Samuel L. Vest Cemetery - Located at the end of Vest Tannery Road NE about 1/3 mile past the “End of State Maintenance” sign. The road past the sign is excellent because it is a common driveway for an upscale neighborhood. The cemetery sits about 100 yards off the road on the left just beyond 354 Vest Tannery Road NE, Check, Floyd Co., VA.

N 37 00.256  W 080 13.265

Original Source: Documented by Judy Blackwell and Genevieve Starkey March 30, 2006. Location verified by Jim & Lucy Slusher April 12, 2021. From a distance, cemetery appears to be well maintained.

Find A Grave Name: Samuel L. Vest Cemetery, Floyd Co., VA.

(src: Find A Grave; photo by John Skillman)

+ indicates on same tombstone

& indicates a relationship

Notes:

IMAGE

NAME

BIRTH

DEATH

MARKER NOTES

ANNOTATION:

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by John Skillman Oct 2010)

 

Vest, Marada

19 Aug 1908

21 Jun 1920

d/o Jesse & Etta Vest

d/o Jesse David & Henrietta “Etta” (Vest) Vest. [Vest_Samuel_Sarah]

No photo

Vest, Infant

22 Apr 1917

22 Apr 1917

Infant of Andy W. & Minnie L. Vest

Infant of Andrew Wade “Andy” “Bud” & Minnie Lottie (Perdue) Vest. [Vest_Samuel_Sarah]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by John Skillman Oct 2010)

Vest, J. Eugene

27 Feb 1924

11 Mar 1924

 

Aka John Eugene Vest

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by John Skillman Oct 2010)

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by John Skillman Oct 2010)

Vest, John E.

&

Vest, Juanna

23 Feb 1840

 

25 Sep 1851

06 Jun 1922

 

21 Feb 1928

Father

Mother

John E. Vest, s/o Samuel Littleberry & Sarah (Iddings) Vest. [Vest_Samuel_Sarah]

m.1867

nee Juanna Hall, d/o David & Abigail (Iddings) Hall. [Hall_David_Abigail]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by John Skillman Oct 2010)

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by John Skillman Oct 2010)

 

Vest, Isaac Hall

&

Vest, Sarah E. M.

13 Jun 1856

 

17 Jul 1856

31 May 1920

 

17 Aug 1930

 

s/o Samuel Littleberry & Sarah (Iddings) Vest. [Vest_Samuel_Sarah]

m. 1876 Floyd

Sarah Elizabeth M. Vest, d/o Peter Riley  & Charlotte (Shockey) Vest. [Vest_Littleberry_2wives]

No photo

Vest, George L.

28 Dec 1888

24 Feb 1905

s/o I. H. & S. E. M. Vest

s/o Isaac Hall & Sarah Elizabeth M. (Vest) Vest. [Vest_Samuel_Sarah]

Not noted in Find A Grave to be buried in this cemetery.

 

Vest, Infant

1898

1898

s/o I. H. & S. E. M. Vest

Probably Everette Vest born & died 18 Aug 1898

s/o Isaac Hall & Sarah Elizabeth M. (Vest) Vest. [Vest_Samuel_Sarah]

 

Vest, Infant

29 Jul 1894

29 Jul 1894

s/o I. H. & S. E. M. Vest

s/o Isaac Hall & Sarah Elizabeth M. (Vest) Vest. [Vest_Samuel_Sarah]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by John Skillman Oct 2010)

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by John Skillman Oct 2010)

Vest, Samuel L.

&

Vest, Sarah

8 Jun 1813

 

1 Nov 1817

22 Sep 1890

 

27 Jun 1890

77 years 3 months 14 days

 

Wife of Samuel Vest

Samuel Littleberry Vest, s/o Littleberry & Mary (Moore) Vest. [1890 Floyd Death Register] [Vest_Samuel_Sarah]

m. 1833 Floyd

nee Sarah “Sally” Iddings, d/o Henry III & Lydia W. (Wilson) Iddings. [1890 Floyd Death Register]

 

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by John Skillman Oct 2010)

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by John Skillman Oct 2010)

Conner, James W.

&

Conner, Lenora A.

31 Mar 1868

 

4 Sept 1872

29 Sep 1928

 

29 Jun 1929

 

 

Wife of James W. Conner

James W. Conner, s/o John Aaron & Mary Ellen (Vest) Conner. [Conner_Aaron_Kesiah]

m.

nee Lenora A. Vest, s/o John E. & Juanna (Hall) Vest. [Vest_Samuel_Sarah]

Conner, Hopert

30 Apr 1904

18 Jul 1905

s/o J. W. & Nora Conner

s/o James W. & Lenora A. (Vest) Conner. [Conner_Aaron_Kesiah]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Rena Worthen Nov 2007)

Hall, David

Jul 188?

Feb 1885

 

 

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by John Skillman Oct 2010)

 

No photo of Harriet’s stone

Vest, Berry M.

&

Vest, Harriet E.

15 Apr 1836

 

06 Sep 1936

19 Feb 1918

 

21 Aug 1882

81 years 10 months 4 days

 

 

Berry M. Vest, s/o Samuel Littleberry & Sarah (Iddings) Vest. [Vest_Samuel_Sarah]

m. 1858 Floyd

Nee Harriet E. Swepston, d/o George Washington & Mary (Elliott) Swepston. [Swepston_George_Mary]

 

No photo

Vest, Everett H.

06 Jul 1902

02 Mar 1904

 

 

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by John Skillman Oct 2010)

Vest, Annie E.

13 Jun 1896

25 Dec 1896

 

 

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by John Skillman Oct 2010)

Vest, Roscoe Ray

16 Apr 1908

27 Feb 1911

 

 

No photo

Vest, Infant

02 Jun 1912

02 Jun 1912

d/o A P & Octavia E Vest

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by John Skillman Oct 2010)

Vest, Letcher A.

1893

1898

s/o John H. & Lettie L. Vest

s/o John Henry & 1st wife Lydia Florence “Lettie” (Light) Vest. [Vest_Samuel_Sarah]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by John Skillman Oct 2010)

Vest, John Henry

+

Vest, Palestine Tice

+

Vest, Lettie Light

1868

 

1880

 

1873

1961

 

1979

 

1899

Stone shared with

 

2nd wife

 

1st wife

John Henry Vest, s/o Berry M. & Harriet E. (Swepston) Vest. [Vest_Samuel_Sarah]

M1 Lydia Florence “Lettie” Light, d/o Henry Washington Jr & 1st wife Mary Magdaline (Lawrence) Light. [Light_HenryWSr_Nancy]

M2 Agranda Palestine "Pallie" Tice, d/o Daniel Webster & 1st wife Martha (Snuffer) Tice. [Tice_FrancesJane_Laban]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by John Skillman Oct 2010)

Whitenack, Lorena F.

07 Dec 1863

12 Mar 1937

Wife of L. H. Whitenack

Nee Sarah Lorena Florence Vest, d/o Berry M. & Harriet E. (Swepston) Vest. [Vest_Samuel_Sarah]

M1 Gideon L. Lawrence, s/o Jacob B. & 1st wife Nancy (Rutrough) Lawrence. [Lawrence_Jacob_2wives]

M2 Leander Horace Whitenack, s/o Jonathan & Sarah (Vest) Whitenack. [Whitenack_William_Bidsey]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by John Skillman Oct 2010)

Cahill, Margie V.

1940

1998

s/o Hugh & Dorothy Vest

Nee Margie Verdene Vest

M1 Kurtis Allen Lee of PA 1963 Floyd; divorced 1973

m. unknown Cahill.

 

Roanoke Times, The (VA) - Sunday, May 10, 1998

CAHILL, Margie V., 58, of Roanoke, passed away Friday, May 8, 1998 at her home after fighting a long battle with cancer. She was a graduate of Check High School in Floyd Co. She was also a graduate of James Madison College of which she earned her B.S. Degree in Home Economics. She worked one year for Potmac Edison Electric Company in Maryland. Coming back to Virginia, she was employed by American Electric Power of Roanoke where she worked for 35 years. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, John Henry and Pallie Vest and Winfield and Fannie West. She leaves to cherish her memory parents, High and Dorothy Vest, Check; one brother and sister-in-law, Roger and Sharon Bolinski Vest, Roanoke; one sister and brother-in-law, Peggy and J.C. Wimmer Jr., Check; three nephews, Jonathan and Pamela Nichols Vest, Check, Eric Vest, Roanoke, Travis Wimmer, Check; three nieces, Amy Vest, Richmond, Jessica Vest, Fredericksburg attending Mary Washington College, Jennifer Wimmer, Blacksburg attending VPI & SU; one great-nephew, Tristan Vest, Check. She also leaves cousins, aunts, unlces, and a host of many many friends. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at Gardner Funeral Home with the Rev. William Davis Jr. pastor of Central United Methodist Church, Salem, Elbert Lee Naff and the Rev. Lane Spinger both pastors of Stonewall United Methodist & Brethren Church, Floyd. Interment will follow in Samuel L. Vest Family Cemetery, Check. The family will receive friends Sunday, May 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Oakey's South Chapel. Friends may call anytime Monday at Gardner Funeral home where the family will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Flowers or memorials will be accepted. In lieu of flowers, donations may be given to the Central United Methodist Church, Salem.

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by John Skillman Oct 2010)

Vest, Hugh F.

+

Vest, Dorothy E.

20 Sep 1917

 

19 Oct 1914

20 Mar 2007

 

23 Oct 2006

 

Hugh Frederick Vest, s/o John H. & 2nd wife Agranda Palestine (Tice) Vest.

Nee West, Dorothy E. West, d/o Winfield Wilton & Fannie Elizabeth (Hall) West.

 

CHECK-Hugh Frederick Vest passed from this world peacefully on March 30, 2007 at the age of 89. He was born September 30, 1917 in Floyd County, Virginia, to

John Henry and Agranda Palentine "Pallie" (Tice) Vest.
In addition to his parents, he is predeceased by his brothers: Edgar, Letcher, Wade, Lewis and Ralph Vest; his sisters, Flossie Wright, Essie Sisson, and Susie Sweeney; his daughter, Margie L. Cahill, and his beloved wife of 69 years, Dorothy.
He is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Roger E. and Sharon Vest; one daughter and son-in-law, Peggy L. and J. C. Wimmer Jr.; grandchildren, Jonathan Vest and wife, Pamela, Amy Vest, Eric Vest and wife, Margie, Jessica Vest Lewis and husband, Michael, Travis Wimmer, and Jennifer Wimmer ; three great-grandchildren, Tristan, Paxton, and Jackson Vest; a brother, Horace D. Vest; three sisters: Audrey Lee, Allene Sweeney, and Allie Vest; three sisters-in-law: Irene Vest, Marie West, and Mae Dobbins and husband, Carl.
Funeral service was conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 3, at Gardner Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Dan Walker officiating. Interment followed in the

Samuel L. Vest Family Cemetery, Check.

Vest, James M.

30 Oct 1842

04 Oct 1882

39 years 11 months 26 days

James M. Vest, s/o Samuel Littleberry & Sarah (Iddings) Vest. [1882 Floyd Death Register] [Vest_Samuel_Sarah]

m. 1865 Floyd

nee Miranda Bethena Conner, 1842-1932, d/o Aaron M. & Keziah (Cole) Conner. She d. in Young Co., TX & is buried there in the Donnell Cemetery with her daughter & son in law John Cable B. & Melvina Missouri (Vest) Akers.

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by John Skillman Oct 2010)

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by John Skillman Oct 2010)

Vest, Samuel A.

&

Vest, Delilah A.

11 Apr 1852

 

09 Dec 1849

04 Dec 1922

 

19 Nov 1914

 

 

Wife of S. A. Vest.

Aka Samuel Anderson Vest, s/o Samuel Littleberry & Sarah (Iddings) Vest. [Vest_Samuel_Sarah]

m. 1871 Floyd

Delilah Ann Moran, d/o James & Delilah (Cannaday) Moran.

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by John Skillman Oct 2010)

Vest, Mary Mildred

01 Aug 1908

28 Aug 1909

d/o C. J. & Sallie Vest

d/o Charles Jefferson & Sarah Elizabeth (Kennett) Vest. [Vest_Samuel_Sarah]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by John Skillman Oct 2010)

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by John Skillman Oct 2010)

Conner, John A.

&

Conner, Mary E.

1845

 

1850

1910

 

1930

 

John Aaron Conner, s/o Aaron M. & Kesiah “Cuzzie” (Cole) Conner. [Conner_Aaron_Kesiah]

m. 1866 Floyd

nee Mary Ellen Vest, d/o Samuel Littleberry & Sarah (Iddings) Vest. [Vest_Samuel_Sarah]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by John Skillman Oct 2010)

Vest, C. Clay

+

Vest, Ellen Bennett

17 Apr 1956

 

 

13 May 2007

 

 

 

Aka Clifford Clay Vest, s/o Horace David & Aberdeen (McNiel) Vest.

 

On Sunday morning, May 13, 2007, Clay Vest peacefully passed away at the Cancer Treatment Center of America in Zion, Illinois in the presence of his family. He was preceded in death by his mother, Aberdeen Vest. Survivors include his loving wife, Ellen Bennett Vest; daughter and son-in-law, Jessica and Chris Brevard; father, Horace Vest; sister and brother-in-law, Connie and Maurice Quesenberry; brothers and sisters-in-law, Tim and Gennell Vest, Doug and Angie Vest; mother-in-law, Thelma Lucas; father-in-law, William Bennett; aunts and uncles, Marshall and Judy McNeil, Alfred McNeil, Buddy and Vivian Dickerson, Allene Sweeney, Audrey Lee, Allie Vest, Bertha Sassaman; nephews, Marc Quesenberry, Matthew Vest, Mitchell Nolen; nieces, Megan Quesenberry, Michelle Quesenberry, Charity Nolen, Hannah Vest; two life long friends, Wayne Goff (the 2nd friend?). Clay loved the Lord and his church family at Floyd Baptist Church where he served as a deacon. He was a loving husband, father and friend. He enjoyed reading the Bible. He loved farming and the outdoors, with a passion for tractors and equipment. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, May 18, 2007 at Floyd Baptist Church with Dr. Dave Holladay, Pastor Dan Walker and the Rev. Dan Agee officiating. Interment will follow at Samuel L. Vest Cemetery. Friends may call after 8:30 a.m. on Thursday at Gardner Funeral Home, where the family will be from 6 to 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, Clay requested that donations be made to Floyd Baptist Church, PO Box 58, Floyd, Va. 24091, or to the Medical Charities of Floyd County for cancer patients and their families, 100 E. Main St. Room 108, Floyd, Va. 24091. Arrangements are being handled by Gardner Funeral Home, Floyd.
Published in the Roanoke Times from 5/16/2007 - 5/18/2007.

 

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