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335    BOOKER-BUSICK-SMITH CEMETERY

Location - Old Piper's Gap Rd, Mt. Airy, Surry Co., NC.

Coordinates: 36d 31m 48.0s N; 80d 39m 48.0s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: From NC 89 and N. Franklin St. in Mt. Airy, go north on N. Franklin St for .2 miles and turn left on Pipers Gap Rd. Then go 2.6 miles (past Shining Light Baptist Ch) and church and cemetery are on the left of Pipers Gap Rd and is on a hill behind a house trailer.

Photogrpahed and surveyed by Jack Luffman on 12 October 2012, working from left to right by rows.

Flag Pole memorial - "Donated in Loving Memory of Joe S. Smith by His Wife Nannie Bell Hall Smith on her 97th Birthday May 8, 2005"

Surveyed by Charles Crabtree on April 7, 2007.
Township or district:  Mt. Airy.
Public or Private:  Private property.
Elevation above sea level (ft.):  1175.
Status of cemetery:  Maintained.

Note: Some rather older headstones and births are from the early 1800's..

1. Berrier, Cecil Coy   (b. 19 Dec 1943 - d. 19 Feb 1944)
Row 7. Son of C. W. and A. R. Berrier
2. Booker, Berryman   (b. 28 Jan 1795 - d. 24 Mar 1872)
Row 6. dates difficult to read. Husband of Ola Ramond Booker.
3. Booker, Billy   (b. 11 Oct 1930 - d. 5 Feb 1931)
Row 1.
4. Booker, Jesse F.   (b. 23 Jul 1842 - d. 23 Sep 1861)
Row 3. Son of H. C. and Sallie Booker
5. Booker, Jessie B.   (b. 5 Jan 1928 - d. 27 Jan 1928)
Row 2. Child of J. S. and Una Booker. Face of marker.
6. Booker, Lois   (b. 24 Mar 1897 - d. 8 Oct 1902)
Row 2. Daughter of Jesse E. and Mary E. Booker. Closeup.
7. Booker, Lummie   (b. 26 May 1879 - d. 28 Jun 1952)
Row 9.
8. Booker, Mary Ann Jessup   (b. 10 Jan 1818 - d. 25 Sep 1900)
Row 6.
9. Booker, Ola Ramond   (b. 17 Mar 1794 - d. 10 Jun 1882)
Row 6. Wife of Berryman Booker (stone difficult to read)
10. Booker, Unknown   (b. - d. )
Row 3. unreadable. ? of ?? and Sallie Booker (Probably H. C. and Sallie Booker)
11. Busick, David R.   (b. 26 Oct 1852 - d. 23 Apr 1921)
Row 6. Husband of Melissa Ann Busick
12. Busick, Martha F. Booker   (b. 28 Nov 1841 - d. 17 Jan 1922)
Row 6. Wife of D. R. Busick
13. Busick, Melissa Ann   (b. 30 Jun 1853 - d. 22 Sep 1882)
Row 6. Wife of D. R. Busick
14. Busick, Onslow A.   (b. 19 Apr 1875 - d. 22 Sep 1903)
Row 5.
15. Busick, Rhoda   (b. 30 Jun 1808 - d. 15 Nov 1885)
Row 5. Wife of Rigoon Busick
16. Busick, Rigoon   (b. 14 Jul 1811 - d. 18 Dec 1884)
Row 5. Husband of Rhoda Busick
17. Cassady, Jesse L.   (b. 29 May 1917 - d. 10 Dec 1996)
Row 9.
18. Cassady, Laura Booker   (b. 25 Dec 1877 - d. 12 Feb 1940)
Row 9. Wife of James Cassady
19. Crist, Linda Gayle Tolbert   (b. 15 Jul 1962 - d. 24 Oct 1989)
Row 5. Husband not listed. Wife of Unknown Crist. Children: Richard Lee, Bridget Nicole. Daughter of Troy W. Tolbert and Phyllis R. Smith Tolbert.
20. Davis, R. T.   (b. Unknown - d. 2 Aug 1883)
Row 1. Aged 47 y 10 m 16 d
21. Edwards, Harley H.   (b. 25 Feb 1913 - d. 18 Apr 1989)
Row 10. Husband of Jeanette C. Edwards
22. Edwards, Jeanette C.   (b. 22 Sep 1910 - d. 4 Mar 2005)
Row 10. Wife of Harley H. Edwards
23. Jennings, Harvey T.   (b. 14 Mar 1924 - d. 17 Apr 2005)
Row 7. Husband of Pauline S. Jennings. SP7 US Army WW-II, Korea, Purple Heart Military marker.
24. Jennings, Pauline S.   (b. 7 Jul 1928 - d. Reserved)
Row 7. Wife of Harvey T. Jennings
25. Slate, Delma   (b. 4 Apr 1924 - d. 4 Apr 1924)
Row 7. Infant Twin of Hannibal and Neva Slate
26. Slate, Lincon Junior   (b. 1 Apr 1935 - d. 2 Apr 1935)
Row 7.
27. Slate, Mamie E.   (b. 8 Feb 1922 - d. Reserved)
Row 7.
28. Slate, Velma   (b. 4 Apr 1924 - d. 4 Oct 1924)
Row 7. Infant Twin of Hannibal and Neva Slate
29. Slate, Verdie A. Nichols   (b. 9 Jun 1909 - d. 17 Apr 1935)
Row 7.
30. Smith, Calvin J.   (b. 12 Dec 1932 - d. 25 Jun 1976)
Row 8. Son of Joe S. and Nannie Hall Smith. Cpl. US Army Korea Military marker.
31. Smith, Carolina Bell Booker   (b. 30 Apr 1865 - d. 10 Sep 1939)
Row 8. Wife of G. Sherdian Smith
32. Smith, G. Sherdian   (b. 20 Jul 1865 - d. 24 Feb 1943)
Row 8. Husband of Carolina Bell Booker Smith
33. Smith, Granville W.   (b. 18 Dec 1899 - d. 2 May 1979)
Row 8.
34. Smith, Joe Sheridan   (b. 12 May 1895 - d. 30 Jan 1969)
Row 8. Husband of Nannie Hall Smith. Smith monument. Virginia PFC US Army, WW-I.
35. Smith, Margaret Jarvis   (b. 26 Dec 1938 - d. Reserved)
Row 8. Wife of Silas Junior Smith. Smith monument.
36. Smith, Nannie Hall   (b. 8 May 1908 - d. 3 Aug 2006)
Row 8. Wife of Joe Sheridan Smith. Smith monument.
37. Smith, Parthene C.   (b. 3 Feb 1890 - d. 11 May 1955)
Row 8.
38. Smith, Silas Junior   (b. 14 Jan 1935 - d. Reserved)
Row 8. Husband of Margaret Jarvis Smith. Smith monument.
39. Tolbert, Billy Wayne   (b. 6 Jun 1968 - d. 6 Jun 1968)
Row 5. Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Troy Tolbert
40. Unknown, Unknown   (b. - d. )
Row 3. planted rock
41. Unknown, Unknown   (b. - d. )
Row 2. planted rock
42. Unknown, Unknown   (b. - d. )
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43. Unknown, Unknown   (b. - d. )
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44. Unknown, Unknown   (b. - d. )
Row 3. unreadable
45. Unknown, Unknown   (b. - d. )
Row 3. unreadable
46. Unknown, Unknown   (b. - d. )
Row 3. unreadable
47. Unknown, Unknown   (b. - d. )
Row 3. unreadable
48. Unknown, Unknown   (b. - d. )
Row 3. unreadable
49. Unknown, Unknown   (b. - d. )
Row 3. unreadable
50. Unknown, Unknown   (b. - d. )
Row 4. planted rock
51. Unknown, Unknown   (b. - d. )
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52. Unknown, Unknown   (b. - d. )
Row 4. planted rock
53. Unknown, Unknown   (b. - d. )
Row 4. planted rock
54. Unknown, Unknown   (b. - d. )
Row 3. unreadable
55. Unknown, Unknown   (b. - d. )
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