Buck Wright Family Cemetery
This wooded and overgrown cemetery is located down a timber company logging road, approx. 0.5 mi. east of Weaver Rd. (Route 664) and approx 0.7 mi. south of Huckstep Rd. (Route 663). Possibly many more graves are here.
Latitude:36º 35' 55.0" N   (36.598611)
Longitude:77º 55' 31.5" W   (-77.925417)
Transcribed:2008



W.T. Wright31 Jul 1853 —25 Aug 1923WRIGHT
Father is Gone But Not Forgotten
Sarah Elizabeth Edwards Wright27 Feb 1857 —10 Jun 1930Wife of
W.T. Wright
A tender mother an a faithful friend
William Thomas Wright married Sarah Elizabeth Edwards, CWS f BCV, p. 636.

Eddie Wright17 Mar 1880 —6 Mar 1912Son of
W.T. & S.E. Wright
Sleep on dear Eddie,
take thy rest
God took thee home
He thought it best.
Jesse Edward Wright, son of W.T. and S.E. Wright, CWS f BCV, p. 636.

William W. Wright14 Oct 1803 —16 Jul 1887Gone But Not Forgotten
William W. Wright whose wife, Burchett Wray is said to be buried here too, CWS f BCV, p. 636.

Mary A. Edwards22 Aug 1819 —12 Feb 1902Wife of
J.M. Edwards
Fold her oh Father
in thine arms & let
her henceforth be a
messenger of love
between our human
hearts & thine
Mary married Jesse Edwards and was mother of Sarah Elizabeth Edwards who married W.T. Wright and Rebecca Ann Edwards who married Robert H. Lynch, CWS f BCV, p. 636.

2 Nov 1892 —4 Jul 1893Mother's darling
????? of
W.T. & S.E. Wright
Budded on earth
to bloom in heaven
The blank, where normally one would read daughter of or son of, was left blank. Nothing was ever inscribed there.
The child was unnamed, CWS f BCV, p. 636.

B.J. Spence1 Nov 1837 —19 May 1893

Pvt. Benjamin J. Spence1 Nov 1837 —19 May 1893Co G
21 VA INF
C.S.A.
B.J. Spence and Pvt. Benjamin J. Spence are the same person. He has 2 headstones. The first being a crude homemade marker and the other being a government-issued military marker, CWS f BCV, p. 517.



Elizabeth Wray Spence17 May 1849 —18 Jun 1886
Elizabeth Ellen Wray, wife of B.J. Spence, CWS f BCV, p. 517.
 
According to Civil War Soldiers from Brunswick County, Virginia, Pvt. Robert H. Lynch and wife, Rebecca Ann Edwards, are buried here, CWS f BCV, p. 339.
 

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