THE THRASHER/ SHORT CEMETERY Roanoake City, VA ************************************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Submitted by: Mike McNeely ************************************************************************ located next to 2440 Cannaday Rd., N.E., off Richard Ave., off Gus Nicks Blvd., across from Thrasher Park. 1/ sarah maggie short, b.4/7/1884 - d. 3/10/1954, 2/ susan wilda short ( mother of), cecil edward short, b.5/10/1904 - d.7/26/1932, 3/ lewis edward short, b.1/23/1912 - d.9/8/1940, 4/ nannie louise short, b.8/14/1918 - d. 9/8/1940, 5/ edith austin short, b.2/22/1886 - d. 9/4/1947, 6/ john thrasher short, b.4/3/1877 - d. 7/7/1933, 7/ carrie belle short, b.3/1/1927 - d.8/12/1927, 8/ ada ellen short, b.6/23/1920 - d.6/30/1920, 9/ raymond nelson, ( infant son of ), george and dorothy short, b.-d., 12/28/1936, 10/ david lynn, ( infant son of), george and dorothy short, b.-d., 2/15/1947, 11/ sallie ( wife of ), paul thrasher, died, 7/5/1881, ( aged 105 yrs., b. 1776), 12/ paul thrasher , b. 9/16/1772, - departed this life, 12/21/1848, (aged 75 yrs., 3 mo., 5 dys.), 13/ maston james, died 1/5/1858, ( age 55 yrs, b.1803), 14/ delila (thrasher) james, died , 12/11/1889, ( in her 79 year, b.1810), 15/ frederick thrasher, b. 9/16/1769 - d.6/25/1852,( age 82 yrs., 9 mo.,9 dys.), 16/ dave w. short, b.4/17/1875 - d. 9/11/1945, 17/ " our mother", nannie l. (thrasher) short,b. 9/3/1844 - d. 9/29/1933, 18/ " our father", g.w. short, (co.k, 24th va. inf., c.s.a.), b.2/5/1835 - d.2/1/1905, 19/ james calvin short, b.6/7/1870 - d.11/18/1927, 20/ oscar d. goodwin, b.6/7/1850 - d.11/8/1898, 21/ steven paul short, b.7/4/1881 - d. 11/16/1935, 22/ ( top of stone missing) b.5/10/1810 -d.1/5/1881, ( footstone, j.w.k.), 23/ francis l. saunders, b.11/19/1806 - d.2/2/1878, 24/ ( footstone), i.l.s., 25/ " little wilbur", ( son of), f.v. and r.w. snapp, b. 10/21/1886 - d. 12/8/1887, 26/ eugene alpha, ( son of), f.v. and r.w. snapp, b.11/19/1890 - d.5/18/1894, 27/ juanita mary, ( daughter of), f.v. and r.w. snapp, b.6/4/1893 - d.6/19/1894, 28/ lillie s.j., ( daughter of), w. and m.p. zimmerman, b. 12/24/1885 - d.2/3/1887, 29/ c.w. zimmerman, b.1/12/1831 - d.8/16/18?5, 30/ large stone with 3 names, miss m. galaspy, d.4/26/1883,( footstone, m.v.g.), and, florence e. and viola a., ( children of), j.e. and f.f. gates, ( footstone for florence, f.e.g., and for viola, v.a.g.) 31/ there are many unmarked, and field-stones, and some are marked with 4 x 8 cinder-blocks