Old Town Board Baptist Church Cemetery, Mason Co., WV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Submitted for use in the USGenWeb Tombstone Project by Veva Scott, April 2005 Copyright - All Rights Reserved ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Taken Sept 7, 2004. Starting at the top of the Hill at the right side of the church is where I started. If you have your back to the church I started at the right (front of the property nearest to the road) then I went to the left. Photos taken by Veva Scott - those taken by Arlona Carr Tait have an # behind the name ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last Name First/Middle Birth Death Full Inscription Style Old Towne Board Baptist Church Cemetery Old Towne Board Baptist Church Cemetery Welcome Note Can't Read Board Can't Read Can't Read BOARD William W JUN 181913 s/o D.W.& A. Board Died Upright Stone with curved top (see dates)Aged 5y7m10d Can't make out carving Not Lost But Gone Before BOARD Carroll L OCT 22 191? s/o D.W.& A. Board Died Upright Stone with curved top (see dates)Aged (can't Can't make out carving read year,looks like 3m 2d) ROUSH Sarah C 1949 1912 Ground stone with sloap. Red tint marble. Double Rectangle around last name. Single rectangle around each name with dates. Flower on stem with leaves, mirror image on either upper corner Shared with Arbury B ROUSH Asbury B 1858 1912 Ground stone with sloap. Red tint marble. Double Rectangle around last name. Single rectangle around each name with dates. Flower on stem with leaves, mirror image on either upper corner Shared with Sarah C JOHNSON William H AUG 1 1921 MARCH 7 1961 WEST VIRGINIA TEC5 BTRY A 32 Flat stone, Military. Behind it is World War II a American Legion emblm on a post. It has a star and in the circle in the center is US ROUSH Okey B 1882 1979 Upright stone with curved top ROUSH Dennis Asbury FEB 9 1890 JUNE 9 1968 WEST VIRGINIA Flat stone, Military. At the top PVT QUARTERMAS center is a circle around a cross Mary 1940 Flat stone, hand made ROUSH Lavada May APR 17 1899 FEB 6 1988 MOTHER Flat stone. Top center has a five petal flower with a 3 leaf stem on either side NEWBERY Catharin MAR 7 1928 SEPT 22 2001 Flat stone. Double rectangle around name and dates LAMBERT Jerry Tilley JAN 9 1924 FEB 3 1995 TSGT US AIR FORCE Flat stone. Military. On left side WW II KOREA is a cross. On the right side is what looks like a medal, an Eagle maybe WALKER Iva Sayre 1889 1947 Flat stone raised up about a foot. Single rectangle around name and date ROUSH William R 1854 1925 Upright stone. Single retangle around name and dates. Curved top. Flower with 3 leaves in left and right corner McMILLIAN Gilbert 1844 1921 HIS WIFE Upright stone. The top of the stone gives the appearance of a rectangled stone. Shared with Lydia McMILLIAN Lydia 1849 1914 HIS WIFE Upright stone. The top of the stone gives the appearance of a rectangled stone is placed into a "V" shaped holder on the top of the main body. The top has McMILLIN engraved. The main body has a fancy "M" (looks like calligraphy) and nice scroll work on either side. The name and dates look raised. They carved out the back. Shared with Gilbert STAATS Lillian AUG 22 1926 Upright stone. ELLIS John A 1858 19(05?) Upright Stone, Shared with Minta M. ELLIS Minta M 1856 1910 Upright Stone, Shared with John A. PROSSER Allen DEC 18 1897 AUG 21 1970 Upright stone. Double rectangle around name and dates.Small border above name PROSSER Cora 1886 1960 BEYOND THE SUNSET Flat stone. Red tint. Single Rectangle around name, date and inscription. GRIMM James Franklin NOV 30 1884 JULY 11 1944 Flat Stone. Single rectangle around name and dates. GRIMM Harvey Jackson APR.8 1907 JULY 10 1950 Flat Stone. Single rectangle around name and dates. McCLOUD John S 1845 CO. C.13TH W.VA.I. (after Genira Allen) Upright stone. Flat top. McCloud is in His Wife bold at the top. Letters appear to be raised. There wasn't a death year for John. Shared stone with Genira Allen McCLOUD Genira Allen 1836 1907 Shared stone with John S McCloud ROUSH Infant Infant dau.Of G.E.S. Small upright stone. No dates. Small O.E. Roush stone leaning against this rectangled stone WOLFE Mildred E. JULY 2 1917 OCT 27 1918 Small upright stone. Top left small bird flying downward. WOLFE Lydia M. MAR 11 1890 JAN 16 1919 Flat stone. Double rectangle around name and dates. WOLFE Lawrence P. 1887 1964 Upright stone. Very fancy. Last name is engraved on a design that resembles a mantal. On either side of the last name are two flowers with a vine like leaf. A single rectangle around each name. Between the names is a fancy design. Kind of looks like a gate. Shared stone with Virginia H. WOLFE Virginia H. 1894 1957 Shared stone with Lawrence P. AZW Foot stone initial s only. UPW Foot stone initial s only. ROUSH Luvena 1888 1977 Upright stone. The background of the names and dates is a book. On either side of the book are 3 leaves, then a flower, then 3 leaves and a flower. Shared stone with Otis R. ROUSH Otis R 1882 1939 Stone shared with Luvena Roush Can't Read Flat stone. Shape of old style wooden casket. Covered with some grass clippings that would not brush away easily. I did not see any letters PETTY M.D. W F APRIL 16 1895 Upright stone. Square in style. The top AGED 65y3m20d was pyramid style PETTY Sarah JaVan Sick OCT 2 1845 FEB 5 1910 WIFE OF W.F. PETTY Upright stone. Square in style. The top BORN was pyramid style DIED AGED 64y4m3d PETTY Robert E. 1873 1930 Flat stone raised up about a foot. Double rectangle around the name and dates WOLFE John P. 1863 1928 his wife Upright stone. Red tint. Rounded top. Three flowers on stems with two leaves. WOLFE Addie Z 1868 1901 HIS WIFE Upright stone. Red tint. Rounded top. Three flowers on stems with two leaves. D Everett 1888 1900 Upright stone. Simply says Everett D. I don't know if that the D is for the last name or for a middle name Can't Read WOLFE Marshal L 1835 1929 Upright stone. Curved top. Cornors are reversed curve (cut out). Front of stone has unique scroll work using a flower in the center shaped in a diamond form. Then the border to either side of the top of the diamond has 4 sets of 3 leaves attached to a stem. Shared stone with Emily V WOLFE Emily V 1841 1886 Shared stone with Marshal L WOLFE Ellen 1870 1890 Flat Stone. WOLFE Alice 1866 1887 Flat Stone. FRY Amos 1837 1923 Upright stone. FADELY Robert 1871 1942 Flat Stone. Single rectangle around name and dates. UNKNOWN Mother Father There is a log style stone with no markings and just below are two separate stones that are white. One says Mother and the other, Father FADELY Lewis G JULY 5 1887 LEWIS G SON OF J.F.& M Upright stone. Curved top. I cannot make out FADELY design at the top Died July 5, 1887 Aged 28y7m7d He Sweetly Rests With God FADELY Josh -- SEPT 180- Upright stone. Thin rectangle style on end with carved top to a point. I cannot make out design at top LATHEY Rev. Val J. 1899 1963 Upright stone. Curved top. Last name is decorated as if on a banner. Each persons name and dates are as if they were in the middle of a book. There is a double line scroll work mimiking the shape of the curve. At the end of the scroll are 2 four petal flowers with 2 leaves at the top and 3 leaves at the bottom. The stem is curled into the design of the double line. Shared with Ethel T. LATHEY Ethel T. 1898 1988 Shared with Rev. Val J. TAYLOR Clarence G AUG 19 1896 DEC 31 1973 WV COOK US ARMY WWI Upright stone. Military TAYLOR Fannie OCT 16 1870 SEPT 1 1962 Upright stone. Flat top with decorative carved corners. Last name surrounded by a single rectangle. At either end is a 5 petal flower with a leaf with 4 points. The first names are separated by 3 lines that look like the capital "I" in times Roman two short ones and a tall one in the center. TAYLOR Willis MAR 6 1870 JAN 6 1939 Upright stone. Flat top with decorative carved corners. Last name surrounded by a single rectangle. At either end is a 5 petal flower with a leaf with 4 points. The first names are separated by 3 lines that look like the capital "I" in times Roman two short ones and a tall one in the center. UNKNOWN May Flat stone. The name MAY is surrounded by a single rectangle. UNKNOWN Vene Flat stone. The name VENE is surrounded by a single rectangle. BOARD can't read CO. ? Upright stone. Military. Very dirty. I know the first name is readable with the naked eye, I just took a poor picture BOARD O. Stanley 1885 1938 Flat stone. Double rectangle around name and dates. Family plot of four. BOARD Homer W 1921 1991 Flat stone. Double rectangle around name and dates. Family plot of four. BOARD Anna L 1918 Flat stone. Double rectangle around name and dates. Family plot of four. BOARD Thena Mae 1889 1980 Flat stone. Double rectangle around name and dates. Family plot of four. TAYLOR Doris June 12 1892 Nov. 6 1898 OUR DARLING There is a lamb carved at the top. BOARD George W 1840 1923 Sarah E His wife Upright stone. Large. At the top left and right corners is a circle with a cross in it. There is a line that is in between the circles, as if it was attached. Hanging from each circle is a tassel. Hanging between the circles and below the line is an l image that looks like garland. The carving around the name almost looks like a castle. or Maybe the shape of an old style cemetery stone. Shared with Sarah E. Below this stone is a footstone marked D.V. BOARD Sarah E. 1845 1923 Sarah E His wife Shared with George W. UNKNOWN D. V. Small foot stone with initials only, located at the base of George W & Sarah E Boards monument BOARD Charles S Mar 23 1905 Aged 36y5m3d Upright stone. Tall rectangel on end, top cut at Fur------ Charles We Will an angle. Name Date, and Age 58, 59, inscribed on Meet You top. Front of stone has a beautiful carving of gates In------- And So Bright to Heaven. Above the gates is "At Rest" And Fair We'll Be Happy, We'll Be Happy, We'll Be Happy Over There BOARD John A Dec 1 1873 Mar 11 1893 Aged 19y3m10d Dark Upright stone. VANMATRE George W # 1839 1920 Upright stone VANMATRE Charlotte # 1862 1921 Upright stone This is where I ran out of power on my camera. I had enough to take a group shot of the stones that I could not record. I was able to get the last three stones in this group shot. When I return to Mason in 2006 I will take these pictures over again. If someone else hasn't done it REED Jennie ? BLESSING Lucy C 1860 1950 Upright stone red tint. BLESSING Sherman F 1885 1975 Upright stone red tint. and finish.