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Cemetery Name:

Sunset Memorial Park

Sunset Memorial Park, Kanawha Co., West Virginia 

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County: Kanawha
USGS Quad: Charleston West
Coordinates: 38.3570ºN   -81.7218ºW   Map
Maintained by: unknown
Land owner: unknown
Date added to WVCPA register: February 2012
Condition of cemetery**: Excellent (June 2005)
Accessibility: Easily accessible.   From I-64 going East, take MacCorkle Ave exit immediately after crossing Kanawha River. Turn left (West) onto MacCorkle Ave. Go two blocks and turn left into cemetery. Cemetery is large in size and well kept.

** 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:
Burns Kathleen Norris 1915 1970   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Carr Orville R 26 February 1923 20 January 1981 "SGT US ARMY"
"WORLD WAR II"
[Family Headstone] "In Loving Memory"
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Carr Phyllis J. 25 November 1930 24 August 1994 "Beloved Wife and Mother" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Jarrett Lawrence A., M.D. 1 February 1879 27 October 1957 [Husband and Wife- Shared Stone] Click for photo of tombstone Click for photo of tombstone

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Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Jarrett Mary Elizabeth Tallman 22 January 1888 25 August 1969
Keefer Carolyn Sue 1949 1986   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Parsons Harold M. "BUD" 22 December 1918 24 November 1976   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Parsons Hollie Francis 1922 1936 "Son of Hollie F and Iva Smith Parsons"
"At Rest"
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Parsons John A. 4 April 1888 11 February 1957 [Family Headstone] Click for photo of tombstone
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Parsons Lizzie Pearl 12 March 1883 29 November 1963   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Parsons Marian F. 1 September 1919 30 December 2003   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Parsons Michael Richard "Mike" 1943 1952 "Son of James & June Parsons"

"Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep"
"I Pray The Lord My Soul To Keep"
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Parsons Ray A. 1916 1980 "SGT US ARMY"
"WORLD WAR II"
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Poffenbarger Ann Sullivan 1886 1970 "MOTHER" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Poffenbarger Daniel Gwynn 1912 1966 "SON" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Poffenbarger George 24 November 1861 20 March 1951   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Poffenbarger Harriet Stubbs 25 March 1902 11 July 1978   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Poffenbarger Lawrence Franklin 27 September 1959 11 June 1982   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Poffenbarger Leonard Franklin 17 December 1903 20 October 1983   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Poffenbarger Livia Simpson 1 March 1868 27 October 1937   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Poffenbarger Matthew Tallman 20 September 1963 6 September 1986   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Poffenbarger Nathan Simpson 4 August 1898 19 July 1962   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Poffenbarger Perry S. 24 November 1899 20 April 1997   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Poffenbarger Robert Andrew 1881 1958 "FATHER" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Poffenbarger Virginia E. Jarrett 3 June 1911 24 February 2004   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Scott Dennis Karl 6 July 1912 10 January 1910 [Son of Karl W. Scott & Lillie Virginia (Markham) Scott] Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Scott Karl Winfield 19 February 1874 2 December 1947 "FATHER"
[Husband of Lillie Virginia (Markham) Scott, father of Dennis K Scott, father-in-law to Margaret E (Bullinger) Scott]
[Family Headstone]
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Scott Lillie Virginia 2 April 1880 15 June 1960 "MOTHER"
[nee Markham, Spouse of Karl W. Scott]
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Scott Margaret E. 21 February 1907 16 November 1998 [Spouse of Dennis K. Scott] Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Short Gladys 1905 1953 "MOTHER"
"Wife of Garrett Surface"
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Short James R. 1853 1938   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Short Linnie 1873 1962   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Smith Charles Raymond 1892 1956   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Smith Harry R. 1925 1950 "Son of Charles R. & Martha R. Smith" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Smith Nina Louise 1910 1993   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Surface Garrett H. 1898 1979 "FATHER"
[Family Headstone]
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Wears Carrie E. 1878 1954   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Wears Hamilton 1872 1945 [Family Headstone] Click for photo of tombstone Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Wears Margaret 1846 1932   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Withrow Frank H. 1875 1960 [Husband and Wife- Shared Stone] Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Withrow Martha E. 1874 1954

 

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.Sunset Memorial Park, Kanawha Co., West Virginia

The primary information on this page was graciously provided by George B Scott, who compiled the listing for this cemetery in June 2005.

If you know of any reasonably verifiable additions or corrections that should be made to this list, please send them to WVCPA at for corrections to this page.

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