Index to Locations RoanokeBellmont CemeteryRoanokeBuena Vista PlantationRoanokeEvergreen Burial ParkRoanokeEvergreen CemeteryRoanokeFair View Cemetery
BellmontCemetery
Roanoke, Virginia
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  William Fleming (1729-1795) — ofStaunton,Va.;BotetourtCounty, Va.Born in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire,Scotland,February19, 1729.Physician;Governorof Virginia, 1781;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from BotetourtCounty, 1788.Scottishancestry.DiedAugust5, 1795 (age66 years, 167days).Interment at Bellmont Cemetery.
Buena VistaPlantation
Roanoke, Virginia
Evergreen BurialPark
Roanoke, Virginia
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | James Lindsay Almond Jr. (1898-1986) — also known asJ. Lindsay Almond, Jr. — ofRoanoke,Va.;Richmond,Va.Born inCharlottesville,Va.,June 15,1898.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;hustings court judge in Virginia, 1933-45;U.S.Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1946-48;Virginiastate attorney general, 1948-57;Governor ofVirginia, 1958-62;AssociateJudge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1962-82;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-86; diedin office 1986.Lutheran.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Kiwanis;Eagles;Moose;American BarAssociation;DeltaTheta Pi;UnitedCommercial Travelers;OmicronDelta Kappa;AlphaKappa Psi.Died inRichmond,Va.,April14, 1986 (age87 years, 303days).Interment at Evergreen Burial Park. | | Carter Lane Burgess (1916-2002) — also known asCarter L. Burgess — ofRoanoke,Va.Born inRoanoke,Va.,December31, 1916.Insuranceagent; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; whilestationed in England, he delivered a message from Gen.DwightD. Eisenhower to Gen. Charles de Gaulle, then in North Africa,informing him of the plans to invade Normandy;businessexecutive; chief executive officer of Trans WorldAirlines(TWA), 1956-57; U.S. Ambassador toArgentina, 1968-69.Episcopalian.Died, following twostrokes,at Pheasant RidgeNursingHome,Roanoke,Va.,August18, 2002 (age85 years, 230days).Interment at Evergreen Burial Park. | | James Pleasant Woods (1868-1948) — also known asJames P. Woods — ofRoanoke,Va.Born near Roanoke,RoanokeCounty, Va.,February4, 1868.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Roanoke, Va., 1898-1900;U.S.Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1919-23; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Virginia,1920.Died inRoanoke,Va.,July 7,1948 (age80 years, 154days).Interment at Evergreen Burial Park.
EvergreenCemetery
Roanoke, Virginia
Fair ViewCemetery
Roanoke, Virginia
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Waller Redd Staples (1826-1897) — of Virginia. Born in Patrick Court House (now Stuart),PatrickCounty, Va.,February24, 1826.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1853-54;Delegatefrom Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representativefrom Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65;justice ofVirginia state supreme court, 1870-82.Died in Christiansburg,MontgomeryCounty, Va.,August20, 1897 (age71 years, 177days).Interment at Fair View Cemetery. | | Clifton Alexander Woodrum (1887-1950) — also known asClifton A. Woodrum — ofRoanoke,Va.Born inRoanoke,Va.,April27, 1887.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1923-45 (6th District 1923-33,at-large 1933-35, 6th District 1935-45).Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Died in1950(ageabout63 years).Interment at Fair View Cemetery. | | Samuel Harris Hoge (1860-1947) — also known asS. Harris Hoge — ofPatrickCounty, Va.;Roanoke,Va.BornApril 6,1860.Republican. Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates from Patrick County, 1885-87; postmasteratRoanoke,Va., 1898-1906, 1927-33 (acting, 1927-29); candidate forU.S.Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1904; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Virginia,1912,1924(alternate); candidate forGovernor ofVirginia, 1925.DiedMarch21, 1947 (age86 years, 349days).Interment at Fair View Cemetery. | | Robert Henderson Angell (1868-1933) — also known asRobert H. Angell — ofRoanoke,Va.Born inFranklinCounty, Va.,January25, 1868.Republican. Owner, The Central Manufacturing Co. (lumber,cement);president, ShenandoahLifeInsurance Co.; chairman, Colonial NationalBank;president, HomeFurnitureCo.; director, NewHotelCorporation; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates from Craig & Roanoke counties & Roanokecity, 1901-04; delegate to Republican National Convention fromVirginia,1912,1928,1932;VirginiaRepublican state chair, 1931.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners;Knightsof Pythias;Elks;Redmen;OddFellows;Kiwanis.Died inRoanoke,Va.,November12, 1933 (age65 years, 291days).Interment at Fair View Cemetery. | | George Plater Tayloe (1804-1887) — also known asGeorge P. Tayloe — ofRoanokeCounty, Va.BornOctober16, 1804.Delegateto Virginia secession convention from Roanoke County, 1861.Episcopalian.DiedApril18, 1887 (age82 years, 184days).Original interment atBuena Vista Plantation;reinterment at Fair View Cemetery. | | Samuel Granville Staples (1821-1895) — also known asSamuel G. Staples — ofPatrickCounty, Va.Born in1821.Delegateto Virginia secession convention from Patrick County, 1861.Died in1895(ageabout74 years).Interment at Fair View Cemetery.
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