West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Association: Craig Cemetery, Mason Co., WV

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Cemetery Name:	Craig	Click on photo to enlarge
County:	Mason
USGS Quad:	Robertsburg
Coordinates:	38.6675ºN -81.9300ºW Map
Maintained by:	Unknown
Land owner:	Unknown
Date added to WVCPA register:	January 2005
Condition of cemetery**:	Good (October 2004)
Accessibility:	This cemetery is located above Arbuckle Creek in Union District, in the general vicinity of Grimms Landing, about 1.5 miles from Oma Chapel Church. See map link above for more descriptive location identification.
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:
Ash	Charles	10 August 1884	18 November 1916
Ash	Velvie G.	1906	1907
Bailes	Lee Allen	11 August 1975	12 March 2007	[Son of Donald Gene and Corene Grady Bailes, husband of Nancy - from his obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail Mar. 14, 2007]
Bailes	Dana L. (Tucker)	abt. May 1912	18 November 1946	[Dau. of Hugh "Huey" and Amanda "Mandy" (Dunn) Tucker, wife of Wallace Henry Bailes (son of George Henry & Enith Mae (Tucker) Bailes. Dana L. & Wallace Henry Bailes had 4 children: Enith Mae, Ross Henry, Bonnie Bell & George Wilburn Bailes]
Bailes	Donald Gene "Groundhog"	30 October 1933	10 January 2004	[From his obituary in Charleston Daily Mail January 14, 2004] [Raynes Funeral Home marker]
Bailes	George H.	29 May 1893	25 November 1972	[Son of Stanton and Laurena Null Bailes] [Daughter of Sherman and Laurena Tillis Tucker]
Bailes	Enith M.	23 April 1894	4 July 1973
Bailes	Lonnie E.	1915	1963	[Son of George and Enith Tucker Bailes]
Bailes	Ross Henry	3 October 1940	19 November 1940	[Son of Wallace Henry and Dana L. (Tucker) Bailes]
Beaver	Mace J.	15 February 1926	26 February 1926	"Son of Mace and Oma"
Beaver	Oma E.	3 September 1909	23 March 1928	[Wife of Mace Beaver, dau. Agnes]
Boggess	James L.	24 September 1954	4 October 2013	["Pastor Jim" - Son of Leroy and Myrtle Boggess, husband of Kathy Ann Boggess - from his obituary from Raynes Funeral Home, Buffalo, WV Oct. 5, 2013]
Buck	Charles Wayne Robert	6 December 1984	25 June 2003	[From his obituary in Charleston Gazette January 27, 2003 and from a family member - age 18 years, 6 months 20 days]
Buck	Paul Wayne	15 September 1956	23 December 2006	[Son of Paul and Evadene Buck, husband of Rhonda - from his obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail Dec. 28, 2006]
Burdette	Caroline Craig	3 April 1950	17 May 1989
Byrd	Brenda Lee Tucker	9 March 1961	18 July 2004	[From her obituary in Charleston Daily Mail July 2004]
Casto	Addis O. "Ottis"	6 July 1924	15 August 1997	[From his obituary in Charleston Gazette August 1997 - age 73 years]
Casto	Betty Jane	2 July 1924	8 May 2001	[From her obituary in Charleston Gazette May 9, 2001 - wife of Ottie Casto]
Casto	Ashley Nicole	18 January 1989	18 January 1989	[From her obituary in Charleston Gazette January 20, 1989]
Casto	Oliver M.	24 April 1902	13 February 1969	"Father" "Mother" ["Aunt Sis"] [Shared stone] "Daughter"
Casto	Tamsie E.	6 May 1903	21 January 1987
Casto	Dorothy M.	10 December 1928	22 April 1987
Clinton	Cora May	1952	1985	[Raynes Funeral Home marker]
Copen	Lucy J.	10 July 1893	18 July 1936	"Mother" "Have Mercy On Us, O Lord"
Copen	Ralph B.	18 March 1943	18 April 1943
Craig	Ace	12 June 1908	17 February 1950	"Father" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Mother"
Craig	Icey	1916	1971	"Father" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Mother"
Craig	Alexander	15 December 1842	4 March 1926	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Craig	Lucy Jane	11 December 1846	15 September 1926	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Craig	Allen	?	?	"At Rest"
Craig	Austin A. "Pete"	20 September 1937	27 November 2001	"Beloved Dad" [From his obituary in Charleston Gazette November 29, 2001 - 64 years of age]
Craig	Betty A.	23 June 1939	23 June 1939	"At Rest"
Craig	Cecil G.	27 November 1908	11 April 1977	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Craig	Gladys M.	23 March 1910	5 September 1975	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Craig	Charley C.	1877	1953	"Father" [Husband of Delia Craig]
Craig	Constance L. "Connie Lynn"	23 May 1942	28 April 1993
Craig	Carroll	9 November 1947	9 November 1947	[Infant brothers - triplets]
Craig	Darrell	9 November 1947	9 November 1947
Craig	Gerald	9 November 1947	9 November 1947
Craig	David O.	3 April 1885	14 April 1920
Craig	Delia M.	1884	1971	[Wife of Charley Craig]
Craig	Evert	?	1915
Craig	George C.	5 September 1907	24 September 1959	"WEST VIRGINIA PVT ARMD REPL TNG CENTER WORLD WAR II"
Craig	George W.	21 November 1869	18 November 1954	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Craig	Willie	22 February 1878	22 February 1958	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Craig	Gladys Louise	1 June 1920	4 October 1949	"Our Loving Mother"
Craig	Ira C.	1885	1936	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Craig	Myrtie	1891	1929	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Craig	James Michael	21 August 1957	22 May 1977	"...Memories Forever"
Craig	Jerrell C.	7 December 1929	29 July 1945
Craig	Larry A.	7 August 1913	24 July 2003	"PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR II" [Husband and wife - shared stone] [Daughter of Ernest Edward and Leoda May Hayes Higginbotham, wife of Larry Alexander Craig]
Craig	Sarah Amatis Higginbotham	10 April 1914	14 November 1999
Craig	Leoata P.	24 April 1888	18 December 1968	"Mom" "Gone, But Not Forgotten"
Craig	Lewis E.	31 March 1882	19 February 1951	"Dad" "Gone, But Not Forgotten"
Craig	Mary	22 February 1967	22 February 1967	"At Rest"
Craig	Oscar Audis	26 November 1922	25 December 1987	"PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR II"
Craig	Ottis C.	7 August 1916	8 September 1920	[Brother and sister - shared stone] "Children of D.O. & Avalon Craig"
Craig	Doris K.	23 February 1919	16 August 1920
Craig	Randall Lee	7 October 1944	2 September 1961
Craig	Sarah Ann	12 April 1917	13 November 1939	"Our Mother"
Craig	William A.	11 June 1904	7 January 1987	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Craig	Mary A.	18 April 1903	30 November 1989	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Craig	William A.	1865	1953	[Shared stone] "Gone, But Not Forgotten"
Craig	Sarah Abbigail	1882	1953	[Shared stone] "Gone, But Not Forgotten"
Craig	William James	13 April 1913	8 May 1978	[Shared stone] "Together Forever"
Craig	Attie Bell	11 May 1930	13 December 2000	[Shared stone] "Together Forever"
Cremeans	Kenneth Ray, II	26 November 1985	10 February 2003	[From his obituary in Charleston Gazette, February 21, 2003 - age 17] [Shared stone] "In My Father's House Are Many Mansions"
Tucker	Brenda L.	9 March 1961
Davis	Elias C.	30 March 1905	26 December 1979	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Davis	Bertha A.	5 February 1911	13 May 1965	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Davis	Irene		1928	[Sisters - shared stone] "Infant daughters of Elias and Irene Davis"
Davis	Virginia		1930
Duncan	Harry D.	1909	1993	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Wed July 28, 1934" [From her obituary in Charleston Gazette, October 1, 2002 - age 90 years]
Duncan	Lura Evelyn	1911	29 September 2002
Eads	Jackie Lee, Jr.	10 June 2007	10 June 2007	[1 day old infant son of Jackie L. Eads, Jr. and Ashley Nichole Burdette - from his obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail June 12, 2007]
Gordon	Floyd A.	12 March 1907	3 August 1983	[Son of Emmett and Victoria Gordon, husband of Delchia Rollins Gordon - some sources say he is buried at Craig/Douglas Cemetery at Grimms Landing]
Gordon	Jesse Lee	1965	1965
Grady	Owen Michael	31 December 2002	31 December 2002	[Son of Michael and DeeDee Grady] [From his obituary in Charleston Gazette, January 3, 2003]
Hayes	Audrey Halene		15 November 1999	[From her obituary in Charleston Gazette, November 17, 1999]
Hayes	Mable Carolyn	January 1949	October 1949	[Infant son of Mary and Simon Hayes]
Hayes	Simon P.	5 June 1914	12 March 1987	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Married Dec. 22, 1941"
Hayes	Mary G.	22 February 1923		[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Married Dec. 22, 1941"
Hayes	William R.	19 June 1896	November 1978	[Son of Lewis and Emma Ann Hayes, husband of Maggie Clark Hayes and Audrey Brown Hayes]
Herdman	Lester E.	16 December 1959	29 March 2008	[Son of Lester William and Faye Jeffers - from his obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail Mar. 31, 2008]
Herdman	Richard E.	7 May 1964	31 August 1964
Higginbotham	Brent Allen	1 June 1964	1 June 1964	[Son of Ernest E. and Maxine E. Knapp Higginbotham]
Higginbotham	Clyde Oshel	18 February 1924	21 October 1988	[Son of Charles H. and Iva Mae Casto Higginbotham]
Higginbotham	Ella Louise	1936	24 April 1936	[Daughter of Jonathan E. and Ada Ester Craig Higginbotham]
Higginbotham	Ruben Elbin	7 May 1875	13 July 1974	"Rube" [Husband & wife - shared stone] "Lula"
Higginbotham	Louisa June	5 June 1874	19 April 1959	"Rube" [Husband & wife - shared stone] "Lula"
Jividen	Rev. Belford	1916	2005	[Aged 88 years - from his obituary in Charleston Daily Mail, June 17, 2005]
Jividen	Norma Garrison	18 May 1931	7 January 2006	[From her obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail Jan. 9, 2006]
Jividen	Marsha Lee	27 May 1959	14 January 1987	"In Loving Memory" [Dau. of Belford and Norma Jividen]
Johns	Bonnie B. Bailes Sisson	16 October 1941	21 February 2007	[Dau. of Wallace and Dana L. Tucker Bailes - from her obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail Feb. 24, 2007]
King	Bradley Scott	29 November 1973	10 December 1973
King	David Ray	28 October 1963	26 January 1964	[Born and died in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio - son of Raymond David King and Enith Mae Bailes, grandson of Francis & Edith (Thornton) King and Wallace Henry and Dana L. (Tucker) Bailes]
King	Lonnie Wayne	11 July 1962
King	Steve Allen	14 March 1969	15 March 1969
Lambert	Charles R.	1955	2005
McCoy	Cecilia Bell	1896	1927	"Mother"
McCoy	George W.	1894	1968	"Father"
McCoy	Isaac	10 February 1861	1930
McCoy	Malinda Eunice	4 April 1863	23 January 1925
McGrew	Eva	1876	1952
McGrew	George W.	1874	1952 ?
Moreen	Edna P.	31 August 1911	29 August 1996	"In Loving Memory"
Oldaker	Frances A.	25 January 1931	25 July 1932
Oldaker	Grace E.	21 February 1955	6 October 2003	[From her obituary in Charleston Gazette, October 8, 2003 and family researchers]
Oldaker	Homer H.	1899	1990	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Oldaker	Nellie A.	1901	2003	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Oldaker	Homer, Jr.	29 May 1934	28 June 1934
Oldaker	Lewis	17 September 1870	14 April 1930	"Not Forgotten"
Oldaker	Luther	1895	1975
Oldaker	Martha G.	1926	1987
Rhodes	George Raymond	30 May 1914		"PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II"
Rhodes	George Annias	5 March 1878	11 April 1985	"Father" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Mother"
Rhodes	Myrla L.	2 September 1886	18 March 1971	"Father" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Mother"
Rhodes	Jewell M.	21 March 1942	22 March 1942
Rhodes	Ralph R.	29 January 1917	24 August 1983	"PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II" [Son of George and Marley Rhodes] [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Precious Memories" [Daughter of George and Enith Bailes]
Rhodes	Lucy A.	8 October 1920	7 September 1995
Rigsby	David H., Sr.	4 June 1948	22 January 2002	"PVT US ARMY VIETNAM" [From his obituary in Charleston Gazette January 24, 2002 - husband of Brenda Rigsby - died at age 53]
Rigsby	Haily Kay	20 July 1999	20 July 1999	"One of God's smallest angels" [Dau. of Bethany D. (Tucker) and David H. Rigsby, Jr., twin sister of Tessa Lea - information provided by her Grandma Tucker]
Runyon	Robert	25 January 1850	August 1914	"Age 65"
Shinn	Lloyd E.	17 February 1940	17 February 1940	[Son of Lloyd A. and Iva K. Shinn]
Stover	John Wes	1924	24 August 2000	[From his obituary in Charleston Gazette August 26, 2000 - husband of Mary - died at age 75]
Tucker	Allen	5 February 1901	12 May 1963	[Husband and wife - shared stone] [Daughter of Wm. and Virginia Hayes] "Gone, But Not Forgotten"
Tucker	Felicia "Effie"	6 December 1901	29 August 1982
Tucker	Bethany Deanna	31 July 1978	27 July 2008	[Dau. of Steve and Tammie Buck Tucker - from her obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail July 31, 2008] "Mother of Haily, Tessa, Shawn, Mason" "Beloved Daughter, Sister & Mother"
Tucker	Billie Joe	21 April 1944	12 December 1946	[Aged 2 yrs, 7 mo., 17 da.,son of Wm. & Irene Bailes Tucker]
Tucker	Clinton E.	2 May 1908	16 November 1978	"Dad" "At Rest"
Tucker	Clinton O.	5 November 1947	27 January 1958
Tucker	Donald M.	18 June 1924	8 September 1975	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Tucker	Deloris E.	15 December 1933	December 2005	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Tucker	Edith M.	16 August 1915	8 October 1994	"Mom" "At Rest"
Tucker	Ernest Arlen	23 May 1925	1 October 1926
Tucker	Georgia Avalee	25 March 1933	10 September 1937
Tucker	Gilda May	1950	1950
Tucker	Harley Braden	15 October 1896	1 January 1946	"PRIVATE CO K INFANTRY WORLD WAR I"
Tucker	Hazel Bernadine Gordon	1934	12 October 2002	[From her obituary in Charleston Gazette, October 14, 2002 - age 68]
Tucker	Herman	2 February 1936	13 September 1936
Tucker	Hazel Ada	21 February 1927	5 March 1927	[Sister of Hobart and Homer Tucker]
Tucker	Hobert	21 February 1927	21 February 1927	[Brother of Hazel and Homer Tucker]
Tucker	Homer	21 February 1927	21 February 1927	[Brother of Hazel and Hobert Tucker]
Tucker	Huey	___ June 1875	______ 1952	"At Rest"
Tucker	Amanda	___ August 1877	___ August 1946	"At Rest"
Tucker	Jessee A.	1922		"Daddy" [Husband and wife - shared stone] [Dau. of Luther and Daisy McKinney Oldaker] "Mom"
Tucker	Mary Elizabeth	1927	3 December 1970
Tucker	John W.	3 May 1906	25 January 1981
Tucker	Marjorie Geneva	15 April 1928	23 January 1936
Tucker	Mary E.	4 April 1876	22 December 1963	"Wife of Zeb Tucker"
Tucker	Rosie Almedia "Dovie" Craig	1 November 1908	1 January 2004	[From her obituary in Charleston Daily Mail January 4, 2004] [Raynes Funeral Home marker]
Tucker	Rowland	26 December 1946	1947
Tucker	Sherman E.	26 November 1934	12 June 1937
Tucker	Stanley R.	1900	1964	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Asleep in Jesus"
Tucker	Florence E.	1904	1979	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Asleep in Jesus"
Tucker	Velvia	25 November 1914	19 March 1982
Tucker	Violet E.	9 October 1932	12 November 1933
Tucker	William E.	1929	1955	"Daddy" "Gone But Not Forgotten"
Tucker	Willian W.	1916	1977	"Father" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Mother" [Willian William & Irene Della (Bailes) Tucker - Irene was born Mar. 13, 1923, per her obituary from Raynes Funeral Home Jan 25, 2010]
Tucker	Irene D.	1922	24 January 2010
Weaver	Richard L.	1944	2004
Willet	Fred William	1924	2001	[Foglesong Funeral Home marker]
Young	Iva Pearl	21 July 1896	March 1979	[Dau. of Simeon and Permelia Craig, wife of Charley V. Young]

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.

Many of the photos of tombstones in this cemetery have been provided by Craig family researcher, Ron Craig. Our thanks to him for all his hard work and interest in sharing the photos with other researchers and family members across the country via this WVCPA page.

The inscription information presented above has been compared with a reading done in 1971 by Juanita Burdette, and where questions arose, the data from her earlier reading (as published in "Mason County W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions" Vol. III) are printed here. Higginbotham inscription information gathered and presented here has been compared with that presented on family researcher William Morris Higginbotham's Craig Cemetery page. We encourage viewers of this page to consult these two valuable resources for further information on this cemetery.

There are many tombstones in this cemetery that are illegible, and have been for many years. The names listed above correspond to stones that are legible, and therefore an incomplete list of all the burials in this cemetery. If you have evidence of someone buried in this cemetery not indicated above, please let WVCPA know, including your source of such information, and we will gladly add them to the above listing of interments. If you believe they should be included under the "Probable Burials" category, please indicate such when you contact us.

Updates

1/10/2006: Local researcher, Teresa Bonecutter, has provided us with a number of corrections and additions to the list above - of particular note is the removal of Calvin and Beulah Craig from the list for Craig Cemetery, as she reports that they are actually buried in Buffalo. There are quite of a few corrections of birth and death dates from our initial list, which had been taken primarily from the "Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions" books, which again emphasizes the importance of doing thorough research and not just trusting in what has been published in years past. Our sincere thank-you's to Teresa, her aunt Barbara Mills, Carolyn Miller, and Holly King who have provided us with these updates.

Updated: 05 October 2013