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: albert.b@charter.net or epowellsr@aol.com.
A1
[cs]
RICHARD GENSO
A3
[cs]
FRANCES COFER
B
[cs]
B
[cs]
Died Nov. 10, 1947
March 4, 1984
NANNIE O. BAILEY
Died Feb. 28
1947
ELWORTH BAILEY
Died Jan. 25, 1979
ALEXANDER DIGGES
C
[cs]
Born Sept. 2, 1923
Died Nov. 11, 1955
Die 46 [hs]
A2
[cs]
IDA H. COFER
A4
[cs
PETER M. COFER
B
[cs]
C
[cs]
Oct. 17, 1983
July 18, 1934
May 27, 1992]
WILLIAM H. BAILEY
Died
April 28, 1957
JAMES A. DIGGS
April 22, 1911
Dec. 12, 1983
C
[cs]
C
[cs]
D1
[hs]
[cs]
D3
[cs]
E
[cs]
E
[cs]
E
[cs]
MARY
1967
E. DIGGS
DIE
LESLIE B. GREEN
Aug. 2, 1902
Nov. 30, 1988
C
[cs]
C
[cs]
DEMETRIUS NYANZA CROCKER
US ARMY
Sept 30, 1958 Mar. 4, 2002
DEMETRIUS
CROCKER
D2
[cs]
VIRGINIA D.
GREEN
Aug 5, 1917
Aug 12, 1998
THOMAS DIGGS
Died Aug 26, 1955
BERTHA L.
CROCKER
Feb. 15, 1915
Dec 31, 1998
Sept. 30, 1958
Mar. 4, 2002
WILLIE B. CROCKER
Oct. 17, 1914
Feb. 26, 1985
DORIS W. MAZYCK
Aug. 31, 1939
Jan. 24, 1991
HORACE GATEWOOD SR
Feb. 14, 1922
Aug. 10, 1995
HORACE GATEWOOD JR
Nov 14, 1948
Feb 20, 1975
E1
[cs]
E
[cs]
E
[cs]
E
Note
(1)
GEORGE IDA WINNEGAN
July 31, 1897
Jan. 25, 1962
JULIA M. HARRIS
June 21, 1944
Nov. 12, 1993
SARAH B. GATEWOOD
June 6, 1926
May 21, 1979
JOHN MCCLAIN
1889 - - 1961
2
E
[cs]
E
[cs]
E
[hs]
ELLA M. BUTTS
Feb. 22, 1902
Dec. 28, 1973
GEORGE V. BRUMSKIN
March 23, 1958
July 6, 1991
ROBERT
BROOMSKIN
VIRGINIA
PFC
US Army
World War I
March 20, 1896
February 13, 1974
E
[cs]
Mother
IDA L. HASKINS
May 26, 1929
April 26, 1967
ROBERT
BRUMSKIN JR
E
[hs]
PFC
US Army
World War II
1922
1986
E
[cs]
FRANK B. HASKINS
1924 --- 1956
PAULA BRUMSKIN
E
[cs]
E
Note
(1)
E
[cs]
April 2
1965
Feb 11
1966
E
[cs]
MARY A. BAILEY
Feb. 10, 1910
March 16, 1983
TRACY ROBINSON
Sept 10
1967
Jan 26
1968
GEORGE BATTEN
Oct. 18, 1948
May 24, 1980
E
Note
(1)
D. ROBINSON
1971
Pretlow Chapman
1972
3
F1
Note
(2)
To the memory
of our devoted
Mother
To the memory
of our beloved
Father
LOU A.
SMITH
Captain PETER
SMITH
June 6, 1859
June 9, 1927
Nov. 20, 1858
May 23, 1907
E2
[hs]
Note
(5)
---- At Rest ---“She has done
What she could”
[back of headstone]
MATILDA L.
Dau. Of
Captain PETER
& LOU. A. SMITH
Nov. 8, 1904
July 2, 1905
“Suffer little children
to come unto me
and forbid them not
for of such is the kingdom
of heaven
Luke 18:16”
JAMES RICHARD
Son of
GEO. W. & ADLINE THOMAS
F
Note
(2)
VIRGINIA
CPL 2803 ENGR
GEN SVC BN
World War II
February 18, 1922
December 20, 1967
“He doeth all
things well”
[front of headstone]
F2
Note
(2)
GEORGE D.
WINNEGAN
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”
BERTA L. SMITH
August 14, 1887
F
B.L.S. [fs]
4
F
Note
(3)
JOHN P.
Son of
ELEY & OLIVIA
DAY
Born Oct. 18, 1890
Died Apr. 29, 1916
MERRITT GRAY
F
1863 – 1928
“An honest man, the noblest
work of God”
“May the resurrection
find thee on the bosom
of thy God”
F
F
[unmarked concrete crypt]
ROSA H. WILSON
April 13, 1891
June 30, 1969
F
(Family H.S.) GRAY
NANCY SHIVERS
F
1841 – 1915
“Blessed are the dead
Which die in the Lord”
N.S. [fs]
ISAAC WANZER
F
Died Jan 19, 1923
Aged 55 years
His wife
JENNIE HASKINS
Born Nov. 29, 1881
[no date of death]
F
MARTHA E. BOWSER
1875 – 1918
“Asleep in Jesus”
[fs – blank]
5
CORNELIUS
WARD
F
Note
(4)
Died
June 2, 1911
---“Safe in the
Arms of Jesus”
In memory of
My Mother
MARGARET
WARD
Died
Dec. 27, 1914
Age 64 yrs
F
Died
Mar. 7, 1896
Age 20 years
“At Rest”
“Gone but not
Forgotten”
My Wife
EUTOKA F. WEAVER
CLINTON E. WEAVER
Nov. 1, 1886
Oct. 22, 1933
“Gone but not forgotten”
Erected by Juanita &
SELMA WEAVER wife.
LELIA E. DAVIS
F4
Born
Nov. 30, 1880
Died
Dec. 22, 1912
“A Servant of Christ”
E. [fs]
F
F
Son
HARRY JUNIOR TYNES
April 17, 1947
Aug. 18, 1964
ALICE E. CARTER
F
Mother
ALICE TYNES
1865 -- 1945
Jan 9, 1917
July 25, 1965
F3
F
HENRY D. PICOTT
F
[cs]
Aug 20, 1967
[cs]
JOHN H. MASSENBURG
Died Sep. 18, 1952
DECATUR DELK
1876 – 1939
D.D. [fs]
6
[hs
DECATUR D. DELK
Aug. 18, 1906
Sept. 12, 1967]
F
DECATUR D. DELK
[cs]
F
[cs]
F
[cs]
NOTES:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
F
ANTYION J. JAMINSON
[cs
Oct. 20, 1980]
Aug. 18, 1906
Sept 12, 1967
WILLIE-ATKINS
March 21, 1919
Oct. 17, 1965
F
[cs]
ELVA A. REED
Nov. 18, 1950
Mar. 23, 1974
DORA L. ATKINS
Nov. 29, 1929
Sept. 29, 1979
Inscription is on a metal tag attached to a stake driven in the ground.
This grave has an unscripted footstone.
A footstone is barely visible … only a small corner is above ground.
An obelisk monument with the Family “WARD” at its base and three
separate inscriptions on the monument.
Combat Medic inscription
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