Hensley Community Cemetery

Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society
Rockingham County Tombstones by Cemetery

Cemetery	Hensley Community Cemetery
Location	Elkton area, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg, Virginia, take Route 33 East to the town of Elkton. In Elkton take Route 340 north (to the left). Then turn right onto Spotswood Trail. Go 5/10 mile and turn left onto Newtown Road (Route 759) You will see the Elk Run Cemetery on your left. Drive 2.1 miles and continue on Thoroughfare Road (Road 625). Go 2 miles and you will intersect with Mt. Pleasant Road (Route 623). Don't turn here but continue on Thoroughfare Road another 2.3 miles. Hensley United Methodist Church will be on the right side of road. Turn in on the right side facing the church and follow the road going up the hill a short distance. You will see the cemetery on your left.
Notes	Cemetery is well maintained. Rows are recorded from the row closest to the church (east to west) and facing headstones, they are recorded from right to left (north to south).
Survey Date and Recorder	01 Feb 2003 Barbara & Graham Hensley
Photos	Jan Hensley, Lois Emswiler, Edith Tanner

Cemetery Index

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Row	Surname	Given Name & MI	Birth Date	Death Date	Headstone Notes	Remarks	Images
	Breeden	William				No visible marker-no dates-recorded by DAR in 1960s
	Breeden	Soloma Catherine		12 Aug 1965	72 yrs	No visible marker-recorded by DAR in 1960s
	Breeden	Vernon Lee		Jun 1958		No visible marker-recorded by DAR in 1960s
	Duff	Edna	16 Sep 1884	Mar 1885		No visible marker-recorded by DAR in 1960s
001	Breeden	Samuel J.	25 Feb 1869	12 Jun 1944
001	Lam	Dawn Marie	1965
001	Lam	Danny Ray	1964	2000		s/Leon & Juanita Shifflett Lam
002	Breeden	Homer Ree	4 Apr 1917	19 Jan 2002		Funeral home marker only
002	Breeden	Ewell	30 Apr 1895	1 Mar 1931
002	Breeden	Nettie	1 Nov 1888	20 Nov 1965
002	Breeden	Infant Son			s/Ewell & Nettie	No dates
002	Breeden	Beatrice			d/Ewell & Nettie	No dates
002	Breeden	Early	1914	1920
002	Breeden	Houck L.	7 Mar 1898	20 Apr 1928
002	Breeden	Minnie C.	3 Mar 1902	22 Jan 1960
002	Breeden	Randolph Z.	9 Oct 1919	20 Mar 1975	PFC US Army	Military marker only
002	Breeden	Leon Loyd	29 Jul 1924	12 Oct 1978
003	Dean	Ardistia D.	5 Jun 1884	15 Jul 1955	Mother	w/Emmett A.
003	Dean	Emmett A.	3 May 1889	7 Jul 1948	Father
003	Unknown					Small tombstone-no markings-probably child - recorded in 2002
003	Unknown					Small tombstone-no markings-probably child - recorded in 2002
003	Unknown					Small tombstone-no markings-probably child - recorded in 2002
003	Unknown					Small tombstone-no markings-probably child - recorded in 2002
003	Unknown					Small tombstone-no markings-probably child - recorded in 2002
003	Breeden	Mirty M. & Baby	10 Feb 1897	1 Sep 1912	Aged 15y 6m 2d; Wife & Baby/Kell F.
003	Breeden	Amanda C.	8 Jun 1855	16 Aug 1938	Mother
003	Breeden	Wesley W.	11 Dec 1834	24 Jul 1913
003	Moubray	Oliver C.	22 Dec 1936	23 Jul 1999	Wed 27 May 1999	s/Virgil & Virginia
003	Moubray	Barbara E.	30 Oct 1939			w/Oliver C.
003	Eppard	Rupert C.	8 Nov 1886	20 Mar 1917	Aged 30y 4m 20d
003	Eppard	Liggett H.	5 Jan 1899	11 Nov 1920	s/J. A. & L. M.
003	Eppard	Leray H.	12 Feb 1921	14 Apr 1921	s/L. H. & V. R.
003	Eppard	Virena V.	4 Aug 1920	15 Jun 1921	d/J. A. & L. M.
003	Hensley	Iona M.	20 Mar 1919	10 Jul 1921	d/W. D. & V. V. Hensley
003	Eppard	Mead C.	31 Mar 1924	4 Apr 1924	s/A. J. & L. M.
003	Eppard	Delma M.	27 Jan 1929	14 Feb 1929	Aged 18 days; d/E. D. & E. C.
003	Eppard	Elsie C.	29 Sep 1912
003	Eppard	Edward D.	18 Feb 1908	12 Jan 1965
004	Unknown					Fieldstone-no markings
004	Unknown					Fieldstone-no markings
004	Eppard	Annie P.	8 May 1885	18 Jan 1886	d/D. W. & A. A.
004	Eppard	Amanda A.	28 Jun 1851	18 Jan 1923	w/D. W.
004	Eppard	Daniel W.	5 Sep 1846	8 Dec 1912	Aged 66y 3m 3d		Image
004	Breeden	Elizabeth M.	20 Oct 1835	2 May 1885
004	Breeden	Isephena R.	2 Jun 1855	12 May 1897	Daughter
004	Breeden	Jas. M.	20 Sep 1876	28 Sep 1876
004	Breeden	Elmer	20 Apr 1889	16 May 1889
004	Breeden	Ethie L.	20 Apr 1889	23 May 1890
004	Eppard	Floyd F.			s/H. F. & S. A.	Illegible marker-no dates-recorded by DAR in 1960s
004	Eppard	Jesse A.	28 Jan 1918	15 Jul 1919	Aged 1y 5m 18d; s/Alfred & Lula
004	Breeden	Phillis Ann	7 Jun 1939	29 Apr 1944	d/O. G. & E. A.
004	Eppard	Lula A.	25 Aug 1886	2 Aug 1962
004	Eppard	Alfred F.	12 Jan 1882	1 Aug 1971
004	Eppard	Judy A.	23 Apr 1954	21 May 1970	Daughter
004	Eppard	Merle A.	2 Jul 1931		Mother	w/Divis C.
004	Eppard	Divis C.	4 Feb 1927	25 Jun 1996	Father
004	Eppard	Malcolm E.	6 Oct 1923	8 Dec 1945
004	Eppard	Joseph B.	9 Sep 1900	30 Dec 1946
004	Dean	Rosetta B.	18 Sep 1905	24 Jul 2000
004	Dean	Thomas C.	7 Oct 1905	17 Jan 1995		Funeral home marker shows name as Thomas Central Dean
005	Dean	Arminta V.	17 Jul 1859	8 May 1937	Mother
005	Dean	Emmanuel W.	3 Oct 1856	10 Dec 1939	Father
005	Smith	Delilah V.	Jun 1868	19 Jan 1947	Aged 79 yrs
005	Eppard	Delila	15 Mar 1810	1890	Mother; His Wife	w/Daniel	Image
005	Eppard	Daniel	28 Nov 1803	30 Jul 1878	Father
005	Wyant	Mary V.	23 Feb 1844	10 May 1874	Aged 30yh 2m 17d; w/R. H.
005	Wyant	Jno. D. H.	17 Aug 1864	25 Dec 1906	Aged 42y 4m 8d
006	Riddle	Elizabeth Ann	1886	12 Apr 1947
006	Breeden	Deanie C.	3 Aug 1915	24 Nov 1992	Mother	w/Sebert J.
006	Breeden	Sebert J.	26 Aug 1906	18 Jun 1991	Father; S2 US Navy WWII	Military marker shows name as Sebert Jesse Breeden
006	Breeden	Nora P.	6 Aug 1882	30 Apr 1977	Grandmother
006	Breeden	Segerna E.	22 Feb 1861	28 Sep 1898
006	Breeden	Daniel M.	9 May 1858	30 Mar 1920
006	Unknown					Fieldstone-no markings
006	Unknown					Fieldstone-no markings
006	Eppard	Urbon D.	20 Oct 1876	18 Jan 1892	Aged 15 yrs; s/J. D. & C. F.	Stone broken in 2 pieces
006	Unknown					Fieldstone-no markings
006	Unknown					Fieldstone-no markings
006	Hensley	Rebecca A.	1878	1962	w/Stephen L.; Mother
006	Hensley	Stephen L.	1877	1929	s/S. H. & H. H.; Father
006	Hensley	Richard H.	1913	1965	s/Stephen & Rebecca
006	Eppard	Rodger C.	1 Jun 1959	1 Jun 1959
007	Hohlbein	Edwin Earl	12 May 1931	12 Oct 1970	Maryland SA US Navy	Military marker only
007	Breeden	Darrell	9 Feb 1941	27 Oct 1944	s/Sebert & Deanie
007	Hensley	Andrew P.	1872	1928
007	Hensley	Elizabeth C.	22 Jan 1866	7 Feb 1917	Our Mother	w/David F.
007	Hensley	David F.	17 Aug 1867	11 Oct 1910	Our Father
007	Morris	Lurany A.	2 Feb 1869	30 Jun 1891
007	Marshall	Sarah E.	25 Oct 1866	15 Apr 1889
007	Marshall	Ann E.	24 Jun 1840	10 Apr 1883	Aged 42y 9m 16d		Image
007	Unknown					Fieldstone-no markings
007	Unknown					Fieldstone-no markings
007	Breeden	James Nicholas	25 Sep 1876	8 Feb 1878		Stone broken-illegible-record by DAR in 1960s
007	Unknown					Fieldstone-no markings
007	Unknown					Fieldstone-no markings
007	Shiplett	Bizzeal P.	12 Dec 1848	15 Mar 1913			Image
007	Eppard	Mary Frances	25 Sep 1937	7 Dec 1937
007	Eppard	Arbutus A.	13 Sep 1915	4 Jun 1955	Mother
007	Eppard	Carson F.	29 Aug 1913	16 Jun 1966	Father
007	Shifflett	Hilda E.	8 May 1936	11 Jun 1990
007	Shifflett	Thomas L.	21 Sep 1932	22 Feb 1972
008	Unknown					Fieldstone-no markings
008	Hensley	Matthew H. W.	22 Mar 1855	16 Mar 1888			Image
008	Eppard	Infant Son			Infant s/Bobby & Linda	No dates
008	Eppard	Norwood R.	6 Jun 1920
008	Eppard	Otis R.	26 Dec 1914	24 Jan 1970
009	Dean	Jesse W.	15 Oct 1912	24 Mar 1917	Aged 4y 5m 9d
009	Dean	Alice V.	25 Mar 1918	25 Mar 1920
009	Hensley	Shirley E.	21 Jan 1923	15 Sep 1923
009	Hensley	Harriet	27 Apr 1848	16 Jun 1931	Aged 83y 1m 19d		Image
009	Hensley	Stephen, Rev.	23 Jan 1842	19 Dec 1915	Aged 73y 10m 26d		Image
009	Hensley	Lucinda	18 Nov 1815	19 May 1897	Aged 82y 6m 1d; w/Wm.		Image Image
009	Hensley	William	24 Sep 1814	27 Jan 1898	Aged 83y 4m 3d		Image
009	Hensley	Eliza A.	7 Apr 1827	16 Jun 1887	Aged 60y 2m 9d		Image
009	Hensley	Elizabeth	1785	30 Sep 1864	Aged 79 yrs		Image Image
009	Hensley	James	1780	Aug 1864	Aged 84 yrs		Image
009	Unknown					Field stone-unmarked - recorded in 2002
009	Unknown					Field stone-unmarked - recorded in 2002
009	Unknown					Field stone-unmarked - recorded in 2002
009	Unknown					Field stone-unmarked - recorded in 2002
009	Unknown					Field stone-unmarked - recorded in 2002
009	Unknown					Field stone-unmarked - recorded in 2002
009	Unknown					Field stone-unmarked - recorded in 2002
009	Breeden	Alvie L.	10 Mar 1923
009	Breeden	Zelda M.	10 Jul 1926
009	Breeden	Chirman M.	24 Mar 1937	11 Jul 1938
009	Breeden	Ree Otto	22 Mar 1888	23 Mar 1967
009	Breeden	Mary Ella	17 Oct 1894	25 Aug 1968
009	Snow	Christine E.	1940	1941
009	Snow	Ruby E.	23 Mar 1912
009	Snow	Jack A.	4 Jul 1909	20 Mar 1992
010	Lam	Amy M.	1891	1947
010	Lam	Journey	1890	1961
010	Hensley	Louisa J.	21 May 1825	29 Apr 1897
010	Hensley	Robert B.	5 Mar 1822	26 Dec 1898
010	Hensley	Ada J.	20 Jun 1866	12 May 1888			Image
010	Unknown					Fieldstone-no markings
010	Unknown					Fieldstone-no markings
010	Unknown					Fieldstone-no markings
010	Unknown					Fieldstone-no markings
010	Unknown					Fieldstone-no markings
010	Hensley	Salena	26 Jul 1881	10 Sep 1881	d/Edward & Rebecca
010	Hensley	Nelly	17 Apr 1881	20 Oct 1884	d/Edward & Rebecca
010	Hensley	Asbury	30 Oct 1871	6 Jul 1878	s/Adam & Columbia A.		Image
010	Hensley	Philp N.	18 Mar 1870	22 Nov 1870	Aged 8m 4d; s/Adam &Columbia A.		Image
010	Hensley	Lucinda A.	18 Nov 1868	19 Feb 1869	d/Adam & Columbia A.		Image
010	Unknown					Fieldstone-no markings
010	Unknown					Fieldstone-no markings
010	Unknown					Fieldstone-no markings
010	Unknown					Fieldstone-no markings
010	Dean	Fannie M.	7 Feb 1895	3 Mar 1970
010	Dean	Austin B.	1 Dec 1891	21 May 1939
010	Dean	Nora Lee	23 Jul 1919	2 Jul 1932
010	Dean	Infant Son	7 Mar 1932	12 Mar 1932	s/Austin & Fannie
010	Dean	Infant Son	8 Feb 1936	12 Feb 1936	s/Austin & Fannie
011	Breeden	Gilbert Ira	30 May 1883	17 Feb 1885		Illegible marker-recorded by DAR in 1960s
011	Unknown	L.B.B.				Fieldstone-initials only
011	Unknown					Fieldstone-no markings
011	Meadows	William		23 Dec 1877
011	Unknown					Fieldstone-no markings
011	Unknown					Fieldstone-no markings
011	Unknown					Fieldstone-no markings
011	Shiflette	Malinda J.		15 May 1876	Age 24y 11m 17d; w/Bizzeal
011	Meadows	Delila	1826	1908			Image
011	Meadows	William	1825	23 Dec 1877			Image
011	Breeden	Lucena	23 Mar 1816	12 Oct 1888	Age 72y 6m 19d		Image
011	Breeden	Nicholas	29 Sep 1813	17 Oct 1897	Age 84y 18d
011	Lam	Maggie L.	7 Feb 1910	27 Oct 1999
011	Lam	Clarence F.	6 Apr 1894	27 Mar 1932
011	Breeden	Gussie Lee	5 Jan 1890	23 Nov 1965	Mother	w/Dock
011	Breeden	Dock	23 May 1893	18 May 1968	Father
012	Unknown					Fieldstone-no markings
012	Unknown					Fieldstone-no markings
012	Unknown					Fieldstone-no markings
012	Unknown					Fieldstone-no markings
012	Meadows	Wm. Harrison	10 Apr 1866	20 Nov 1890
012	Breeden	Lydia	1 Oct 1886	15 Jul 1962	Mother
012	Breeden	Elbert W.	10 Feb 1885	4 Jul 1946
012	Breeden	Delsie L.	31 Jul 1909	21 Dec 1975
012	Breeden	Nellie M.	1 Mar 1913	16 Jun 1984
012	Rush	Naomi Jean	19 Oct 1933	5 Jul 1999	Mother
013	Hensley	Virginia A.	29 Apr 1851	26 Nov 1922	w/T. N.		Image
013	Hensley	Thomas N.	16 May 1853	14 Apr 1932	Father		Image
013	Hensley	Wilbert R.	26 Sep 1877	23 Sep 1900			Image
013	Unknown
013	Hensley	Mary F.	12 Jul 1873	24 Nov 1894	d/Rev. S. & H.	Fieldstone-no markings	Image
013	Unknown
013	Hensley	Lucinda Feely	5 May 1872	5 Jan 1923	w/G. W.		Image
013	Hall	Virgie Ann	11 Apr 1898	4 Jan 1968
013	Salzwedel	Ray Max	19 Feb 1920	4 Jan 1968
014	Dean	Naomi R.	13 Dec 1927	19 Apr 1928	d/Edgar & Ella
014	Hensley	Sarah E. Lam	16 Jun 1865	9 Mar 1941	Mother
014	Lam	Wm. H.	1 Jan 1860	4 Dec 1896	Age 36y 11m 2d
014	Lam	Nellie B.	14 May 1913	14 Jun 1914
014	Lam	Vernie O.	16 Jan 1908	26 Mar 1994	PVT US Army WWII
014	Lam	Vida M.	7 May 1902	27 Aug 1984
014	Meadows	Leonard W.	21 Apr 1862	11 Nov 1955			Image
014	Meadows	Etta V.	27 Jan 1869	12 Jan 1943	His Wife	w/Leonard W.	Image
014	Meadows	Lora V.	18 Sep 1907	8 Jun 1973	Sister
014	Meadows	Serena Ann	17 Mar 1893	11 May 1925
014	Dean	Valda	23 Oct 1930	23 Oct 1930	Infant d/Jasper & Lee
014	Lam	David Lee	26 Feb 1953	21 Mar 1971	Son
014	Lam	Paul Wayne	3 May 1951	20 Apr 1975	Father
014	Lam	James	22 Feb 1931	13 Jan 1988
014	Lam	Christina	3 Aug 1932
015	Breeden	Melvin Monroe	3 Feb 1915	8 Jun 1990	Daddy
015	Breeden	James Monroe	10 May 1890	9 May 1920	Age 29 yrs
015	Dean	Mamie A.	1 Mar 1905	24 Jan 1962	Mother	w/J. Lloyd
015	Dean	J. Lloyd	17 Apr 1903	14 Nov 1977	Father
015	Pace	George E.	1876	1942
015	Lam	Ola H.	9 Jul 1924
015	Lam	Ralph M.	22 Jun 1921	27 Nov 1973		Fieldstone-no markings
016	Meadows	Victoria D.	9 Apr 1867	28 Oct 1947	Aged 80 yrs; w/A. J.
016	Meadows	Andrew J.	5 Feb 1865	25 Jan 1900	Age 34y 11m 20d
016	Meadows	Gracie F.	7 Apr 1900	13 Oct 1909	Age 9y 6m 6d; d/Andrew J. & Victoria
016	Meadows	Berthia A.	14 Jul 1894	2 Nov 1909	Aged 14y 7m 18d; d/Andrew J. & Victoria
016	Meadows	Orlando Banfort	9 Apr 1915	9 Nov 1915	s/J. W. & L. E.
016	Dean	Edna J.	3 Feb 1887	4 Apr 1967
016	Dean	James T.	1 May 1880	6 Nov 1960	Father
016	Dean	Mary Lee	3 Sep 1922	13 Sep 1922	Daughter
016	Dean	Fred A.	Oct 1931	Nov 1931
016	Dean	Doris J.	24 Jan 1936	2 Jun 1937
016	Shifflett, Jr.	L. R.	1927	1940
016	Shifflett	Leona Dean	1 Feb 1911
016	Breeden	Edith M.	30 Aug 1935
016	Breeden	Jessie Leroy	4 Jul 1930	11 Dec 1954
016	Lam	Bessie F.	19 May 1887	24 May 1974	Mother	w/Harvey L.
016	Lam	Harvey L.	10 Aug 1886	22 Aug 1971	Father
016	Lam	Kyle W.	27 Nov 1919	25 Dec 1964	VA PVT 9202 Tech SVC Unit WWII
017	Meadows	Marvin R.	16 May 1917	14 Jun 1923
017	Meadows	Alvie C.	6 Sep 1919	25 Nov 1922	ch/Fred & Addie	Footstone with intials ACM only-Record by DAR in 1960s
017	Meadows	Burnice M.	3 Aug 1921	22 Nov 1922	ch/Fred & Addie
017	Meadows	Velvia M.	23 Jul 1914	10 Aug 1916	ch/Fred & Addie	Footstone with intials VMM only-Record by DAR in 1960s
017	Dean	Mary Y.	22 Jan 1910	25 Nov 1999		wWalter D.
017	Dean	Walter D.	27 Jun 1907	12 Feb 1983
017	Breeden	Diane S.	13 Feb 1957	19 Jun 1995	Mother
017	Breeden	Verdie C.	26 Apr 1911	4 Jun 1982	Mother	w/Jessie C.
017	Breeden	Jesse C.	6 Jan 1908	4 Aug 1958	Father
017	Lam	Jarrod E.	1969	1969		Brill funeral home marker only
017	Shifflett	Brittany A.	1988	1998		Brill funeral home marker only
017	Shifflett	Nichole Jade	1997	1997		Kyger-Troubaugh funeral home marker
017	Dean	Edwinnea M.	1948	1948	Daughter	d/Randolph & Agnes; DAR showed b & d 3 Sep 1948 marker shows year only
017	Dean	Agnes M.	1918	1960	Mother	w/Randolph N.
017	Dean	Randolph N.	1924	1979	Father
018	Breeden	Arminta B.	25 Nov 1869	22 Jul 1917	w/Henry H.
018	Breeden	Henry H. F.	25 Nov 1873	15 Feb 1933	Father
018	Breeden	Ellen S.	1 Mar 1879	20 Apr 1971	Mother
018	Breeden	Hettie V.	16 Feb 1915	12 Aug 1972	Age 57y 6m
018	Breeden	Wilson H.	17 Feb 1915	16 May 1953	Age 38y 3m
018	Franks	Parthenie (Polly) Dean	12 Jul 1920	8 Feb 1993
018	Snow	Mae N.	1897	1987
018	Snow	James M.	1899	1956
018	Unknown					Funeral home marker-data missing
018	Breeden	Calvin Ray	16 Jan 1946	28 Aug 1971

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