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| Cemetery | Mt. Paran Baptist Church Cemetery (*) |
| Location | Elkton, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg, Virginia, take Route 33 East to town of Elkton. In Elkton go north on Route 340 (East Side Hwy aka Stuart Avenue). Then turn right on Rockingham Street, continue on to Furnace and this changes to Route 759 (Newtown Road). Continue on Route 759 and turn left onto Route 891 (Mt. Paran Church Road). Cemetery is located behind the church on the left hand side of the road. |
| Notes | Cemetery in good condition. Note By Deb Wake: I tried to meet with Mr. Fields several times when I surveyed the cemetery in July and again August 15th, but his health was not good. He died 24 Aug 2008. In the 1960s the D.A.R. noted there were 16 illegible undertakers grave markers. |
| Survey Date and Recorder | 14 Aug 2008 Deb, Simon, Lella, & Malcolm Wake |
Surnames are sorted by section / plot / row / grave - only sections and rows are shown
| Section | Row | Surname | Given Name & MI | Birth Date | Death Date | Headstone Notes | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nizer | Robert Daniel | 27 Dec 1896 | 14 Aug 1961 | c/ Jerry & Annie Elizabeth | |||
| Banks | Elijah (Fount) | No visible marker; recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s | |||||
| Jones | Charlotte | No visible marker; recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s | |||||
| M. | L. A. | No visible marker; recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s | |||||
| Willis | Alma R. | 1880 | 1963 | No visible marker; recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s | |||
| Barber | Frank | 1902 | 1919 | No visible marker; recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s | |||
| Fields | 3 markers reading Fields-no given names | ||||||
| Staggle | Alice | 1874 | 1961 | No visible marker; recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s | |||
| Nizer | Nannie J. | 5 Mar 1892 | 8 Oct 1948 | ||||
| Nizer | Mary E. | 18 Mar 1851 | 30 Apr 1912 | w/ Edward Nizer | |||
| Fields | Earl | 2 Feb 1923 | 3 Sep 1947 | Va. TEC 5 Trans. Corps WWII | |||
| Tolliver | James E. | 27 Jan 1965 | 12 Jun 1994 | ||||
| Banks | Donna D. | 8 Dec 1958 | 30 May 1996 | ||||
| Lewis | Ottie F. | 2 Jan 1919 | 11 Feb 1988 | brother | |||
| Fields | Bertha | 2 Nov 1894 | 18 Apr 1970 | shared stone w/ Robert Fields | |||
| Nizer | William Albert | 18 Sep 1888 | 13 Jul 1945 | c/ Jerry & Annie Elizabeth | |||
| Nizer | Francis | 1910 | 1951 | ||||
| Nizer | Jerry Edward | 7 Jan 1904 | c/ Jerry & Annie Elizabeth | ||||
| Nizer | Clayton Floyd | 22 Sep 1900 | c/ Jerry & Annie Elizabeth | ||||
| Nizer | Emly Louvinia | 5 Jun 1898 | 21 Jul 1921 | c/ Jerry & Annie Elizabeth | |||
| Fields | Nathan | 1885 | 1950 | shared stone w/ Maude N. Fields | |||
| Green | Hattie C. | 5 Mar 1911 | w/ J. F. Green; aged 36 | ||||
| Fields | Maude N. | 1893 | 1954 | shared stone w/ Nathan Fields | |||
| Green | Frank | No visible marker; recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s | |||||
| Nizer | Jerry, Rev. | 18 Dec 1868 | 15 Dec 1913 | Erected by heirs of Jerry & Annie Aug 7, 1994 | shared stone erected 7 Aug 1994 | ||
| Nizer | Landolia | 26 Sep 1910 | 8 Jan 1980 | ||||
| Nizer | Annie B. | 7 Jul 1908 | 29 Oct 1997 | ||||
| Henderson | Frank | No visible marker; recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s | |||||
| Moton | Marie | 1917 | 1939 | ||||
| Phillips | Nina P. | 22 Jun 1908 | 19 Sep 1991 | shared stone w/ William Oscar Philips | |||
| Nizer | Maud Gertrude | 24 Jul 1893 | 1954 | c/ Jerry & Annie Elizabeth | |||
| Nizer | J[ames] Monroe | 6 Apr 1868 | 6 Jan 1954 | also funeral home marker | |||
| Norton | William | 1889 | 1959 | No visible marker; recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s | |||
| Henderson | Annie B. | 1889 | 1989 | J. C. Brill Funeral Home Marker | |||
| Henderson | Walter | 1889 | [1929] | J. C. Brill Funeral Home Marker | |||
| Walker | Ananias | 1 Feb 1896 | 21 Aug 1966 | Va. PFC Co C 511 Engr Svc Bn WWI | |||
| Fields | Robert | 25 Jul 1888 | 16 Aug 1975 | shared stone w/ Bertha Fields | |||
| Simpson | Elizabeth | 1888 | 1954 | Lindsey Funeral Home Marker | |||
| Lively | Maggie | 1888 | 1943 | J. C. Brill Funeral Home Marker | |||
| Brown | Blanche L | 1916 | 1975 | ||||
| Wax | Eliza | 30 Aug 1926 | Aged 72 yrs; mother | footstone E. W. | |||
| Wax | Jerry | 30 Aug 1904 | Aged 62 yrs; father | footstone J.W. | |||
| Griggs | Maynard | 1 Apr 1936 | Va PVT 1 CL Engr Officers Training Sch. | ||||
| Augustus | Catherine | 1920 | 2007 | shared stone w/ Charles Augustus | |||
| Augustus | Charles | 1910 | 1962 | shared stone w/ Catherine Augustus | |||
| Williams | George H. | 18 Feb 1894 | 18 Nov 1963 | Va. CPL U.S. Army WWI | |||
| Nizer | Alice P. | 5 Jun 1905 | 1 Sep 1917 | ||||
| Arrington | Henry | 1892 | 1918 | PVT US Army WWI; CO H 803rd Pioneer Inf | |||
| Nizer | Bessie Elizabeth | 29 Nov 1891 | 1934 | c/ Jerry & Annie Elizabeth | |||
| Phillips | William Oscar | 22 May 1892 | 15 Aug 1961 | shared stone w/ Nina P Philips | |||
| Fielding | Bessie | 1886 | 1936 | ||||
| Henderson | Katie | 1900 | 1945 | ||||
| Nizer | Annie Elizabeth | 22 Feb 1869 | 24 Jan 1904 | shared stone; children named with dates | |||
| Nizer | Mary J. | 1 Oct 1881 | 7 Apr 1961 | also J. C. Brill Funeral Home Marker | |||
| Fields | Josephine, Miss | 1919 | 1952 | funeral home marker | must be Josephine Fields recorded by DAR | ||
| Wright | Lucy Annie | 30 Aug 1928 | w/ L. W. Wright; Aged 52 yrs | shared stone w/ L. W. Wright | |||
| Henderson | Hunter | 23 Mar 1890 | 16 Dec 1959 | Ohio PVT Co. B 158 Depot Brigade WWI | |||
| Wright | L. W. | No dates; shared stone w/ Lucy Annie Wright | |||||
| Unknown | 02 | J.C. Brill Funeral Home marker | |||||
| Brown | Hamilton | 13 Oct 1918 | 14th Dev. Co.; Maryland Pvt 154 Depot Brig | has two stones | |||
| Brown | Minnie A. | 1873 | 1936 | ||||
| Brown | William S. | 1871 | 1957 | ||||
| Walker | Annie R. | 1 Jan 1906 | 14 Jun 1979 | ||||
| Fields, Sr. | Leonard L. | 29 Feb 1924 | 20 Oct 1986 | Pvt US Army WWII; 599th quartermaster Laundry Company | other half of double stone blank | ||
| Franklin | Alvirta M. | 1898 | 1974 | ||||
| Henderson | Elizabeth Strowther | 4 Dec 1878 | 2 Nov 1902 | north side of shared stone w/ Martha, Cortney & Alice | |||
| Strowther | Cortney | 1 Jan 1831 | 9 Dec 1897 | south side of shared stone w/ Martha, Elizabeth & Alice | |||
| Nizer | Martha | 28 May 1859 | 22 Jul 1911 | east side of shared stone w/ Cortney, Elizabeth & Alice | |||
| Brown | Mertley C. | 3 ____ 1917 | d/ M. M & R. L. Brown | aged 2 mos. 14 dys. | |||
| Williams | Floyd | 1 Jan 1902 | 4 Jun 1976 | shared stone w/ Frances C. Williams | |||
| Williams | Charles C. | 1926 | father | shared stone w/ Katherine Williams | |||
| Chamber | Robert | 1886 | 1966 | funeral home marker | |||
| Chambers | Adele O. | 1 Dec 1909 | 27 Feb 1993 | also Kyger & Trobaugh Funeral Home marker | |||
| Nizer | Clarice E. | 24 Oct 1943 | 18 Feb 2005 | ||||
| Becks | Robert D. | 9 Jun 1900 | |||||
| Rankin | Evelyn F. | 26 Jun 1926 | shared stone w/ James D. Rankin Sr | ||||
| Green | Robert P. | 1869 | 1951 | shared stone w/ Victoria M. Green | |||
| Nizer | W. Albert | 18 Oct 1888 | 13 Jul 1945 | birth month different than Rev. Nizer stone; c/Jerry & Annie Elizabeth | |||
| Rankin, Sr. | James D. | 15 Feb 1926 | 14 Dec 2003 | shared stone w/ Evelyn F. Rankin | |||
| Fields | Goldie L. | 1911 | 1973 | ||||
| Nizer, Sr. | Thomas D. | 30 Jun 1920 | 11 Dec 1984 | CPL US Army WWII; 1862nd Engineer Battalion | shared stone w/ Margaret E. Nizer | ||
| Nizer | Rudolph F. | 1921 | 1981 | ||||
| Jones, Jr. | Earl | 22 Jul 1949 | 2 May 1972 | husband | |||
| Fields | Rudolph Henry | 29 Jun 1933 | 13 Jul 1967 | VA SFC Btry C 26 Arty Tab | shared stone w/ Easter M. Fields | ||
| Fields | Easter M. | 29 Jul 1925 | 28 Oct 1968 | shared stone w/ Rudolph H. Fields | |||
| Henderson | Alice | aged 4 yrs | d/ Elizabeth Strowther Henderson | north side of shared stone w/ Martha Cortney & Elizabeth | |||
| Fields | Annie E. | 1913 | 1987 | ||||
| Moton | James | 1883 | 1977 | J.C. Brill Funeral Home Marker | |||
| Nizer | Margaret E. | 17 Apr 1920 | shared stone w/ Thomas D. Nizer Sr. | ||||
| Fields | Ethel M. | 1916 | 1989 | shared stone w/ Sherman L. Fields | |||
| Banks | Etta V. | 24 Aug 1898 | 30 Dec 1991 | ||||
| Jackson | Mort, Rev. | 1885 | 1980 | Richmond, VA | |||
| Williams | Edith C. | 23 Sep 1910 | 29 Dec 1993 | ||||
| Fields | Richard E. | 1910 | 2004 | TEC 5 US Army WWII | Military marker shows Richard E. Sr. b. 22 Mar 1910 d. 26 Jul 2004 | ||
| Fields | Ellwood M. | 17 Apr 1929 | 28 Apr 1970 | PFC US Army Korea | |||
| Jones | James Jake | 1931 | 1982 | Warren Kyger Funeral Home Marker | |||
| Williams | Katherine | 1948 | mother | shared stone w/ Charles C. Williams | |||
| Ward | Ruth S. | 1902 | 1981 | ||||
| Brown | Naomi | 1907 | 1992 | ||||
| Brown | Charles Ashby | 24 Jun 1910 | 29 May 1984 | PFC US Army WWII | |||
| Butler | Emma B. | 1918 | 2007 | shared stone w/ Philip Butler | |||
| Mitchell | Yvonne D. | 6 Jun 1926 | 26 Sep 1991 | shared stone w/ Robert L Mitchell | |||
| Temple | Helen B. | 1912 | 1982 | ||||
| Butler | Josephine D. | 13 Dec 1909 | 15 Nov 1995 | shares stone w/ Haywood Butler Sr | |||
| Becks | Norris | 1895 | 1984 | PFC US Army WWI 42nd Separate Company Inf. | has two stones | ||
| Lanier | William Robert | 28 May 1910 | 3 Jun 1985 | father | |||
| Mosby | Mable | 1911 | 1996 | mother | shared stone w/ Reginald C Mosby | ||
| Butler, Sr. | Haywood | 12 Apr 1907 | 14 Jun 1993 | shared stone w/Josephine D. Butler | |||
| Ross | Carlton M. L. | 25 Sep 1964 | 16 Mar 1994 | s/Junior H. & Verastarr D. Ross | shared stone w/ Junior & Verastarr Ross | ||
| Fields | Sherman L. | 1919 | [24 Aug 2008]* | shared stone w/ Ethel M. Fields | |||
| Butler | Philip | 1911 | 1982 | shared stone w/ Emma B. Butler | |||
| Ross | Verastarr D. | 4 Nov 1929 | mother | shared stone w/ Carlton & Junior Ross | |||
| Moton, Sr. | William A. | 1910 | 2000 | Kyger & Trobaugh Funeral Home Marker | |||
| Moton, Jr. | William A. | 1967 | 1999 | Kyger & Trobaugh Funeral Home Marker | |||
| Green | Victoria M. | 1873 | 1935 | shared stone w/ Robert P. Green | |||
| Williams | Frances C. | 1976 | w/ Floyd Williams | shared stone w/ Floyd Williams | |||
| Mosby | Reginald C. | 1931 | 2000 | son | shared stone w/ Mable Mosby | ||
| Mitchell | Robert L. | 17 Mar 1926 | 15 Apr 2007 | shared stone w/ Yvonne D Mitchell | |||
| Jones | Gennet E. | 28 Feb 1903 | 2 Dec 1977 | shared stone w/ Bennie W, Jones | |||
| Henderson | Leah | No visible marker; recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s | |||||
| Jones | Demetrius M. | 1927 | 2004 | Kyger Funeral Home Marker | |||
| Jones | Infant | 27 Apr 1972 | s/ Sherry Ross & Bennie Jones | ||||
| Jones | Lulu Rebecca | 1920 | 1998 | Kyger Funeral Home Marker | |||
| Young | Angela Janine | 17 Sep 1960 | 5 Mar 2001 | d/ Betty Jo & Stanley J. Young Sr; sister to Stanley J. Young Jr. | |||
| Young | Betty Jo | 29 Jan 1937 | 8 Apr 1997 | A2C US Air Force | |||
| Jones | Bennie W. | 1 Jan 1895 | 6 Dec 1974 | shared stone w/ Gennet E. Jones | |||
| Ross | Junior H. | 29 May 1925 | 9 May 2001 | father | shared stone w/ Carlton & Verastarr Ross |
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