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| Cemetery | Mt. Paran Baptist Church Cemetery (*) |
| Location | Elkton, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg, Virginia, take Route 33 East to town of Elkton. In Elkton go north on Route 340 (East Side Hwy aka Stuart Avenue). Then turn right on Rockingham Street, continue on to Furnace and this changes to Route 759 (Newtown Road). Continue on Route 759 and turn left onto Route 891 (Mt. Paran Church Road). Cemetery is located behind the church on the left hand side of the road. |
| Notes | Cemetery in good condition. Note By Deb Wake: I tried to meet with Mr. Fields several times when I surveyed the cemetery in July and again August 15th, but his health was not good. He died 24 Aug 2008. In the 1960s the D.A.R. noted there were 16 illegible undertakers grave markers. |
| Survey Date and Recorder | 14 Aug 2024 Deb, Simon, Lella, & Malcolm Wake |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nizer | Robert Daniel | 27 Dec 2024 | 14 Aug 2024 | c/ Jerry & Annie Elizabeth | |||
| Banks | Elijah (Fount) | No visible marker; recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s | |||||
| Jones | Charlotte | No visible marker; recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s | |||||
| M. | L. A. | No visible marker; recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s | |||||
| Willis | Alma R. | 1880 | 1963 | No visible marker; recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s | |||
| Barber | Frank | 1902 | 1919 | No visible marker; recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s | |||
| Fields | 3 markers reading Fields-no given names | ||||||
| Staggle | Alice | 1874 | 1961 | No visible marker; recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s | |||
| Nizer | Nannie J. | 5 Mar 2025 | 8 Oct 2024 | ||||
| Nizer | Mary E. | 18 Mar 2024 | 30 Apr 2024 | w/ Edward Nizer | |||
| Fields | Earl | 2 Feb 2025 | 3 Sep 2024 | Va. TEC 5 Trans. Corps WWII | |||
| Tolliver | James E. | 27 Jan 2025 | 12 Jun 2024 | ||||
| Banks | Donna D. | 8 Dec 2024 | 30 May 2024 | ||||
| Lewis | Ottie F. | 2 Jan 2025 | 11 Feb 2025 | brother | |||
| Fields | Bertha | 2 Nov 2024 | 18 Apr 2024 | shared stone w/ Robert Fields | |||
| Nizer | William Albert | 18 Sep 2024 | 13 Jul 2024 | c/ Jerry & Annie Elizabeth | |||
| Nizer | Francis | 1910 | 1951 | ||||
| Nizer | Jerry Edward | 7 Jan 2025 | c/ Jerry & Annie Elizabeth | ||||
| Nizer | Clayton Floyd | 22 Sep 2024 | c/ Jerry & Annie Elizabeth | ||||
| Nizer | Emly Louvinia | 5 Jun 2024 | 21 Jul 2024 | c/ Jerry & Annie Elizabeth | |||
| Fields | Nathan | 1885 | 1950 | shared stone w/ Maude N. Fields | |||
| Green | Hattie C. | 5 Mar 2025 | w/ J. F. Green; aged 36 | ||||
| Fields | Maude N. | 1893 | 1954 | shared stone w/ Nathan Fields | |||
| Green | Frank | No visible marker; recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s | |||||
| Nizer | Jerry, Rev. | 18 Dec 2024 | 15 Dec 2024 | Erected by heirs of Jerry & Annie Aug 7, 2024 | shared stone erected 7 Aug 2024 | ||
| Nizer | Landolia | 26 Sep 2024 | 8 Jan 2025 | ||||
| Nizer | Annie B. | 7 Jul 2024 | 29 Oct 2024 | ||||
| Henderson | Frank | No visible marker; recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s | |||||
| Moton | Marie | 1917 | 1939 | ||||
| Phillips | Nina P. | 22 Jun 2024 | 19 Sep 2024 | shared stone w/ William Oscar Philips | |||
| Nizer | Maud Gertrude | 24 Jul 2024 | 1954 | c/ Jerry & Annie Elizabeth | |||
| Nizer | J[ames] Monroe | 6 Apr 2024 | 6 Jan 2025 | also funeral home marker | |||
| Norton | William | 1889 | 1959 | No visible marker; recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s | |||
| Henderson | Annie B. | 1889 | 1989 | J. C. Brill Funeral Home Marker | |||
| Henderson | Walter | 1889 | [1929] | J. C. Brill Funeral Home Marker | |||
| Walker | Ananias | 1 Feb 2025 | 21 Aug 2024 | Va. PFC Co C 511 Engr Svc Bn WWI | |||
| Fields | Robert | 25 Jul 2024 | 16 Aug 2024 | shared stone w/ Bertha Fields | |||
| Simpson | Elizabeth | 1888 | 1954 | Lindsey Funeral Home Marker | |||
| Lively | Maggie | 1888 | 1943 | J. C. Brill Funeral Home Marker | |||
| Brown | Blanche L | 1916 | 1975 | ||||
| Wax | Eliza | 30 Aug 2024 | Aged 72 yrs; mother | footstone E. W. | |||
| Wax | Jerry | 30 Aug 2024 | Aged 62 yrs; father | footstone J.W. | |||
| Griggs | Maynard | 1 Apr 2024 | Va PVT 1 CL Engr Officers Training Sch. | ||||
| Augustus | Catherine | 1920 | 2007 | shared stone w/ Charles Augustus | |||
| Augustus | Charles | 1910 | 1962 | shared stone w/ Catherine Augustus | |||
| Williams | George H. | 18 Feb 2025 | 18 Nov 2024 | Va. CPL U.S. Army WWI | |||
| Nizer | Alice P. | 5 Jun 2024 | 1 Sep 2024 | ||||
| Arrington | Henry | 1892 | 1918 | PVT US Army WWI; CO H 803rd Pioneer Inf | |||
| Nizer | Bessie Elizabeth | 29 Nov 2024 | 1934 | c/ Jerry & Annie Elizabeth | |||
| Phillips | William Oscar | 22 May 2024 | 15 Aug 2024 | shared stone w/ Nina P Philips | |||
| Fielding | Bessie | 1886 | 1936 | ||||
| Henderson | Katie | 1900 | 1945 | ||||
| Nizer | Annie Elizabeth | 22 Feb 2025 | 24 Jan 2025 | shared stone; children named with dates | |||
| Nizer | Mary J. | 1 Oct 2024 | 7 Apr 2024 | also J. C. Brill Funeral Home Marker | |||
| Fields | Josephine, Miss | 1919 | 1952 | funeral home marker | must be Josephine Fields recorded by DAR | ||
| Wright | Lucy Annie | 30 Aug 2024 | w/ L. W. Wright; Aged 52 yrs | shared stone w/ L. W. Wright | |||
| Henderson | Hunter | 23 Mar 2024 | 16 Dec 2024 | Ohio PVT Co. B 158 Depot Brigade WWI | |||
| Wright | L. W. | No dates; shared stone w/ Lucy Annie Wright | |||||
| Unknown | 02 | J.C. Brill Funeral Home marker | |||||
| Brown | Hamilton | 13 Oct 2024 | 14th Dev. Co.; Maryland Pvt 154 Depot Brig | has two stones | |||
| Brown | Minnie A. | 1873 | 1936 | ||||
| Brown | William S. | 1871 | 1957 | ||||
| Walker | Annie R. | 1 Jan 2025 | 14 Jun 2024 | ||||
| Fields, Sr. | Leonard L. | 29 Feb 2025 | 20 Oct 2024 | Pvt US Army WWII; 599th quartermaster Laundry Company | other half of double stone blank | ||
| Franklin | Alvirta M. | 1898 | 1974 | ||||
| Henderson | Elizabeth Strowther | 4 Dec 2024 | 2 Nov 2024 | north side of shared stone w/ Martha, Cortney & Alice | |||
| Strowther | Cortney | 1 Jan 2025 | 9 Dec 2024 | south side of shared stone w/ Martha, Elizabeth & Alice | |||
| Nizer | Martha | 28 May 2024 | 22 Jul 2024 | east side of shared stone w/ Cortney, Elizabeth & Alice | |||
| Brown | Mertley C. | 3 ____ 1917 | d/ M. M & R. L. Brown | aged 2 mos. 14 dys. | |||
| Williams | Floyd | 1 Jan 2025 | 4 Jun 2024 | shared stone w/ Frances C. Williams | |||
| Williams | Charles C. | 1926 | father | shared stone w/ Katherine Williams | |||
| Chamber | Robert | 1886 | 1966 | funeral home marker | |||
| Chambers | Adele O. | 1 Dec 2024 | 27 Feb 2025 | also Kyger & Trobaugh Funeral Home marker | |||
| Nizer | Clarice E. | 24 Oct 2024 | 18 Feb 2025 | ||||
| Becks | Robert D. | 9 Jun 2024 | |||||
| Rankin | Evelyn F. | 26 Jun 2024 | shared stone w/ James D. Rankin Sr | ||||
| Green | Robert P. | 1869 | 1951 | shared stone w/ Victoria M. Green | |||
| Nizer | W. Albert | 18 Oct 2024 | 13 Jul 2024 | birth month different than Rev. Nizer stone; c/Jerry & Annie Elizabeth | |||
| Rankin, Sr. | James D. | 15 Feb 2025 | 14 Dec 2024 | shared stone w/ Evelyn F. Rankin | |||
| Fields | Goldie L. | 1911 | 1973 | ||||
| Nizer, Sr. | Thomas D. | 30 Jun 2024 | 11 Dec 2024 | CPL US Army WWII; 1862nd Engineer Battalion | shared stone w/ Margaret E. Nizer | ||
| Nizer | Rudolph F. | 1921 | 1981 | ||||
| Jones, Jr. | Earl | 22 Jul 2024 | 2 May 2024 | husband | |||
| Fields | Rudolph Henry | 29 Jun 2024 | 13 Jul 2024 | VA SFC Btry C 26 Arty Tab | shared stone w/ Easter M. Fields | ||
| Fields | Easter M. | 29 Jul 2024 | 28 Oct 2024 | shared stone w/ Rudolph H. Fields | |||
| Henderson | Alice | aged 4 yrs | d/ Elizabeth Strowther Henderson | north side of shared stone w/ Martha Cortney & Elizabeth | |||
| Fields | Annie E. | 1913 | 1987 | ||||
| Moton | James | 1883 | 1977 | J.C. Brill Funeral Home Marker | |||
| Nizer | Margaret E. | 17 Apr 2024 | shared stone w/ Thomas D. Nizer Sr. | ||||
| Fields | Ethel M. | 1916 | 1989 | shared stone w/ Sherman L. Fields | |||
| Banks | Etta V. | 24 Aug 2024 | 30 Dec 2024 | ||||
| Jackson | Mort, Rev. | 1885 | 1980 | Richmond, VA | |||
| Williams | Edith C. | 23 Sep 2024 | 29 Dec 2024 | ||||
| Fields | Richard E. | 1910 | 2004 | TEC 5 US Army WWII | Military marker shows Richard E. Sr. b. 22 Mar 2024 d. 26 Jul 2024 | ||
| Fields | Ellwood M. | 17 Apr 2024 | 28 Apr 2024 | PFC US Army Korea | |||
| Jones | James Jake | 1931 | 1982 | Warren Kyger Funeral Home Marker | |||
| Williams | Katherine | 1948 | mother | shared stone w/ Charles C. Williams | |||
| Ward | Ruth S. | 1902 | 1981 | ||||
| Brown | Naomi | 1907 | 1992 | ||||
| Brown | Charles Ashby | 24 Jun 2024 | 29 May 2024 | PFC US Army WWII | |||
| Butler | Emma B. | 1918 | 2007 | shared stone w/ Philip Butler | |||
| Mitchell | Yvonne D. | 6 Jun 2024 | 26 Sep 2024 | shared stone w/ Robert L Mitchell | |||
| Temple | Helen B. | 1912 | 1982 | ||||
| Butler | Josephine D. | 13 Dec 2024 | 15 Nov 2024 | shares stone w/ Haywood Butler Sr | |||
| Becks | Norris | 1895 | 1984 | PFC US Army WWI 42nd Separate Company Inf. | has two stones | ||
| Lanier | William Robert | 28 May 2024 | 3 Jun 2024 | father | |||
| Mosby | Mable | 1911 | 1996 | mother | shared stone w/ Reginald C Mosby | ||
| Butler, Sr. | Haywood | 12 Apr 2024 | 14 Jun 2024 | shared stone w/Josephine D. Butler | |||
| Ross | Carlton M. L. | 25 Sep 2024 | 16 Mar 2024 | s/Junior H. & Verastarr D. Ross | shared stone w/ Junior & Verastarr Ross | ||
| Fields | Sherman L. | 1919 | [24 Aug 2024]* | shared stone w/ Ethel M. Fields | |||
| Butler | Philip | 1911 | 1982 | shared stone w/ Emma B. Butler | |||
| Ross | Verastarr D. | 4 Nov 2024 | mother | shared stone w/ Carlton & Junior Ross | |||
| Moton, Sr. | William A. | 1910 | 2000 | Kyger & Trobaugh Funeral Home Marker | |||
| Moton, Jr. | William A. | 1967 | 1999 | Kyger & Trobaugh Funeral Home Marker | |||
| Green | Victoria M. | 1873 | 1935 | shared stone w/ Robert P. Green | |||
| Williams | Frances C. | 1976 | w/ Floyd Williams | shared stone w/ Floyd Williams | |||
| Mosby | Reginald C. | 1931 | 2000 | son | shared stone w/ Mable Mosby | ||
| Mitchell | Robert L. | 17 Mar 2024 | 15 Apr 2024 | shared stone w/ Yvonne D Mitchell | |||
| Jones | Gennet E. | 28 Feb 2025 | 2 Dec 2024 | shared stone w/ Bennie W, Jones | |||
| Henderson | Leah | No visible marker; recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s | |||||
| Jones | Demetrius M. | 1927 | 2004 | Kyger Funeral Home Marker | |||
| Jones | Infant | 27 Apr 2024 | s/ Sherry Ross & Bennie Jones | ||||
| Jones | Lulu Rebecca | 1920 | 1998 | Kyger Funeral Home Marker | |||
| Young | Angela Janine | 17 Sep 2024 | 5 Mar 2025 | d/ Betty Jo & Stanley J. Young Sr; sister to Stanley J. Young Jr. | |||
| Young | Betty Jo | 29 Jan 2025 | 8 Apr 2024 | A2C US Air Force | |||
| Jones | Bennie W. | 1 Jan 2025 | 6 Dec 2024 | shared stone w/ Gennet E. Jones | |||
| Ross | Junior H. | 29 May 2024 | 9 May 2024 | father | shared stone w/ Carlton & Verastarr Ross |
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