Mt. Sinai United Methodist Church Cemetery - Rockingham County, Virginia - Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society

Cemetery	Mt. Sinai United Methodist Church Cemetery
Location	Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Virginia. From the corner of Main Street (Route 11) south and Port Republic Road (Road 659), travel east 2.1 miles on Port Republic Road. Church and cemetery are on the left side of the road. Name changed to "Vision of Hope United Methodist Church.
Notes	Cemetery is well maintained. Cemetery is recorded by starting at the first row behind the church to the back, and headstones are recorded from left to right (east to west).
Survey Date and Recorder	28 Jul 2003 Bob and 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	Messick	George Carl	9 Feb 1908	5 Oct 1919	s/James & Mary E.
001	Messick	Nina	9 Mar 1887	9 Mar 1887	d/James & Mary E.	Partially illegible marker
001	Messick	James	1845	1925
001	Stinespring	Turner A.		12 Jun 1901	Aged 21y 10m 28d
001	Stinespring	Isla B.		13 Aug 1892	Aged 23y 8m 23d
001	Stinespring	Homer E.		7 Jul 1892	Aged 16y 2m 25d
001	Steinspring	W. A.		13 Nov 1873	Aged 9 mos	Illegible marker-off base-recorded by DAR in 1960s
001	Stinespring	Martha F.		30 Apr 1880	Aged 28y 11m 20d; w/F. P.
001	Miller	Wade N.		11 Jun 1890	Aged 1m 8d; Inf. s/Cal. & M. E.
001	Miller	Mable		2 Aug 1895	Aged 4m 5d
001	Miller	Hatghen			s/H. B. & Georgiania
001	Miller	Calvin	19 Aug 1840	22 Apr 1907	Aged 66y 8m 3d; Our father
001	Miller	Mary E.	20 Jan 1855	28 Mar 1934
001	Garion	Arthur Glen	7 Feb 1909	26 Mar 1909	s/A. W. & Susie
001	Shoemaker	Ernest B.	25 Sep 1903	9 Sep 1951	Father
001	Shoemaker	Ethel V.	4 Aug 1904	2 Jun 1984	Mother
001	Shoemaker	Michael Lloyd	24 Jan 1957	17 Jun 1979	Son
001	Shoemaker	Beverly B.	4 Jun 1937	26 Jun 1995	Father
001	Shoemaker	Connie E.	17 Aug 1939		Mother
001	Tate	Harold N.	22 Apr 1929	31 Aug 1929
001	Tate	Mary Criswell	15 Jun 1896	3 Feb 1969	Mother
001	Tate	Henry Ward	31 Oct 1894	30 Apr 1958	Father; Virginia Cook Co. M 318th Inf 80th Division WWI
002	Way	Bernard P.	7 Dec 1908	1 May 1981	Father
002	Way	Frances L.	3 Jun 1910	1 Aug 1975	Mother
002	Way	Hattie Phillips	4 Oct 1881	15 Aug 1967
002	Way	Louisa Stinespring	27 Sep 1866	21 Nov 1898
002	Way	Harry F.	29 Jan 1852	30 Aug 1925
002	Way	Bobbie W.	1 Apr 1913	9 Aug 1917	Infant/Harry F. & Hattie P.
002	Way	Geo. Robert	18 Oct 1910	4 Dec 1910	Infant/Harry F. & Hattie P.
002	Wine	Cora Way		31 Aug 1893	Aged 39y 6m 27d; w/Adam
002	Way	Rebecca H.		11 Jun 1891	In 81st yr of her life; Mother
002	Way	Ferdinand G.		13 Jun 1890	In 80th yr of his life; Father
002	Clatterbuck	Mary Jane		1891	Aged 3m 8d; d/J. & A.	Illegible marker-recorded by DAR in 1960s
002	Clatterbuck	Infant Son	21 Mar 1892	21 Mar 1892	s/John & Annie
002	Clatterbuck	William	15 Nov 1838	30 Nov 1913
002	Clatterbuck	Lucy J.	12 Sep 1837	7 Aug 1914	His wife	w/William
002	Clatterbuck	J. R.	24 Oct 1866	15 Dec 1919
002	Clatterbuck	Annie M.	1 Jul 1870	24 Sep 1953	His wife
002	Landes	M. Irene	7 Oct 1898	17 Nov 1955	Mother
002	Clatterbuck	Infant Son		11 May 1917	s/G. L. & E. N.
002	Clatterbuck	George R.	11 May1917	1 Apr 1999
002	Clatterbuck	Ruth K.	22 Nov 1915			nee Kern
002	Clatterbuck	Charles L.	5 Mar 1872	17 Jun 1938	Father
002	Clatterbuck	Effie N.	22 Feb 1884	2 May 1974	Mother	w/Charles L.
002	Tate	Richard A.	10 Jun 1963	10 Jun 1963
002	Tate, Jr.	Henry Ward	13 Apr 1924	7 Nov 1995	PFC US Army WWII
002	Tate	Mary Louise	3 Sep 1925
003	Miller	George S.	1902	1903	s/L. S. & S. M.
003	Miller	Samuel G.		20 Nov 1901	Aged 71y 9m 21d
003	Miller	Mary M.	23 Jun 1830	17 Jan 1916	w/S. G.
003	Branum	Jonathan A.	1869	1935
003	Branum	Elizabeth C.	1871	1969
003	Landes	Charles M.		6 May 1898	Aged 22y 7m 16d
003	Kibler	Mattie J.	24 Jan 1845	16 Sep 1912
003	Kibler	B. F.	30 Nov 1834	4 Oct 1891
003	Curry	James W.		28 Dec 1901	Aged 15y 9m 16d; s/J. W. & A. J.
003	Curry	James W.	25 Jul 1845	10 Mar 1918
003	Curry	Amanda J.	1 Oct 1849	27 Apr 1926	His wife	w/James W.
003	Harmon	William F.	19 Jul 1858	26 Mar 1941
003	Harmon	Luerenna	15 May 1865	6 Dec 1919
004	Long	Ethel N.		20 May 1897	Aged 5m 17d; d/C. A. & T. P.	Partially illegible marker
004	Bowman	Owen Kennedy	1896	1978	Father
004	Bowman	Edna Mable	1898	1937	Mother
004	Landes	Sallie	1861		w/J. W.
004	Landes	J. W.	1848	1917
004	Landes	Willie				No dates-leaning on Lucy Landes stone
004	Landes	Lucy		23 Dec 1891	Aged 48y 4m 17d; w/James W.
004	Deirick	H. A.	25 Jun 1842	26 Apr 1900
004	Deirick	Elizabeth A.	17 Feb 1843	6 Jan 1921	w/H. A.
004	Deirick	Zora C. S.	25 Oct 1890	11 Jan 1910
004	Duff	Lucy, Mrs.	1820	1901		Illegible marker-recorded by DAR in 19602
004	Baker	Charles H.	16 Aug 1856	28 Jul 1925	Father
004	Baker	Mary V.	27 Nov 1856	26 Aug 1946	His wife; mother	w/Charles H.
004	Rittenour	B. Leasure	26 Apr 1899	9 Sep 1948	Father
004	Rittenour	Ruby Dunn	25 Oct 1905	30 Mar 2002	Mother
005	Long	Melvin A.		2 Dec 1896	Aged 1m 9d; s/W. W. & E.	Partially illegible marker
005	Long	Elizabeth J.		2 May 1902	Aged 24 yrs; w/Walter W.	Illegible marker-recorded by DAR in 1960s
005	Shifflett	Jennie M.	28 Apr 1876	17 Sep 1948	His wife; Mother
005	Shifflett	William H.	11 Mar 1872	30 Jul 1933	Father
005	Coffman	C. Clayton	1889	1940
005	Coffman	Leanna	1888	1953
005	Criswell	Mary S.	1859	1933
005	Criswell	George W.	1857	1929
005	Criswell	Clarence E.	1887	1907
005	Criswell	Dessie P.	1894	1901
005	Dunn	John	28 Feb 1861	3 May 1928
005	Dunn	Maggie M.	14 Aug 1860	22 Sep 1927	Wife
005	Barkley	Forrest Aurbon	28 Mar 1887	13 Jun 1942
005	Barkley	Leona	29 Feb 1891	6 Oct 1978
006	Ritchie	John				No dates
006	Ritchie	Margaret				No dates-on stone with John
006	Bell	Jance E.		10 Aug 1895	Aged 46y 8m
006	Swecker	Walter D.	15 Jun 1892	12 Oct 1918
006	Swecker	Nina R.	11 Feb 1894	21 Nov 1980
006	Randolph	Lysta Julia	15 Jun 1907	24 Feb 1996
006	Branum	Mary C.	26 May 1839	29 Jul 1905	Aged 60y 2m 3d; w/Thomas
006	Branum	Thomas	1818	31 Mar 1908	Aged 90 yrs
006	Dovel	Isaac N.	19 Feb 1878	15 Feb 1958
006	Dovel	Edith A.	1 Apr 1884	3 May 1945
007	Shifflett	Richard H.	2 Feb 1943	20 Apr 1946
007	Voorhees	John E.	1905	1985
007	Voorhees	Virginia	1908	1977
007	Randolph	Charles A.	6 Aug 1901	17 Jun 1921	s/J. R. & M. A.
007	Randolph	Jacob R.	24 Apr 1870	5 Nov 1941	Father
007	Randolph	Mary A.	10 Aug 1872	20 Jun 1955	Mother	w/Jacob R.
007	Randolph	Numa Lynn	13 Feb 1913	10 Jan 1973
007	Branum	George W.	22 Sep 1859	17 Dec 1944	Father
007	Branum	Daisy H.	21 Nov 1877	3 Jan 1963	Mother
007	Taylor	Reba Branum	15 Jan 1916	10 Jul 1962	Daughter
007	Smith	G. Garland	30 Jul 1902	3 Jun 1983
007	Smith	Gladys G.	10 Nov 1900	20 Mar 1980
007	Smith	Warren L.	18 Dec 1927	17 Jan 1950
007	Smith	Emory G.	6 Dec 1918	26 Nov 1964	Virginia Pvt. 125 Base Unit AAF WWII
008	Spitzer	Howard F.	28 Oct 1908	6 Aug 1979
008	Spitzer	Glenora B.	24 Apr 1909
008	Puffenbarger	Charles B.	5 Jun 1900	3 Feb 1990	Married 8 Apr 1925
008	Puffenbarger	Ivy V.	14 May 1905	22 Apr 1994		w/Charles B.
008	Krouse	Joseph M.	1 Jul 1905	6 Sep 1978
008	Krouse	Gladys C.	21 Aug 1913	25 Nov 1991
008	Tate	Cassell A.	7 Jun 1917	5 Feb 1974
008	Tate	Ola Josephine	31 Dec 1913	29 Mar 1988
008	Branum	Ward W.	26 Feb 1906	24 Jun 1964
008	Garion	Arthur W.	6 Apr 1880	14 May 1948	Father
008	Garion	Susie H.	18 Feb 1886	8 May 1964	Mother
008	Pence	Golden W.	19 Feb 1919	3 Jun 1977	Father
008	Pence	Mary M.	8 Apr 1921	5 Dec 1977	Mother
009	Whitesel, Sr.	Joseph B.	1923	1992	1st Sgt US Army WWII	Military marker shows Joseph Bidler Whitesel, Sr. b. 16 Aug 1923, d. 15 Oct 1992
009	Whitesel	Helen S.	1926	1999
009	Whitesel, Jr.	Joseph B.	1950	1989
009	Stroble	Charles H.	7 Oct 1902	1 Sep 1979	Father
009	Stroble	Edna B.	25 Jun 1911	12 Aug 1991	Mother
009	Smith, Sr.	George Loyd	12 Apr 1911	7 Aug 1975
009	Eisele	Evelyn Corson Smith	10 May 1915	21 Sep 1990
009	Winegard	Otis Luther	16 Apr 1930	14 May 1980
010	Medicke	John A.	29 Jul 1926	10 Feb 1982	MM3 US Navy WWII	Emblem marker WW 1941-1945
010	Bragg	Denise D.	22 Mar 1954	3 Feb 1998		w/William J.
010	Bragg	William J. "Joe"	7 Nov 1945		Married 24 Dec 1981
010	Hepner	Stanley O.	14 Dec 1924		Married 31 Dec 1967
010	Hepner	Hazel W.	28 Nov 1924			w/Stanley O.
010	Bragg	Larry K.	26 Jan 1947	24 Jan 1991	s/Stanley O. & Hazel W. Hepner

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