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372    SIMMONS FAMILY CEMETERY

Location - Red Belly Trail, Pilot Mtn., Surry Co., NC.

Coordinates: 36d 26m 46.5s N; 80d 29m 53.7s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: Directions: From intersection of US Hwy 52 and NC 268 at Pilot Mountain, take US Hwy 52 North toward Mt. Airy and follow for 2.3 miles to exit 136 and exit onto the ramp to stop sign at end of ramp. Turn right onto Cook School Road (SR 1815) and follow for 2.6 miles to a road on the right hand side named Kermit Lewis Road SR 1822. Turn right onto Kermit Lewis Road and follow it for .2 miles to Red Belly Trail (on the LH side). Turn left onto Red Belly trail and follow it until it ends at the cemetery.

View #2 of cemetery. View #3 of cemetery. View #4 of cemetery.

Surveyed by Joe Hicks on April 11, 2008.
Township or district:  Westfield.
Public or Private:  Private property.
GPS Accuracy (ft.):  14.
Elevation above sea level (ft.):  1211.
Status of cemetery:  Currently maintained.
Surry County Parcel Number:  5958-00-94-3734.

Occupants: Hiram L. Simmons (b. 04-27-1877, d. 09-15-1941) and wife Abigale Simmons (b. 09-28-1876, d. 11-14-1963); David Lee Taylor (b. 09-16-1886, d. 03-07-1969) and wife Rozilla Taylor (b. 03-28-1884, d. 07-16-1948); Christina Simmons (b. 09-12-1840, d. 04-21-1918) and husband Peter Simmons (b. 02-11-1844, d. 10-28-1916); Joseph Scott Taylor (b. 11-27-1904, d. ??); Tabitha Cobbler (b. 10-08-1836, d. 02-10-1936) wife of W. S. Cobbler (b. 03-04-1861, d. 08-12-1926); Elizabeth Simmons (b. 03-11-1856, d. 06-12-1940) wife of James Jessup; Lester Wilson (b. 07-03-1919, d. 10-05-2004) and wife Ethelene Wilson (b. 08-01-1921, d. ??); Sophronia S. Simmons (b. 01-13-1888, d. 05-14-1978); Elsavan S. Simmons (b. 07-20-1888, d. 06-12-1987); Gaston Adams (b. 05-23-1915, d. 12-01-1979) and wife Irene Adams (b. 09-19-1918); Fraudie E. Needham (b. 10-13-1891, d. ??) and wife Beuna Mae C (b. 06-24-1908, d. 07-19-1997); Martha E. Simmons (b. 1820, d. 1893); William H. Simmons (b. 1852, d. 1912); Mary Simmons (b. 1825, d. 1897) - these three probably were brothers and sisters; Solomon Asburry Needham (b. 12-13-1827, d. 02-14-1905); Franklin Joyce (b. 03-06-1822, d. 06-08-1888). There are many marked stones and field stones as well. There are Cooks, Adams, and Wilson's.

1. Adams, Gaston I.   (b. 23 May 1915 - d. 1 Dec 1979)
Husband of Irene S. Adams
2. Adams, Irene S.   (b. 19 Sep 1918 - d. reserved)
Wife of Gaston I. Adams
3. Cobbler, Nancy J. Marshall   (b. 4 Mar 1861 - d. 12 Aug 1926)
Age 55 yrs 5 mos 8 days. Wife of W. Scott Cobbler.
4. Cobbler, Tabitha Simmons   (b. 8 Oct 1836 - d. 10 Feb 1916)
Aged 79 yrs 4 mos 10 days. Wife of Green Cobbler.
5. Jessup, Elizabeth Simmons   (b. 11 Mar 1856 - d. 12 Jun 1940)
Wife of James W. Jessup
6. Joyce, Franklin   (b. 6 Mar 1823 - d. 8 Jun 1888)
7. Needham, Beuna Mae C.   (b. 24 Jun 1908 - d. 19 Jul 1997)
Wife of Fraudie E. Needham
8. Needham, Fraudie E.   (b. 13 Oct 1891 - d. 18 Jun 1981)
Husband of Beuna Mae C. Needham
9. Needham, Solomon Asberry   (b. 13 Dec 1827 - d. 19 Feb 1905)
10. Simmons, Abigail   (b. 28 Sep 1876 - d. 14 Nov 1963)
Wife of Hiram L. Simmons
11. Simmons, Christina Jessup   (b. 12 Sep 1840 - d. 21 Apr 1918)
Wife of Peter Simmons
12. Simmons, Elsavan S.   (b. 20 Jul 1888 - d. 12 Jun 1982)
Husband of Sophronia S. Simmons
13. Simmons, Hiram L.   (b. 27 Apr 1877 - d. 15 Sep 1941)
Husband of Abigail Simmons
14. Simmons, Martha E. Cain   (b. 1820 - d. 1893)
(on same marker with William H. Simmons)
15. Simmons, Mary Cain   (b. 1825 - d. 1897)
(on same marker with William H. Simmons)
16. Simmons, Peter   (b. 11 Feb 1844 - d. 26 Oct 1916)
Husband of Christina Jessup Simmons
17. Simmons, Sophronia S.   (b. 13 Jan 1888 - d. 14 May 1978)
Wife of Elsavan S. Simmons
18. Simmons, William H.   (b. 1852 - d. 1912)
(on same marker with Martha E.. Cain Simmons)
19. Taylor, David Lee   (b. 16 Sep 1886 - d. 7 Mar 1969)
Husband of Rozilla Taylor
20. Taylor, Rozilla   (b. 28 Mar 1884 - d. 16 Jul 1948)
Wife of David Lee Taylor
21. Wilson, Ethelene   (b. 1 Aug 1921 - d. reserved)
Wife of Lester Wilson
22. Wilson, Lester   (b. 3 Jul 1919 - d. 5 Oct 2004)
Husband of Ethelene Wilson