Reedsville Cemetery, directly across from 1492 Reedsville Rd, Floyd, Floyd Co., VA.

aka Akers – Weeks Family Cemetery

Apr 2025: changed name to Reedsville Cemetery as almost all of the death certs this complier found referred to this cemetery are the Reidsville/Reedsville Cemetery AND cemetery is owned by the Reedsville Church per Floyd County, VA GIS Parcel ID.

From Rt 8, take Ridgeview Rd (SR 730) about 5.5 miles to left on Weeks Rd NW (SR 740). Take a left on Reedsville Rd. Cemetery is about .25 miles on the left, up on slight hill, directly across from 1492 Reedsville Rd. Access is via a faint dirt road. Cemetery is fenced and well maintained.

36.91871, -80.440511

Last visited & updated by Tracy C. Aug 2021

Google Maps using coordinates 36.91871, -80.440511

src: FAG; photo by MOW – posted Dec 2014

src: FAG; photo added by Anne Buckman Nov 2024

 

Original Source: Jo Parr & Genevieve Starkey Oct 21, 2009

Photographed by MOW Dec 2014

Published Books:

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.

Find A Grave Name: Reedsville Cemetery, Reedsville Road NW, Floyd, Virginia, 24091 USA

Coordinates: 36.91871, -80.44051

Cemetery ID: 2359678

Floyd County, VA GIS Parcel ID 40-129

Owner Name REEDSVILLE CHURCH

Annotations – added by Barb Camery Reininger BootsWI@gmail.com

+ indicates on same tombstone

& indicates a relationship

FAG: Find a Grave

[Death Record n/a] Floyd Co., VA Death Records n/a 1863-1864 & parts of other years seeming to be missing.

[Death Cert n/a] Virginia Death Records, with some exceptions, not available 1899-Jun 14, 1912. src: Virginia Vital Records • FamilySearch]

Notes:

FAG Memorials not noted in Jo Parr & Genevieve Starkey Oct 21, 2009 documentation & marker not photographed by MOW in 2014 or found by Tracy C. Aug 2021

1.       Duncan, Mina Alice b. 23 Dec, 1898, d. 14 Dec 1936, d/o Wiser & Permelia "Millie" (Duncan) Duncan [Duncan_Hiram_2wives]; m. abt 1920 - can’t find, Arthur Emory Duncan (1892-1969), s/o Arthur Emory Sr & Catherine "Katie" (Duncan) Duncan. [Duncan_Hiram_2wives] (src: Grams 48625310) (no photo) [DeathCert] DC does state buried Reedsville Cem.

Photos

NAME

BIRTH

DEATH

MARKER NOTES

ANNOTATIONS

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by MOW Dec 2014)

Akers, Andrew Colon

+

Akers, Bessie Weeks

01 Jul 1893

 

31 Mar 1902

23 Dec 1968

 

05 Feb 1996

 

Andrew Colon Akers, s/o Andrew R. & Missouri (Duncan) Akers. [DeathCert] [Akers_GreenberrySr_2wives]

m. 1920 Floyd [FCVA1920_0111]

nee Bessie Lillian Weeks, d/o Lafayette A. & Lydia Catherine (Reed) Weeks. [Obit] [Weeks_George_Nancy]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Tuesday, December 24, 1968

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Wednesday, February 07, 1996

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by MOW Dec 2014)

Akers, Ervin Marlin

08 Apr 1947

13 Apr 1947

 

Ervin Marlin Akers, s/o Marlin & Freda Virginia (Weeks) Akers. [DeathCert] [Akers_GreenberrySr_2wives]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by MOW Dec 2014)

Akers, Infant

 

23 May 1931

Infant Dau

of

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew

Colon Akers

(One date)

 

Infant d/o Andrew Colon & Bessie Lillian (Weeks) Akers. [DeathCert] Name on DC Irine Francis Akers [Akers_GreenberrySr_2wives]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Aug 2021)

Akers, John J.

30 Jul 1904

04 Jan 1951

Riffes Funeral Home marker copied 1975

aka John M. Akers & John J. Akers, s/o Seglar & Eva Emaline (Reed) Akers. [DeathCert] [Akers_GreenberrySr_2wives]

m. 1926 Floyd [FCVA1926_0065] Separated at time of John’s death per DC but actually divorced 1947 Roanoke.

Bessie Akers, d/o George William & 1st wife Nettie Elizabeth (Clemons) Akers. [Akers_GreenberrySr_2wives]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Friday, January 05, 1951

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by MOW Dec 2014)

Akers, Seglar

+

Akers, Eva Reed

1881

 

16 Jun 1897

19 Oct 1944

 

08 Jun 1935

 

Seglar Akers, s/o Greenberry Jr & Lucy (Dulaney) Akers. [DeathCert] DOD Oct 21, 1944 per cert. [obit – can’t find] [Akers_GreenberrySr_2wives]

m. 1893 Floyd [FCVA1893_0033]

nee Eva Emaline Reed, d/o Jubal D. & Rhoda E. (Duncan) Reed. [DeathCert] DOD Jun 9, 1935 per cert. [obit – can’t find] [Reed_Emory_Miriam]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Bonnie Surface Jan 1912)

Duncan, Arthur E.

+

Duncan, Grace D.

06 Mar 1892

 

25 Oct 1898

10 Jan 1969

 

23 June 1972

 

Arthur Emory Duncan Jr, s/o Arthur Emory Sr & Catherine “Katie” (Duncan) Duncan. [DeathCert] [Duncan_Hiram_2wives]

1st m. can’t find, Mina Alice Duncan, d/o Wisor & Permelia (Duncan) Duncan. Her marker has not been found [DeathCert] [Duncan_Hiram_2wives]

2nd m. 1942 Franklin Co., VA, Marriage, nee Grace B. DeHart, d/o Walter Redmond & Nancy Priscilla (Jones) DeHart. [DeathCert] [Dehart_James_Rebecca_pcva]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Saturday, January 11, 1969

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Friday, December 18, 1936

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Sunday, June 25, 1972

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by MOW Dec 2014)

Duncan, Colenol Walter

+

Duncan, Callie Hall

04 Oct 1884

 

08 Nov 1873

16 Aug 1945

 

16 Jan 1973

 

aka Colonel Walter Duncan, s/o Emory & Catherine (Duncan) Duncan. [DeathCert] [obit – can’t find] [Duncan_Hiram_2wives]

m. 1909 Floyd [FCVA1909_0087]

nee Callie Hall Belcher, d/o Middleton H. & Hester (Underwood) Belcher. [DeathCert] [no file]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Saturday, August 18, 1945

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Wednesday, January 17, 1973

marker not found; obit indicates burial in this cemetery

Duncan, Mina Alice

23 Dec 1898

14 Dec 1936

 

nee Mina Alice Duncan, d/o Wisor & Permelia (Duncan) Duncan. Her marker has not been found [DeathCert] [Duncan_Hiram_2wives]

m. can’t find

Arthur Emory Duncan Jr, s/o Arthur Emory Sr & Catherine “Katie” (Duncan) Duncan. [DeathCert] [Duncan_Hiram_2wives] Arthur m. 2nd 1942 Franklin Co., VA, Marriage, nee Grace B. DeHart, d/o Walter Redmond & Nancy Priscilla (Jones) DeHart. [DeathCert] [Dehart_James_Rebecca_pcva]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Friday, December 18, 1936

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Saturday, January 11, 1969

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by MOW Dec 2014)

Lane, Vergia Ann 

 

10 Apr 1943

Infant d/o M. J. & G. G. Lane

One date

Vergia Ann Lane, d/o Malcom Jr & Goldie G. (Weeks) Lane. [DeathCert] [no file]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Aug 2021)

Layne, Goldie

1924

05 Nov 2014

Gardner Funeral Home Marker

Goldie G. Weeks, d/o Lafayette A. & Lydia Catherine (Reed) Weeks. [Weeks_George_Nancy]

m. aft 1942 (can’t find)

Malcom “Junior” Layne Jr, 1924-1988, s/o Bessie Layne.

 

Goldie Weeks Layne, 90, Floyd, Va., left her pain behind, and went home to take God's hand on Wednesday, November 5, 2014. She was preceded in death by her husband, Junior Layne; her infant daughter; four brothers; and four sisters. She is survived by one sister, Ethel Dulaney; one sister-in-law, Mary Bell Weeks; and many nieces and nephew and lots of friends and caregivers who will never forget her jolly also survive. She fought a good fight, and her battle is won; God's mercy endureth forever. Funeral Services will be conducted be at 3 p.m. on Friday, November 7, 2014, at Gardner Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverend Roy Turpin officiating. Interment will follow at Reedsville Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 p.m. on Friday, November 7, 2014, at Gardner Funeral Home. Condolences to the family may be made at www.gardnerfuneralhomefloyd.com. The family is being served by Gardner Funeral Home, Floyd, Va., 540-745-2007

src: FAG

 

Goldie is also noted on her husband’s memorial marker (sans DOD) in the Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., VA.

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by MOW Dec 2014)

Reed, Dewey Martin

24 Jul 1922

27 Jan 1924

Son of

L. M. & Essie Reed

Dewey Martin Reed, s/o Lonnie M. & Essie T. (Weeks) Reed. [DeathCert] [Weeks_George_Nancy]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by MOW Dec 2014)

Sowers, Charles F.

11 Jul 1868

10 Dec 1945

Full dates from DC

aka Charles Flournoy Sowers, s/o Tazwell Edgar & Mary Ann (Spangler) Sowers. [DeathCert] [Sowers_David_Margaret]

m. 1892 Floyd [Marriage]

nee Martha Ann “Mattie” Bishop, d/o Henry Wesley Sr & Edna Catherine (Kesler) Bishop. [DeathCert] [obit – can’t find] [Bishop_HenryW_Catherine_mcva]

 

The World-News, Roanoke, Virginia · Wednesday, December 12, 1945

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by MOW Dec 2014)

Sowers, Martha Ann

20 May 1872

23 Oct 1936

Full dates from DC

nee Martha Ann “Mattie” Bishop, d/o Henry Wesley Sr & Edna Catherine (Kesler) Bishop. [DeathCert] [obit – can’t find] [Bishop_HenryW_Catherine_mcva]

m. 1892 Floyd [Marriage]

Charles Flournoy Sowers, s/o Tazwell Edgar & Mary Ann (Spangler) Sowers. [DeathCert] [Sowers_David_Margaret]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by MOW Dec 2014)

 Sylvia Marie <I>Akers</I> Trail

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Checkmate Oct 2021)

Trail, Eldridge H.

+

Trail, Marie A.

23 May 1915

 

02 Aug 1929

01 Apr 1981

 

22 Sep 2021

 

aka Eldridge Harvey Trail, s/o William Harvey & Laura Pearl (Turner) Trail. [DeathCert] [no file]

m. 1948 Floyd [Marriage]

nee Sylvia Marie Akers, d/o Andrew Colon & Bessie Lillian (Weeks) Akers. [Akers_GreenberrySr_2wives]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Thursday, April 02, 1981

Sylvia Marie Trail, 92 of Floyd, passed away on Wednesday, September 22, 2021. She is preceded in death by her husband, Eldridge H. Trail; parents, Andrew C. & Bessie Weeks Akers; brothers & sisters-in-law, Marlin & Freeda Akers, Harless & Joan Akers, and Curtis & Joyce Akers; and an infant sister, Irene Akers.
She is survived by her son, Ricky D. Trail; brother & sister-in-law, Grover & Nita Akers; sister & brother-in-law, Beulah & Bruce Sweeney; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 26, 2021 in the Maberry Funeral Home Chapel with Chris Harman officiating. Interment will follow in the Jacksonville Cemetery.

src: FAG

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by MOW Dec 2014)

Weeks, Bessie Wood

18 Feb 1895

13 Nov 1952

 

nee Bessie May Wood, d/o William Byrd & Susan Virginia (DeHart) Wood. [DeathCert] [Wood_RichdDicky_4wives]

m. 1914 Floyd Marriage

Eber R. Weeks, 1893-1976, s/o Malachi C. & Margarette A. (Reed) Weeks. He died in Mercer Co., WVA where death records are not yet available. [obit – can’t find] [Weeks_George_Nancy]

 

The World-News, Roanoke, Virginia · Saturday, November 15, 1952

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Aug 2021)

Weeks, Edward Dillard

01 Oct 1928

16 Mar 1989

U. S. Navy WWII

Military marker

Edward Dillard Weeks, s/o Robert Taylor Sr & Ada Dane (Trump) Weeks. [DeathCert] [Weeks_George_Nancy]

1st m. 1953 Montgomery & Div 1965, Dorothy Violet Duke.

2nd m. 1973 Roanoke, Nancy Adele Williams.

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Tuesday, March 21, 1989

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by MOW Dec 2014)

Weeks, Layfatte A.

+

Weeks, Lydia C.

15 Feb 1876

 

08 Nov 1879

29 Apr 1945

 

06 Mar 1969

 

aka Layfatte A. Weeks, s/o James M. & 1st wife Missouri "Sarie" (Duncan) Weeks. [DeathCert] [obit – can’t find [Weeks_George_Nancy]

m. 1898 Floyd [Marriage]

nee Lydia Catherine Reed, d/o Jubal D. & Rhoda E. (Duncan) Reed. [DeathCert] [Reed_Emory_Miriam]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Friday, March 07, 1969

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by MOW Dec 2014)

Weeks, Malachi C.

29 Jan 1869

19 Jan 1951

Husband of

Margarette Weeks

Malachi C. Weeks, s/o James M. & 1st wife Missouri "Sarie" (Duncan) Weeks. [DeathCert] [obit – can’t find] [Weeks_George_Nancy]

m. 1888 Floyd [Marriage]

nee Margarette A. Reed, d/o Jubal D. & Rhoda E. (Duncan) Reed. [DeathCert] [Reed_Emory_Miriam]                   

 

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by MOW Dec 2014)

Weeks, Margarette A. 

30 Mar 1870

19 Dec 1941

w/o Malachi Weeks

nee Margarette A. Reed, d/o Jubal D. & Rhoda E. (Duncan) Reed. [DeathCert] [Reed_Emory_Miriam]

m. 1888 Floyd [Marriage]

Malachi C. Weeks, s/o James M. & 1st wife Missouri "Sarie" (Duncan) Weeks. [DeathCert] [Weeks_George_Nancy

 

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Sunday, December 21, 1941      

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by MOW Dec 2014)

Weeks, Nancy Ellen 

 

7 Aug 1944

Infant Dau. of

C. & M.B. Weeks

Nancy Ellen Weeks, d/o Charlie & Maybell (Hundley) Weeks. [DeathCert] Charlie s/o Layfatte A. & Lydia Catherine (Reed) Weeks. [Weeks_George_Nancy]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Aug 2011)

Weeks, Robert T.

23 Oct 1906

24 Aug 1975

F2C U. S. Navy

Military marker

Funeral Home marker copied Oct 1975

aka Robert Taylor Weeks Sr, s/o Layfatte A. & Lydia Catherine (Reed) Weeks. [DeathCert] [Weeks_George_Nancy]

m. 1927 Montgomery

nee Ada Dane Trump, 1909-1982, d/o James K. Polk & Amanda Jane (Walters) Trump. [no file]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Monday, August 25, 1975

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by MOW Dec 2014)

Weeks, Stafford T.

18 Dec 1878

10 Sep 1938

 

aka Stafford Thomas Weeks, s/o James M. & 1st wife Missouri "Sarie" (Duncan) Weeks. [DeathCert] [obit – can’t find] [Weeks_George_Nancy]

m. 1901 Montgomery

nee Oshie Ellis B. Weeks, 1882-1966, d/o Eliza Weeks. She is buried in Cedar Lawn, Roanoke, VA. [DeathCert] [Weeks_WilliamA_Delila]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Sunday, October 30, 1966

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by MOW Dec 2014)

Weeks, William E.

+

Weeks, Martha E.

29 Dec 1871

 

09 Oct 1874

21 Feb 1934

 

15 Feb 1945

 

William Emory Weeks, s/o James M. & 1st wife Missouri "Sarie" (Duncan) Weeks. [DeathCert] [Weeks_George_Nancy]

m. 1891 Floyd [Marriage]

nee Martha Ellen Reed, d/o Aaron & Letitia E. “Tisha” (Hylton) Reed. [DeathCert] [Reed_Ross_Catherine]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Thursday, February 22, 1934

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Saturday, February 17, 1945

 

Original Survey:

AKERS-WEEKS CEMETERY Reedsville Road N 36 55.121 W 80 26.431 Documented 21 Oct 2009 by Jo Parr & Genevieve Starkey

Margarette A Weeks 30 Mar 1870 19-Jan-1941 w/o Malachi Weeks

Malachi C Weeks 29 Jan 1869 19-Jan-1951 h/o Margarette

Charles Sowers 1868 1945

Martha Ann Sowers 1872 1936

Layfatta A Weeks 15 Feb 1876 29-Apr-1945

Lydia C Weeks 8 Nov 1879 6-Mar-1969

Infant Akers 23-May-1931 d/o Mr & Mrs Andrew Colon Akers

 William E Weeks 29 Dec 1871 21-Feb-1934

Martha E Weeks 9 Oct 1874 15-Feb-1945

Dewey Martin 24-Jul-1922 27-Jan-1924 s/o L M &

Essie Reed Seglar Akers 19-Oct-1944

Eva Reed Akers 1897 8-Jun-1935

John J Akers 1905 1951 (Riffes Funeral Home Marker

Robert T Weeks 23-Oct-1906 24-Aug-1975 F2C U.S. Navy (Military marker)

Edward Dillard Weeks 1-Oct-1928 16-Mar-1989 U.S. Navy WWII (Military marker)

Stafford T Weeks 18 Dec 1878 10-Sep-1938

Eldridge H Trail 23-May-1915 1-Apr-1981

Maria A Trail 2-Aug-1929

Andrew Colon Akers 1 Jul 1893 23-Dec-1968

Bessie Weeks Akers 31-Mar-1902

Ervin Marlin Akers 8-Apr-1947 13-Apr-1947

Vergia Ann Lane 10-Apr-1943

infant d/o M J & G G Lane Nancy Ellen Weeks 7-Aug-1944

infant d/o C & M B Weeks

 Colenol Walter Duncan 4 Oct 1884 16-Aug-1945

Callie Hall Duncan 8 Nov 1873 16-Jan-1973