Lincoln County, WV - Porter 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 , June, 1999. PORTER CEMETERY Turn up Mud River toward Myra. Turn right at dirt road across from the HealthNet landing sign. Follow the road in front of the white house. This cemetery is the first one you come to on the hill. Compiled by Erma Lee Craft & Cheryl Craft McCallister, November 29th, 1997. Joseph T. Kincaid 1884 - 1955 (Schneider Funeral Home) Several stones with no markings. 3 Funeral Home markers. No names Wm E. Bench April 5, 1848 September 23, 1926 Sarah E. Bench August 12, 1858 March 1, 1945 Myrtle Mullins 1-20-1883 3-15-1951 AT REST Greene W. Mullins 4-13-1878 1-3-1961 (Marker with Greenwood Mullins) Sherrell Pennington 1980 - 1980 (McGhee Funeral Home) Goldie M. Pennington 1905 - 1979 (McGhee Funeral Home) Henry E. Miller 1875 - 1952 (McGhee Funeral Home) Ella M. Holley 1878 - 1926 OUR SISTER Charles C. Sizemore 1934 - 1936 Elva A. Yeager October 16, 1904 May 28, 1978 MAY SHE REST IN PEACE Homer Yeager March 27, 1902 June 10, 1966 MAY HE REST IN PEACE Eugene Millard Yeager US Army WW II December 24, 1924 March 1, 1984 Homer J. Chaney June 5, 1895 January 8, 1966 James E. Pridemore Son of Hubert and Guynith December 31, 1930 December 31, 1930 (Lamb marker) Lottie L. Chaney 1909 - 1967 (Koontz Funeral Home) Our Son John W. Chaney July 7, 1970 (B-A-B-Y in blocks. Toys, M & M Baby Asleep stuffed toy, etc. on grave.) Evert Earl Edwards 1904 - 1970 James F. Son of Hiram & Almira Edwards 1897- 1921 James E. Porter West Virginia PFC Genera Hospital 28 WW I February 19, 1895 March 28, 1962 Adaline Porter July 27, 1899 May 29, 1985 Ruth Anna Porter August 18, 1927 May 12, 1990 (Funeral home tag -- Ruth Ann.) E. S. Dean 1923 - 1923 R. H. Dean 1928 - 1930 GONE TO A BRIGHTER HOME Elsie M. Plumley 1905 - 1973 HER CHILDREN ARISE & CALL HER BLESSED & HER HUSBAND ALSO. Romie H. Plumley 1902 - 1983 Jeanette E. Adkins 1884 - 1921 GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Vergie M. Porter 1887 - 19 William F. Porter 1885 - 1925 FATHER Pansy L. Porter June 13, 1909 June 13, 1909 GONE SO SOON Wm Ferguson Son of James & Addle Porter Born & Died 11-18-1917 SLEEP ON SWEET BABE AND TAKE THY REST... GOD CALLED HIM HOME HE THOUGHT IT BEST Our Darling Wynona Lee Dau. of J. E. & Addie Porter October 12, 1920 July 23, 1921 Our Littest(sic) Angel Gene Allen Wheeler July 14, 1974 (Angel on moon marker) Murel Holbrook 1912 - 1943 William Floyd Holbrook 1887 - 1939 Unmarked Stone Rachel D. Wife of J. H. Holbrook 1860 - 1911 AT REST A FOND MOTHER, AN AFFECTIONATE WIFE, A FRIEND TO ALL Levina Pool Wife of J. R. Porter Born September 26, 1821 Died March 2, 1910 James D. Porter Born March 3, 1854 (House-shaped stone. IN MY Died December 19, 1906 FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY Age 52 ys 10 ms & 16 ds MANSIONS. Emblem with a G.) HOPE Louisa Porter 11-29-1854 1-28-1929 MOTHER IS GONE Age 74 yrs 1 mo 29 days BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Arch D. Madden 1885 - 19 Clara M. Madden 1887 - 1944 Leonard Miller 5-30-1910 10-17-1980 FATHER Carletta Miller 12-4-1910 8-22-1963 MOTHER Infant Son of W.B. & N. V. Porter August 1914 - August 1914 GONE TO BE AN ANGEL David Tabor 1933 - 1959 SON Vergie Tabor 1891 - 1962 MOTHER NOT OUR WILL BUT THINE BE DONE Frank Tabor 1888 - 1958 FATHER Betty Lou Peggy Sue Daughters of Edgar & Virginia Lambert November 13-14, 1946 Walter J. Tabor Born - Died 1923 Calva Esta Daughter of F. and V. B. Tabor April 8, 1917 July 29, 1918 Winfield J. Jones 1882 - 1908 PEACE PERFECT PEACE Mannie S. Jones 1859 - 1942 MOTHER NSJ Otho F. Jones 1854 - 1929 FATHER OFJ Solomon Oather Lawson 6-2-1908 2-10-1977 Flossie Black Lawson 6-15-1910 Cleve Johnson 8-8-1888 3-27-1970 FATHER MAY HE RIP Ina Evans Johnson 1895 - 1950 MOTHER In Memory of Kenneth Kelly 1916 - 1944 James H. Mead 1873 - 1944 Mother Rosa Madden Mead Wife of James H. Mead July 21, 1876 September 23, 1939 "MOTHER IS GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN" William L. C. Evans Born 10-13-1872 Died 1-7-1909 OUR SAVIOR BIDS US COME Lola Evans 10-11-1874 4-3-1961 (Funeral Home marker-Lola Madden Evans) MOTHER At Peace Sarrah Wife off(sic) Joseph Madden 1853 - 1927 FATHER At Rest Joseph Madden 1849-1920 IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS Whitlock Madden 1918 - 1920 Catherine Madden 1913 - 1923 James Madden, Jr. 1929 - 1931 Children of James D. & Amanda Madden Our Darling Naomi Madden April 16, 1921 August 18, 1923 Baby Bradie Hall 1910 - 1994 FATHER (Marker says Bradie V.) Coda Hall 1914 - 1981 MOTHER (Marker says Coda A.) LOVE LIVES ON Stone Koontz Marker Henry Mead 1918 - 1918 Stone Koontz Marker William Mead Winfield Laverne Meade October 24, 1934 November 11, 1934 Freeman Ray Meade WV PFC Co. C 187 ABN RCT. Korea PH November 15, 1929 November 14, 1950 Leander J. Meade November 1, 1901 August 27, 1935 MEET ME IN HEAVEN John H. Swanson 1884 - 1963 Elizabeth Swanson 1889 - 1931 Glaydus S. Swanson 1920 Age 10 Months Charley H. Richmond 7-10-1875 11-21-1941 FATHER Fluta M. Richmond 10-20-1875 6-24-1963 MOTHER Humphry & Ada Swanson (<---- points to 4 small stones & Children marked Swanson.) Naomi Avonell Swanson 1937 - 1939 (Lamb on top) Paul Bernard Swanson 1935 - 1941 C. H. Wall 1878 - 1953 Annaliza Wall 1880 - 1949 Six small graves. Norvel Mead 1920 -1921 (Koontz marker) At Rest Rev. Henry C. Swanson 1905 - 1962 Mary Swanson October 25, 1908 October 20, 1946 MOTHER SHE DID WHAT SHE COULD John Walls 1840 - 1910 Margaret His Wife 1844 - 19 Denford Ray McComas August 22, 1928 December 20, 1934 Jewell Smith 1-27-1927 4-18-1975 (Koontz marker says Velma Jewel Smith.) Charles H. Wall 1878 - 1953 Donal - Conal Tabor Died 1924 Lafeyatte(sic) Tooley 1851 - 1930 In Loving Memory Lena A. Stowers 10-10-1901 4-28-1953 Clay M. Stowers 4-7-1909 2-19-1991 Hester A. Tabor 1911 - 1980 (Per Funeral Home marker--A. is Adkins.) Andrew W. Tabor (Died 1989 per Funeral Home marker; 1915 - W. is Wesley.) Our loved one is gone but not forgotten. Bernard M. Tabor 1884 - 1920 Nannie M. Tabor 1855 - 1929 W. E. Tabor 1855 - 1941 Martha Tooley Tabor 3-26-1891 2-11-1952 Louis S. Tabor WV PFC 315 Field Arty ---- ---- Div. WW I February 1, 1891 July 22, 1947 Jerry M. Tabor 11-10-1950 (Foot marker says Jerry Michael.) Steve M. Tabor 9-8-1949 (Foot marker says Steve Monroe.) Daniel Pridemore West Virginia Cpl. Co. L 60 Infantry WW I 10-25-1910 12-14-1971 Vernon Lee Chaney, Jr. May 11, 1969 August 2, 1971 SON David Ray Chaney (Wood burning of hunter and drummer. 1-5-1971 Fish, deer, & squirrel on stone. 5-2-1997 Deer statue.) Sherman Maxey 1911 - 1994 Oma B. Maxey 1915 - 1983 Wandel Swanson 1912 - 1996 Dallas Swanson 1925 - Millie Swanson 1923 - IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS