Augusta County VA Archives Cemeteries....Beverly Manor Baptist Church Cemetery ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Glenda Lambert-Gibson September 8, 2009 Beverly Manor Baptist Church Cemetery 436 Jefferson Hwy. Staunton, Virginia 24401 Compiled by Joe Nutt-October 7, 2000 There is an older cemetery located about 100 yards east of the presently-used cemetery, in a location that older members recall as the site of the first church building, which was adjacent to an African-American school. While there is evidence of over a dozen burials in this old plot, only two inscribed tombstones remain,namely: Lewis, C. B. b 1867 - d 1925 Father Lewis, Susie b 1878 - d 1932 Mother The following is Joe Nutt's record of interments in the presently-used cemetery, located northwest of the church just beyond the parking lot. Baldwin, Laferta B. b 1 Feb 1920 - d 11 May 1988 Bell, James P. b 15 Aug 1866 - d 8 Dec 1935 Bell, Mary B. b 29 Mar 1866 - d 17 Mar 1939 (Small stone marked W.A.B. next to Bell Stone) Bell, Fannie Frances b (c) 1896 - d 11 Feb 1941 45yr (3 illegible metal markers next to stone) Bolen, Abraham (Jr.) b No Dates - d 1925 Bolen, Bettie b No Dates - d 7 Jul 1932 (nearby stone marked "L.M.B.-Bolen?) Bolen, Hasten G., Sr. b 1874 - d 1945 Bolen, Walker A. b 1876 - d 1962 Bolen, William H. b 1884 - d 1940 Brown, Lula Bolen b 29 May 1883 - d 10 Aug 1962 Fields, Mary E. b 3 Jan 1863 - d 16 Feb 1920 w/o J.C. Fields Fields, Hugh G. b 22 Apr 1894 - d 31 May 1971 Johnson, Cyrus b 00 Mar 1860 - d 16 Dec 1907 Johnson, Sophia M. b 00 Sep 1862 - d 27 Jan 1936 w/o Cyrus Johnson Johnson, Harry W. b 10 Jul 1887 - d 2 Mar 1952 Johnson, Dora C. b 27 Sep 1887 - d 23 Jan 1915 w/o H.W. Johnson Johnson, Henry R. b 17 Jun 1896 - d 24 Feb 1949 VA-PVT-811 Pioneer-Inf-WWI Johnson, Harry W., Jr. b 27 Mar 1914 - d 24 Feb 1915 Johnson, Charles L. b 18 Mar 1892 - d 10 Oct 1950 VA-CPL-80B Pioneer Inf.-WWI Johnson, Cyrus W. b 11 Dec 1911 - d 26 Feb 1978 (Two unmarked/unreaddable stones in Johnson Plot) Jones, Thomas Reese b 22 Oct 1895 - 31 Dec 1960 Jones , Althea G. b 25 Aug 1897 - d 22 Aug 1969 Jones, James Thomas b 12 Sep 1918 - d 6 Feb 1959 Jones, Irene Celestine Baldwin b 6 May 1926 - d 31 Aug 2000 Jones, Reese, Jr. b 8 Feb 1930 - d 29 Jan 1996 FN-US NAVY-Korea Jones, Paige Arnette b 14 Aug 1991 - d 29 Oct 1991 nickname "Yum-Yum" Miller, Guy Fitzhugh b 9 Jun 1929 - d 26 Dec 1952 Miller, Skiler Maniply b 25 Mar 1904 - d 11 Sep 1953 Miller, Sadie Newman b 2 Jun 1907 - d 28 Sep 1965 Obie, Luther T. b 14 Feb 1865 - d 23 Jan 1936 Obie, Arabella W. b 10 Nov 1867 - d 9 Feb 1945 Obie, C.W., Sr. b 25 Jun 1897 - d 12 Jan 1985 Obie, Mary S. b 27 Jun 1904 - d 17 Oct 1962 w/o C.W. Obie Obie, Mary Alice b 4 Aug 1924 - d 11 Nov 1949 d/o C.W.& Mary S. Obie Obie,Clarence Willis,Jr b 1 Apr 1926 - d 19 Sep 1990 PFC-U.S.-ARMY-WWII Obie,Clarence Willis,III b 15 Jun 1947 - d 22 Dec 1967 Pryor, Alice R. b 10 Feb 1920 - d 30 Jun 1996 Rucker, Wayne Elliott b 18 Aug 1960 - d 3 Jun 1994 Shelton,William Benjaminb 21 Mar 1874 - d 18 Jul 1940 Shelton, Irene Steele b 15 Jun 1895 - d 25 Jun 1952 Shelton, Lelia W. b 3 Mar 1903 - d 9 Feb 1959 Smith, Charles L., Jr. b 11 Jan 1951 - d 27 Sep 1989 Steele, Arthur J. b No Dates - d 1 Mar 1932 (Horseshoer-317 Engineers-Div. US ARMY-WWI) Strother, Delphia E. b 15 Oct 1894 - d 4 Jan 1967 Strother,Byron Franklin b 28 Mar 1904 - d 2 Dec 1970 Tolliver, William McKinley b 29 Sep 1896 - d 29 Apr 1951 West Virginia-153 Depot Brigade-WWI Veney, Gilbert Emmanuel b 14 Dec 1939 - d 25 Sep 2000 Ware, Mary M. b (c) 1858 - d 9 Jun 1918 60yr END