Several places list his name as Gideon Ashley Cave.
Page News & Courier, Thursday 13 Jul 1972.
The Rev. Gird Ashby Cave, 88, of Comertown died at home Monday night, July 10, after a lingering illness. He had been a frequent patient in Harrisonburg and Luray hospitals. Mr. Cave was a preacher at Comertown's Independent Church and a country store merchant 35 years in Comertown. He was well-known throughout the county as a preacher, frequently heard on local radio stations and conducting street corner services in Luray. He was born March 16, 1884 in Madison County and was a son of the late John Isaac and Mary Katherine Offenbacker Cave. His wife the former Dorothy Ann Thomas, is a patient at Rockingham Memorial Hospital. The couple celebrated their 67th wedding anniversay Dec 26. Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Myrtle C Comer and Mrs. Geneva Turner, both of Luray.; five sons, Ralph Cave of Stanley, Reuben Cave, of Elkton, Jesse Cave of Luray and James R and Garland R Cave, both of Shenandoah; 16 grandchildren and 38 great-grandchildren. The funeral was conducted Wednesday afternoon July 12, at the Comertown Free Will Baptist Church by the Rev. Glenn Oldeker, the Rev. John Dubosq and the Rev. Johnny Hensley. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Page News & Courier, Thursday 13 Jul 1972.
The Rev. Gird Ashby Cave, 88, of Comertown died at home Monday night, July 10, after a lingering illness. He had been a frequent patient in Harrisonburg and Luray hospitals. Mr. Cave was a preacher at Comertown's Independent Church and a country store merchant 35 years in Comertown. He was well-known throughout the county as a preacher, frequently heard on local radio stations and conducting street corner services in Luray. He was born March 16, 1884 in Madison County and was a son of the late John Isaac and Mary Katherine Offenbacker Cave. His wife the former Dorothy Ann Thomas, is a patient at Rockingham Memorial Hospital. The couple celebrated their 67th wedding anniversay Dec 26. Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Myrtle C Comer and Mrs. Geneva Turner, both of Luray.; five sons, Ralph Cave of Stanley, Reuben Cave, of Elkton, Jesse Cave of Luray and James R and Garland R Cave, both of Shenandoah; 16 grandchildren and 38 great-grandchildren. The funeral was conducted Wednesday afternoon July 12, at the Comertown Free Will Baptist Church by the Rev. Glenn Oldeker, the Rev. John Dubosq and the Rev. Johnny Hensley. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Several places list his name as Gideon Ashley Cave.
Page News & Courier, Thursday 13 Jul 1972.
The Rev. Gird Ashby Cave, 88, of Comertown died at home Monday night, July 10, after a lingering illness. He had been a frequent patient in Harrisonburg and Luray hospitals. Mr. Cave was a preacher at Comertown's Independent Church and a country store merchant 35 years in Comertown. He was well-known throughout the county as a preacher, frequently heard on local radio stations and conducting street corner services in Luray. He was born March 16, 1884 in Madison County and was a son of the late John Isaac and Mary Katherine Offenbacker Cave. His wife the former Dorothy Ann Thomas, is a patient at Rockingham Memorial Hospital. The couple celebrated their 67th wedding anniversay Dec 26. Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Myrtle C Comer and Mrs. Geneva Turner, both of Luray.; five sons, Ralph Cave of Stanley, Reuben Cave, of Elkton, Jesse Cave of Luray and James R and Garland R Cave, both of Shenandoah; 16 grandchildren and 38 great-grandchildren. The funeral was conducted Wednesday afternoon July 12, at the Comertown Free Will Baptist Church by the Rev. Glenn Oldeker, the Rev. John Dubosq and the Rev. Johnny Hensley. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Page News & Courier, Thursday 13 Jul 1972.
The Rev. Gird Ashby Cave, 88, of Comertown died at home Monday night, July 10, after a lingering illness. He had been a frequent patient in Harrisonburg and Luray hospitals. Mr. Cave was a preacher at Comertown's Independent Church and a country store merchant 35 years in Comertown. He was well-known throughout the county as a preacher, frequently heard on local radio stations and conducting street corner services in Luray. He was born March 16, 1884 in Madison County and was a son of the late John Isaac and Mary Katherine Offenbacker Cave. His wife the former Dorothy Ann Thomas, is a patient at Rockingham Memorial Hospital. The couple celebrated their 67th wedding anniversay Dec 26. Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Myrtle C Comer and Mrs. Geneva Turner, both of Luray.; five sons, Ralph Cave of Stanley, Reuben Cave, of Elkton, Jesse Cave of Luray and James R and Garland R Cave, both of Shenandoah; 16 grandchildren and 38 great-grandchildren. The funeral was conducted Wednesday afternoon July 12, at the Comertown Free Will Baptist Church by the Rev. Glenn Oldeker, the Rev. John Dubosq and the Rev. Johnny Hensley. Burial was in the church cemetery.
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