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Dora Furnace Cemetery

Location: On Dora Highway between Springer Avenue and Bridge Street in Pulaski - This cemetery is very overgrown and littered with junk piles. (See pictures at bottom)

There were very few visible stones and pictures and obituaries are provided where applicable- other sources were also utilized as noted below.

Legend:

             Lowman - *Some burials were provided to John Lowman by Neva Q.                                  Price in July of 1965 and John did several walk through                                  inventories
             WRRM - *The paper listing burials was found at the Wilderness Road                                 Regional Museum
             TFTR - *a walk through inventory done by Teresa Ferrell and Tami                              Ramsey in June of 2001
             SSDI - *Social Security Death Index
             Obit - *obituary of death and burial in Dora Cemetery
             Seagles -*Information provided from Seagle Funeral Home
             Stevens -*Information provided from Stevens Funeral Home

            

Last Name First Name Birth Date Death Date Obituary Notes
Adams Eddie 10 months old June 20, 1923   Seagles
Adams Elisha       Lowman
Adams Landon       Lowman
Adams M. Elizabeth 21 years old Feb 4, 1916   Seagles
Adams Margaret H. 2 months old March 13, 1916   Seagles
Adams Roy E. July 15, 1918 September 20, 1919   Lowman
Adams Susan G. 46 years old August 13, 1918   Seagles
Adams William, Mr.       WRRM-Lowman
Adams William, Mrs.       WRRM-Lowman
Akers George Washington 52 years, 2 months, 28 days (this would make his date of birth as Oct 27, 1868) January 24, 1921

X
 Obit-Born in Carroll County, Son of James and Ellen Reynolds Akers-Seagles
Akers Oscar Lee February 2, 1926 February 2, 1926   TFTR-Lowman
Andrews Rilley Eugene 1 month old Feb 7, 1936   Seagles
Austin Annie Bell 8 months old June 3, 1919   Seagles
Austin Robert Edward Lee, child of       WRRM
Bandy Clarence Bently April 19, 1880 July 13, 1941   TFTR
Bandy Margaret Geneva Spence May 25, 1889 March 8, 1955   TFTR-Lowman
Bandy Roy  27 years old Dec 18, 1937   Lowman - Seagles
Barnett William, Jr. 7 years old Aug 17, 1937    
Bassett Bertha Alice McGuire Cox 31 years old January 9, 1923

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 Seagles, buried Jan 10, 1923 - Wife of Charlie Cox and Carl Bassett - Married Carl Bassett on Nov 26, 1913 in Pulaski County - Daughter of Frank and Julia McGuire - WRRM - Lowman
Bassett Billy       Lowman
Bassett Billy, Mrs.       WRRM-Lowman
Bassitt Carl, Mr.   1910   WRRM-Lowman-See obituary of Bertha Bassitt
Bassett Nancy Matilda 65 years old Feb 19, 1925   Seagles
Bassett William H. Feb 9, 1925 66 years old   Seagles
Boaz  Doris Dawn 6 weeks old November 30, 1936

 X
 d/o Fleet Boaz 
Boone Lessie 1893 1926   Lowman-Wife of Luther Boone
Bralley Alice Quesenberry May 30, 1882 May 10, 1939   TFTR
Bralley Thomas J. April 29, 1875 September 8, 1961

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 TFTR-VA CPI CO D 2 Regt VA INF Spanish American War - Born in Wyhte County, son of Mitchell and Martha Puckett Bralley
Brooks Infant Female 2 days old Jan 15, 1926   Seagles
Bruner John A. 77 years old May 19, 1928

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Obit - Native of Hawkins County, TN

Stevens: Parents William and Nancy Palmer Bruner
Burnett Charles Burnette 11 days old Dec 1, 1929   Seagles
Burton Blanche Draper 1903 19_8   Lowman
Burton Claude Howard 1921 1987   TFTR-Lowman
Burton Early 14 months old Aug 12, 1927   Seagles
Burton Gilmer Price 1929 1984   Lowman
Carroll  W.W. October 4, 1851 November 1, 1935   Per Fairview Records: Son of John and Docid Wilson Carroll of Floyd, Va., second wife was Telda Galimore Carroll
Carter H.H. 78 years old October 2, 1941

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 Obit
Carter William Howard 74 years old April 15, 1927   Seagles
Childress Billy       Lowman
Childress Billy, Mrs.       Lowman
Childress John Newman June 15, 1882 December ____   TFTR-Lowman
Childress Sarah Evelyn Francis 65 years old November 1, 1938   Seagles
Childress William Jefferson 56 years old October 15, 1925   Seagles
Chrisley Guilford R. May 9, 1889 November 7, 1947   TFTR-Lowman
Chrisley William Lawrence infant September 13, 1937   Seagles
Clark Arl       Lowman
Clark Callie Smith       Lowman
Clark David Lee Sept 1894 Jan 16, 1923   Stevens - Father June Clark - Killed in accident at Pulaski Iron Furnace - Lowman
Clark  James Feb 23, 1920 Feb 17, 1924   Stevens - Father J.W. Clark, mother Floney Duncan
Cooper Lucretia  78 years old Feb 5, 1937   Seagles
Cooper Lucretia Creasy Burnett May 1864 1936   Lowman-Wife of William Cooper - married January 12, 1887 in Pulaski County, Virginia
Cox Charles

1886
 July 1, 1911   WRRM-Lowman-See obituary of Bertha Bassett - Father Joe Cox - Worked at Acid Plant - Killed by Railroad car - Stevens: married Bertha McGuire
Cox Howard, Son of       WRRM-Lowman
Craig Helen Phyllis 2 days old April 1, 1927   Seagles
Crouse Joseph William 73 years old March 8, 1931   Seagles
Crowsin  Charlie 47 years old Feb 23, 1934

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Cruff Margaret Jane 64 years old August 24, 1928   Seagles
Cruff Vivian Marie 11 months old December 27, 1923   Seagles
Donithan Mack Preston June 21, 1890 March 6, 1919   TFTR-Lowman
Draper Mary M. 1907 1969   Lowman
Draper Mary V. 1885 1960   Lowman
Draper Robert 1881 March 29, 1936

 X
  
Duncan Ernest       Lowman
Duncan Joseph       WRRM-Lowman - Family member
Duncan Broxie, (Joseph Mrs.)       WRRM-Lowman - Family member
Edwards Infant 1965 1965   TFTR
Fagg Infant Male 5 days old Sept 14, 1918   Seagles
Fagg Irvin Hensel 12 days old June 5, 1927   Seagles
Farmer Ruby       WRRM-Wife of Arthur
Fleeman Isaac 74 years Old November 3, 1920

X
 Obit
Folden Cathern M. October 21, 1907 April 15, 1923   WRRM-Lowman
Folden Charles Henderson 1872 December 18, 1941

X
 Lowman
Folden Olivia Gay Thornburg 1880 1968   Lowman
Freeman ? Stuart 1 month old June 1, 1923   Seagles
Friend David Alexander 59 years old December 21, 1920

X
 Obit - Native of Wythe County
Gibbs Mildred Donna 3 months old October 3, 1932   Seagles
Gibbs Mollie Draper 65 years old Jan 15, 1943   Seagles
Gibbs Robert Draper 18 years old November 29, 1920

X
 TFTR-Lowman-Obit - Seagles - Was killed by falling slate in the mines - Son of Mr. & Mrs. J.H. Gibbs
Gibbs Ruby A. February 2, 1908     TFTR
Gibbs Simeon J. 70 years old 1940

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 Resident of Radford - Killed on HWY 11
Goad  Peter May 10, 1866 May 29, 1930   Stevens FH - Born in Indian Valley, Floyd County, VA - Son of Carter and Sarah Phillips Goad - Wife Edith Harrison Goad - Died of crushed skull from Iron magnet
Gordon Joseph G. 75 years old Feb 3, 1922   Seagles
Gordon Mary Ann 79 years old Feb 16, 1927   Seagles
Gregory Irene 8 days old Jan 27, 1919   Seagles
Guynn Erskin Caldwell 1895 February 27, 1927   TFTR-Seagles
Hall Maude 53 years old January 10, 1942

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 Obit-Wife of Robert Gilmer Hall
Hall Robert       Lowman
Hall Robert Arnold 10 months old April 27, 1930   Seagles
Hall Robert, Mrs.       Lowman
Hare  Dwain Robert 1 year old Oct 5, 1929   Seagles
Harriman Agnes       Lowman
Harriman Burton Hiley March 10, 1873 December 10, 1954   Lowman
Harriman Harold E. 1908 1917   TFTR-Lowman
Harriman Martha A. December 12, 1876 March 4, 1952   TFTR-Lowman
Harriman Rodella A. 1878 November 10, 1932

 X
 TFTR
Harriman R.B.       Lowman
Hayton  Lizzie Beth 81 years old Feb 23, 1929    Seagles
Hicks Ellie Overstreet       WRRM-Lowman
Howard Burton Claude 1921 1987   TFTR
Hubbard  Infant female 0 Jan 6, 1937    
Huett  R.M.   July 23, 1917    
Hurley William Chaffin   July 15, 1925   Lowman
Ide James age 59 years, 26 days March 30, 1914   Stevens: born in Ohio, s/o Timothy Ide
Jennings John Madison 17 months old June 18, 1944

X
 Obit - Son of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Jennings - Grandparents Mr. & Mrs. James Warf
Jones Sarah  1872 January 25, 1936

 X
  
Kitts Ruby P. July 27, 1920 July 27, 1920   TFTR-Lowman
Lovell Howard 1914 1966   Lowman
Lovell Vergie Sage   1961

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 Obit
Manuel Benjamin F. 1872 1934   Lowman
Manuel Cornealious Zebedee June 15, 1910 February 21, 1923   Lowman
Manuel Esbert T. 1921 1941   Lowman
Manuel Harry T. 1905 1965   TFTR
Manuel Thomas       Lowman
Manuel Thomas, Mrs.       Lowman
McFall Frankie       TFTR-Lowman
McGuire Frank A. 1850 1925   WRRM - TFTR - Lowman
McGuire Julia Mitchell 1857 1935   WRRM - Lowman - TFTR on same stone as Frank McGuire
McHone George Albert April 21, 1864 November 27, 1933   TFTR-Lowman
McHone Ida Belle Hale January 1, 1878 December 11, 1941

X
 TFTR-Lowman - Obit - Wife of George McHone
Mitchell Early, Mrs.       Lowman
Mitchell Frank   May 1928   Lowman - According to a newspaper article he was fatally shot by his brother in law Herman Sutphin, s/o William Joshua and Margaret Elizabeth Cox Mitchell
Mitchell Timothy       WRRM-a beloved man of small stature.  He was buried there a year or two following his first wife
Mitchell Timothy, Mrs.       WRRM-the first wife of Timothy Mitchell
Mitchell Vernon       Lowman
Mitchell William       Lowman
Mitchell William, Mrs.       Lowman
Oliver Ellis April 18, 1899 July 7, 1917   TFTR-Lowman
Oliver Mother       TFTR-Lowman
Oliver Pheobe 1868 February 1946   TFTR-Lowman
Powers James R., Rev.       Lowman
Powers James R., Rev., Mrs.   May 30, 1928

X
 Lowman-Obit
Powers Luther       Lowman
Price Burton Gilmer 1929 1984   TFTR
Quesenberry Elizabeth Hale   1932   TFTR-Lowman
Quesenberry Kelly Wysor 1905 1967   TFTR-Lowman
Reynolds Albert H. 1911 1975   TFTR-PFC US Army WWII
Robinson Byrd       Lowman
Robinson Byrd, Mrs.       Lowman
Reynolds Albert H. 1911 1975   TFTR-PFC US Army World War II
Rupe Callie Taylor 1908 1967   TFTR-Lowman
Rupe Carmen Elizabeth 1938 1951   TFTR-Lowman
Rupe Donald R. 1965 1965   TFTR-Lowman
Rupe James Edward 1900 1981   TFTR-Lowman
Shrader Loyd Wallace 5 days old Sept 12, 1925   Seagles
Slautes William Henry 46 years old March 3, 1924   Seagles
Smith Gilbert Henry 8 months old February 22, 1925

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 s/o Henry and Hallie Smith
Smith Lucy 67 years old Jan 30, 1934   Seagles
Smith Lucy December 15, 1860 January 31, 1933   Lowman
Smithers Arthur 9 years old Jan 8, 1925   Seagles
Smithers Nannie  58 years old Feb 2, 1937   Seagles
Southern Robert Nathan 15 years old Sept 14, 1943   Seagles
Southers Infant August 9, 1921 August 9, 1921   Stevens: s/o Arthur and Ethel Novel Southers
Spier Tarry James 18 hours old Sept 18, 1927   Seagles
Steel Naomi 15 months old June 14, 1927   Seagles
Stoots Harvey Robert 34 years old Dec 20, 1933   Seagles
Stoots James Mahlon November 13, 1931 July 22, 1932   TFTR - Stevens: Father F. James Stoots born in Wyoming Co., WV and mother Mary Agnes Grimes born in Pulaski Co., VA
Stoots Jennie Mabel 1 year old Sept 17, 1920   Seagles
Stoots Mary Francis 1 year old June 18, 1921   Seagles
Sutphin Infant 0 years old May 3, 1927   Seagles
Sutphin Arizona Emmezett Kathleen Elizabeth Sutphin Nov 10, 1860 May 14, 1944   Burial info according to family member-Wife of Legrand Sutphin - Daughter of Tazwell D. and Serepta Montgomery Sutphin
Sutphin John       Burial info according to family member-s/o Robert and Lucy Mitchell Sutphin - married to Magdalene Martin
Sutphin Infant Female 0 May 3, 1927   Seagles
Sutphin Legrand Joshua 70 years old June 10, 1928

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 Obit - Seagles records state that he was 69 - married
to Arizona Emmezett Kathleen Elizabeth Sutphin
Sutphin LeRoy 3 months old Jan 5, 1920   Seagles
Sutphin Lou       Lowman
Sutphin Lucy Mitchell 34 years old October 5, 1918   Seagles - according to family member w/o Robert Sutphin
Sutphin R. 2 months old October 6, 1918   Seagles
Sutphin Robert June 4, 1881 December 27, 1927   Stevens: s/o Floyd Sutphin (b. Carroll Co.) and Melvina Smith
Taylor Thomas Graham   Dec 4, 1929   Death Certificate - Family member
Thomas Delbert G. January 31, 1937 October 11, 1966   TFTR- VA SP4 US Army
           
Turner Nannie Cordell Warf 75 years old October 18, 1962

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 Obit
Turner William A. November 15, 1883 September 23, 1921   TFTR
Turner William, Mrs.       Lowman
Via John Oakey November 3, 1930 August 1, 1937   Lowman
Via Doris and Kelly       TFTR-wooden marker, no dates
Viers Nancy Catherine 44 years February 11, 1916   Stevens: d/o Thomas and Maggie Martin Adams, born in Patrick County, Va.
Warf Elizabeth  July 20, 1875 Jan 17, 1921   TFTR-Lowman
Warf Lillian Mae 1 year old July 13, 1944

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 Obit - Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Andy Warf
Warf Mary Bell December 15, 1922 May 8, 1940   Lowman-TFTR
Whitaker Crockett       Lowman
Whitaker Crockett, Mrs.       Lowman
Whitaker Henry       Lowman
Whitaker Henry, Mrs.       Lowman
Williams Cecil       Lowman
Williams  Myrtle October 10, 1902 March 06, 1913   Stevens: 10 years, 4 months, 24 days, Parents P.J. (b. Washington Co.) and Maggie Elizabeth (b. Wythe Co.) Williams
Williams Parish       Lowman
Worley Buck February 23, 1923 May 23, 1951   TFTR-Lowman
           

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