Eller - Lester - Whitlock Family Cemetery, 597 Gallimore Lane NE (SR 810), Floyd VA 24091.

36.958333, -80.357550

597 Gallimore Lane NE, Floyd VA 24091.

36.958333, -80.357550

Original Source: On Jan. 31, 1990, Archie Sr. and I visited a Cemetery off Route 8 going south and turn left on to Route 810 for a half-mile. The cemetery was on the left of the road. The Cemetery is a disgrace. It is mostly destroyed.
Archie Sr. and Phyllis Sumner

Published Books:

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.

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: Lester Cemetery, Easter Creek Road NW (Rt. 738), VA (most of those noted below are said to be buried in the Lester Cemetery on Easter Creek Rd. This complier believes this to be (in part) incorrect.)

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:

IMAGES from Find A Grave	NAME	Original survey	BIRTH	DEATH	MARKER NOTES	ANNOTATIONS
no photo	Big Stone Base (no headstone)	yes
no photo	Eller, Lyda May	yes	24 Nov 1889	07 Jan 1891		Lydia May Eller, d/o David Lewis & Belle Alvatine (Brammer) Eller. [1892 Floyd Death Register] YOD differs from marker. [Eller_George_Nancy]
no photo	Eller, Nancy	yes	11 Jul 1824	05 Apr 1904	Wife of George Eller	nee Nancy Sloan, d/o unknown. [1904 Death Cert – n/a] [no file] m. 1853 Roanoke George Eller, s/o John W. & Catherine (Brubaker) Eller. [Eller_George_Nancy]
no photo	Fulcher, Minnie	yes	10 Oct 1874	24 Feb 1880		Minnie Fulcher, d/o Madison P. & Virginia Ann (Lester) Fulcher. [1880 Floyd Mortality Schedule] [Fulcher_Missouri]
no photo	Lester, Lucrerin E.	yes	05 Jan 1840	09 Nov 1853	13y 9m 8d	probably Lucretia E. Lester, d/o John (III) & Mary G. (Gardner) Lester. [1853 Floyd Death Register] [Lester_JohnIII_Mary]
no photo	Lester, William	yes	18 Jun 1818	01 Mar 1890		aka William Terry Lester, s/o John (II) & Mary Ann (Terry) Lester. I can’t see his death recorded in the 1890 Floyd Death Register [Lester_WilliamT_MaryA] m. 1841 Floyd nee Mary Amanda Simmons,1824-1888, d/o Thomas W. & Delila (Booth) Simmons. She is probably buried in this cemetery too. [Simmons_Thomas_Delila]
I know she was noted in original 1990 survey as being buried in this cemetery, but her stone was found Feb 2022 in the Laurel Branch cemetery by Tracy C.	~~Reed, Infant~~	yes		~~19 Jan 1919~~	s/o Tas and Icie Reed	~~s/o Tas Lee & Icie Pearl (Reed) Reed. [Death Cert – can’t find] [Reed_Emory_Miriam]~~
Original Stone no photo	Whitlock, J. A. & Whitlock, Permelia R.	yes	05 Mar 1858 03 Jan 1861	19 Dec 1928 24 Oct 1915	Wife of J. A. Whitlock	aka Joseph Albert Whitlock, s/o Asa Tate & Elizabeth Belle Anne (Sumpter) Whitlock. [Death Cert] [Whitlock_Asa_Elizabeth] m. 1888 Floyd nee Permelia Rosabelle "Jennie" Lester, d/o William Terry & Mary Amanda (Simmons) Lester. [Death Cert] [Lester_WilliamT_MaryA]
1949 Stone no photo	Whitlock, Joseph Albert + Whitlock, Jennie Lester	yes	1858 1861	1928 1915	Wife of J. A. Whitlock	Stone erected 1949

Original Survey:

Original Survey:

On Jan. 31, 1990, Archie Sr. and I visited a Cemetery off Route 8 going south and turn left on to Route 810 for a half-mile. The cemetery was on the left of the road. The Cemetery is a disgrace. It is mostly destroyed.
Archie Sr. and Phyllis Sumner

Called Lester Cemetery in FAG – Photos like the cemetery was being cared for in 2011 & 2013 – May be more memorials in FAG than original finding but didn’t look closely
    J. A. Whitlock                    Permelia R. Whitlock
    Born 3-5-1858                    Wife of J. A. Whitlock
    Died 12-19-1928             Born 1-3-1861
                                                Died 10-24-1915
    Joseph Albert Whitlock                        Jennie Lester Whitlock
    Born 1858                                            Wife of Joseph Albert Whitlock
    Died 1928                                              Born 1861
                                                                  Died 1915
                Stone Erected 1949

    Minnie Fulcher --- Born 10-10-1874 ---- Died 2-24-1880
    Lyda May Eller ---- Born 11-24-1889 ---- Died -1-7-1891
    Nancy Eller--wife of George Eller Born--7-11-1824 --- Died 4-5-1904
    Lucrerin E. Lester --- Born 1-5-1840 -Died 11-9-1853 --13 years 9 months and 8 days
    William Lester --- Born 6-18-1818----Died 3-1-1890
    Infant son of Tas and Icie Reed --- Born 1-19-1919
    Big Stone Base (no headstone)