West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Association:Humphreys Memorial Cemetery Cemetery, Kanawha Co.

Cemetery Reading

Cemetery Name:	Humphreys Memorial Cemetery	Click on image above to enlarge
County:	Kanawha
USGS Quad:	Sissonville Map
Coordinates:	38.53017ºN -81.629395ºW
Maintained by:	unknown
Land owner	unknown
Date last visited	May 2012
Condition of cemetery**:	Excellent
Accessibility:	Easy Access. From I-77 take exit 116. Proceed East on Haines Branch Rd. Turn right onto Co Rt 21 (Old US 21/Sissonville Dr) for 1.7 mile. Cemetery is on left next to church.
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**

Click below to visit pages for surnames beginning with letters

A-G H-Z

Last Name: First Name:
Born:

Died:

Inscription:

Photo:

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Honiker Lucinda L 1816 29 January 1869 "Wife of S S Honiker"
"Aged 52 yrs 7 mos 24 ds"

Humphreys Adam C 1856 1931 [shared stone]

Humphreys Matilda E 1861 19__

Humphreys Albert C 1918 1984 "HOME AT LAST"

Humphreys Sada K 1916 2000 "MISS YOU"

Humphreys Alice Evelyn 17 December 1916 11 September 1917 [Twins]

Humphreys Eleanor Matilda 17 December 1916 21 September 1917

Humphreys Clement 1886 1956 [shared stone]

Humphreys Bessie 1894 19__

Humphreys [Shared Family Headstone]

Humphreys unreadable [child of E A and IRA HUMPHREYS]

Humphreys Ira A 1835 1912 [spouse of Eleanor]

Humphreys Eleanor A 1834 1899 [spouse of Ira]

Humphreys Greenberry 31 May 1873 "Son of I A and E A HUMPHREYS"
"Aged 6 Yrs 5 Ms 25 Ds"

Humphreys Minnie 27 March 1881 9 December 1902

Humphreys Grover C 1888 1957

Humphreys Orion B 1883 1943

Humphreys S J 1863 1914

Hunt Vivian Gay Gibson 4 August 1915 14 March 1934

Johnson Daughter 1 April 1962 1 April 1962 "Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. T K Johnson"

Johnson E B 13 June 1862 10 October 1915 "Can I forget the agonizing hour when those loved eyes were closed to wake no more"

Johnson [Shared Family Headstone]

Johnson Nora E 1861 1902

Johnson James N 1857 1930

Johnson Earl K 1892 1964

Johnson Ernestine Corns 1911 1995

Johnson Leonard R 1901 1967

Johnson Goldie 1896 20 October 1898 "Dau of E B and J M Johnson"
"Aged 2Y 8M 20D"

Johnson Jeanette Stogdon 1868 1943 "WIFE OF E B JOHNSON"
"A TENDER MOTHER AND A FAITHFUL FRIEND"

Kelley Dorothy F 17 April 1917 17 January 1972 "DAUGHTER"

Kind Maewood 15 March 1920 24 July 1925 "Gone but not forgotten"

Lanham James Lewis 1887 [shared stone]

Lanham Marie Miller 1884 1956

Lowe Lura Johnson 1892 1922 "WIFE OF W W LOWE"

Lowe Phyllis 1914 1915 "Dau of W W and LURA LOWE"
"Mother's Darling"

Lynch William (Rev) 1825 1893

Lynch Elizabeth Dolan 1824 1898 "HIS WIFE"

Martin Clark H 5 June 1872 20 April 1937

Miller William Douglas 27 March 1919 25 November 1990 [shared stone]

Miller Faustine 'DOT' 6 January 1921

Ray Eliza Ann Wheeler 1853 1933 "GRANDMOTHER"

Ray F M 1842 1926 "At Rest"

Ray A M 1835 1883 "HIS WIFE"

Ray F M Jr 1876 1966 [shared stone]

Ray Anna D 1878 1940

Ray Jack E 21 December 1922 2 September 2005 "DAD"

Ray Pearl L 15 August 1916 5 August 2001 "MOM"

Ray Myron C 1914 1971 [shared stone]

Ray Belle T 1909 1970

Sisson J M 7 January 1840 22 June 1874 "Aged 34 ys 5 ms 15 ds"

Shaffer Dona G 18 July 1900 30 September 1979 [shared stone - relationship unknown]

Stewart Maxine 24 September 1922 7 May 1999

Taylor Deliah 2 July 1895 "Wife of DODDRIDGE TAYLOR"
"AGED 59Ys 29Ds""IN MY FATHERS HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS"

Walker William T 1839 1925

White Aaron J M.D. 1887 1935

Woodrum Ada Young 13 April 1893 14 December 1972

Young Albert Russell 1 February 1881 7 May 1955 "WEST VIRGINIA"
"PVT TRP 1 8 REGT CAVALRY"

Young Elizabeth 3 April 1892 25 November 1971

Young William R 27 January 1857 10 February 1945 "… NOT, HE IS AT REST"

Unidentified or unmarked graves:

1905 1924 [unreadable names and inscription]

[unreadable except for a date of 1874]

[double stone - could not read either side]

[unreadable]

[can read name Isabel Hughes, June 25 1827 - June 27 1886]

[may be Mary S Carney, very difficult to read]

[looks like Mary A …]

Cra__ Mary F 12 January 1863 "Dau of Wm M and C E Cra__"

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A-G H-Z

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.
If you have photos that we may add to this page, of tombstones or portraits of those buried here, or if you have any additions or corrections to the roster of burials listed above, please contact WVCPA at .

Easy Access. From I-77 take exit 116. Proceed East on Haines Branch Rd. Turn Right onto Co Rt 21 (Old US 21/Sissonville Dr) for 1.7 mile. Cemetery is on left next to church.

The founders momument is a heptagon with an obelisk in the center with 'Mt Zion' on one side and '1929' on the opposite side. The year 1929 is when the modern church was founded. The following names appear on 5 sides of the stones at the bottom of the obelisk - J. S. Humphreys, W. M. Lynch, J. M. Sisson, H. C. Sisson and T. A. Vickers.

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Updated: 19 April 2013