Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Forsyth Memorial Park - Fishburne / Holton

This post is to document the location of family graves at Forsyth Memorial Park. The cemetery is located in Winston-Salem, NC (Forsyth Co.). Virginia Holton Fishburne was the mother of Ginna Fishburne Patterson, as well as Chip Fishburne, and Dana Fishburne Kwiatkowski. Virginia was married to Charles Carroll Fishburne, Sr.

All of Virginia's siblings are buried in this cemetery (John, Thomas and Virgil Holton and families, plus Elizabeth Holton Binkley and her husband George). 

Ginna's parents-in-law are also buried here (Frank and Vanza Patterson).

Allison Fishburne's maternal great-grandparents are also buried here (the Middletons).

Last revised: April 4, 2022

Here is the Location of Cemetery on Google Maps.

Here is a Map of Grave Locations in the Cemetery.

Here is my Photo Gallery of Pictures taken in this Cemetery.

Family Graves in Cemetery


Charles Carroll Fishburne
1919 - 2020
#1 in map (Section 4B)

Virginia Holton (Fishburne)
1922 - 2006
#1 in map (Section 4B)

Francis Oliver Patterson
1940 - 2015
#1 in map (Section 4B)

Vanza Mae Davis (Patterson)
1939 - 2018
#1 in map (Section 4B)

George D. Binkley
1926 - 1997
#2 in map (Section 4B or 4A)

Elizabeth Anspach Holton (Binkley)
1925 - 2019
#2 in map (Section 4B or 4A)

John and Betty Holton

John Quinton Holton III
1926 - 1979
#3 in map (Section 2)

Robin Holton (Porter)
1959 - 1991
#3 in map (Section 2)

John Quinton Holton IV
1948 - 1966
#3 in map (Section 2)

Tom & Mary Holton family
#4 in map (Section 12)

Thomas E. Holton
1921 - 1992
#4 in map (Section 12)

Mary E. Davis (Holton)
1920 - 2008
#4 in map (Section 12)

Thomas E. Holton Jr
1945 - 1992
#4 in map (Section 12)

Virgil & Joyce Holton
#5 in map (Section 24B)

Virgil Carmichael Holton
1923 - 1997
#5 in map (Section 24B)

Middletons, great-grandparents of Allison Fishburne

James Herchel Middleton
1917 - 2018
#6 in map (Section 24A)

Mary Ruth L. Minish (Middleton)
1922 - 2017
#6 in map (Section 24A)


Ginna Fishburne Patterson's Ancestors & Cemeteries

My wife, Ginna, and I have recently been digging into her family tree again, taking various lines of her genealogy further back as we discover more through research. One aspect of this recent push in research has been to find the cemeteries and graves of her ancestors, starting of course with her grandparents and going back. Over the coming days and weeks I will be adding information here to that effect. Initially, it will cover more of her mother's family, as they are closer to us in proximity, but will eventually get into her father's line as well, as we do have much on that side also.

Ginna's parents are Charles Carroll Fishburne, Sr. and Virginia Holton (Fishburne). Charles was born in 1919 and is still living, with his second wife, Jane Smith (Fishburne). Virginia was born in 1922 and passed away on March 20, 2006.

At the end of this post you will see a chart that shows Virginia and her ancestors going back four generations prior to her.... but we have much more than that. To see a full listing of  her genealogy that you can navigate through -- and, if you have access to ancestry.com trees -- feel free to view the genealogy there. Below the chart, there is a second chart that picks up with Isaac Newton Carmichael and that branch of the family and goes back from him. I am including that here as we have found several graves in various cemeteries for some of them as well.

Ancestors Whose Graves Have Been Found


Cemeteries and graves that we have so far found and documented are as follows:

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