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14. Weyers Cave UMC (Weyers Cave)
Weyers Cave UMC is
located at 228 Houff Rd, Weyers
Cave 24486-2317; O: (540) 234-
0401. The 2015-16 pastor is
Margaret M. “Peggy” Packard
(husband, John), a full-time local
pastor in her 6th year at Weyers
Cave UMC: 135 - 4th Street,
Broadway, VA 22815-9516;
PeggyPackard@vaumc.org; C: (540)
896-2797.
Directions: Take
I-81 south to Exit 235
(Weyers Cave/Grottoes
exit); turn left onto Rt.
256; turn left at the
traffic light; turn left onto Houff Road; and the church is on the right.
Historical Sketch. In 1994 Union Chapel UMC merged with Weyers Cave UMC as Weyers
Cave UMC [Wrenn 2014].
Weyers Cave Cemetery. Weyers Cave Cemetery has
70 legible gravestones. These are the following (Find-A-Grave;
photo by Glenda Lambert-Gibson):
Bradford, Ada Glover (b. 1868; d. 1963)
Bradford, William (b. 1853; d. 1928)
Branum, John A. (b. Nov. 5, 1869; d. Jun. 16, 1939)
Branum, Sadie M. (b. Mar. 8, 1874; d. Aug. 30, 1947)
Craig, Annie Rankin (b. Aug. 6, 1880; d. Jan., 1956)
Craig, John Henry (b. Dec., 1852; d. Jun. 3, 1927)
Craig, Lucy Ella Huffman (b. 1853; d. Mar. 15, 1922)
Craig, Walter Henry (b. Sep. 26, 1878; d. Jul., 1955)
Evans, Ida A. (b. 1873; d. 1923)
Gilkerson, Nannie B. Glover (b. 1886; d. 1914)
Gill, Ruth Kagey (b. Oct. 15, 1904; d. Sep. 13, 2003)
Gill, Teiser Bass (b. Sep. 6, 1901; d. Jun. 29, 1971)
Glover, A. R. “AR” (b. 1911; d. 1982)
Glover, Alfred R. (b. 1875; d. 1954)
Glover, Fleta A. (b. 1880; d. 1968)
Glover, J. Marvin (b. 1902; d. 1932)
Glover, John W. (b. Mar. 29, 1837; d. Feb. 27, 1919)
Glover, Malissa C. (b. Jan. 30, 1843; d. Oct. 4, 1917)
Glover, Raymond F. (b. 1904; d. 1907)
Hoy, Ida Jane (b. 1867; d. 1955)
Huffer, Ethel (b. 1919; d. 2003)
Huffer, Etta L. (b. Nov. 26, 1873; d. Jan. 24, 1932)
Huffer, Guy R. (b. Jul. 26, 1903; d. Oct. 8, 1977)
Huffer, Nellie V. Phillips (b. Sep. 3, 1903; d. Jul. 3, 1963)
Jackson, J. L. (b. unknown; d. unknown)
II.A.14 Weyers Cave UMC 51 Volume 5
14. Weyers Cave UMC (Weyers Cave)
Weyers Cave UMC is
located at 228 Houff Rd, Weyers
Cave 24486-2317; O: (540) 234-
0401. The 2015-16 pastor is
Margaret M. “Peggy” Packard
(husband, John), a full-time local
pastor in her 6th year at Weyers
Cave UMC: 135 - 4th Street,
Broadway, VA 22815-9516;
PeggyPackard@vaumc.org; C: (540)
896-2797.
Directions: Take
I-81 south to Exit 235
(Weyers Cave/Grottoes
exit); turn left onto Rt.
256; turn left at the
traffic light; turn left onto Houff Road; and the church is on the right.
Historical Sketch. In 1994 Union Chapel UMC merged with Weyers Cave UMC as Weyers
Cave UMC [Wrenn 2014].
Weyers Cave Cemetery. Weyers Cave Cemetery has
70 legible gravestones. These are the following (Find-A-Grave;
photo by Glenda Lambert-Gibson):
Bradford, Ada Glover (b. 1868; d. 1963)
Bradford, William (b. 1853; d. 1928)
Branum, John A. (b. Nov. 5, 1869; d. Jun. 16, 1939)
Branum, Sadie M. (b. Mar. 8, 1874; d. Aug. 30, 1947)
Craig, Annie Rankin (b. Aug. 6, 1880; d. Jan., 1956)
Craig, John Henry (b. Dec., 1852; d. Jun. 3, 1927)
Craig, Lucy Ella Huffman (b. 1853; d. Mar. 15, 1922)
Craig, Walter Henry (b. Sep. 26, 1878; d. Jul., 1955)
Evans, Ida A. (b. 1873; d. 1923)
Gilkerson, Nannie B. Glover (b. 1886; d. 1914)
Gill, Ruth Kagey (b. Oct. 15, 1904; d. Sep. 13, 2003)
Gill, Teiser Bass (b. Sep. 6, 1901; d. Jun. 29, 1971)
Glover, A. R. “AR” (b. 1911; d. 1982)
Glover, Alfred R. (b. 1875; d. 1954)
Glover, Fleta A. (b. 1880; d. 1968)
Glover, J. Marvin (b. 1902; d. 1932)
Glover, John W. (b. Mar. 29, 1837; d. Feb. 27, 1919)
Glover, Malissa C. (b. Jan. 30, 1843; d. Oct. 4, 1917)
Glover, Raymond F. (b. 1904; d. 1907)
Hoy, Ida Jane (b. 1867; d. 1955)
Huffer, Ethel (b. 1919; d. 2003)
Huffer, Etta L. (b. Nov. 26, 1873; d. Jan. 24, 1932)
Huffer, Guy R. (b. Jul. 26, 1903; d. Oct. 8, 1977)
Huffer, Nellie V. Phillips (b. Sep. 3, 1903; d. Jul. 3, 1963)
Jackson, J. L. (b. unknown; d. unknown)
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