Roark Family Cemetery - Halifax Co. VA


Located on Highway 645, on land owned by Otey Martin. 
Surveyed by Rick and Kerrie Hailey, June 25, 2000

Note: Items in ( ) added at typing.


First Row
L.F. Roark 3/3/1882 - 10/28/1934
Effie J. Roark 12/31/1889 - 5/2/1961
DeRoy Fisher Roark 6/5/1920 - 2/22/1935
Holt Tucker Cage 2/8/1911 - 2/7/1938
Marie Roark Stone 3/16/1913 - 5/4/1978

Second Row
Emma Hailey Roark 11/5/1873 - 5/23/1959
Robert Lee Roark 7/23/1872 - 12/16/1942
John Michael Roark 1/21/1909 - 12/5/1913
Double Stone 
Homie F. Motley 3/6/1894 - 9/4/1980 
Jonnie W. 5/5/1872 - 4/18/1953
Unmarked Grave (concrete markers - size of a child)
Illegible Name 1925 - 1927 (size of a child)

Third Row
Double Stone 
William Riley Roark 8/28/1874 - 1/25/1937 
Birdie Beal 7/26/1874 - 4/2/1937
Daughter of W.R. & Birdie Roark - Gracie Gay 6/8/1899 - 10/30/1899
Gwendolyn Mitchell Roark 6/3/1907 - 4/24/1938
Russell Roark 4/25/1914 - 1/6/1966

Fourth Row
Grandma Henrietta Roark 6/5/1841 - 2/2/1933
Geo. R. Roark 9/4/1833 - 9/9/1907 (CSA Marker)
Miss Bettie Roark - Died 6/18/1870
Miss Polly Roark - Died 2/11/1886
C.T. Roark 2/12/1870 - 11/2/1908
Miss Betsie W. Woosley 5/5/1824 - 11/10/1915

Fifth Row
Family Stone - Martin
Thomas W. Martin 1879 - 1960
Lula Roark Martin 1879 - 1963
Double Stone "Twins" 
Edgar "Pete" Martin 2/28/1917 - 1/15/1982 US Army Korea, WWII 
Evelyn E. 2/28/1917 - (Lives in the house up the lane)
Lennie M. Martin 12/19/1905 - 3/25/1982
Elmer Holmes Martin 9/25/1907 - 8/2/1995 US Army Korea, WWII

Sixth Row
Double Stone 
Nannie Roark Francis 1868 - 1948 
Williamson L. Francis 1857 - 1939
Archer Lee Francis 6/27/1898 - 4/5/1971
Double Stone 
Effie Jane Francis "Sister" 9/28/1913 - 10/18/1988 
Emma Virginia Francis 1/18/1909 - 10/21/1999

Seventh Row
Joseph Bertram Wade 2/19/1913 - 12/25/1970
Joseph Elridge Wade "Father" 5/2/1886 - 3/24/1957
Wilsie Francis Wade "Mother" 3/12/1892 - 12/10/1950
Barclay Francis Wade 12/14/1922 - 12/13/1972 US Army WWII
Berkly Palmer Wade 1920 - 1981 US Army WWII
Melva Ann Wade Greshaw 9/11/1937 - 4/19/1992
Family Stone Bentley 
Delma Wade Bentley 12/22/1916 - 6/21/1960 
James "Jack" Bently 5/10/1922 - 1/22/1960
Eighth Row
Carroll E. Francis 11/13/1935 - 3/11/1954
Double Stone 
Lillborn F. Francis 11/22/1905 - 6/11/1989 "Father" 
Edna T. Francis 8/19/1913 - 12/23/1995 "Mother"


Submitted by Kerrie Smith Hailey <redcurls@gr8brdg.net> 

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