West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Association: Lanham-Jones Cemetery, Jackson Co., WV

Cemetery Reading

Cemetery Name:	Lanham-Jones	Click on images above to enlarge
County:	Jackson
USGS Quad:	Romance
Coordinates:	near 38.5990ºN 81.5924ºW
Maintained by:	Unknown
Land owner:	Unknown
Date added to WVCPA register:	September 2008
Condition of cemetery**:	Poor (October 2007)
Accessibility:	This cemetery is located on a hill top between Romance and Advent. From Sissonville take CR-21, turn onto CR-42, follow CR-42 for 4.6 miles. The cemetery is on the left approximately ¾ miles from CR-42. Access is limited to foot traffic.
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:
Cummings	William Cisco	10 January 1899		[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Cummings	Clemie Westfall	11 February 1888	13 May 1966	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Jones	Narissa Adeline	8 April 1859	4 August 1947	[Wife of George Lewis Lanham, dau. of Archibald and Sarah Bolton Jones]
Lanham	Della Mae Page	7 March 1916	2 June 1996	[Cunningham-Parker-Johnson Funeral Home marker] "80 yrs"
Lanham	Flao	13 December 1902		[Son of George Lewis and Narissa Adaline Jones Lanham]
Lanham	George Lewis	March 1859	10 June 1917	[Son of John R. and Mary Garnes Lanham]
Lanham	Lloyd A.	23 March 1896	28 March 1958	"WEST VIRGINIA PFC BAKERY CO OM__ WORLD WAR I"
Westfall	Albert Eugene	23 April 1931	25 February 1956	[Aged 24 years, 10 months, 2 days - from death record research - funeral home marker no longer legible]

Comments:

Dates or text in Red are not inscribed on the tombstone and have either been calculated based on death date or are as a result of research on the individual.

Notes from WVCPA volunteer Steve Iman:

"When visited in October, 2007, the Cemetery did not appear to receive frequent attention. Nine graves were obvious. Five were identified with visible names, the remaining were marked with field stones. In addition to the markers photographed various family members state that there was three known burials.
Lloyd A. Lanham was a son of George Lewis Lanham and Narissa Adeline Jones, and Della Mae Page Lanham was the wife of Lloyd A. Lanham. Clemie Westfall Cummings was a daughter of George Lewis Lanham and Narissa Adeline Jones, and the wife of Cisco Cummings."

WVCPA thanks Steve for the documenting and photographing of this cemetery, and graciously providing it for us to share with our viewers.

Updated: 07 September 2012