Turner-Richardson Cemetery

Turner-Richardson Cemetery

 

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

Realty Map:          99.01-1-4                                Cultural Affiliation:              Euro-American

USGS Map:           Garden City                           Landform:                              Knoll

Grid Locus:            H-6                                          Elevation:                              1160 feet

UTM Easting:       595720                                    Aspect:                                  Flat

UTM Northing:    4117540

 

Site Dimensions: 250 by 85 by 285 by 140 feet

 

Survey Description:   Site consists of a community cemetery serving a number of families.  Cemetery contains at least 52 interments enclosed by a chain link fence.   Most of the observed graves were marked with marble or granite headstones; however uninscribed fieldstone markers and cement markers were used to mark some graves.  One unmarked grave was visible was depression in the ground surface.  Other unmarked graves may exist.  All of the observed graves were oriented to the east, except the unmarked grave which was oriented northeast-southwest.  Three uninscribed fieldstone markers were observed lying on the ground surface at the bases of two trees.  These markers were either original stones replaced by more modern stones, or they were dislodged and displaced from the location of their associated graves.  Site is mowed, well maintained, and contains a number of oak trees as well as yucca and periwinkle.   Site was field inspected, photographed, and headstone inscriptions were transcribed and compared to previous site documentation.  Site size was estimated by pacing the horizontal extent of the surrounding fence lines.

 

Surveyed By:        T. Klatka & D. Richardson

Survey Date:         9/97

 

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 period was based on observed headstone inscriptions with death dates that ranged from 1868 through 1996.  However, the presence of uninscribed fieldstone markers and one unmarked grave may indicate an earlier use of the site.  Site is marked on the USGS Garden City map sheet and on local realty maps.

 

The RVHS surveyed this cemetery and documented biographical information from 18 headstones in the cemetery which predated 1921 (1986:  198-199).  The report also mentioned “two unmarked graves with Turner surnames”.   These two graves were not observed during the current survey.  One grave with an uninscribed fieldstone marker was observed and it may represent a graves described by the RVHS as an unmarked grave for the infant of John R. And Maria Hartman Shifflett. 

 

The following information was collected during the 1997 survey.   In the recent past, the graves for William Barker, Lewis F. Mays, and Nannie A. Barker Mays were exhumed and reburied in this cemetery  The original grave yard for these three graves was located on Mayland Road  and referred to as the “Mays Cemetery I” in the RVHS report (1986:  158).

 


Turner-Richardson Cemetery (continued)

 

Marker Inscriptions:

 

Nancy Turner                                       Leo Turner                                            William C. Barker

mother of                                               Father of                                                Born Nov. 1, 1834

Alfred Turner                                        Alfred Turner                                        Died Mar. 19, 1910

Jan. 9, 1798                                            Nov. 6, 1800                                          I have fought a good fight

Apr. 3, 1872                                           Nov. 6, 1872                                          I have finished my course

I have kept the faith 2 TIM IV 7

 

Clifton R. Payne                                   America S. Richardson                        WHH Richardson

June 17, 1925                                         Mar. 12, 1847                                         Jan. 8, 1850

Feb. 21, 1928                                         Apr. 5, 1927                                           Feb. 10, 1928

2 Yrs., 8 Mons., 4 days                        (Uninscribed fieldstone &                  (Uninscribed fieldstone &

A little bud of love                               cement brick with incised                   cement brick with incised

to bloom with god above                    letters ASR are at head                       letters WHHR are at head of grave)

                                                                of grave)

Mays                                                                                                                      In Loving Memory

Lewis F. Mays                                                                                                      James Coleman

Born June 13, 1843                                                                                               Turner

Died Feb. 25, 1925                                                                                                Feb. 23, 1965

Veteran 5th Va cavalry Co. D 1861-1865                                                           Jan. 14, 1996

C.S.A.                                                                                                                     Son of

His Wife                                                                                                                Lester C. & Doris Craig

Nannie A. Barker                                                                                                  Turner

Born Jan. 17, 1843                                                                                                Brother of

Died Jan. 24, 1901                                                                                 Cynthia Jean

 

Minny                                                    In Loving Memory                                               Burnett

Babys                                                     Turner                                                    William A.             Florence M.

Born 1931                                              Ada Hawkins        Russell Alford      Dec. 13, 1875 Sept. 24, 1878

Died 1931                                               Aug. 8, 1914          Sept. 18, 1911        Aug. 31, 1950 Jan. 15, 1960

____________    Mar. 10, 1993

 

Laura Mays                                                           Tayloe                                                    Thomason

turner                                                     Calvin J. Pauline B.                              Orren O. Bessie Mays

June 13, 1876                                         June 9, 1906           Feb. 6, 1910           Nov. 16, 1877        Jan. 11, 1887

Jan. 17, 1958                                          May 18, 1968         Aug. 24, 1992        Aug. 24, 1969 Oct. 31, 1971

 

TURNER                                                Infant Daughter of                               Arlen Turner

(large headstone)                                 LA & Alma Turner                               Son of

Footstone inscribed:                           Jul. 2, 1929                                             Luther A. Turner

W.T. Turner                                                                                                          And

Died May 24, 1946                                                                                               Alma W. Turner

age 87 years                                                                                                          Oct. 13, 1924

Dec. 17, 1974

 

Preston D. Payne                                 Turner                                                    Turner

US Army                                                Estelle B.                William L.              Nina M.                  Billy E.

1929        1989                                        Nov. 28, 1902        Jan. 3, 1903            Nov. 6, 1938          June 20, 1930

__________         May 29, 1987         ___________      Sept. 5, 1991


Turner-Richardson Cemetery (continued)

 

Sallie Lou Weaver                                James Roscoe Payne                           Julius E. Richardson

Wife of                                                   Feb. 22, 1886                                         Oct. 16, 1888

James Roscoe Payne                           Aug. 16, 1973                                        Aug. 5, 1891

Nov. 21, 1891                                                                                                        Uninscribed fieldstone &

Aug. 3, 1949                                                                                                          Cement brick with incised letters

JER are at head of grave

 

Bessie L. Richardson                           Mason                                                   Robert L. Turner

July 15, 1886                                          Earl Thomas Mason                            Feb. 21, 1905

Nov. 18, 1901                                        25 Aug. 1900 - 28 Aug. 1982               Mar. 11, 1988

uninscribed fieldstone &                    Son of                                                    (BOB)

cement brick with incised                   Nathaniel Mason & Adelia Bell

letters BLR are at head                        Nora Ethel Turner             

of grave                                                 24 Mar. 1905 - 5 Jan. 1937

Daughter of

William Thomas Turner &

 Annie Laura Mays

 

John R. Shifflett                                    Terry C. Turner                                     Ralph L. Turner

Sept. 29, 1870                                        Mar. 24, 1911                                         Feb. 19, 1930

July 30, 1933                                          June 14, 1942                                         June 14, 1942

Gone but not Forgotten     

 

Infant son of  James J. &                    James J. Burnett                                   Martha J. Burnett

Martha Burnett                                     Born May 3, 1851                 wife of James J. Burnett

                                                                ?????                                                      Born Feb. 11, 1854

                                                                                                                                Died Mar. 24, 1878

 

R.L. Shifflett                                          Bertha Webb                                        Delia Webb

Born Oct. 4, 1895                                  Born Aug. 16, 1883                              Oct. 24, 1886

Died June 16, 1896                               Died Apr. 2, 1885                  Died Oct. 14, 1887

 

Eliza Webb                                            In memory of our father                      Charlie T.

Born                                                       Alfred Turner                                        Son of W.T. & M.L. Turner

July 17, 1898                                          Born May 4, 1825                 Born Sept. 29 1893

Died                                                        Died Apr. 22, 1876                                Died Nov. 21, 1903

Sept. 18, 1898                                                                                                        Our darling one hath gone before

                                                                                                                                To greet us on the blissful shore.

 

Cornelia M. Turner                              Emma E. Turner                                    James Lee Turner

Born Apr. 21, 1885                               Born Oct. 23, 1870                                Born July 26, 1847

Died Feb. 22, 1910                                Died June 10, 1898                               Died Feb. 26, 1918

Let not your heart be troubled           Rest, Mother, rest in quiet sleep       A precious one from us has gone

Ye believe in God, believe While friends in sorrow                      A voice we loved is still

also in me.                                             o’er thee weep                                      A place is vacant in our home

                                                                                                                                Which never can be filled.


Turner-Richardson Cemetery (continued)

 

Mattie L.                                                In memory of our mother                    In memory of Sarah E. Angel

Wife of                                                   Nancy T. Turner                                   Wife of

W.T. Turner                                          Died Dec’r 15th 1868                             James L. Turner

Born                                                       Born ????                                              Born Sept. 18, 1852

Feb. 20, 1862                                                                                                         Died July 23, 1886

Died

Feb. 28, 1897

As a wife devoted,

As a mother affectionate

As a friend ever kind

And true


 

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