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Cemetery Name:

Shamblin Cemetery

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County: Putnam
USGS Quad: Bancroft        Map
Coordinates: 38.57554ºN  -81.76391ºW
Maintained by: unknown
Land owner unknown
Date last visited May 2012
Condition of cemetery**: Good
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 9.5 miles. Turn slight right (south) onto Mt Etna Ridge Rd (Co Rt 34/5) and follow this about 0.3 mile. Cemetery is on dirt road about 400 feet inside pasture gate. In good weather this road is drivable but can easily be walked.

** 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:

Kersey Robert Earl 29 December 1929 25 October 1992 "CPL US ARMY" Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Lewis Carl Eugene 14 April 1969   "INFANT" Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Lewis Charles Andrew 29 March 1940 7 May 1979 "No farewell words were spoken. No time to say goodbye. You were gone before we knew it and only God knows why." Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Lewis Richard Lee 17 December 1975 7 May 1979
Lewis Myrtle B 5 June 1921 4 May 1994   Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Shamblin Bessie Agnes 24 February 1924 18 August 1942 [Spouse of Thomas E Shamblin, Dau of Bill Williams and Zeota Lewis] Click here to see tombstone photo
Click here to see death certificate (WV Vital Research Records)
From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Shamblin Champ Allen 16 June 1888 13 March 1932 "FATHER"
[son of Mack Shamblin and Mary Dorsey]
Click here to see tombstone photo
Click here to see death certificate (WV Vital Research Records)
From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Shamblin Cora Bell Silman 9 February 1892 9 September 1982 "MOTHER"
[apparently married a Withrow after death of Champ A Shamblin]
"TOGETHER FOREVER"
Shamblin Thomas Ervin 10 June 1879 10 January 1963 [Husband of Flourence Shamblin]  Click here to see tombstone photo
Click here to see tombstone photo
From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Shamblin Ervin T 19 January 1920 28 August 2008 [shared stone] Click here to see tombstone photo
Click here to see Obituary notice (The Charleston Gazette, Aug 29, 2008)
From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Shamblin Phyllis J 11 November 1927 30 October 1993
Shamblin Flourence 2 February 1899 4 June 1964 [Dau of Whitford Simmons and Florence E Craigo]
[Spouse of Ervin Shamblin]
Click here to see tombstone photo
Click here to see marriage certificate (WV Vital Research Records)
Click here to see death certificate (WV Vital Research Records)
From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Shamblin Grandma     [no dates or given name] Click here to see tombstone photo
Click here to see tombstone photo
From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Shamblin Guthrie O 28 November 1915 6 June 1964 [married]"Aug 1, 1936"
[Son of Champ Shamblin and Cora Silman]
Click here to see tombstone photo
Click here to see tombstone photo
From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Shamblin Kemma M 1920 1991  
Shamblin Guy W 13 April 1923 20 December 1994 "PFC US ARMY"
"WORLD WAR II"
Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Shamblin Henry Edward 31 October 1923 24 December 2007 "S2 US NAVY"
"WORLD WAR II"
Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Shamblin Hershel Otho 26 November 1925 4 February 1976 "US NAVY"
"WORLD WAR II"
Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Shamblin Hors     [no dates] Click here to see tombstone photo
Click here to see tombstone photo
From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Shamblin James E 1947   "TO MY BELOVED WIFE WHO RACED THROUGH LIFE, NOW REST IN PEACE, YOUR HUSBAND FOREVER - JIM" Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Shamblin Rosemary Osborn 1956 1992  
Shamblin Jason W 15 January 1985 28 June 1985   Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Shamblin Otto 12 April 1913 2 March 1932 [Son of C A Shamblin and Cora Bell Silman] Click here to see tombstone photo
Click here to see tombstone photo
Click here to see death certificate (WV Vital Research Records)
From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Shamblin Thomas Allen 9 April 1930 11 April 1987 "IN LOVING MEMORY"
"DAD"
Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Shamblin William Boyd 4 August 1969 12 February 1993 "MY SOUL IS GOD'S, MY MEMORY IS THINE" Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Shamblin Woodrow Allen   7 December 1967 "INFANT"
"SON OF WOODROW & BETTY SHAMBLIN"
Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Shamblin Woodrow E 31 March 1917 1 December 1989 "REST IN PEACE" Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
             

 

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 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 9.5 miles. Turn slight right (south) onto Mt Etna Ridge Rd (Co Rt 34/5) and follow this about 0.3 mile. Cemetery is on dirt road about 400 feet inside pasture gate. In good weather this road is drivable but can easily be walked.

Aerial View of Shamblin Cemetery   Shamblin Cem Map and Directions on Mt Etna Ridge Rd   Shamblin Cem Map and Directions from Red House
 

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