Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery
Cemetery Formed in 1888
2700 Parish Avenue
Newport News, VA 23607

Until the Return of Jesus Christ this is the Temporary Resting Place of:
Jesse Clifton Atkins (1895-1963) (a Son of the Confederacy),
his daughter Bernice Ophelia Atkins-Barrack (1921-1997),
her husband Francis Irman Barrack (1916-1972)
and their baby boy Ronald Irman Barrack (1941-1942)



Entrance to Greenlawn Cemetery
Directions to Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery
N 36° 59.759’ and W 76° 24.239’

Interstate 64 East (Hampton, VA). Take Exit #264 for I-664 (Newport News, Portsmouth). Follow to Aberdeen Road which is Exit #3. (Note: The Cemetery can be seen on right side of the road while on I-664.) Turn Left on Aberdeen Road. Follow across Pembroke Ave. to 28th Street (Victoria Blvd. in Hampton - 28th St. in Newport News). Turn right on 28th Street. Go about 100 feet to Parish Ave. Turn right and go through the gates to Green Lawn Cemetery. The Cemetery Office (an old farm house) is on the right just inside the gate.

At the entrance to the cemetery, follow the center trail or the “Civil War Tour” brass signs for 0.3 miles and turn right. Go about 100 feet and the Graves are on the left side of the road.



The Road to the Family Grave Site

Road to Graves Graves
Left Photo Above: Right Turn to Graves about 100 feet down road on right.
Right Photo Above: Flag in front of Jesse's Grave.
Flowers in front of Bernice, Francis, Ronald Graves.


The Gravestones at Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery

Jesse Clifton Atkins

Jesse Clifton Atkins
Jan. 17, 1895
Oct. 19, 1963
World War I

Nickname: J.C.
J.C. was the son of John Thomas Atkins
who was a Corporal in the Confederate Army.








Bernice Atkins Barrack Bernice Atkins Barrack
Feb. 25, 1921
Aug. 10, 1997

Full Name: Bernice Ophelia Atkins-Barrack
Nickname: Bernie
Bernie was the oldest of Jesse' s Four Daughters.







Rear of Bernice Gravestone
Inscription of Back Side of Bernice’s Stone:
Our Mother
Bernice, Gerald,
Ronald, & Reginald







Francis Irman Barrack Francis Irman Barrack
June 26, 1916
February 20, 1972







Ronald Irman Barrack
Ronald Irman Barrack
June 20, 1941
April 22, 1942








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