Bethel Church of the Brethren Cemetery Page 2

Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society

Rockingham County Tombstones by Cemetery

Cemetery	Bethel Church of the Brethren Cemetery (Page 2)
Location	Mayland, Rockingham County, Virginia. From downtown Harrisonburg take Route 11 North (north Main Street name changes into North Valley Pike). Go 11 miles and turn left on 259 West (Mayland Road). Go 2.3 miles to Route 619 (Phillips Store Road) and turn left. Go 0.2 mile and cemetery is on right side of road.
Notes	Cemetery rows are from left to right, front to back.

Cemetery Index Bethel Page 1

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

Row	Surname	Given Name & MI	Birth Date	Death Date	Headstone Notes	Remarks
006	Shirkey, Jr.	Williard Lee	23 Jan 1928		married 25 Jun 1945	see headstone for more family data
006	Shirkey	Ruth Mae Warren	28 Oct 1926	7 Jun 1977
006	Shirkey	Kimberly Ruth	18 Apr 1968	10 Aug 1994	Fiancee of Mark D. Reese
006	Keller	Stanley Franklin	3 Jun 1948	24 Mar 2000	wed 10 Apr 1971	see headstone for more family data
006	Keller	Janice Shirkey	13 Feb 1949
006	Armentrout	Tracie Shirkey	10 Nov 1900	11 Mar 1986	mother
006	Harpine	Keith Allen	26 May 1952	16 Apr 1972	husband - father
006	Secrist	Ronald E.	6 Feb 1954	1 Dec 1971	loving son & brother
006	Keplinger	Debra Ann	1954	1956	d/M. F. & A. H.
006	Kiplinger	Alice L.	1916	1979
006	Kiplinger	Melvin F.	1910	1974
006	Turner	J. Granville	31 Mar 1899	26 Mar 1973
006	Turner	Vessie V.	20 Mar 1900	4 Apr 1966		w/J. Granville
006	Turner	Carl D.	30 May 1926
006	Turner	L. Grace	16 Oct 1927
006	Pence	Frank L.	1889	1966
006	Pence	Myrtle V.	1900	1955		w/Frank L.
006	Lohr	Lawrence K.	18 Mar 1919	24 Dec 1949
006	Lohr	Mildred V.	26 Nov 1921
006	Lohr	Jacob M.	1877	1953	father
006	Lohr	Vergie M.	1881	1944	mother	w/Jacob M.
006	Whitmer	Claude F.	2 Oct 1895	14 Nov 1975
006	Whitmer	Pearl G.	15 Sep 1897	10 Apr 1974
006	Whitmer	Jean A.	4 Mar 1930	9 Apr 1932
006	Whitmer	Bruce F.	20 Mar 1926	17 Nov 1981
006	Whitmer	Helen K.	15 Mar 1927
006	Wampler	Connie Lee	31 Dec 1948	17 Feb 1953	our darling
006	Wampler	Leo Herman	1 Jan 1906	4 Nov 1986	our darling
006	Layman	Naomi Wampler	28 Oct 1907	20 May 1963
007	Santmyer	Thomas Henry "Uncle Tom"	25 Nov 1925	28 Nov 1990	s/Carter L & Minnie I Day Santmyers
007	Smith	Ada Viola Wittig	16 Oct 1916	10 May 1996
007	Wittig	Una Vilus	29 Dec 1920	17 Oct 1993
007	Switzer	Bonnie Jean Peery	19 Feb 1945	15 Oct 1992	w/Leroy Switzer; mother of David Switzer MD
007	Santmyer, Sr.	Elmer Llewellyn "Bob"	13 Dec 1927	3 Jun 1976	mar.1 Jun 1949; CPL Army Air Forces WWII; s/Carter L & Minnie I Day Santmyers
007	Santmyer	Fledia Marie Shirkey	19 Jul 1932	20 Mar 1988	d/Williard L & Annie M Roadcap Shirkey
007	Shirkey	Annie Mae Roadcap	3 Mar 1909	28 Oct 1983	d/John H & Annie M Shifflett Roadcap; married 29 Jan 1927
007	Shirkey, Sr.	Willard Lee	4 Sep 1905	2 Aug 1956	s/Wm Newton C & Mildred A Weaver Shirkey	see headstone for more family data
007	Trohanov	Mildred M. Shirkey	20 Apr 1936	17 Dec 1999	mar. 19 Aug 1952; our children Lori Lee, Yvonne M., Orville III, Dessie M., Devera D., Carol E., Tanya D. Joni K.
007	Trohanov, Jr.	Orville Wm.	27 Oct 1933		s/Orville Wm. Sr. & Vera F. Gilmore Trohanov
007	Smith	Lorenzo Lee "Doc"	9 Jul 1900	23 Jun 1973
007	Whetzel	Nina Dove	11 Nov 1924		wed 16 Mar 1946
007	Whetzel	Lloyd Alton	28 Dec 1922	29 Nov 1969	VA PFC Co C 540 Prcht Inf WWII
007	Tusing	Elwood L.	1918	1992
007	Tusing	Laura M.	1915	1995
007	Hulvey	Leonard G.	11 Nov 1899	9 Jan 1966
007	Hulvey	Alice T.	28 Feb 1902	26 Apr 1984		w/Leonard G.
007	Alexander	Byron	1918
007	Alexander	Louise	1922			appears to be grave here
007	Turner	David Ray	6 Feb 1959	7 Feb 1959	son of E. R. & M. L.
007	Stover	Thomas F.	26 Jul 1911	14 Feb 1988
007	Stover	Virginia M.	26 Jul 1912
007	Spitzer	Edna W.	24 Sep 1900	25 Sep 1980		Trovilla E., b. 12 Jun 1920 was on headstone here per Swank in 1967. Stone has been sandblasted out & Edna W. put in this place.
007	Spitzer	Delia E.	20 May 1925	18 Jan 1956
007	Lohr	Donald W.		1942	son of W. H. & C. R.
007	Lohr	Warren H.	1921	1976
007	Lohr	Carleene R.	1925
007	Lohr	Lester A.	16 Aug 1914	3 Dec 1994
007	Lohr	Mary E.	14 May 1916	6 Jan 1997
007	Fulk	Earl H.	1909	1962
007	Fulk	Audrey P.	1914	1985
007	Phillips	Ella L.	23 Jan 1887	15 Jun 1987
007	Phillips	Ellis F.	7 Jun 1915	1 Feb 1975	husband; married 12 Apr 1969
007	Phillips	Gladys P.	13 Apr 1917		wife	appears to be grave here
007	Crider	J. Russell	20 Feb 1894	3 Dec 1979
007	Crider	Vernon Lee	29 Feb 1896	26 Aug 1969
007	Crider	Nellie Nair	23 Apr 1899	2 Apr 1972
007	Mathias	Selly R.	14 Jun 1894	6 Dec 1987
007	Mathias	Edna C.	2 Nov 1896	5 Mar 1976
007	Turner	Margaret E.	29 Mar 1920		mother of Marcella, Marilyn, Gregory, Marsha
007	Layman	Clinton E.	10 Jun 1910	30 May 1968	father; married 24 Aug 1940
007	Layman	Geneva C.	25 May 1917	21 Apr 1996	mother
008	Sharpes	Beth Ann		21 Aug 1987	still born
008	Croxton	Edna Kline	1 May 1904	22 Nov 1978
008	Swartz	Boyd F.	4 Feb 1925	7 Nov 1986
008	Swartz	Catherine M.	31 Aug 1919
008	Fulk	Burlin Charles	6 Oct 1920	28 May 1971	VA SF3 USNR WWII	only marker is military
008	Fulk	Elton W.	16 Apr 1921
008	Whitmer	Charles C.	15 May 1902	12 Jun 1991
008	Whitmer	Eva N.	30 Jan 1908	29 Mar 1972
008	Crider	Wilbert L.	8 Sep 1896	17 May 1986	Wilbert Lee Crider; PVT U S Army WWI
008	Crider	Amanda W.	6 Dec 1899	7 Jan 1990
008	Whitmer	Wilson F.	4 Feb 1913		beloved father
008	Whitmer	Edith L.	29 Jan 1916	9 Jun 1985
008	Souder	Grover F.	1887	1950
008	Souder	Gertie A.	1890	1954		w/Grover F.
008	Unknown					appears to be grave here
008	Crider, Jr.	Roy David	1928	2001		Grandle funeral home marker only
008	Harpine	Stanley S.	4 Oct 1924
008	Harpine	Evelyn M.	24 Oct 1927
008	Harpine	Mervin R.	24 May 1896	23 Sep 1935
008	Harpine	Mabel V.	19 Jul 1900	2 Mar 2001		w/Marvin R.
008	Pence	Albert S.	20 Aug 1886	11 Apr 1962
008	Pence	Treva R.	19 Jul 1900	22 May 2001		w/Albert S.
008	Pence	Darse L.	17 Feb 1926	23 May 1998
008	Pence	Donnie	1 Jun 1932	4 May 1940
008	Summers	Otice W.	17 Feb 1877	8 Apr 1939	father
008	Summers	Mary S.	19 Jul 1878	22 Jan 1956	mother	w/Otice W.
008	Summers	John D.	15 Nov 1897	2 Apr 1978
008	Summers	Ollie C.	9 Mar 1895	9 Jul 1981
009	Kline	Robert Miller	23 Mar 1935	17 Nov 1997	dad
009	Kline	Nancy Kay	3 Dec 1941		mom
009	Whitmer	Beverly W.	1939	2001		Grandle funeral home marker only
009	Simmers	James E.	5 Oct 1945		dad; married 17 Sep 1965
009	Simmers	Betty Jean	1 Jan 1950		mom
009	Thompson	B. Harrison	23 Jun 1916	25 Nov 1983
009	Thompson	Rosalie	1 Dec 1931
009	Conley	Helbert Quinton	26 Jun 1947	3 Oct 1991
009	Layman	Baby Girl		__ Aug 1981		Grandle funeral home marker only
009	Sherman	Wade	2 Jun 1912	9 Feb 1997
009	Sherman	Lula F.	19 Aug 1914	29 Nov 1998
009	Sherman	Johnie W.	18 Aug 1952
009	Dove	Cover N.	14 May 1920	15 Feb 1978	father
009	Dove	Wilma E.	28 Jan 1923		mother
009	Flick	Robert	1934	1976
009	Simmers	Nelson S.	5 Jul 1925	19 Jun 1965
009	Simmers	Vesta C.	24 Aug 1926	5 Sep 1995		w/Nelson S.
009	Whitmer	Jess B.	16 Sep 1907	1 Aug 1994
009	Whitmer	Ora Y.	25 Sep 1912
009	Phillips	Harold R.	2 Feb 1910	15 Dec 1985
009	Phillips	Willie F.	7 Jul 1903	1 Jul 1973
009	Shoemaker	Weaver J. "Pete"	21 Sep 1900	6 Nov 1989
009	Shoemaker	Thelma V.	19 Jan 1913	6 Jul 1973
009	Layman	Evelyn	14 Apr 1909	28 Aug 1973	mom
009	Layman	Cecil L.	20 Apr 1915	10 Jun 1973	dad
009	Huffman	David W.	28 Oct 1905	8 Oct 1988
009	Huffman	Eva F.	21 Feb 1904	17 Jul 1981
009	Layman	Nile E.	22 Aug 1920	24 Apr 1975
009	Layman	Irene K.	28 Dec 1923
010	Griffith	Le Roy R.	6 Feb 1915	11 Nov 1993	married 5 Feb 1943
010	Griffith	Kate R.	19 Feb 1918	29 Nov 1994
010	Simmers	Lawrence R.	20 Sep 1923
010	Simmers	Mary Belle	13 Oct 1924
010	Ritchie, Jr.	Raymond O.	1 Mar 1942		married 23 Oct 1963
010	Ritchie	Esther Jean	21 Aug 1943	2 Sep 1991
010	Holsinger	Jahue E.	1 Nov 1898	13 Mar 1992	father; married 16 Feb 1940
010	Holsinger	Gladys E.	2 Feb 1918	17 Oct 2000	mother
010	Flick, Jr.	Hugh F.	17 Nov 1931	9 Jul 1979
010	Summers	Lois V.	7 Jun 1939	17 Feb 1976
010	Harrison	Julian Z.	19 Jul 1924	12 Jun 1977	married 10 May 1951
010	Harrison	Alva P.	29 Apr 1933		our children: Charles, Susan, Ronald, Kenneth, Karen, Kimberly
010	Sirk	Arnold D. "Bud"	24 Mar 1910	15 Jan 1994
010	Sirk	Catherine M.	8 Jun 1909	28 Feb 1994
010	Kennedy	Howard L.	21 Jul 1913	27 May 1979
010	Kennedy	Velma S.	6 Mar 1916	30 Jul 1988
010	Minnick	Wilbert David	18 Jul 1913	16 Jun 1986
010	Minnick	Mary Lee Fern	7 Oct 1914	17 Nov 1999
011	Riggleman	Clara Ellen "Maw"	4 Nov 1927	27 Jan 2000	mother

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