Hall-Wright Cemetery

Locality: Roanoke County Temporal Period: 2nd Half 19^th c., 20^th c.

Realty Map: 21.00-1-9 Cultural Affiliation: Euro-American

USGS Map: Glenvar Landform: Ridge Slope

Grid Locus: F-4 / G-4 Elevation: 2180 feet

UTM Easting: 572020 Aspect: Southeast

UTM Northing: 4133540

Site Dimensions: 138 by 155 feet

Survey Description: This large cemetery contains approximately 108 graves. Most of the graves were marked with marble and metal markers, but five were marked with cast cement markers, and seven were marked with uninscribed fieldstone markers. All of the graves were oriented to the southeast. A modern fence of wood posts and wire mesh surrounds the cemetery. The cemetery is maintained, covered with mowed grass, and no historic plantings were observed. Site was field inspected, photographed, and headstone inscriptions were transcribed and compared with previous site documentation. Site size was estimated by pacing the horizontal extent of the surrounding fence lines.

Surveyed By: T. Klatka & Alex Sweeney

Survey Date: 4/97

Field Notes: x Yes No

Photographs: x Yes No

Reference(s): Roanoke Valley Historical Society

1986 Roanoke County Graveyards Through 1920. Privately printed, RVHS, Roanoke.

Additional Comments: Assigned temporal affiliation was based on headstone inscriptions; however, the presence of uninscribed fieldstone markers may reflect an earlier use of the cemetery. Death dates on the headstones range from 1863 through 1995. The cemetery is still in use. Five unusual examples of cast cement headstones all date to the 1930s-1940s. Another marker consists of a cross constructed of metal pipes with an attached plaque that reads: In Memory Of/ Pioneer W. Hall / Died 1773 / This Tablet Erected by / Harvey Hall / Erich Biael / G.V. Kromer / Oct. 1938. It is not certain if this marker is associated with an interment.

This cemetery was surveyed by the RVHS and documented as the “Hall Cemetery I” (1986: 131-132). The RVHS report listed biographical information transcribed from 26 headstones that predated 1921. The following biographical information was obtained from headstones in the cemetery. During the 1997 survey the cemetery was surveyed and its name was altered to include two families represented by the oldest marked graves in the cemetery.

Marker inscriptions:

Louise B. Sirry Edgar Estil Bennett Samuel E. Sirry Betty Jo Sirry

May 3, 1921 U.S. Army Jan 17, 1849 June 30, 1928

June 19, 1991 Sept 7 1927 Dec 15 1992 Feb. 4, 1934 Aug. 7, 1958

Harvey A. Hall Maria Ammic Mother

1865-1933 Sirry Nannie Hall

In God We Trust Dec. 30, 1872 Aug. 10, 1878

Feb. 10, 1956 Sept. 20, 1935 At Rest

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Garman Joseph Garman James Albert Hall

John H. Lillie L. 1846-1933 Mar. 9, 1873

1876-1953 1869-_____ 54th VA Regiment Co. K Mar. 29, 1928

On that bright immortal shore

We shall meet to part no more

B.W. [?] Garman Luvern [?] Garman Myrtle Lee Hall

1879-1946 1852-1943 May 8, 1893

Sept. 29, 1935

W. [?] Garman On that bright immortal shore

1871-1940 We shall meet to part no more

Allen Hall Matilda McKenry Wright

Feb. 1837 Hall Ballard P. Helen L.

May 24, 1886 July 7, 1838 July 8, 1895 June 11, 1908

June 5, 1911 Feb. 24, 1983 May 21, 1990

Wright Mother Father

Chester Ballard Margaret Ann Nancy Ann Wright Samuel H. Wright

Feb. 4, 1839 May 11, 1838 Apr. 20, 1871 Nov. 19, 1873

Mar. 9, 1917 Apr. 14, 1876 Feb. 20, 1948 Oct. 22, 1957

Ralph H. Moore Taylor Garman

Jan 10, 1932 Dorsey A. Earl G. Lovemma Craft William

April 11, 1932 Mar. 23, 1907 July 16, 1907 Oct. 5, 1870 Jan. 17, 1868

Oct. 23, 1980 Mar. 15, 1954 July 9, 1987

Paulina G. Glovier Joseph M. Glovier Garland B. Garman

May 2, 1852 Mar. 27, 1860 July 12, 1908

April 28, 1943 Jan. 18, 1951 Oct. 20, 1971

In Memory Of An Inspiration To Mother

Pioneer W. Hall All Who Knew Her Sarah J.

Died 1773 Eloise Taylor Wife of

This Tablet Erected by McDaniel Geo. W. Damewood

Harvy Hall May 31, 1936 Apr. 30

Erich Baiel June 29, 1981 Dec. 21, 1937

G.V. Kromer

Oct. 1938

John W. Baugh Wright Sirry

June 28, 1879 Charles E. Dela F. Donald Lewis

Dec. 7, 1956 1893-1975 1903-1978 Aug. 24, 1950

Aug. 8, 1976

James Ballard Baugh Wright

Donald Lewis Nettie Keffer Chester Wallach

TEC 5 U.S. Army Apr. 19, 1882 May 4, 1880

World War II Oct. 2, 1942 June 10, 1955

Dec 9 1913 Apr 23 1995

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Brother Married Martin

Charles E. Father Nov. 12 Mother Arber L.

Wright Jr. Gordon M 1945 Lillie B. 1937-1963

May 1, 1935 Dec. 12, 1925 Jan 12, 1926 Rest In Peace

Sept. 21, 1993 Apr. 16, 1995 _______

Leo W. Our Father Our Mother

Son of Frank Edwin Rosetta Trimble

E.A. & E.E. Wright Wright

Craft Sept. 18, 1910 Sept. 8, 1920

Sept. 11, 1912 May 12, 1995 June 12, 1989

Jan. 22, 1924 We owe a lot to him She loved and cared for us

He is not dead Now in God’s Care 4 Ever

but sleepeth

David Edwin Wright George W. James B.

Feb 9, Feb 19, Baugh Baugh

1954 1954 1868-1947 1870-1941

Phillip W. Moore Phillip Garman Moore Ethel Garman Moore

May 15, 1898 Dec. 2, 1928 March 2, 1909

Dec. 2, 1945 June 3, 1947 Jan 26, 1956

Monroe A. Garman Rodney G. Moore Earnest A. Spangler

Aug. 21, 1883 Virginia TEC 5 U.S. Army

June 14, 1963 A2C U.S. Air Force World War II

May 27, 1930 Oct 16 1925 Mar 14 1978

Garman

Leon A. Lucy M Father Custis Burrell

Sept. 30, 1913 Aug. 1, 1918 Willie Amos Sirry Doc Sirry

Feb. 17, 1973 _________ Jan. 6, 1894 Mar 13, 1903

Nov. 21, 1976 Aug. 31, 1987

McPherson Merle McPherson B. Clarence McPherson

John H. Pearl S. 1910-1977 Feb. 17, 1906

Sept. 22, 1902 Dec. 1, 1906 Mar. 27, 1972

Taylor Wilbur F. Howdy shell Hughs

Paris W. Pearl G. Born Bernice M. Betty Lou

Nov. 24 1903 Nov. 21, 1908 July 6, 1885 Sept 14, 1929 May 24,1936 Dec. 3, 1981 July 1, 1968 Died Mar. 2, 1935 R. Gertrude Rita E.

May 7, 1931 June 23, 1938

Sept. 12, 1944

Hughs Ronald Harold Gene

Archie B. Bertha S. Howard Taylor

Mar. 12, 1901 Dec. 20, 1902 Son of Sept. 14, 1932

May 17, 1969 Mar. 14, 1981 Harold & Sue March 20, 1954

Taylor

June 22, 1953

Hall-Wright Cemetery (continued)

Ellen C. Craft Geo. W. Craft George W. Damewood

Feb. 7, 1850 Nov. 15, 1835 Apr. 18, 1863

Dec. 10, 1913 May 17, 1911 Apr. 3, 1915

Gone but not forgotten Gone but not forgotten Farewell my wife and children all

From you a father, Christ doth call

Wm. McKinley Damewood Alfred Garman Elizabeth Garman

Aug. 23, 1897 May 1, 1840 Nov. 8, 1840

Jan. 29, 1915 Apr. 19, 1898 Feb. 20, 1901

Aged52 yrs. 11 mos. Gone but not forgotten

James Ballard Garman Walter W. Alfred S. Hall

Aug. 18, 1897 son of July 29, 1877

Jan. 24, 1906 Wm. & L.J. Garman Dec. 10, 1919

May 3, 1896 No pains no grief no anxious fear

July 12, 1898 Can reach our loved one sleeping here

Lola B. Hall John Hall Stella P.

Dec. 19, 1908 Feb. 23, 1825 Daughter of

Oct. 13, 1919 July 10, 1910 W.P. & M.G. Scott

We knew no sorrow, knew no grief Gone but not forgotten Sept. 29, 1895

‘till thy bright face was missed. Dec. ??, 1900

Our darling girl hath gone before

To greet us on the blissful shore.

Effie M. Shepard Myrtle L. Shepherd Evie G.

Mar. 5, 1896 Feb. 24, 1889 Wife of

Oct. 25, 1910 Dec. 28, 1910 Wm. Amos Sirry

How many hopes lie buried here Asleep in Jesus June 18, 1985

Jan. 18, 1919

Farewell my husband, children all

From you a Mother Christ doth call

Ballard P. Wright Flemin A. Wright Infant daughter

July 12, 1856 Nov. 19, 1828 of

June 26, 1863 Feb. 23, 1893 S.H. & Nannie Wright

Gone to be an angel Gone but not forgotten Nov. 23, 1902

Aged 20 days

Gone so soon

Martha A. Wright Nancy M.

Nov. 4, 1852 Wife of

Sept. 6, 1904 F.A. Wright

Rest Mother rest in quiet sleep Jan. 11, 1834

While friends in sorrow o’er thee weep. Feb. 9, 1907

Gone but not forgotten

Recorded by RVHS but not observed during the 1997 survey:

Infant son of / M.A. & C.E. Garman / Feb. 16, 1908 / Budded on earth to bloom in heaven

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