West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Association: Mt. Olive Church Cemetery, Jackson Co.

Cemetery Reading

Cemetery Name:	Mount Olive	Click images to enlarge
County:	Jackson
USGS Quad:	Elmwood
Coordinates:	38.7034ºN 81.7961ºW
Maintained by:	Marshall & Donald Casto
Land owner:	unknown
Date added to WVCPA register:	April 2004
Condition of cemetery**:	Excellent
Accessibility:	Easily accessible (not in snowy weather, though). Well-maintained, just a short distance off the road, with parking right outside the gate to the cemetery.
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:
Barnett	Mary	2 February 1828	12 April 1900	"Aged 72y, 3m, 10ds" [Dau of John & Nancy Harrison, wife of William "Bill" Barnett]
Barnette	Anna Marie	16 January 1940	22 January 1940	"Daughter of James P. & Ethel L. Barnette"
Barnette	Clarice Eulah	19 June 1929	24 September 1934	"Dau. of McKinley & Lottie Barnette"
Barnette	Cleatice Emily	1931	1949	"Dau of McKinley & Lottie Barnette" "Precious Parents" [also see "Cleatice Sargent below - same person]
Barnette	J. Elsworth	15 November 1871	19 November 1950	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Barnette	Lucy B.	8 November 1878	28 August 1960	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Barnette	McKinley	15 July 1897	14 June 1968	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Barnette	Lottie Sayre	3 December 1899	24 August 1977	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Casto	A. Dale	25 April 1923	6 July 1990	"In Memory of..." "US NAVY WORLD WAR II"
Casto	Betty L.		1929	"Dau. of O. & M. Casto"
Casto	Beulah Marie	1918	1918	[Her death certificate gives birth and death as May 12, 1917 - Sept. 14, 1917 - dau. of Okey & Dora Casto]
Casto	Clyde Orpha	1882	1958	[Husband & wife - shared stone] "They were the sunshine of our home"
Casto	Bonnie Belle	1895	1963
Casto	Dora Belle	23 July 1899	12 April 1925	[Erected by W.E. Casdorph]
Casto	Dora P.	1890	1972	[Dora A. Pickens - "P" for Pickens - wife of Okey S. Casto, dau of Andrew & Martha Waugh Pickens]
Casto	Edna Marie	30 November 1912	21 September 1999	"Rest in peace"
Casto	Edward R.	16 March 1903	18 September 1905	"Son of B.G. & S.N. Casto" "Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven"
Casto	Harlan D.	1928	1937	"Son of W.O. & T.V. Casto"
Casto	Howard C.	18 November 1911	20 March 1997	"Father" "Into Thy Hands I Commend My Spirit" [Husband & wife - shared stone] "Mother" "Together Forever"
Casto	Grace Marie	17 June 1916	23 February 2007
Casto	Infant		1921	"Infant daughter of W.O. & T.V. Casto"
Casto	Ivy May	4 May 1907	21 December 1909	"Daughter of O.S. & D.A. Casto" "Aged 2y, 7m, 17ds"
Casto	J.B.	1856	1941	[Husband & wife - shared stone] "Mother" "Father"
Casto	Mary M.	1856	1929	[Husband & wife - shared stone] "Mother" "Father"
Casto	J.C. "Ceaph"	1886	1965	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Casto	Minnie L.	1888	1969	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Casto	J.G.	1862	1941	"Gone but not forgotten" [Husband & wife - shared stone] "His Wife"
Casto	Ernestine	1868	1909
Casto	J.M.	1865	1958	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Casto	Rebecca B.	1871	1936	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Casto	Joseph	2 March 1826	29 September 1912	[Husband & wife - shared stone] [Information on Mariah from "History of Jackson County Past & Present", pg. 158 - not legible on stone]
Casto	Mariah A.	13 June 1830	5 February 1916
Casto	Loring M.	27 March 1927	22 January 1994	"S1 US NAVY WORLD WAR II" [Husband & wife - shared stone]
Casto	Golda M.	1925	1999	"S1 US NAVY WORLD WAR II" [Husband & wife - shared stone]
Casto	Mary Hill	19 July 1892	7 September 1914	"Gone but not forgotten"
Casto	Okey H.	1887	1973	[Husband & wife - shared stone] "Together Forever"
Casto	Elva B.	1887	1966	[Husband & wife - shared stone] "Together Forever"
Casto	Okey S.	1886	1961
Casto	Opha O.	18 October 1887	10 July 1920	[Verse illegible]
Casto	Orville R.	31 July 1906	9 December 1993	[Husband & wife - shared stone] "Thy Will Be Done"
Casto	Nancy Ann	25 May 1911	19 December 1996	[Husband & wife - shared stone] "Thy Will Be Done"
Casto	Roy Harold	1914	1944	"Father" "O! Lord, Abide With Me"
Casto	Talmage	1891	1969	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Casto	Edna B.	1890	1940	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Casto	Wayne M.	20 September 1925	20 September 1925	"Suffer little children to come unto Me"
Casto	William O.	1901	1944	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Casto	Tressie V.	1903	1969	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Casto	William R.	6 September 1856	30 January 1923	"Father" [Husband & wife - shared stone] "Mother" "At Rest"
Casto	Hannah M.	8 November 1859	3 January 1939	"Father" [Husband & wife - shared stone] "Mother" "At Rest"
Edwards	Louisa Maddox	18 July 1871	28 January 1958	"At rest" "Christ loved her and took her home"
Ferguson	Joseph W.	1882	1955	"Father" [Husband & wife - shared stone] "Mother"
Ferguson	Corda C.	1886	1956	"Father" [Husband & wife - shared stone] "Mother"
Ferguson	Robert E.	6 November 1935		"Father" [Husband & wife - shared stone] "Mother" "Married Jan. 8, 1960"
Ferguson	Drema U.	25 April 1935	8 June 1998
Ferguson	Russell W.	11 October 1910	4 February 1980	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Ferguson	Faye A.	17 April 1911	26 February 2001	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Fisher	Bessie		6 August 1900	"Dau of A. G. & __ M. Fisher" "Aged 1y, 9m, 29d"
Frasher	J.H.	2 August 1836	14 April 1912	"Aged 75y, 8m, 12d" "Gone but not forgotten"
Frasher	Nancy J.		15 April 1900	"Age 58"
Hill	Andrew Lackey	3 December 1895	24 November 1972	"Dad" [Husband & wife - shared stone] "Mom"
Hill	Lucy M.	2 September 1895	10 December 1982	"Dad" [Husband & wife - shared stone] "Mom"
Hill	Wayne C.	11(9) October 1924	30 December 1993	"US Navy WORLD WAR II" "Father" [Husband & wife - shared stone] "Mother"
Hill	Adeline M.	18 April 1930
Jividen	Baby			"At rest" [alongside Freda Jividen's stone]
Jividen	Dillard A.	1883	1961	"Father" "Praise God" [Husband & wife - shared stone] "Mother" "Gone Home"
Jividen	O. Belle	1887	1952
Jividen	Freda L.	1896	1918	"Wife of H.H. Jividen"
Jividen	Horace H.	1893	1960	"At rest"
Jividen	Infant	17 June 1952	17 June 1952	"Infant son of Rancel & Louise Jividen"
Jividen	Velta L.	9 October 1904	29 August 1905	"Son of O.B. & D.A. Jividen"
Kessel	Infant		6 August 1900	"Aged 1y, 5m"
Knapp	Ferral		8 October 1916	"Daughter of G.L. & F.Z. Knapp"
Little	Austin A.	1858	1931	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Little	Rebecca	1862	1935	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Little	Callie Loshie	26 March 1904	20 February 1943
Little	Dillard V.	1901	1902	[Shared stone]
Little	Baby	1907	1907	[Shared stone]
Little	Enoch	1854	1933	"Father" [Husband & wife - shared stone] "Mother"
Little	Caroline J.	1859	1945	"Father" [Husband & wife - shared stone] "Mother"
Little	Luther L.	31 March 1890	25 September 1901	"Aged 11y, 5m, 25ds"
Little	Mary Lee "Billie"	15 September 1927	31 March 2010	[Dau. of George and Evelyn Phillips, wife of Reuben A. Little - from her obituary from Raynes Funeral Home, Buffalo, WV]
Little	Oley	1876	1947	"Father" [Husband & wife - shared stone] "Mother"
Little	Segious	1883	1979	"Father" [Husband & wife - shared stone] "Mother"
Little	Reuben	1880	1953	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Little	Elizabeth	1884	1969	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Little	Reuben "Jr."	1924	2003
Lowry	Anna Shinn	11 August 1884	25 March 1932	"Mother"
Maddox	H.L.	27 August 1862	15 February 1912	"Weep not for me... I am not dead but sleeping..."
Miller	Charles Kenny	4 June 1900	3 June 1955	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Miller	Lillian M. Little	17 February 1906	16 January 1979	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Morrison	J.F.	14 February 1850	27 November 1935	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Morrison	E.J.	25 February 1853	17 August 1936	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Morrison	James W. "Wes"	19 May 1931		[Husband & wife - shared stone] "Jesus Saves" [From Ennis' obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail May 28, 2006]
Morrison	Mildred Ennis	4 August 1933	25 May 2006
Parsons	Infant	8 January 1908	2 February 1908	"Infants of D.W. & L.M. Parsons" [Shared stone]
Parsons	Infant	16 December 1910	28 December 1910	"Infants of D.W. & L.M. Parsons" [Shared stone]
Sargent	Cleatice Barnett	1931	1949	"Wife of Leo Sargent" [also see Cleatice Barnette above - same person]
Sayre	Adia	19 April 1878	15 August 1905	"Wife of F.S. Sayre"
Sayre	Roy F.	13 December 1902	22 September 1916
Shinn	Betty	1873	1938
Shinn	Clyde Woodall			"Son" [Placed just behind George & Eliza Shinn's stone]
Shinn	George W.	1863	1945
Shinn	George W.	1864	19__	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Shinn	Eliza L.	1864	1930	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Shinn	Mattie	1867	1940
Shinn	Samuel N.	1857	1940	[Husband & wife - shared stone] "Farewell until we meet again"
Shinn	America E.	1859
Skeen	Magdalene Smith	9 August 1916	18 October 2001
Smith	Alford	8 May 1934	8 May 1934
Smith	Arleen	15 June 1955	15 June 1955
Smith	Aron	1858	1934	[Husband & wife - shared stone] "At Rest"
Smith	Elizabeth	1847	1927	[Husband & wife - shared stone] "At Rest"
Smith	Arthur H.	1899	1933	"Brother" [Son of Perry & Cora Smith]
Smith	Belva	8 April 1935	8 April 1935
Smith	Daniel	25 December 1847	26 February 1935	"CO. G 13 W.VA. INF." [notice birth & death dates carved into base on right]
Smith	Esley	1873	1964	[Husband & wife - shared stone] "At rest"
Smith	Rena V.	1874	1957	[Husband & wife - shared stone] "At rest"
Smith	Lester Howe	26 January 1896	27 April 1977	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Smith	Cora Moss	25 January 1893	15 November 1964	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Smith	Londus	3 November 1891	30 November 1915	[Husband of Cynthia]
Smith	Cynthia Sayre	4 February 1894	24 February 1918	"Wife of Londus Smith"
Smith	Lucy	2 April 1949	2 April 1949
Smith	Maria	8 May 1850	28 March 1908	[Wife of Rev. Daniel Smith]
Smith	Norma Lee	26 February 1913	21 December 1992	"Mom" "Look For Me At Jesus' Feet"
Smith	Orval O.		10 December 1892	"Son of A. & E. Smith" "Aged 11y, 6m, 6ds"
Smith	Perry "Dick"	1868	1930	"Father" [Husband of Cora B. Smith]
Smith	Cora B.	1872	1934	[Wife of Perry "Dick" Smith]
Stewart	Hollie	9 April 1899	5 April 1928
Stewart	Mason	1863	1952	"Father" "He is not dead but sleepeth" [Husband & wife - shared stone] "Mother" "A tender mother and a faithful friend"
Stewart	Ollie	1873	1935
Vaughn	Clarence A.	27 September 1889	6 April 1952	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Vaughn	Lona H. Little	22 September 1891	16 April 1929	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Vaughn	Gladis F.	22 September 1918	24 April 1920	[Verse illegible]
Vaughn	Infant	22 September 1950	22 September 1950	"Infant daughter of A.A. & Helen Vaughn"
Warner	Earkie, Jr.	1925	1925	"Son of C.A. Warner" "Gone so soon" [death certificate lists his birth as June 5, 1925, death date July 16, 1925]
Warner	Chlora A.	18 October 1891	2 July 1925	"Wife of Earkie Warner" "She was a kind and affectionate wife, a fond mother, and a friend to all" [her death certificate lists her date of death as July 10, 1925 from septicemia following childbirth]
Warner	Earkie D.	1889	1960	[Husband & wife - shared stone] "Not my will, but Thine, be done" [Lou Cinda Matheny - she later married Lewis P. Hill, and last Orville Priddy - she died in her home in Leon at 101 years of age, and is buried at Walker Chapel Cemetery on Bee Ridge with the Priddy family]
Warner	Lou C.	1905	27 December 2006
Zink	Wilma I. Casto	26 March 1916	20 October 1951	"Darling we miss thee"
*Unidentifiable stones:*
				[Stone marker - no inscription - located along west fence line]
				[Stone marker - no inscription - located along west fence line]
				[Stone marker - no inscription]
Casto				[only partially legible]
Casto				[only partially legible]
Shinn	Owen			[only partially legible - son of George & Eliza?? - located near George & Eliza's stone]

Comments:

Dates 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.

Click on the image to the left to find out how to help support the maintenance of this cemetery (information current per June 2007).

Mt. Olive Church is located just down the hill to the northwest of the cemetery. Photos of the church may be seen on a WVCPA page being created for it in June 2004. To see that page, CLICK HERE.

Updated: 07 September 2012