EBENEZER ~Great Spring Rd~ Cemetery

Visited by Members and Volunteers of

Isle of Wight Historical Society

December 3, 2003

(Revised January 19, 2004)

The cemetery is located near the intersection of the Rt. #10/258 bypass on route 655, (Great Springs Road) about 2000 feet from route Rt. # 258. It is heavily overgrown and in many cases, leaves and branches had to be removed to reveal the existence of a marker stone. Figure 1 depicts the cemetery layout and the sections referred to by the letters in the table below. The annotations, “[hs] [fs] and [cs] refer to Headstone (upright), Footstone, and Crypt stone (horizontal concrete slab). Pictures were taken of some of the tombstones … they are annotated in the table by a number following the letter designation so that they can be correlated with the inscriptions.

Team members were careful not to disturb gravesite artifacts and carefully worked with a soft brush using a mixture of shaving cream and water to clean and make legible the inscriptions on the stones. Water was then used to remove any residue from the stones.

Please address your comments/corrections to: or .

A1
[cs] / RICHARD GENSO
Died Nov. 10, 1947 / A2
[cs] / IDA H. COFER
Oct. 17, 1983
A3
[cs] / FRANCES COFER
March 4, 1984 / A4
[cs / PETER M. COFER
July 18, 1934
May 27, 1992]
B
[cs] / NANNIE O. BAILEY
Died Feb. 28
1947 / B
[cs] / WILLIAM H. BAILEY
Died
April 28, 1957
B
[cs] / ELWORTH BAILEY
Died Jan. 25, 1979 / C
[cs] / JAMES A. DIGGS
April 22, 1911
Dec. 12, 1983
C
[cs] / ALEXANDER DIGGES
Born Sept. 2, 1923
Died Nov. 11, 1955
Die 46 [hs]
C
[cs] / MARY 1967
E. DIGGS
DIE / C
[cs] / VIRGINIA D.
GREEN
Aug 5, 1917
Aug 12, 1998
C
[cs] / LESLIE B. GREEN
Aug. 2, 1902
Nov. 30, 1988 / C
[cs] / THOMAS DIGGS
Died Aug 26, 1955
D1
[hs]
[cs] / DEMETRIUS NYANZA CROCKER
US ARMY
Sept 30, 1958 Mar. 4, 2002 / D2
[cs] / BERTHA L.
CROCKER
Feb. 15, 1915
Dec 31, 1998
DEMETRIUS
CROCKER
Sept. 30, 1958
Mar. 4, 2002
D3
[cs] / WILLIE B. CROCKER
Oct. 17, 1914
Feb. 26, 1985 / E1
[cs] / GEORGE IDA WINNEGAN
July 31, 1897
Jan. 25, 1962
E
[cs] / DORIS W. MAZYCK
Aug. 31, 1939
Jan. 24, 1991 / E
[cs] / JULIA M. HARRIS
June 21, 1944
Nov. 12, 1993
E
[cs] / HORACE GATEWOOD SR
Feb. 14, 1922
Aug. 10, 1995 / E
[cs] / SARAH B. GATEWOOD
June 6, 1926
May 21, 1979
E
[cs] / HORACE GATEWOOD JR
Nov 14, 1948
Feb 20, 1975 / E
Note (1) / JOHN MCCLAIN
1889 - - 1961
E
[cs] / ELLA M. BUTTS
Feb. 22, 1902
Dec. 28, 1973 / E
[cs] / Mother
IDA L. HASKINS
May 26, 1929
April 26, 1967
E
[cs] / GEORGE V. BRUMSKIN
March 23, 1958
July 6, 1991 / E
[hs] / ROBERT
BRUMSKIN JR
PFC
US Army
World War II
1922
1986
E
[hs] / ROBERT
BROOMSKIN
VIRGINIA
PFC
US Army
World War I
March 20, 1896
February 13, 1974 / E
[cs] / FRANK B. HASKINS
1924 --- 1956
E
[cs] / PAULA BRUMSKIN / E
[cs] / MARY A. BAILEY
Feb. 10, 1910
March 16, 1983
April 2
1965 / Feb 11
1966
E
Note (1) / TRACY ROBINSON
Sept 10 Jan 26
19671968
E
[cs] / GEORGE BATTEN
Oct. 18, 1948
May 24, 1980 / E
Note (1) / D. ROBINSON
1971Pretlow Chapman1972
F1
Note (2) / To the memory of our devoted Mother
LOU A.
SMITH
June 6, 1859
June 9, 1927 / To the memory of our beloved Father
Captain PETER SMITH
Nov. 20, 1858
May 23, 1907 / E2
[hs]
Note (5) / GEORGE D.
WINNEGAN
VIRGINIA
CPL 2803 ENGR
GEN SVC BN
World War II
February 18, 1922
December 20, 1967
---- At Rest ----
“She has done What she could” / “He doeth all things well”
F2
Note (2) / [front of headstone]
MATILDA L.
Dau. Of
Captain PETER
& LOU. A. SMITH
Nov. 8, 1904
July 2, 1905 / [back of headstone]
“Suffer little children
to come unto me
and forbid them not
for of such is the kingdom
of heaven
Luke 18:16”
F
Note (2) / JAMES RICHARD
Son of
GEO. W. & ADLINE THOMAS
Born
Mar. 10, 1866
Died
Sep. 2, 1890
------
“Brother, rest from sin and sorrow
Thine is an early tomb;
On thy slumber dawns no morrow
Rest thy saviour called the home” / F / BERTA L. SMITH
August 14, 1887
B.L.S. [fs]
F
Note (3) / JOHN P.
Son of
ELEY & OLIVIA
DAY
Born Oct. 18, 1890
Died Apr. 29, 1916
“May the resurrection
find thee on the bosom
of thy God” / F / MERRITT GRAY
1863 – 1928
“An honest man, the noblest
work of God”
F / [unmarked concrete crypt] / F / (Family H.S.) GRAY
F / ROSA H. WILSON
April 13, 1891
June 30, 1969 / F / NANCY SHIVERS
1841 – 1915
“Blessed are the dead
Which die in the Lord”
N.S. [fs]
F / ISAAC WANZER
Died Jan 19, 1923
Aged 55 years
His wife
JENNIE HASKINS
Born Nov. 29, 1881
[no date of death]
[fs – blank] / F / MARTHA E. BOWSER
1875 – 1918
“Asleep in Jesus”
F
Note (4) / CORNELIUS
WARD
Died
June 2, 1911
- - - -
“Safe in the
Arms of Jesus” / In memory of
My Mother
MARGARET
WARD
Died
Dec. 27, 1914
Age 64 yrs
“Gone but not
Forgotten” / LELIA E. DAVIS
Died
Mar. 7, 1896
Age 20 years
“At Rest”
F / CLINTON E. WEAVER
Nov. 1, 1886
Oct. 22, 1933
“Gone but not forgotten”
Erected by Juanita &
SELMA WEAVER wife. / F4 / My Wife
EUTOKA F. WEAVER
Born
Nov. 30, 1880
Died
Dec. 22, 1912
“A Servant of Christ”
E. [fs]
F / Son
HARRY JUNIOR TYNES
April 17, 1947
Aug. 18, 1964 / F / Mother
ALICE TYNES
1865 -- 1945
F / ALICE E. CARTER
Jan 9, 1917
July 25, 1965 / F3 / JOHN H. MASSENBURG
Died Sep. 18, 1952
F
[cs] / HENRY D. PICOTT
Aug 20, 1967 / F
[cs] / DECATUR DELK
1876 – 1939
D.D. [fs]
[hs
F
[cs] / DECATUR D. DELK
Aug. 18, 1906
Sept. 12, 1967]
DECATUR D. DELK
Aug. 18, 1906
Sept 12, 1967 / F
[cs / ANTYION J. JAMINSON
Oct. 20, 1980]
F
[cs] / WILLIE-ATKINS
March 21, 1919
Oct. 17, 1965 / F
[cs] / ELVA A. REED
Nov. 18, 1950
Mar. 23, 1974
F
[cs] / DORA L. ATKINS
Nov. 29, 1929
Sept. 29, 1979

NOTES:

(1)Inscription is on a metal tag attached to a stake driven in the ground.

(2)This grave has an unscripted footstone.

(3)A footstone is barely visible … only a small corner is above ground.

(4)An obelisk monument with the Family “WARD” at its base and three separate inscriptions on the monument.

(5)Combat Medic inscription

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