This cemetery is located on a hilltop in the east end of Ripley. Easily accessible, though hilly in spots. It is well cared-for and has paved drive through the cemetery garden.
** 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
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"S SGT US ARMY" "WORLD WAR II" "BELOVED HUSBAND AND FATHER"
Rhodes
Maskell Mullins
21 June 1928
27 May 1992
"BELOVED WIFE AND MOTHER"
Karr
Charles Edgar
1914
1966
[shared stone]
Karr
Hazel Bumgarner
1917
1993
Karr
John Darrell
30 March 1916
8 November 2000
[shared stone]
Karr
Margaret J
21 January 1919
 
Kay
Aretta Parsons
5 December 1920
2 July 1986
Kay
Donald Ray
30 September 1950
 
Kay (Everett) Family
[Shared Family Headstone]
Kay
Everett G
1906
1968
Kay
Ina E
1907
1997
Kay
Kenneth E
1940
1958
Kay (Hollie) Family
[Shared Family Headstone]
Kay
Hollie
1882
1977
"FATHER"
Kay
Beatrice
1888
1951
"MOTHER"
Kay
Hollie Jr
12 June 1924
16 June 1944
"WEST VIRGINIA" "PVT 135 INF" "WORLD WAR II" [Note spelling on footstone is Hallie Jr, on family stone is Hollie Jr"
Kay
Jeffrey R
22 February 1957
29 July 1957
"Our darling"
Kay
Larry E.
9 January 1947
21 March 2010
[Son of Everett and Ina Barnette Kay, husband of Violet Sams Kay - from his obituary in the Jackson Herald Mar. 22, 2010]
Kay
Violet R
23 December 1949
[Wed ]"May 24, 1974"
Kay
Leo
1889
1955
"At Rest"
Kay
Alice
1892
1957
Kay
Leo Clifford
5 August 1914
18 October 1973
"WEST VIRGINIA" "PVT US ARMY" "WORLD WAR II"
Kay
Marie Cathrine
1916
1985
[shared stone]
Kay
Michael Ray
1954
1954
Kay
Raymond
1943
1944
Kay
Walter L.
1924
21 January 2008
[83 years of age - from his obituary in the Jackson Herald Jan. 22, 2008]
Kay
Reva F
1919
2006
[shared stone]
Keefer
Ronald L
4 December 1943
 
"THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD" [shared stone]
Keefer
Mary K
11 December 1949
6 August 1980
Kelley
James Olen
8 August 1929
14 April 1999
"SGT US ARMY" "KOREA" "PURPLE HEART"
Kelley
Phyllis Ann
22 October 1933
 
[shared stone]
Kerns
Arthur L
2 October 1927
"Married June 9, 1947" "Parents of Jerry, Pam, Donnie, Ronnie and Beverly"
Kerns
Iola Mae
27 December 1930
1 October 2006
[Dau. of Fred & Flossie Ryan, wife of Arthur - from her obituary in the Jackson Herald Oct. 3, 2006]
Kerwood
John Kenna
8 September 1940
[53 years of age - son of W.P. and Martha Kerwood, husband of Winnie Casto Kerwood, Ripley postmaster and former publisher of the Mountaineer newspaper - from his obituary in the Jackson Herald Sept. 13, 1940]
C.R. Kessel Family
[Shared family headstone]
Kessel
C.R.
1870
1948
Kessel
Louisa F.
1869
1969
Kessel
Ray, M.D.
5 July 1889
31 May 1966
"MAJOR MEDICAL CORPS WORLD WAR I & II"
Kessel
Kate Miller
8 April 1897
12 February 1986
Kessel
Josephine
1937
1937
"Infant Dau. of Ray and Kate"
Kessel
Carl Raymond
4 August 1921
9 February 2006
"Parents of Janet, James and Boyd" [Husband and Wife - shared stone] [84 years of age - from his obituary in the Jackson Herald Feb. 14, 2006]
Kessel
L Irene
21 November 1928
21 April 2006
Kessel
James C.
13 June 1917
28 October 2005
"SP2 US COAST GUARD WORLD WAR II" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Married Feb. 5, 1942"
Kessel
Anita C.
2 October 1921
20 February 2002
Kessel
James Staats
21 June 1924
27 February 1995
"CAPT US ARMY KOREA" "A Devoted Father, Physician" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "A Loving Mother" "Going Home"
Kessel
Kessel
Pauline M.
23 October 1900
13 March 1981
Ray Miller Kessel Family
[Shared family headstone]
Kessel
Jean Woodruff
13 April 1924
16 April 1990
Kessel
Ray Miller, M.D.
29 August 1925
7 May 2007
"US ARMY WORLD WAR II" "MEDICAL DOCTOR" "32ND DEGREE MASON"" [Son of Ray Kessel, M.D., and Katherine Miller Kessel, husband of Barbara Edgar Armstrong Kessel - from his obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail May 11, 2007]
Kessel
Russel
9 May 1900
17 June 1977
"CAPT US NAVY WORLD WAR II" "MD"
Kessel
Willard
22 January 1910
7 December 2008
[Son of W.L. and Cora Woodall Kessel, husband of Rayme Morrison Kessel - from his obituary in the Charleston Gazette Dec. 9, 2008]
Kessel
Rayme M
28 April 1916
5 April 2009
[Dau. of L.L. and Maggie Hill Morrison, wife of Willard Kessel - from her obituary in the Charleston Gazette Apr. 7, 2009]
Kidd
Baby
9 November 1976
9 November 1976
King
Charles D
3 July 1917
8 April 1956
[shared stone]
King
Viola O
7 April 1917
1 December 2002
King Family
[Shared Family Headstone]
King
Benjamin Francis
1878
1956
[Spouse of Grace M, Father of Milfred and Paul]
King
Grace McKown
1882
1981
[Spouse of Benjamin F]
King
Milford F
1902
1996
[Son of Benjamin F and Grace]
King
Paul Marvin
21 August 1903
10 March 1985
"WED DEC 27, 1934" [Son of Benjamin F and Grace]
King
Ocie June
27 August 1905
26 September 2000
King
Frances Anne
29 December 1910
12 January 2010
[Dau. of Hollis H. and Brown Armstrong King - from her obituary in the Jackson Star-News Jan. 14, 2010]
King
Gertrude (Reynolds) Montgomery
1894
1974
"MOTHER" [Spouse of Scott Montgomery, see below] [Married Dec 31, 1911]
King
Phillip Marvin
1937
1993
"IN LOVING MEMORY" "PhD"
King
Roena
1900
1972
"Dau of Luke and Ellen Rawling"
Kinley
Geneva P
1931
2011
[shared stone]
Kinley
Betty Ruth
1930
1972
Knapp
Emil H
1884
1969
[shared stone]
Knapp
Martha E
1888
1943
Knapp
Eugene A
1917
1975
[shared stone]
Knapp
Orva V
1919
 
Knapp
Roy D
14 February 1921
20 August 1997
"1ST LT US ARMY" "WWII KOREA""
Knapp
Mary F
1920
 
"Married DEC 21, 1938"
 
 
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