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Absher Family Cemetery
Compiled and annotated by Dorothy Absher Dalton

Absher's buried in Buckingham, Cc., VA that moved from Tazewell about 1915-1920 are buried at Brown's Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Rt. 617 Gravel Hill, Dillwyn, VA.

LEE B. ABSHER  JAN 21, 1871- FEB. 1945
(BETTY) ELIZABETH JANE COMPTON ABSHER JULY 6,   1868- JAN 14,  1944

THEIR CHILDREN:
1. LANE EDWARD ABSHER  JULY 25, 1911- APRIL 10, 1934

2. MARY VIRGINIA ABSHER POE   JULY 15, 1902-  APRIL 15, 1934   
(SHE DIED IN CHILD BIRTH)
INFANT WILLIAM POE
INFANT RUTH POE
MARTHA FRANCES POE   1872-1930
JOHN W. POE  1874-1966

3. OSCAR WATSON ABSHER   OCT. 25, 1891-JULY 21, 1956
BELLE WOOD ABSHER           1902-1983

4. WILLIAM B. ABSHER      OCT. 3, 1893- DEC. 5, 1978
ELLA ELIZABETH CAUBOUGH  ABSHER     1903-1969
THEIR SON---
DANIEL LEE ABSHER SR. (BUCK)      SEPT. 14, 1922- FEB. 14, 1995
EDITH GERTRUDE WHITE ABSHER     JAN 18, 1930 -  JULY 23, 1983
MARGARET ANNE RICHARDS   ( BUCK'S STEP-DAUGHTER) AUG. 19, 1946- AUG 26, 1990
THEIR DAUGHTER --- GRACE ABSHER WHALEN  IS BURIED IN TACOMA, WASHINGTON

5.   FRANCIS PEARL ABSHER WOODS       NOV. 10, 1898-JULY 11, 1991
IRA EVERETTE WOODS        1895-1956
I. E. WOODS  B. & D. 1939

6. GLENNA MARGARET ABSHER BRANSFORD SEPT. 30. 1904-OCT.31, 1992
WALTER P. BRANSFORD         1901-1982
(GLENNA  DID NOT HAVE ANY CHILDREN BUT GLENNA RAISED WILLIAM B. SON
FRANKLIN (JACK)  JACK HAS PASSED AWAY
 
7.  OAKEY SNOW ABSHER SNODDY    MARCH 31, 1907- AUG, 29, 1981
ASHBY WALKER SNODDY              MAY 27, 1907- OCT. 13, 1981
(OAKEY DID NOT HAVE ANY CHILDREN BUT SHE RAISED HER GREAT -NIECE
WILLIAMB. GRANDDAUGHTER AND DANIEL LEE(BUCK),
DAUGHTER  (DOTTY) DOROTHY LEONA ABSHER DALTON ---ME )

8. ALBERT LEE ABSHER    JULY 9, 1909-JUN 2 1989

9. NORA MAE ABSHER BROYLES    MAY 27, 1886- APRIL 1976
(SHE IS BURIED ON RT. 15, AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH THE ONLY
CHILD NOT BURIED WITH THE REST OF THE FAMILY)

THEN THERE ARE OTHER MEMEBERS OF THE FAMILY BURIED THERE AT BROWNS CHAPEL

CHARLES C. ABSHER         1873-1948
MINNIE E . ABSHER           1878- 1957
 
THEIR CHILD:
DELORIS ABSHER LIGHTFOOT  1908-1985
JAMES C. LIGHTFOOT                1905-1970
WILLIAM E. ABSHER 1904- 1964
FLORENCE CHILDRESS ABSHER     1904- 1969
FANNY A. ABSHER        1897- 1960
WALTER PARIS ABSHER  1881- 1971
MILLIE HERNDON ABSHER      1893- 1965
HARRIETTE   AGNES  ABSHER 1929-1931


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