Gerlach Cemetery

The Gerlach Cemetery is located west of town between Highway 34 and Nevada State Route 447.

• Robert Donald Bedecarrax
  • Find-A-Grave b. 1941, d. 2008
• Sherrill Hayes "Doug" Douglas
  • Find-A-Grave b. 1933, d. 1986
  • Reno Evening Gazette, "Hayes Douglas," November 21, 1974. Graduated from Basic Electrician's Mate School in San Diego. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Sherrill H. Douglas, Empire. Graduated from Gerlach High School in 1973.
• Fleming Cheatham Finley
  • Find-A-Grave d. 1915
  • Photo. Fleming Cheatham Finley was John Finley's father. John Finley owned Bev's Miners Club.
  • "dry gulched in Hualapai Valley (Kingman, Arizona)"
  • "Story of Gerlach Shooting is Told," Reno Evening Gazette, September 15, 2014, p. 13.
  • "Jeff Brown Set Free by Justice," Nevada State Journal, September 23, 2015, p. 4. Brown was set free by Washoe County DA Lunsford because there was insufficient evidence.
  • Shootout at Hualipi Flats, the story of the 1915 murder of Fleming Cheatham Finley
• Adam Lee
  • usgwarchives (2000) No Dates
• Lester Martin
  • Find-A-Grave
  • Nevada State Journal, Five Lettermen Return to Gerlach Cage Squad," November 28, 1965, p 14. Mentions a Lester Martin as playing forward, presumably in high school basketball.
  • Possibly a sibling of Florance (Suzie) Laxague (b. 1921, d. 2014) from Cedarville
• Jewell Claire Finley Parman
  • Find-A-Grave b. 1905, d. 1992. Child of Fleming Cheatham Finley above.
• Templeton (Jack) Rice
  • Find-A-Grave b. 1897, d. 1962. Find-a-grave had his names backwards, see the obit below
  • Nevada State Journal, "Templeton Rice," December 7, 1963, p. 10. "Templeton (Jack) Rice", sons: Otto Rice, Empire, Jack Rice, Reno, and Harry Rice, of the Navy. Services were held in Gerlach.
• Erroll Jay Warren
  • Find-A-Grave
  • Lived at Granite Creek Ranch
• Find-A-Grave page for the Gerlach Cemetery