Finding Aid to the J.E. Fauber Funeral Home Burial Records

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JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 Memorial Avenue
Lynchburg, Virginia 24501
(434) 846-0501
J. E. FAUBER FUNERAL HOME BURIAL RECORDS
The collection includes burial records, “first call sheets” and sales records of
the J. E. Fauber Funeral Home of Lynchburg, Virginia (1919-1952). It also includes
burial records of J. J. Hughes and Company (1915-1917), and the Lynchburg
Undertaking Company, Inc. (1918), predecessors or the Fauber establishment, as well as
burial records of the Virginia Funeral Chapel, Inc. (1952-1985), which succeeded the
Fauber Funeral Home.

[Detailed finding guide available with the collection.]

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JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 Memorial Avenue
Lynchburg, Virginia 24501
(434) 846-0501
J. E. FAUBER FUNERAL HOME BURIAL RECORDS
The collection includes burial records, “first call sheets” and sales records of
the J. E. Fauber Funeral Home of Lynchburg, Virginia (1919-1952). It also includes
burial records of J. J. Hughes and Company (1915-1917), and the Lynchburg
Undertaking Company, Inc. (1918), predecessors or the Fauber establishment, as well as
burial records of the Virginia Funeral Chapel, Inc. (1952-1985), which succeeded the
Fauber Funeral Home.
BOX 1

Ledger 1915-1918
Ledger 1918-1921

BOX 2

Ledger 1921-1923
Ledger 1923-1925

BOX 3

BOX 4

3-1
3-2
3-3
3-4
3-5
3-6
3-7
3-8

Burial Records 1925-1985
A – AL
AM-AZ
BA-BAY
BE-BL
BO-BOY
BRA-BROH
BROW-BRY
BU-BY

4-1
4-2
4-3
4-4
4-5
4-6

Burial Records 1925-1985
CA-CAP
CAR-CAW
CH-CI
CL-COLE
COLEMAN-COW
COX-CY

Burial Records 1925-1985
DA
DE-DO
DR-DY
E
FA-FE
FI-FL
FO-FU

BOX 6

5-1
5-2
5-3
5-4
5-5
5-6
5-7

6-1
6-2
6-3
6-4
6-5
6-6
6-7
6-8

Burial Records 1925-1985
GA-GH
GY-GO
GR-GU
HA-HAN
HAR
HAS-HIT
HO
HU-HY

BOX 8

7-1
7-2
7-3
7-4
7-5
7-6
7-7

Burial Records 1925-1985
I
JA-JOHNS
JOHNSON-JU
K-KE
KI-KY
LA-LEE
LEF-LY

8-1
8-2
8-3
8-4
8-5
8-6

Burial Records 1925-1985
MA-MARS
MART-MAS
MAT-McW
ME-MI
MO-MOOR
MOR-MY

BOX 5

BOX 7

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BOX 9

Burial Records 1925-1985
N
O
PA
PE-PI
PL-PY
Q
RA-RH
RI-ROR
ROS-RY

BOX 10

Burial Records 1925-1985
11-1 TO-TR
11-2 TU-TY
11-3 U-V
11-4 WA
11-5 WE-WH
11-6 WI-WILL
11-7 WILM-WITT
11-8 WOF-WOO
11-9 WOR-WR
11-10 X-Z

BOX 12

9-1
9-2
9-3
9-4
9-5
9-6
9-7
9-8
9-9
BOX 11

BOX 13

10-1
10-2
10-3
10-4
10-5
10-6
10-7

First Call Sheets
1928
1929
1930
1934 (Jan-Jun)
1934 (Jul-Dec)

BOX 14

13-1
13-2
13-3
13-4
13-5

BOX 16

15-1
15-2
15-3
15-4
15-5
15-6
15-7
15-8
15-9

First Call Sheets
1940
1941
1942
1943 (Jan-Jun)
1943 (Jul-Dec)
1944 (Jan-Jun)
1944 (Jul-Dec)
1945 (Jan-Jun)
1945 (Jul-Dec)

BOX 15

Burial Records 1925-1985
SA-SHA
SHE-SL
SM-SN
SO-STE
STI-SW
TA-TE
TH-TI

Sales Ledgers
12-1 1925-1934
12-2 1935-1945

14-1
14-2
14-3
14-4
14-5
14-6
14-7
14-8

First Call Sheets
1935 (Jan-Jun)
1935 (Jul-Dec)
1936 (Jan-Jun)
1936 (Jul-Dec)
1937 (Jan-Jun)
1937 (Jul-Dec)
1938
1939

16-1
16-2
16-3
16-4
16-5
16-6
16-7
16-8

First Call Sheets
1946 (Jan-Jun)
1946 (Jul-Dec)
1947 (Jan-Jun)
1947 (Jul-Dec)
1948 (Jan-Jun)
1948 (Jul-Dec)
1949 (Jan-Jun)
1949 (Jul-Dec)

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BOX 17

BOX 18

17-1
17-2
17-3
17-4
17-5
17-6

First Call Sheets
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
First Call Sheets
1961
1962
1963
1964

BOX 20

19-1
19-2
19-3
19-4

First Call Sheets
1968 (Jan-Jun)
1968 (Jul-Dec)
1969 (Jan-Jun)
1969 (Jul-Dec)
1970 (Jan-Jun)
1970 (Jul-Dec)

BOX 22

21-1
21-2
21-3
21-4
21-5
21-6

First Call Sheets
1974 (Jan-Jun)
1974 (Jul-Dec)
1975 (Jan-Jun)
1975 (Jul-Dec)
1976 (Jan-Jun)
1976 (Jul-Dec)

BOX 24

23-1
23-2
23-3
23-4
23-5
23-6

BOX 19

BOX 21

BOX 23

18-1
18-2
18-3
18-4
18-5

First Call Sheets
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960

20-1
20-2
20-3
20-4
20-5

First Call Sheets
1965
1966 (Jan-Jun)
1966 (Jul-Dec)
1967 (Jan-Jun)
1967 (Jul-Dec)

22-1
22-2
22-3
22-4
22-5
22-6

First Call Sheets
1971 (Jan-Jun)
1971 (Jul-Dec)
1972 (Jan-Jun)
1972 (Jul-Dec)
1973 (Jan-Jun)
1973 (Jul-Dec)

24-1
24-2
24-3
24-4
24-5

First Call Sheets
1977 (Jan-Jun)
1977 (Jul-Sep)
1977 (Oct-Dec)
1978 (Jan-Jun)
1978 (Jul-Dec)

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JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 Memorial Avenue
Lynchburg, Virginia 24501
(434) 846-0501
JOHN JOSEPH HUGHES (1857-1928)
John Joseph Hughes, son of John Hughes and Bridget Ann Hagerty, was born 16
July 1857 in Botetourt County, Virginia. He moved with his family to Lynchburg ca.
1860 where his father was a shoemaker. On 16 October 1889, J. J. Hughes married
Susan Virginia Matroni, daughter of Thomas Matroni and Ellen Lavinia Cofflin of
Lynchburg. At the time of his marriage, Hughes was a debt collector and lived just
outside the city. He first appears as owner of the Hill City Stables, 1207-1209 Main
Street, in 1892. By 1894, he had opened the Palace Stables. In 1897, the Palace Livery
Company was incorporated, with Hughes as secretary and treasurer, and his brother-inlaw, J. L. Crist, as president.
In 1902, in addition to continuing the operation of the Palace Livery Company,
John J. Hughes established the first transfer business in Lynchburg which operated as the
Lynchburg Transfer Company. He was also involved in the Paragon Oil and Gasoline
Company, dealers in oil, gasoline, floor dressing, oil and gasoline stoves. In that same
year, he established a poster advertising company known later as the Lynchburg Bill
Posting Company.
By 1906, Hughes had become established as a funeral director, operating the J. J.
Hughes and Company, which was incorporated in 1917 as the Lynchburg Undertaking
Company. Hughes retired from all his business interests in 1918 due to ill health. He
continued to work with his son for a year or so in the Lynchburg Poster Advertising
Company (formerly the Lynchburg Bill Posting Company). He died on 12 July 1928 and
was buried in the Catholic Cemetery in Lynchburg.
[Obituary, Lynchburg News, 13 July 1928, p. 3 col. 2; Marriage record, Lynchburg, VA, Book 3 p. 100 16
October 1889; City directories, Lynchburg, Va., 1888-1928; “An interesting place: something about the
stable of the Palace Livery Company,” Lynchburg News, 26 September 1897.]

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JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 Memorial Avenue
Lynchburg, Virginia 24501
(434) 846-0501
JOSEPH EVERETTE FAUBER (1879-1959)
Joseph Everette Fauber, son of William and Mary Alexander Fauber, was born 5
August 1879 in Augusta County, Virginia. He was educated in Augusta County schools
and at Fishburne Military Academy in Waynesboro, Virginia. He married Alma Carter,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Carter of Charlottesville, Virginia, on 26 November
1906.
J. E. Fauber established his first undertaking firm in Charlottesville in 1903. He
came to Lynchburg in 1906 and was associated with W. D. Diuguid in the Diuguid
Funeral Home. During the influenza epidemic, he was sent to a military base to assist
with the burials there. In 1918, he joined the Lynchburg Undertaking Company,
successor to J. J. Hughes and Company. When J. J. Hughes retired in 1919, Fauber
established the J. E. Fauber Funeral Home, serving as operating manager, president, and
later as secretary-treasurer. In 1952, he returned to W. D. Diuguid, Inc., and served as a
funeral director there while continuing to hold office in the Fauber Funeral Home.
Joseph Everette Fauber died 22 February 1959 after a long illness. He was buried
in Spring Hill Cemetery in Lynchburg.
[Obituary, The News, Lynchburg, Va., 23 February 1959, p. 12 col. 1; Lynchburg City directories 19181961.]

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JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 Memorial Avenue
Lynchburg, Virginia 24501
(434) 846-0501
WILLIAM HENRY CHEATHAM (1915-1975)
William Henry Cheatham, son of Walter Beverly Cheatham and Sallie Franklin,
was born on 2 May 1915 at Maple Valley Farm near Sherwill, Campbell County,
Virginia. He was educated in the Campbell County public schools, the Virginia
Commercial College in Lynchburg, and at the Renouard Training School for Embalmers
in New York.
During World War II, W. H. Cheatham served as a hospital corpsman for the U.
S. Navy. In 1942 he was stationed in Richmond, Roanoke, and Abingdon, Virginia, on
recruiting and induction duty until November 1943. During this time he assisted in the
medical examination of more than 31,000 men entering the armed services. In November
1943, he was assigned to the Naval Amphibious Force, Headquarters Company, Lion 6
Battalion, which participated in the invasion and occupation of Guam, Mariana Islands,
where they built and operated U.S. Naval Base Hospital 18. During his duty at the base
hospital, he assisted in the treatment of 18,500 patients, working in various departments
of the hospital.
In 1945, he returned to Lynchburg and purchased the J. E. Fauber, Inc. Funeral
Home. He served as president and chief executive officer of the firm until his death.
When J. E. Fauber died in 1959, Cheatham reorganized the company as the Virginia
Funeral Chapel, Inc.
W. Henry Cheatham married first, Bonnie Jeanne Gallimore, daughter of
McKinley C. Gallimore and Nancy Richardson of Pulaski, Virginia. Following the death
of his wife on 1 January 1967, he married second, in 1968, Ann Elizabeth Rowe of York,
Pennsylvania.
William Henry Cheatham was a member of the National Funeral Directors
Association, the Preferred Funeral Directors International, the Virginia Funeral Directors
Association, and was a founder of the Lynchburg Civitan Club. He was also known
throughout the state as an antique automobile enthusiast. He held positions in local, state,
and national antique automobile clubs. He died 15 June 1975 at his home in Lynchburg.
He was buried in the New Concord Presbyterian church cemetery in Campbell County.
[Obituary, The News, Lynchburg, Va., 17 June 1975, Section B, p. 4, col. 1; Lynchburg city directories,
1945-1976; Obituary, The News, Lynchburg, Va., 2 January 1967, p. 9, col. 1.]

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Title

Finding Aid to the J.E. Fauber Funeral Home Burial Records

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Description

Finding aid to the J.E. Fauber Funeral Home Burial Records held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Creator

George M. Jones Memorial Library

Publisher

George M. Jones Memorial Library

Date

2023

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George M. Jones Memorial Library

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Language

English

Identifier

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George M. Jones Memorial Library, “Finding Aid to the J.E. Fauber Funeral Home Burial Records,” Digital Collections, accessed May 9, 2024, https://digitaljones.omeka.net/items/show/281.