YANCEY COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Radford (W.W.) Cemetery AKA Piney Hill Church Cemetery ----¤¤¤¤---- From 19-E take 19W-North to Piney Hill Road. Go to Piney Hill Church. Cemetery is just back of church. Condition: Good SURNAMES: BRADFORD, CALLOWAY, CANNON, EDWARDS, EFFLER, FRANKLIN, HENSLEY, LEWIS, MCCOURRY, MCCURRY, PHILLIPS, RADFORD, STEWART, TEAGUE, TOLLEY, WILSON 1. Gertrude R. Wilson Bradford, 1932-1992, (D/o Larcena Wilson) 2. Burnice Bradford, 8-5-1916 - 10-7-1993, "Pvt. US Army, WW II" (S/o Will & Nora Radford Bradford) 3. Cash Bradford, 5- 7-1915-2-16-1971 (S/o Will & Nora Radford Bradford) 4. Larcena Wilson, 1900-1995, (D/o Jess & Dullie Webb Wilson) 5. Princie B. Edwards, 12-22-1902 -10-4-1982 (Princie Arlene, D/o Will & Nora Radford Bradford, W/o Robert Vance Edwards) 6. Vance Edwards,12-2-1905-7-17-1971, (Robert Vance, S/o Ellis Howell Edwards and Laura Ann Bailey). 7. Ward V. Edwards, 1928 - 1966, (S/o Ellis Howell & Laura Ann Bailey Edwards). 8. John Jefferson Stewart, 1-13-1962 - 5-24-1979, (Son of Charles Huston & Virginia Ester Edwards Stewart) 9. Mack Tolley 8-3-1903 - 8-13-1981, (S/o Sanders & Line Howell Tolley). 10. Princie Tolley, 6-3-1913 - 8-17-1989, (D/o Burt Edwards , W/o Mack Tolley) 11. Burt Edwards, 1-25-1883 - 6-4-1958, (Death Cert.gives dates as Jan 7, 1883 - 6-9-1958, S/o Silas & Mary Woody Edwards.) 12. Minnie Edwards, 3-20-1888 - 9-29-1949, (D/o Silas & Martha Hensley) 13. Fieldstone 14. Ellis Howell Edwards, 1879 - 1946 15. Laura Ann Bailey Edwards, 1889 - 1958 16. Fieldstone 17. Irene Edwards, 4-30-1940 - 7-18-1940 (D/o Ransom & Estoy Silvers Edward) 18. Albert Rudolph Edwards, 4-24-1907-6-6-1938, (S/o William Andrews & Katherine Eads Edwards. Wife: Stella Fender) 19. Ida L. Edwards, 2-16-1909 - 7-17-1938, (D/o William Andrew Edwards & Katherine Eads) 20. Wm. A. Edwards, 3-6-1863 - 2-21-1949, (S/o J. W. & Emlie Hensley Edwards) 21. Catherine Edwards, 4-6-1871 - 6-5-1956 22. Clyde Calloway, 1910 - 1990 , "80 years old" 23. Ora Radford, June 30, 1974, 65 years, 2 months, 1 day on Funeral Home Marker. (Ora Lee Bradford, 4-29-1909 - 6-30-1974, D/o Oscar & Loretta Willis Radford) 24. Richmond J. Bradford, 7-17-1904 - 7-29-1989, (Son of William & Nora Radford Bradford). 25. Ruby C. Bradford, 7-1-1914 - 8-10-1962, (W/o # 24) 26. Richard Bradford, 7-10-1947 - 10-16-1971, (S/o Richmond & Ruby Calloway Bradford). 27. Bradford Infants (no names or dates) 28. Grandmother Edwards, 12-22-1850 - (Footstone has Polly) ). "She has 67 Grandchildren, 115 Great Grandchildren and 63 Great Great Grandchildren." 29. Nora E. Bradford, 9-19-1884 - 8-28-1976, (D/o Wiley & Nancy Edwards Radford, W/o William Bradford) 30. Fieldstone 31. Birdie Radford, 1881 - 1898, (D/o Wiley and Nancy Edwards Radford) 32. Nancy Edwards Radford, 1861 - 1941, (D/o Robert and Polly Peterson Edwards and wife of Wiley Radford) 33. Wiley W. Radford, 1858 - 1930, (Graveyard was named after him) 34. Bradford Infant (no dates) 35. William Bradford, 1879 - 1-11-1927, (S/o C. R. Bradford and Sarah Woodby). 36. Douglas Edwards - (no dates) 37. Boyd Edwards- (no dates) 38. Mary Edwards- (no dates) 39. Annett Edwards- (no dates) 40. Lula Cannon, 5-1-1907 - 3-1-1988, (D/o Will & Nora Radford Bradford, 1st married Charles Cannon, 2nd Harrison Street) 41. Lillie E. Edwards, 1877 - 1951 42. George Edwards, 1866 - 1940 These next 6 graves marked with fieldstones but said to be 43. Infant 44. Infant 45. Junior Franklin 46. Ward Lewis 47. Maggie Lewis 48. Unknown - probably baby 49. Jesse Phillips, 1908 - 1982 50. Rosie B. Phillips, 1913 - 1963 (D/o Will & Nora Radford Bradford) 51. Paul Chester Phillips, 8-6-1932 - 10-8-1984, (S/o Jesse & Rosie Bradford Phillips). 52. Randall Franklin, 6-9-1967--10-25-76, (S/o Ralph & Alma Carroll Franklin 9 years old - Accidentally shot and killed.) 53. Ralph Franklin, 1944 - 2002 58 years old - Funeral Home Marker 54. John Clayborn Franklin, 6-18-1929 - 4-7-1985 55. Virginia Lee McCourry, 10-9-1936 - 1-2-1973, (D/o Floyd Franklin & Belle Edwards, W/o Ellis McCourry) 56. John Floyd Franklin, 5-15-1908 - 7-22-1967, (S/o Hiram Franklin & Lizzie Hensley) 57. Bell E. Franklin, 4-14-1900 - 2-10-1974, (D/o George Edwards & Lillie Hensley) 58. Fieldstone, said to be Matt Hensley 59. Fieldstone, - unknown 60. Fieldstone, said to be Rose Edward's Mother 61. Dora Hensley Edwards, 1882 - 1912 62. Ida Hensley, 1888 - 1930 63. Fieldstone, said to be Nettie Hensley, (Death certificate states 1-19-1856 - 4-15-1933, 83 years, 2 mo. 10 days, D/o Nettie Radford) 64. Fieldstone said to be Joel Hensley, (Death Certificate states Died 8-20-1932 at age 85 years. Lists wife as Nettie, Father as John Briggman and Mother as Mary Hensley). 65. Tulsa Lee Hensley, 7-7-1918 - 8-19-1981, (S/o Gus & Margaret Wheeler Hensley, Wife, Sue Robinson) 66. Margaret Wheeler Hensley, 6-18-1892 - 3-16-1980, (d/o John & Lavada Higgins Wheeler) 67. J. Neal Hensley, 10-18-1867 - 2-25-1911 68. Roscoe Hensley, 1899 - 1974 "Precious Lord Take My Hand" " US Navy Eng. 2, WW I". 69. Fieldstone, said to be "Old Man Effler" 70. William Glen Teague, 7-3-1955 - 11-5-1971 71. Ellis Bud McCourry, 11-17-1934 - 12-17-1981, (S/o Hicks McCourry & Carrie Webb, Wife - Edith Deyton) 72. Lloyd McCurry, 10-24-1929 - 12-28-2001 - "Married 2-5-1971" (This is a double stone but wife's name not engraved on it.) 73. Jinny Kendall, 1958 - 2006 ___________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________