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Updated November 9, 2015

Discrepancies identified between headstone / grave marker inscriptions, church files and available historical records are noted in the Comments section.

Section Name Birth Death Comments

PLOT 1Bumpass/Smith/Allen

1 Parker Bumpass 1/15/1887 3/23/19581 William L. Bumpass 3/31/1854 8/25/19171 Ida Smith Bumpass 1/9/1863 11/1/19291 Charles S. Smith 6/13/1865 1/2/1931 Father of Mrs. W. H. Smithers; Herald Progress, 1/15/1931

1 Anna Smith Allen 6/1/1859 5/27/1933Widow of James H. Allen; Aunt of Mrs. W. H. Smith; Herald Progress newspaper, 6/1/1933

PLOT 2Stanley/Hinton

2 Valton W. Hinton 11/2/1928 9/25/1961"NC PVT CO L 13 INF"; Other documentation records "Valton W. Hinton, Sr."

2 Isabell S. Hinton 2/26/1926 8/19/1993

PLOT 3Perrin/Jones

3 James Henry Jones 1/9/1865 12/17/1921Herald Progress, 1/6/1922; Father - Leroy Jones, Mother - N. B. Jones.

3 Mary Lorena Perrin Jones 12/25/1873 12/31/19523 William G. Jones 6/1/1911 5/5/19163 James Alvin Jones 6/3/1909 12/16/1934 D/M/W Alma Harper Smith [Jones]3 Alma Harper Smith 5/9/1911 2/10/1995 D/M/W James Alvin Jones, "Beloved Wife"3 John R. Perrin 4/19/1876 7/28/19633 Hester T. Perrin 2/17/1883 6/14/1951

PLOT 4Stanley

Slash Christian Church Interment RecordUpdated by Steven A. Harrison, Chair, Cemetery Committee of 15





4 Frances L. Stanley 6/30/1931 8/8/19374 Claude N. Stanley 3/16/1928 4/30/1953 "VA SGT 8 CAVALRY REGT"4 George Mosco Stanley 8/12/1893 10/21/1959 D/M/W Ann Jones Stanley4 Ann Jones Stanley 5/25/1900 6/21/1969 D/M/W George Mosco Stanley

4Catherine Ann “Kitty”

Stanley 7/30/1921 4/27/2009

Sister of George Stanley, Ralph Stanley, Hazel Knepper, Etta Dawson and Marie McMillan. Graveside service April 30, 2009 at Slash Christian Church Cemetery by Nelsen Funeral Home (Reid Chapel), Ashland, VA.

PLOT 5Traylor/Bew

5 Joseph Lee Traylor 3/16/1889 11/6/19495 Evely Mae Bew 11/23/1918 2/7/19205 Inez Moland Bew 8/29/1917 2/17/19205 Robert D. Bew 2/5/1921 12/14/1984 D/M/W Cora T. Bew; "US Navy World War II"5 Cora T. Bew 8/26/1894 8/17/1990 D/M/W Robert D. Bew; "Beloved Mother"

PLOT 6Kersey/Perrin

6 Robert C. Perrin 5/13/1873 12/23/1951

PLOT 7Harris

7 Laura E. Harris 4/25/1880 7/28/1946 D/M/W John W. Harris7 John W. Harris 9/26/1871 5/19/1926 D/M/W Laura E. Harris7 R. E. Harris No Date No Date

7 S. A. Harris No Date 1936 Herald Progress, 3/12/1936: Samuel A. Harris, deceased 1936.

7 J. T. Harris No Date No DateContrary to the headstone, other documentation records "J. L. Harris".






7 E. L. Harris No Date No Date7 L. L. Harris No Date No Date7 J. H. Harris No Date No Date7 M. E. Harris No Date No Date

PLOT 8Tholen

8 Alfred J. Tholen 1900 1962 Other documentation records birth 3/23/1900, deceased 8/19/1962.

PLOT 9Jones

9 Maggie E. Jones 12/07/1876 10/18/19379 Mrs. V. C. Jones 1855 19309 John Wesley Jones, Sr. 12/27/1850 3/22/19159 Josephine P. Jones 6/07/1891 2/26/18929 Mattie F. Jones 8/13/1874 6/13/1896

PLOT 10Thacker/Jones

10 John L. Jones 8/08/1830 11/27/189910 Julia F. Jones 11/08/1846 5/8/191610 Elizabeth M. Thacker 12/15/1823 1/2/1919

PLOT 11Jones

11 Lizzie B. Jones 9/20/1883 1/14/197011 Hattie L. Robinson 03/19/1919 10/22/2007 Daughter of Lizzie B. Jones. Richmond Times Dispatch, 10/24/07.11 Benjamin F. Jones 9/13/1861 4/7/1947






11 Kate Jones No Date 1905 Funeral Home marker11 Allen E. Jones 1893 1893 Funeral Home marker11 Laura J. Jones 1886 1888 Funeral Home marker indicates Laura "V." Jones11 Clara S. Jones 1889 1913 Funeral Home marker11 Luella Ford 1868 1897 Funeral Home marker11 Laura Jane Baldwin No Date 6/29/191711 Mary A. Jones 6/03/1837 1/28/191811 Harvey F. Jones 1/12/1827 3/27/1894

PLOT 12Whipple/Pearce

12 Edward Whipple 1870 1943Edward "Lee" Whipple, husband of Ethel Sydnor Whipple, Herald Progress, 12/9/1943

12 Thad E. Whipple 1875 194712 John William Pearce 9/17/1881 4/14/195412 Joyce Ann Pearce 7/5/1948 6/7/1949

PLOT 13Harlow

13 Rebecca J. Harlow 12/28/1843 7/10/1924Contrary to the headstone, other documentation records birth as "1848".

13 Walter G. Harlow 11/08/1844 1/21/1928Contrary to the headstone, other documentation records "Walter C. Harlow, born 11/08/1811, died 06/21/1928" (likely incorrect).

PLOT 14Loving/Vail

14 Otera Loving Taylor 1848 1911






14 Virginia H. Vail 1922 1922 Funeral Home marker; located across (east) from Otera L. Taylor.

14William Toliva “Herbert”

Loving 2/14/1870 9/28/1949Headstone incorrectly spells middle name as "Toliver." Located between Otera L. Taylor and Julia Etta Loving.

14 Julia Etta Loving 10/17/1870 9/7/1952

Wife of William T. Loving; parents of Margaret Wingfield, Joyce Stanley, Vernon Loving, Francis Hale, Doris Tignor, Jean Goodman, Monroe Loving, H. T. Loving and Alvin Loving.

14 Reserved 8/11/1930Reserved: Herbert Temple Loving, letter on file dated 8/14/2004. NOTE: Headstone was set at foot of burial plot.

14 Joyce Blair Loving 2/29/1934 2/26/2014

Wife of Herbert T. Loving, Sr. Mother of Patricia Penley, Herbert Loving, Jr., Diana Harrison and Sherri Smith. NOTE: Headstone was set at foot of burial plot.

14 Annie Loving Williamson 11/04/1928 10/28/2015Husband Charles, son Chuck, and granddaughter, Genevieve Williamson Heidenreich. Interment November 7, 2015.

PLOT 15Tyler

15 Leonard Tyler 3/09/1884 8/27/1973

Husband of Lessie S. Tyler. Contrary to the headstone inscription, the metal grave marker erected by Hanover Funeral Home and still in place indicates William Leonard Tyler, 1889 – 1973.

15 Lessie S. Tyler 4/18/1895 8/27/1971

Wife of Wm. Leonard Tyler. Contrary to the headstone inscription, the metal grave marker erected by Hanover Funeral Home and still in place indicates Lessie S. Tyler, 1893 – 1971.

PLOT 16Perrin

16 W. Hoye Perrin 9/29/1888 7/14/1958 D/M/W Alice N. Perrin16 Alice N. Perrin 10/06/1886 7/19/1974 D/M/W W. Hoye Perrin16 Kenneth N. Perrin 5/6/1920 7/12/1970






PLOT 17Brumbles

Note: Plot 17 originally belonged to Clyde and Linda Kersey. When Clyde died, he was buried at Fork Church in Hanover County, following which Linda gave the plot to the Brumbles family.

17 Maude Brumbles 7/6/1902 9/10/1995D/M/W Preston Brumbles; Other documents record name as "Brumble."

17 Preston Brumbles 7/25/1904 12/24/1974D/M/W Maude Brumbles; "S SGT US Air Force"; Other documents record name as "Brumble."

PLOT 18Perrin

18 Bernard C. Perrin 1902 1986

PLOT 19Chapman

19 No Burial Marker Unknown Unknown Church records, no stone/marker in place

PLOT 20Lipscomb

20 Daniel Edward Lipscomb, Sr. 4/30/1887 2/23/197320 James Ellett Lipscombe 1847 12/11/1933 Herald Progress, 12/14/1933

20 Mary Wagner Lipscombe Unknown Unknown No headstone. Wife of James Ellett Lipscombe (per Mae Walton).

20 Ester Lipscombe Unknown UnknownNo headstone. Daughter of James and Mary Lipscombe (per Mae Walton).

20 Cora Lipscombe Unknown UnknownNo headstone. Daughter of James and Mary Lipscombe (per Mae Walton).






PLOT 21Pierce/Loving

21 Dolly L. Loving 1878 1956 Dolly L[oving] Loving; "Mother and Grandmother"21 Lucinda Loving Pierce 9/16/1905 6/2/198721 John Maurice Pierce 2/23/1901 5/9/197321 Reserved Reserved: Dalton Pierce, letter on file dated 6/1/2003.21 Reserved Reserved: Judy Pierce, letter on file dated 6/1/2003.

PLOT 22Cox

22 No Burial Marker Unknown Unknown Church records, no stone/marker in place

PLOT 23Reynolds/Hall

23 Eliza Ann Harris No Date 1/11/1920 Widow of Rev. W. J. Hall; Herald Progress, 2/11/192123 Rev. W. J. Hall 11/09/1855 3/4/1913 Husband of Eliza Ann Harris [Hall]23 Thomas Reynolds 2/27/1785 8/17/1844 "60th Year"






PLOT 24Kersey

24 James J. Kersey 9/01/1851 5/29/1927Herald Progress, 6/8/1927; The headstone reads birth at "9/01/1851" while other documentation indicates 9/11/1851."

PLOT 25Lawrence

25 William M. Lawrence 5/22/1843 7/23/1914 "Our Father"

PLOT 26Tinsley/Ford

26 Jerry M. Tinsley 5/17/1870 4/23/1944 D/M/W Charlotte Tyler Tinsley26 Charlotte Tyler Tinsley 3/22/1877 4/16/1950 D/M/W Jerry M. Tinsley26 Bruce N. Ford 12/29/1875 6/15/1939 D/M/W Mamie T. Ford26 Mamie T. Ford 1/20/1879 3/20/1961 D/M/W Bruce N. Ford

26 Bruce Garnett Ford 1909 7/21/1979Husband of Doris P. Ford; Church records found at time of Doris Ford’s death indicates birthdate of 12/1/1910.

26 Doris Purvis Ford 1/2/1913 1/29/2011

Wife of Bruce Garnett Ford. Interment at Slash Christian Church Cemetery February 2, 2011. Woody Funeral Home, 1771 N. Parham Rd., Richmond, VA.

PLOT 27Kersey/Loving/Blunt

27 Atwell W. Blunt 6/22/1892 10/9/195027 Robert Kersey No Date 11/22/190427 Louise Kersey No Date 3/25/190327 Allen Beale Loving 9/29/1897 12/30/1961






27 Mary Daisy Loving 5/22/1901 3/18/1962

PLOT 28Knepper

28 Fredrick W. Knepper 5/30/1913 3/7/1965

PLOT 29Jones

29 Virginia F. Jones 1933 193429 Annie M. Jones 1919 1949

29 Annie L. Jones 1893 [?] 1951The headstone indicates birth at "1893" while church records indicate "1863."

29 W. Ernest Jones 1894 5/16/1905The headstone indicates death at "5/16/1905" while other documentation records death at "1963".

29 Georgie H. Jones 1907 196229 Lena M. Jones 10/16/1869 11/9/195229 John W. Jones 3/22/1869 9/8/1952 Brother of Charles L. Jones.29 Annie Loving Jones 8/12/1893 12/22/1951

29 Charles Lee Jones 5/7/1881 3/15/1942Unmarked. Brother of John W. Jones. Interred next to “J” marker according to discussion with family (9August2010).






PLOT 30Wyatt

30 Norman L. Wyatt, Sr. 9/9/1918 11/28/1974

D/M/W Bessie J. Wyatt. Inscription: "Father." Contrary to the headstone inscription for Norman L. Wyatt, Sr. the metal grave marker erected by Bliley Funeral Home and still in place indicates dates of 1917 – 1974.

30 Bessie J. Wyatt 6/7/1921 12/15/1966 D/M/W Norman L. Wyatt, Sr. Inscription: "Mother"

30 George Albert Williams 12/6/1925 6/7/2015

SCC Minister 1947 – 1955; former Chief Deputy Clerk – Va. House of Delegates. Husband of Elizabeth Jeanette Crowe Williams.

30Elizabeth Jeanette Crowe

Williams Reserved

PLOT 30AHedgepeth

30A John S. Hedgepeth 1900 1962 Funeral Home marker

30A [Edith Burns ?] Unknown Unknown

Edith Burns, widow of John S. Hedgepeth, may be buried here. A letter of 9/6/1985 from Rev. Bob Bohannon to Cemetery Committee Chairman Randy Bruce documents a request by Mrs. Bernice Brumfield for the occupancy of this plot by her mother, Mrs. Burns, whose passing was imminent at the time the request was made. No stone/marker is in place.

PLOT 31Jenkins

31 Edward T. Jenkins 3/24/1859 1/21/1916 D/M/W Malissa P. Jenkins31 Malissa P. Jenkins 6/12/1868 3/12/1947 D/M/W Edward T. Jenkins






PLOT 32Harlow

32 Clyde E. Harlow 6/6/1901 4/17/1979 D/M/W Anna Wall Harlow32 Anna Wall Harlow 9/23/1908 4/22/2003 D/M/W Clyde E. Harlow

PLOT 33Martin

33Louis A. “Doodles” Martin,

Jr. 4/22/1967 7/14/1978Headstone/grave marker installed 8/17/2009. Identified by Linda Fary (relative).

33 Gracie Martin 1920 1971 Funeral Home marker

33 Betty Mae Brown Martin 12/24/1929 UnknownHeadstone/grave marker installed 8/17/2009. Identified by Linda Fary (relative).

PLOT 34Loving/Blunt/Kersey

34 Thomas G. Loving 11/11/1922 4/13/1947 "VA PVT 60 INF WWII"34 Allie Thomas Loving 6/09/1886 9/17/1958 D/M/W Florance [Florence?] Stuart Loving

34 Florance Stuart Loving 5/22/1889 9/1/1950

Headstone indicates "Florance" and death at "9/1/1950" while other documentation records spelling as "Florence" and date at death of "07/01/1950." D/M/W Allie Thomas Loving.

34 Otis W. Blunt 12/10/1893 4/14/1976 D/M/W Lena E. Blunt34 Lena E. Blunt 2/24/1910 10/26/1995 D/M/W Otis W. Blunt34 Margaret Ellen Blunt 8/14/1865 1/15/193334 Charles W. Blunt 7/16/1847 3/17/1916






PLOT 35Loving

35 Percy Franklin Loving 1/5/1901 2/25/1951 D/M/W Frances Toler Loving35 Frances Toler Loving 2/14/1905 2/9/1982 D/M/W Percy Franklin Loving

PLOT 36Chapman

36 Ollie R. Chapman 2/28/1881 5/12/1970 D/M/W Blanch K. Chapman36 Blanche K. Chapman 8/24/1889 7/23/1939 D/M/W Ollie R. Chapman

PLOT 37Kersey

37 E. N. Kersey 12/18/1823 4/9/190737 Jeremiah Kersey 5/07/1840 3/22/192437 Salina Priddy Kersey 6/05/1869 9/25/1939 Wife of Samuel N. Kersey; Herald Progress, 9/29/193937 Samuel N. Kersey 4/04/1867 3/22/1945 Husband of Salina Priddy Kersey37 Samuel Edward Kersey 7/16/1903 9/26/198037 Flossie Eugenia Kersey 5/16/1893 8/1/1984

PLOT 38Noblin

38 Walter T. Noblin 5/2/1922 12/18/1984

PLOT 39Poore/Loving

39 Sandra Lee Poore 8/10/1955 8/13/195539 Ruth Jennings Loving 12/8/1926 1/15/1998 Verification via church records






PLOT 40Thurston/Long

40 William F. Thurston 1862 1940 D/M/W Amanda S. Thurston, Herald Progress 3/21/194040 Amanda S. Thurston 1857 1918 D/M/W William F. Thurston

40 Molly C. Long 1864 1925Contrary to headstone, other documentation records name as "Molly G. Long."

40 Nellie H. Thurston 9/27/1898 2/21/192640 Evelyn Myrtle Thurston 11/20/1923 12/3/1923

40 Willie Russell Thurston 7/08/1889 9/19/1979PVT US ARMY WWI; Contrary to headstone, other documentation records birth as 1899.

40 Luther F. Thurston 6/24/1891 11/27/1968 Luther Franklin Thurston, D/M/W Mary E. Thurston40 Mary E. Thurston 12/10/1905 5/31/1972 D/M/W Luther F. Thurston40 Levy R. Thurston 2/16/1887 7/25/1955 "Father"

40 James Franklin Thurston 1912 194240 Gladys Inez Thurston 1918 1919

UNCONFIRMED AND/OR BURIAL PLOT LOCATION UNKNOWN

Unknown Robert W. Jones Unknown 1955Letter on file from granddaughter, Mrs. Ollie Clarke indicates interment at Slash Christian Church, plot unknown.

Unknown Cinderella Jones Unknown 1937Letter on file from granddaughter, Mr. Ollie Clarke indicates interment at Slash Christian Church, plot unknown.

Unknown Eliza Jones 1840 6/21/1925 Herald Progress, 7/2/1925

Unknown Benjamin F. Kersey 1841 1938 Husband of Lucy Arnold Kersey; Herald Progress, 4/28/1938.Unknown Lucy Arnold Kersey Unknown 1938 Wife of Benjamin F. Kersey; Herald Progress, 2/24/1938






Unknown Olive Kersey Unknown 12/9/1933

Copy of obituary provided by Philip Kersey on 4/23/2000 indicating name, date of deceased and interment at Slash Christian Church.

Unknown John L. Lawrence Unknown 1937 Herald Progress, 12/30/1937

References:1) Slash Christian Church Cemetery File.2) Document titled “Those Buried in Slash Christian Church Cemetery According to Markers as of August 8, 1997” prepared by Mr. Ernest

Goodman.3) Compilation of tombstone inscriptions, prepared 4/20/2004 and printed 7/01/2004, by Mr. Eugene Atkinson, 7997 Arnoka Road,

Mechanicsville, Virginia 23111, cellular phone number 757-676-5207, email [email protected]. 4) Herald Progress newspaper.


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