West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Association: Coleman-Lovejoy Cemetery, Putnam Co.

Cemetery Reading

Cemetery Name:	Coleman-Lovejoy aka Lovejoy	Click on images to enlarge
County:	Putnam
USGS Quad:	Bancroft
Coordinates:	38.6107ºN 81.7574ºW
Maintained by:	unknown
Land owners:	P. & B. McMahan
Date added to WVCPA register:	April 2006
Condition of cemetery**:	Good (April 2006)
Accessibility:	This cemetery is located at the end of Sandhill Road off Sigman Fork near Liberty, then up Lovejoy Cemetery Road. The road over the last stretch can be pretty muddy in wet weather, though passable in good, dry weather. If at all hesitant about driving all the way to the cemetery, park near the houses at the top of the hill and walk (it's a ways, but not too steep until the last little driveway up to the cemetery itself). Check with the neighbors if you wonder about the road condition, as there are virtually no places to turn around unless you get all the way out to the cemetery. Once there, the cemetery lawn is fairly gentle and well-cared for - easy to get around on.
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:
Bailey	Inis E.		15 October 1908	"Aged 1Y. 9M. 14Ds"
Coleman	Cecil	11 February? 1912	15 February? 1913	"Son of Myrtie & L.A. Coleman"
Coleman	Robert	ca. 1914	ca. 1920	[Died as a young child - hit by train - his grave marker may be one of those below that are no longer legible]
Coleman	Robert	1 November 1860	25 August 1912	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "His Wife"
Coleman	Frances	24 March 1854		[Husband and wife - shared stone] "His Wife"
Goff	Clara A.		20 May 1894	"Aged 1Y. 9M. 14Ds" [See the process of identifying this tombstone with an aluminum foil rubbing at the bottom of the page!]
Lovejoy	David M.	1889	1973	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "In God's Care"
Lovejoy	Darlena L.	1892	1953	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "In God's Care"
Lovejoy	Delbert	16 April 1908	8 January 1924
Lovejoy	Jerry	27 August 1953	8 November 1989
Lovejoy	Lonnie E.		20 March 1948	"Aged 7 Ds"
Lovejoy	Mary A.	16 July 1943	21 August 1952	"Dau. of Albert & Madeline Lovejoy" "Asleep in Jesus"
Lovejoy	Melton A.	1845	1928	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Gone But Not Forgotten"
Lovejoy	Jane A.	1851	1928	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Gone But Not Forgotten"
Lovejoy	Oscar H.	27 November 1878	16 March 1959	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Lovejoy	Mertie	12 May 1883	24 August 1936	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Lovejoy	Owen	22 September 1962	22 September 1962	"Stillborn"
Lovejoy	Ruby P.	28 April 1920	30 January 1976
Lovejoy	Theodore E.	4 January 1919	20 January 1994	"Our Dad"
Lovejoy	Willard Pat	19 March 1921	25 August 1993	"PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR II" "Father"
Williams	Carl Eugene	16 April 1939	1 July 1990	"Loving Father"
Unidentified Markers:
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Image10				[Metal funeral home marker - label gone]
Image11				[Not sure if this is marking a grave, likely it is, but it is an interesting fossil nonetheless]
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Comments:

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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.

This cemetery sits on a wooded knoll in the heart of Union district, surrounded by lovely redbud trees and quiet woodlands. A number of newer tombstones, but also a fair number of very old and worn stones as well (remember to take along your aluminum foil and soft sponges to do rubbings - please no shaving cream, chalk or wax crayons or the like!). There are also a several fieldstones marking graves, the identities of those buried in those graves is still unclear.