Lincoln County, WV - Edwards Cemetery, Lincoln County *********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. *********************************************************************** Submitted by Cheryl Craft McCallister , October, 1998. Lincoln County, WV EDWARDS CEMETERY Can be reached by going up Mud River toward Myra. On the right is a HealthNet landing place and sign. Turn up the road, going past the house and following the road around to the left. You will come to the Porter Cemetery first. Circle down around it and you will see another fenced-in cemetery on a little rise. This is the Edwards Cemetery. Compiled by Cheryl Craft McCallister and Erma Lee Craft---November 29th, 1997. Rose Imogene McComas July 3l, 1930 January 18, 1984 Lovell L. McComas November 16, 1927 March 26, 1988 WALLS Buster R. June 21, 1932 May 11, 1983 Aredith E. May 24, 1916 March 27, 1994 (Funeral Home marker lists Lucas as last name.) EDWARDS Hallie A. November 5, 1909 November 24, 1985 Edith E. January 24, 1914 May 6, 1983 Mabel Io Scites 1926 - 1962 (Funeral Home marker - barely readable - Aug. 1962) Maude K. Elkins January 14, 1915 October 12, 1961 (Footstone---MOTHER) MASON Ethel L. March 19, 1907 February 12, 1961 (Footstone- - - -MOTHER) Jesse L. July 14, 1901 Jeanette Burns Marcum 1927----1963 RESERVED SPOTS FOR: Fairy Ann Hicks Robert L. Hicks James E. Hicks Dec. 8, 1922 May 5, 1998 Daisy Hicks Bailey Freda Aline Whitehair February 23, 1921 February 10, 1964 Ardith O. Hicks West Virginia Sgt. Women's Army Corps World War II December 22, 1918 November 9, 1971 Lula Maude Hicks 1897-1975 (Eugene Whitehair, s/o Freda, was buried here with full military service but was later moved by his wife.) Mother Elizabeth C. Jones Edwards February 16, 1853 December 20, 1937 Father Elder Gilbert Miller 1888---1968 Mother Nancy Susan Miller 1887---1956 BURNS Samuel May 29, 1882 July 17, 1953 (Footstone----FATHER) Elsie May October 26, 1880 July 14, 1947 (Footstone----MOTHER) Dennie Earl Burns 1925---1956 Donald Lee Mason February 28, 1936 December 8, 1959 EDWARDS Donald C. 1914---1982 Footstone Donald C. Edwards PFC US Marine Corps World War II 1914----1982 Velva 1916---- EDWARDS Hiram 1877----1955 (Inscription "Laid to rest together-January 31, 1955) Elmyra 1877----1955 Corporal Guy May Wood Edwards 1918 Iwo Jima 1945 U. S. M. C. 4th Div. Footstone Guy M. Edwards Cpl. US Marine Corps September 13, 1918 February 26, 1945 Mother Mary Mae Edwards Sizemore September 16, 1901 March 16, 1935 & Infant Buddy Gay Joseph Sizemore 1889----1973 Robert G. Sizemore 1932----1970 Footstone Robert G. Sizemore West Virginia A 3 C US Air Force Korea February 8, 1932 March 8, 1970 Lester Wells, Jr. October 11, 1953 September 5, 1958 (Lamb on top of stone. Footstone L.W.) Earl Lee Frye 1940----1940 (Only has Funeral Home marker.) Our Baby Jane E. Miller April 15, 1948 September 30, 1948 (Footstone------J.M.) Son Jeffrey Scott Miller August 26, 1967 January 4, 1973 (Footstone----JSM) Have Mercy Homer A. Miller June 24, 1924 January 11, 1977 Gone Home (June 24 recut to June 21.) Catherine J. Taylor April 6, 1939 May 4, 1958 (Footstone-----C.J.T.) Edna Lorine Dean Taylor 1917------1987 Osta W. Dean March 4, 1924 October 10, 1978 Footstone Osta William Dean Sgt. US Army World War II 1924----1978 (Two cross wood-carvings-- Name plus FATHER & name plus DAD & LOVE YOU)