Original Source:
Documented Feb 15, 2006 by Melissa Goodson & Genevieve C. Starkey.
Note from Evelyn Rutrough dated
1878: Parents of George Royal Sr buried here. Thomas Royal; Martha Brooks (1st
wife); Martha Vancy (2nd wife).
Published Materials:
Cemeteries
Floyd (Montgomery) County, VA Indian Valley District Volume I by Elza B. Cox
& Phyllis G. Phillips ©1980. Added with permission of Elza B. Cox Nov.
2022.
Floyd (Montgomery) County, VA Burks
Fork District Volume II Compiled by Phyllis Goad Phillips And Genevieve
Cochran Starkey 1st of 109 Cemeteries pg 1-2. Added
with permission of Genevieve Cochran Starkey May 2021.
Tombstone
Inscriptions of Floyd County, Virginia ~ Compiled by Donna J. Robertson ~ ©
1993
Head of the
River, Rest Vale, Copper Hill Brethren, Wilson’s ~ Cemeteries in Floyd County
~ Work compiled by Billy & Juanita Grice, Salem, VA 1886-1997
Others
submitted to original Floyd County, VA News List 1st maintained by
Barb Stanley (1934-2006); compilers will be individually identified.
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Find A Grave Name: Ballinger
Family Cemetery, Parkway Ln S. (Rt 8), Floyd, VA 24091
Coordinates: 36.85200, -80.32020
Cemetery ID: 2817765
Floyd County, VA GIS Parcel ID
66-118B
Owner Name BALLINGER - SLUSHER
CEMETERY
(8 HEADSTONES PER PLAT)
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Ballinger, Eleanor Harless
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yes
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19 Jan 1893
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05 Nov 1947
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nee Eleanor Hamilton Harless, d/o James
Richard & Lorena Leona (Palmer) Harless. Living in Prince George’s Co.,
MD 1940. [Death Cert – can’t find] [no file]
m. 1913 Montgomery
Ordway Gentry Ballinger, s/o John
Tazwell & Martha J. (Sparks) Ballinger. Living in Prince George’s Co.,
MD 1940. [Death Cert – can’t find] [no file] [Ballinger_Richard_2wives]


The Roanoke Times, Roanoke,
Virginia · Saturday, November 08, 1947
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Ballinger, Ellis G.
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yes
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15 Dec 1872
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21 Aug 1948
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aka Ellis Gamereau Ballinger, single s/o John
Tazwell & Martha J. (Sparks) Ballinger. [DeathCert] [Ballinger_Richard_2wives]

The
Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Tuesday, August 24, 1948
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Ballinger, J. T.
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yes
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18 Feb 1850
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21 Jan 1934
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aka John Tazwell Ballinger, s/o Richard & Martha (Lovell)
Ballinger but was born before parents married in 1857. [DeathCert] [Ballinger_Richard_2wives]
m. 1872 Floyd
nee Martha J. Sparks, d/o William R. & Milla
(Gentry) Sparks. [DeathCert]
[no file]

The
Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Tuesday, January 23, 1934
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Ballinger, Martha J. Sparks
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yes
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14 Aug 1847
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18 Feb 1921
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nee Martha J. Sparks, d/o William R. & Milla
(Gentry) Sparks. [DeathCert]
[obit – can’t find] [no file]
m. 1872 Floyd
aka John Tazwell Ballinger, s/o Richard & Martha (Lovell)
Ballinger but was born before parents married in 1857. [DeathCert] [Ballinger_Richard_2wives)
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Ballinger, Ordway Gentry
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yes
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06 Aug 1875
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30 Mar 1936
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Husband of Elleanor
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Ordway Gentry Ballinger, s/o John
Tazwell & Martha J. (Sparks) Ballinger. [Death Cert – can’t find] [Ballinger_Richard_2wives]
m. 1913 Montgomery
nee Eleanor Hamilton Harless, d/o James
Richard & Lorena Leona (Palmer) Harless. [Death Cert – can’t find] [no
file]
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FAG has him
buried in the Epperly-Ballinger Cemetery which is a different cemetery. He
needs to be moved to this the Ballinger Family Cemetery, Parkway Lane
South, Floyd Co., VA.
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Royal, Thomas
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yes
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28 Jun 1850
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27 Feb 1913
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Note from Evelyn Rutrough dated
1878. Her source: Mrs. George Royal Sr.
Parents of George Royal Sr,
1880-1964, buried here.
Thomas Royal, 1850-1913, s/o
William & Sallie (Saunders) Royal. [DeathCert] [obit – can’t find]
m. 1st Martha Elizabeth
Brooks, 1852-1888, d/o William E. & Rebecca E. (Brown) Brooks. She is
buried in NC. [no file]
m. 2nd Martha J. Vaney/Vannoy,
d/o William & Fannie (Sparks) Vaney/Vannoy. [no file]
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FAG has him
buried in the Epperly-Ballinger Cemetery which is a different cemetery. He
needs to be moved to this the Ballinger Family Cemetery, Parkway Lane
South, Floyd Co., VA.
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Slusher, Fannie G.
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yes
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22 Feb 1877
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18 Jul 1915
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nee Fannie Gertrude Ballinger, d/o John Tazwell
& Martha J. (Sparks) Ballinger. [DeathCert]
[obit – can’t find] [Ballinger_Richard_2wives)
m. 1904 Floyd Co., VA
Hillsman Moses Slusher, s/o James
Bennett & Nancy W. “Nannie” (Dickerson) Slusher. [DeathCert] [Slusher_Jeremiah_Sarah]
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FAG has him
buried in the Epperly-Ballinger Cemetery which is a different cemetery. He
needs to be moved to this the Ballinger Family Cemetery, Parkway Lane
South, Floyd Co., VA.
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Slusher, Hillsman M.
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yes
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22 Aug 1878
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09 Apr 1958
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aka Hillsman Moses Slusher, s/o
James Bennett & Nancy W. “Nannie” (Dickerson) Slusher. [Slusher_Jeremiah_Sarah]
1st m. 1904 Floyd, nee Fannie Gertrude
Ballinger, d/o John Tazwell & Martha J. (Sparks) Ballinger. [Ballinger_Richard_2wives]
2nd m. 1918 Floyd, Judia
Rosa Martin nee Jones, d/o Robert P. & Malinda (Nolen) Jones. [Death Cert]

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke,
Virginia · Thursday, April 10, 1958
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Fannie’s obit – can’t
find

The World-News, Roanoke,
Virginia · Thursday, April 06, 1967
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Slusher, Mildred D.
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yes
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1905
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08 Aug 1931
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Mildred D. Slusher, single d/o Hillsman Moses &
Fannie Gertrude (Ballinger) Slusher. [DeathCert] [obit – can’t find]
[Slusher_Jeremiah_Sarah]
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no photo
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Sparks, Millie
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yes
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1805
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1874
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w/o W. R. Sparks
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nee Milla “Millie” Gentry, d/o unknown. [1874 Floyd County Death
Register] [no file]
m. can’t find
William R. Sparks, s/o unknown.
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no photo
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Zemla, Sally
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yes
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13 Mar 1909
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03 Jan 1937
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nee Sally A. Slusher, d/o Hillsman Moses & Fannie
Gertrude (Ballinger) Slusher. [Death Cert – can’t find] [obit – can’t find]
[Slusher_Jeremiah_Sarah]
m. 1927 Delaware
Joseph F. Zemla, 1900-1980, s/o unknown. [no file]
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