	Aged 2y 9m 22d; s/G. L. & Addie
007	German	Bulah J.		17 Feb 1913	Aged 20y 9m 10d; To My Beloved Wife
007	German	Infant Son	17 Feb 1913	17 Feb 1913		s/Bulah J.
007	Corcoran	Infant Daughter	28 Sep 1908	28 Sep 1908	d/Chas. M. & M. E.
007	Corcoran	Infant Son	27 Jul 1912	1 Sep 1912	s/C. M. & M. E.
007	Corcoran	Charles M.		18 Feb 1913	Aged 28y 5m 12d; To My Beloved Husband	h/M. E. Smith Corcoran
007	Smith	C. L.	21 Oct 1868	18 Dec 1918	Aged 50 years	s/Wm. Smith
007	Smith	Addie L.	9 Mar 1867	14 Sep 1927	Mother	w/Charles L.
007	Smith	Irvin V.	10 Oct 1895	4 Nov 1948		s/C. L. & A. L.
008	Hawse	Marion D.	1885	1970
008	Hawse	Ortie T.	1884	1963		w/M. D.
008	Hawse	Cutie Mae	23 Apr 1924	18 May 1927	d/M. D. & H. M
008	Hawse	Helen Constance	4 Sep 1917	29 Apr 1922	d/M. D. & H. M.
008	Myers	Infant Son	18 Dec 1901		Aged 1 day; s/Samuel D. & Norma L.
009	Spitzer	Emmer W.	6 Jul 1910	13 Jul 1995	Married 21 Oct 1933
009	Spitzer	Virginia K.	22 Apr 1913			w/Emmer W.
009	Elyard	George				No visible marker - recorded by Swank in 1967
009	Elyard	?				sister of George; no visible marker - recorded by Swank in 1967
009	Elyard	?				mother of George; no visible marker - recorded by Swank in 1967
009	Ashenfelter	Homer B.	27 Nov 1904	11 Oct 1979	Married 3 Apr 1926
009	Ashenfelter	Cleo R.	12 Aug 1908	10 May 1994		w/Homer B.
009	H.	J. A.
009	Ashenfelter	John W. T.	3 Apr 1906	29 May 1961		s/Wm. B. & Jennie C.
009	Ashenfelter	Clarence L.	23 Aug 1902	23 Jul 1921	Aged 18y 11m; s/W. B. & J. C.	s/Wm. B. & Jennie C.
009	Ashenfelter	Jeannette C.	5 May 1868	9 Feb 1951		w/Wm. B.
009	Ashenfelter	William G.	13 Aug 1860	22 Mar 1925		s/George & Sarah Shultz Ashenfelter
009	Ashenfelter	David H.	25 Dec 1859	24 Dec 1932	Aged 73y 11m 29d	s/George & Sarah Shultz Ashenfelter
009	Ashenfelter	Sarah C.	21 Apr 1839	23 Jul 1898	Aged 59y 3m 2d; w/George	w/Wm. B.; nee Shultz
009	Ashenfelter	Henry	1826	11 Nov 1899		brother George
009	Shultz	Rebecca J.	1839	26 Mar 1912	Aged 73 yrs
009	Shultz	Andrew J.	23 May 1864	1 Mar 1942	Father	s/Rebecca
009	Shultz	Minnie M.	15 Nov 1864	22 Apr 1929	Mother	w/Andrew J.; nee Derrow
009	Shultz	Nettie S. R.		27 Feb 1898	Aged 4y 4m 26d	d/A. J. & M. M.
010	Rubush	David C.	21 Nov 1901	27 Jun 1960	PFC 42 Air Depot GP AAF WWII Virginia	Military marker only
010	Rubush	Ada B.	3 Aug 1901	6 Oct 2000		w/David C.; nee Ashenfelter
010	Whetzel	Jesse N.	26 Jul 1846	21 Apr 1917	Aged 70y 8m 25d
010	Whetzel	Susan B.	14 Dec 1846	9 Nov 1934		w/Jesse M.; parents of Fred
010	Spitzer	Robert D.	30 Jul 1952	1 Feb 1981	SP4 U S Army Vietnam	Military marker shows name as Robert Dale
011	Hawse	William E.	10 Jun 1891	7 Feb1979	Served in France 1918
011	Hawse	Niza B.	27 Jul 1894	24 Jan 1901
011	Hawse	David	4 Sep 1853	11 Feb 1916	Aged 62y 5m 7d; Father
011	Hawse	Sarah C.	8 Apr 1855	13 Nov 1940	Aged 85y 7m 5d; Mother
011	Berry	Rollen H.	6 Jun 1880	25 Sep 1955		s/D. H. & Sallie Hollar Berry
011	Berry	Nellie L.	15 Jan 1878	19 Oct 1956		w/R. H.; d/David Hawse
011	Berry	Ray E.	17 Jan 1908	23 Aug 1985	Brother	on same stone with sister Jacie
011	Malin	Jacie P.	26 Sep 1906	25 Mar 1959	Sister	w/P. M.; d/R. H. & N. L. Berry
011	Malin	Percy M.	5 Jun 1901			No visible marker - recorded by Swank in 1967
011	Showalter	Dorothy Berry	1 May 1911	21 Mar 1999	Mother
011	Lam	Fannie V.	17 May 1886	28 Jan 1898	Aged 11y 8m 11d; d/N. W. & M. A. Lam
011	Lam	Herbert A.	11 May 1898	27 Dec 1901	Aged 3y 7m 13d; s/W. T. & C. T.
011	Martz	Deryl B.		13 Feb 1954		d/Conrad: Lindsey funeral home marker only
011	Biller	Boyd Kay	1936	1991		McMullen funeral marker only
011	Derrow	Robert	19 Feb 1872	15 Apr 1898	Aged 26y 1m 27d
011	Smith	John Isaac	16 Sep 1909	9 Aug 1961
011	Smith	Esther Neff	14 Feb 1907	12 Oct 1987
011	Unknown	Infant				No visible marker - recorded by Swank in 1967
011	Unknown	Infant				No visible marker - recorded by Swank in 1967
012	Hottinger	Danny Lynn	6 Aug 1965	6 Nov 1965	Son	Infant
012	Hottinger	Berlin E. "Gene"	12 Sep 1924	31 May 2000
012	Hottinger	Frances K.	29 Dec 1924
012	Stewart	Myrtle Smith	25 Oct 1887	8 June 1972
012	Smith	W. B.	28 Aug 1889	2 Oct 1970
012	Smith	Tracy E.	25 Jun 1901	24 Aug 1979
012	Smith	Raymond Blair	20 Mar 1906	10 May 1984	PVT U S Army	Military marker only
012	Sherman, Sr.	Dowl F.	24 Mar 1928
012	Sherman	Violet M.	17 Mar 1937
012	Taylor	Carol Willard	7 Feb 1931	3 Nov 1975
012	Taylor	Ruth Diehl	3 Mar 1935
012	Laurent	Ruth A.	1 Sep 1917
012	Laurent	Carl R.	8 Jan 1914	13 Feb 1972
012	Flory	Leon T.	2 Mar 1940
012	Flory	Everett W.	22 Oct 1913	11 Aug 1982
012	Flory	Virginia A.	14 Nov 1919	16 Dec 1967
012	Kline	Lawrence E.	30 Sep 1926	11 Sep 1966
012	Kline	Zada M.	12 Jan 1928	27 Mar 2000
012	Taylor	McKinley H.	26 Sep 1896	4 Jan 1964
012	Taylor	Bertha S.	6 Oct 1897	20 Feb 1964
013	Reubush	Minor H.	13 May 1907	2 May 1981
013	Reubush	Mildred H.	19 Dec 1913	26 Feb 1984
013	Lively	Carl B.	1908	1977
013	Lively	Genevieve W.	1908	1999
013	Smith	Gilmer A.	8 Sep 1902	16 May 1980	married 30 Jun 1922
013	Smith	L. May	29 Dec 1903	17 Feb 1989	Our Children/Leota A, June B., Carey R., Gretchen F.
013	Fulk	Weldon Adam	1908	1991	U S Army WWII	Military marker only
013	Crider	Hazel R.	1907	1973
013	Crider	John H.	1906	1982
013	Reedy	Paul E.	22 Dec 1939	7 Dec 1972
013	Fulk	Ralph R.	19 Apr 1911	23 Mar 1988	married 5 Oct 1937
013	Fulk	Beatrice M.	19 Sep1921
014	Reubush	Charles A.	23 May 1940	16 Apr 1999
014	Reubush	Barbara E.	21 Jan 1945
014	Allman	Brenda Charlton	21 Jan 1956	7 Oct 2000
014	Shoemaker	Billie R.	6 Jan 1931	7 Dec 1997	SGT US Air Force Korea
014	Shoemaker	Eunice T.	29 Mar 1929
014	Fulk	Paul "Pos"	15 Feb 1918	8 Aug 1993
014	Fulk	Shirley D.	7 Nov 1917	9 May 2000
014	Trumbo	Frances E.	16 May 1933	19 Dec 1998
014	Taylor	Clarence Wilson	20 Sep 1926	13 Jun 1995	PFC US Army; S2 US Navy; WWII; Korea
015	Layman	Richard "Dick"	1 Oct 1938	18 Dec 1996	PFC U S Army Korea	Military marker shows name as Richard leon
015	Layman	Marie Bodkin	3 Nov 1939		married 24 Jul 1959; dau Jackie; Grandchildren Megan - Cody
015	Hottinger	Matthew A.	1985	2002		Grandle funeral home marker
015	Crider	Carroll L.	10 Dec 1927	2 Aug 1999	married 15 Aug 1947
015	Crider	Iva Lee	8 May 1930	30 Jan 1998		w/Carroll L.; nee Dean
015	Crider	Carroll "Fuzz"	1948	1999		Lindsey funeral marker only
016	Smith	Nelson	16 May 1918	22 Dec 1960
016	Smith	Mabel M.	18 Jul 1919	30 Jul 1991	Mother
017	Carr	Robert S. "Sonny"	27 Mar 1942	6 Aug 1998	CS3 US Navy; wed 15 Sep 1974
017	Carr	Peggy A.	4 Nov 1944		dau Michelle; his step-children Duane, John, Sharon, Karen; her step-children Robin, Gregory
018	See	Mary E. Towne	28 Dec 1952	7 Sep 1998	Betsy We Love You

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