PISGAH CEMETERY, PRINCETON, MERCER COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA This information was collected on September 24 & 25, 2003 by David Hambrick And Ken Bowen and contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives February 27, 2004 In Princeton take Route 20 North toward Athens. At Melrose Square turn right on Sec. Route 24, Pisgah Road, and go about a mile to the Pisgah United Methodist Church. The cemetery is behind the church. Gooch Thomas C. Hazel S. 1915 – 1980 1912 – 1994 Together Forever Faulkner Richard Andy Dianna Stillborn Stillborn Aug. 3, 1963 Apr. 19, 1968 Son Daughter Beloved By Andy And Jane Faulkner. Kenneth A. Gooch 1948 – 1948 Stillborn Joseph H. Jake Stafford II 1999 – 2001 Laura B. Gooch 1879 – 1971 Wife Of Edward J. Gooch. Zelma Gooch B. Nov. 20, 1919 D. Aug. 17, 1961 Thomas I. Gooch April 4, 1906 July 31, 1960 Ila Stafford Reed July 4, 1916 May 31, 1994 Rice Frank M. Helen S. 1907 – 1988 1914 – 1991 Military Marker: Frank M. Rice Tec. 3 U. S. Army World War II Apr. 22, 1907 Mar. 2, 1988 Emmett V. Pettrey May 17, 1915 Nov. 19, 1941 Husband Laura M. Pettrey Aug. 1, 1894 May 31, 1929 Shumate Maitland V. Shumate Laura C. Shumate April 11, 1887 October 7, 1892 September 7, 1957 May 19, 1988 Rudolph C. Shumate Aug. 21, 1910 July 2, 1976 Moore Ogilva Stafford James Berkley May 2, 1903 Jan. 5, 1898 Mar. 25, 1988 Jan. 20, 1981 Rosa M. Hale Stafford Wife of Joseph A.Stafford Dec. 10, 1859 May 25, 1949 He Giveth His Beloved Sleep. William Perry Stafford Son of J. A. & R. M. Stafford Oct. 24, 1888 Dec. 11, 1918 Gone To A Bright Home Where Grief Cannot Come. Joseph A. Stafford May 20, 1855 Oct. 22, 1918 His Toils Are Past, His Work Is Done; He Fought The Fight, The Victory Won. Edith Hale Stowers Born Sept. 9, 1883 Died Sept. 15, 1917 Tho’ Lost To Sight To Memory Dear. Elbert Luther Stafford Born Dec. 9, 1878 Died Jan. 22, 1907 God In His Wisdom Has Recalled, The Boon His Love Had Given, And Though The Body Slumbers Here, The Soul Is Safe In Heaven. Porter Gooch Son of T. C. & E. C. Gooch Born July 9, 1892 Died Dec. 21, 1900 Churchill George Gooch Daughter of T.C. & Nancy J. Gooch Born June 30, 1880 Died Dec. 29, 1907 Come Ye Blessed Ella C. Gooch Born Sept. 20, 1849 Died July 14, 1909 Thy Memory Shall Ever Be A guiding Star To Heaven. Thomas C. Gooch Born Nov. 3, 1838 Died Dec. 24, 1913 How Happy Every Child Of Grace Who Know Their Sin’s Forgiven, This Place Is Not Our Home- We Seek A Home In Heaven. Mother Laura L. Gooch February 19, 1888 November 10, 1946 Footstone: L. L. G. Father Hugh A. Gooch March 16, 1882 December 16, 1958 Footstone: H. A. G. Carrie O. Brown Jan. 12, 1880 Jan. 11, 1965 Footstone: R. L. B. Robert Luther Brown July 16, 1875 Mar. 12, 1943 Footstone: R. L. B. Ned B. Barberie Dec.31, 1905 Sept.5, 1997 Harry Barberie 1871 – 1906 No Lost, But Gone Before. Camilla Barbor Barberie Jan. 18, 1879 Dec. 23, 1969 Joseph L. Straley Mar. 18, 1862 May 27, 1925 Ashley Straley No dates. Joe Straley No dates. Edward Johnston Gooch July 5, 1870 Nov. 4, 1951 Sleep On Dear Father, And Take Thy Rest; We loved You Well, But Jesus Loves Thee Best. Footstone: Father Virginia Belle Gooch Wife of E. J. Gooch Born Feb. 19, 1878 Died June 9, 1906 A Loved One From Us Is Gone, A Voice We Loved Is Stilled, A Place Is Vacant In Our Home Which Never Can Be Filled. Virginia Rebecca Woolwine June 22, 1938 June 22, 1938 Our Darling William Wesley Thompson Jan. 22, 1941 Jan. 25, 1941 At Rest Martha A. Hale Wife of Daniel P. Hale Born Oct. 7, 1830 Died Sept. 21, 1910 Mother, Thou Art Now At Home. Sarah M. Shumate Born Mar.11, 1841 Died Mar.22, 1914 Death Is The Crown Of Life. Randall Lee Daugherty Son of R. H. & Mabel Daugherty July 27, 1936 Sept. 25, 1940 William A. Wall Sept. 20, 1885 Aug. 4, 1962 Stella Stafford Wall Jan. 1, 1892 Nov. 11, 1974 Elbert Luther Stafford II May 28, 1912 May 10, 1965 Willie Waddell Stafford Mar. 30, 1911 May 19, 1999 Luther Paul Stafford Nov. 2, 1974 Infant Charlie “Russ” Gray June 6, 1909 Feb. 5, 1993 Paul Joseph Callahan, Jr. Sept. 21, 1939 Mar. 5, 1940 Paul J. Callahan, Iva Martin Callahan Martin David W. Daisey E. May 28, 1886 Mar. 22, 1892 Nov. 19, 1957 Dec. 7, 1982 Father Footstones: Mother Dwight Bernard Bailey Tec. 4 U. S. Army World War II Sept. 9, 1915 – Apr. 30, 1992 Bailey Luther M. Elizabeth A. 1886 – 1940 1892 – 19 no date. Lola Clarice Johnston June 26, 1898 Mar. 10, 1980 William Cecil Johnston 1905 – 1943 Grace Johnston Wilson 1907 – 1972 Bobbie Jean Johnston 1939 Robert B. Johnston Nov. 11, 1902 Mar. 19, 1939 Ruth Johnston Sentz September 9, 1900 April 9, 1933 Virginia S. Johnston October 5, 1873 April 28, 1952 W. E. B. Johnston July 20, 1864 Nov. 11, 1922 Addie S. Johnston Wife of John A. Johnston June 15, 1854 Apr. 24, 1923 Mother John A. Johnston Born Aug. 23, 1847 Died June 5, 1910 Come Ye Blessed None Knew Him But To Love Him. Mary P. Rice Wife of William Mitchell Rice Born Aug. 13, 1816 Died Oct. 18, 1901 She Believed And Sleeps In Jesus. At Rest Nancy A. Bible Rice Wife of David Rice Born In Tennessee Aug. 8, 1825 Died Dec. 23, 1903 Asleep In Jesus Blessed Sleep From Which None Ever Wake To Weep. David Rice Born May 10, 1831 Died Apr. 4, 1913 In MY Father’s House There Are Many Mansions. David H. Rice Son of W. J. & E. F. Rice Born Mar. 28, 1897 Died Nov. 17, 1906 A Loved One From Us Is Gone A Voice We Loved Is Stilled. Infant Son No other data. Infant Taylor Daughter of Ira J. & Annie Taylor Born and Died July 25, 1918 A Sunbeam From The World Has Vanished. Rice Emma Neal William Jacob Sept. 13, 1866 Feb. 24, 1859 June 21, 1935 Sept. 25, 1928 E. N. R. Footstones: W. J. R. Sallie Rice June 30, 1899 Mar. 2, 1983 Kenneth Cordell Barbor Sr. Dec. 25, 1941 And Wife Terry A. Barbor Oct. 28, 1946 Together In Life, Together In Death. Herbert B. Barbor Jr. Sept. 5, 1915 Oct. 9, 2001 And Wife Rhomeleta Barbor Oct. 12, 1918 No date. Blanche P. Barbor Jan. 9, 1885 Mar. 6, 1963 Herbert B. Barbor July 15, 1875 June 13, 1969 Scott D. Brown Jr. Feb. 20, 1952 Feb. 22, 1952 Scott Delmont West Virginia Cm3 USNR World War II April 3, 1903 April 16, 1969 Betty Jo Lambert May 10, 1946 April 11, 1990 Taylor Morris E. Pauline Brown Nov. 5, 1903 May 23, 1904 Feb. 25, 2001 Jan. 6. 1983 Alonzo R. Grigsby May 17, 1852 Sept. 23, 1929 In Memory Of Our Loved Ones Judith H.E. Grigsby Wife of James S. Grigsby Born Jan. 14, 1820 Died Oct. 29, 1894 And William H. Barbor Youngest Child of H. R. & Fannie C. Barbor Born June 21, 1886 Died Oct. 28, 1898 God’s Mercy Is Over Us All. Bessie J.Barbor Feb. 18, 1871 Aug. 13, 1955 Trixie P. Barbor Feb. 16, 1877 June 27, 1961 Brown Ralph W. Lotus T. June 24, 1907 Sept. 10, 1910 Sept. 13, 1991 Apr. 16, 1997 Charles Barbor No dates. Margaret Barbor No dates. J. H. E. Grigsby 1820 – 1894 W. H. B. Barbor Son of H. B. & Fannie C. Barbor 1886 – 1898 Weep Not For He Is At Rest. Fannie E. C. Barbor May 11, 1842 Nov. 20, 1926 Herbert B. Barbor 1827 – 1908 An Honest Man’s The Noblest Work Of God. 1861 Dec. Vindice 1865 Confederate States Army Captain James Killey Born on the Isle Of Man Mar. 30, 1812 Died Apr. 1852 A Brave Sailor. A Kind, And Loving Husband And Father. M. J. Cleghon Born Apr. 28, 1868 Died Jan. 14, 1906 Alast She Has Left Us. Her Spirit Has Fled. Her Body Now Slumbers Along With The Dead. Walter G.. Cleghon 1891- 1940 A. H. Bolen 1848 - 1921 W. A. Bolen 1879 – 1923 Gone But Not Forgotten. Dorothy M. Clark 1929 – 1986 Maggie M. Manning 1889 – 1928 Mother Dixie B. Meadows 1908 – 1941 Sarah K. Crouch 1852 – 1924 Fannie Carbaugh Born July 22, 1853 Died July 22, 1908 Was Good To All. Obediah H. Jenkins 1830 – 1907 Tabitha Crouch Jenkins 1827 – 1905 Joseph W. Jenkins 1855 - 1940 Infant Bailey Daughter of Gilbert H. & Stella V. Bailey Stillborn Aug. 15, 1911 Bailey Gilbert H. Stella V. Feb. 3, 1880 Mar. 1, 1882 Dec. 8, 1956 Oct. 1, 1957 Husband Footstones: Wife Bailey Elizabeth B. Gilbert E. May 24, 1933 Feb. 14, 1933 Apr. 16, 2000 No date. Maggie Bailey Wife of E. K. Bailey Born Nov. 10, 1894 Died Feb. 27, 1920 In My Father’s House Are Many Mansions. Ernest Kyle Bailey Born Nov. 14, 1890 Died June 6, 1943 In My Father’s House Are Many Mansions. Bailey Meda G. D. Kemp 1871 – 1940 1871 – 1943 Mother Footstones: Father Lucille Bailey Feb. 28, 1910 Aug. 15, 1964 Rawlinson Rachel Bailey Harry M. Aug. 2, 1876 Mar. 26, 1908 July 14, 1925 July 25, 1977 Veteran World War II U. S. Air Force Bailey Mastin Bailey His wife Nancy Lambert 1847 – 1926 1846 – 1923 Louisa B. Holtzclaw May 23, 1874 Oct. 10, 1915 Rest In Peace Margaret J. “Grannis” Rumburg Apr. 7, 1914 Aug. 22, 1984 Arrington Dewie Elsie 1916 – 2001 1922 – 1987 Infant Arrington Son of Dewie & Elsie Arrington June 24, 1946 Mother Elizabeth C. Turner 1858 – 1931 Brother Samuel T. Turner 1884- 1942 Turner Mae Sparks Norman Thatcher December 11, 1887 June 22, 1879 July 12, 1957 August 12, 1943 William W. Turner Apr. 13, 1927 May 17, 1996 Rice Irene Rice Swim William D. Rice Nova Pettrey Rice December 31, 1924 October 23, 1901 May 15, 1906 April 9, 1959 August 9, 1970 January 25, 1997 Daughter Father Mother William J. Rice Born Feb. 5, 1936 Died Apr. 14, 2003 Turner Robert Daniel Mary Lee Jan. 18, 1916 Oct. 22, 1920 Feb. 15, 2000 No date. James F. Phipps Sept. 20, 1956 Feb. 9, 1984 Singing Still Double Stone Beloved Mother Beloved Son Ruth Anderson Phipps Everett Eugene Pennington May 29, 1899 Mar. 3, 1948 July 10, 1979 May 29, 1980 William A. Phipps Sept. 1, 1887 Oct. 12, 1954 R. Victor Rose 1888 – 1954 Laura V. McMillan 1864 – 1954 Paul G. McMillan 1899 – 1950 Elizabeth M. Clewes 1901 – 1982 Turner Merlie Fain Stewart W. 1915 – No date 1910 – 1984 Baby Turner Infant Son of Mr. & Mrs. Stewart Turner April 26, 1950 April 26, 1950 Infant daughter Of Debra Darlene Belcher Jan. 9, 1958 Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep. Glendle H. Belcher Apr. 25, 1935 Dec. 6, 1961 Merridy Edward Keeney Jan. 15, 1860 Feb. 17, 1936 Lucille Z. White Dec. 11, 1922 Sept. 19, 2002 Infant John Franklin White Born And Died Aug. 21, 1963 Barr Martha A. E. W. 1862 – 1937 1858 – 1931 Charles I. Brown Oct. 25, 1860 Aug. 25, 1919 Footstone: Father James W. Johnston 1861 – 1918 Nancy J. His Wife 1857 – 19?? No date. Hines Sutphin 1882 – 1966 George W. Martin Nov. 14, 1858 Jan. 23, 1936 Hannah I. Martin Oct. 26, 1867 Nov. 9, 1945 Lizzie Moles June 13, 1886 Aug. 13, 1983 God’s Faithful Servant Parker George E. Sadie M. Feb. 14, 1909 Jan. 6, 1912 Sept. 15, 1982 Feb. 17, 1992 Wed October 31, 1930 Together Forever Bobby R. Smith Pvt. U. S. Army Korea Mar. 10, 1930 – May 15, 1975 Edna Lou Parker 1909 – 1987 John W. Parker 1906 – 1952 Beverly Sue Parker Dau. Of John W. & Edna Lou Parker May 5, 1936 Parker Minnie R. Joseph R. Dec. 12, 1886 June 7, 1880 Sept. 3, 1956 Mar. 28, 1956 Anderson Alva Kenneth H. 1916 – No date 1910 – 1959 None Knew Thee But To Love Thee. Billy Ray Worrell Worrell Jessie W. Lilly L. 1884 – 1949 1884 – 1930 Loving Grandparents Pearl Irene McGhee Sept. 8, 1906 Jan. 20, 1948 Jeff Wirt July 4, 1858 Nov. 14, 1925 May He Rest In Peace Thelma Louise Williams Foster Daughter of Mrs. P. M. Foster Sept. 17, 1911 Dec. 15, 1925 Foster P. M. Grace H. Dec. 12, 1878 Sept. 2, 1892 June 12, 1951 Sept. 17, 1970 Marie Joyce Mar. 14, 1915 July 8, 1985 Dau. Of Jasper & Louemma Coomes Charles Steven Joyce Sept. 22, 1954 Jan. 15, 1962 Son James Paul Coomes Born Dec. 3, 1925 Died Nov. 7, 1938 At Rest Roy Curtis Coomes Born Sept. 15, 1912 Died Jan. 21, 1926 At Rest Martin Walter Nelson Amy Mae July 18, 1881 Apr. 20, 1884 Sept. 6, 1942 Jan. 28, 1941 W. N. M Footstones: A. M. M. Pauline Martin Spradlin Wife of Earl spradlin May 27, 1911 May 1, 1946 A Tender Mother And A Faithful Friend. Greta Lou Martin Nov. 20, 1933 Bertha I. Swim Sept. 13, 1920 Nov. 10, 1958 Footstone: Wife Walton M. Swim West Virginia Pvt. 1907 SVC Comd. Unit World War II July 25, 1904 – Dec. 31, 1968 Mother Laura B. Showalter 1891 – 1926 Nellie Showalter Bender 1911 – 1937 Shirley Rae Bender April 12, 1928 Laurel Faye Bender 1934 – 1935 Baby Showalter Apr. 23, 1951 Father Fletcher A. Showwalter 1876-1964 USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may not be reproduced In any format for profit, or presentation. 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