West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Association:Brown Cemetery Cemetery, Putnam Co.

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Cemetery Name:	Brown Cemetery	Click on image above to enlarge
County:	Putnam
USGS Quad:	unknown Map
Coordinates:	38.59159ºN -81.76014ºW
Maintained by:	Mr. Brown
Land owner	Mr. Brown
Date last visited	May 2012
Condition of cemetery**:	Excellent
Accessibility:	Easy Access. From Red House, head northeast on WV 62 S Charleston Rd toward McClane Pike. After 0.5 mile, turn left onto WV 34N /McClane Pike and go 9.9 miles. Turn left (north) onto Crooked Ridge Rd (Delta Rd 14) and go 0.8 mile. Cemetery is on left (west side of road) on top of a small hill.
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:
Brown	Arnold	4 February 1896	14 February 1969	"WEST VIRGINIA" "PFC CO A 358 INFANTRY" "WORLD WAR I"
Bowers	Jackson E	29 June 1970		"Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal" "Husband and Wife"[Seat between Jackson and Kimberly Bowers]
Bowers	Kimberly D	7 November 1973	3 March 2008	"Death leaves a heartache no one can heal. Love leaves a memory no one can steal."
Brown	Arnold Ray	15 May 1936	17 July 2003
Brown	David L	9 April 1951	19 February 2009	"IN LOVING MEMORY" "GONE FISHING"
Brown	Elmer Gene	26 July 1938	8 October 2005
Brown	Emma Mae	17 December 1912	25 February 1997	"IN LOVING MEMORY"
Brown	George W "JOE"	29 April 1948	23 July 1999	"REST WITH GOD"
Brown	Robert M	29 November 1927	23 October 2003	"US MARINE CORPS" "KOREA"
Brown	Troy E	24 June 1934	3 June 2010	"GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN"
Brown	William Dennis	26 August 1942		"ROBIN RUBY LOVING MEMORIES" [shared stone]
Brown	Mary Lou	2 July 1946	7 April 2005	"ROBIN RUBY LOVING MEMORIES" [shared stone]
Gunnoe	Howard R	7 March 1907	6 June 1978	"FOND MEMORIES"
Harper	Jerry A	2 January 1942	18 July 1995	"At Rest"
Harper	Sylvia Mae	23 June 1925	7 February 1999	"IN LOVING MEMORY"
Harper	Walter	17 November 1910	20 November 1996	"IN LOVING MEMORY"
Kessell	Johnny F	9 January 1941	10 May 2000	"PVT US ARMY" "VIETNAM"
Kessell	Mary Ellen	10 November 1944	6 May 2010	"GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN"
Kessell	Mary Theresa	3 December 1968	19 October 2000	"AGED 31 YEARS" "CHILDREN AMANDA, RICHARD, MITCHELL" "PRECIOUS DAUGHTER, SISTER, MOTHER"
Kessell	Timothy Allen	6 March 1959	7 October 2006	"DEPARTED THIS LIFE OCTOBER 7, 2006"
Larabee	Thelma	5 January 1930	21 September 1999
Larbee	Yvonne L	21 April 1951	31 January 2009	"MOM"
Massey	Franklin M	30 March 1928	26 October 2004	"IN MEMORY OF" "REST IN PEACE"
McCoy	Edward Allen	25 May 2005	25 May 2005	[shared stone - likely brothers]
McCoy	Morgan Evelyn	29 December 2005	29 December 2005	[shared stone - likely brothers]
McCoy	Gary E Sr	8 July 1946	26 November 2001	"SGT" US AIR FORCE"

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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Easy Access. From Red House, head northeast on WV 62 S Charleston Rd toward McClane Pike. After 0.5 mile, turn left onto WV 34N /McClane Pike and go 9.9 miles. Turn left (north) onto Crooked Ridge Rd (Delta Rd 14) and go 0.8 mile. Cemetery is on left (west side of road) on top of a small hill.

Mr. Brown, a gentleman, established the cemetery for the Brown family, but has allowed others from the vicinity to be buried there. The picture of the turkey adds a little color. As Mr. Brown explained, a couple of turkeys were purchased for Thanksgiving. This one wasn't prepared. As time passed, he became the farm pet. Based on his size which I estimate at least 40 lbs, he rules his domain well. This is easily the largest turkey I've ever seen.

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Updated: 14 March 2013