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Cemetery Name:

Murphy

 Murphy Cemetery, Mingo Co., West Virginia

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County: Mingo
USGS Quad: Kermit
Coordinates: 37.8108ºN  82.3994ºW
Maintained by: unknown
Land owner: unknown
Date added to WVCPA register: August 2008
Condition of cemetery**: Good (August 2008)
Accessibility: The cemetery is located just outside of East Kermit in southwestern Mingo County. Additional information as to its accessibility and specific driving directions will be posted here as soon as they become available.

** 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:
Compton James Hatton 10 July 1848 1 December 1920     Source: WVCPA volunteer and local family researcher
Marcum Archie 29 June 1914 22 July 1992   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA volunteer and local family researcher
Marcum Clersie 16 October 1917 25 May 1955 "Wife and Mother"
"A mother is a mother still, the holiest thing alive. She is not dead, but sleepeth"		 Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA volunteer and local family researcher
Marcum Edith Doss 20 December 1931 4 January 2007 "Singing with the Angels"
"Wife of Herbert"
"Married Aug. 12, 1950"
"Sons Herbert Jr., Harold, Terry"
"School Teacher"		 Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA volunteer and local family researcher
Marcum Herbert 3 April 1929 31 January 1992 "Husband of Edith Doss"
"Sons Herbert Jr., Harold and Terry"
"Married August 12, 1950" 		Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA volunteer and local family researcher
Marcum Owen 3 April 1889 19 June 1978 "Father"
[Husband and wife - shared stone]
"Married March 1916"
"Their children Clersie, Verna, Herbert, Herman, Clayton, Donald"
"Mother"		 Click for photo of tombstone
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Click for photo of tombstone		 Source: WVCPA volunteer and local family researcher
Marcum Nettie Conley 15 March 1899 24 April 1976
Meade Roy 25 January 1900 1 May 1955   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA volunteer and local family researcher
Meade Tennessee 1904 1995   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA volunteer and local family researcher
Moore Randall 1958 1976 "An inspiration to all who knew him"
"Beloved Son"		 Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA volunteer and local family researcher
Murphy Audrey Simpkins   May 1999     Source: WVCPA volunteer and local family researcher
Porter James A. 4 April 1924 7 July 2006     Source: WVCPA volunteer and local family researcher
Webb Arthur 18 March 1928 4 April 1999   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA volunteer and local family researcher
Webb Clifton Lloyd 13 December 1925 15 March 1926   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA volunteer and local family researcher
Webb Floyd, Jr. 26 June 1922 27 July 1956 "WEST VIRGINIA S SGT US AIR FORCE WORLD WAR II" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA volunteer and local family researcher
Webb Floyd 1893 1969   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA volunteer and local family researcher
Webb Pearl 1892 1986   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA volunteer and local family researcher
Webb Robert M. 1930 2005   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA volunteer and local family researcher
Webb Russell 1910 1973   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA volunteer and local family researcher
Webb Violet 1916 2004   Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA volunteer and local family researcher

 

Comments:

Murphy Cemetery, Mingo Co., West Virginia
 

 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.

WVCPA thanks Kathryn Hunt for her generous help in providing the initial photos and information for this cemetery. Additional information for this cemetery, posted by Kathryn and others, is available on the Find-a-Grave website.

If you know of information that should be included on this listing, please contact WVCPA with the details. Additional photos gladly accepted.

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 Updated: 07 September 2012