Thanks to Scott Schaffer for posting the 1931 obit of Mark Henry Custer. Custer's second wife, Mary Prillaman, was a sister of my maternal grandmother, Ardella Prillaman Light, wife of Brownlow Light of Simpsons, Locust Grove District, Floyd County. Family memory is that Custer was buried in 1931 at the cemetery at Check situated on a knoll across US 221 from the County Store. Years later, when Mary died, both were interred at Sherwood Cemetery in Salem. David Shank > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Old Obituary (Scott Schaffer) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:01:36 -0700 > From: Scott Schaffer <sschaffer@socal.rr.com> > Subject: [VAFLOYD] Old Obituary > To: vafloyd@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <9F.C7.25793.ED6862C4@hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > Hello everyone- > This old obit is from the 11/16/1931 Danville Bee newspaper. Does > anyone > know about the family cemetery that is mentioned below? > Thanks, > Scott Schaffer way out here in Northridge, CA > M. H. Custer Laid to Rest In Floyd Co. Venerable Figure Buried With > Honors > From Salem Church. The Impressive funeral services for Mark Henry > Custer, > who died at his home, Copper Hill, Wednesday, were conducted from Salem > church Friday morning by Elder J. N. Dickerson, assisted by Elders H. > V. > Cole and S. L. Moran. The obsequies were unusually largely attended by > friends and many relatives from a distance and the floral tributes were > beautiful. Interment took place in the family cemetery near Check. The > active pall bearers were Dr. J. L. Harvey, Howard Gray, W. L Reed, > Horace > Poff, Hoye Mason, Willie Poff, Wayteman Harman and Jim Dewltt. The > flower > bearers were J. J Poff, W. B. Gray, Chester Angle, James Reed, Kennis > Walton, Clinton Corner, George Agnew, John Burwell, Zach Dewitt, Thomas > Bell, Arthur Reed, Morgan Poff, John Reed, Dallas Young, D L. Lucas, > Charles > Reed, Henry Dewitt, Charles Janney, Alvin Poff, Eldridge Bell, Tyler > Prlllaman, Willie Ferris, Moyer Bell, Hosea Poff, Russell Reed, M. > Poff, > Cecil Reed, L. Dewitt and others. Mr Custer was 88 years of age at his > death. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Custer, Rocky Mount, Va., > Franklin County, and went to Floyd to reside at the age of 9 years with > his > widowed mother. He served with distinction throughout the war Between > the > States in the Confederate army, receiving his discharge April 27, 1865. > He > was a devoted and active member of the Primitive Baptist church for 53 > years, being the oldest member of his church, and serving as clerk for > a > number of years, also a messenger to his association since joining in > 1878. > During the last few years his ill health forced him to give up his most > active duties, and his last illness became serious, about two weeks > before > his death, during this time he underwent an operation for an intestinal > obstruction. Mr. Custer was twice married. His first wife was Miss > Rhoda E. > Gray. There were six children by this marriage as follows: Mrs Miriam > Aldridge, Mrs. C. D. Cox and B. H. Custer, deceased, Danville; Dr. W. > P. and > J. M. Custer, Piggett, Ark, and Mrs. P. M. Siner. Roanoke. Va. His > second > wife was Miss Mary C. Prlllaman, who survives, with the following > children; > Mrs J. A. Trent, Rhoda L. and Carrie M. Custer, Danville, Henry Bryan > and > Barnard Custer, Roanoke; Clarence, Irvin and Estelle Custer, Copper > Hill, > Va. Mr. Custer was a devoted husband and father. During his visits to > Danville with his son, the late B. H. Custer, attorney, and daughters, > many > learned to know and love him. > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the VAFLOYD list administrator, send an email to > VAFLOYD-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the VAFLOYD mailing list, send an email to > VAFLOYD@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of VAFLOYD Digest, Vol 5, Issue 156 > *************************************** >