Doors to the Past

Cremeans

CREMEANS CEMETERY
Cabell County, West Virginia
(Burton Cremeans)


Cremeans Detail List

Latitude: N 38° 16.680
Longitude: W 082° 13.590
Elevation: 876 feet
Accuracy: 14 feet


From US Route 60 in Cabell County at Barboursville, WV.  Take Alt. 10 and Route 10 South to you come to Salt Rock.  At the Chevron Gas station turn Right onto Madison Cr. Rd. Go about 3.7 miles or till you come to the first Blacktop road on your Left.  Turn Left on this road and go about 0.1 miles or till you come to a Blacktop driveway.  Turn Left onto this driveway and go to the end.  The cemetery is on your Left behind the houses.

The following list was compiled by actual reading of the tombstones. All the information, excluding annotation, is written on the tombstone.

Read   December 23, 2005.


BOOTHE
 
CHARLEY ANNA
1883 — 1960 1890 — 19(blank)

AT  REST
LUCY  BOOTHE
BORN.  DEC.  25,  1873
DIED.  OCT.  17, 1902
AGE.  29Y.  10M.  8 DAYS

Footstone:  'L.B."


OBEDIAH
BOOTHE
DEC.  10,  1864
JUNE  29,  1918
———
 
Dearest love we must lay thee.
In the peaceful grave's embrace
but thy memory will be cherished
Till we see thy heavenly face.

CARDWELL  BABIES
MAY  8  1947

This grave is marked with a Medal Marker only.


MARY  J.
CARDWELL
WAS  BORN
JUNE  THE
15    1860
DIED
APRIL
THE    17
1914

Note:  This stone is broken and is laying on the ground.


HEARE  LAYS
THE  BODDY
OF  BURTON
CREMEANS   THE
WHEELRIGHT
DIED   SEPT  17
1854   AGE  66

EFFIE
CREMEANS
MAY  14,  1901
JULY  14,  1913
 
Darling  we
miss  thee.

JOHNNY  CREMEANS
WEST  VIRGINIA
MM2    USNR
WORLD  WAR  II
NOV  2  1918 NOV  9  1965

POLLY  ANN REV  LOKEY  V.
1882 — 1950 1882 — 1961
 
CREMEANS

MARK  KIRK  CREMEANS
1874 1945

This grave is marked with a Medal Marker only.


RICHARD  CREMEANS
1841 1916

This grave is marked with a Medal Marker only.


AT  REST
SANDERS  CREMEANS
DIED    MARCH  28  1897
AGE  •  79  •  YEARS

Footstone:  "S.C."


AT  REST
SARAH  CREMEANS
DIED    JULY  1901
AGE   88 YEARS

Footstone:  "S.C."


AT  REST
WILLIAM  E.  CREMEANS
BORN    MARCH  THE 21,  1898
DIED    MARCH  THE  10, 1900
AGE    2Y.  11Ms.  19Days

ANNIE  EPLION
1885 —— 1972

There is also a Medal Marker that has her name as
 "Anna Eplin Notter"

Footstone:  "A.E."


CHARLEY
ESTEP
JAN.  31,  1889
SEPT.  14,  1977

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GEORGE
ESTEP
1859 —— 1895

--------------------

GEORGE
ESTEP
1859 — 1895
 
AT REST

Footstone:  "GREAT GRANDPA"


LEWIS
ESTEP
1891 —— 1906

--------------------

LEWIS
SON  OF
GEORGE  &
NANCY  J.
ESTEP
1891 — 1906
 
ASLEEP IN JESUS

Footstone:  "GREAT UNCLE"


NANCY  J.
ESTEP
NOV.  29,  1862
MAR.  27,  1919

NANCY  J.
WIFE  OF
GEORGE  ESTEP
NOV.  29,  1862
MAR.  27,  1919
 
Gone but not forgotten

Footstone:  "GREAT GRANDMAW"


ESSIE  CREMEANS  HICKS
1897 1950

This grave is marked with a Medal Marker only.


KEESEE
 
JOHN  W. DAISY  M.
SEPT.  9,  1940 MAY  15,  1946
NOV.  6,  2004  

WALLACE FUNERAL HOME


EMMA
LAFERTY
BORN
MARCH
THE    24

No other information on the marker.

Footstone:  "E.L."


AT  REST
GLENAH  E.  LUCAS
WAS  BORN   MAY  13 - 1915
DIED   NOV  THE  5 - 1916
AGE  1Y.   5MO.  AND
22  DAYS

Footstone:  (blank)


AT  REST
JULIA  LUCAS
BORN  
DIED  
AGE  

The dates on the stone can't be read.

Footstone:  (rock)


MAYS
 
ALPHA  VERNON
1921 ——— 1948
SADLY MISSED BY FATHER MOTHER AND LOVED ONES

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DEWEY  RAY
MAYS
APRIL  22,  1948
MARCH  25,  1991

 
RICHARD
MAYS
 
WEST  VIRGINIA
 
PVT
1550  SERVICE  UNIT
WORLD  WAR  II
 
NOVEMBER  1  1909
FEBRUARY  5  1955

SIERRA  NICOLE
TOOLEY
JAN.  13,  2000
FEB.  10,  2000

HANDLEY FUNERAL HOME


AT  REST
MARY  A.  VANATTER
WAS  BORN ------------
DIED ------------------
AGE -------------------

The dates could not be read on the stone.


NANCY  JANE
VANATTER

No dates with stone.

Footstone:  "N.J.V."


MOTHER
VINNIA  VERNATT
1881 —— 1942

Other Possible Burials:    (Cabell County Cemeteries Books  by Carrie Eldridge)

1.   Boothe,  Clara
2.   Cremeans,  Jessa
3.   Miller,  Joisey  --  (Sep.  1881 -- 12-30-1896)
4.   Vanatter,  Elizabeth  --  1830 -- 02-01-1898)

Note:   There were several footstones found in the cemetery that did not have a Head Stone with them.   ( A.C -- B.E -- E.E --H.E.-- JB)

Note:    This is a very old cemetery that has not been maintain over the years.  It is in bad shape at the time it was read.   The biggest part of the markers are Sandstones with scratched inscriptions on them and over the years have weather off.   There are several stones that can not be read because of time and weather.  There are several graves marked with field stones and several unmarked graves in this cemetery. 

              In Carrie Eldridge book for Cabell County Cemeteries she states that there are 103 graves marked with field stones only.   She also states that there are 29 graves that are unmarked.   She also has these footstones for the
cemetery that do not have a head stone -- (H.E. -- B.E. -- A.E. -- E.E. -- A.T. -- O.H.H. -- E.B. -- J.H. -- M. -- R.)

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