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
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“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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src: FAG; photo
added by Christenia Mar 2020
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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
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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
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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
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Notes: Full dates from other primary documents.
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Photo
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NAME
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Original survey
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BIRTH
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DEATH
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MARKER NOTES
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ANNOTATIONS
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src: FAG; photo added by
Christenia Mar 2020
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Cannaday, A. Luther
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yes
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07 May 1874
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05 Jun 1956
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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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src: FAG; photo added by
Christenia Mar 2020
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Cannaday, Bernice Allen
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yes
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04 Dec 1901
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31 Aug 1927
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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]
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src: Find A Grave; photo
added by M Radford Nov 2015
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Cannaday, Brenda Beck
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yes
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28 Feb 1946
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28 May 2007
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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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src: FAG; photo added by
Christenia Mar 2020
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Cannaday, Charlie T.
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yes
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12 Jul 1912
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06 Nov 1925
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Son
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aka Charlie Thurman Cannaday, s/o Andrew Luther & 1st
wife Nora Dell (Aldridge) Cannaday. [DeathCert] [obit – can’t
find] [Cannaday_AndrewB_2wives]
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(src: Find A Grave; photo
added by M Radford Nov 2015)
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Cannaday, Harry Brammer Sr
+
Cannaday, Marie Dobbins
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yes
yes
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15 May 1924
06 Aug 1923
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08 Jan 1988
28 Oct 1995
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Married
Dec 12, 1942
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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
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The Roanoke Times; Roanoke,
Virginia · Monday, October 30, 1995
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Christenia Mar 2020
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Cannaday, Infant
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yes
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03 Dec 1955
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03 Dec 1955
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Inf. Dau. of
Stanford A. & Manila
S. Cannaday
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Infant d/o Stanford Aldridge & 2nd wife
Manila (Shank) Cannaday. [Cannaday_AndrewB_2wives]
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src: FAG; photo added by
Christenia Mar 2020
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Cannaday, John A.
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yes
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13 Sep 1844
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13 Apr 1933
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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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src: FAG; photo added by
Christenia Mar 2020
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Cannaday, John Elwood
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yes
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13 Sep 1903
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20 May 1938
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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
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The Roanoke Times, Roanoke,
Virginia · Tuesday, February 18, 1992
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src: FAG; photo added by
Christenia Mar 2020
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Cannaday, John Elwood Jr.
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no
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18 Dec 1935
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07 Aug 2001
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Lt Col US Air Force
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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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src: FAG; photo added by
Christenia Mar 2020
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Cannaday, Mary Susan
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yes
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12 Apr 1906
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11 Apr 1919
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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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src: FAG; photo added by
Christenia Mar 2020
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Cannaday, Nora D.
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yes
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13 Sep 1876
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17 Feb 1924
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Mother
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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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src: FAG; photo added by
Christenia Mar 2020
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Cannaday, Roy Allen
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yes
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20 Jan 1922
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06 Aug 1944
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Son of
Clydie F. and
Bernice A. Cannaday
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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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src: FAG; photo added by
Christenia Mar 2020
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Cannaday, Stanford A.
+
Cannaday, Manila S.
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yes
yes
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21 Oct 1914
18 Aug 1917
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22 May 1997
10 Jun 2020
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S Sgt U S Army WWII
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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
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The Roanoke Times, Roanoke,
Virginia · Saturday, June 13, 2020
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src: FAG; photo added by
Christenia Mar 2020
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Cannaday, Susan M.
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yes
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20 Aug 1842
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13 Jun 1917
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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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src: FAG; photo added by
Christenia Mar 2020
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Cannaday Thomas L.
+
Cannaday, Elsie V.
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22 Feb 1908
26 Jan 1912
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24 May 1955
05 Oct 1995
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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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src: FAG; photo added by
Christenia Mar 2020
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Helms, Hazel Cannaday
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10 Sep 1926
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21 Jun 1956
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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
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The Roanoke Times, Roanoke,
Virginia · Tuesday, May 06, 1980
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Christenia Mar 2020
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Smith, Bonnie A. Cannaday
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yes
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13 Feb 1911
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03 Sep 1943
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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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src: FAG; photo added by
Christenia Mar 2020
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Sutphin, Clydie Cannaday
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yes
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28 Dec 1903
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20 Mar 1958
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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
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The Roanoke Times, Roanoke,
Virginia · Saturday, April 23, 1938

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke,
Virginia · Sunday, April 24, 1938
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src: FAG; photo added by
Christenia Mar 2020
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Sutphin, Norman Odell
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yes
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19 Dec 1934
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13 Feb 1956
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Norman Odell Sutphin, s/o Charlie & Clydie Frances (Brammer)
Sutphin. [DeathCert]
[Sutphin_Hendrick_2wives]


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