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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ******************************************************************************** Pearson Memorial Cemetery Henry, Franklin County Virginia Compiled and researched by Rebecca R. Dyer *Likely buried in cemetery based on family relationships. Nine or more unmarked stones. Thomas Pearson (son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Palmer) Pearson, husband of Elizabeth Heckman) Mar 21, 1783 - Feb 18, 1870 *Elizabeth (Heckman) Pearson, stone to be placed (dau of William Joseph and Mary (unk) Heckman, wife of Thomas Pearson) May 15, 1783 - Sep 30, 1881 *John Pearson (son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Heckman) Pearson) Mar 25, 1812 - Jul 17, 1828 *Thomas Pearson (son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Heckman) Pearson) Feb 20, 1819 - Jul 1819 *Ruth Ann Pearson (dau of Thomas and Elizabeth (Heckman) Pearson) Dec 16, 1817 - Aug 24, 1828 *Louise Doris Pearson (dau of Thomas and Elizabeth (Heckman) Pearson) 1823 - unk Peyton P. Pearson (son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Heckman) Pearson, 1st wife Mary "Polly" Smith, 2nd wife Oliva Goode) Jun 7, 1807 - Oct 18, 1901 Mary "Polly" Smith (dau of ?, 1st wife of Peyton P. Pearson) Mar 17, 1810 - Jul 15, 1851 Ann Elizabeth "Ann Eliza" Jane Pearson Young (dau of Peyton P. and Mary "Polly" (Smith) Pearson, wife of William Christopher Young) May 18, 1849 - Aug 26, 1913 Opal Jane Young (dau of Thomas and Winnie (unk) Young) Sep 14, 1928 - Sep 14, 1928 Bessie Eva Young Ramsey (dau of William Christopher and Ann Eliza (Pearson) Young, wife of Joseph Leonard Ramsey, also 1st cousins once removed) Jun 30, 1892 - Apr 18, 1999 Carl Eugene Ramsey (son of Joseph Leonard and Bessie Eva (Young) Ramsey, husband of Beulah Mae (Harvell)) May 12, 1916 - Jan 22, 1998 Beulah Mae Harvell Ramsey (dau of ?, wife of Carl Eugene Ramsey) Jun 26, 1922 - Joe Lindburg Ramsey (son of Joseph Leonard and Bessie Eva (Young) Ramsey, husband of Peggy Joyce James) Aug 15, 1927 - Apr 1989 Bonnie Ramsey (dau of Joe Lindburg and Peggy Joyce (James) Ramsey) Apr 18, 1952 - Dec 12, 1969 Martha Elizabeth Pearson Mason (dau of Peyton P. and Mary "Polly" (Smith) Pearson, wife of John K. Mason) Sep 2, 1833 - Jan 24, 1918 John K. Mason, Civil War (husband of Martha Elizabeth Pearson) (1832 - 1864: d POW Pt Lookout, MD, 1864; stone to be placed) Eugenia Mason Ramsey Taylor (dau of John K. and Martha Elizabeth (Pearson) Mason, 1st husband George Ramsey, 2nd husband John Fountain Taylor) Aug 4, 1860 - May 4, 1926 Joseph Leonard Ramsey (son of George and Eugenia (Mason) Ramsey, husband of and 1st cousin once removed to Bessie Eva Young) Apr 25, 1884 - Feb 13, 1968 John Ramsey, Vol US Army, Jun 6, 1899 - Jun 7, 1902 (son George and Eugenia (Mason) Ramsey) Dec 22, 1879 - Sep 4, 1902 Millard Filmore Ramsey (son George and Eugenia (Mason) Ramsey, husband of and 1st cousin to Minnie Turner) May 18, 1882 - Sep 4, 1905 *Catharine Pearson (dau Peyton and Mary "Polly" (Smith) Pearson) Abt 1836 - unk Oliva Goode (dau of Jacob and Lucy Alice (Mullins) Goode, 2nd wife of Peyton P. Pearson) Sep 16, 1826 - May 7, 1896 Lucy Goode 1887 I believe this to be Lucy Alice (Mullins) Goode (mother of Oliva Goode, wife of Jacob Goode, living with Peyton and Oliva (Goode) Pearson in 1880 Census for Franklin Co: b 1796 - d Aft 1880) Sarah Emmaline Pearson Ramsey Brodie (dau of Peyton P. and Oliva (Goode) Pearson, 1st husband Peyton Morgan Ramsey, 2nd husband Will H. Brodie) Nov 3, 1857 - Jul 31, 1954 Minnie Oliva Ramsey (dau of Peyton Morgan and Sarah Emmaline (Pearson) Ramsey) Mar 28, 1876 - Nov 20, 1876 Lucinda Harriett Ramsey Dyer (dau of Peyton Morgan and Sarah Emmaline (Pearson) Ramsey, wife of Coleman Atwell Dyer) Jun 22, 1874 - Apr 26, 1948 Coleman Atwell Dyer (son of Raleigh Walter and Mary Ann (Helm(s)) Dyer) Sep 21, 1867 - Feb 5, 1934 Andrew Reuben Dyer, WWII, stone to be placed (son of Coleman Atwell and Lucinda Harriett (Ramsey) Dyer) May 18, 1913 - Jul 3, 1998 LaVinia Susan Carter Dyer, stone to be placed (wife of Andrew Reuben Dyer, dau of Willie G. and Louiza (Craig) Carter) Sep 18, 1913 - Jan 20, 2000 Rebecca Reuben Dyer, stone to be placed (dau of Andrew Reuben and LaVinia Susan (Carter) Dyer) Sep 15, 1950 - Still living Lucy Dyer - Canine, stone to be placed 1978 - 1998 Brodie Dyer - Canine Sep 1999 - R.T. Dyer - Canine George Walter Dyer (son of Coleman Atwell and Lucinda Harriett (Ramsey) Dyer, husband of Susan Emma Hopkins) Feb 28, 1892 - Dec 2, 1968 Susan Emma Hopkins Dyer (dau of Robert Lee and Rebecca Ida (Mize) Hopkins, wife of George Walter Dyer) Feb 5, 1900 - 1974 Mary Cornelia Dyer Thomas Lovelace Thomas (dau of George Walter and Susan Emma (Hopkins) Dyer, 1st 3rd husband Walter A. Thomas, 2nd husband Thomas Davis Lovelace) Oct 8, 1921 - Jul 12, 1996 Thomas Davis Lovelace PFC, Corps of Military Police, WWII (son of Thomas Lovelace and Corinna Draper, 2nd husband of Mary Cornelia Dyer) Dec 10, 1907 - Apr 18, 1966 Walter A. Thomas (1st, 3rd husband of Mary Cornelia Dyer Thomas Lovelace Thomas) Stephen Andrew Raines (son of Andrew Cecil and Lydia Lambert (See) Raines, husband to Sharla Susan Lovelace) Feb 17, 1945 - Nov 17, 1994 James Edwin Wynn II Apr 13, 1997 Laurel June Dyer (dau of George Walter and Susan Emma (Hopkins) Dyer) Dec 24, 1925 - 1925 Edgar Lee Dyer I (son of Coleman Atwell and Lucinda Harriett (Ramsey) Dyer, husband of Lelia Frances Hollingsworth) Jan 2, 1894 - Mar 14, 1964 Danae Garner Dyer Saderis Cox (dau of Coleman Atwell and Lucinda Harriett (Ramsey) Dyer, 1st husband Chris Saderis, 2nd husband Melvin R. Cox) Mar 24, 1898 - Nov 25, 1974 Tombstone DOB Mar 24, 1900 Esther Belle Dyer Fisher Broyles (dau of Coleman Atwell and Lucinda Harriett (Ramsey) Dyer, 1st husband Lawrence W. Fisher, 2nd husband John Broyles) Mar 6, 1902 - 1984 Mildred Irene Dyer Wieringo (dau of Coleman Atwell and Lucinda Harriett (Ramsey) Dyer, wife of Alfred Max Wieringo) Dec 19, 1906 - Jun 12, 1970 Alfred Max Wieringo (son of Albert and Fannie Mae (Newalt) Wieringo, husband to Mildred Irene Dyer) Dec 23, 1896 - Feb 1, 1971 Marked stone, but unsure of who they are John Williams PE or F May 1899 RMG