West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Association:Zirkle Cemetery Cemetery, Mason Co.

Cemetery Reading

Cemetery Name:	Zirkle Cemetery
County:	Mason
USGS Quad:	Waggener Map
Coordinates:	38.9707ºN -82.0132ºW
Maintained by:	unknown
Land owner	unknown
Date last visited	May 2012
Condition of cemetery**:	Excellent
Accessibility:	Easy Access. From Letart, head north on WV-62 S toward Rt 62/15 for 1.3 mile. Take left onto Sliding Creek Rd, Co Rt 4 and go 2.2 miles. Turn slight left onto Co Route 1/2 for 1.2 miles. Cemetery is on right (north) side of Co Rt 1/2 (Fogglesong Rd) about 400 ft up an access road.
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:
Anderson	Charles R "CHUCK"	1965	1984	"HE'S ONLY AWAY"
Anderson	Rose Marie	18 May 1937	14 July 2009
Anderson	Samuel Ray Jr "BUB"	9 September 1962	7 February 2006
Anderson	W Emmitt	29 May 1969	22 July 1994
Aumiller	Catharine		30 April 1857	"Dau of G & N AUMILLER"
Aumiller	James		21 January 1862	"Son of N and G AUMILLER"
Barrett	Benjamin F	7 November 1919	10 November 1998	"US NAVY" "WORLD WAR II"
Barrett	Dorothy Ann	16 December 1916	8 December 2000	"GONE HOME"
Barton	William Jr	1971	1990
Black	Brenda C	6 November 1949	29 July 2008
Bonet	Ada			[no dates]
Bush	Belinda Lynn	11 September 1973	10 March 2007
Bush	Loretta T Cunningham	5 February 1919	10 April 2005	"MOM" "IN LOVING MEMORY OF MOM"
Bush	Ruth K Miller	2 July 1927	12 December 2004	"IN LOVING MEMORY" "MOM"
Carroll	Thomas N	1904	1962	[shared stone - two metal markers]
Carroll	Mary Frances	1909	1981	[shared stone - two metal markers]
Clark	Mikalex		2010	[metal marker]
Cunningham	Charles D	6 February 1899	10 February 1975
Cunningham	David L	28 August 1962	23 February 1989	"SON" "Precious Memories"
Cunningham	George W	1895	1982	[shared stone]
Cunningham	Eliza Jane	1916	1982	[shared stone]
Cunningham	Henry L	18 February 1897	13 March 1983	"PVT US ARMY" "WORLD WAR I"
Cunningham	Cora E	1901	1967
Cunningham	Lawrence P	1905	1979
Cunningham	Lewis Rey	1944	2005	"OUR BELOVED BROTHER" [stone plus metal marker]
Cunningham	Pauline M	9 June 1923	16 August 2009	"MOM" "FROM YOUR DAUGHTERS"
Deem	Carolyn Lee	13 July 1943	25 January 2004	"TILL WE MEET AGAIN, WE'LL BE LOVING YOU. BELOVED DAUGHTER, MOTHER, AND SISTER. CHILDREN: DORINDA, BELINDA, LISA, SHARON, JIMMY. DEARLY LOVED GRANDMOTHER OF: LINDSEY, BEAU, ALISHA, JESSICA. LOYAL PET: SISSY"
Edwards	Charles W	28 September 1920	5 February 1963	"OHIO" "PFC MP PLAT 5 INF"
Edwards	Dallas W	1940	2000
Edwards	Deryl	23 December 1945	17 September 2009	"IN LOVING MEMORY" "FATHER OF EMILY ANN, ANGELA & DERYL JAMES"
Edwards	Douglas Brian	24 June 1964	22 March 2003	"FOREVER LOVED YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN BELOVED SON OF DOUG AND DIANE BROTHER OF RUSSELL"
Edwards	Earl E	13 November 1910	25 November 1997	[married] "FEB 26, 1931" "PROUD PARENTS OF KERMIT"
Edwards	Edith F	9 January 1917	7 January 1996	[married] "FEB 26, 1931" "PROUD PARENTS OF KERMIT"
Edwards	Eleanor L	10 March 1935	15 April 2002	"BELOVED SISTER" "IN GOD'S CARE"
Edwards	Emily Ann	1977	1977	[metal marker]
Edwards	Kermit B	1937	1956	[Son of Earl E and Edit F (Roush) Edwards]
Edwards	Marvin Ray	4 January 1937	8 February 2002	"SP4 US ARMY"
Edwards	Nancy Ann (Gibbs)	1850	17 April 1888	"WIFE OF S[trother] EDWARDS" "AGED 38 Y 4 M 12 D" [Dau of Lumen and Ellen J Gibbs]
Edwards	Minnie M	1884	12 July 1886	"DAU OF S[trother] & N[ancy] A EDWARDS" AGED 1 YR 11 M 4 D"
Edwards	Ramie	7 September 1879	15 March 1960	[Son of Strawther Edwards and Nancy Gibbs]
Edwards	Mary R	1877	1961
Edwards	Roscoe W Jr	15 February 1926	6 December 1994	"SSM B2 US NAVY" "WORLD WAR II"
Edwards	Stephen	1882	12 November 1883	"Son of S[trother] & N[ancy] A EDWARDS" AGED 14 YR 1 M 13 D" "Asleep in Jesus Blessed sleep"
Edwards	Willie E	14 May 1914	28 May 1998	"TOGETHER FOREVER"
Edwards	Evelyn Marie Gibbs	21 January 1916	18 January 1998	[married May 26, 1933]
Fields	James Clyde	27 December 1923	30 April 2005	"PFC US ARMY" "WORLD WAR II"
Fields	Dorothy V	20 October 1925	23 November 2008	"IN LOVING MEMORY" "PARENTS OF LINDA, JIMMY, NANCY, LARRY, KAREN & DANNY"
Flowers	Buddy Eugene "HON"	10 March 1937	14 September 1994	[shared stone]
Flowers	Dixie Joy "DEE"	4 May 1945		[shared stone]
Gibbs	Adam A			[dates unreadable]
Gibbs	Alvin			[aged 40 Y 3 M 4 D, dates unreadable]
Gibbs	Andrew	30 August 1844	15 November 1917	"WEST VIRGINIA" PVT CO D 13 REGT W VA INF" "CIVIL WAR"
Gibbs	Andrew Jackson	21 August 1930	8 May 1997	"A2C US AIR FORCE" "KOREA"
Gibbs	Donna F	1933	2000	"GONE HOME" "PSALM 23"
Gibbs	Daniel Dewey	4 June 1942	9 December 1942	"INFANT SON OF DEWEY & WILLIA GIBBS"
Gibbs	Edna May	1932	1985
Gibbs	Emery	8 September 1885	17 June 1957	[son of Jacob and Rebecca Gibbs]
Gibbs	Theresa L	1889	1965
Gibbs	Harry C	1891	1969
Gibbs	Rachel F	1893	1965	"A DEVOTED WIFE AND MOTHER"
Gibbs	Jacob	1844	1903	"AT REST"
Gibbs	Jacob K	18 April 1808	26 December 1894	[Age 86 yrs 8 mo 8 ds] [spouse of Katherine Rickart]
Gibbs	Katherine	1817	20 April 1888	"AGED 70 Ys 8 Ms 4 Ds" "WIFE OF JACOB K GIBBS" [married Sept 17, 1835]
Gibbs	Martin Jacob	12 December 1920	3 April 1984	"US NAVY" "WORLD WAR II"
Gibbs	Ruby M	1923
Gibbs	Maryan			[no dates readable]
Gibbs	Moses
Gibbs	Pearl H	1917	1962	[shared stone]
Gibbs	Lola K	1922	1987	[shared stone]
Gibbs	Ralph H	18 March 1925	7 April 1888	"CPL US ARMY" "WORLD WAR II"
Gibbs	Rebecca	1856	1926	"AT REST"
Gibbs	Rolland P	5 October 1919	16 February 1995	"BM2 US NAVY" "WORLD WAR II"
Gibbs	Mona J	9 September 1920
Gibbs	T J			[no dates]
Gibbs	William D	14 July 1936	1 April 1975	"PFC US ARMY" "KOREA"
Gibbs	William H		18 April 1845	"Son of J and M Gibbs" "Aged 1 ms 28 ds"
Gibbs	Zebulon		3 January 1861	"Aged 59 Ys 10 Ms 21 Ds"
Greene	James R Sr	1937	29 June 1998
Grimm	Stacie R	6 December 1972	1 May 1998
Grinstead	Donna Ruth Edwards	22 May 1931	10 April 1996	"TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE" "BRETT, RANDY, MARK, CINDY, DENISE"
Gwilym	David	1904	1970	[shared stone]
Gwilym	Sarah	1924	1970	[shared stone]
Halley	Viola Garren	2 July 1899	12 March 1987	"CHILDREN: HILDA L EDWARDS, CHAS Wm EDWARDS, JUNIDA M EDWARDS, ROSCOE W EDWARDS JR, HENRIETTA A TUCKER, SAMUEL W TUCKER JR"
Icenhower	Walter H Jr	27 May 1947	20 August 1993	"SP4 US ARMY" "VIETNAM"
Jeffers	Glenn Michael	1943	1960	"BEYOND THE SUNSET"
Jeffers	John L	1892	1964	[shared stone]
Jeffers	Viola M	1898	1977	[shared stone]
Jeffers	Roy T	1920	1950	"FOREVER WITH THE LORD"
Jeffers	Lola E	1919	1991	"FOREVER WITH THE LORD"
Johnson	Clarence M	14 March 1908	28 August 1982	[shared stone]
Johnson	Mary A	2 July 1912	10 December 1986	[shared stone]
Johnson	Forrest C	29 October 1922	1 October 1988	"PFC US ARMY" "WORLD WAR II"
Johnson	Hubert W Sr	22 June 1918	25 February 1972	"WEST VIRGINIA" "PVT 971 ORD HAM CO" "WORLD WAR II"
Johnson	Margaret V	1924	1995
Johnson	Jacob	1877	1886	[metal marker]
Johnson	James R	1886	1971	[shared stone]
Johnson	Allie	1899	1969	[shared stone]
Johnson	Noah	28 June 1843	18 May 1936	"OHIO" "PVT CO K 18 OHIO INF" "CIVIL WAR"
Johnson	Sophia	1884	1897	[metal marker]
Johnson	Teddie B	1900	1976
Justis	Major M	1888	1957
Justis	Mary O	1884	1917
Kearns	Delmas	1 January 1907	9 December 1994	[shared stone]
Kearns	Genevieve	4 July 1910	16 November 1969	[shared stone]
Kearns	Harry J	8 October 1929		"MARRIED JUNE 12, 1954"
Kearns	Betty J	9 June 1931	3 April 2011	"PARENTS OF GEORGE, DEBRA, SHIRLEY, PAT"
King	Ada Lucille	21 July 1922	25 July 2010	"IN LOVING MEMORY"
King	John A	1911	1993	[shared stone]
King	Mary K	1920	2002	[shared stone]
Klein	Daniel Tyler S		24 July 1997	"BLOSSEMED ON EARTH, BLOOMED IN HEAVEN" "SON OF SHANNON KLEIN"
Knapp	Charles W	1895	1980	[shared stone]
Knapp	Laura L	1905	1975	[shared stone]
Kovalchik	John E	22 July 1919	18 September 1982	"PFC US ARMY" "WORLD WAR II"
Kovalchik	Lola M	1919	2003
Lavender	James Howard	15 November 1932	15 December 1985	"CPL US ARMY"
Lavender	Betty A	1934
Lewis	Allen H	1895	1981	[shared stone]
Lewis	Lila C	1894	1980	[shared stone]
Lewis	Earl I	22 November 1926	1 January 2006	"TEC5 US ARMY" "WORLD WAR II"
Lewis	Ruth M	17 February 1928
Lewis	Edward	14 May 1921	4 July 1921
Lewis	Kara M		28 May 1992	[shared stone]
Lewis	Greta M		28 May 1992	[shared stone]
Lewis	Kathleen	9 July 1917	19 June 1920
Lewis	Ruth L	25 March 1915	23 December 1980
MacKnight	John W	11 January 1937		[shared stone]
MacKnight	Sandra L	4 November 1944	13 September 2000	[shared stone]
McKnabb	Mary D Lewis	1873	1938
Miller	Joshua S	1977	1999
Miller	Malinda Sue		1968
Oldaker	Albert C	1908	1973	"BEYOND THE SUNSET"
Oldaker	Agnes V	1909	1985	"BEYOND THE SUNSET"
Oldaker	Clarence Eugene	3 March 1937	7 April 1937
Oldaker	Eula E	1922	2009	[metal marker]
Oldaker	Franklin L	29 July 1940	25 June 1988	"SGT US ARMY"
Oldaker	Rosemary	1942		"Precious Memories"
Oldaker	Jacob Albert	2006	2006
Oldaker	Joseph Evert Sr	1914	1975
Oldaker	Joseph Evert	1950	2006	[metal marker]
Ray	Paul Eugene	10 August 1921	3 March 1987	"PFC US ARMY" "WORLD WAR II"
Riggs	Clarence William	28 March 1960	29 March 1960	"INFANT SON OF JACK & DELORES RIGGS"
Riggs	Jack B	6 November 1938	13 February 2003	"PARENTS OF JACKIE, CLARENCE, TERESA, PAM"
Riggs	Delores E	8 October 1939		"PARENTS OF JACKIE, CLARENCE, TERESA, PAM"
Roach	Alice M	12 September 1903	10 April 1997
Roach	Darrel V	28 May 1936	17 September 1936
Roach	Elmer Ray	29 July 1896	10 May 1963	"WEST VIRGINIA" "F2 USNRF" "WORLD WAR I"
Roach	Vina	1902	1959	"I WILL LIFT UP MINE EYES UNTO THE HILLS FROM WHENCE COMETH MY HELP"
Roach	Ernest C	1892	1964	[shared stone]
Roach	Laura A	1897	1957	[shared stone]
Roach	Ester Marie	15 August 1933	10 April 2010	"Wife of OTTIE RUSSELL [ROACH]"
Roach	Harold Rex	9 August 1940	12 October 1965	"WEST VIRGINIA" "SP4 CE USAR"
Roach	John T Sr	13 April 1920	23 July 1997	"TEC 4 US ARMY" "WORLD WAR II"
Roach	Anna	14 July 1935		"PARENTS OF JOHN & DELORES" "IN LOVING MEMORY"
Roach	Lester R	27 July 1932	13 April 2008	"SGT US MARINE CORPS" "KOREA"
Roach	N W	1873	1934	[shared stone]
Roach	Ada E	1878	1955	[shared stone]
Roach	Ottie Russell	1932	1961	[Spouse of Ester Marie]
Roach	Ottie T	1900	1987	[shared stone]
Roach	Nettie A	1900	1977	[shared stone]
Roush	Clarence Emory	16 March 1920	3 August 2003	"IN LOVING MEMORY" "TEC 5 US ARMY" "WORLD WAR II"
Roush	Donald G	11 August 1911	14 November 1981	"CPL US ARMY" "WORLD WAR II"
Roush	Virginia M	4 April 1915	13 December 1989
Roush	Donald Mark	18 April 1940	12 August 2005	"PVT US ARMY"
Roush	George P	1870	1933	"FATHER"
Roush	Jackie Lee	9 October 1942	25 September 1995	"SP4 US ARM" "VIETNAM"
Roush	Julia "JUDY"	26 July 1941	26 September 2003	[married] "JULY 23, 1979" "I LOVE YOU FOREVER"
Roush	Kathleen M	1 August 1931	4 July 2006	"MY FRIEND MY LOVE BURDEN"
Roush	Sarah C	1891	1987
Roush	Timmy D	1959	2002	"IN LOVING MEMORY"
Scarbe	Louis J	8 January 1913	26 February 1983	"PFC US ARMY" "WORLD WAR II"
Scarbe	Bessie H	25 September 1904	25 February 1996
Skaggs	Carolyn E	1969	2000	"DAUGHTER"
Skaggs	Leon	1900	1949	"TILL WE MEET AGAIN" "HUSBAND OF MABEL SKAGGS" "FATHER"
Skaggs	Mabel Gibbs	1904	1997	"BELOVED WIFE & MOTHER"
Smith	Herbert M	1936	1986	[shared stone]
Smith	Bernice A	1939		[shared stone]
Smith	Lester	18 July 1920	5 March 1998	"PFC US ARM" "WORLD WAR II"
Smith	Margaret L	3 February 1927	10 June 1989
Spires	Robbie	1958	1960	"SON OF ROBERT & ANNA SPIRES"
Taylor	Clarence	22 December 1925	12 January 1996	"PVT US ARMY"
Tucker	Samuel W	3 January 1929	11 April 2002
Vanmeter	Henry		13 October 1849	"SON OF R & G VANMETER"
Van Meter	Reasen
Van Meter	Robert W "BOB"	1919	1988
Welch	William D	1903	1976
Young	V D	14 May 1959	14 May 1959
Zerckel	Sarah Ann	1800	11 August 1857	"WIFE OF S ZERCKEL" "AGED 56 Y 10 M 2 D"
Zerkel	Elijah		23 October 1879	"SON OF J & M M ZERKEL" "AGED 40 Y 3 M 27 D"
Zerkel	Florence			"DAU OF J & M M ZERKEL"
Zerkel	Jacob		14 February 1853	"SON OF S & S A ZERKEL" "AGES 18 Y 1 M 14 D"
Zerkel	Joseph	1829	31 July 1903	"AGED 74 Y 1 M 6D" "GONE HOME"
Zerkel	Samuel R	11 November 1853	5 October 1924	[son of Joseph Zerkel and Susan Nease]
Zerkel	Ellen J	1857	1945
Zerkle	Donald S Sr	24 January 1916		[Father of Donald Stewart Zerkle Jr]
Zerkle	Mary A	21 June 1917	23 January 2004	[maiden name Mary Edwards]
Zirkle	Judith Ann	18 May 1945	1 December 2001
Zirkle	Mildred F	10 March 1919	14 September 1989	"IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY SISTER" "SON LOREN ORIS JR"
Zirkle	Oris Loren Sr	1917	1976	[metal marker]
Zirkle	Oris Loren Jr	11 May 1959	29 March 1994	"FATHER OF DUSTIN"
Zirkle	Son		17 March 1944	"SON OF RALPH & MAYSEL ZIRKLE"
Unidentified or unmarked graves:
				[name unreadable]
				[unreadable stones]
	Edy			[rest is unreadable]
	Infant			[rest is unreadble]
	Lilly			[rest is unreadable]

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 Letart, head north on WV-62 S toward Rt 62/15 for 1.3 mile. Take left onto Sliding Creek Rd, Co Rt 4 and go 2.2 miles. Turn slight left onto Co Route 1/2 for 1.2 miles. Cemetery is on right (north) side of Co Rt 1/2 (Foglesong Rd) about 400 ft up an access road.

Updated: 08 July 2013