LUNENBURG COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Coolspring Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Coolspring cemetery:
                  1937 June 17
                  Research made by Mary Boykin

Cemetery Location:  Southwest of Rehoboth, Virginia, 2.2 miles, on Route #622, 
                    west side.
                    Lunenburg County, Virginia


DATE:

1838.

OWNERS:

Held in trust by trustees of Coolspring Church.

DESCRIPTION:

The cemetery is located at the rear of the church in a large open field, with a 
wire fence around it.  There are many stones of all kinds, but some graves have 
no markers or stones, yet it is a very pretty location, and very well kept.  
There are several trees in it and some shrubery.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

The inscriptions, which are as follows:


Nannie
Daughter of Anthony and Jane Roach
born March 30, 1836
Died July 7, 1904
Blessed are the dead
Which die in the Lord


Bettie S.
Wife of William M. Walker
Born Aug. 5, 1851
Died Mar. 25, 1907
A Precious one from us has gone,
A place we love is still.
A place is vacant in our home
Which never can be filled


G. C. Crenshaw
Nov. 28, 1829
Aug. 7, 1905
Gone but not forgotten


Wife of J.M. Beck
Born in Wake Co., N.C.
April 10, 1856
Died Sept. 13, 1902
As a devoted wife.


J. M. Beck
Dec. 14, 1853
Nov. 19, 1920
Died as he lived, Trusting in the Lord,
Gone but not forgotten


M. E. Shelton
Wife of William M. Shelton
Born Jan. 11, 1848
Died Oct. 17, 1909
Beloved on farewell
Gone but not forgotten


Mary Wood Tally
Born June 25, 1843
Died March 18, 1915
He restoreth my soul


In memory of
W. S. Tally
Born Oct. 21, 1821
Died May 5, 1913
Resting in hope of a glorious resurrection


Bettie A. Vasser
Born 1856
Died March 26, 1907
Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord


Valaria Vasser Bentley
Died Apr. 22, 1913
A devoted wife and true friend to all,
God will take care of you.


In memory of
Mary E.
Wife of O. L. Hardy
Born June 15, 1850
Died July 8, 1908
Gone but not forgotten


Mary Orr Davis
Born Wingtonshire Scotland
Oct. 12, 1812
Died Aug. 31, 1893
Under the shadow of thy wing, There is rest.


Come unto me and I will give you rest,
Agnes E. Davis Whithead
Born in Genoa
Livingston Co., Mich.
Apr. 24, 1838


Nicholas Jason Whithead
Born in Bloomfield
Oakland Co. Mich.
Dec. 4, 1832
Died Nov. 2, 1891


Evererette Jerome Whithead
A. B. Md.
Born in Argentine
Gennessee Co. Mich.
Dec. 22, 1858
Died Dec. 9, 1901
Abide with me


John Halsey Whithead
Born in Argentine
Gennessee Co. Mich.
Feb. 15, 1868
Died Nov. 28, 1901
Lead kindly light


J. H. Keeton
Born Oct. 2, 1839
Died Mar. 5, 1905
Resting in hope of a glorious Resurrection


Hellen Blanch Keeton Moore
Born Aug. 20, 1877
Died Jan. 8, 1900
To live in the home we leave behind is not to die



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Tombstone Inscriptions

Visit by worker.

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