Cemetery | Simmons Family Cemetery |
Location | Rawley Springs area, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg take Route 33 West. Cemetery is on left (south) side of road, between Mt. Olive Presbyterian Church and Rawley Springs, on a hill. Not visible from Route 33 West. |
Notes | Cemetery is well maintained and has a white fence around it. In 1967 J. Robert Swank noted, "This is the only family cemetery we found that was started after 1900." In 2003 Debbie Hilbert noted, "East of Rawley Springs on US 33 west, in Central District, Rockingham County, Virginia. A perpetual none exclusive easement of right-of-way from the south side of US 33, 20 feet in width and lying ten feet on either side of the centerline as shown on the aforesaid plat. The cemetery is enclosed by trees and white vinyl fence on a hill." |
Survey Date and Recorder | 20 Aug 2024 Debbie Hilbert |
Surnames are sorted by section / plot / row / grave - only sections and rows are shown
Section | Row | Surname | Given Name & MI | Birth Date | Death Date | Headstone Notes | Remarks |
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Litton, Jr. | Raymond Lee "Mickey" | 15 Dec 2024 | 19 Aug 2024 | Pvt US Army WWII | |||
Litton | Raymond L. | 3 Jun 2024 | 23 Nov 2024 | Rest In Peace | WWII | ||
Litton | Elva C. | 12 Oct 2024 | 4 Mar 2025 | ||||
Joseph | H. Nolan | 10 Dec 2024 | 11 May 2024 | How Great Thou Art | |||
Joseph | Eunice H. | 10 Dec 2024 | 12 Mar 2024 | ||||
Joseph | Carl E. | 1 Mar 2025 | 16 Feb 2025 | Tec 4 Co B 728 Ry Opr BN TC WWII; Rest In Peace | s/Mattie Simmons Joseph | ||
Joseph | Mattie S. | 1902 | 1967 | Rest In Peace | |||
Joseph | Howard | 1900 | 1940 | ||||
Soklosky | Alice T. | 6 May 2024 | 21 Jul 2024 | Mt. Castle Funeral Home, Lorton, VA marker only | |||
Wilson | Virgie C. | 25 Mar 2024 | 25 Jul 2024 | Rest In Peace | |||
Simmons | Isaac G. | 15 Jul 2024 | 9 Feb 2025 | Father | |||
Simmons | Sarah E. | 20 Jan 2025 | 2 Mar 2025 | Mother; His Wife | w/Isaac G. | ||
Simmons | Addison | 22 Feb 2025 | Aged 70 yrs | 1st grave on family farm | |||
Simmons | Lavina | 22 Nov 2024 | Aged 77 yrs | ||||
Simmons | Jesse A. | 12 Mar 2024 | 18 Oct 2024 | Into Thy Hands I Commend My Spirit | WWII; s/Issac & Sarah Simmons. | ||
Harman | Lorene L. | 23 Apr 2024 | Rest In Peace | ||||
Hardin | Pauline S. | 1916 | 1995 | ||||
Hardin | James R. | 1944 | 1966 | US Army, Germany | |||
Simmons | Hubert B. | 21 Mar 2024 | 12 Nov 2024 | Footstone HBS. Bro/Nina A. Simmons. | |||
Simmons | Nina A. | 23 Jun 2024 | 20 Aug 2024 | sister/Hubert B.; footstone NAS | |||
Soklosky | Donald | 2 Feb 2025 | 27 Oct 2024 | Cremated. Korean conflict. |