Koontz Community Cemetery - Rockingham County, Virginia - Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society

Cemetery	Koontz Community Cemetery
Location	North of Elkton, Page County, Virginia. Take Route 33 East to Elkton, Virginia. In Elkton take Route 340 North . Go 4.4 miles and turn right onto Route 609 (Naked Creek Road) then go 2.2 miles to Route 604 and turn left. Go 3/10 mile and cemetery is on a small hill on the left. Need to drive through cow pasture to get to the cemetery. Located on land presently owned by David Koontz
Notes	Well maintained and has a fence around it. There are several unmarked stones and there appears to be numerous unmarked graves. Rows 001 thru 005 are located in a fenced area in the southwest corner of the large cemetery. All rows are recorded facing headstones, from left to right (south to north) and back to front (west to east).
Survey Date and Recorder	14 Jan 2007 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
	Smith	Infant Girl	1962	1962		No visible marker-recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s
001	Lowman	George E.	1947	2006		Kyger Funeral Home Inc marker only
001	Koontz	N. Keirle	1900	1982
001	Koontz	Elsie E.	1899	1945
001	Koontz	Mary B.	31 Oct 1940	5 Jul 1964
002	Koontz	Roselyn M.	22 Jun 1897	1 Mar 1977
002	Koontz	Noah W.	29 Dec 1860	23 Mar 1932	Father
002	Koontz	Isa L.	4 Sep 1865	3 Mar 1942	Mother
002	Koontz	Arbutes G.	1886	1950		d/Noah & Isa L.
003	Huffman	John P.	24 Jun 1838	17 May 1907	Father	Father of Isa L. Koontz
003	Huffman	Mary A.	25 Feb 1837	30 Jun 1922	Mother	w/John P.
003	Koontz	Olan H.	6 Aug 1902	16 Oct 1968
003	Koontz	Viola M.	20 Jul 1903	9 Jun 1975
003	Koontz	Annie Clarice	25 Sep 1913	20 Sep 1915	d/J.G. & Minnie
004	Koontz	Philip		15 Jun 1889	Aged 53y 4m 11d
004	Koontz	Manervia Ann		3 Jul 1896	Aged 57y 11m 8d
004	Koontz	Cordelia M.	13 Mar 1874	27 May 1967
004	Koontz	Infant Daughter	14 Jun 1904	14 Jun 1904	d/C.E. & H.A.
005	Yates	Archie P.		6 Jun 1892	Aged 1y 7m; s/E.L. & V.B.
005	Yates	Birdie	25 Aug 1899	8 Sep 1899	d/E.L. & V.B.
006	Dearing	Willie B.	27 May 1900	3 Jan 1967
006	Dearing	Mamie V.	9 Jun 1915	26 Jan 1996
006	Shifflett	J. Elwood	1934	1992		Kyger Trobaugh Inc marker only
006	Breeden	Mattie L.	1912	1997		Kyger Trobaugh Inc marker only
007	Unknown					Funeral Home marker only-no markings
007	Unknown					Funeral Home marker only-no markings
007	Merica	Agnes Merl	1912	2002		Kyger Service marker only
007	Unknown					J. C. Brill Funeral Home marker only-no markings
007	Unknown					J. C. Brill Funeral Home marker only-no markings
007	Harris	Grover Lee	1887	1945		J. C. Brill Funeral Home marker only
007	Harris	Annie Collier	1884	1964
007	Huddle	Lee F.	6 Mar 1891	1 Sep 1934
007	Huddle	Flora M.	14 Mar 1895	19 Nov 1970
007	Huddle	John T.	19 Jun 1866	24 Apr 1944	Father
007	Huddle	Sallie M.	29 Jul 1867	1 Nov 1939	Mother
007	Shifflett	William F.	20 Mar 1876	10 Dec 1951	Father
007	Shifflett	Jennet S.	29 Feb 1877	18 Apr 1931	Mother
007	Smith	Floyd D. "Printy"	17 Jun 1936	18 Sep 1998
007	Stanley	Charles W.	8 Mar 1926	24 Jun 1997
007	Lam	Ethel E.	3 Nov 1932
008	Blose	Joseph C.	2 Mar 1863	30 Oct 1933
008	Blose	Mary A.	6 Jun 1868	23 Jun 1916	w/J.C.
008	Smith	Connie L.	1889	1950	Father
008	Smith	Lottie E.	1895	1983	Mother
008	Smith	Charles M.	23 Apr 1917	6 Dec 1918
008	Smith	James E.	14 Jun 1915	13 Dec 1916	s/C.L. & L.E.
008	Smith	Elmer O.	21 Sep 1926	22 Jun 1996	US Army WWII	Military marker shows name Elmer Owen Smith
008	Munger	Annie V.	19 Jan 1855	27 Sep 1916
008	Breeden	Ruth Naomi	23 Mar 1930	8 Jun 1994	Mother
009	Wyant	Ethel A.	30 Jan 1915	25 May 1998
009	Wyant	James A.	9 Aug 1912	24 Dec 1981
009	Alger	Ardelia M.	9 Mar 1910	21 Feb 2001
009	Alger	John A.	18 Jan 1887	28 Jun 1976
009	Lang	Jessie H.	27 Aug 1915	2 Jan 2000
010	Gordon	Lloyd R.	19 Feb 1936	19 Nov 1983
010	Gordon	Bessie H.	13 Aug 1914
010	Gordon	John H.	22 Apr 1896	4 Apr 1988
010	Munger	Bessie G.	15 Jul 1883	23 Jul 1906	w/J.O.
010	Munger	Joseph Hulbert	2 May 1888	10 Aug 1914
010	Seal	Benjamin	27 May 1843	9 Jan 1913
010	Huddle	Robert Henry	19 Jul 1871	27 Dec 1933
010	Huddle	Wade A.	20 Sep 1953	2 Oct 1953	s/B.W. & Ressie
010	Huddle	James W.	10 Jul 1940	8 Aug 1940	s/B.W. & Ressie
010	Huddle	Benjamin C.	4 Jun 1939	1 Jul 1939	s/B.W. & Ressie
011	Seal	Kathleen M.	15 Jan 1922	23 Nov 1989
011	Seal	Vernon L.	1 Oct 1916	31 Dec 1958	Virginia S Sgt 527 Air Svc Gp AAF WWII; Brother
011	Seal	Charlie C.	19 Oct 1886	8 Sep 1983
011	Seal	Nolen A.	7 Mar 1890	24 Jan 1940
011	Seal	Raymond E.	9 Aug 1930	18 Oct 1931
011	Seal	Helen M.	9 Jan 1927	26 Jan 1927
011	Seal	Emma Geneva	4 Sep 1912	15 Sep 1913	d/C.C. & A.N.
011	Dearing	Jack W.		12 Feb 1816	Aged 74 yrs
011	Dearing	Sarah M.	20 Jun 1849	11 Mar 1935
012	Blose	Clarence M.	13 Feb 1909	28 Mar 1972	Father
012	Blose	Wilma H.	20 Feb 1907	16 Jul 1987	Mother
012	Dearing	Jackson W., Pvt.	22 Apr 1841	12 Feb 1916	Pvt Co K 23 VA Cav CSA
012	Reid	Ruth Virginia	1926	2003	Mother "Ma Ma"
012	Collier	Howard L.	20 Oct 1917	24 Jun 1991	Pvt US Army WWII	Military marker shows Howard Lee Collier
012	Collier	Charles A.	30 Mar 1922	13 Jul 1986
012	Collier	Charles H.	1891	1980
012	Collier	Ella M.	1895	1974
012	Gordon	Benjamin F.	21 Sep 1894	12 Oct 1981	Pvt US Army WWI
012	Gordon	Bertie M.	17 Apr 1912	12 Jan 1987
013	Drummond	Bessie H.	19 Mar 1899	13 Aug 1900	d/J.B. & A.E.
013	Huddle	Jos. D.	1 Nov 1833	6 Feb 1906
013	Huddle	Curillia A.	5 Mar 1840	1 Mar 1916	Age 75y 11m 27d
013	Hensley	Edna P.	1901	1925	d/Mr. & Mrs. C.E. Blose
013	Blose	Charlie L.		15 Apr 1932
013	Blose	Lina Bell	4 May 1876	5 May 1951
013	Blose	Anna Ruth "Dill"	15 Mar 1899	30 Sep 1969
013	Davis	Vernon E.	31 Jan 1904	5 Jul 1904	s/Luther & Minnie
013	Davis	Harry		26 Dec 1896	Aged 2y 18d; s/Luther & Minnie
014	Huffman	Isaac M.		19 Aug 1883	s/Isaac & Luretta	Age below ground
014	Huddle	Joseph B.	1 Nov 1833	6 Feb 1906	Pvt Co C 33 Va Inf CSA - surrendered at Appomattox VA
014	Davis	John B.	23 Jan 1838	15 Mar 1905
014	Davis	Our Children				No other visible markings
014	Davis	Infant	15 Oct 1904	25 Dec 1904	Infant/Henry & Rebecca
014	Davis	Infant	7 Nov 1907	26 Dec 1907	Infant/Henry & Rebecca
014	Smith, Sr.	Vernon Ray	24 Feb 1921	19 Sep 1996	PFC US Army WWII
014	Smith	Ervin Lee	8 Aug 1953	6 Jun 1971
014	Smith	Phillip Ray	1939	2002		Kyger Trobaugh Inc marker only
015	Lam	Lottie M.	5 May 1913	19 Apr 1984	Mother
015	Lam	Guy	17 May 1906	30 Nov 1978	Father
015	Lam	Hattie M.	28 Feb 1914	5 May 1993		w/Russell J.
015	Lam	Russell J.	19 Mar 1914	28 Oct 1987	Wed 24 Dec 1935
015	Davis	Phyllis L.	11 Feb 1940	2 Jan 1975
015	Davis	Cecil D.	21 Sep 1937	22 Aug 2004	PFC US Army	Military marker shows Cecil David Davis
015	Lam	Leila H.	15 Sep 1918
015	Lam	Reecy J.	19 Mar 1914	27 Oct 1972	Virginia Pvt Co C 9 Armd Repl BN WWII	Military marker shows death date 29 Oct 1972
015	Ferrell	Cora Elizabeth	1875	1914
015	Ferrell	John Amos	1873	1908
015	Unknown					5 CONCRETE STONES
015	Ferrell	Melinda Cornelia	1 Nov 1885	23 Jun 1944
015	Ferrell	David Connor	25 Aug 1870	26 Jun 1945
015	Huffman	Wilson Carrier	9 Mar 1901	9 Mar 1901	Aged 78 yrs	DAR
015	Monger	Herbert L.	28 Jan 1871	21 Aug 1873		CHECK DATES ON THIS STONE
015	Dearing	Seguerine M.	4 Apr 1869	8 Feb 1942
015	Dearing	John W.	11 Feb 1862	16 Jun 1917
016	Leap	Clarence	26 Jan 1893	6 Aug 1898		Partially illegible-recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s
016	Leap	Sallie B.	12 Oct 1873	9 Dec 1898	w/G. E.	Partially illegible-recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s
016	Unknown	Lester				No visible markings except the name Lester 1/2007
016	Dearing	Beartha F.	1888	1898		Stone broken off and lying on ground
016	Huffman	Elizabeth			Aged 61y 3d; Our Sisters	No dates
016	Huffman	Mary C.			Aged 40y 6m 3d; Our Sisters	No dates
016	Huffman	Ambrose			a
016	Huffman	Christina			Aged 86y 2m; Our Parents
016	Huffman	Ambrose	5 Feb 1804	19 Jan 1862		This is 2nd marker for Ambrose Huffman
016	Glenn	Willy Alma	1 May 1860	11 Jul 1865	d/David
016	Davis	Albert D.	11 Mar 1977	1 Jan 1997
016	Smith, Sr.	Willie Roger "Widgie"	24 Sep 1940	9 Sep 1998
017	Meadows	Edna S.	16 Dec 1894	18 Apr 1983	Mother
017	Meadows	Hubert W.	25 Apr 1890	11 Jun 1979	Father
017	Meadows	Ruth E.	27 Nov 1931	4 Nov 1994	Mother
017	Meadows	Garland D.	13 Mar 1924	15 Jul 1997	Father
017	Merica	Maggie W.	5 Mar 1912	10 Apr 1997	Mother
017	Merica	Paul E.	2 Sep 1911	21 Nov 1979	Father
017	Shivers	George H., Rev.	22 Dec 1897	25 Nov 1976
017	Williams	Fannie A.	1890	1942
017	Williams	Elec J.	1883	1956
017	Unknown	Anna		12 May 1908		Marker buried below ground-is near a Frazier surname marker-Jan 2007
017	Unknown	Robert				Marker buried below ground-is near a Frazier surname marker-Jan 2007
017	Unknown	Infant		30 Dec 1897		Marker buried below ground-is near a Frazier surname marker-Jan 2007
017	Unknown	Bessie ?				Illegible marker-not recorded by D.A.R.
017	Rothger	Mable	24 Jan 1893	3 Aug 1894	d/G.B. & A.E.	Illegible marker-recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s
017	Offenbacker	Ressie F.	6 Jan 1895	7 Jul 1895	ch/J.B. & A.E.	Partially illegible marker-recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s
017	Offenbacker	Dewey G.	5 Sep 1896	26 May 1900	ch/J.B. & A.E.	Partially illegible marker-recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s
017	Merica	Annie R.	7 Jul 1856	28 Nov 1936	Age 80y 4m 21d; w/Hiram
017	Merica	Thomas Alfred	1882	1947
018	Dearing	Thomas J.		24 Feb 1873	Aged 2 yrs; s/E.C. & S.E.	Partially illegible marker-recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s
018	Frazier	James H.	30 Nov 1819	8 Apr 1897
018	Frazier	Jane A.	11 Apr 1819	1 May 1897
018	Cochran	Robin Dale	2 Nov 1962	23 Feb 1963	Our Baby
018	Merica	John W.	4 Feb 1876	6 Feb 1942
018	Meadows	Infant			Infant/Earman R. & Daisy A.	No dates
018	Meadows	Infant			Infant/Earman R. & Daisy A.	No dates
018	Meadows	Infant			Infant/Earman R. & Daisy A.	No dates
018	Meadows	Earman R.	1 Oct 1934	22 Nov 1994
018	Meadows	Daisy A.	14 Jul 1936	9 Dec 1998
018	Lam	Annie V.	9 Apr 1872	29 Jul 1945
018	Merica	Reginald M.	16 Sep 1910	6 Feb 1981
018	Merica	Mary A.	9 Nov 1909	20 Feb 1998
018	Anderson	Harry A.	21 May 1927	27 Nov 2002	U.S. Coast Guard, PFC US Army Air Forces WWII; m/1 Dec 1962
018	Anderson	Mabel L.	29 Nov 1924	11 Jan 2003		w/Harry A.
018	Merica	Beatrice	1905	2000		Kyger Trobaugh Inc Funera Home marker only
018	Cochran	Gene	5 Feb 1931
018	Cochran	Wanda L.	4 Mar 1933	17 Nov 2005
019	LaMont	Hester L.	15 Jul 1939
019	LaMont, Sr.	Allen R.	20 Sep 1938	30 Aug 1991	EM1 US Navy	Military marker shows nameas Allen Roger LaMont Sr.
019	Dean	Alline G.	29 Dec 1908	7 Feb 1987	Mother	w/Wilson G.
019	Dean	Wilson G.	6 Jul 1913	1 Sep 1981	Father
019	Merica	Essie D.	19 Feb 1893	5 Nov 1977	Our precious mother
019	Merica	James Oliver	4 Jun 1929	26 Nov 1976	Cpl US Army Korea
019	Merica	Mary M.	26 May 1918
019	Merica	Talley M.	12 Oct 1912	16 Jul 1966	Virginia PFC Co B 358 Infantry WWII BSM	Military marker shows born 29 Oct 1912
019	Baker	Betty		18 Mar 1924	Aged 84 yrs
019	Moubray	Virginia M.	2 Jun 1916	12 Apr 1997		w/Virge M.
019	Moubray	Virge M.	18 Sep 1911	28 Jan 1998	m/17 Dec 1935
020	Seal	Infant Child				Illegible marker
020	Seal	Hattie Myrtle		Jul 1897	Age 1y 2m
020	Seal	Le ?		1883	Age 1 yr 10 m	In 1960s D.A.R. showed name as Elizabeth
020	Hepner	Eliza Jane			Sister	No dates
020	Hepner	Matilda E.			Mother	No dates
020	Wyant	Johnnie E.	11 Oct 1897	20 Aug 1964	Father
020	Wyant	Cora Belle	9 Sep 1907	8 Sep 1995	Mother
020	Merica	Wilmer Thomas	28 Feb 1921	7 Jan 1993	US Army WWII
020	Hammer	Herman C.	27 Aug 1926	10 May 1984	S2 US Navy WWII; Dad
020	Hammer	Ava Beth	12 Jun 1929	12 Aug 1999	m/3 Oct 1945	w/Herman
020	Frink	Avalynn M.	8 May 1951	29 Mar 2001	Our Mom
021	Hammer	Ernest Franklin	16 Jan 1929	26 Oct 1991	Pvt US Army
021	Eppard	Lillie B.	12 Jul 1879	13 Jan 1881	d/T. A. Eppard	Partially illegible-recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s
021	Eppard	Carlis C.	25 Mar 1873	13 Aug 1874	s/T. A. Eppard
021	Eppard	Mary J.	17 Aug 1846	20 Mar 1884	w/T. A. Eppard	Partially illegible-recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s
021	Eppard	Hab. L.	12 Feb 1871	13 Sep 1887		Partially illegible-recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s
022	Hammer	John F.	12 Dec 1878	28 Jan 1903
022	Eppard	Thomas A.	30 Jun 1839	19 Jun 1908	Age 70y 11m 12d	Partially illegible-recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s
022	Eppard	Lizzy F.	8 May 1840	22 Jan 1903	w/T. A.
022	Meadows	Nelson R.	27 Jul 1913	21 Mar 2000
022	Meadows	Della D.	31 Mar 1916	6 Jan 1999
023	Smith	Lucille M.	18 Aug 1923	18 Feb 1991	Mom	w/Elwood R.
023	Smith	Elwood R.	4 Aug 1922	20 Jan 1999	Dad
023	Smith	Owen R.	17 Apr 1921	4 Feb 1999	TEC 4 US Army WWII; Daddy	Military marker shows Owen Ralph Smith
023	Sampson	Fannie L.	1869	1952
023	Sampson	William E.	1868	1948
023	Sampson	William R.	28 May 1928	26 Jan 1929	s/Mr. & Mrs. J. T.
023	Sampson	Charles N.	4 Apr 1900	1 Dec 1904	s/Mr. & Mrs. Wm. E.
023	Unknown					Concrete marker-no markings
023	Smith	Emma S.	19 Dec 1856	22 Jul 1936	His wife; Mother	w/S. T.
023	Smith	S. T.	27 Aug 1863	28 Aug 1928	Aged 65y 1d; Father
023	Smith	William J.		10 Oct 1909	Age 24y 9m 20d; s/S. T. & E. S.
023	Harris	Elizabeth E.	1 May 1843	22 Mar 1910	Erected by P. F. Watson her son-in-law
023	Hammer	Lounie C.			s/ ?	Illegible & broken marker
023	Hammer	Minnie F.	1900	1951
023	Hammer	Ernest O.	1899	1976
023	Hitt	Elizabeth		16 Jul 1916	Age 2y 10m 28d; d/V. L. & B. E.
023	Hammer	Evelyn G.	28 Aug 1932		Mother
023	Hammer	Owen A.	20 Jul 1924	23 Jun 1977	Pvt US Army WWII
024	Smith	Fred W.	14 Jun 1903	10 Jun 1976
024	Smith	Mayme W.	20 May 1903	23 Jan 1998
024	Smith	Charles W.	16 Oct 1860	1 Jun 1923	Father
024	Smith	Amanda C.	23 May 1866	30 Jan 1943	Mother	w/Charles W.
024	Watson	Robert F.	1867	1958
024	Watson	Infant Children			Children/R. F. & Mary C.	No names and no dates
024	Watson	Jesse C.	17 Mar 1903	6 Jan 1919	Age 15y 9m 19d
024	Smith	Lud E.	10 Mar 1886	31 May 1937	Father
024	Smith	Bertha D.	14 Mar 1893	28 Mar 1980	Mother	w/Lud E.
024	Unknown					2 concrete stones-no markings
024	Conley	Dewey E.	27 Apr 1926
024	Conley	Dorothy G.	10 Mar 1927
025	Conley	Janice Lam	9 Mar 1947	2 Jul 2005
025	Conley	George Kenneth	17 Sep 1945	6 Mar 1996	US Army Vietnam; Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart
025	Conley	Virgil H.	1 Aug 1931	24 Jun 1970	Virginia Cpl US Marine Corps
025	Shifflett	Stella S.	24 Feb 1935
025	Shifflett	Luther Eldon	25 Dec 1930	1 Feb 1976	PFC US Army Korea
025	Breeden	Baby Boy	1969	1969		J.C. Brill Funeral Home marker only
025	Unknown					J.C. Brill Funeral Home marker only
025	Smith	Baby Boy		1972
025	Smith	Edith Elizabeth Stanley	29 Jan 1907	9 Jan 1978	Mother
025	Smith	Ressie May	22 May 1905	31 Mar 1925		Illegible marker-recorded D.A.R. in 1960s
025	Smith	Thomas Russel	12 Nov 1892	19 Jul 1964	Virginia PFC Co B 318 Infantry WWI
025	Merica	Dora E.	25 Feb 1880	7 Dec 1967
025	Merica	George F.	23 Sep 1877	23 Jun 1941	Father
025	Comer	Evling V.	10 May 1919	8 Feb 1924	d/Mr. & Mrs. L. F.
026	Turner	Howard W.	9 Oct 1926	17 Mar 1992
026	Turner	Hilda Ruth	4 Sep 1932
026	Ferrell	Wayne William	1927	1985	PFC US Army WWII
026	Ferrell	Owen Avis	23 Jul 1920	28 May 1967
026	Ferrell	Connie W.	1895	1945	Father
026	Ferrell	Mary F.	1894	1979	Mother	w/Connie W.
026	Merica	Charlie C.	16 Jan 1891	19 Aug 1948	Father
026	Merica	Mary E.	13 Dec 1901	28 Aug 1967	Mother	w/Charlie C.
026	Merica	Benjamin F.	5 Mar 1912	12 Apr 1956	Brother
026	Merica	Mary E.	22 Feb 1915		d/Frank & Dora
026	Shifflett	Bobby L.	1932	1995	PFC US Army Korea; Husband	Military Marker shows Bobby Lee Shifflett b. 26 Jul 1932, d. 5 Sep 1995
026	Shifflett	Ruby L.	1937	1965	Wife	w/Bobby L.
026	Williams	John A.	8 Apr 1914	26 Aug 1968	Father
026	Williams	Madie M.	10 Jun 1914	4 Sep 2001	Mother	w/John A.
027	Shifflett	Martha E.	1916
027	Shifflett	Aldin J.	1912	1987
027	Hammer	Kevin Eugene	19 May 1967	16 Oct 1969
027	Hammer	Infant Daughter		16 Aug 1946	Infant d/H. C. & Ava
027	Merica	William Clinton	24 Aug 1941	23 May 1945	s/T. M. & Mary M.
027	Smith	Garland R.	1985	1985		J. C. Brill Funeral Home marker only
027	Merica	Alvah Ray	26 Sep 1932	20 May 2001	PFC US Army Korea
027	Merica	Alesia	27 Dec 1961	4 Oct 1970	Our darling d/Alvah & Erthel
027	Merica	Raymond	5 Aug 1951	27 Dec 1958	Our darling s/Alvah & Erthel
027	Painter	Helen E.	10 Jun 1922			w/Lewis W.
027	Painter	Lewis W.	16 Sep 1922	30 Apr 1978	Wed 27 Feb 1943
027	Painter	Bobby Lee	1969	2006		Kyger Funeral Home Inc marker only
027	Turner	Donna-Faye		Jan 1951	Twin-Infants
027	Turner	Diana-Kaye		Jan 1951	Twin-Infants

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