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Parnassus; seven grandchildren, Brad and Cody Terry; Brianna Morris; Lucas Terry; Brock Evers; and Ashley
and Rachel Painter; two sisters, Linda Davis and husband Robert, of Frederick, Md., and Shirley Ann Emerson
and husband Kenny of Lacey Springs; special brother-in-law Jamie Sites of Louisiana; and a special cousin
Douglas Terry; as well as numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. A funeral service was conducted Aug.16th at
Parnassus UMC with the Revs. D. Glen Langston and Isaac Harper officiating. Burial followed in the church
cemetery. The family received friends Johnson Funeral Service in Bridgewater. Memorial contributions were to
be given to Parnassus UMC, 42 Clark Lane, Churchville, VA 24421; or Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Attn:
Cris Croy, 3227 Eastdrum Road, Charlotte, NC 28210.

Parnassas Methodist Church Cemetery. The cemetery adjacent to Parnassas UMC has
171 legible gravestones. These are
the following (Find-A-Grave; photos
by Glenda Lambert-Gibson in 2008):

 Adams, Mary Ann Stover (b.
Aug. 11, 1811; d. Aug. 22, 1888)

 Bauserman, Axie Lelia (b. Aug.
19, 1892; d. Nov. 13, 1908)

 Bauserman, Ella N. (b. Jul. 19,
1863; d. Apr. 2, 1924)

 Bauserman, George W. (b. Mar. 23, 1834; d.
Nov. 23, 1895)

 Bauserman, James H. (b. Oct. 28, 1863; d.
Sep. 6, 1933)

 Beard, E. Virginia (b. unknown; d. Feb. 18,
1915)

 Beard, J. Shields (b. unknown; d. Dec. 31,
1833)

 Beaver, Emma Mohler (b. Jun. 11, 1852; d.
Feb. 23, 1917)

 Beaver, Franklin P. (b. Feb. 17, 1853; d. Jan.
16, 1932)

 Bolton, John Edward (b. Apr. 9, 1857; d. Feb.
1, 1873)

 Brown, Willie A. (b. Jan. 18, 1867; d. Jan. 17, 1883)
 Bryan, Henry E. (b. Jun. 14, 1814; d. Jan. 11, 1871)
 Bryan, Sarah (b. Mar. 11, 1818; d. Jun. 6, 1902)
 Burgess, Mary Nebergall Lambert (b. Mar. 13, 1818; d. Sep. 16, 1885)
 Burgess, Samuel Armstrong (b. May 10, 1824; d. Dec. 15, 1872)
 Campbell, James M. (b. May 26, 1811; d. Jan. 3, 1874)
 Campbell, Margaret (b. Dec. 7, 1827; d. Aug. 7, 1893)
 Coffman, Annie B. (b. unknown; d. Nov. 22, 1904)
 Coffman, Barbara Ann (b. Apr. 6, 1854; d. Mar. 10, 1908)
 Coffman, Daniel A. (b. unknown; d. Apr. 28, 1892)
 Coffman, Erty B. (b. unknown; d. May 7, 2024)
 Coffman, Infant (b. unknown; d. Mar. 9, 1891)
 Defenbaugh, Pvt Benjamin Arni (b. Jul. 17, 1842; d. Dec. 18, 1917)
 Dinkle, Pvt George William (b. Apr. 21, 1840; d. Nov. 12, 1861)
 Donague, C. (b. unknown; d. unknown)
 Driver, Solomon (b. unknown; d. Mar. 16, 1991)
 Eckard, Ernest Richard (b. Sep. 14, 1911; d. May 4, 2024)
 Fairburn, Mary Virginia Beaver (b. Jan. 13, 1842; d. Sep. 24, 1910)
 Fairburn, Pvt Andrew Jackson (b. Nov. 29, 1838; d. May 15, 2024)
 Fairburn, William (b. unknown; d. Aug. 5, 1880)

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