Gilmer County, West Virginia - BOGGS Cemetery

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Boggs Cemetary
Left Fork of Steer Creek
Normantown, Gilmer Co., WV

submitter: Lois Chadwell Cruz (lcruz@neumedia.net)
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This cemetary is located in a hillside meadow on the Left Fork of Steer 
Creek, at the former town of Orton. In it's day, Orton was a thriving 
community, with all the amenities of any small town, but now it has 
been absorbed under the post office designation of Normantown. Driving 
directions: from US Rtes. 33/119, at Normantown, turn south on Gassaway 
Rd. Follow the road as it curves to the right around a little white 
church, continue approximately another mile. The cemetary will be 
visible on the left, and may be reached by a dirt road to the left, 
just past the cemetary.

Within the fenced bounds of this cemetary is an ancient "Indian Mound". 
Though Native Americans might not share my opinion, I find it 
appropriate that the early settlers chose this site to lay their 
loved ones to rest. 

For convenience, I have listed the gravestones alphabetically. My 
comments on the physical appearance of the stones are contained in 
brackets. I have attempted to faithfully report the inscriptions.

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[granite, carved in shape of pulpit with closed book on top]
COME YE BLESSED
[carved pillars & open gate]
ALBERT MAYWOOD
SON OF W.B. &
LOMA BOGGS
BORN AUG. 1ST, 1905
DIED JAN. 13, 1926
AGE 21 YRS
5 MOS. 13 DAYS
[italics]O, flower too soon faded
[on pedestal] BOGGS


[granite, lichen covered]
EDWARD
WAYNE
BOGGS
1882-1885
[italics]At Rest
[footstone]E.W.B.


[granite, flower & leaf carvings in upper corners, 
inscribed from top to bottom]
BOGGS
WORTHY B.
1877-1946

LOMA
1873-1959

FOREST R. BOGGS
FEBRUARY 2, 1909


[granite, double headstone,roses carved across top]
[centered in banner]BOGGS
[carved male & female hands with rings]
[left side]RUBY E.
1903-1980
[right side]EVERETT R.
1900-1982
[centered in carved heart & banner]-OUR-
GERALDINE, KATHLEEN,
MILDRED, WANDA,
PHYLLIS
-CHILDREN-
MARRIED OCT. 12, 1924


[aluminum marker]
WALKER B. BUTLER
BORN MAY 5, 1916 DIED JAN. 24, 1991
AGE 75
STUMP FUNERAL HOMES, INC.
GRANTSVILLE, WV-ARNOLDSBURG, WV


[granite, double headstone, stone urns on either 
side of pedestal]
[centered] CHADWELL
[left side, within carved open book]JAMES R.
MAR. 29, 1901
NOV. 2, 1989
[footstone]DAD

[right side, within carved open book] CLAUDETTE
FEB. 8, 1944
[footstone] MOM

[central carved heart, surrounded by flowers & leaves, 
containing carved male hand putting ring on female hand]



[granite, double headstone, carved long-stemmed 
rose in each upper corner]
[centered] HUFF
[left side] JOAN J.
JULY 13, 1933
MAR. 31, 1996

[right side] JESSE H.
DEC. 26, 1935


[granite, double headstone, carved flowers 
& leaves in upper corners]
[centered] JAMES
[left side] JACK M.
1919-1992
[footstone]JACK

[right side] MARY HELEN
1918-1974
[footstone] MARY


[granite, inscription contained within 
carved open book with flower & leaf 
design in bottom corners]
MOTHER
MILDRED L.
MINNEY
JULY 30, 1931
JULY 9, 1982


[granite, centered at top are carved 
praying hands, surrounded by 
flower & leaf design]
RICHARD CLARK
MINNEY
MAY 11, 1927
JAN. 10, 1991
[footstone, metal plaque] RICHARD CLARK MINNEY
SGT. US AIR FORCE
WORLD WAR II
1927-1991


[granite, lichen covered, shaped like pulpit 
with open book on top, center front carved 
with two hands clasped as though shaking]
FLORINDA
NORMAN
APRIL 14, 1858
JAN. 15, 1930
[italics] Gone to be an angel
[centered on pedestal] NORMAN
[footstone] F.N.


[aluminum marker] JOHN NORMAN
BORN
DIED
SPURGEON-ELLYSON MORTUARY
GLENVILLE, WV


[granite, lichen covered, top half ornately 
carved with columns, an arch with central crest 
containing an "R", an open gate and a lamb]
CHARLES S.
SON OF R.G. &
LOICE
RICHARDSON
NOV. 28, 1926
DEC. 28, 1926
[italics] O, Flower too soon Faded
[footstone] C.S.R. 


[granite, double headstone with a stone urn 
on each end of pedestal, a rose carved in 
each upper corner]
[centered in banner] STALNAKER
[left side] JOHN BOGGS
NOV. 12, 1923
SEPT. 27, 1996
[footstone, metal plaque]
JOHN BOGGS STALNAKER
SGT. US ARMY AIR CORPS
WORLD WAR II
NOV. 12, 1923 SEP. 27, 1996

[right side]MARY LOU
JAN. 3, 1930
[centered at bottom, a carving of two rings 
with ribbon running through them] 
AUG. 13, 1957


[granite, double headstone, carved flower 
& leaf design ]
[centered] STALNAKER
[left side]RALPH MARVIN
1929-
[footstone] MARVIN

[right side] MINNEY REID
1928-1976
[footstone] MINNEY 


[granite, double headstone]
[centered, carved flower & leaf 
design on either side] 
WRIGHT
[left side] GERALDINE R.
JAN. 2, 1927
[right side] HOWARD E.
NOV. 2, 1920
OCT. 21, 1988