Owens-Deel Cemetery
  
Rt. 2

Haysi, Virginia
Submitted by Wayne Riner, Genevie Riner, and Carnie Edwards

Cemetery information collected on April, 2002.

The cemetery is located on Greenbrier which is on road  611.  To find 611 get on 83 and go east toward Grundy.   Turn left onto 611 and travel 1.5 miles.  Take a left there and go 0.1 of a mile.  Turn left again and go to the end of this road and park .  There is an unimproved road which turns left leading to the cemetery.  A 4-wheel drive truck will make it to the cemetery.  Otherwise, get out and walk a short distance to the cemetery.  The picture was taken by Wayne Riner.  The information in brackets were added by your transcribers listed above.



Starting at the top of the hill, the graves are as follows:



Row 1 (L. to R.)

Harmon Owens

May 9, 1910

May 31, l978

(Husband of May Deel, the daughter of James Harvey Deel who is buried here)


Row 2

Alex Deel

Sept. 10, 1911

Feb. 17, 1995


Nannie Deel

1920-1976

Prudie N. Owens

1918-1979

From Sue, Danny, Steve, Frank, Edna & Lucille

Jennings B. Owens

(Son of Noah and Hettie Owens buried here)

1926-1985

From Sue, Danny & Steve, Frank, Edna & Lucille

Danny Owens

(metal marker only)

1955-1989

Row 3

Rosa B. Deel

May 23, 1900

Nov. 21, 1981

M J Deel

(all that could be read)

DC Jan 4 1932

Unknown

Double Stones

M. J. Deel                        Isaac Deel
Died Jan. 4, 1932             Died May 28, 1948




Unknown



Double stones

     (Husband and Wife)
Hettie L. Owens             Noah S. Owens
July 18, 1897                   July 18, 1898
Dec. 31, 1994                   Apr. 23, 1975



Mary Jane Owens

(New grave, no tombstone up yet.

She is the daughter of Noah S. and Hettie Owens)

Died April 14, 2002


Row 4

Melvin Deel

(Has picture in tombstone.)

June 1, 1881

Aug. 27, 1977

Ida Osborne

1908-1962

Lydia Mary ET

Born on May 15, l929

Cosby Lynn Deel

Stillborn 4-8-1944

Levi Junior Deel  (Metal marker only)

1961-1961

Estil Deel

Jan. 10, 1936

Dec. 2, 1997

Row 5

Unknown  (rock)

Berlin Owens

(Son of Shannon and Hettie Owens)

Virginia

PVT 102 Engr

CMBT BN

27 INF DIV

World War II

September 10, 1920

July 11, 1944
 
Norma Lee Deel

June 12, 1940

Dec. 12, 1948

William F. Deel

Mar. 22, 1913

Jan. 8, 1958

Zoudie N. Deel

Jan. 8, 1916

Mar. 24, 1975


Carter M. Boyd

Aug. 27, 1971

Mar. 8, 1988

Row 6  

Double Stone


Pricy J. O'Quin               James E. O'Quin
Dec. 12, 1895                   April 5, 1895
Dec. 20, 1985                   April 6, 1977

Rock

MB

Born   (Rest unreadable)

Frelin Deel

May 9, 1920

Died at birth

Our Dearest Darlin Baby

James Deel

Aug. 15, 1887

Aug. 13, 1938

You are gone but still remembered

Sarah E. Deel

Bo Mar. 4, 1891

De Nov. 3, 1966

Mother slep on till Jesus Comes

Mary E. Deel

Oct. 4, 1935

Jan. 6, 1976

Row 7

Emitt J. O'Quinn

May 6, 1940

Dec. 22, 1961

John Henry Deel

Age 2 years

John Letcher O'Quinn

Nov. 18, 1919

Jan. 16, 1920

Row 8

James Harvey Deel

(Second marriage was to Violet Owens who was my grandmother)

Dec. 23, 1854

Jan. 9, 1940
  

Rock  (The following is all that could be read)

D.C.

Apr 25, 1916

Kinzbee Deel
Jan. 27, 1907
Sept. 29, 1930
A.LOVING.HART.IN.A.TRUE.MIND
A.BEAUTIFUL.MEMORY.YOU.LEFT           (Inscribed on stone}
             --BEHIND--  
     

Row 9
E.E.D.             (Rock, rest unreadable)
Dec.    Aug.
27        1926

Harold Dean Yates
1943-1944

Row 10
Terry Wayne Deel  (My brother)
Son of Adam and Jane Deel
June 3, 1949
Oct. 7, 1949

Row 11
Rock

Unknown  (In woods at bottom of the hill on the left)