Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society
Rockingham County Tombstones by Cemetery
Cemetery |
Singers Glen Cemetery
- Page 1 |
Location |
Singers Glen, Rockingham County, Virginia. From
downtown Harrisonburg, travel north 5.5 miles on Route 42. There will be a sign on the
right side of Route 42 pointing left to Singers Glen. Turn left onto Route 721 (Green Hill
Road) and go 3.7 miles, following the Route 721 signs, till you come to Route 613
(Turleytown Road) and take a right. Go approximately 2/10 mile and you will see cemetery
on left side of road. |
Notes |
Facing the cemetery from the street, SECTION 1 is to
the left of the driveway and SECTION 2 is to the right of the driveway. Headstones were
recorded from front to back and left to right in each section. The notes in the
"Remarks" column were furnished by J. Robert Swank. In 1967 Mr. Swank noted
"Others known to be buried in the old section (SE corner in the back) of the cemetery
in unmarked graves. There are probably as many as one hundred unknown and unmarked graves.
The cemetery was first the private burial plot of the Good Family. In 1826 Mrs. Frances
Good expressed a desire to be buried at the location and shortly after, on Aug 26, 1826,
she died and was the first person buried at the location. In 1855 at the time her son
Henry sold the family farm to the Toflingers, he & his wife Elizabeth, deeded a half
acre, surrounding the grave of his mother and others, to 3 trustees; Joseph Funk,
Christian Burkholder & Henry Frank. No organized effort for the maintenance of the
grounds was made until December 7, 1904. The original 1/2 acre plot is known as 'The old
Section'." Excerpt from article in Harrisonburg, Va. Daily News-Record dated January
7, 1943: "Plans were discussed to beautify the cemetery by the removal of footstones
& obsolete limestone markers in the 'old section' of the cemetery. A considerable area
of the northwest section of the cemetery was used as a burying ground in Colonial days.
Only limestone slabs without inscription, show the location of these graves. Board decided
to remove these ancient markers & erect modern marble slabs showing that the section
is occupied by unknown dead. (Note: marble slab was not visible in 2002.) A pioneer family
named 'Good' donated the land & established the burying ground by their names &
the date of founding are unknown to the Board." |
| Recorder | April 2002 - Martha Lee |
| Photos | Sept 2007 - Fay Donovan |
Singers Glen Cemetery Pages
Cemetery Index
Surnames are sorted by section /
plot / row / grave - only rows are shown
| Row | Surname | Given Name & MI | Birth Date | Death Date | Headstone Notes | Remarks | Link to Photos |
| Section I | |||||||
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Brown |
Jacob (Infant) |
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no visible marker-buried here per Swank in 1967, s/Morris & Mary E. |
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Brown |
Albert |
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no visible marker-buried here per Swank in 1967, died 12 Oct 1907, brother of William Frank Brown |
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Brown |
John |
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no visible marker-buried here per Swank in 1967, died 17 Oct 1930, 79y, brother of William Frank Brown |
|
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Brown |
Elizabeth Craton |
|
15 Nov 1887 |
age 75y 3m |
no visible marker-buried here per Swank in 1967 taken from Brown History, page 46, w/William Brown, parents of Harvey & others |
|
|
Cooper |
Sarah Gangwer |
|
|
|
no visible marker-buried here per Swank in 1967, ashes in cemetery-location unknown |
|
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Donovan |
David |
|
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no visible marker-buried here per Swank in 1967, s/William & Frances Donovan |
|
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Donovan |
Louisa |
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no visible marker-buried here per Swank in 1967, d/Horatio & Margaret Owens, 1w/David Donovan |
|
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Fulk |
Bessie |
|
|
|
no visible marker-buried here per Swank in 1967, died about 1903, d/John R. Fulk |
|
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Humes |
Oscar |
11 Aug 1886 |
20 Jan 1891 |
|
no visible marker-buried here per Swank in 1967, s/James Wm. & ___ Donovan Humes |
|
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Humes |
Infant Daughter |
|
1894-95 |
|
no visible marker-buried here per Swank in 1967, s/James Wm. & ___ Donovan Humes |
|
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Humes |
William |
23 Jun 1900 |
7 Jul 1900 |
|
no visible marker-buried here per Swank in 1967, s/James Wm. & ___ Donovan Humes |
|
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Shaver |
Margaret |
|
|
|
no visible marker-buried here per Swank in 1967, w/Henry H., d/George & Peggy Miller Evers |
|
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Weiss |
Emma Jane |
31 Jul 1872 |
10 Jun 1903 |
|
no visible marker-buried here per Swank in 1967 |
|
001 |
Farr |
Dorothy Strickland |
17 Feb 1905 |
12 Sep 1989 |
our beloved mother |
|
photo |
001 |
Johnson |
Dean Robert |
13 Nov 1925 |
4 Oct 1986 |
Sgt U. S. Army Korea |
|
photo |
001 |
Reed |
Benjamin F. |
1913 |
1990 |
|
|
photo |
001 |
Estep |
Homer G. |
28 Sep 1908 |
11 Feb 2002 |
|
|
photo |
001 |
Estep |
Hilda A. |
9 Dec 1913 |
24 Feb 1995 |
|
|
photo |
001 |
Lee |
Lewis Harold |
13 Nov 1911 |
25 Oct 1982 |
married 4 May 1938 |
|
photo |
001 |
Lee |
Eleanor Rhodes |
16 Jun 1917 |
|
|
w/Lewis H. |
photo |
001 |
Crider |
Amanda Lynn |
14 Sep 1977 |
5 Jun 1983 |
|
|
photo |
001 |
Crider |
Christina Elizabeth |
27 Feb 1981 |
3 Sep 1981 |
|
|
photo |
001 |
Crider |
Eugene Sherwood |
28 Feb 1924 |
3 May 1990 |
|
|
photo |
001 |
Crider |
Barbara Showalter |
21 Jul 1928 |
23 Jan 2003 |
|
|
photo |
002 |
Griffith |
Herman D. |
17 Oct 1920 |
21 Oct 1997 |
Pfc U. S. Army WWII |
|
photo |
002 |
Griffith |
Lucy Agnes |
4 Jan 1925 |
|
children-Catherine, Martha & Robert |
w/Herman D. |
photo |
002 |
Hollar |
Richard A. |
5 Sep 1938 |
|
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|
photo |
002 |
Unknown |
|
|
|
|
illegible funeral marker-grave here |
|
002 |
Holbert |
__es Hubert |
1923 |
1983 |
|
McMullen funeral home marker |
photo |
002 |
Turner |
Roy Lee |
26 Sep 1936 |
5 Feb 1998 |
|
|
photo |
002 |
Brown |
Earl M. |
3 Dec 1900 |
25 Sep 1980 |
|
|
photo |
002 |
Brown |
Stella P. |
15 Nov 1901 |
29 May 1999 |
|
|
photo |
002 |
Shipp |
Charles E. |
15 Feb 1929 |
10 Sep 1980 |
|
|
photo |
002 |
Shipp |
Reba M. |
3 Feb 1930 |
|
|
|
photo |
002 |
Frank |
Ernest B. |
17 Sep 1905 |
22 May 1987 |
|
|
photo |
002 |
Frank |
Edna P. |
21 Jul 1908 |
25 Jun 1982 |
|
|
photo |
002 |
Keister |
Clyde L. |
6 May 1906 |
8 Feb 1992 |
|
|
photo |
002 |
Keister |
Frances S. |
21 Jul 1916 |
22 May 1994 |
|
|
photo |
002 |
Strickler |
Henry L. |
8 Mar 1946 |
16 Sep 1980 |
|
|
photo |
002 |
Strickler |
Elizabeth A. |
21 Jan 1948 |
|
|
|
photo |
002 |
Whetzel |
Jerry Lane |
4 Jun 1957 |
7 Jun 1977 |
|
|
photo |
002 |
Dove |
Shannon Marie |
15 Jul 1977 |
23 Nov 1977 |
d/T. F. & D. M. Dove |
|
photo |
003 |
Landis |
Wilmer M. |
9 Feb 1914 |
11 Dec 2001 |
|
|
photo |
003 |
Landis |
Lorraine S. |
24 Jun 1915 |
3 Nov 2003 |
|
|
photo |
003 |
Ray |
Ezzie L. |
1 Jul 1905 |
17 Oct 1996 |
|
|
photo |
003 |
Ray |
Blanche M. |
25 Oct 1905 |
15 Sep 1989 |
|
|
photo |
003 |
Rolston |
Annie Jane |
3 Feb 1896 |
26 Apr 1988 |
|
|
photo |
003 |
McMullen, Jr. |
Roy L. |
30 Aug 1927 |
15 Sep 1982 |
|
|
photo |
003 |
Culp |
Julius A. |
1929 |
1987 |
|
McMullen funeral home marker only |
photo |
003 |
Bowman |
George V. |
8 Mar 1903 |
31 Jul 1990 |
|
|
photo |
003 |
Lee |
Porter M. |
1902 |
1990 |
|
|
photo |
003 |
Lee |
Pauline C. |
1902 |
1971 |
|
|
photo |
003 |
Lee |
John Wine |
8 May 1928 |
19 Jan 2001 |
ETM3 U. S. Navy WWII |
|
photo |
003 |
Craun |
Merrill L. |
3 Feb 1920 |
1 Feb 1993 |
S1 U. S. Navy WWII |
|
photo |
003 |
Craun |
Jessie M. |
22 Apr 1918 |
|
|
|
photo |
004 |
Pattee |
Donald F. |
14 Feb 1938 |
24 Dec 1986 |
AK2 U. S. Navy |
|
photo |
004 |
Moyers |
Bruce E. |
24 Jan 1930 |
9 Aug 1997 |
father, Pvt U. S. Army Korea |
|
photo |
004 |
Moyers |
Betty B. |
30 Nov 1932 |
|
mother |
|
photo |
004 |
Sherman |
Wilson B. |
1927 |
1978 |
Pfc U.S. Army Air Force |
military marker reads born 27 Sep 1920 & died 28 Oct 1978 |
photo |
004 |
Sherman |
Helen B. |
1930 |
1986 |
|
|
photo |
004 |
Steele |
William D. |
7 Mar 1921 |
13 Dec 1976 |
Married 20 Mar 1945 |
|
photo |
004 |
Steele |
Darlene I. |
19 Dec 1924 |
|
|
w/William D. |
photo |
004 |
Deavers |
William A. |
28 Jan 1913 |
7 Mar 1979 |
Pfc U. S. Army WWII |
|
photo |
004 |
Deavers |
Hazel E. |
13 Jun 1921 |
12 Aug 1976 |
|
|
photo |
004 |
Brown |
Raymond S. |
22 Nov 1908 |
2 Jan 1975 |
TEC 5 U. S. Army |
|
photo photo |
004 |
Brown |
Mary S. |
13 Aug 1916 |
2 May 1976 |
|
|
photo |
004 |
Davis |
C. Russell |
24 Dec 1904 |
1 Aug 1976 |
|
|
photo |
004 |
Davis |
Ruth M. |
19 Feb 1906 |
20 Sep 1984 |
|
|
photo |
004 |
Allman |
Louise Virginia |
1917 |
1979 |
|
McMullen funeral home marker only |
|
004 |
Kile |
Michael Shane |
26 Dec 1977 |
24 Feb 1978 |
|
|
photo |
004 |
Biller |
William J. |
1899 |
1976 |
|
|
photo |
004 |
Biller |
Elenora F. |
1909 |
1990 |
|
|
photo |
005 |
Wayland |
William E. |
22 Aug 1913 |
18 Nov 1985 |
|
|
photo |
005 |
Wayland |
Thelma M. |
28 Mar 1909 |
7 July 2004 |
|
|
photo |
005 |
Gowl |
Ralph Lewis |
20 Apr 1903 |
21 Dec 1997 |
|
|
photo |
005 |
Gowl |
Ava Swank |
16 Apr 1912 |
|
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|
photo |
005 |
Ritchie |
Grover L. |
13 Dec 1913 |
28 Aug 1999 |
|
|
photo |
005 |
Ritchie |
Ethel M. |
8 Feb 1918 |
7 Feb 1999 |
|
|
photo |
005 |
Persinger, Jr. |
Joseph Leonard |
2 Nov 1935 |
4 Apr 2000 |
Married 25 Feb 1968 |
|
photo |
005 |
Persinger |
Shirley Ann Ritchie |
28 Mar 1943 |
5 Mar 2000 |
|
w/Joseph L. Jr. |
photo |
005 |
Persinger |
Joseph Adam |
|
10 Jun 1974 |
|
|
photo |
005 |
May |
Richard (Dick) |
28 Oct 1935 |
24 May 1995 |
our children-Greg, Frank, Tommy, Rene' |
|
photo |
005 |
May |
Bonnie J. |
5 Aug 1935 |
|
|
|
photo |
005 |
May |
Clarence F. |
14 Jan 1904 |
24 Jun 1996 |
|
|
photo |
005 |
May |
Nellie R. |
14 Apr 1906 |
28 Apr 1984 |
|
|
photo |
005 |
Kagey |
Paul S. |
27 Mar 1892 |
25 Nov 1978 |
Cpl U. S. Army WWI |
|
photo |
005 |
Kagey |
Edna R. |
19 Jun 1914 |
|
|
|
photo |
006 |
Simmons |
Raymond Olin |
1 Mar 1921 |
1 Jan 1985 |
Maj U. S. Army WWII |
|
photo |
006 |
Whetzel |
Raymond H. |
21 Nov 1906 |
26 Nov 1975 |
|
|
photo |
006 |
Whetzel |
L. Rebecca |
10 Oct 1909 |
28 Dec 1991 |
|
|
photo |
006 |
Whetzel |
Ava P. |
31 Mar 1900 |
6 Jan 1988 |
sisters |
|
photo |
006 |
Whetzel |
Goldie M. |
6 Mar 1911 |
14 Sept 2002 |
sisters |
|
photo |
006 |
Whetzel |
Valvin V. |
27 Sep 1918 |
|
sisters |
|
photo |
006 |
Whetzel |
Scott B. |
6 Nov 1914 |
13 Jul 1999 |
S Sgt U. S. Army Air Force WWII |
military marker reads Scott Beery Whetzel |
photo photo |
006 |
Whetzel |
Pauline S. |
18 Feb 1921 |
|
|
|
photo |
006 |
Shoemaker |
Harold E. |
21 Nov 1931 |
27 Mar 1985 |
|
|
photo |
006 |
Rexrode |
Harry V. |
12 May 1932 |
24 May 1974 |
father, son |
|
photo |
006 |
Rexrode |
Nellie Craun |
27 Feb 1917 |
25 Aug 2003 |
mother |
|
photo |
007 |
Moyer |
Garner W. |
18 Jan 1927 |
28 Mar 2000 |
Cpl U. S. Army WWII |
military marker reads Garner Webster Moyer |
photo photo |
007 |
Moyer |
Wanda P. |
12 Jun 1927 |
26 Oct 1999 |
|
|
photo |
007 |
Moyer |
Tommy Lee |
7 Nov 1947 |
23 Dec 1974 |
Cpl U. S. Marine Corps |
|
photo photo |
007 |
Roadcap |
Norma Lee |
14 Dec 1939 |
1 May 1977 |
|
|
photo |
007 |
Donovan |
Garrett E. |
25 Aug 1911 |
26 Feb 1991 |
father |
|
photo |
007 |
Donovan |
Nancy L. |
27 Nov 1941 |
|
daughter |
|
photo |
007 |
Shoemaker |
Howard W. |
2 Dec 1922 |
24 Oct 1993 |
|
|
photo |
007 |
Shoemaker |
Arizona L. |
23 Dec 1923 |
|
|
|
photo |
007 |
Byerly |
Andrew J. |
1899 |
1973 |
brother |
|
photo |
007 |
Byerly |
Velma F. |
1906 |
2003 |
sister |
|
photo |
007 |
Kline |
E. Louise |
1928 |
|
|
|
no photo |
007 |
Kline |
Neff I. |
1905 |
1989 |
|
|
photo |
007 |
Kline |
Naomi N. |
1901 |
1995 |
|
|
photo |
007 |
Stroop |
Vernon Franklin |
4 May 1949 |
12 Feb 1971 |
|
|
photo |
008 |
Lawson |
John M. |
1919 |
1978 |
|
|
photo |
008 |
Lawson |
Camsie M. |
1922 |
1996 |
|
|
photo |
008 |
Lawson |
Edward M. |
1959 |
1975 |
s/Donald & Joyce |
|
photo |
008 |
Crider |
Frederick Daniel |
24 Oct 1940 |
26 Feb 1995 |
|
|
photo |
008 |
Stroop |
Freeman W. |
28 Aug. 1920 |
15 Jun 1987 |
|
|
photo |
008 |
Falls |
Everett W. |
22 Jan 1914 |
30 Sep 1999 |
|
|
photo |
008 |
Falls |
Louie S. |
5 Jun 1908 |
20 Mar 2000 |
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|
photo |
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