West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Association:Koontz Cemetery Cemetery, Jackson Co.

Cemetery Reading

Cemetery Name:	Koontz Cemetery
County:	Jackson
USGS Quad:	Kenna Map
Coordinates:	38.6090ºN -81.6289ºW
Maintained by:	unknown
Land owner	unknown
Date last visited	May 2012
Condition of cemetery**:	Excellent
Accessibility:	Easy Access. From Ripley going south on I77 take exit 119. Turn left onto Co Rd 21/Old US 21 S and go under freeway. Take left onto Dudden Fork Rd. After .5 mile turn slightly right onto Highland Farms Rd, Co Rd 21/38. Go about 0.6 mile, cemetery is on right.
Condition of cemetery as observed on the given date - may not be representative of care at other times of the year Scale: Excellent - Good - Fair - Poor - Abandoned**

Last Name:	First Name:	Born:	Died:	Inscription:	Photo:	Source:
Boggess	Addie E	1892	1960	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Boggess	Lessie L (Koontz)	11 September 1897	4 July 1951	[Daughter of John Koontz and Mary Boyce]
Burton	Rolland Floyd	25 April 1930	20 February 2001	"CPL US MARINE CORPS" [Note: Tombstone name is Rolland F, military stone is Floyd Roland, dates same on both"
Burton	Janet F	9 December 1937		"PRECIOUS LORD TAKE MY HAND" "Married JUNE 18, 1954"
Butcher	Paul Wendell	1931	1994	"CMS US AIR FORCE" "KOREA"
Butcher	Dolores B	1932		[shared stone]
Conrad	Willis E	17 May 1932	3 September 1971	"FLORIDA" "S SGT US AIR FORCE" "KOREA VIETNAM"
Conrad	Loretta K	1936		"MARRIED DEC 6, 1957"
Edens	Kathryn Phoebe	16 June 1916	22 May 2001	"MOTHER"
Fisher	Elba Owens	13 August 1896	14 May 1940	"WEST VIRGINIA" "PVT 1 CL US ARMY"
Fisher	Goldie Blye	12 August 1903	18 October 1996	[shared stone]
Fisher	James R	26 July 1937		[shared stone]
Conrad	James O	30 January 1963
Fisher	Jimmie W	1939	1944
Fisher	Thaddeus Wilson	1914	1975	"Married Oct 3, 1936"
Fisher	Alma Audrey	1918	2008	"Married Oct 3, 1936"
Ford	Donald T II	15 August 1961	30 October 1986
Hagle	Lyle E	9 August 1918	2 October 1981	"MM3 US NAVY" "WORLD WAR II"
Harrison	Shirely A	1895	1973	[shared stone]
Harrison	Biddie M (Koontz)	1895	1949	[Daughter of John Staton Koontz and Mary]
Harrison	Shirley A Jr	1925	1929	"BELOVED SON OF SHIRLEY and BIDDIE"
Johns	Cordelia Rose	2 January 1928	19 April 1995
Jones	Eva Koontz	26 May 1928	6 August 1993	"IN LOVING MEMORY"
Kelley	Robert B	4 January 1967	5 January 1967	"OUR BABY"
Koontz	Dencil Dewey	12 November 1907	1946	[Son of John Statton Koontz and Mary]
Koontz	Denna D	1913	1996	[Married June 30, 1935]
Koontz	Gladys M Bumgardner	1913	2009	[Married June 30, 1935]
Koontz	Elben G	2 August 1849	10 November 1910	"Co F 7 W Va Cavalry INF"
Koontz	Phoebe E Fisher	13 April 1852	1 June 1941	[Parents of John S, Cora C, Floyd W, Luther A, James K, Flenner C, Grover]
Koontz	Elben G 'BUSTER'	22 July 1923	1 April 1978	"US ARMY" "WORLD WAR II" [son of Floyd W, grandson of Elben G]
Gibson	Flavies F Koontz	1912	1969	[Spouse of Kermit Gibson, Daughter of Flenner C Koontz and Icy Garnes]
Koontz	Flenner C	1884	1952	"FATHER" "At Rest" [Son of Elben G Koontz and Phoebe Fisher[
Koontz	Icy C	1882	1964	"MOTHER" "At Rest"
Koontz	Floyd W	1876	1935	"FATHER"
Koontz	Sabra Audry	1893	1939	"MOTHER" [Parents of Iris Blossom, Hallard F, Alma O, Phoebe E, Elben G, Cordelia R, Infant"
Koontz	Floyd W	8 November 1935	29 November 1935	"A little bud of love"
Koontz	Hallard F	7 April 1915	16 June 1939	[Son of Floyd W and Sabra A Koontz]
Koontz	Iris Blossom	21 May 1912	10 March 1923 1921	[Tombstone shows 1921 as death date, Death certificate shows 1923] [Daughter of Floyd W and Sabra A Koontz]
Koontz	James K	22 March 1882	1958	[Son of Elben G and Phoebe E Koontz]
Koontz	Verna	1882	1936	[Parents of Ray W Koontz]
Koontz	John Staton	1872	1964	[Son of Elben G and Phoebe E Koontz]
Koontz	Mary Ann (Boyce)	1877	1931	[Parents of Biddie Mae, Denver H, Leslie L, Warren W, Tena W, ChristaniaV, Dencil D, Garnet, Sadie and Denna Koontz]
Koontz	John Wesley	13 June 1929	19 June 1978	"IN LOVING MEMORY" "MMFN US NAVY" "KOREA" [Son of Warren Koontz and Blanche]
Koontz	Luann	13 October 1936	2 December 1936	"A little bud of love"
Koontz	Luther Allen	14 November 1878	26 January 1955	[Son of Elben G and Phoebe E Koontz]
Koontz	Verna N (Boggess)	23 March 1878	7 July 1963	[Parents of Ezra C, Golda B, Agatha C, Okey Otmer and Velmer Koontz]
Koontz	Okey O	29 August 1900	29 August 1931	[Son of Luther Allen Koontz and Verna N Boggess]
Koontz	Ray W	2 March 1912	15 August 1993	"TEC 5 US ARMY" "WORLD WAR II" [Son of James K Koontz and Verna]
Koontz	Virginia M	18 February 1919	2 August 1997	"BELOVED WIFE AND MOTHER"
Koontz	Robert D	1933	1993	[Son of Warren Webster Koontz and Blanche]
Koontz	Sharon Louise	2 September 1946	9 August 1947	[Daughter of Denna Koontz and Gladys Bumgardner]
Koontz	Tenia	13 April 1874	21 May 1892
Koontz	Velmer V	15 August 1912	13 May 1917	[Daughter of Luther Allen Koontz and Verna Boggess]
Koontz	Warren W	17 July 1901	14 April 1980	[Son of John Staton Koontz and Mary Boyce]
Koontz	Blanche C	15 January 1905	12 June 1993
Koontz	Willard	1917	1918
Koontz	William L	29 June 1969	6 May 1973
Maddox	Opha O	1887	1959
Maddox	Beechie B (Koontz)	1909	1930	[Daughter of Flenner C Koontz and Icy Garnes]
Miller	Charles E	1902	1987	"WED NOV 14, 1930"
Miller	Christenia	1905	1981	"WED NOV 14, 1930"
Parsons	Henry B Rev	1910	1999	[Married 28 February 1931]
Parsons	Garnett M (Koontz)	1910	1994	[Daughter of John S and Mary Koontz]
Parsons	Henry Bryan Jr	21 March 1932	18 February 1936
Sattler	Karen L Fisher	24 July 1943	30 January 2006
Scherr	Edwin G	22 January 1918		"Married 21 December 1940"
Scherr	Evelyn Baker	1 May 1922	31 May 2009
Scherr	Edwin G	8 July 1882	18 September 1959	"IN LOVING MEMORY"
Scherr	Grova A	23 August 1891	22 December 1981	[On backside of tombstone ] "PUT YOU LIFE IN GOD'S HANDS." "TRUST IN HIS GUIDANCE" "THE SOUL THAT DWELLS IN " "GOD IS SECURE."
Scherr	Jim Allan	9 October 1943		"TOGETHER FOREVER"
Scherr	Glenna Joann	7 April 1944	30 November 1998	"TOGETHER FOREVER"
Scherr	Todd Allan	23 May 1964	21 May 2006
Smith	MacArthur	1 January 1885	17 January 1951	[shared stone]
Smith	Delia	1 January 1888	1 January 1960	[shared stone]
Smith	Robert	10 December 1907	10 December 1907
Smith	William R	11 March 1924	17 May 1981	"AS US NAVY" "WORLD WAR II"
Smith	Wilma	1 March 1914	23 October 1921
Sprouse	Gilbert S	2 March 1901	15 September 1996	"Married JAN 2, 1924"
Sprouse	Gatha Clementine	14 June 1906	21 November 1989	[Daughter of Luther Allen Koontz and Verna Boggess]
Trost	Robert John	25 July 1919	22 February 2006	[shared stone]
Trost	Phoebe Scherr	21 July 1921	29 November 2005	[shared stone]
Tully	Evelyn Scherr	24 December 1941	27 June 1966

Comments:

Data in Red is not inscribed on the tombstone and has either been calculated based on death date or as a result of research on the individual.

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The following descendant list is associated with the tombstones and citations for this cemetery. This list is not meant to be definitive, but to simply assist those interested in relationships with others of the Koontz family name: Koontz Family .

Note: All Birth, Death and Marriage documents are from the WV Vital Research Records website unless otherwise noted. Census excerpts are from the www.Ancestry.com website unless otherwise noted. Obituary sources are noted in the obit. Most documents and tombstones have been cropped, resized and enhanced for readability and to conserve space.

Updated: 19 April 2013