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Bedford County
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Bedford County

Index to Locations Unknown location Private or family graveyards BedfordElks Cemetery BedfordLongwood Cemetery Big IslandHunting Creek BaptistChurch Cemetery UnknownLocation Bedford County, Virginia Noel C. Taylor (1924-1998) — ofRoanoke,Va.Born inBedfordCounty, Va.,July 15,1924.Republican.Baptistminister; alternate delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Virginia,1972;mayorof Roanoke, Va., 1975-92.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;NAACP.FirstBlack mayor of Roanoke.Died inRoanoke,Va.,October29, 1998 (age74 years, 106days).Interment somewhere. Politicians buriedhere:   Private or familygraveyard Bedford County, Virginia John Johns Trigg (1748-1804) — ofBedfordCounty, Va.Born in Lunenburg County (part now inBedfordCounty), Va.,1748.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1784-92;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from BedfordCounty, 1788; member ofVirginiastate senate, 1792-96;U.S.Representative from Virginia at-large, 1797-1804; died in office1804.Slaveowner. Died inBedfordCounty, Va.,May 17,1804 (ageabout 55years).Interment in a private or family graveyard. Politicians buriedhere:     Relatives: Sonof William Trigg and Mary (Johns) Trigg; brother ofStephenTrigg andAbramTrigg; married,December17, 1770, to Dianna Ayers; grandfather-in-law ofJohnThorton.   Political family:Triggfamily of Virginia.   See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article

Joe Gregory Gentry (1893-1983) — also known asJoe G. Gentry — of Huntington,CabellCounty, W.Va.Born in Walnut Cove,StokesCounty, N.C.,September23, 1893.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;printingbusiness; member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1935-36,1941-42, 1947-48, 1955-56; defeated (Democratic), 1928; Republicancandidate forWestVirginia state senate 5th District, 1942.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Kiwanis;AmericanLegion;Elks.DiedSeptember6, 1983 (age89 years, 348days).Interment at Elks Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Sterling Hawood Gentry and Oda Catherine (Rierson) Gentry;married,June 3,1922, to Jessie Elizabeth Ferguson.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

John Goode Jr. (1829-1909) — ofNorfolk,Va.Born near Liberty (now Bedford),BedfordCounty, Va.,May 27,1829.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1851; Democratic Presidential Electorfor Virginia,1852;Democratic Presidential Elector for Virginia,1856;delegateto Virginia secession convention from Bedford County, 1861;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;Representativefrom Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; member ofVirginia state legislature, 1866; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Virginia,1868,1892;U.S.Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1875-81; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Virginia, 1876; Democratic PresidentialElector for Virginia,1884;U.S. Solicitor General, 1885-86;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention from Bedford County,1901-02.Slaveowner. Died inNorfolk,Va.,July 14,1909 (age80 years, 48days).Interment at Longwood Cemetery.

	The World War IILibertyshipSS John Goode (built 1943 atTerminalIsland, California; sold 1947, scrapped 1967) wasnamed forhim.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial

Robert Allen (1794-1859) — of Virginia. Born in Woodstock,ShenandoahCounty, Va.,July 30,1794.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate senate, 1821-26;U.S.Representative from Virginia 17th District, 1827-33.Slaveowner. Died in Mt. Prospect (unknowncounty), Va.,December30, 1859 (age65 years, 153days).Interment at Longwood Cemetery.

	Relatives:Brother ofJohnJames Allen.
		Political family:FourThousand Related Politicians..
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

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Hunting CreekBaptist Church Cemetery
Big Island, Bedford County, Virginia
John Edwin Trevey (1933-1990) — also known asJack Trevey — ofFayetteCounty, Ky.Born in1933.Republican.Physician;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives 78th District, 1978-79; member ofKentuckystate senate 12th District, 1979-90; died in office 1990.Died inFayetteCounty, Ky.,June 28,1990 (ageabout 56years).Interment at Hunting Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

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