LAWRENCE GRIZZLE CEMETERY - Dickenson County, VA File submitted for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: zens <zens@mindspring.com> ******************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ******************************************************************* LATITUDE/LONGITUDE 370740N 0821611W (Per USGS Quad Map: HAYSI, VA) DIRECTIONS >From Birchleaf, VA take route 670 across the Russell Fork about 3.5 miles to where it meets route 671. Go left on 671 for about .3 mile until you come to a split in the road. Take the right fork, this being now Route 679 and follow for just over a mile. This is Nancy, VA and is only marked with a small, easily missed sign. On the left will be a house in a clearing. This is the Grizzle residence and the cemetery is on their property. It is marked on the USGS map as just "cemetery." FIELD NOTES: 11/23/98 This tiny cemetery is well kept and frequently visited. Several flowers and fossils were left on the base of at least 2 stones. FORMAT Note: Items in parenthesis are the best guess of the researcher. Items in brackets are my comments. A double stone is two people on one stone - usually husband and wife unless otherwise indicated. "Similar stone" indicates that the stones were of similar design perhaps helping to identify wives and husbands. SURNAME LIST BALL, COUNTS, GRIZZLE, and HAY LISTING OF GRAVE MARKERS ======================================================== [double stone] Lee Grizzle, Feb 23, 1929 - [Harold Lee Grizzle, son of Lawrence and Margaret Elizabeth Hay Grizzle] Bertha Grizzle, July 13, 1940 - [On back] Our Children: Greta, Tim, Neal, Scott Russel Neal Grizzle, Apr 20, 1960 - Apr 13, 1994 [Son of Lee and Bertha Grizzle] Norman W. Grizzle, Dec 10, 1936 - May 16, 1990 SP4, US Army [Norman Wayne Grizzle, son of Lawrence and Margaret Elizabeth Hay Grizzle] [double stone] Lawrence G. Grizzle, Dec 13, 1894 - Oct 11, 1972 Pvt Co B, 129 Engineers, WWI [son of Jessee Jefferson and Emeline "Eme" Sutherland Grizzle] Margaret H., May 25, 1894 - July 15, 1993 [Margaret "Maggie" Elizabeth Hay, dau of Memphis Major and Mary Catherine Deel Hay] [backside of stone] 'Our Children: Mildred, Thelma, Bonnie, Clifford, Lawrence, Duane, Lee, Jean' [double stone] Stanford Counts, Jan 5, 1917 - Mar 26, 1969 [son of C. Rufus and Lillie A. Smith Counts] Bonnie Counts, Apr 29, 1921 - [Bonnie Estelle Grizzle, dau of Lawrence and Margaret Elizabeth Hay Grizzle] Ricky Vernon Ball, 1954 - 1992 [possible son of Raleigh and Goldia Fay Counts Ball] Nellie Pearl Counts, Oct5 13, 1918 - Jul 16, 1961 [dau of Ezra Vallandingham and Chloe Grizzle Counts] Barney S. Counts, Mar 26, 1922 - Apr 18, 1961 Virginia Cpl 329 Base Unit AAF, WWII [son of Ezra Vallandingham and Chloe Grizzle Counts] Chloe Grizzle Counts, 1889-1974 [dau of Jessee Jefferson and Emeline "Eme" Sutherland Grizzle] Bertha Ina Counts, 1918 - 1983 [dau of Ezra Vallandingham and Chloe Grizzle Counts] ======================================================== RESEARCHER NOTES This particular cemetery contains many of my direct-line kin. If you have information on any of the people here, please feel free to e-mail me at zens@mindspring.com. Thank you. PHOTOGRAPHS AVAILABLE Some photographs were taken of the stones under the best light and angle possible, but it is almost always true that more information can be discerned from being there, especially because the pictures are stored in the 'lossy' compressed format of .JPG. Send your request to me at zens@mindspring.com, and give me 2 days to figure out which zip disk they’re on or if i’ve even taken those pictures. There is no charge, just trying to help.