MT JOY CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN Cemetery

2565 Buffalo Rd

Buchanan, VA

37.613532    -79.667398

On the right of church is a gravel to dirt lane that goes past a field on the left into the woods.

Midway will come to a unlocked gate, continue into woods to end of lane to the clearing at cemetery.

Photography by Karen Baker and Rena Worthen May 2014.

Names in italics were gleaned from obituaries, death certificates, memorial cards or funeral home records.

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church

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cemetery

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gate to cemetery entrance

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NAME

DOB

DOD

DC

OBIT

CARD

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Beckner, Jacob

1863

1928

0

Obit

0

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Beckner, Laura P

1869

1929

w/o Jacob Beckner

0

0

0

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Bowyer, Maggie H

1889

1960

0

0

0

Broughman, William Henry

29 Apr 1894

24 Jul 1913

Certificate

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0

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Brown, Annie Louise

1944

1961

(FH marker)

0

0

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Brown, John W

missing

1951

(FH marker)

Obit

0

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Bryant, Columbus "Pops"

1 Nov 1927

23 Aug 2009

married 8-25-1953

Obit

0

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Bryant, Ester M

1895

1965

(FH marker)

Obit

0

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Bryant, Mary Riley

3 Feb 1940

28 Nov 2009

married 8-25-1953

Obit

0

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Bryant, Thenie Roberta

1921

1987

(Rader FH marker)

0

0

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Bryant, William Lincoln

12 Feb 1933

29 Jul 2004

Obit

0

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Bowyer, Everette

1890

1932

0

0

0

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Bowyer, Eunice

no date

no date

0

0

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Bowyer, Lucy A

15 Sep 1851

5 Apr 1892

0

0

0

Bowyer, Maggie Susan

71y

Oct 1960

Obit

0

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Byer, Hettie F

17 Apr 1848

2 Apr 1888

w/o Wm C Byer

0

0

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Clark, Hulda Frances

1890

1962

(Rader FH marker)

Obit

0

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Clark, Nora

1883

1968

(Rader FH marker)

0

0

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Clark, William M

1878

1962

(Rader FH marker)

0

0

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Clinebell, F M

11 Aug 1838

2 Nov 1920

Certificate

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0

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Clinebell, Jacob

24 Dec 1827

23 May 1901

0

0

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Harlow, John W

no date

26 Jun 1937

0

0

0

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Harlow, Nancie J

12 Mar 1863

11 Jan 1921

0

0

0

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Hendrix, Elizabeth

1 Apr 1848

15 May 1914

w/o William Hendrix

0

0

0

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Lawhorne, Gladys E

18 Oct 1915

5 Dec 1979

0

0

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Lawhorne, John H

17 Apr 1915

30 Dec 1979

Obit

0

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Montgomery, Henry

1837

1895

CSA                                                                                 h/o Rebecca Ann Sorrell Montgomery

0

0

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Newcomb, Baby Boy

1964

1964

(FH marker)

Obit

0

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Newcomb, Delores M

1941

2010

(Botetourt FH marker)

Obit

0

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Newcomb, Gladys E

1913

1992

(Rader FH marker)

0

0

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Newcomb, Homer S

24 Apr 1929

15 May 1970

0

0

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Newcomb, James R

1 Jan 1938

0

0

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Newcomb, Jesse Lee

17 Sep 1923

28 Oct 1997

Obit

0

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Newcomb, Robert Dewitt

19 Dec 1914

6 Dec 1987

Obit

0

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Newcomb, Rosalie R

31 Jan 1939

0

0

0

Newcomb, Willie A

28 Mar 1863

09 Dec 1932

0

0

RFH

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Perry, Blanche Etta

1900

1972

(Rader FH marker)

0

0

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P, M A  (footstone)

no date

no date

0

0

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Pursley, A F (Rev)

4 Dec 1846

5 May 1933

86y 5m 1d

0

0

0

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Pursley, Arissa

5 Dec 1848

28 Sep 1909

w/o  A F Pursley

0

0

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Pursley, J W (Elder)

22 Feb 1825

31 Jul 1882?

married 7-25-1844

0

0

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Pursley, James P

25 Oct 1872

20 Nov 1895

0

0

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Pursley, Mary M

23 Apr 1888

6 May 1888

0

0

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Pursley, Mary J

26 Aug 1818

14 May 1891

w/o William G Pursley                       married 7-25-1844

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0

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Pursley, Samantha

17 May 1853

6 Jun 1931

w/o Rev A F Pursley

0

0

0

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Shanks, Doris L

14 Apr 1947

0

0

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Shanks, H Wayne (Sr)

26 Oct 1946

0

0

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Sloan, John James

15 Apr 1900

14 Nov 1989

Obit

0

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Sloan, Lawrence B

4 Feb 1915

10 Jun 1919

s/o W W & E L Sloan

0

0

0

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Sloan, Mary E

16 Apr 1868

24 Dec 1945

0

0

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Sloan, Stella A

10 Oct 1888

14 Apr 1921

0

0

0

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Sloan, Thomas

11 Mar 1828

5 Mar 1897

0

0

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Smith, Claudia W

1931

0

0

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Smith, Rudolph H

1927

1983

0

0

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Sorrell, John H

8 Feb 1855

29 Aug 1924

0

0

0

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Sorrell, William

20 Sep 1880

17 May 1910

0

0

0

Wallace, Christopher

45y

Jun 1942

Obit

0

0

Wallace, Fannie Sloan

90y

15 Feb 1958

Obit

0

0

Wallace, James William

72y

Feb 1962

Obit

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

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Row of 4 fieldstones

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Row of 8 fieldstones

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Row of 2 fieldstones

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Row of 4 fieldstones

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2 fieldstones

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