From Norfolk, Virginia get on Interstate 64 West and take Exit 250 (which is Highway 105 East). Drive 3.8 miles and turn Left on Highway 17 North. Drive 17.5 miles and turn Right on Highway 14 East. Drive 15.7 miles to the town of Mathews and then turn Right to stay on Highway 14 East. Drive 2.0 miles and turn Right onto County Road 614. Drive 0.3 miles to Christ Church Episcopal which is on the Right side of the road. The Jarvis Cemetery Gravestones are on the left side of the Church.

Right Photo: The far left side of the Church. A small green bush is growing directly in front of Emma’s gravestone. Emma’s gravestone is directly behind May’s gravestone (not visible in the picture).

Right Photo - The green bush is blocking Emma May Fernald-Jarvis' stone. James Wesley Jarvis' stone is visible on the right side of the bush. Edith Hurst-Jarvis' stone is to the right of James' stone (not visible in this picture). Baby Thomas Gerald Atkins’ stone is on the left front of the picture. Virginia May Jarvis-Atkins' stone is on the right front of the picture with the flowers in front of it.

Full Name: Thomas Gerald Atkins.
Nickname: Jerry.
Jerry was the baby boy of Jesse Clifton Atkins and Virginia May Jarvis-Atkins.



Information on Gravestone:
James Wesley Jarvis
April 13, 1874
Dec. 1, 1947

James' first wife was Emma May Fernald.
James' second wife was Edith Hurst.
James and Emma had a daughter named Virginia May Jarvis.






Information on Gravestone:
(Bush held out of way for picture.)
Emma May Fernald
Wife of J. Wesley Jarvis
July 29, 1877
February 6, 1911

Emma May Fernald-Jarvis was James Wesley Jarvis' first wife.
James and Emma had a daughter named Virginia May Jarvis.





Information on Gravestone:
Edith Hurst Jarvis
April 21, 1891
March 28, 1971

Edith Hurst-Jarvis was James Wesley Jarvis' second wife.
James and Edith had no children together.








Information on Gravestone:
May Jarvis Atkins
April 4, 1899
March 17, 1934

Maiden Name: Virginia May Jarvis.
Nickname: May.
May was the daughter of James Wesley Jarvis and Emma May Fernald-Jarvis.
May was Jesse Clifton Atkins' first wife.

Kingston Parish was established about 1652. During colonial times the Anglican parish administered the ecclesiastical and some civil affairs for the inhabitants of the area that later became Mathews County. The principal parish church is believed to have been located on this site since the early 18th century. In ruins by 1841. It was restored as Christ Church largely through the efforts of Elizabeth Tompkins, sister of Confederate Capt. Sally Tompkins. Both are buried here. After a fire in 1904, the church was rebuilt. Rev. Giles Buckner Cooke, former member of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s staff during the Civil War, served as rector here from 1904 to 1915.