Ballinger Family Cemetery, Parkway Lane S, Floyd Co., VA.

N 36 51.121 W 80 19.278 NOT VERIFIED with site visit!

(src: google maps)

Original Source: Documented Feb 15, 2006 by Melissa Goodson & Genevieve C. Starkey.

Note from Evelyn Rutrough dated 1878: Parents of George Royal Sr buried here. Thomas Royal; Martha Brooks (1^st wife); Martha Vancy (2^nd wife).

Find A Grave Name: as of Sep 30, 2021 this cemetery does not appear to be on FAG.

Annotations – added May 2021 by Barb Camery Reininger

Annotations in Red – correction to original text by Barb Camery Reininger

+ indicates on same tombstone

& indicates a relationship

Notes: 2006 notation: “Some graves marked with rocks & one monument fallen over on face so could not be read.”

Photo	NAME	Original survey X	BIRTH	DEATH	MARKER NOTES	ANNOTATIONS
	Ballinger, Eleanor Harless	X	19 Jan 1893	05 Nov 1947		nee Eleanor Hamilton Harless, d/o James Richard & Lorena Leona (Palmer) Harless. Living in Prince George’s Co., MD 1940. [Death Cert – can’t find] [no file] m. 1913 Montgomery Ordway Gentry Ballinger, s/o John Tazwell & Martha J. (Sparks) Ballinger. Living in Prince George’s Co., MD 1940. [Death Cert – can’t find] [no file] [Ballinger_Richard_2wives)
	Ballinger, Ellis G.	X	15 Dec 1872	21 Aug 1948		aka Ellis Gamereau Ballinger, single s/o John Tazwell & Martha J. (Sparks) Ballinger. [DeathCert] [Ballinger_Richard_2wives)
	Ballinger, J. T.	X	18 Feb 1850	21 Jan 1934	full dates from DC	aka John Tazwell Ballinger, s/o Richard & Martha (Lovell) Ballinger but was born before parents married in 1857. [DeathCert] [Ballinger_Richard_2wives) m. 1872 Floyd nee Martha J. Sparks, d/o William R. & Milla (Gentry) Sparks. [DeathCert] [no file]
	Ballinger, Martha J. Sparks	X	14 Aug 1847	18 Feb 1921		nee Martha J. Sparks, d/o William R. & Milla (Gentry) Sparks. [DeathCert] [no file] m. 1872 Floyd aka John Tazwell Ballinger, s/o Richard & Martha (Lovell) Ballinger but was born before parents married in 1857. [DeathCert] [Ballinger_Richard_2wives)
	Ballinger, Ordway Gentry	X	06 Aug 1875	30 Mar 1936	h/o Elleanor	Ordway Gentry Ballinger, s/o John Tazwell & Martha J. (Sparks) Ballinger. [Death Cert – can’t find] [Ballinger_Richard_2wives] m. 1913 Montgomery nee Eleanor Hamilton Harless, d/o James Richard & Lorena Leona (Palmer) Harless. [Death Cert – can’t find] [no file]
FAG has him buried in the Epperly-Ballinger Cemetery which is a different cemetery. He needs to be moved to this the Ballinger Family Cemetery, Parkway Lane South, Floyd Co., VA.	Royal, Thomas	X	1850	1913		Note from Evelyn Rutrough dated 1878. Her source: Mrs. George Royal Sr. Parents of George Royal Sr, 1880-1964, buried here. Thomas Royal, 1850-1913, s/o William & Sallie (Saunders) Royal. [DeathCert] m. 1^st Martha Elizabeth Brooks, 1852-1888, d/o William E. & Rebecca E. (Brown) Brooks. She is buried in NC. [no file] m. 2^nd Martha J. Royal, nee Vaney/Vannoy, d/o William & Fannie (Sparks) Vaney/Vannoy. [no file]
FAG has him buried in the Epperly-Ballinger Cemetery which is a different cemetery. He needs to be moved to this the Ballinger Family Cemetery, Parkway Lane South, Floyd Co., VA.	Slusher, Fannie G.	X	22 Feb 1877	18 Jul 1915		nee Fannie Gertrude Ballinger, d/o John Tazwell & Martha J. (Sparks) Ballinger. [DeathCert] [Ballinger_Richard_2wives) m. 1904 Floyd Co., VA Hillsman Moses Slusher, s/o James Bennett & Nancy W. “Nannie” (Dickerson) Slusher. [DeathCert] [Slusher_Jeremiah_Sarah]
FAG has him buried in the Epperly-Ballinger Cemetery which is a different cemetery. He needs to be moved to this the Ballinger Family Cemetery, Parkway Lane South, Floyd Co., VA.	Slusher, Hillsman M.	X	22 Aug 1878	09 Apr 1958		aka Hillsman Moses Slusher, s/o James Bennett & Nancy W. “Nannie” (Dickerson) Slusher. [Slusher_Jeremiah_Sarah] 1^st m. 1904 Floyd, nee Fannie Gertrude Ballinger, d/o John Tazwell & Martha J. (Sparks) Ballinger. [Ballinger_Richard_2wives] 2^nd m. Judia R. Martin nee Jones, d/o Robert P. & Malinda (Nolen) Jones.
	Slusher, Mildred D.	X	1905	08 Aug 1931		Mildred D. Slusher, single d/o Hillsman Moses & Fannie Gertrude (Ballinger) Slusher. [DeathCert] [Slusher_Jeremiah_Sarah]
	Sparks, Millie	X	1805	1874	w/o W. R. Sparks	nee Milla “Millie” Gentry, d/o unknown. [1874 Floyd County Death Register] [no file] m. (can’t find) William R. Sparks, s/o unknown.
	Zemla, Sally	X	13 Mar 1909	03 Jan 1937		nee Sally A. Slusher, d/o Hillsman Moses & Fannie Gertrude (Ballinger) Slusher. [Death Cert – can’t find] [Slusher_Jeremiah_Sarah] m. 1927 Delaware Joseph F. Zemla, 1900-1980, s/o unknown. [no file]

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