West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Association:Evergreen (Letart) Cemetery, Mason Co.

Cemetery Reading

Cemetery Name:	Evergreen (Letart)
County:	Mason
USGS Quad:	New Haven Map
Coordinates:	38.8903ºN -81.9366ºW
Maintained by:	unknown
Land owner	unknown
Date last visited	May 2012
Condition of cemetery**:	Excellent
Accessibility:	Easy Access. From Letart, go east on 62 to Co Route 62/16. Turn SW onto 62/16 and the cemetery is approximately 0.2 mi from the intersection of 62 and 62/16.
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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Last Name: First Name:
Born:

Died:

Inscription:

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Source:

Johnson George F 19 April 1903 19 January 1993 [shared stone]

Johnson Emily L 3 December 1909 16 October 1993

Johnson Homer G 1892 1976 [shared stone]

Johnson Lottie E 1894 1976

Jones Andrew P abt 1842 16 March 1905 "PRIV Co A 2nd REG W Va"
"VOL CAV"
"Age 63"
[married Oct 11, 1862]
[Son of Daniel and Miriam Jones]

Jones Harriet B abt 1848 1876 "Age 28"
[Daughter of Thomas and S Newhouse]

Jones Andrew Phleming 8 October 1887 1945

Jones Benjamin P 1847 1916 [Son of David and Martha A Jones]
[married 5 Feb 1873]

Jones Mary (Sayre) 1850 1932 "His Wife"
[Daughter of Charles W and Eliza Sayre]

Jones Bertha Helena April 1872 11 June 1890 "Dau of G and M E Jones"

Jones Charles William 13 June 1924 31 August 1992 "CPL US ARMY"
"WORLD WAR II KOREA"

Jones Clyde C 10 October 1893 25 October 1956 "Bugler 42 Co 160 Depot Brig"
"WORLD WAR I"
[Son of Rufus Putnam Jones and Elizabeth Curry]

Jones Daniel 3 January 1817 13 June 1852 "Aged 35 ys 5 ms 10 ds"
"I heard the voice from heaven saying, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord ... yea, saith the Spirit,that they may rest from their labors, for their works follow with them."

Jones David C 1822 9 November 1883 [Son of Henry and Rachel Jones]
[Husband and Wife - shared stone]

Jones Martha A 1828 1913

Jones Earle Quartus 10 January 1870 16 March 1877 "Aged 7Y 6M 2D"
"Son of G and M E Jones"

Jones Elizabeth Florence 6 December 1865 4 February 1962 [Daughter of B F Curry and Emily Witcher]
[tombstone next to Rufus Putnam Jones, believed to be her husband]

Jones Henry 10 March 1790 19 March 1854 "Our Father and Our Mother"

Jones Rachel 23 December 1797 9 July 1848

Jones James Waldo 1865 1910

Jones Lonnie Jackson 2 October 1889 15 April 1951 "West Virginia"
"PVT 1 BRIG TANK CORPS"
"WORLD WAR I"
[Son of Rufus P and Elizabeth L Jones]

Jones Mary E (Rine) 4 May 1850 6 April 1874 "Wife of Thomas Jones"
"Aged 23 Y. 11 M. 2 D."

Jones Nancy 27 October 1820 15 November 1820 "Daughter of H and R Jones"
[Henry and Rachel Jones]

Jones Nelson John 7 December 1824 6 April 1883 "Aged 59 Y 8 M 29D"
[Husband of Elizabeth Samuels]

Jones Nina C 1891 [Based on vicinity of grave and type of stone, appears to be a daughter of Rufus P Jones]

Jones Rachel L 28 November 1828 2 January 1902 "Wife of Nelson Jones"

Jones Roxyann 19 March 184? 24 June 184? "Age 3 Mo 5 Ds"
"Daughter of D and M Jones"

Jones Rufus Putnam 7 October 1857 16 March 1933 [Tombstone next to Elizabeth Florence (Curry) Jones, belived to be his wife]

Jones Ryley 5 March 1867 "Aged 6 Yrs"
"Son of D and M Jones"

Jones Thomas Henry 25 December 1830 28 December 1853 [Son of Henry Jones]

Jones Virgle 12 October 1851 11 March 1871 "Son of D C and M A Jones"
"Aged 19 Y 4 M 27 D"

Kiesling Charles H 21 November 1893 3 February 1920 " A SOLDIER OF THE WORLD WAR"

Kiesling Henry 1858 1930 [Husband and Wife - shared stone]

Kiesling Laura A 1860 22 February 1922 "His Wife"
[Death Cert has birth date as 27 Nov 1861]
[Daughter of John Pickens and Elizabeth Yost]

Kilbury Bernice Smith 1910

Kimes Archie Jr 23 December 1930 9 September 1989 "Precious Memories"
[shared stone]

Kimes Cora M 18 April 1942

Kimes Robert Eugene 8 August 1959 20 July 1982 "In Loving Memory"
"SON"
[Son of Archie Jr and Cora M Kimes]

Kimes Ronda L 17 March 1967 22 April 2009 "Those who knew her loved her"
[Sisters - children of Archie and Cora M Kimes]

Kimes Mary D 13 October 1964 15 January 2011 "In God's Care"
"Mother of Bobbi and Kasey"

King Elizabeth A 16 December 1934 1 November 2010 [Daughter of Jesse Riley and Ruth Grimm]

King Revna C Jr 19 June 1927 17 February 2012 "Married Sept 30, 1945"

King Esther R 8 January 1924

Kinzel Philip 1888 1980 [Married 15 February 1914]

Kinzel Matilda M (Merritt) 1896 1991

Klingensmith Harry W 20 February 1932 4 July 1999 [relationship unknown]

Klingensmith Anna Mary 20 December 1900 20 May 1973

Klingensmith William P 1846 1916 "Co K 187 OVI"

Klingensmith Mary M 1847 14 January 1932 "His Wife"
[Daughter of L L Miller and Sophia Snider]

Laziman Mary C 1873 1945

Lee Thomas 7 September 1955 28 November 1955

Leitner Samuel N 1889 1964 [married 19 April 1914]

Leitner Flavia O (Ward) 1892 1985

Lingerfelt Vinson Lee 11 May 1932 5 August 1991 "SGT US ARMY"
"KOREA"

Lions Joseph 1842 1933 "Co C 9th REG"
W VA V I"

Lions Mary Davis 1844 1925 "HIS WIFE"

Lively Joseph Jackson 17 April 1932 28 June 2000 [married Shirley Ann Heib on 4-Aug-1956, adjacent tombstone]
[Son of Luther Lively and Hattie Fannin]

Lively Shirley Ann (Heib) 26 September 1936 2 March 1991 [married Joseph Jackson Lively on 4-Aug-1956, adjacent tombstone]
[Daughter of Curney Heib and Margaret Tucker]

Lloyd Maxine Flora Gibbs 5 July 1925 9 December 1971 "Mother"
[Married 27-Aug-1943 Roy Lewis Lloyd]
[Daughter of Robert Gibbs and Essie Kiesling]

Love Austin 1896

Love Sarah M (Blaine) 1896 1918 "His Wife"

Loyd Lonnie 1875 1921 "Father"

Luse Algernon 8 September 1846 31 May 1913 "Co C 46 PA INFT"
[Tombstone has Algernon on one side, Rhoda on opposite and inscription on 3rd side]
"We cannot say they are gone though asleep are just a way that a heavenly smile and beckoning … we will meet them in heaven again."

Luse Rhoda Ellen 14 January 1850 31 October 1934 [Married 28 Dec 1871][Daughter of George Hart and Hannah Roush]

Lyons Alfred H Sr 7 June 1913 7 October 1986 "PUTT"
[shared stone]

Lyons Emma E 29 September 1918 16 January 1993

Lyons George Bennie 1905 1987 "REST IN PEACE"
[Married 11 Feb 1928]

Lyons Lethia F (Roush) 1911 1994

Lyons Jackie L Sr 16 August 1940 28 June 2004 "Father"
"FIREMAN EMS DEPUTY"

Lyons D Gene 5 July 1942 "In Loving Memory"
"Mother"
"MEDIC"

McBee Gerald L 1905 1987 [shared stone]
[Masonic Symbol]

McBee Bess P 1905 1974 [Eastern Star]

McCray Kenneth 1914 1977 [shared stone]

McCray Wanda C 1902 1982

McDermitt John 1850 24 September 1924 [Son of Alexander McDermitt and Elizabeth Wolf]

McDermitt Samuel S 1852 2 December 1930 [Son of Alexander McDermitt and Elizabeth Wolf]
[Death certificate has birth date of 17 November 1850]

McDermitt Annie 1842 1921 "His Wife"

McDermitt Leo T 1889 1904 "Our Son"

McGinnis Harry 16 March 1928 21 December 2001 "Precious Memories"
[Husband and Wife - shared stone]
[Son of James A and Martha R McGinnis]

McGinnis Ramona Cecelia 27 August 1932 9 December 1993 [married 5 July 1953]
[Daughter of Earl Sapp and Opal Yost]

McGraw Bartell V 14 December 1921 18 December 1921

McGraw Dennis T 1914 1917 [relationship unknown]

McGraw Dessie M 1915 1917

McGraw James C 1927 1927

McGraw Hosea 1894 1979 "Brother"

Merritt Barney A 1892 1976 [Spouse of Carrie Wiles]

Merritt Carrie Wiles 2 March 1889 28 June 1937 [Spouse of Barney Merritt]
[Daughter of George Wiles and Hannah Bower]

Merritt Elizabeth E 1893 1973

Merritt Martin 1871 1913 [shared stone]

Merritt Ruth 20 May 1878 7 October 1962 [Daughter of Franklin Vincent and Amanda Wallace]

Merritt William T 1865 1945 [Husband and Wife - shared stone]

Merritt Mary Alice 28 December 1871 28 January 1933

Morris Martha Finnicum 31 December 1944 5 August 1993 [Adjacent tombstones]

Morris Melissa Ann 27 October 1976 10 October 1977

Newman John William 29 April 1869 8 August 1902 "ASLEEP IN JESUS"

Norville Cynthia Lou 11 March 1988 11 May 1988

Nuckles Lorane C 1 July 1900 25 June 1983 "A Devoted Father"

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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.
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Large cemetery divided into three sections. See Cemetery Layout Notes

The seat above is exquisitely designed and was a welcome item as I visited this cemetery on a record setting high temperature day.

The following descendant lists are associated with the tombstones and citations for this cemetery. These lists are not meant to be definitive, but to simply assist those interested in relationships with others of the same family name. Included families are:
Brinker Family , Finnicum Family , Jones Family , Sayre Family .

Note: All Birth, Death and Marriage documents are from the WV Vital Research Records website unless otherwise noted. Census excerpts are from the www.Ancestry.com website unless otherwise noted. Obituary sources are noted in the obit. Most documents and tombstones have been cropped, resized and enhanced for readability and to conserve space.

Updated: 07 September 2012