Cox Family Cemetery, Timber Ridge Road NW off of Horse Ridge Rd, Copper Valley, Floyd, VA.

Flurnoy Cox Place in 1979

36.956305, -80.538025

Floyd County, VA GIS Parcel ID 38-1A

Last visited by Tracy C. Apr 2021

src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Apr 2021

src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Apr 2021

Original Source: 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.

1979 Pg 31-32 Cox Cemetery Flurnoy Cox Place SR #619, Horse Ridge, Copper Valley, VA.

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: Cox Family Cemetery, Timber Ridge Road NW, Willis, Virginia

Annotations – added by Barb Camery Reininger BootsWI@gmail.com

+ indicates on same tombstone

& indicates a relationship

FAG: Find a Grave

[Death Record n/a] Floyd Co., VA Death Records n/a 1863-1864 & parts of other years seeming to be missing.

[Death Cert n/a] Virginia Death Records, with some exceptions, not available 1899-Jun 14, 1912. src: Virginia Vital Records • FamilySearch

Notes:

Photo

NAME

BIRTH

DEATH

MARKER NOTES

ANNOTATIONS

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Arnold, John Gilbert

11 Aug 1942

26 Sep 1997

 

John Gilbert “Jack” Arnold, b. Geneva, Ontario Co., NY, s/o Samuel C. & Isabella R. (Simms) Arnold. [no file]

m. Apr 5, 1964 New York.

Geneva Cox, d/o Ham & Lessie Ellen (Quesenberry) Cox. [Cox_AmbroseN_Jr_2wives]

 

ARNOLD, John Gilbert, (''Jack""), 55 of 101 Holly Harbor Lane, Lexington, S.C., died Saturday, September 27, 1997. Born in Geneva, N.Y., he was a son of Isabella Simms Landis of Modesto, Calif., and the late Samuel C. Arnold. He also was preceded in death by a son, Samuel Seth Arnold. He was employed with Fairmont Tamper and was a Mason and a Navy veteran. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Geneva Cox Arnold of Lexington, S.C.; two sons, John Gabriel Arnold of Columbia, S.C., and Joshua Mark Arnold of Charleston, S.C.; a brother, Fred Arnold of New York, and one granddaughter, Madeline Joy Arnold of Columbia, S.C. Funeral services for John Gilbert (''Jack"") Arnold will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at St. Alban's Episcopal Church, 403 Park Road, Lexington, S.C. Burial will be in the Cox Family Cemetery in Indian Valley, Va. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Caughman-Harman Funeral Homes, Lexington Chapel, 503 North Lake Drive, Lexington, S.C. 29072. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 128 Stonemark Lane, Columbia, S.C. 29210, or the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 6604, Columbia, S.C. 29260.

Roanoke Times, The (VA) - Sunday, September 28, 1997 and The State Columbia, South Carolina Sunday · September 28 1997

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Arnold, Samuel Seth

25 Sep 1968

15 Apr 1986

 

Samuel Seth Arnold, s/o John Gilbert “Jack” & Geneva (Cox) Arnold. [no file]


Samuel S. Arnold
GENEVA - Samuel Seth Arnold, 17, of 4156 High Banks, East Lake Road, died Tuesday (April 15) at
Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, of injuries received in a car accident in March.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Sanderson Funeral Home, 32 State St.,
Seneca Falls. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday in St. Paul Episcopal Church, Waterloo. The Rev. David R.
Mihalyi, rector, will officiate. Burial will be in the Cox Family Cemetery, Indian Valley, Va.
Mr. Arnold was born in Toms River, N.J., Sept. 21, 1968, son of John G. and Geneva Cox Arnold. He was a

student at Romulus Central School, Romulus.

Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John G. Arnold of Geneva; two brothers, John Gabriel Arnold and

Joshua Mark Arnold, both at home; his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Ruth Landis of San Jose, Calif.; and

his maternal grandmother, Lessie Cox of Indian Valley. Va.

Finger Lakes Times 16 Apr, 1986

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Bishop, Luzetta A.

28 Feb 1881

07 Oct 1915

 

nee Luzetta A. Dalton, d/o of Amos & Itura (Cox) Dalton. [Death Cert] [obit not found] [Dalton_Amos_Itura]

m. 1908 Floyd as 2nd of 4 wives of

Henry Nill or Neal Bishop, s/o Henry Wesley & Elizabeth (Altizer) Bishop. [Death Cert] [Bishop_Henry_2wives]

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Cox, Berman L.

+

Cox, Ila A.

11 Apr 1902

 

08 Nov 1914

22 Jun 1993

 

01 Sep 1996

Married

Jan 12, 1938

Berman Lee Cox, s/o Flurnoy & Susan Menecie “Necie” (Phillips) Cox. [DeathCert] [Cox_AmbroseN_Jr_2wives]

m. 1938 Floyd Marriage

nee Ila Beatrice Altizer, d/o Frank Taylor & Flora Isabell (Dulaney) Altizer. [Altizer_EmeryJr_2wives_mcva]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Thursday, June 24, 1993

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Thursday, June 24, 1993

FAG; marker not found Apr 2021; CAN NOT VERIFY BURIAL IN THIS COX CEMETERY

Cox, Bernard James

20 Jan 1929

21 Jun 2018

 

Bernard James Cox, s/o James Pogue & Jessie Mae (Altizer) Cox. [Cox_AmbroseN_Jr_2wives]

m. 1945 Floyd Marriage

nee Bessie Mae Hollandsworth, d/o Clive & Ruby (Quesenberry) Hollandsworth. [Hollandsworth_WilliamC_2wives]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Friday, June 22, 2018

FAG; marker not found Apr 2021; CAN NOT VERIFY BURIAL IN THIS COX CEMETERY

Cox, Bessie Mae Hollandsworth

18 May 1927

21 Nov 2014

 

nee Bessie Mae Hollandsworth, d/o Clive & Ruby (Quesenberry) Hollandsworth. [Hollandsworth_WilliamC_2wives]

m. 1945 Floyd Marriage

Bernard James Cox, s/o James Pogue & Jessie Mae (Altizer) Cox. [Cox_AmbroseN_Jr_2wives]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Sunday, November 23, 2014

recent burial

Cox. Bonnie Sue Bradley

06 May 1953

24 May 2025

 

nee Bonnie Sue Allen nee Bradley, d/o Robert Henry & Violet Irene (Dove) Bradley. [no file]

m. 1981 Montgomery,

Wilkie Monroe Cox, s/o Berman Lee & Ila Beatrice Altizer (Altizer) Cox. [Cox_AmbroseN_Jr_2wives] 1st m. 1964 Radford; div. 1979 Montgomery, nee Doris Genevia Duncan, d/o Lincoln & Audrey Athine Washington (Bain) Duncan. [Duncan_Benjamin_Nancy]

 

Bonnie <I>Bradley</I> CoxBonnie Bradley Cox, age 72, of Christiansburg died Saturday, May 24, 2025. She was born in Blacksburg, VA on May 6, 1953, to the late Robert and Violet Bradley. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Wilkie Cox; daughter, Kim Allen; sisters, Mary, Debbie, Joyce, Lena; brothers, Bobby, Richard and Johnny.

She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Jessica and Ryan Marquart; step-daughters, Kathy Beale (Craig), Anita Ferguson; grandchildren, Hunter, Kenzie, Jayden, Addy, Grayson; step-grandchildren, Christopher, Cody, Ava, Emma; sisters, Patsy Williams (Alvin), Remona Vaught; sisters-in-law, Iris and Edith Bradley; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, June 2, 2025, at 11 a.m. in the McCoy Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Shake Smith officiating. Interment will follow at Cox Cemetery, Willis, VA. Visitation will be held on Sunday, June 1, 2025, from 4 to 6 p.m. at McCoy Funeral Home, Blacksburg.

src: FAG

 

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Cox, Flurnoy

26 May 1862

02 Mar 1943

 

Flurnoy Cox, s/o Braxton & Ursula “Usley” (Jennings) Cox. [DeathCert] [obit not found] [Cox_AmbroseN_Jr_2wives]

m. 1883 Floyd His 1st her 2nd Marriage

nee Susan Menecie “Necie” Phillips, d/o William Montague & Eliza Jane (Montgomery) Phillips.[DeathCert] [Phillips_WilliamM_Eliza]

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Cox, Ham

+

Cox, Lessie Q.

17 Mar 1917

 

13 Dec 1919

26 Aug 1973

 

29 Jun 2000

 

Ham Cox, s/o Isaac Luther & Vinecie Jane "Necie" (Hollandsworth) Cox. [Death Cert] [Cox_AmbroseN_Jr_2wives]

m. 1937 Carroll [Marriage]

nee Lessie Ellen Quesenberry, d/o Asa Obadiah & Alma Virginia (Simpkins) Quesenberry. [Quesenberry_JamesB_SarahH_ccva]

 

The World-News, Roanoke, Virginia · Monday, August 27, 1973

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Saturday, July 1, 2000

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Cox, Harold Ham

07 Jul 1950

16 Feb 2007

SGT

US Air Force

Vietnam

Harold Ham Cox, s/o Ham & Lessie Ellen (Quesenberry) Cox. [Cox_AmbroseN_Jr_2wives]

1st m. 1972 FL, div 1973 FL, Carolyn Ann Sooy.

2nd m. 1974 Carroll, div. 1986 Floyd, Janet Faye Branscome, d/o John Cody & Irmyl Maurine (Reece) Branscome.

3rd m. 1900 Carroll, Wava Carter, d/o Errol Hartsell & Paul Delores (Nester) Carter.

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Sunday, February 18, 2007

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Cox, Herbert H

+

Cox, Ava Sheppard

31 Oct 1929

 

03 Mar 1939

04 Apr 2011

 

Living

 

aka Herbert Hoover Cox, s/o Isaac Luther & Vinecie Jane “Necie” (Hollandsworth) Cox. [Cox_AmbroseN_Jr_2wives]

1st m. 1951 Floyd, Dorothy Lee Wright, d/o Noel Harvey & Mary Virginia (Bowyer) Wright. [no file]

2nd m. 1975 Christiansburg, Ava Blaine Sheppard, d/o Oather Blaine & Ava Blaine (Shanks) Sheppard. [no file]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Wednesday, April 6, 2011

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Cox, Infant Son

+

Cox, Infant Daughter

 

07 Jul 1966

 

11 Jan 1972

Infants of

Wilkie & Doris Cox

Children of Wilkie Monroe & 1st wife Doris Genevia (Duncan) Cox. [obits not found] [Cox_AmbroseN_Jr_2wives]

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Cox, Infant Daughter

17 Jan 1922

17 Jan 1922

Infant Daughter

of

Mr. & Mrs. J. P. Cox

Infant d/o James Pogue & Jessie Mae (Altizer) Cox. [Death Cert] [obit not found] [Cox_AmbroseN_Jr_2wives]

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Cox, Infant Son & Daughter

No date

No date

Infants of

Mr. & Mrs. I. L. Cox

Son & Daughter

Children of Isaac Luther & Vinecie Jane “Necie” (Hollandsworth) Cox. [obits not found] [Cox_AmbroseN_Jr_2wives]

 

may be a death cert for the daughter. [Death Cert]

may be a death cert for the son aka Floyd Cox, 1924-1925. [Death Cert]

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Cox, Isaac Luther

+

Cox, Necie H.

09 Mar 1886

 

10 Feb 1898

26 Mar 1936

 

06 Nov 1974

 

Isaac Luther Cox, s/o Flurnoy & Susan Menecie “Necie” (Phillips) Cox. [Death Cert] [obit not found] [Cox_AmbroseN_Jr_2wives]

m. 1915 Floyd Marriage

nee Vinecie Jane “Necie” Hollandsworth, d/o Sherman Alexander & Margaret Jane (Spence) Hollandsworth. [Death Cert] [Hollandsworth_WilliamC_2wives]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Friday, November 8, 1974

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Cox, Jep

+

Cox, Ruby C. Harris

18 Jun 1905

 

28 Mar 1913

06 Feb 1936

 

13 Feb 1996

 

Jep Cox, s/o Flurnoy & Susan Menecie “Necie” (Phillips) Cox. [Death Cert] [obit not found] [Cox_AmbroseN_Jr_2wives]

m. 1929 Floyd Marriage

nee Ruby Ethel Lester, d/o John France & Ella May (Lester) Lester. [Lester_Lindsay_Caroline] Ruby m. 2nd 1942 Floyd, Clifton Howery Harris, s/o s/o Asa Harris & Lucy Virginia (Manning) Harris. Clifton was the widower of Maudie Bell (Duncan) Harris. [Harris_Henry_2wives] She’ll m. 3rd 1963 Collinsville, Early Wilson Harris, d/o Maston & Eunice Jane (Manning) Harris.

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Thursday, February 15, 1996

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Cox, Paul

12 Mar 1933

18 Dec 1997

 

aka Paul Dempsey Cox, s/o Jep & Ruby Ethel (Lester) Cox. [Obit] [Cox_AmbroseN_Jr_2wives]

1st m. & div. 1981, Doris J. Long.

2nd m. 1983 Pulaski, Registered Floyd, Luvina Jane Cox nee Phillips, d/o Wyatt Tazwell & Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Rigney) Phillips. [Phillips_WilliamR_2wives] Luvina 1st m. 1935 Floyd, Lonnide Guy “Lonnie” Cox. [Cox_Braxton_Nancy]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Friday, December 19, 1997

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Cox, S. M.

13 Sep 1861

01 Apr 1931

 

nee Susan Menecie “Necie” Phillips, d/o William Montague & Eliza Jane (Montgomery) Phillips. [DeathCert] [Phillips_WilliamM_Eliza]

1st m. 1881 Floyd, Tazwell Phillips, s/o James & Nancy Eleanor “Nantie” (Cox) Phillips. [Phillips_WilliamR_2wives]

2nd m. 1883 Floyd Marriage, Flurnoy Cox, s/o Braxton & Ursula (Jennings) Cox. [DeathCert] [Cox_AmbroseN_Jr_2wives]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Thursday, April 02, 1931

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Cox, Wilkie Monroe

1940

14 Jan 2020

 

Wilkie Monroe Cox, s/o Berman Lee & Ila Beatrice Altizer (Altizer) Cox. [Cox_AmbroseN_Jr_2wives]

1st m. 1964 Radford; div. 1979 Montgomery, nee Doris Genevia Duncan, d/o Lincoln & Audrey Athine Washington (Bain) Duncan. [Duncan_Benjamin_Nancy]

2nd m. 1981 Montgomery, Bonnie Sue Allen nee Bradley, d/o Robert Henry & Violet Irene (Dove) Bradley. [no file]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Saturday, January 18, 2020

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Dalton, Amos

23 May 1857

02 Feb 1934

 

Amos Dalton, s/o Timothy & Mary (Worrell) Dalton. [DeathCert] [obit not found] [Dalton_Amos_Itura]

m. 1879 Floyd Marriage

Itura Cox, d/o Braxton & Ursula "Usley" (Jennings) Cox. [DeathCert] [Cox_AmbroseN_Jr_2wives]

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Dalton, Itura Cox

06 Sep 1861

28 May 1950

 

Itura Cox, d/o Braxton & Ursula "Usley" (Jennings) Cox. [DeathCert] [Cox_AmbroseN_Jr_2wives]

m. 1879 Floyd Marriage

Amos Dalton, s/o s/o Timothy & Mary (Worrell) Dalton. DeathCert] [Dalton_Amos_Itura]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Monday, May 29, 1950

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Phillips, Usley Cox

1839

15 Mar 1912

Wife of

Wm. R. Phillips

nee Ursula “Usley” Jennings, d/o Jonathan & Sarah (Howery) Jennings. src: FAG but I still question these parents. I think Sarah may have been a Bond & had Ursula with George Quesenberry as father. [DeathCert] [obit not found] [no file]

1st m. 1859 Floyd [CoxJenningsLic] [CoxJennings_Mar], Braxton Cox, s/o Ambrose Norwood & 1st wife Elizabeth (Sumpter) Cox. [Cox_AmbroseN_Jr_2wives]

2nd m. 1873 Carroll, William Riley “Bill Riley” Phillips, s/o James & Nancy Eleanor “Nantie” (Cox) Phillips. [Death Cert] [Phillips_WilliamR_2wives] Bill Riley will m. 2nd Lucy Ellen Phillips nee Simpkins, d/o Richard & Mary “Pop” (Quesenberry) Simpkins. [Simpkins_Henry_Elizabeth] Lucy 1st m. Ambrose W. Phillips, s/o Sarah Phillips.

FAG only; this compiler believes he is buried in the Cox Cemetery, rt 221, Dugspur, Carroll Co., VA with his wife. Shared marker already placed. Coordinates for cemetery 36.83920, -80.58750.

Quesenberry, Foster Freelin

(1930)

24 Nov 2024

 

Foster Freelin Quesenberry, s/o Albert & Ocie

m. 1949 Floyd

Ledlie Velma Huff, d/o John Daniel & Vercie Lillie (Phillips) Huff.

 

 

The Floyd Press, Floyd, Virginia · Thursday, November 28, 2024

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Sutphin, Ivory I.

03 Aug 1901

24 Aug 1924

 

nee Ivory Irene Dalton, d/o Amos & Itura (Cox) Dalton. [DeathCert] [obit not found] [Dalton_Amos_Itura]

m. 1921 Floyd Marriage

Lonnie William Sutphin, s/o Christopher Columbus “Lum” & Elmina (McPeak) Sutphin. [Death Cert] [Sutphin_William_Sarah] Lonnie m. 2nd 1926 Floyd, Minnie Esther Reed, d/o Stillman & Margaret (Harris) Reed. [Death Cert] He is buried with her in the Sunset Cemetery, Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., VA.

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Tuesday, December 23, 1980

 

Original Source: 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.

Cox Cemetery

Flurnoy Cox Place SR #619, Horse Ridge, Copper Valley, VA. 1979

Pg 31-32

 

Cox, Isaac Luther

b. 3-9-186, d. 3-26-1938

&

Cox, Necie H. (nee Hollandsworth)

b. 2-10-1898, d. 11-6-1974

 

Cox, Infant son & dau of Mr & Mrs I. L.

(no dates)

 

Phillips, Usley Cox

b. 1839, d. 1912

Wife of William R. Phillips

 

Cox, Infant dau of J.P. Cox

b. & d. 1-17-1922

 

Cox, Infant

b. & d. 1966

 

Cox, Infant

b. & d. 1972

 

Cox, Jep

b. 6-18-1905, d. 2-6-1936

 

Cox, Flurnoy

b. 5-26-1862, d. 3-2-1943

 

Cox, S. M. (nee Susan Menecie Phillips)

b. 9-13-1864, d. 4-1-1931

(m. 1st Taswell Phillips; m. 2nd Flurnoy Cox)

 

Dalton, Amos

b. 5-23-1857, d. 2-2-1934

+

Dalton, Itura Cox

b. 9-1861, d. 5-1950

Wife of Amos Dalton

 

Bishop, Luzetta A. (nee Dalton)

b. 2-28-1881, d. 10-7-1915

 

Sutphin, Ivory I. (nee Dalton)

b. 8-3-1901, d. 8-24-1924

 

Cox, Ham

b. 3-17-1917, d. 8-26-1973

+

Cox, Liessie Q. (nee Quesenberry)

b. 12-13-1919, d. (living 1979)