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Cemetery Name:

Cross Creek Cemetery

Cross Creek Community Church, Putnam Co., West Virginia 

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County: Putnam
USGS Quad: Winfield
Coordinates: 38.6036ºN   -81.9555ºW
Maintained by: unknown
Land owner: unknown
Date added to WVCPA register: November 2004
Condition of cemetery**: Excellent (June 2005)
Accessibility: Easily accessible.   From Buffalo, go east on Allen Street (County Route 12) 2.1 miles to Cross Creek Community Church. Cemetery is behind church. Cemetery is moderate in size and well kept.

** 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:
Boyles Carrie Newland 1 December 1879 14 July 1955 Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Casto Lillian F. 19 February 1912 7 March 1912 " Dau of L.A & M.N. Casto" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Cooper Gregory Allen, Jr. 14 February 1974 13 April 2008 [Son of Gregory & Opal Cooper - from his obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail Apr. 16, 2008]   Source: WVCPA research
Higginbotham A. E. 1887 1889   Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Higginbotham A. G. 1878 1897   Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Higginbotham Clyde 8 May 1893 26 May 1970 "WEST VIRGINIA"
"CPL CO H"
"54 INFANTRY"
"WORLD WAR I" 		  Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Higginbotham Emma J.S. 11 August 1856 2 October 1901 "WIFE OF F.F. HIGGINBOTHAM"
[Mother and Child - Shared Stone] 		Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Higginbotham Infant 13 February 1896
Higginbotham E. J. 1861 1934 "MOTHER"   Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Higginbotham Ernie 26 November 1896 26 June 1980 [Husband and Wife- Shared Stone] Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Higginbotham B.M. "MOSE" 20 January 1891 8 May 1975
Higginbotham Frank Fenton 17 December 1854 23 April 1929 Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Higginbotham H. O. 1889 1952   Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Higginbotham J. D. 9 February 1831 2 October 1892 "Age 21 Years 8 Mo 21 Days"
[Husband and Wife - Shared Stone]
"Age 67 Years 1 Mo 15 Days" 		  Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Higginbotham O. M. 18 July 1831 10 June 1898
Higginbotham Kenna E. 5 May 1898 25 May 1985 "PVT US ARMY"
"WORLD WAR II" 		  Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Higginbotham Mary D. 20 September 1902 5 January 1990 Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Higginbotham Maude 14 July 1888 "Age 3 Mo 27 Days"
"Children of F.F. and E.J. Higginbotham"
[Shared Stone - opposite sides]
"Aged 1 M. 14 D." 		  Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Higginbotham Phebe C 3 August 1884
Higginbotham Mirtie 1883 1962   Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Higginbotham S. E. 1883 1901   Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Higginbotham S. P. 1857 1943 "FATHER"   Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Higginbotham Sarah 1853 1939   Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Higginbotham Sarah E. 5 August 1893 17 October 1980   Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Higginbotham T Murrell 1899 1980   Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Higginbotham Virginia R. 1873 1926 Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
McGrew M. E. 31 July 1863 17 March 1908 "Wife of J.B. McGrew"
"Asleep in Jesus" 		Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Mullinax Nina Ruth (Pullins) Sutherland 9 October 1907 18 August 1994 [1st Husband Samuel Sutherland, 2nd husband NFN Mullinax, d/o George William Pullins] Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Pullins Alonzo M. 1911 1993 [Husband and Wife- Shared Stone]
"Precious Memories" 		Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Pullins Iva Aurillee 1916 1987
Pullins Walter P. 1905 1982 [Husband and Wife- Shared Stone]
"Thy Will Be Done" 		Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Pullins Dovie M. 1906 1998
Settle Zora Wanda   27 November 2009 [Dau. of Elisha Bia and Sylvia Scragg Tackett, wife of Carl Settle - from her obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail Nov. 28, 2009]   Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery
Whittington Arliss Vance "Bootsy" 17 June 1939 13 January 2009 [Son of Earl R. and Florence Johnson Whittington, husband of Linda Mallett Whittington - from his obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail Jan. 15, 2009]   Source: WVCPA research
Withrow Roy E. 1903 1935 "Awaiting the new kingdom" Click for photo of tombstone Source: WVCPA research and volunteer reading of the cemetery

 

Comments:
      		Horses at Cross Creek Cemetery, Putnam Co., West VirginiaDates 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.
The primary information on this page was graciously provided by George B Scott, who compiled the listing for this cemetery in June 2005. Additional names and photos remain to be listed on this page.
If you know of any reasonably verifiable additions or corrections that should be made to this list, please send them to WVCPA at for corrections to this page.

Horses at fence beside
Cross Creek Cemetery  

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