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| Cemetery Name: |
Major Duff |
Click on photos above to enlarge |
| County: | Jackson | |
| USGS Quad: | Sissonville Map | |
| Coordinates: | 38.6151ºN 81.6459ºW | |
| Maintained by: | Unknown | |
| Land owner: | surrounding property owned by M.L. Bowen | |
| Date added to WVCPA register: | August 2009 | |
| Condition of cemetery**: | Excellent (August 2009) | |
| Accessibility: | This cemetery is located just east of Goldtown. Driving directions: From Charleston, take I-77 North and get off at the Goldtown Exit 119, making a left on Rt. 21 North and drive about 1.3 mile to get to the first dirt road to the right (approx. 200 feet before Dog Fork Rd.). Drive up the dirt road .6 mile and the cemetery is to the right on side of the road. You will see the cemetery before you get to it - it has a chain link fence around it with a sign. | |
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may not be representative of care at other times of the year Scale: Excellent - Good - Fair - Poor - Abandoned |
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| Last Name: | First Name: | Born: | Died: | Inscription: | Photo: | Source: |
| Casto | Savannaha | 15 July 1998 | "Infant" [Infant child of Shawn and Rachel Cyrus Casto] |
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| Casto | Warren L. | 1910 | 1986 |
[Husband and wife - shared stone] [Dau. of William H. and Carrie Duff Monday] |
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| Casto | Myrtle E. | 6 December 1915 | 27 January 1997 |
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| Duff | Alvin | 28 August 1900 | 10 June 1983 | [Son of Major and Arminta Fisher Duff] |
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| Duff | Baby | "Son of Mr. and Mrs. Major Duff" |
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| Duff | Howard O. | 11 February 1898 | 12 October 1973 | [Son of Major and Arminta Fisher Duff] |
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| Duff | Infant | 2 June 1895 | "Infant son of
M.L. & A.C. Duff" "Aged 2 Mo. & 10 ds" "With Christ in heaven" |
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| Duff | Major L. | 1862 | 1955 |
[Son of Isaac N. and Caroline Cunningham Duff] [Husband and wife - shared stone] |
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| Duff | Arminta C. | 1866 | 1951 | |||
| Duff | Warren | 14 June 1904 | 15 January 1989 | [Son of Major and Arminta Duff] |
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| Hall | Harold Lee | 4 October 1924 | 12 October 1992 |
"US NAVY WORLD WAR II" [Husband and wife - shared stone - Bessie the dau. of Warren and Myrtle Casto] "In Loving Memory" (wed) "Jan. 7, 1949" |
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| Hall | Bessie K. | 18 March 1925 | ||||
| Jones | Darius Lee | 29 October 1943 | 25 September 1944 | "Son of D.S. &
Mabel Jones" [Grandson of Wm. and Tilla Stewart] |
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| Laney | Paul David | 16 February 1946 | 6 November 2005 | [59 years of
age - son of David Paul and Helen Laney - from his
obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail Nov. 8, 2005] "Angel, Husband, Dad & Papaw" [Husband and wife - shared stone] [Patsy is dau. of Charles O. and Ruth Stewart Kessel] |
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| Laney | Patsy Ann | 29 January 1947 | ||||
| Lawrence | Rudy | 18 September 1936 | 11 June 1981 | [Son of Maggie Martin] |
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| Monday | Rudy A. | 1886 | 1925 |
[Husband and wife - shared stone] [Dau. of Major and Arminta Duff] |
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| Monday | Margie E. | 1886 | 1980 | |||
| Monday | William H. | 7 September 1890 | 27 February 1968 |
[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Wed April 15, 1911" |
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| Monday | Carrie C. | 20 June 1888 | 24 October 1958 | |||
| Palmer | Elizabeth Ann "Betty" | 20 December 1947 | 2 September 2009 | [From her obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail Sept. 5, 2009 - Dau. of Warren L. and Myrtle E. Casto] |
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| Rhodes | Lary M. | 2 June 1946 | [Infant twins of Lloyd R. and Bessie M. Mullinex Rhodes - shared stone] |
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| Rhodes | Gary D. | 26 June 1946 | ||||
| Spencer | Delbert A. | 9 February 1924 | 8 September 1993 | "SC3 US NAVY
WORLD WAR II" [Son of Alva L. and Alma Lore Spencer] |
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| Spencer | Ruth L. Stewart | 3 December 1918 | 27 February 1995 | "Beloved Wife
and Mother" [Dau. of William M. and Tilla M. Duff Stewart, wife of Delbert A. Spencer] |
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| Stewart | A. Dale | 9 December 1937 | 1 August 2006 | [Son of Wm. and Tilla Duff Stewart] |
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| Stewart | James F. | 9 August 1926 | 9 August 1981 | "PFC US ARMY
WORLD WAR II" [Son of William M. and Tilla M. Duff Stewart] |
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| Stewart | Lee C. | 15 February 1924 | 25 October 1944 | "S1" "Buried at sea USS Hoel" [Son of William and Tilla Duff Stewart] |
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| Stewart | W.M. | 26 September 1897 | 25 September 1948 |
[Husband and wife - shared stone] [Dau. of Major and Arminta Fisher Duff] |
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| Stewart | Tilla M. | 16 April 1896 | 29 April 1975 |
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Our sincere thanks to Paula Copen and Charlotte & Steve Iman for providing the information and photos of this cemetery for posting here! |
Updated: 07 September 2012