Rockingham County Virginia Tombstones by Cemetery

CemeteryLawson May Cemetery
LocationBennetts Run, Bergton Area, Rockingham County, Virginia.
NotesCemetery records compiled by Shirley Cullers Miller using headstones, field/river rocks, papers of Warren Souder and Lewis Yankey, J. Robert Swank’s 1967 records, and through interviews with area residents. Shirley Cullers Miller noted the following: "There has never been a written record of the burials in the Lawson May Cemetery. During my research I have made a list of the people that I have found to be buried in this cemetery. I am including the list for a record to be preserved."
Survey Date and Recorder2002
Shirley Cullers Miller

Cemetery Index

Surname Index

Surnames are sorted by section / plot / row / grave - only sections and rows are shown

SectionRowSurnameGiven Name & MIBirth DateDeath DateHeadstone NotesRemarks
MayDavid F.30 Aug 2024child of Silas & Mary Catherine Souder May
MayMary Catherine (Souder)Recorded by J. Robert Swank in 1967; wife of Silas May
MaySilasRecorded by J. Robert Swank in 1967
MayMary Shaver1862wife of David F. May, and child of Abraham Shaver II & Dorothy "Dolly" Turner Shaver
MayTallie7 Feb 202513 Feb 2025child of Lawson Boyd May & Iscie Sharon Smith May
MayWinnie Virginia9 Jun 202428 Feb 2025child of Lawson Boyd May & Iscie Sharon Smith
MayLawson Boyd22 Feb 202517 May 2024child of Priscella May, and husband of Iscie Sharon Smith
MayPriscella11 Mar 202410 Jan 2025child of Silas & Mary Catherine Souder May
MayAaron13 Jun 202413 Jun 2024child of Silas & Mary Catherine Souder May
MayAndrew12 May 202421 Jun 2024child of Silas & Mary Catherine Souder May
MayChristian C.22 Dec 20247 Jan 2025child of Silas & Mary Catherine Souder May

© Harrisonburg - Rockingham Historical Society. All rights reserved. The "Star" is a trademark of HRHS.