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MARSHALL CEMETERYRoad 680Blainesville, Page Co. Va.At the junction of Road 611with Road 680, take Road 680 .5 mile to a dwelling on the left side of 680. Then walk in driveway toward the rear of the dwelling where the cemetery can be seen approximately 50 yards behind the dwelling.The cemetery is fenced, and there is some honeysuckle and small brush in the burial area. Mr. Glenwood C. Berry, who resides on Road 680 very near to the Marshall cemetery maintains the cemetery, which is used by Blacks. This cemetery was examined, and the tombstone inscriptions transcribed on 11 April 1988, by Jeanette Conner Ritenour HC 60, Box 1081, Seven Fountains, Va. 22652, and Mazie Cullers, HG 60, Box 1090, Seven Fountains, Virginia, 22652. Mr. Glenwood C. Berry accompanied the compilers and provided family relationship data. Mr. Eldon Yates, of Route 611 provided the compilers with the location of this burial ground.A new memorial stone with 9 inscriptions:George Smith 1890 – 1892Sarah Smith 1894 – 1926Henry Smith 1857 – 1954Lester Smith 1896 – 1898Harriet Lee Smith 1862 – 1936William M. Smith 1888 – 1966Mary Smith InfantHester V. Smith Parks 1905 – 1945Ada Smith Meadows 1892 – _____(Harriet Lee Smith also has an individual stone placed prior to the ‘New Memorial Stone’)J.W. Spencer 1867 – 1940(Footstone – ‘Father’. John W. Spencer was the husband of Hannah Marshall, and father of Wheeler Elizabeth Spencer Good)SMITH-ALLEN memorialWilliam M. Smith 1888 – 1966Rosie J. pest control . Smith 1900 – 1965Christine S. Allen 1914 – 1978Two mortuary markers on graves with data missingBuried in this area are:John GoodViola GoodHelen GoodElla Mae Good(No data available)Ambrose Blair 25 Dec 1872 – 25 Apr 1943Son/of William & Winnie BlairStage Blair 1887 – 1980(Bradley Mortuary Marker)One uninscribed fieldstone marked grave( ___ Blair buried here, and possibly William Blair, the husband of Winnie Blair)Winnie J. Blair (Mother) 11 Jun 1847 – 20 Jul 1918Mary E Jordan Born 1874(Stone damaged and the death date is illegible)Charles L. Blair 17 Sep 1877 – 31 Jul 1901Martha Brnce 1876 – 1945(Nee: Marshall)Two uninscribed fieldstone marked graves (Marshall’s buried here, and there is no other inscribed data)William H. Spriggs 2 Aug 1871 – 26 Nov 1957Maggie L. Spriggs 20 Dec 1875 – 20 Nov 1959One rusted-out mortuary marker without dataWilliam S. Thompson Born 1881 – Died 19 Jul l934Mary B. Thompson 19 Apr 1888 – 21 Mar 1982(Also buried in this area are: Bud Thompson, Dan Thompson without markers, or available data)Margaret M. Berry 1893 – 1962(Bradley Mortuary Marker)Wilbert M. Berry 1878 – 1961(Bradley mortuary marker. Page Co.Va. marriages – Wilbert M. Berry Colored, age 22, single, born & raised in Page Co Va., the son/of William F. and Jennie Berry. Married 10 Apr 1900 to Sallie Thompson, Colored, age 21, single, born & raised in Page Co. Va., and the dau/of Albert & Mary Ann Thompson)Uninscribed fieldstone marked grave.Buried here in James ‘Jim” Lee, the 1st husband ofWheeler Elizabeth Spencer Lee Bundy GoodElizabeth GoodBorn 1871 – Died 30 Apr 1965 (Her tombstone inscription has a death date of 30 Apr 1965. (Her obituary in the Page News and Courier lists date of death as 20 April 1965, and her funeral was held Friday, 23 Apr 1965. Obituary–Death of Wheeler Elizabeth Good. Mrs. Wheeler Elizabeth Good, 94, of Luray, died Thesday, 20 Apr 1965, at 7:10 p.m., at the home of her grandson, James Berry. Mrs. Good had been in ill health for the past several years. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, 23 Apr 1965, from the Blainsville Baptist Church with the Rev. Carl Headin officiating. Internment will be in the Marshall Cemetery. She was born 2 Apr 1871, in Luray, Va. She was a daughter of the late John and Hannah Marshall Spencer. She was a member of the Blainsville, Va. Baptist Church. Her husband Jefferson Good, preceded her in death. She is survived by five grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren, and eight great great grandchildren. Wheeler Elizabeth Spencer was married three times as follows: (1) James Lee, age 21, single, born in Rappahannock Co. Va., residing in Page Co. Va., and the son/of Samuel and Martha Lee. He married E. W. Spencer, age 17, single, born and residing in Page Co. Va. and the dau/of John and Hannah Spencer. They were married on 3 Nov 1889 in Page Co. Va. Clergy was J. W. Jenkins (2) William G. Bundy, married to Wheeler Elizabeth Lee on 19 Mar 1906, clergy P. W. Strickler in Page Co. Va. The groom was 40, single, born & raised in Page Co. Va.. His father is not named. His mother 1isted as Barbara A. Knight. The bride was Wheeler Elizabeth Lee, 35, widow, born and raised in Page Co. Va., and the dau of J. W. & Hannah Spencer (3) Jefferson Good married to Lizzie Bundy on 30 March 1918, clergy P. W. Strickler. The groom, Jefferson Good was 52, a widower born & raised in Page Co. Va., and the son of Abraham & Annie Good. The bride was a widow, born & raised in Page Co. Va. and the dau/of John & Hannah Spencer. Mrs. Elizabeth Good and her first husband James Lee were the maternal grandparents of Mr. Glenwood C. Berry, the caretaker of this burial ground)Leatha M. KnowlesBorn 1592 – Died 30 Mar 1962 (Obituary—-Page News & Courier 1962. Mrs. Leatha M. Knowles dies—Mrs. Leatha Martha Knowles, 69, wife of Wilson Knowles, of the Blainesvilie Va. rent ski equipment . Community died at 7:15 p.m. Friday, ~30 Mar 1962 in the Page Memorial Hospital. Mrs Knowles, who had been ill for several years, had been a patient in the hospital for five days. The funeral service was held Sunday afternoon. She was a daughter of the late James Lee and Elizabeth Spencer Good, she was horn at Luray, Va. on 2 April l892. She was a member of the Blainesville Baptist Church. Mrs. Knowles was twice married. Her first husband was Haywood Berry, and her second was Wilson Knowles, who survives. Five children, J. Austin Berry and Glynwood Berry of Luray, Va. Mrs. Irene Gupton and Mrs. Lista May Parler of New York City, and Mrs. Lucy Printz of Bridgeport, Connecticut, also survive her as do eleven grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Last rites were conducted by the Rev. Carl Headen at four o’clock Sunday afternoon, April 1st in the Blainesville Church. Interment was in the Marshall Cemetery. Haywood Berry, colored, age 21, born and residing in Page Co. Va. and the son/of Harvey & Emma Berry. Married 7 Jan 1911, Letha Lee, 19, colored, born & raised in Page Co. Va., and the dau/of James and Lizzie Lee. Clergy, J. W. Jenkins. She married 2nd Wilson Knowles)Virgie Lee Printz 1905 – 1966(Bradley Mortuary Marker. Virgie Lee Printz married Lucy Berry Dau.of Leatha Martha Lee and her husband Haywood Berry. Lucy is a sister to Glenwood Berry, and she now resides in Connecticut)Leola B. texas mortgage rates . McGill 6 Jan 1896 – 21 May 1981(James A. Berry married Lina Mae McGill, dau/of Leola B. McGill)