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Cemetery Name:

Alderson Cemetery

Alderson Cemetery, Summers Co, WV Alderson Cemetery, Summers Co, WV

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County: Summers
USGS Quad: Meadow Bridge        Map
Coordinates: 37.75207ºN  -80.77048ºW
Maintained by: unknown
Land owner unknown
Date last visited May 2012
Condition of cemetery**: Excellent
Accessibility: Easy Access. From Exit 139 on I64, proceed south on St Rt 20 to Sandstone (abt 0.6 mile) From Sandstone, proceed East on Judson Rd/Co Rt 7 for 4.9 miles. Turn slight left onto Sheppard Mountain Rd and go 1.0 mile. Continue onto Kessler Creek (Co Rt 7/6 and go 1.9 miles. Slight right onto Ward Bench Rd (Co Rt 7/8) and go 0.7 mile. Turn left on cemetery access road and go about 500 ft.

** 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:

Alderson Franklin B 24 June 1812 5 April 1878 "Mark the perfect man and behold the upright"[Psalms 37:37] Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Alderson Franklin B 10 November 1872 7 July 1946 "IN MEMORY OF"
"THY TRIALS ENDED, THY REST IS WON"
Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Alderson Rose Lee 7 April 1886 7 March 1969 "IN MEMORY OF"
"THY TRIALS ENDED, THY REST IS WON"
Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Ballengee Melissie B 1881 9 June 1902 "Aged 21 yrs 1 mo 24 ds" Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Bennett Edward H 1 September 1928 10 July 2001 "Dad"
"US ARMY"
"KOREA"
Click here to see tombstone photo
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From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Bennett Mildred M 17 September 1930   "Mom"
"I know whom I believed"
Bennett Nicholas Leon 14 March 1954   "See in Heaven with God" Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Bennett Wayne Boyd Jr 4 August 1977 12 February 2012 "A LOVING FATHER, SON, GRANDSON AND BROTHER" Click here to see tombstone photo
Click here to see photo from tombstone
Click here to see Obituary notice (Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Home, Beckley, WV)
From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Bowles Effie J 1897 1929 "Wife of Charles E Bowles" Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Brandon J M 7 July 1869 27 March 1940 "BROTHER" Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Brandon M D 10 August 1872 23 May 1952 "BROTHER" Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Burdette Nellie       Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Burdette Sylvester A 24 September 1878 30 June 1908   Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Cales Allen Preston 4 November 1889 13 April 1947 "PVT 11 AM TN"
"11 DIV"
WORLD WAR I"
[Son of David Cales and Mary Alderson]
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
Cales Alton A "Tater" 17 March 1935   "IN LOVING MEMORY" Click here to see tombstone photo
Click here to see marriage certificate (WV Vital Research Records)
From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Cales Wilda C Bennett 15 April 1940 18 January 2001 [married 22 Sept 1962]
Cales Arlie F 1 August 1928 11 April 1933   Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Cales Davey Crockett 6 April 1856 31 January 1935 "At rest" Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Cales H F 13 March 1886 10 April 1921 "Gone but not forgotten" Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Cales L A 16 February 1884 14 January 1916 "In after time we'll meet her" Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Cales Margaret M 15 September 1832 11 July 1893 "I have fought a good fight. I have finished my course" Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Cales Mary J 2 January 1847 3 January 1927 [Daughter of Franklin Alderson] Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Evans Infant 11 November 1895 11 November 1895 "Children of W C & E N EVANS"
[stone inscribed on 4 sides]
Click here to see tombstone photo
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From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Evans E Willie 13 April 1905 17 April 1905  
Evans Donnie E 28 May 1907 21 July 1908 "Gone to be an angel"
Evans James F 1916 1929 "Son of G E and Effie J Evans" Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Evans W G 19 July 1858     Click here to see tombstone photo
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From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Lilly Boyd Gordon Jr 27 June 1939 6 November 2005 "TOGETHER FOREVER"
[Son of Boyd D Lilly Sr and Pearl Moye"
Click here to see tombstone photo
Click here to see Obituary notice (Ronald Meadows Funeral Home, Hinton, WV)
From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Lilly Vivian Lee 21 April 1947  
Lilly Elsie Pearl 15 February 1902 1 November 1980 "REST IN PEACE" Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Lilly Judith G 1941 1986 [metal marker] Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Lively Bessie M 21 January 1890 13 June 1902   Click here to see tombstone photo
Click here to see tombstone photo (false color)
From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Lively Leroy A 25 February 1850 19 December 1933   Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Lively Virginia A 24 May 1858 25 November 1930   Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Liviely Clide 5 July 1900 15 October 1900 [son of L A and Virginia Lively. Surname misspelled on tombstone] Click here to see tombstone photo
Click here to see tombstone photo (false color)
Click here to see death register (WV Vital Research Records)
From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Meadows Elijah 12 October 1839 19 February 1914 "OUR FATHER"
"Gone but not forgotten"
Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Wickline Eugene C 31 January 1924 11 August 2002 "US ARMY"
"WORLD WAR II KOREA"
Click here to see tombstone photo
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From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Wickline Mary E 5 April 1930   "Married June 25, 1948"
Wickline Ralph N 13 February 1911 19 December 1997 "Married Jan 10, 1944" Click here to see tombstone photo From reading by WVCPA or one of its volunteers
Wickline Macel M 4 August 1923 22 May 1988  
             

 

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 Exit 139 on I64, proceed south on St Rt 20 to Sandstone (abt 0.6 mile) From Sandstone, proceed East on Judson Rd/Co Rt 7 for 4.9 miles. Turn slight left onto Sheppard Mountain Rd and go 1.0 mile. Continue onto Kessler Creek (Co Rt 7/6 and go 1.9 miles. Slight right onto Ward Bench Rd (Co Rt 7/8) and go 0.7 mile. Turn left on cemetery access road and go about 500 ft.

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