Gilmer County, West Virginia - KENNEDY Cemetery

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Kennedy Cemetary
Eliza's Run
Normantown, Gilmer Co., WV

submitter: Lois Chadwell Cruz (lcruz@neumedia.net)
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This cemetary is located in a lovely hilltop meadow on private land still 
held by the Jack Kennedy family. The area is a little hard to pinpoint, 
unless you have an old map. It is near what was known as Eliza's (Lizy's) 
Run, in the former town of Orton. Though in days past this was a "bustling" 
area, it is now sparsely populated, and no longer has its own post office; 
being served by the Normantown post office instead. Driving directions: 
from US Rtes. 33/119 at Normantown, go south on Gassaway Road. Follow the 
road as it curves to the right around the little white church, about 1 mile
from Normantown, then continue on approximately another 3 miles, to a gravel 
road (Mud Lick) that turns off sharply to the left and up the hill. After 
about a mile, the road appears to end at a white house, but it actually 
continues to the right, across the creek and up the hill! The cemetary is 
reached (by 4WD) at the top of the ridge, about a mile from the last house.

The gravesites are listed alphabetically to make searching easier, and my 
comments concerning the physical properties of the headstones are in brackets.
I have tried to faithfully record the carvings. 

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[granite,lichen covered; at the top is a 
carving of an infant's right hand, back 
facing, with index finger pointing skyward]

COY EARL
[italics]infant son of
J.D. AND L.E. KENNEDY
BORN
MAY 3, 1887
DIED
FEB. 27, 1889
[italics]Asleep in Jesus Blessed
Thought 
[footstone]C.E.K.


[granite double headstone, lichen covered, left side has "MOTHER" 
in a banner and underneath a carved female right hand, palm facing, 
with index finger pointing skyward; right side has "FATHER" in a 
banner and underneath a carving of a male right hand, palm facing,
with index finger pointed skyward]

[left side]LOUISA E.
KENNEDY
JULY 8, 1846
MAY 11, 1923

[right side]J.D.
KENNEDY
JUNE 23, 1850
FEB. 19, 1923
[centered, italics]Their memory shall ever be a
guiding Star to Heaven
[footstone, left]L.E.K.
[footstone, right]J.D.K.


[granite, lichen covered]
JAMES R.
KENNEDY
1823-1902
[italics]We remember you still
[footstone]J.R.K.


[polished granite, flat in ground]
LURA KENNEDY
OCT. 8, 1886
SEPT. 28, 1935


[granite, lichen covered]
REBECCA
KENNEDY
1823-1912
[italics]Gone But Still Remembered
[footstone] R.K.


[granite, lichen covered, at top is a 
carving of a child's right hand, palm 
facing, index finger pointing skyward]
W. LOYD
SON OF
J.D. & L.E.
KENNEDY
JULY 12, 1889
MAY 12, 1923
[italics]Christ loved him
and took him
home
[footstone]W.L.K.


[granite, lichen covered, worn and difficult to read]
DELPHA
[backslanted]W.S.C.M.
REASER
BORN OCT.25, 1900
DIED NOV. 29, 1900
[italics, difficult to read except last line] He thinks Best
[footstone]D.R.


[granite, lichen covered]
KENNETH
REASER
1913-1917
[footstone]KR

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