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Section
Name
Birth
Death
Comments
PLOT 1
Bumpass/Smith/Allen
3/23/1958
1
Parker Bumpass
1/15/1887
1
William L. Bumpass
3/31/1854
8/25/1917
1
Ida Smith Bumpass
1/9/1863
11/1/1929
1
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
5/27/1933
Widow of James H. Allen; Aunt of Mrs. W. H. Smith; Herald
Progress newspaper, 6/1/1933
PLOT 2
Stanley/Hinton
2
Valton W. Hinton
11/2/1928
9/25/1961
2
Isabell S. Hinton
2/26/1926
8/19/1993
"NC PVT CO L 13 INF"; Other documentation records "Valton
W. Hinton, Sr."
PLOT 3
Perrin/Jones
Herald Progress, 1/6/1922; Father - Leroy Jones, Mother - N. B.
Jones.
3
James Henry Jones
1/9/1865
12/17/1921
3
Mary Lorena Perrin Jones
12/25/1873
12/31/1952
3
William G. Jones
6/1/1911
5/5/1916
3
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
7/28/1963
3
Hester T. Perrin
2/17/1883
6/14/1951
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Name
Birth
Death
Comments
4
Frances L. Stanley
6/30/1931
PLOT 4
Stanley
8/8/1937
4
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 Stanley
4
Ann Jones Stanley
5/25/1900
6/21/1969
D/M/W George Mosco Stanley
4
Catherine 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.
5
Joseph Lee Traylor
3/16/1889
PLOT 5
Traylor/Bew
11/6/1949
5
Evely Mae Bew
11/23/1918
2/7/1920
5
Inez Moland Bew
8/29/1917
2/17/1920
5
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"
5/13/1873
PLOT 6
Kersey/Perrin
12/23/1951
D/M/W John W. Harris
D/M/W Laura E. Harris
6
Robert C. Perrin
7
Laura E. Harris
4/25/1880
PLOT 7
Harris
7/28/1946
7
John W. Harris
9/26/1871
5/19/1926
7
R. E. Harris
No Date
No Date
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Name
Birth
Death
7
S. A. Harris
No Date
1936
7
7
J. T. Harris
E. L. Harris
No Date
No Date
No Date
No Date
7
L. L. Harris
No Date
No Date
7
J. H. Harris
No Date
No Date
7
M. E. Harris
No Date
No Date
8
Alfred J. Tholen
1900
PLOT 8
Tholen
1962
Comments
Herald Progress, 3/12/1936: Samuel A. Harris, deceased 1936.
Contrary to the headstone, other documentation records "J. L.
Harris".
Other documentation records birth 3/23/1900, deceased 8/19/1962.
PLOT 9
Jones
10/18/1937
9
Maggie E. Jones
12/07/1876
9
Mrs. V. C. Jones
1855
1930
9
John Wesley Jones, Sr.
12/27/1850
3/22/1915
9
Josephine P. Jones
6/07/1891
2/26/1892
9
Mattie F. Jones
8/13/1874
6/13/1896
PLOT 10
Thacker/Jones
11/27/1899
10
John L. Jones
8/08/1830
10
Julia F. Jones
11/08/1846
5/8/1916
10
Elizabeth M. Thacker
12/15/1823
1/2/1919
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Name
Birth
Death
Comments
PLOT 11
Jones
1/14/1970
10/22/2007
Daughter of Lizzie B. Jones. Richmond Times Dispatch, 10/24/07.
4/7/1947
1905
Funeral Home marker
1893
Funeral Home marker
11
11
11
11
11
Lizzie B. Jones
Hattie L. Robinson
Benjamin F. Jones
Kate Jones
Allen E. Jones
9/20/1883
03/19/1919
9/13/1861
No Date
1893
11
Laura J. Jones
1886
1888
Funeral Home marker indicates Laura "V." Jones
11
Clara S. Jones
1889
1913
Funeral Home marker
11
Luella Ford
1868
1897
Funeral Home marker
11
Laura Jane Baldwin
No Date
6/29/1917
11
Mary A. Jones
6/03/1837
1/28/1918
11
Harvey F. Jones
1/12/1827
3/27/1894
PLOT 12
Whipple/Pearce
12
Edward Whipple
1870
1943
12
Thad E. Whipple
1875
1947
12
John William Pearce
9/17/1881
4/14/1954
12
Joyce Ann Pearce
7/5/1948
6/7/1949
Edward "Lee" Whipple, husband of Ethel Sydnor Whipple, Herald
Progress, 12/9/1943
PLOT 13
Harlow
13
Rebecca J. Harlow
12/28/1843
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7/10/1924
Contrary to the headstone, other documentation records birth as
"1848".
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13
Name
Walter G. Harlow
Birth
11/08/1844
Death
Comments
1/21/1928
Contrary to the headstone, other documentation records "Walter C.
Harlow, born 11/08/1811, died 06/21/1928" (likely incorrect).
PLOT 14
Loving/Vail
14
Otera Loving Taylor
1848
1911
14
Virginia H. Vail
1922
1922
14
14
William Toliva Loving
Julia Etta Loving
2/14/1870
10/17/1870
9/28/1949
9/7/1952
Funeral Home marker; locaed across (east) from Otera L. Taylor.
Headstone incorrectly spells middle name as "Toliver." Located
between Otera L. Taylor and Julia Etta Loving.
Wife of William T. Loving; parents of H. T. Loving.
14
Reserved
8/11/1930
14
Joyce Blair Loving
2/29/1934
2/26/2014
Reserved: Herbert Temple Loving, letter on file dated 8/14/2004.
Wife of Herbert T. Loving, Sr. Mother of Patricia Penley, Herbert
Loving, Jr., Diana Harrison and Sherri Smith.
14
Reserved
Reserved: Annie Loving Williamson, letter on file dated
8/14/2004.
PLOT 15
Tyler
15
15
Leonard Tyler
Lessie S. Tyler
3/09/1884
4/18/1895
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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.
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.
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Name
Birth
Death
Comments
16
W. Hoye Perrin
9/29/1888
PLOT 16
Perrin
7/14/1958
D/M/W Alice N. Perrin
16
Alice N. Perrin
10/06/1886
7/19/1974
16
Kenneth N. Perrin
5/6/1920
17
Maude Brumbles
7/6/1902
9/10/1995
D/M/W Preston Brumbles; Other documents record name as
"Brumble."
17
Preston Brumbles
7/25/1904
12/24/1974
D/M/W Maude Brumbles; "S SGT US Air Force"; Other
documents record name as "Brumble."
D/M/W W. Hoye Perrin
7/12/1970
PLOT 17
Brumbles
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.
18
19
Bernard C. Perrin
No Burial Marker
1902
Unknown
PLOT 18
Perrin
1986
PLOT 19
Chapman
Unknown
Church records, no stone/marker in place
PLOT 20
Lipscomb
20
Daniel Edward Lipscomb, Sr.
4/30/1887
2/23/1973
20
James Ellett Lipscombe
1847
12/11/1933
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Name
Birth
Death
Comments
20
Mary Wagner Lipscombe
Unknown
Unknown
No headstone. Wife of James Ellett Lipscombe (per Mae Walton).
20
Ester Lipscombe
Unknown
Unknown
No headstone. Daughter of James and Mary Lipscombe (per Mae
Walton).
20
Cora Lipscombe
Unknown
Unknown
No headstone. Daughter of James and Mary Lipscombe (per Mae
Walton).
PLOT 21
Pierce/Loving
1956
Dolly L[oving] Loving; "Mother and Grandmother"
21
Dolly L. Loving
1878
21
Lucinda Loving Pierce
9/16/1905
6/2/1987
21
John Maurice Pierce
2/23/1901
5/9/1973
21
Reserved
Reserved: Dalton Pierce, letter on file dated 6/1/2003.
21
Reserved
Reserved: Judy Pierce, letter on file dated 6/1/2003.
22
No Burial Marker
Unknown
PLOT 22
Cox
Unknown
Church records, no stone/marker in place
PLOT 23
Reynolds/Hall
1/11/1920
Widow of Rev. W. J. Hall; Herald Progress, 2/11/1921
23
Eliza Ann Harris
No Date
23
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"
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Name
Birth
Death
Comments
PLOT 24
Kersey
24
25
James J. Kersey
William M. Lawrence
Herald Progress, 6/8/1927; The headstone reads birth at
"9/01/1851" while other documentation indicates 9/11/1851."
9/01/1851
5/29/1927
5/22/1843
PLOT 25
Lawrence
7/23/1914
"Our Father"
26
Jerry M. Tinsley
5/17/1870
PLOT 26
Tinsley/Ford
4/23/1944
D/M/W Charlotte Tyler Tinsley
26
Charlotte Tyler Tinsley
3/22/1877
4/16/1950
D/M/W Jerry M. Tinsley
26
Bruce N. Ford
12/29/1875
6/15/1939
D/M/W Mamie T. Ford
26
Mamie T. Ford
1/20/1879
3/20/1961
26
Bruce Garnett Ford
1909
7/21/1979
26
Doris Purvis Ford
1/2/1913
1/29/2011
D/M/W Bruce N. Ford
Husband of Doris P. Ford; Church records found at time of Doris
Ford’s death indicates birthdate of 12/1/1910.
Wife of Bruce Garnett Ford. Interment at Slash Christian Church
Cemetery February 2, 2011. Woody Funeral Home, 1771 N.
Parham Rd., Richmond, VA.
27
Atwell W. Blunt
6/22/1892
27
27
Robert Kersey
Louise Kersey
No Date
No Date
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PLOT 27
Kersey/Loving/Blunt
10/9/1950
11/22/1904
3/25/1903
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Name
Birth
Death
27
Allen Beale Loving
9/29/1897
12/30/1961
27
Mary Daisy Loving
5/22/1901
3/18/1962
5/30/1913
PLOT 28
Knepper
3/7/1965
28
Fredrick W. Knepper
29
Virginia F. Jones
1933
PLOT 29
Jones
1934
29
Annie M. Jones
1919
1949
29
Annie L. Jones
1893 [?]
1951
29
W. Ernest Jones
1894
5/16/1905
29
Georgie H. Jones
1907
1962
29
Lena M. Jones
10/16/1869
11/9/1952
29
John W. Jones
3/22/1869
9/8/1952
29
Annie Loving Jones
8/12/1893
12/22/1951
29
Charles Lee Jones
5/7/1881
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3/15/1942
Comments
The headstone indicates birth at "1893" while church records
indicate "1863."
The headstone indicates death at "5/16/1905" while other
documentation records death at "1963".
Brother of Charles L. Jones.
Unmarked. Brother of John W. Jones. Interred next to “J” marker
according to discussion with family (9August2010).
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Name
Birth
Death
Comments
PLOT 30
Wyatt
30
Norman L. Wyatt, Sr.
9/9/1918
11/28/1974
30
Bessie J. Wyatt
6/7/1921
12/15/1966
30
George Albert Williams
Elizabeth Jeanette Crowe
Williams
12/6/1925
6/7/2015
30
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.
D/M/W Norman L. Wyatt, Sr. Inscription: "Mother"
SCC Minister 1947 – 1955; former Chief Deputy Clerk – Va.
House of Delegates. Husband of Elizabeth Jeanette Crowe
Williams.
Reserved
30A
John S. Hedgepeth
1900
30A
[Edith Burns ?]
Unknown
PLOT 30A
Hedgepeth
1962
Funeral Home marker
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
Unknown
was made. No stone/marker is in place.
PLOT 31
Jenkins
31
Edward T. Jenkins
3/24/1859
1/21/1916
D/M/W Malissa P. Jenkins
31
Malissa P. Jenkins
6/12/1868
3/12/1947
D/M/W Edward T. Jenkins
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Name
Birth
Death
32
Clyde E. Harlow
6/6/1901
PLOT 32
Harlow
4/17/1979
32
Anna Wall Harlow
9/23/1908
4/22/2003
Comments
D/M/W Anna Wall Harlow
D/M/W Clyde E. Harlow
PLOT 33
Martin
33
Louis A. “Doodles” Martin,
Jr.
4/22/1967
7/14/1978
33
Gracie Martin
1920
1971
33
Betty Mae Brown Martin
12/24/1929
Unknown
34
Thomas G. Loving
11/11/1922
34
Allie Thomas Loving
6/09/1886
Headstone/grave marker installed 8/17/2009. Identified by Linda
Fary (relative).
Funeral Home marker
Headstone/grave marker installed 8/17/2009. Identified by Linda
Fary (relative).
PLOT 34
Loving/Blunt/Kersey
4/13/1947
"VA PVT 60 INF WWII"
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. Blunt
34
Lena E. Blunt
2/24/1910
10/26/1995
D/M/W Otis W. Blunt
34
Margaret Ellen Blunt
8/14/1865
1/15/1933
34
Charles W. Blunt
7/16/1847
3/17/1916
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Name
Birth
Death
Comments
35
Percy Franklin Loving
1/5/1901
PLOT 35
Loving
2/25/1951
D/M/W Frances Toler Loving
35
Frances Toler Loving
2/14/1905
2/9/1982
D/M/W Percy Franklin Loving
36
Ollie R. Chapman
2/28/1881
PLOT 36
Chapman
5/12/1970
D/M/W Blanch K. Chapman
36
Blanche K. Chapman
8/24/1889
7/23/1939
D/M/W Ollie R. Chapman
PLOT 37
Kersey
37
E. N. Kersey
12/18/1823
4/9/1907
37
Jeremiah Kersey
5/07/1840
3/22/1924
37
Salina Priddy Kersey
6/05/1869
9/25/1939
Wife of Samuel N. Kersey; Herald Progress, 9/29/1939
37
Samuel N. Kersey
4/04/1867
3/22/1945
Husband of Salina Priddy Kersey
37
Samuel Edward Kersey
7/16/1903
9/26/1980
37
Flossie Eugenia Kersey
5/16/1893
8/1/1984
38
Walter T. Noblin
5/2/1922
PLOT 38
Noblin
12/18/1984
39
Sandra Lee Poore
8/10/1955
PLOT 39
Poore/Loving
8/13/1955
39
Ruth Jennings Loving
12/8/1926
1/15/1998
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Name
Birth
Death
Comments
PLOT 40
Thurston/Long
1940
D/M/W Amanda S. Thurston, Herald Progress 3/21/1940
40
William F. Thurston
1862
40
Amanda S. Thurston
1857
1918
40
40
Molly C. Long
Nellie H. Thurston
1864
9/27/1898
1925
2/21/1926
40
Evelyn Myrtle Thurston
11/20/1923
12/3/1923
40
Willie Russell Thurston
7/08/1889
9/19/1979
PVT 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. Thurston
40
Mary E. Thurston
12/10/1905
5/31/1972
D/M/W Luther F. Thurston
40
Levy R. Thurston
2/16/1887
7/25/1955
"Father"
40
James Franklin Thurston
1912
1942
40
Gladys Inez Thurston
1918
1919
D/M/W William F. Thurston
Contrary to headstone, other documentation records name as
"Molly G. Long."
UNCONFIRMED AND/OR BURIAL PLOT LOCATION UNKNOWN
Unknown
Robert W. Jones
Unknown
1955
Letter on file from granddaughter, Mrs. Ollie Clarke indicates
interment at Slash Christian Church, plot unknown.
Unknown
Cinderella Jones
Unknown
1937
Letter on file from granddaughter, Mr. Ollie Clarke indicates
interment at Slash Christian Church, plot unknown.
Unknown
Eliza Jones
1840
6/21/1925
Unknown
Benjamin F. Kersey
1841
1938
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Herald Progress, 7/2/1925
Husband of Lucy Arnold Kersey; Herald Progress, 4/28/1938.
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Name
Birth
Death
Unknown
Lucy Arnold Kersey
Unknown
1938
Unknown
Olive Kersey
Unknown
12/9/1933
Unknown
John L. Lawrence
Unknown
1937
Comments
Wife of Benjamin F. Kersey; Herald Progress, 2/24/1938
Copy of obituary provided by Philip Kersey on 4/23/2000
indicating name, date of deceased and interment at Slash Christian
Church.
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 latki86459@aol.com.
4) Herald Progress newspaper.
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Slash Christian Church
Cemetery Map
SLASH CHRISTIAN CHURCH CEMETERY
UPDATED 24APRIL2007
Steven A. Harrison
21
6
7
11
4
2
14
22
5
12
1
3
8
10
15
19
16
17
20
13
9
18
30-A
30
29
“Loving” Education Building
Offices and Education Building
31
23
28
32
Fellowship Hall
Sanctuary
24
25
33
27
34
35
26
Parking
38
36
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39
40
37
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