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The Murrell Family Cemetery
Dry Fork, Pittsylvania County

Cemetery:       The Murrell Family Cemetery
Other:          Murrell
Sign:           No
Street:         Hollyville Drive Farm
City:           Dry Fork
Township:      
County:         Pittsylvania County
State:          Virginia
Nation:         US
Zip:            24549
lat_ns:         N
lat_h:         
lat_mmss:      
long_ew:        W
long_h:        
long_mmss:     
Status:         Active
Size:           Small
Directions:     State Road 842 off of Sunset Drive  across from old Whitmell School
Type:           Road-public
Location:       Rural
Terrain:        Level
Watersource:    Yes
Features:       Trees open field  dirt road access
Property:       Private
Access:         Permission-required
Enclosure:      None
Gate:           None
Established:    1915
Gravestones:    15
Oldest:         Edwin Murrell
Newest:         Charlie Murrell
Removed:        No
Relocated:      No
Repairs:        Yes
Methods:        Other
Restoration:    Yes
Association:    No
Records:        Unsure
Inventory:      Yes
Availability:  
Landscaping:    Yes
Paths:          Yes
Trees:          Yes4
Crypts:         No
Fencing:        No
Brickwork:      No
Ironwork:       No
Sculpture:      No
Fountains:      No
Roads:          No
Buildings:      No
Cement:         Unsure
Granite:        Yes
Marble:         Yes
Native:         Unsure
Slate:          No
Others:         Unsure
Wood:           No
Materials:      Unsure
Architectural:  Unsure
Angels:         No
Draperies:      No
Fraternal:      No
Hands:          No
Lambs:          No
Monograms:      No
Plants:         No
Photos:         No
Religious:      No
Scrollwork:     No
Urns:           No
Carvings:       Unsure
Condition:      Cemetery in danger of destruction
Unmarked:       Yes
Broken:         No
Toppled:        No
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried:         Unsure
Weather:        Unknown
Pollution:      No
Vandalized:     No
Report:         Yes
VA1:           
VA2:           
VA3:           
VA4:           
VA5:           
Overgrowth:    
Overgrowth1:    Problem-Access
Overgrowth2:   
Overgrowth3:   
Overgrowth4:   
GroundCover:   
Moss:          
Vines:          Yes
Drainage:       Problem-Seasonal
Problem1:      
Problem2:      
Owner:          Cemetery
Use:            Agricultural
Bordering:      Agricultural
Change:         Larger
Reason:         Roads
Visited:        Occasionally
Archeology:     No
Habitat:        Yes
Contacted:     

Surnames:

Edwin Murrell, Frank Murrell, Margaret Starling Murrell, Frank Murrell Jr. Calvin Murrell, Sally Murrell, Wilfred Murrell, Annie Murrell, Sadie Murrell Carl Murrell Lucille Murrell, Charlie Murrell Sr. and Monroe Patterson Sr.

Other_Information:

I am communicating with heirs of property trying to get family members to deed five acres of land so that the cemetery may be protected for right of way and access to family and restrict sale of to property for any use besides a cemetery

Support:

I will contact Board of Supervisors as soon as agreement on owner ship is designated.



Submitted by:
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Name:           Monroe Patterson Jr.
Email:          m_onroep@gamewood.net
Date:           May 15, 2005



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