Jordan Harper Cemetery, Roane County

Jordan Harper Cemetery

Transcribed June 16, 2001 by Cathy Cown and Helen Stricklin.

Name	Dates	Inscriptions/Footstones

(joint marker)
James F. Campbell	1885 – 1950
Myra O. Campbell	1885 – 1960

(joint marker)
Raymond L. Epler	2/14/1908 – 3/26/1990	Military Footstone: Cpl US Army WWII
Edna J. Epler	8/14/1908 – no date

Farris R. Foreman	1919 – 1971

Robert R. Foreman	1942 – 1942	Son

Jessie Mae Saunders	1904 -1965
*funeral home marker

Charles Edward Saunders	10/16/1926 – 4/23/1992
*funeral home marker

Edward Lewis Sanders	1900 – 1978	Pvt US Marine Corps

Charles E. Jarvis Jr.	1920 – 1922

Mary F. Jarvis	1924 – 1926

Cynthia Jarvis	11/8/1918 – 10/23/1921

Perry G. Jarvis	1/15/1868 – 1/2/1937	Father

Ivy M. Jarvis	1/8/1906 – 5/8/1932	Mother

(joint marker)
Charles R. Sanders	1865 – 1946
Mary E. Sanders	1871 – 1947

Daughter of W. M. & B. A. Sanders	1926

Daughter of W. M. & B. A. Sanders	1924

Aneta Sanders	1921 -1924	Daughter of P. H. & M. E. Sanders

Josie Sanders	11/20/1893 – 1/25/1923	wife of C. W. Yearian

Roland Ray Sanders	Born & Died 2/27/1950

Infant Babes of C. D. & B. E. Herbert	6/28/1917

(joint marker)
Willie M. Cross	1905 -1954	Brother
Lilla D. Cross	1905 – 1917	Sister

William H. Ryan	1919 – 1920	Son of G. B. & R. J. Ryan

Orpha Canterbury	No dates

Infant of H. L. Ryan	1921

Infant of H. L. Ryan	1923

Infant of H. L. Ryan	1925

Justine White	1911 – 1957

James R. Gibson	5/15/1925 – 1/13/1945	WV Pvt 120 Inf. 30 Inf. Div WWII

Elizabeth A. Ryan	4/12/1860 – 8/24/1940	Mother. Aged 80 yrs., 4 mos., 12 dys.

William F. Ryan	11/24/1852 – 3/10/1920
*Photo on headstone

Genevia Gibson	5/3/1916 – 11/30/1916

Dorothy Carrol Hively	2/26/1941	Our Daughter

Raymond Hively	1917 – 1931

(joint marker)
Laura C. Hively	1882 – no date
William T. Hively	1875 – 1948

Bonnie C. Hively	4/11/1941 – 3/8/1943	Daughter of Opie O. & Genevia Hively

Zula M. Ferrell	1915 – 1997
*funeral home marker

Hubert O. Dodd	2/14/1923 – 1/18/1981	Pvt US Army

Henry W. Dodd	5/29/1921 – 2/14/1932	Our Darling

J. P. Dodd	1892 – 1960

(joint marker)
W. R. Dodd	1830 – 1930
Matilda Dodd	1864 – 1932

Effie Myles	1907 – 1964
*marker is a homemade metal cross

Imogene Dodd Spencer	3/10/1926 – 9/13/1978

Betty Ann Dodd	1931 – 1950

(joint marker)
Eva E. Summers Dodd	1885 – 1921
William Everett Dodd	1876 – 1944
Darlie Helmick Dodd	1892 – 1927

E. Donald Dodd	9/18/1916 – 8/14/1920	Son of W. E. and Eva E. Dodd

Peter M. Dodd	9/13/1849 – 3/22/1913

Mildred G. Dodd	11/15/1847 – 5/9/1910	Wife of P. M. Dodd

Opal Reynolds Robinson	1915 – 1933	Wife of Burl Robinson

Estel Maurice Combs	9/30/1914 – 7/23/1915

Nella Pearl Myles	11/21/1904 – 4/24/1906	Daughter of R. L. & E. M. Myles. Age 1 yr., 5 mos., 3 days

Shirley G. Myles	9/26/1900 – 9/26/1903	Son of R. L. & E. M. Myles

Elvira Mae Myles	7/16/1877 – 12/14/1948

(joint marker)
John E. Lewis	1876 – 1958
Lucille Lewis Hupp	1909 – 1996
Elizabeth B. Lewis	1882 – 1967

Mary M. Lewis	2/22/1841 – 8/22/1915

Edward Lewis	8/24/1838 – 6/10/1902

Ivan Goad	3/29/1917 – 8/13/1917

(joint marker)
John Goad	3/3/1876 – 3/6/1937
Mae Lewis Goad	9/15/1878 – 5/18/1950

(joint marker)
Edward L. Goad	2/2/1913 – no date
Josephine F. Goad	12/27/1917 – 5/20/1992

John E. Goad	11/24/1946 – 10/20/1980	(Military Footstone) SP4 US Army Vietnam

Gay Cadle	7/18/1913 – 3/19/1914	Son of Fred M. E. Cadle

Orvie Fredic Cadle	12/20/1923 – 10/1/1925

Nellie Cadle	4/4/1909 – 8/20/1910	Daughter of Fred M. E. Cadle

R. P. Cadle	10/5/1847 – 12/9/1910	Father

Dora Darby Lewis	10/22/1881 – 10/4/1955	Wife

James McChesney Lewis	9/3/1873 – 9/18/1950

William A. Lewis	1/31/1871 – 3/24/1896

(joint marker)
Fannie M. Lewis Simpson	1868 – 1951	Mother. Wife of James G. Simpson
James Griffith Simpson	1872 – 1953	Father

Gerald Z. Simpson	1908 – 1972	Son

(joint marker)
Sarah E. Brisendine	1886 – 1962
Samuel E. Brisendine	1876 – 1958

Otis T. Brisendine	2/17/1920 – 11/17/1944	WVa Pvt Inf. WWII

William Clayton Brisendine	1915 – 1944	Son

Ethelbert Brisendine	1909 – 1942	For God, For Country, For All

Robert Harper	*Cannot read dates

Allice Canterbury Harper	5/10/1875 – 12/22/1925	Wife of Robert Harper

John B. Kidd	11/9/1829 – 12/28/1914

(joint marker)
Dr. William C. Campbell	1846 – 1934
Prue W. Campbell	1861 – 1905

Melvin Lee Collins	4/13/1941 – 4/16/1941

Brisendine	1974 – 1974
*no first name

French A. Brisendine	9/30/1929 – 12/7/1981

Robert L. Combs	1946 – 1946

Thomas I. Cadle	1935 – 1936	Son of Donald Cadle

George Wick Reed	12/23/1908 – 11/5/1933

William Edward Reed	1932	Infant

John P. Harper	2/22/1881 – 9/2/1952

Darrel L. Combs	10/23/1920 – 10/26/1920	son of J. L. & S. C. Combs

Combs	1909 – 1927
*no first name

Rev. Wilson C. Cadle	1866 – 1945

(joint marker)
John W. Smith	5/22/1886 – 12/18/1961
Lena E. Smith	5/24/1890 – 7/4/1961

Thelma Gladys Dodd	9/18/1912 – 8/2/1913

Infant daughter of G. E. & O. E. Dodd	1/30/1909 – 1/30/1909

Maysel Dodd	1904	Infant daughter of Eva & Everett Dodd

(joint marker)
Jordan Harper	4/27/1834 – 9/16/1907
Nancy Dodd Harper	1839 -1932

(joint marker)
Henry B. Allen	1862 – 1948
Clara C. Allen	1870 – 19?	date not completed

Karol Katrina Paxton	8/19/1963 – 1/10/1992

Romie Harper	1903 – 1903

James W. Dodd	8/18/1885	Son of W. B. & M. A. Dodd Age 6 years

James Gibson	4/6/1903 – 1938

John M. Gibson	4/12/1871 – 3/17/1956

Fannie L. Ryan	2/29/1874 – 5/9/1909	Wife of J. M. Gibson

(joint marker)
Mamie A. Dodd	Died 7/31/1909	Age 5 years
Lonnie E. Dodd	Died 1/20/1901	Age 9 months
Children of W. P. & M. A. Dodd

(joint marker)
Thomas Dodd
Melissa Dodd
*no dates listed for either

Ruby Dodd Paxton
*no dates

Caroline Dodd
*no dates

M. A. Dodd
*no dates

Stella Harper	1921 – 1921

Roy Arnold Harper	10/11/1911 – 2/24/1954	WV Tec 4 139 ABN Engineer BN WWII

Dorothy Cynthia Harper	1914 – 1932

Martha E. Haynes Harper	1881 – 1943

Ace James Harper	1880 – 1967

Charles Elvin Paxton	3/24/1914 – 6/19/1985	Pvt US Army WWII

Oleta Paxton	1921 – 1936

Carrie Paxton	1915 – 1922

(joint marker)
Olieva “Ollie” Dodd Paxton	1896 – 1978
Marshall Webster Paxton	1888 – 1941

Inez Irene Paxton	1/1949 – 1/1949

Susan E. Sword	9/4/1872 – 12/22/1921

T. J. Sword	10/24/1831 – 1/7/1926	Fought in 1861 War

Elvira Sword	6/22/1836 – 7/1910	Wife of T. J. Sword

Cora Viola Sword	12/29/1867 – 10/28/1886

Solon Weaver Sword	10/24/1879 – 9/23/1883

Clyde E. Godby	1927 – 1927

Sarah Jane Shafer	5/30/1870 – 1/1/1962

Okie May “Lowry” Shafer	1900 – 1972

Gladys Maria Shafer Rose	1927 – 1969

Carl A. Harper	Born & Died 11/24/1918

*several graves marked only with a fieldstone or not marked at all



*notes made by transcriber