Cannaday, John Andrew Family Cemetery, across the road from 1012 River Ridge Rd S.E., River Ridge Road S.E, Floyd Co., VA.

From Floyd, Virginia travel north (towards Roanoke) on Route 221 for  approximately 11 miles and turn right on Route 664, River Ridge Road SE. Travel about 1 ½ miles until you see a white two - story house on the right with numbers 1012 on mailbox. The cemetery is across the road on a hill to your left.

36.9800640-80.1745970

Google Maps using coordinates 36.9800640-80.1745970

“This small family cemetery is in a fenced off area up the hill on pastureland across the road from 1012 River Ridge Rd SE, Copper Hill, VA 24079 - which once was the Cannaday family farmhouse owned by Andrew Luther Cannaday, and later his youngest son Stanford Aldridge Cannaday - both are buried here with members of their extended family.”

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Original Source: Submitted by Mary Frances Conner Williams to Barb Stanley’s original Floyd Co., VA News List site.

Published Materials:

Cemeteries Floyd (Montgomery) County, VA Indian Valley District Volume I by Elza B. Cox & Phyllis G. Phillips ©1980. Added with permission of Elza B. Cox Nov. 2022.

Floyd (Montgomery) County, VA Burks Fork District Volume II Compiled by Phyllis Goad Phillips And Genevieve Cochran Starkey 1st  of 109 Cemeteries pg 1-2. Added with permission of Genevieve Cochran Starkey May 2021.

Tombstone Inscriptions of Floyd County, Virginia ~ Compiled by Donna J. Robertson ~ © 1993

Head of the River, Rest Vale, Copper Hill Brethren, Wilson’s ~ Cemeteries in Floyd County ~ Work compiled by Billy & Juanita Grice, Salem, VA 1886-1997

Others submitted to original Floyd County, VA News List 1st maintained by Barb Stanley (1934-2006); compilers will be individually identified

Find A Grave Name: Cannaday Family Cemetery, River Ridge Rd SE (SR 664), Copper Hill, Floyd Co., VA.

Coordinates: 36.98006, -80.17460

Cemetery ID: 2218937

Floyd County, VA GIS Parcel ID 32-77C

Owner Name CANNADAY FAMILY CEMETERY

Acres 0.5

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: Full dates from other primary documents.

Photo

NAME

Original survey

BIRTH

DEATH

MARKER NOTES

ANNOTATIONS

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Cannaday, A. Luther

yes

07 May 1874

05 Jun 1956

 

aka Andrew Luther Cannaday, s/o John Andrew & Susan M. (Thurman) Cannaday. [DeathCert] [Cannaday_AndrewB_2wives]

1st m. 1897 Floyd, nee Nora Dell Aldridge, d/o John Taylor & 1st wife Mary Adeline (Walters) Aldridge. [DeathCert_1] [DeathCert_2] [Aldredge_Anderson_Elizabeth]

2nd m. 1938 Floyd, nee Ethel Ruth Hill, 1894-1981, d/o James Wilson & 2nd wife Octavia Josephine (Radford) Hill. [DeathCert] [Hill_JamesR_2wives] Ethel was 1st m. Luther Thomas Agee. [Agee_John_Lucinda]

 

The World-News, Roanoke, Virginia · Wednesday, June 06, 1956

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Cannaday, Bernice Allen

yes

04 Dec 1901

31 Aug 1927

 

Bernice Allen Cannaday, s/o Andrew Luther & 1st wife Nora Dell (Aldridge) Cannaday. [DeathCert] [obit – can’t find] [Cannaday_AndrewB_2wives]

m. 1921 Franklin

Clydie Frances Brammer, d/o George William & Florence (Jamison) Brammer. [DeathCert] [no file] She’ll m. 2nd Charlie Sutphin. [Sutphin_Hendrick_2wives]

src: Find A Grave; photo added by M Radford Nov 2015

Cannaday, Brenda Beck

yes

28 Feb 1946

28 May 2007

 

nee Brenda Gale Cannaday, d/o Harry Brammer & Marie (Dobbins) Cannaday. [Cannaday_AndrewB_2wives]

m. & divorced from

Michael R. Beck. [no file]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Thursday, May 31, 2007

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Cannaday, Charlie T.

yes

12 Jul 1912

06 Nov 1925

Son

aka Charlie Thurman Cannaday, s/o Andrew Luther & 1st wife Nora Dell (Aldridge) Cannaday. [DeathCert] [obit – can’t find] [Cannaday_AndrewB_2wives]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by M Radford Nov 2015)

Cannaday, Harry Brammer Sr

+

Cannaday, Marie Dobbins

yes

 

yes

15 May 1924

 

06 Aug 1923

08 Jan 1988

 

28 Oct 1995

Married

Dec 12, 1942

Harry Brammer Cannaday Sr, s/o Bernice Allen & Clyde Frances (Brammer) Cannaday. [DeathCert] [Cannaday_AndrewB_2wives]

m. 1942 Floyd

nee Agnes Marie Dobbins, d/o Peter Mullin & Audrey Ethel (Whitlock) Dobbins. [Death Cert] [Dobyns_mcva]

 

Martinsville Bulletin, Martinsville, Virginia · Monday, January 11, 1988

The Roanoke Times; Roanoke, Virginia · Monday, October 30, 1995

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Cannaday, Infant

yes

03 Dec 1955

03 Dec 1955

Inf. Dau. of

Stanford A. & Manila S. Cannaday

Infant d/o Stanford Aldridge & 2nd wife Manila (Shank) Cannaday. [Cannaday_AndrewB_2wives]

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Cannaday, John A.

yes

13 Sep 1844

13 Apr 1933

 

aka John Andrew Cannaday, s/o Andrew Benton & Mary G. (Huff) Cannaday. [DeathCert] [Cannaday_AndrewB_2wives]

m. 1966 Floyd

nee Susan M. Thurman, d/o David Saunders & Ann Adelia (Livesay) Thurman. [DeathCert] [Thurman_David_Ann]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Friday, April 14, 1933

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Cannaday, John Elwood

yes

13 Sep 1903

20 May 1938

 

John Elwood Cannaday Sr, s/o Andrew Luther & 1st wife Nora Dell (Aldridge) Cannaday. [DeathCert] [Cannaday_AndrewB_2wives]

m. can’t find

Mattie Emelene Hale, d/o Joseph Lee & Artie E. (Moore) Hale. [Death Cert] [Hale_FrancisJr_Letitia] She’ll m. 2nd Leonard Oliver Frye 1942 Roanoke. [no file]

 

The World-News, Roanoke, Virginia · Monday, May 30, 1938

The World-News, Roanoke, Virginia · Tuesday, May 31, 1938

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Tuesday, February 18, 1992

 

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Cannaday, John Elwood Jr.

no

18 Dec 1935

07 Aug 2001

Lt Col US Air Force

John Elwood Cannaday Jr, s/o John Elwood Sr & Mattie Emeline (Hale) Cannaday. [Cannaday_AndrewB_2wives]

m. 1960 Roanoke

Laura Dell Middlebrooks, d/o William Bryan & Lula May (Rikard) Middlebrooks of Selma, AL.

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Thursday, August 09, 2001

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Cannaday, Mary Susan

yes

12 Apr 1906

11 Apr 1919

 

Mary Susan Cannaday, d/o Andrew Luther & 1st wife Nora Dell (Aldridge) Cannaday. [DeathCert] [obit – can’t find] [Cannaday_AndrewB_2wives]

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Cannaday, Nora D.

yes

13 Sep 1876

17 Feb 1924

Mother

nee Nora Dell Aldridge, d/o John Taylor & 1st wife Mary Adeline (Walters) Aldridge. [DeathCert_1] [DeathCert_2] [obit – can’t find] [Aldredge_Anderson_Elizabeth]

m. 1897 Floyd

aka Andrew Luther Cannaday, s/o John Andrew & Susan M. (Thurman) Cannaday. [DeathCert] [Cannaday_AndrewB_2wives] He’ll m. 2nd 1938 Floyd, nee Ethel Ruth Hill, d/o James Wilson & 2nd wife Octavia Josephine (Radford) Hill.

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Cannaday, Roy Allen

yes

20 Jan 1922

06 Aug 1944

Son of

Clydie F. and

Bernice A. Cannaday

Roy Allen Cannaday, s/o Bernice Allen & Clyde Frances (Brammer) Cannaday. [DeathCert] [Cannaday_AndrewB_2wives]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Monday, August 07, 1944

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Cannaday, Stanford A.

+

Cannaday, Manila S.

yes

 

yes

21 Oct 1914

 

18 Aug 1917

22 May 1997

 

10 Jun 2020

S Sgt U S Army WWII

aka Stanford Aldridge Cannaday, s/o Andrew Luther & 1st wife Nora Dell (Aldridge) Cannaday. [Cannaday_AndrewB_2wives]

1st m. 1941 NC, Dorothy Gray, d/o Geo. W. & Mabel C.. Divorced 1945 FL.

2nd m. 1947 Roanoke, nee Manila Miles Shank, d/o Richard Miles & Gertrude Iva (Vest) Shank. [Shank_Henry_Susan]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Sunday, May 25, 1997

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Saturday, June 13, 2020

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Cannaday, Susan M.

yes

20 Aug 1842

13 Jun 1917

nee Susan M. Thurman, d/o David Saunders & Ann Adelia (Livesay) Thurman. [DeathCert] [obit – can’t find] [Thurman_David_Ann]

m. 1966 Floyd

John Andrew Cannaday, s/o Andrew Benton & Mary G. (Huff) Cannaday. [DeathCert] [Cannaday_AndrewB_2wives]

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Cannaday Thomas L.

+

Cannaday, Elsie V.

 

22 Feb 1908

 

26 Jan 1912

24 May 1955

 

05 Oct 1995

 

aka Thomas Luther Cannady, s/o Andrew Luther & 1st wife Nora Dell (Aldridge) Cannaday. [DeathCert] [obit – can’t find] [Cannaday_AndrewB_2wives]

m. abt 1928 can’t find

nee Elsie Virginia Walker, d/o William Thomas & Josephine (Dowdy) Walker. [Death Cert] Elsie m. 2nd 1958 WVA, Christopher Columbus Goins.

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Friday, October 06, 1995

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Helms, Hazel Cannaday

 

10 Sep 1926

21 Jun 1956

 

nee Hazel Marie Cannaday, d/o Bernice Allen & Clyde Frances (Brammer) Cannaday. [DeathCert] [Cannaday_AndrewB_2wives]

m. 1945 Roanoke

Buena Vista Helms Jr, s/o Buena Vista Sr & Sarah Lavania (Hollandsworth) Helms of Franklin Co., VA. [DeathCert] [no file]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Friday, June 22, 1956

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Tuesday, May 06, 1980

 

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Smith, Bonnie A. Cannaday

yes

13 Feb 1911

03 Sep 1943

 

nee Bonnie Annie Laura Cannaday, d/o Andrew Luther & 1st wife Nora Dell (Aldridge) Cannaday. [DeathCert] [Cannaday_AndrewB_2wives]

m. 1931 Floyd

John Hampton Smith, 1912-1994, s/o Fountain Christopher C. & Alberta Attoway (Moore) Smith. [Death Cert]  [Smith_JamesR_Ruth] He’ll m. 2nd 1951 Floyd, nee Kate Evelyn Weddle, 1912-2005, d/o Uriah Thornton & Lillie Mae (Alderman) Weddle. [Weddle_Levi_Katherine] John is buried in the Topeco Church Cemetery with Kate.

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Sunday, September 05, 1943

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Sutphin, Clydie Cannaday

yes

28 Dec 1903

20 Mar 1958

 

nee Clydie Frances Brammer, d/o George William & Florence (Jamison) Brammer. [DeathCert] [no file]

1st m. 1921 Franklin, Bernice Allen Cannaday, s/o Andrew Luther & 1st wife Nora Dell (Aldridge) Cannaday. [DeathCert] [Cannaday_AndrewB_2wives]

2nd m. 1931 Floyd, Charlie Sutphin, 1883-1938, s/o Sidney Jasper & Delia (McGrady) Sutphin. This was his 3rd marriage. [DeathCert] [Sutphin_Hendrick_2wives]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Saturday, March 22, 1958

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Saturday, April 23, 1938

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Sunday, April 24, 1938

 

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Sutphin, Norman Odell

yes

19 Dec 1934

13 Feb 1956

 

Norman Odell Sutphin, s/o Charlie & Clydie Frances (Brammer) Sutphin. [DeathCert] [Sutphin_Hendrick_2wives]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Wednesday, February 15, 1956

 

Original Survey:

Cannaday Family Cemetery, Floyd Co., VA

From Floyd, Virginia travel north (towards Roanoke) on Route 221 for  approximately 11 miles and turn right on Route 664, River Ridge Road, SE. Travel about 1 ½ miles until you see a white two - story house on the right with numbers 1012 on mailbox. The cemetery is across the road on a hill to your left.

Submitted by Mary Frances Conner Williams to Barb Stanley’s original Floyd Co., VA News List site

P O B 1367, Pulaski,
Va. 24301-1367

Mary’s Notes:
I have added the words in Brackets. All other words appear on the tombstones.

Parents of John A Cannaday were Andrew Bailey Cannaday and his wife Mary "Polly" Huff. Bailey lived in Franklin County until old and died at his daughter's home in Floyd County.

Parents of Nora Dell Aldridge were John Taylor Aldridge and Mary Adeline Walters (Nora was my great aunt)

Clydie F Brammer was married (1) to Bernice Allen Cannaday and (2) to Charlie Sutphin

Luther and Nora Cannaday had two other children (buried elsewhere):
Marvin Carson Cannaday 1898 - 1982 (?)
Laodus Alpha Cannaday Lawrence 1900 - 1937 (?)
Nora and most of her children died of cancer. Many of the grandchildren have also died from this disease.

 

John A(ndrew) Cannaday, born September 13, 1844, died April 13, 1933

Susan M (Thurman) Cannaday, born August 20, 1842, died June 13, 1917 (w/o John A.)

A(ndrew) Luther Cannaday, born May 7, 1874, died June 5, 1956 (s/o John & Susan)

Nora D(ell Aldridge) Cannaday, born September 13, 1876, died Feb. 17, 1924 (w/o Luther )

Bernice A(llen) Cannaday, born Dec. 4, 1901, died August 31, 1927 (s/o Luther & Nora)

Clydie (F. Brammer) Cannaday Sutphin, born December 28, 1903, died March 20, 1958 (w/o Bernice, she was from Franklin County, Va)

John Elwood Cannaday, born September 13, 1903, died May 30, 1938 (s/o Luther & Nora)

Mary Susan Cannaday, born April 12, 1906, died April 11, 1919 (d/o Luther & Nora)

Thomas L(uther) Cannaday, born 1908, died 1955 (s/o Luther & Nora)

Elsie V(irginia Goins) Cannaday, born 1912, died 1995 (w/o Thomas)

Bonnie A (nnie Laurie) Cannaday Smith, born February 13, 1911, died September 3, 1943 (d/o Luther & Nora, she married John Smith)

Charlie T(hurman) Cannaday, born 1912, died 1925 (s/o Luther & Nora)

Stanford A(ldridge) Cannaday, born October 21, 1914, died May 22, 1997  S Sgt U S Army WWII (s/o Luther & Nora)

Manila S(hank) Cannaday, born August 18, 1917  (living) w/o Stanford)

Inf. Daughter of Stanford A & Manila S Cannaday, b/d December 3, 1955

Roy Allen Cannaday, s/o Clydie F. and Bernice A Cannaday b. January 20, 1922, d. August 6, 1944

Harry Brammer Cannaday, Sr. b. May 15, 1924, d. January 8, 1988 (s/o Bernice A & Clydie F Cannaday)

Marie Dobbins Cannaday, born Aug. 6, 1923, died October 28, 1995 (w/o Harry) married December 26, 1942

Brenda Beck Cannaday, b. February 28, 1946 (still living - d/o Harry & Marie Cannaday)

Hazel Cannaday Helms, born September 10, 1926, died June 21, 1956 (d/o Bernice A & Clydie F Cannaday)

Norman Odell Sutphin, born December 19, 1934, died February 13, 1956  (s/o Mr. & Mrs. Charlie & Clydie B Sutphin)