Cemetery

 Bethel Mennonite Church Cemetery

Location

Brocks Gap/Runion Creek area, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg, Virginia, take Route 42 North to Broadway. In Broadway turn left on Route 259 (Brocks Gap Road). Go to Route 610 (Runions Creek Road) and turn right. Go about 4 miles and church/cemetery are on the left side of the road.

Notes

Well maintained. Facing the headstones, the cemetery is recorded from bottom to top (east to west) and left to right (south to north)

 

Survey Date and Recorder

6/21/07
Bob and Lois Emswiler

Photos

Lois Emswiler

Row

Surname

Given Name & MI

Birth Date

Death Date

Headstone Notes

Remarks

Images

001

Orebaugh

Guy B.

16 Oct 1938

Image

001

Orebaugh

Reba Jean W.

13 Aug 1940

23 Aug 1999

Image

002

Whetzel

Stanley W.

17 Sep 1917

2 Mar 1997

Father; m/20 Apr 1935

Image

002

Whetzel

Alberta L.

12 May 1918

20 Jun 1992

Mother

w/Stanley W.

Image

002

Dovel

Jonathan Andrew

4 Sep 1997

Our Son

Image

003

Shoemaker

Gilbert

23 May 1908

23 Oct 1989

Image

003

Shoemaker

Mary E.

16 Jan 1913

2 Jan 1998

Image

003

Shoemaker

Eugene E.

18 Oct 1935

15 Jul 1998

Image

003

Shoemaker

Nancy M.

19 Dec 1940

14 Apr 2001

Image

003

Shoemaker

Baby Boy

25 Jan 1957

25 Jan 1957

Image

003

Shoemaker

Kenneth E. "Kenny"

24 Aug 1968

3 Apr 2004

Image

004

Showalter

Lowell D.

25 Oct 1942

1 Jul 2005

m/14 Dec 1963

Image

004

Showalter

Thelma R.

7 Oct 1944

w/Lowell D.

Image

004

Unknown

004

Sonifrank, Sr.

Herbert A.

6 Nov 1928

20 Jun 2007

No marker yet-new burial

004

Ritchie

Frederick D.

11 Jun 1936

Image

004

Ritchie

Kathleen W.

1 Jun 1924

18 Dec 1983

Image

004

Billheimer

Martha V.

15 Mar 1922

16 Sep 2004

Mother; Children-Linda & Nelson

Image

005

Estep

Thomas F.

15 Apr 1918

9 Sep 1977

Image

005

Estep

Beulah R.

13 Feb 1926

Image

005

Sonifrank

George D.

10 Apr 1896

2 Jan 1976

Image

005

Sonifrank

Clara A.

15 Dec 1910

3 Jan 1978

Image

005

Sonifrank

Nolan F.

31 Oct 1933

25 Jun 1975

Image

005

Sonifrank

Eva N.

12 Sep 1935

Image

005

Sonifrank

Carolyn Jean

3 Mar 1955

29 Jun 2000

Mother

Image

005

Sonifrank

Oma Virginia

10 Mar 1931

26 Jul 2005

Image

005

Sonifrank

Clifton D.

31 Dec 1929

25 May 1981

Father; Our children-Daniel, Debra, Brenda

Image

005

Sonifrank

Clota D.

11 Dec 1931

Mother

w/Clifton D.

Image

005

Sonifrank

Daniel F.

5 Sep 1951

23 Jan 1996

Our Son

Image

001

Lineweaver

Nancy L.

1944

2004

Grandle Funeral Home marker only

Image

001

Whetzel

Joseph Daniel

27 May 1927

18 Feb 1998

Image

001

McPherson

Victor W.

Oct 1991

Grandle Funeral Home marker only

Image

001

Whetzel

Eugene David "Jim"

21 Aug 1933

31 Oct 1991

Love-David, Raymond, Ginger, Tracy & Buddy

Image

002

Andes

Guy Roosevelt

1933

2003

Grandle Funeral Home marker only

Image

002

Custer

Medford W. (John)

1919

1976

Image

002

Custer

Blanche M.

1922

1999

Grandle Funeral Home marker only

Image

002

Runion

Cover "Mick"

22 Dec 1915

13 May 1995

Image

002

Runion

Evelyn C.

4 Oct 1922

Image

002

Custer

Weldon C. "Bub"

10 Jan 1954

24 Jun 2006

Image

002

Custer

Eunice Lee

22 Aug 1938

Image

002

Funkhouser

Jeremy L. "Jake"

25 Oct 1982

11 Jul 2004

His daughter Faith L. Funkhouser

Image

002

Custer, Sr.

Luke A.

14 Jun 1937

27 Feb 1990

Father; wed 1 June 1959

Image

002

Custer

Shirley M.

14 Jun 1940

Mother

w/Luke A. Custer Sr.

Image

002

Black

Betty Jane

1950

1996

Grandle Funeral Home marker only

Image

002

Custer

W. Noonie

1962

1989

Grandle Funeral Home marker only

Image

002

Summers

Derrick W.

1978

2002

Grandle Funeral Home marker only

Image

002

Runion

Vernon M.

4 Oct 1954

12 Mar 2001

Image

003

May

George W.

1919

1993

In loving memory-Connie, Christina, Marvin

Image

003

Hedrick

Odith G.

9 Aug 1914

25 May 1990

Image

003

Hedrick

Edith E.

13 Oct 1927

15 Apr 1999

Image

003

Fluck

Norman R.

30 Nov 1902

2 Dec 1977

Image

003

Fluck

Marguerite E.

15 Nov 1920

15 May 1986

Image

003

Custer

Charles F.

13 Mar 1888

17 Jun 1974

Image

003

Custer

Myrtle R.

24 Jun 1901

7 Jun 1980

Image

003

Custer

Ivan J.

3 Oct 1928

24 Oct 1988

Father

Image

003

Custer

Ivan David

25 Aug 1947

27 Oct 1998

SP4 U.S. Army Vietnam; Beloved Husband, Father & Papa

Image

001

Wilkins

Rudolph W.

7 Mar 1921

10 Nov 1993

SSgt U.S. Army WWII

Image

001

Wilkins

Ruby M.

18 Mar 1927

15 May 1984

Mother

Image

002

Emswiler

Mark F.

23 Mar 1944

4 Aug 1982

Father; Children-Laverne, Lashonda

Image

002

Emswiler

Wanda R.

31 Aug 1942

Mother; m/26 June 1965

w/Mark F. Emswiler

Image

003

Smith

Willie

1914

1995

Grandle Funeral Home marker only

Image

003

Runion

Edna G.

21 Sep 1919

6 Feb 1986

Beloved Mother of Floyd, Robert, Billy, Shirley, Otis, Jerry, Viola, Wilma, Virginia, Ada, Joyce, Mary, Doris, Janice

Image

003

Strawderman

Virginia Ann

22 Oct 1947

14 Feb 2006

Mother; My Daughters-Linda, Patricia

Image

003

Humphries

Phillip L.

1962

2006

Lindsey Funeral Home only

Image

003

Delawder

Braxton K.

1 Feb 1922

21 Jan 1971

Father

Image

004

Wilt

Richard M.

14 Aug 1920

2 Sep 1973

Image

004

Wilt

Stella R.

16 Dec 1921

Image

004

Runion

Otis

28 Jan 1944

1973

Image

004

Runion

David

15 Sep 1968

1973

Image

004

Runion

Mary F.

24 Mar 1950

1973

Image

004

Runion

Debbie

13 Dec 1970

1973

Image

004

Runion

Otis Jr.

21 Apr 1972

1973

Image

004

Delawder

Warren F.

22 Oct 1924

31 Oct 1994

Image

004

Delawder

Reba V.

25 Apr 1927

13 Oct 2004

Image

004

Delawder

Terry F.

1952

1965

Image