Cremations with ashes scattered in Floyd Co., VA.

This compiler has come across a person who was cremated with ashes scattered in the Little River. Same person was erroneously placed in the Little River Cemetery, Floyd Co., VA. For that reason, I’ve set up a cemetery for just such situations.

Original Source: none

Published Books:

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 1^st 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 1^st maintained by Barb Stanley (1934-2006); compilers will be individually identified.

Find A Grave Name:

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]

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NAME

BIRTH

DEATH

MARKER NOTES

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Wirt, Opal Thompson

12 Aug 1920

11 Sep 2003

Opal’s ashes were scattered in the Little River near her home.

nee Opal Ivaleen Thompson, d/o John & Lura (Altizer) Wirt.

m. 1941 Pearisburg

Everett Evans Wirt, s/o Henry & Janie (Gilmore) Wirt.

The Roanoke Times Roanoke, Virginia · Sunday, September 14, 2003

The Roanoke Times Roanoke, Virginia · Tuesday, March 20, 2007

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