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455    CHEEK - NICHOLSON FAMILY

Location - off Parktown Rd, about 0.1 mile from Parktown community.


Directions: From Warrenton courthouse on Hwy 158 E Bus, travel 0.15 mile and turn right onto Hall St. Travel 0.2 mile and turn left onto Halifax St which becomes SR 1600 (Baltimore Rd) at the Warrenton town limits. Travel 6 miles to Parktown and bear left onto SR 1625 (Parktown Rd). Travel 0.1 mile and turn right onto a private driveway at the Nicholson home. Travel 0.1 mile behind the house to the cemetery in an open area. Race-African American.

1. Alston, Carrie Park   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
* Grave marked with rock
2. Cheek, Betty H.   (b. 31 Aug 1877 - d. 15 Jun 1952)
"She was our sunshine"
3. Cheek, John S.   (b. 18 Jan 1917 - d. 17 May 1974)
SSGT - US Army (Government marker)
4. Cheek, Leroy P., Jr.   (b. 2 Sep 1912 - d. 11 Nov 1975)
5. Cheek, Leroy P., Sr.   (b. 8 Nov 1862 - d. 2 Jan 1936)
"Tis but the casket lies here, the gem that filled it sparkles yet"
6. Cheek, Robert Lee   (b. 22 Jul 1915 - d. 31 Oct 1987)
7. Cheek, William A.   (b. 6 Jun 1890 - d. 9 Aug 1959)
"Gone but not forgotten"
8. Cyrus, Sally C.   (b. 2 Aug 1911 - d. 16 Aug 1987)
9. Nicholson, Bernice   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
(No marker)
10. Nicholson, Bernice C., Sr.   (b. 17 Aug 1926 - d. 11 Nov 2009)
11. Nicholson, Carrie L.   (b. Jul 1900 - d. Nov 1972)
12. Nicholson, Infant Son   (b. Unknown - d. ca Die 1950)
Son of Samuel & Lucinda Nicholson
13. Nicholson, Jr, Samuel J., Jr.   (b. 14 Aug 1924 - d. 6 Dec 2003)
STM 1, US Navy,World War II (Government marker)
14. Nicholson, Miguel A.   (b. 8 May 1975 - d. 16 May 1993)
15. Nicholson, Samuel J.   (b. 17 Nov 1888 - d. 4 May 1955)
16. Nicholson, Wilbur   (b. 10 Oct 1932 - d. 1 Nov 1942)
Son of Samuel & Carrie Nicholson. "A morning star, gone but not forgotten"
17. Park, Bettie Doles   (b. 28 Feb 1873 - d. 22 Oct 1951)
"At rest"
18. Park, Eddie   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
* Grave marked with rock
19. Park, Frank   (b. 15 Apr 1920 - d. 16 Aug 1981)
Husband of Bettie Doles
20. Park, Oletha   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
* Grave marked with rock
21. Park, Patty   (b. Unknown - d. 1952)
(Unmarked)
22. Park, Preston   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
* Grave marked with rock
23. Parks, Tamar C.   (b. 13 Apr 1893 - d. 8 May 1972)
"At rest"
24. Williams, Oliver   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
* Grave marked with rock (Original land owner)