YANCEY COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Gibbs (Aka Gurley) Cemetery ----¤¤¤¤---- Location: At Micaville, turn Onto Hwy. 80S. and go to Poplar Grove, just beyond here turn onto Mudslinger Lane a go a short distance to this cemetery. Condition: Good SURNAMES; BANNER, BOONE, CARROLL, CHRISAWN, DAVIS, ENGLAND, FREEMAN, GEOUGE, GIBBS, GRINDSTAFF, GURLEY, HARRIS, HENSON, HITCHCOCK, HOLLIFIELD, HOOVER, KIRBY, LETTERMAN, MCMAHAN, PARKER, PATTON, RICE, RICHMOND, ROBINSON, SMITH, THOMAS, TRULL, WESTALL 1. Geneva G. Hitchcock, 7-18-1909 - 12-28-1986 2. Alma Banner, 1916 - 1919 3. Thomas W. Gibbs, 5-14-1860 - 3-3-1892 4. James F. Gibbs, 8-27-1862 - 1-09-1869 5. Walter B. Gibbs, 6-13-1877 - 8-31-1883 6. Joseph W. Letterman, 1878 - 1962 7. James W. Hoover, 12-19-1878 - 9-18-1950 (S/o John & Virginia Harris Hoover) 8. Effie Robinson Hoover, 6-15- 1893 - 4-8-1974, Wife of # 7 9. Ira F. Gibbs, 8-17-1881 - 6-9-1961 (S/o James N. & Sophronia Westall Gibbs) 10. Sadie Reeves Gibbs, 10-19-1882 - 2-1-1975, W/o # 9 11. Clarence L. Patton, 1870 - 1939 (S/o John D. & Mary J. McCalpine) 12. Mollie Gibbs Patton, 1885 - 1973, W/o # 11 13. Eliza N.(Narcisses) Trull, 8-20-1837 - 4-26-1923 "Mother" (D/o Thomas & Priscilla Finley Gibbs) 14. James N. Gibbs, 2-23-1834 - 4-16-1920 (S/o Thomas & Priscilla F. Gibbs) 15. Sophronia I. Westall Gibbs, 8-12-1853 - 2-12-1935 (W/o # 14, D/o Samuel & Naomi Horton Westall) 16. T. C. Gibbs, 6-20-1829 - 1-5-1914 (S/o Rev. Thomas G. & Priscilla Finley Gibbs) 17. B. C. Gibbs, Died 6-14-1898, 24 yrs. 5 mo. 2 days 18. Priscilla V. Gibbs, 1799 - Abt. 1841 (Large rock abt. 4 ft. tall for headstone) 19. Rev.Thomas Gibbs, 1-31-1797 - 5-15-1863 20. E. A. England, 3-27-1862 - 4-10-1895, 32 yrs. 11 mo. 13 days 21. (broken) Carroll 3-18-1935 - 5-19-1937 (See # 28- seems to be marking a grave) 22. Rev. W. J. Gibbs, 1831 - 1916 (S/o Thomas & Eunice Finley Gibbs) 23. Mary Ann Gibbs, 1833 - 1913, W/o # 22 24. James R, Gibbs, 11-10-1870 - 2-10-1962 25. Hettie B. Gibbs, 11-29-1882 - 2-19-1960, W/o # 24 26. Gordon L. Robinson, 2-24-1900- 3-14-1940 (S/o Seth & Altha Westall Robinson) 27. Gregory Kenneth Freeman, 2-6-1964 (infant) 28. Billy J. Carroll, 3-18-1935 - 5-19-1937 (S/o Tom & Eula Gibbs Carroll) 29. Erma L. Carroll, 12-29-1928 - 12-31-1928 30. Tony L. Carroll 8-10-1937 - 8-10-1937 31. Naomi Westall, 1832 - Mar.-1913, Wife of S. J. Westall 32. E. Onslow Gibbs, 3-10-1879 - 10-17-1902 33. Ida T. Robinson, Wife of Ira W. Gibbs, 3-27-1875 - 4-27-1905 34. -- Gibbs - Stone has fallen and can't read engraving 35. ---- Gibbs unreadable 36. J. B. Grindstaff, 1865 - 1931 (S/o Henry & Beda Buchanan Grindstaff) 37. Martha Grindstaff, 5-12-1864 - 9-13-1912, Wife of J. B. Grindstaff 38. James N. Smith, 1902 - 1975 (S/o James & Emaline Smith) 39. Wilma J. Smith, 1922 - 1989, W/o # 38 (D/o Edward & Mary M. Henson White) 40. Maud E. Robinson, 3-14-1894 - 8-5-1966, W/o # 41, D/o Homer & Docia Shuford Robinson) 41. Homer H. Robinson, 1895 - 1951 (S/o John W. & Florence Gibbs Robinson) 42. Jim Henson, 3-2-1860 - 11-8-1929 43. Lilie B. Henson, 6-25-1871 - 6-28-1925 (W/o # 42, D/o Jerry & Susan Boone Hughes, 44. Sarah Jane, daughter of J.H. and Lilie Henson, 5-22-1897 - 2-18-1915 45. John D. Hoover, 7-12-1917 - 6-12-1918 (S/o Herbert & Ida Grindstaff Hoover) 46. Cora Lue Hoover, 4-20-1909 - 11-23-1919 47. Virginia Harris, Wife of John M. Hoover, 5-12-1858 - 9-15-1944 48. John M. Hoover, 7-25-1856 - 8-6-1913 49. Della Smith Davis, 1-9-1893 - 11-1-1918 (D/o Sam & Julia Hoover Smith) 50. John W. Robinson, 8-20-1869 - 11-7-1945 51. Florence Gibbs Robinson, 3-10-1876 - 10-3-1948, W/o # 50 (D/o James & Sophronia Westall Gibbs) 52. George Henson, 1894 - 1965 (S/o James A. & Lillie Mae Hughes Henson) 53. Loria Ann Chrisawn, 11-26-1961 -(Infant) 54. Martha Henson Kirby, 11-2-1908 - 8-16-1968 55. Mary Grindstaff, 1900 - 1935 56. Charles Tim Gurley, 5-14-1944 - 5-14-1944 (S/o Paul & Breida Parker Gurley) 57. Andrew H. Westall, 3-2-1847 - 3-2-1914 (William & Madeline Angel Westall) 58. Mary A. Autrey Westall, 10-19-1850 - 8-7-1906, W/o # 57 59. Daisy Westall, 1893 - 1903 (D/o # 57 & 58) 60. Senia Westall, 1877 - 1902 (D/o # 57 & 58) 61. Bessie Westall, 1887 - 1902 (D/o # 57 & 58) 62. W. Arthur Westall, 6-6-1884 - 8-24-1970 (S/o # 57 & 58) 63. Maggie Thomas, 8-23-1885 - 7-19-1916(D/o Wm & Maggie Grindstaff Bolick) 64. Judie, Wife of Henry Thomas, 1816 - 18?? 65. Atlas L.(Leona) Parker, 3-12-1899 - 5-7-1994, W/o # 66, (D/o Margaret McMahan & Bud Bodford) "Mammy" 66. Charlie P. (P(Preston) Parker, 5-20-1893 - 9-25-1954 "Daddy" (S/o George & Eliza Jane Laws Parker) 67. Margaret M. McMahan, 1870 - 1956 "May She Rest In Peace" (D/o Robert & Martha Patsy Merriman McMahan) 68. Erma Hoover, 3-2-1923 - 7-14-1923 (D/o Tate & Maude Young) 69. Maude Hoover, 12-8-1891 - 4-6-1923 (W/o Tate Hoover, D/o Filmore & Alice Young) 70. Shirley Rice, 5-14-1940 - 1-9-2004 71. Charles Rice, 1965 (infant) (b. 4-2-1965 - S/o Shirley Rice) 72. A. Ted Gurley, 1957 - 1995 - 38 years (Funeral home marker) (9-25-1957 - 9-17-1996, S/o # 80) 73. Breida Gurley, 4-21-1919 - 11-20-2001 (W/o Paul Gurley, D/o #65 & 66) 74. Earl B. Boone, 9-5-1913 - (S/o Will & Arrie Boone) 75. Georgia P. Boone, 2-18-1916 - 5-31-1997, W/o # 74 (D/o # 65 & 66) 76. Jim Wayne Gurley, 12-8-1939 - 10-13-1999 (H/o Wannell Rice, S/o Paul & Breida Parker Gurley) 77. Charles W. Geouge, 4-7-1968 - 11-21-1990 "Married 9-22-1990" 78. Patricia Ray Geouge, 10-1-1969 - (Picture) 79. Lawrence J. Hollifield, 5-30-1939 - 4-28-2000 "Married 4-1-1986" (S/o Jack & Magnolia Calloway Hollifield) 80. Millie S. Hollifield, 5-18-1942 - W/o # 79, (D/o Paul & Breida Parker Gurley) 81. David Wade Gurley, 12-6-1937 - 6-7-1993 (S/o Paul & Breida Parker Gurley) 82. Doris Gail Gurley, 9-2-1937 - 4-9-1999, W/o # 81 (D/o Floyd & Arthrene Bolick Huskins) 83. Curtis Richmond, 9-4-1920 - 11-17-1991 (H/o Arthurine Bolick) 26 MARKED WITH FIELDSTONES (Information in parentheses is from death records, census, marriage and birth certificates or other sources). ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Gwen Bodford gbodford@yahoo.com ___________________________________________________________________