Whispering Pines Cemetery, Short Road NW, Floyd Co., VA.

aka Reed Family Cemetery

Last visited Apr 2008.

N 36 59.578 W 80 28.083

36.9929892-80.4680159

 

Google Maps 36.9929892-80.4680159

 

Original Source: April 2008 by Jo Parr & Genevieve C. Starkey with thanks to Dennis Light.

Find A Grave Name: Whispering Pines, Carthage, Floyd Co., VA.

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:

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NAME

Original Survey

BIRTH

DEATH

MARKER NOTES

ANNOTATIONS

no photo

Hill, Infant

yes

 

21 May 1934

Infant of

Roscoe & Cora Hill

Infant of Roscoe & Cora (Reed) Hill. [Hill_Elijah_2wives] Cora d/o Stillmon & Margaret (Harris) Reed. [Reed_Emory_Miriam]

no photo

Light, Autumn Marie

yes

05 Oct 1978

03 Jul 2004

 

Autumn Marie Light, d/o Dennis Owen & Teresa Marie (Johnston) Light. Dennis Owen Light s/o Gabriel Owen & Mildred Nellie (Reed) Light. [Light_HenryWSr_Nancy]

 

Autumn Marie Light, 25, of Cloverdale, passed away Saturday, July 3, 2004. She was a 1996 graduate of Lord Botetourt High School. Surviving are her father, Dennis Light; mother, Teresa Johnston Light; grandparents, Mildred Light, Jim Johnston, Marlene Johnston; aunts and uncles, Sammy and Madora Lane, Jim and Marchetta Lafon, Jay and Cathy Light and Steve Johnston; and cousins, Scott, Missy, and Amanda. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 8, 2004 from Oakey's North Chapel. Pastor Horace D. Light will officiate. Interment will be in the Reed Family Cemetery, Floyd County. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday at Oakey's North Chapel, 362-1237.

Roanoke Times, The (VA) - Wednesday, July 7, 2004

src: original survey included photos

Light, Gabriel Owen

+

Light, Mildred Reed

yes

 

yes

09 Apr 1925

 

29 May 1925

02 Feb 1990

 

06 May 2010

 

Gabriel Owen Light, s/o James Clyde & Ocie Laura (Radford) Light. [Death Cert] Burial: Reed Family Cemetery [Light_HenryWSr_Nancy] 237594346

m. 1945 Montgomery

nee Mildred Nellie Reed, d/o Dennis Whitlow & Ollie Agnes (Dulaney) Reed. Burial: Reed Family Cemetery. [Reed_Emory_Miriam] 237594383

 

Gabriel Owen Light, age 64 of 2610 Radford Rd., N.E., died Friday February 2, 1990. He is survived by his wife, Mildred R. Light, two daughters and sons-in-law, Madora and Sammy Lane, Roanoke; Marchetta and Jim Lafon, Salisburg, Md.; two sons and one daughter-in-law, J.W. and Cathy Light, Roanoke; Dennis Light, Cloverdale; four grandchildren, Missy L. Bratton; Scott Lane; Amanda Lafon, Autumn Light; one great-grandson Trevor Bratton; three sisters, Hope Gallimore, Akron, Ohio; Pearl McKay, Max Meadows; Audrey Lawson, Galax. Funeral services will be conducted from Oakey's North Chapel at 11:00 a.m. Monday, February 5, with the Rev. Charles R. Doyle officiating. Burial will be in the Reed family cemetery, Floyd County. Friends may call at Oakey's North's Chapel from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Sunday.

Roanoke Times, The (VA) - Sunday, February 4, 1990

 

Mildred Reed Light, 84, of Roanoke, Va., went to be with her Lord on Thursday, May 6, 2010. She was predeceased by her husband, Gabriel Owen Light; and a granddaughter, Autumn Marie Light. Mrs. Light was a member of Hollins Road Church of the Brethren. Surviving are her daughters and sons-in-law, Madora and Sammy Lane and Marchetta and Jim Lafon; sons and daughter-in-law, J.W. and Cathy Light, and Dennis Light; three grandchildren, Missy L. Bratton, Scott Lane and Amanda Shrader; six great-grandchildren, Trevor, Heidi, Bryan, Gabriel, Jacob and Douglas; brother, Jimmy Reed and wife, Ella; sister, Christine Bohon; and several nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to Hollins Road Church of the Brethren, 2404 Hollins Road, Roanoke, Va. 24012 or to the American Cancer Society, 2840 Electric Road, Roanoke, Va. 24018. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, May 8, 2010, at Oakey's North Chapel. Pastor Horace Light will officiate. Interment will be in the Reed Family Cemetery, Floyd County. The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, May 7, 2010, at Oakey's North Chapel, 540-362-1237.

Roanoke Times, The (VA) - Saturday, May 8, 2010

src: original survey included photos

Reed, Dennis W.

+

Reed, Ollie D.

yes

 

yes

19 Apr 1892

 

20 May 1901

15 Jul 1966

 

02 Jul 1975

VA PVT Quartermaster Corps

WORLD WAR I

 

 

aka Dennis Whitlow Reed, s/o Stillmon & Margaret (Harris) Reed. [Death Cert] Burial: Family Cemetery. [Reed_Emory_Miriam] 237593728

m. 1919 Floyd

nee Ollie Agnes Dulaney, d/o Madison Albert & 2nd wife Margaret Ann Elizabeth (Altizer) Dulaney. [Death Cert] Burial: Family Cemetery. [Dulaney_Daniel_Milly] 237593954

src: original survey included photos

Reed, Dennis Jr

yes

07 Jun 1930

21 Jul 1990

Sgt US Marine Corps Korea

s/o Dennis Whitlow & Ollie Agnes (Dulaney) Reed. [Death Cert] Burial: Whispering Pines Cem., Riner, VA  Obit: none found. [Reed_Emory_Miriam] 37593653

m. 1952 Roanoke

nee Virginia Frances Albert, d/o Edgar Newton & Bernice Lee (Neal) Albert. [no file]

no photo

Reed, Ella Lorene Scott

NO

18 Jun 1935

25 Jun 2016

 

nee Ella Lorene Scott, b. Patrick, d/o Emmett & Mamie Alice (Pendleton) Scott.

m. (can’t find)

Jimmy Reed, s/o Dennis Whitlow & Ollie Agnes (Dulaney) Reed. [Reed_Emory_Miriam]

 

Ella Lorene Scott Reed, 81, of Roanoke passed away on Saturday, June 25, 2016. She was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church. Ella loved being with her family and enjoyed the holidays and family reunions.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Emmett and Mamie Scott; brother, Maynard Scott.
Ella is survived by her husband of 55 years, Jimmy Reed; son and daughter-in-law, Steven and Christina Reed; three sisters, Bea Stegall, Mary Cannaday, Christine Helton; four brothers, James Scott, Lynwood Scott, Curtis Scott, Kenneth Scott; numerous nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at Oakey’s North Chapel with Rev. Woody Turner officiating. Interment will follow at Whispering Pines Cemetery, Floyd County. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, June 28, 2016 from 5 until 8 p.m. at Oakey’s North Chapel.

(src: Find A Grave)

src: original survey included photos

Reed, Oscar Lee

yes

21 Jun 1893

11 Apr 1964

VA Pvt Co E 3 Engr Tng Regt

Oscar Lee Reed, never married s/o Stillmon & Margaret (Harris) Reed. [Death Cert] Burial: blank. [Reed_Emory_Miriam] 237593495

src: original survey included photos

Reed, S. Luvena

&

Reed, Infant

yes

 

yes

1897

 

1909

1897

 

1909

 

S. Luvena Reed, probable d/o Stillmon & Margaret (Harris) Reed. 237593136

&

Infant Reed, probable c/o Stillmon & Margaret (Harris) Reed. 237593207

src: original survey included photos

Reed, Stillmon

+

Reed, Margaret

yes

 

yes

1866

 

1868

1930

 

1940

 

Stillmon Reed, s/o Crockett D. & Sarah (Burnett) Reed. [DeathCert] Burial: Family Burial Ground. [Reed_Emory_Miriam] 237592945

m. 1889 Floyd

nee Margaret Harris, d/o Joseph H. & Sarah Jane (Carroll) Harris. [DeathCert – can’t find] [Harris_Thomas_Elizabeth] 237593057 

src: original survey included photos

Sutphin, Thelma

+

Sutphin, Lonnie Alvis

yes

 

yes

24 Sep 1930

 

08 Jul 1939

19 Nov 1930

 

10 Aug 1941

Children of Lonnie & Minnie Sutphin

Thelma Sutphin, d/o Lonnie William & 2nd wife Minnie Esther (Reed) Sutphin. [Sutphin_William_Sarah] 237593274

&

Lonnie Alvis Sutphin, s/o Lonnie William & 2nd wife Minnie Esther (Reed) Sutphin. [Sutphin_William_Sarah] 237593382 

 

Minnie d/o Stillmon & Margaret (Harris) Reed. [Reed_Emory_Miriam]

 

Original Source: April 2008 by Jo Parr & Genevieve C. Starkey with thanks to Dennis Light.

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