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492    SURRY COUNTY VETERANS CEMETERY

Location - 174 Antioch Church Ave,, Mount Airy.

Coordinates: 36d 30m 18.8s N; 80d 41m 02.1s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: From intersection of US Hwy 52 N and NC Hwy 89 W in Mt. Airy, go west on NC Hwy 89 for 3.55 miles. Turn right onto Antioch Avenue. Go by Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery to the top of the hill and the cemetery will be on the right 40 yards from the road. View of the cemetery sign.

Parcel ID: 5000-00-56-1947.
Township or District: Toast.
Public or Private: Public.
GPS accuracy: 15 ft.
Elevation above sea level: 1270 ft.
Status of Cemetery: Well maintained.

This cemetery includes a Columbarium for housing cremated remains
The Donald Holder family donated the property. The cemetery is designed to provide a place for burial of honorably discharged veterans of the US armed forces regardless of ability to afford it. Local people provided the work to prepare the site. Newspaper article about the cemetery.

Survey and photographs by David L. Hawkins in September 2020.

1. Butterworth, Jerry Duane   (b. 22 Nov 1941 - d. 12 Feb 2020)
Moody Funeral home marker.
2. Durst, David   (b. 22 Jul 1941 - d. 22 Nov 2019)
US Navy. Columbarium Row 1 Pos 6
3. Edwards, Jerry Lee   (b. 7 May 1965 - d. 19 Jun 2019)
AZ2 US Navy, Persian Gulf.
4. Fleming, Julia L.   (b. 28 Aug 1959 - d. Reserved)
Wife of Leon G. Fleming.
5. Fleming, Leon G.   (b. 26, Aug 1946 - d. Reserved)
Husband of Julia L. Fleming.
6. Hodges, Willis   (b. 4 July 1896 - d. 27 Nov 1965)
Pvt Co K 136 Depot Brigade World War I . (also listed as buried at Oakdale Cemetery in Mount Airy).
7. Holder, Donald L., Sr.   (b. 3 Dec 1932 - d. Reserved)
Husband of Doris Nell Bush Holder. Married 4 Sep 1953. Donated the land for this cemetery.
8. Holder, Doris N.   (b. 28 Apr 1935 - d. Reserved)
Wife of Donald Lee Holder, Sr. Married 4 Sep 1953. Donated the land for this cemetery.
9. Keith, Stephen Earl   (b. 1 Feb 1950 - d. 16 Dec 2014)
US Army, Vietnam. Note: first Veteran buried in the cemetery.
10. Little, Edward R.   (b. 26 Jun 1940 - d. 7 Dec 2015)
CPO US Navy, Vietnam, Retired. Columbarium Row 2 Pos 8
11. Mappa, Philip Walter   (b. 28 Jan 1951 - d. 3 Dec 2011)
ENFR US Navy, Vietnam. Columbarium Row 1 Pos 8
12. McClusky, Donald Raymond   (b. 15 Apr 1946 - d. 27 Oct 2016)
Maj. US Army, Vietnam Persian Gulf. Army Commendation Medal. Spencer Funeral Home marker.
13. Monday, Danny Ray   (b. 4 apr 1956 - d. 8 Mar 2019)
Memorial Funeral Service marker.
14. Moody, Larry Dale   (b. 11 Dec 1946 - d. 22 Sep 2015)
Loving son, brother, father, Rest in Peace. CS3 US Navy Vietnam. Military marker.
15. Moore, Freddie Junior   (b. 2 Jan 1939 - d. 20 Sep 1994)
A3C US Air Force. Columbarium Row 1 Pos 7
16. Smith, Robert Walter   (b. 9 Jun 1972 - d. 12 Dec 2019)
CPL US Marine Corps. Columbarium Row 2 Pos 7
17. Waugh, Diane Amato   (b. 10 Mar 1953 - d. Reserved)
Wife of W. Clay Waugh. "Together forever - Beloved Wife and Mother"
18. Waugh, William Clayton   (b. 13 May 1949 - d. 19 Sept 2015)
Husband of Diane Amato. "Together forever - Beloved Husband & Father". SP4 US Army, Vietnam. Military marker.
19. Young, Seymour William   (b. 25 Aug 1948 - d. 10 Sep 2018)
SP5 US Army, Vietnam. Another view.