Billy Hunt Cemetery
Transcribed July 13 – 15, 2001 by Cathy Cowan, Helen Stricklin and Clyde Stricklin.
Name Dates Inscriptions/Footstones Justine Taylor 10/23/1931 – no date (joint marker) Josie B. Taylor 12/13/1905 – 6/18/1997 Estel Taylor 1/9/1907 – 11/14/1981 (joint marker) Ira Taylor 1880 – 1967 Lida V. Taylor 1881 – 1971 Ruth Shaffer Mairs 1930 – 1960 (joint marker) Effie T. Shaffer 2/4/1906 – 5/7/1998 Till we shall meet & never part Otha C. Shaffer 5/25/1902 – 12/11/1974 Married 5/25/1923 Bradie A. Shaffer 10/30/1924 (joint marker) Rebecca Shaffer 4/5/1904 – 1/28/1971 John W. Shaffer 12/8/1905 – 5/12/1991 (joint marker) Darrell J. Craft 1922 – 1983 Geneva Craft 1929 – 1991 Roy Moore 8/6/1904 – 9/5/1966 (joint marker) Dottie L. Parsons 12/15/1944 – 11/4/1989 Married 1/1/1961 Jerry C. Parsons 2/13/1941 – no date Billy Joe Hively 1/26/1963 – 3/17/1963 (joint marker) Lola M. Hively 9/6/1916 – 3/15/1973 Howard H. Hively 3/1/1908 – 7/7/1968 (joint marker) George W. Moore 12/16/1883 – 9/1/1961 Eva J. Moore 10/28/1891 – 7/17/1976 1 grave marked only with flowers *possibly the grave of Mrs. Abe W. Lowers Abe W. Lowers 1901 – 1976 *funeral home marker Ervin Carl Ashbury 5/26/1935 – 3/19/1991 A1C US Air Force, Korea (joint marker) Estil A. Craft 1891 – 1976 Ottie M. Craft 1903 – no date (joint marker) Alma F. Shaffer 1914 – 2001 Carl R. Shaffer 1896 – 1970 Terry W. Shaffer 3/18/1947 – 1/6/1979 PFC US Army, Vietnam (joint marker) Leonard J. Shaffer 11/12/1917 – 7/30/1993 Married 11/4/1936 Captolia V. Shaffer 4/12/1920 – no date Buster Craft 6/28/1934 – 8/22/1999 *Funeral home marker Opie Moore 11/14/1918 – 6/3/1988 CPL US Army, WWII Larry Allen Moore 1950 – 1989 Pvt US Army, Vietnam (joint marker) Leonard J. Shaffer, Jr. 6/25/1943 – 7/8/1995 Kyletta M. Shaffer 6/30/1945 – no date Willard Lee Shamblin 9/25/1955 – 10/10/1993 Son (joint marker) Shirley J. Harper 1951 – no date Married 5/25/1967 James R. Harper 1937 – 1976 (joint marker) Roy D. Larch 1910 – no date Homer E. Larch 1926 – 1970 Betty E. Larch 1933 – no date (joint marker) Delcie Hively 4/28/1910 – 10/5/1982 Wilbur Hively 7/5/1902 – 3/23/1978 (joint marker) George D. Walker 1/3/1916 – 1/27/1998 Syble H. Walker 9/11/1916 – 5/11/1982 (joint marker) Tressie M. Brisendine 1913 – 1988 Sidney T. Brisendine 1910 – 1983 (joint marker) Creed R. Hively 6/28/1881 – 6/14/1968 Leota J. Hively 3/13/1885 – 8/28/1973 Toney Edward Jones 10/22/1966 – 6/15/1996 *funeral home marker *There is a large wooden cross beside of this grave with a small metal plate attached that says “Toney”. Brenda Kay Jones 1955 – 1979 Daughter Rena Ellen Parsons 2/23/1886 – 7/14/1958 (joint marker) Lessie White 1896 – 1964 Romie White 1896 – 1990 (joint marker) Otmer Jones 1908 – 1988 Bessie Jones 1914 – no date Doyal Coon 5/24/1924 – 12/19/1996 Louise M. Lowe 2/13/1934 – 1/28/1988 (joint marker) Romie F. Lowe 1904 – 1976 Married 6/25/1932 Elsie M. Lowe 1913 – 1995 Wilma Jean Jarrett Paxton 1924 – 1995 (joint marker) Charles Edward Jarrett 1885 – 1967 Eva M. Jarrett 1891 – 1976 Bonnie Mae Parsons 5/11/1937 – 11/30/1974 Icie Myrtle Sampson 7/29/1893 – 4/4/1976 Anthony Gene Cavender 3/22/1978 – 3/23/1978 (joint marker) James C. Parsons 1919 – 1980 Sybil A. Parsons 1919 – no date John W. Larch 1930 – 1985 *funeral home marker Blondy C. Ray 1888 – 1930 S. S. Ray 1855 – 1942 S. V. Ray 4/23/1860 – 2/17/1921 Wife of S. S. Ray (joint marker) Leva M. Griffith 10/23/1916 – 2/10/1983 Ovie C. Griffith 4/9/1910 – 1/7/1983 (joint marker) Jennie Ray 1881 – 19…date not completed Tilden Ray 1885 – 1966 M. A. Shafer 5/?/1887 – 2/15/1921 Age 33 yrs, 9 mos, 6 days. Wife of S. J. T. Ray H. M. D. 12/6/1920 Brother *no name on headstone, only initials Lucie Wright 9/7/1903 – 12/26/1920 Age 17 y, 3 m, 19 days M. H. *no dates or names listed N. E. D. *no dates or names listed Robert Lee White 1957 – 1957 J. E. Jube Huffman 8/18/1892 – 12/15/1956 Military footstone: Pvt Quartermaster Corps WWI *name per funeral home marker, headstone only says “Huffman”, footstone says Edgar Huffman (joint marker) Icy Mae Shaffer 1905 – 1932 Emma Jean Shaffer 1929 – 1930 Sybil White 1926 – 1929 *funeral home marker says 1926 – 1928 Romie Hammack 6/9/1880 – 7/25/1920 Father Coon 1919 *no other name listed Coon 1912 *no other name listed Ord Coon 1906 (joint marker) Lillian Coleman 7/1/1899 – 10/12/1903 Children of W. H. & L. M. Coleman Nona Coleman 11/6/1902 – 10/14/1903 (joint marker) C. Allen Huffman 1861 – 1927 Father Emma R. Huffman 1870 – 1911 Mother Miles B. Huffman 5/11/1928 West Virginia PVT 65 Inf (joint marker) Thelma Jones Huffman 7/20/1904 – 7/21/1935 Hollie H. Huffman 12/20/1896 – 10/5/1988 Military footstone: PFC US Army WWI David L. Coon 3/17/1948 – 10/29/1966 Opie Coon 7/15/1905 – 3/18/1963 Melvin C. Coon 1882 – 1947 Father Samuel E. Moore 5/17/1874 – 9/17/1935 Father Lillie C. Coon 1881 – 1930 Mother Malissa Moore 1854 – 1932 (joint marker) J. M Hunt 7/5/1846 – 10/10/1903 I. M. Hunt 7/15/1845 – 3/6/1931 Anderson Taylor Died 4/27/1888 Age 39 yrs, 6 mos Ida A. Turpin Died 4/6/1910 Age 21 yrs, 8 mos. Wife of H. M. Turpin. No pain, no grief, no anxious fear can reach our loved one sleeping here. Glenn W. Smith 2/18/1909 – 9/9/1927 Okey W. Smith 11/20/1894 – 5/28/1937 Cynthia Smith 12/21/1871 – 4/21/1954 Mother William W. Smith 10/9/1866 – 3/31/1945 Father (joint marker) Myrtle N. Hunt 1890 – 1980 C. S. Sherman Hunt 1886 – 1977 Phillip Gene Hunt 8/19/1931 – 2/4/1973 (joint marker) Ethel Hunt 2/12/1901 – 9/21/1979 Russell B. Hunt 12/11/1896 – 8/6/1990 Military footstone: PFC US Army WWI Rex Hunt 8/21/1899 – 5/4/1964 Ottie M. Hunt 10/12/1906 – 3/9/1981 (joint marker) Mary S. Caldwell 6/18/1867 – 4/30/1926 W. R. Caldwell 12/10/1867 – 2/16/1942 (joint marker) William B. Hunt 1832 – 1914 Mary Whitam Hunt 1835 – 1882 Alphonso C. Hunt 8/18/1876 – 8/10/1900 Effie B. Moffatt 9/18/1878 – 9/18/1916 John E. Hunt 8/24/1855 – 6/15/1913 Mary C. Hunt 11/1/1857 – 4/16/1917 Rest mother, rest in quiet sleep while friends in sorrow o’er thee weep Daniel Ware Hunt 11/14/1918 – 11/2/1919 son of C. S. & Myrtle Hunt N. C. *no dates or names listed L. C. *no dates or names listed E. B. M. *no dates or names listed Hobert L. Burgess 1964 – 1964 *funeral home marker Elizabeth Huffman Fields 3/11/1900 – 2/5/1947 Robert R. Fields 6/24/1928 – 3/22/1991 Dicie Larch Jones 1910 – 1949 Larry Allen White 1945 – 1948 Kelly Parsons 1885 – 1954 *funeral home marker Hamma Moore 10/27/1874 – 6/21/1949 Eliza Esteline Shaffer Hunt 5/17/1888 – 7/16/1972 Thelma Hunt Blackshire 8/23/1911 – 6/9/1962 (joint marker) Moses Wheeler Jones 7/9/1871 – 12/6/1952 *s/o Emanuel & Elmira Clarkson Jones Laura E. Jones 7/11/1875 – 3/27/1957 Addie Jones 1/30/1895 – 8/3/1978 Charles Vaughan White 12/31/1937 – 6/11/1954 (joint marker) Ray L. White 8/11/1908 – 1/28/1991 Velma White 12/30/1911 – 2/4/1978 (joint marker) William E. Shaffer 1878 – 1957 Emily J. Shaffer 1882 – 1949 Harley Edward Shaffer 1951 Amos Hunt 1884 – 1962 Elihu White 6/16/1865 – 4/5/1957 Rachel White 4/11/1874 – 6/14/1964 Wife of Elihu (joint marker) Opie L. Shaffer 1909 – 1963 Reva H. Shaffer 1912 – 1981 Oral L. Shaffer 3/8/1941 – 3/16/1986 French White 1917 – 1975 (joint marker) Benjamin H. Moore 1888 – no date Mary L. Moore 1893 – 1976 (joint marker) Thomas R. Taylor 9/26/1947 – 6/19/1980 Mickey A. Taylor 3/16/1949 – 9/20/1983 Barbara S. Jones 10/14/1962 – 12/4/1985 Emmett Glenval Jones 1933 – 1963 (joint marker) Clarence H. Moore 1/11/1901 – 1/28/1963 Ada Pearl Moore 3/29/1903 – 9/14/1986 (joint marker) Herman W. Taylor 5/8/1925 – no date Reba A. Taylor 2/19/1927 – 7/7/1994 Clellan C. Davis 3/28/1924 – 2/23/1945 PFC US Army, WWII Betty J. Davis 5/25/1934 – 5/27/1975 Macie M. Davis 7/22/1901 – 11/6/1989 Romie H. Davis 9/1/1894 – 12/15/1985 Pvt US Army, WWI (joint marker) Shirley M. Davis 5/12/1936 – 3/13/1991 Clifford R. Davis 7/12/1932 – no date Drema F. Davis 8/27/1956 – no date Okey O. Burgess 2/18/1926 – 5/25/1947 (joint marker) John R. Burgess 4/22/1885 – 2/29/1972 Althea Hively Burgess 7/14/1896 – 8/15/1990 John B. Huffman 5/6/1960 – 3/14/1987 Billy G. Huffman 10/2/1964 – 4/9/1986 William G. Huffman 4/1/1941 – 4/4/1981 Mary Belle Huffman 1/20/1895 – 5/16/1957 (joint marker) Walter Huffman 2/27/1888 – 12/1/1956 Military footstone: WV PFC Base hospital 65 WWI Lucy P. Huffman 1894 – 1964 Flossie Parsons 1921 – 1941 (joint marker) John H. Cummings 1853 – 1927 Sarah J. Cummings 1853 – 1942 Ida Cummings 1885 – 1967 Susie Hunt 6/2/1918 – 12/13/1932 Oretha Hively Southall 7/11/1925 – 5/24/1977 Blondie J. Southall 10/4/1922 – 11/2/1984 Erma Eleanor Haynes 1918 – 1930 Daughter of Lawson & Dovie Davie Haynes 10/15/1899 – 5/31/1986 Lawson Haynes 10/11/1896 – 2/24/1970 Ottie M. Hively 6/25/1928 – 12/26/1949 Fred Jones 11/12/1884 – 7/2/1917 J. F. Hively 12/15/1917 – 7/25/1918 (joint marker) Edna Allein Parsons 6/2/1925 – 6/2/1925 Edward Lewis Parsons 6/2/1925 – 7/2/1925 Tressie Taylor no dates Clinton M. Hively 1888 – 1969 Eva Hively 1888 – 1970 (joint marker) Delmas D. Taylor 1945 – no date O. Maxine Taylor 1928 – 1991 Opie E. Moore 10/2/1946 – 6/6/1993 US Army Vietnam Kenneth A. Coleman 1936 – 1936 Emma Jean Coleman 1924 – 1934 Edward Ware Taylor 8/1913 Doris E. Taylor 3/15/1922 – 5/26/1926 A. N. T. *no dates or names listed Lillie Jones 6/29/1903 – 9/23/1914 Exia Harper 6/23/1911 – 11/16/1912 (joint marker) M. W. Taylor 5/21/1881 – 9/30/1955 Lucinda Taylor 12/12/1882 – 10/11/1930 (joint marker) Hoyt Jones 1904 – 1970 Lona E. Jones 1908 – no date Sarah E. Hively 1/29/1862 – 9/21/1941 (joint marker) Opal M. Jones 1925 – 1939 Carolyn S. Jones 1945 – no date Dessie S. Shaffer 6/3/1898 – 6/25/1928 George W. Hively 3/3/1860 – 12/28/1947 Oval Jones 5/15/1912 – 6/7/1934 Josie Hunt 1875 – 1939 Daughter of William B. & Mary Hunt Genie E. Huffman 9/8/1869 – 6/8/1909 Born Hunt *there were many graves marked only with a fieldstone *notes made by transcriber
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