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Transcribed June 12 - 14, 2001 by Cathy Cown and Brandy Myers

Name                          Dates                   Inscriptions/Footstones
(joint marker)
Darrell Taylor                1903 - 1989
Hazel R. Taylor               1908 - 1941
Donald E. Taylor              8/11/1949 - 9/25/1949   son
Harley D. Taylor              01/11/47                our darling
Carolyn Jeanette Taylor       4/17/1959 - 10/4/1959
Coy Patrick & Infant Daughter 4/10/1922 - 4/25/1990
*no dates for Infant Daughter
Bradie Hargus                 10/23/1908 - 1/27/1925
Dovie Mary Sharp              1893 - 1948
Elmira Clarkson               1847 - 1928             Wife of Emanuel Jones Christ is My Hope
Emanuel Jones                 11/21/1846 - 5/18/1929  Pvt Co D, 2 WV Vol Cav
*s/o William Jones and Anna Priscilla Taylor
Harry O. Jones                1/27/1916 - 1/17/1938
*s/o Phillip Sheridan Jones and Mary Virginia Jones
Forrest W. Jones              1910 - 1945
Margaret Ann Jones            1941 - 1954
(joint marker)
Phillip Sheridan Jones        1887 - 1963
*s/o Emanuel Jones and Elmira Clarkson
Mary Virginia Jones           1887 - 1970
Rev. Lincoln H. Jones         1921 - 1978             Military footstone: 
                                                      1/22/1921 - 11/20/1978 Cpl US Army WWII
Maymie Jones Bennett          5/14/1912 - 11/20/1996
(joint marker)
Donald Patrick                1887 - 1937             Father
Eva Patrick                   1885 - 1967             Mother
(joint marker)
Nancy J. Patrick              1866 - 1939             Mother
John Patrick                  3/6/1860 - 5/2/1926     Father
Ivan Patrick                  3/5/1923 - 2/5/1981     TEC 5 US Army WWII
(joint marker)
Howard Patrick                1885 - 1948             Military Footstone:
                                                      6/20/1885-8/8/1948 WV Pvt US Marine Corp
Lona M. Patrick               1893 - 1971
Alfred M. Hively              11/6/1900 - 2/13/1922
Grant Whitney                 7/23/1907 - 9/30/1907   Son of G. E. and M. L. Whitney
Erma Dean Summers             Born & Died 6/23/1930   Daughter of J. B. and Opal Summers
Gerald Moss Jones             1/28/1916 - 12/10/1967  AOM 2 US Navy WWII
(joint marker)
Etta Jones                    1877 - 1865
Norvill Jones                 1874 - 1957
*s/o Emanuel Jones and Elmira Clarkson
(joint marker) Jarvis-Jones
Everett Jarvis                1902 - 1980
Sybil Jones Jarvis            1912 - 1990
Delbert Jones                 1906 - 1935
(joint marker)
Earl Raines                   1912 - 1974             Our Children:  Jack, Bill,
Jocie M. Raines               1918 - 1995             Virginia, Doris, J. Rex
Emory G. Taylor               6/27/1936 - 3/17/1968
Johnnie E. Taylor             10/19/1915 - 11/11/1960 An Inspiration To All Who Knew Him.
                                                      Loved by his five children
Nancy Ann Fields              1936 - 1990
*Funeral Home Marker
Clark Emory Fields III        9/1/1991 - 3/1/1992
Marsha Suzanne Fields         7/10/1969 - 3/1/1992
*both names on same funeral home marker
(joint marker)
L. S. Taylor                  1883 - 1948
Martha Taylor                 1884 - 1970
Jacob Riley Moore             1/7/1949 - 7/22/1949    Son of Riley & Opal Taylor Moore
Elbert Moore                  7/30/1953 - 10/9/1953   Son of Riley & Opal Taylor Moore
(joint marker)
Riley Moore                   3/29/1922 - 3/22/1990
Opal Taylor Moore             8/26/1923 - 1/17/1996
Roy R. Moffatt                4/29/1905 - 9/23/1988   Lord Is My Shepard
(joint marker)
Giles F. Moffatt              1898 - 1963
Leona J. Moffatt              1909 - 1985
Dewey P. Ferrell              11/23/1944 - 9/1/1988
Jack Ferrell                  1901 - 1963             Father
James W. Ferrell              1921 - 2001
Roy L. Ferrell                10/28/1946 - 5/8/1997
Loney Allen Ferrell           7/4/1948 - 10/29/1997
Floyd Okey Craft              1938 - 1996
*funeral home marker
(joint marker)
Lula E. Edwards               1/26/1892 - 10/26/1985
Rome Edwards                  12/18/1889 - 12/28/1964
Dewey K. Taylor               1929 - 1985             Military Footstone:  A2C US Air Force Korea
(joint marker)
Willie C. Marks               1/16/1912 - 5/1/1982    Footstone:  Lt US Navy
Audra V. Marks                2/19/1914 - 8/13/1988
(joint marker)
"Pete" Hubert O. Lowe         4/4/1908 - 3/26/1971
Nellie Lowe                   2/5/1906 - 12/31/1991
(joint marker)
Virgil T. Lowe                1911 - 1960
Goldie Mangus                 1911 - 1995
Mae Mitchell Weir             9/1891 - 11/1977        At Rest
(joint marker)
Erma Hay                      2/9/1910 - 1/12/1986
Silas Hay                     8/21/1905 - 10/26/1992
Howard E. Elmore              6/12/1928 - 9/1/1996
(joint marker)
Orville Harper                12/10/1921 - 9/24/1925
Josie V. Harper               9/24/1925 - 5/10/1996
(joint marker)
M. Deane Harper               1/27/1916 - 3/20/1998   Married 4/30/1938
Marie F. Allison Harper       1/22/1920 - 6/24/1987   Our Children: Loretta, Phyllis, 
                                                      Jayne, Brian
(joint marker)
A. Clive Harper               7/13/1914 - 1/12/1989   Married 4/14/1934
Nola G. Taylor Harper         9/30/1917 -             Our Children: Janet, Richard, Karen,
                                                      Clyde, Thomas
(joint marker)
H. Lakin Harper               8/13/1909 - 12/23/1995  Married 12/7/1939
Metta R. Harper               12/29/1910 - 12/28/1985
Okey J. Hargus                3/5/1902 - 9/25/1978
(joint marker)
Esten R. Hunt                 9/22/1908 - 2/23/1991   Married 5/24/1930
Gertrude Hunt                 10/14/1906 - 11/9/1998
David Curtis Harper           9/20/1952 - 12/2/1989
(joint marker)
Goldie Taylor                 1915 - 1998
Oral R. Taylor                1898 - 1970             Military Footstone: West Virginia 
                                                      Cpl Army Service Corp WWI 
                                                      5/30/1898 - 9/21/1970
(joint marker)
Shelva Hunt                   1902 - 1976
Lona Hunt                     1905 - 1971
Earl E. Jones                 1931 - 1979
Otto Hunt                     9/9/1911 - 4/4/1978
(joint marker)
Dona G. Harper                1892 - 1977
L. Ernest                     1885 - 1969
Hallie C. Taylor              1909 - 1994
(joint marker)
Brooks Hunt                   1914 - 1994
Bessie Hunt                   1915 - no date
(joint marker)
John C Hunt                   11/5/1872 - 2/4/1949
Cordelia E. Hunt              5/20/1875 - 5/8/1961
Marcus H. Hunt                2/11/1898 - 11/17/1952
Ovie C. Taylor                7/6/1921 - 6/21/1962
Bessie L Taylor Bullard       1/31/1928 - 11/28/1996
(joint marker)
Harry C Hunt                  6/17/1903 - 8/5/1984    Married 11/29/1926
Bessie Mae Hunt               9/21/1909 - 6/6/1993
(joint marker)
Roy Taylor                    1890 - 1962             Military Footstone:  
                                                      Wva Pvt 95 Depot Svc Co ASC 
                                                      WWI 12/2/1890 - 12/1/1962
Myrtle Taylor                 1896 - 1972
James (Tom) Taylor            1914 -1974
James Allen Taylor            7/22/1978 - 7/16/1997   Son of Arnold & Hermie Taylor
(joint marker)
Howard G Phillips             1892 - 1973             Father
Edith G Phillips              1896 - 1976             Mother
H. Dean Jones                 6/17/1932 - 9/1/1993
Clayton A. Walker             9/28/1924 - 3/7/1994    Military footstone: 
                                                      PVC US Army WWII Purple Heart
(joint marker)
Rev. Joe Seabolt              1906 - 1993
Macie J. Seabolt              1899 - 1986
(joint marker)
Faris Lee Nida                1934 - 1983             Military Footstone: 
                                                      BT 3 US Navy Korea 8/24/1934-4/24/1983
Barbara J. Nida               1938 -1974
Rev Henry H. Holbert Sr       1919 - 1971             Military Footstone: 
                                                      Wva Cpl Co F 7 Inf WWII 8/18/1919-5/30/1971
Rev. Gregory D. Holbert       11/2/1952 - 1/8/2000
*son of Rev. Henry Holbert
Lula Hunt                     1887 - 1920
Wanda Lee Taylor              1930 - 1931
Orpha Taylor                  1898 - 1925
Armetha Patrick               4/11/1920 - 12/2/1937
Violet May Patrick            2/27/1924 - 11/22/44
(joint marker)
Mayford Patrick               1891 - 1966
Lucy R. Patrick               1896 - 1956
Robert Hunt                   1920 -1977              US Marine Corp VFW 9857 M. O. C. 
                                                      Pt 17 & Aux Ohio
(joint marker)
Otis O. Hunt                  1900 - no date
Ruth A. Hunt                  1902 -1975
(joint marker)
Edward L. Hunt                1886 - 1974
Mary L Hunt                   1891 - 1973
(joint marker)
Robert H. Hunt                1851 - 1904
Celia J. Hunt                 1856 - 1942
(joint marker)
Everett E. Hunt               1878 - 1964
Sarah J. Hunt                 1876 - 1959
(joint marker)
A. Coy Fisher                 1906 - 1978
Okley Fisher                  1909 - 1980
(joint marker)
Earl E. Jackson               10/6/1913 - 9/29/1976   Military Footstone:
                                                      Cpl Army Air Forces WWII
Ada H. Jackson                5/31/1918 - 3/27/1984
Ralph Jackson                 2/24/1918 - 3/11/1960
(joint marker)
Willie E. Jackson             1890 - 1966
Icie Jackson                  1889 - 1968
(joint marker)
Bessie T. Harper              1896 - 1987             Married 10/5/1913
Okey J. Harper                1895 - 1980
(joint marker)
Ivy Taylor Summers            1985 - 1988             Married 11/16/1913
James F. Summers              1891 - 1975
(joint marker)
Elizabeth K. Reed             7/29/1903 - 5/15/1933   Dearest Loved One, we have laid thee
                                                      in the peaceful graves embrace.  
                                                      But thy memory shall be cherished till
                                                      we see thy heavenly face.
Raleigh N. Reed               5/18/1901 - no date
*There is a picture of this couple on the headstone
(joint marker)
Stephen Taylor                8/2/1873 - 8/24/1929
*son of William Preston Taylor and Nancie E. Taylor
Hettie Taylor                 5/10/1877 - 1/17/1959
William P Taylor              12/30/1836 - 9/30/1922
*son of John Oscar Taylor and Anna Hunt
Nancie E. Taylor              6/23/1837 - 9/3/1904
*daughter of Stephen Taylor and Amelia Patrick
(joint marker)
Virginia Shafer               1866 - 1914
Henry J. Shafer               1865 - 1950
Tami Burgess                  12/16/1961 - 5/23/2001
(joint marker)
Peter Perry Jarvis            4/10/1896 - 10/5/1965   Military Footstone:
                                                      Pvt 162 Depot Brigade WWI
Luella M. Jarvis              4/16/1885 - 2/15/1974
Sophenia E. Hunt              1868 -1951
Rachel Parsons                3/2/1844 - 3/5/1929
William M. Hunt               7/26/1847 - 4/8/1926    13th Wva Inf
Cyrus D. Hunt                 1/14/1878 - 4/26/1921
Zena Hunt                     4/18/1917 - 8/14/1919
(joint marker)
Ilene Hunt                    1937 - 1992             Mother
Buddy E. Hunt                 1962 - 1963             Son
Ole F. Hunt                   1883 - 1956
Eva Hackney                   1892 - 1963
Oscar Hackney                 1902 - 1979
(joint marker)
Erna E. Larch                 1912 - 1965
Minnie G. Larch               1911 - 1998
Harold Devon Hunt Jr.         1968 - 1971
Thurston H. Larch             12/9/1913 - 11/23/1982
Minnie B. Hunt                9/17/1917 - 6/26/1988   Mom
Ronald Gary Seabolt           5/11/1963 - 5/12/1963   Infant son of R. D. & D. K. Seabolt
Oral Johnson                  1914 - 1958
Hobert Johnson                1918 - 1957
(joint marker)
Ivy S. Johnson                1893 - 1961
Lessie Johnson                1892 - 1976
Emory E. Taylor               1929 -1993              Forever In Our Hearts
H. Fred Elmore                9/13/1910 - 7/29/1981
Kermit O. Paxton              1915 - 1979             Military footstone:
                                                      SSGT US Army WWII 1/15/1915 - 6/11/1979
(joint marker)
Ezra Taylor                   1878 - 1955
Nora E. Taylor                1886 - 1973
(joint marker)
George Moffatt                1906 - 1989             Married 9/24/1927
Gertrude Taylor Moffatt       1908 - 2000
Dewey Shafer                  1902 - 1933
Asa L. Shafer                 9/4/1871 - 7/20/1955
Verna Taylor Shafer           12/8/1876 - 12/20/1931  Wife of Asa L. Shafer
Margaret Hunt                 1851 - 1934             Wife of R. A. Hunt
Effa Painter                  3/6/1910 - 3/4/1994     Mother of Carol, Jack, Bill, J. D., 
                                                      David, Bunny, Judy Jo An
Bennie A. Hunt                9/12/1912 - 12/2/1985
Richard A. Hunt               1944 - 1970
(joint marker)
Martha E. Hunt                1880 -1956
Wilson F. Hunt                1867 - 1956
(joint marker)
Eliza A. Hunt                 1877 - 1944
Robert P. Hunt                1867 - 1940
Fannie Hunt Taylor            1899 - 1963             Mother
Don E. Taylor                 2/16/1899 - 12/29/1979
Leslie D. Hunt                1901 - 1878
(joint marker)
Gordon Hunt                   1903 - 1993             Married 6/2/1925
Glada Hunt                    1904 - 1996
(joint marker)
Sherman Hunt                  3/27/1890 - 1/16/1984   Married 1/1/1908
Osha Hunt                     8/28/1890 - 6/29/1974
Farris B. Hunt                1913 - 1943
Hunt Infant                   6/17/1940
Curtis W. Hunt                6/13/1913 - 6/30/1970
(joint marker)
Bunis A. Hunt                 7/24/1881 - 8/18/1946   Married 7/15/1900
Anzy M. Hunt                  6/25/1883 - 5/5/1975
C. Gene Miller                1930 - 1961
Sheila A. Miller Sigmon       12/3/1958 - 10/29/1986
Douglas Ray Miller            5/15/1964 - 5/16/1964
(joint marker)
Kermit R. Miller              3/1/1920 - 11/4/1976    Military footstone: Pvt US Army
Vivian Hunt Miller            1/4/1923 - 6/3/1992
(joint marker)
D. Smith Ryan                 2/13/1898 - 2/7/1969
Mabel M. Ryan                 5/17/1888 - 8/4/1981
John Edward Ryan              7/13/1930 - 5/9/1964
William J. Shock              8/15/1921 - 7/14/1999   Military footstone: TEC 3 US Army WWII
Dale C. Hunt                  7/13/1888 - 2/7/1956    WVa Pvt 241 Ambulance Co WWI
Vadis Hunt                    10/17/1911 - 10/31/1996
(joint marker)
Floyd E. Hunt                 1878 - 1957
Vina Hunt                     1879 - 1962
Sidney Hunt                   6/21/1915 - 11/20/1993  PFC US Army WWII
Rex Hunt                      7/17/1917 - 6/12/1976   Love Lives Forever. Wife Leoma, Son Larry,
                                                      Daughter Andrea, Grandson Nicholas.  
                                                      Military footstone: PFC US Army WWII
Andrea Hunt                   1957 - 1958
(joint marker)
Edward Hunt                   1885 -1952
Mattie Hunt                   1890 - 1983
(joint marker)
Glae Harper                   1906 - 1960
Annie Harper                  1902 - 1987
Phyllis Catherine Harper      7/16/1932
(joint marker)
Nelson E. Harper              1912 - 1995
Ollie Harper                  1916 - ?
(joint marker)
Sherman H. Harper             1917 - 1990
Goolie V. Harper              1919 - 1986
(joint marker)
Minnie B. Harper              1888 - 1963
Nelson "Dick" Harper          1887 - 1970
Samantha J. Hunt              5/17/1872 - 5/29/1960   Mother
(joint marker)
W. R. Harper                  1889 -1978
Ora Harper                    1890 - 1974
Clair L. Harper               1919 - 1969
Dolores Jean Moffatt "Dolly"  1934 - 1992
Irene Trowbridge Moffatt      1914 - 1987             Wife of Okey W. Moffatt
Okey W. Moffatt               no dates listed at all  A Friend To All
Rev. Henry N. Chapman         1903 - 1971
Herbert R. Grose              11/3/1907 - 7/28/1981   Cpl US Army WWII
Eliza Hodges Grose            2/28/1906 - 8/13/1985
Paul James Hill               8/30/1928 - 4/18/1997   Cpl US Army Korea
(joint marker)
Dennis C. Hill                11/22/1902 - 2/5/1992
Gotha J. Hill                 2/16/1909 - 7/8/1992
Janet Sue "Pups" Good         1943 - 1998
Bernard L. "Dale" Haynes      12/15/1952 - 3/5/2001
Smith Jones                   2/14/1911 - 4/16/1993

*There are approximately 15 graves marked only with fieldstones

Memorial on top of hill:
In Memory of
Robert Z. Hunt
VFW MOC Ohio
*notes made by transcriber

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