The Link Family of Newport, VA

The Link Family of Newport, Virginia
Kire Community Cemetery

Located in Kire, Giles Co., Virginia. Taken June 2005

Name

Birth

Death

Inscriptions - Notes

Elmore, John F

Mar 25 1906

May 12 1968
Father

Elmore, Philip R

Aug 3 1937

Aug 17 1939

Brother

Elmore, Elma G

1907

1958

Mother

Lafon, David McKinley

Jul 8 1930

Jan 24 1990
A2C U S Air Force Korea

Lucas, Ethel D

1900

1984

Funeral Home Marker

Lafon, Hobert M

Sep 24 1899

May 29 1952
We Will Meet Again

Lafon, Bobby D

1936

1989

Funeral Home Marker

Dowdy, Hallie G Lafon

Oct 16 1906

Feb 9 1935

.

Dowdy, Harold E

Sep 12 1923

Sep 12 1923

.

Dowdy, Miles E

Nov 15 1924

Mar 5 1925

.

Medley, James E

Apr 23 1872

May 10 1936
Gone To A Bright Home, Where Grief Can Not Come

Medley, Rosie A

May 12 1879

Mar 19 1963

Absent In Body, But Present In Spirit

Lafon, Miles Arthur

May 25 1882

Mar 25 1938

Dearest Father, Thou Hast Left Us, But ‘Tis God That Hath Bereft Us, Here Our Loss, We Deeply Feel, He Can All Our Sorrows Heal

Lafon, Mary Virginia

Jul 8 1887

Feb 21 1968

Dearest Mother, Your Work Is Done, Its Time To Rest, We Loved You Here, q But God Loved You Best

Martin, Leonard M

May 17 1905

May 5 1954

.

Martin, Elsie I

Nov 6 1930

Feb 14 1937

With Levadia M

Martin, Levadia M

Jun 10 1929

Infant - With Elsie I

Martin, Harold H

1900

1956

With Samuel

Martin, Samuel

1860

1940

With Harold H

Martin, James Melvin

Nov 22 1884

Dec 15 1951

With Lina

Martin, Lina Lafon

Dec 23 1877

Sep 11 1951

With James Melvin

McPherson, James L

1852

1939

Asleep In Jesus - With Sarah E

McPherson, Sarah E

1857

1939

Asleep In Jesus - With James L

Hilton, Orah B

Jun 25 1882

Oct 20 1918
At Rest

Hilton, James Daniel

Oct 25 1874

Nov 11 1947

Father

Hilton, Kenneth

Aug 27 1917

Oct 30 1921

.

Lucas, Charles William

Jun 3 1910

Oct 19 1972
Virginia TEC4 U S Army World War II

Lucas, Lettie Mae

1916

2003

Funeral Home Marker

Wilburn, Katherine M

Jan 21 1902

Apr 27 1989
Nanny

Wilburn, Cecil B

Feb 18 1895

Sep 4 1956

He Is Not Dead, He Is Just Away

Dowdy, Daisy Martin

Mar 3 1919

Sep 14 2002

.

Dowdy, Gilbert Bryant

Aug 17 1910

Sep 1 1976

.

Dowdy, Billy Gene

Apr 28 1935

Nov 12 1991
Father

Dowdy, Ronald Roger

1940

1993

I Did It My Way

Dowdy, Josephine Ann

Living

Mom and Dad - With Howard L

Dowdy, Howard L Sr

Nov 29 1932

Feb 13 1996

Mom and Dad - With Josephine Ann

Dowdy, Randolph Caudill

Mar 17 1930

Dec 27 1997
Sgt U S Army Korea

Lambert, Barbara Lafon

Living

Married Sept 2 1970 – With James Calvin

Lambert, James Calvin

Jan 6 1949

May 5 2000

Married Sept 2 1970 - With Barbara Lafon

White, Russell B Sr

1922

2003
Dad – With Mary

White, Mary D

1921

2002

Mom – With Russell B

White, Russell Beverly Sr

May 9 1922

Nov 29 2003

U S Navy World War II - Duplicate Stone

Peck, Letha Lafon

May 10 1915

Jan 7 1995
In Loving Memory Of Mother & Nannie

Lafon, Leonard J

Nov 7 1882

Mar 22 1970

Has His Picture On Stone

Lafon, Mary Blanche Martin

Oct 2 1889

Mar 2 1949
Wife Of L J Lafon, Rest, Mother Rest, In Quiet Sleep While Friends In Sorrow O’er Thee Weep

Lafon, Evelyn Leonia

May 16 1912

Apr 15 1915

.

Martin, William S

May 17 1854

Feb 3 1932

.

Martin, Haret India

Jun 22 1860

Nov 14 1915

.

Bradley, Gertie Snow

Aug 25 1910

Aug 27 1910
Daughter Of J M & E A Bradley, Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of God

Kissinger, Lama

.

.

.

Kissinger, James Arlen

Jul 31 1905

Nov 18 1907

son of S E & M V Kissinger - barely legible

Bradley, James W

Oct 21 1887

Mar 14 1914
Gone, but not forgotten

Bradley, Annie L

Jul 8 1902

Nov 7 1904

.

Kelley, Harold M

1927

1927

.

Rose, Samantha Mae

May 20 1903

Sep 30 1955

Wife Of Charlie G Rose

Kissinger, Sidney Ellis

Nov 21 1879

Aug 4 1963

.

Kissinger, Mary V

Nov 30 1880

Jun 4 1975

.

Kissinger, Pemil

.

.

.

Kelly, Edith M

1915

1917

.

Kelley, Opie Leonard

Nov 11 1905

Dec 23 1936

.

Kelley, Amma B Smith

1882

July 1925

.

Smith, Fredrick R

1896

1918
Gone, But Not Forgotten

Perry, Ruth C

1892

1918

. . . we will meet her

Elmore, James Howard

May 8 1917

Sep 29 1917

son of J W & M E

Price, Mary J

1878

1960

Funeral Home Marker

Price, J C

1875

1930

Funeral Home Marker

Price, Samuel

Apr 2 1842

Aug 3 1920

Gone But Not Forgotten - With Mary E

Price, Mary E

Oct 10 1837

Sep 11 1912

Gone But Not Forgotten - With Samuel

Price, Charles W C

Jun 6 1882

Jan 3 1892

.

Epling, Ollie Sartin

May 5 1847

Sep 16 1928
Wife of Jacob Epling, Her Memory Is Blessed

Epling, Jacob Corp

Co K 16 VA Inf C S A

Marsh, Florence

1892

1925

wife of Myron Marsh

Porterfield, Sarah K

Feb 7 1869

Mar 18 1954

First Husband W J Elmore

Dowdy, Claude M

April 10 1917

Aug 16 1943

Virginia TEC4 806 TD BN World War II

Dowdy, Albert F

Oct 8 1887

Jan 11 1962

In God’s Care - With Annie May

Dowdy, Annie May

May 6 1889

Dec 14 1974

In God’s Care – With Albert F

Elmore, Clementine

Mar 2 1838

Feb 21 1912
Age 74 Years

Elmore, Jacob

Apr 5 1830

Feb 12 1899

.

Dowdy, Willis E

Sept 10 1912

April 10 1971
Virginia PFC 266 Ordnance Co World War II

Lafon, Lucy Ann Goodwin

Jan 3 1885

Sept 8 1927

Beloved Mother Of Twelve Children

Bradley, John Alexander

Dec 10 194_

Not Found, In GCH I

Bradley?, Nancy E

Dec 14 1841

Not Found, In GCH I

Dowdy, Elbert Burnest

1898

1973

Not Found, in GCH II

Dowdy, Gilbert B

1910

1976

Not Found, In GCH I

Elmore, Fred M

1907

1979

Not Found, In GCH I

Goodwin, Bidgy

1914

1991

Not Found, in GCH II

Lafon, Allen Andrew

Mar 16 1907

Jun 1 1990

Not Found, In GCH II

Payne, Nora Naomi

Aug 29 1909

Dec 16 1909

Not Found, In GCH I

Payne, Samuel Silas

Jun 6 1872

Aug 7 1907

Not Found, In GCH I