Thornton Cemetery, Mercer Co., WV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Submitted June 17, 2005 for use in the USGenWeb Tombstone Project by Mike McNeely Copyright - All Rights Reserved ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Transcribed by Michael I McNeely, Missy Hacker of Kentucky, & Kay Cottrell of Ohio Located at the very end of Possum (Opossum) Hollow Rd., about .02 of a mile past the Oakvale-Kellysville exit , on Rt 460. Take left, going west and follow till road turns to dirt, down a small incline and up the hill. Road comes to a large open field. Cemetery on Right. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H L Ceciel 1916 - 1930 H W Ceciel 1879 - 1957 Cora M Ceciel 1893 - 1967 James O Workman 5/28/1927 - 5/6/1966 Donald C Thompson 1909 - 1967 Myrtle M Thompson 1909 - 1960 Laura Blevins 7/12/1881 - 3/4/1936 Joyce Ann Blevins 6/3/1942 - 2/19/1944 Eva C Smith Blevins McKenzie 12/2/1911 - 1/10/1986 John Dee Blevins Sr 1/29/1909 - 10/26/1991 Floyd J Blevins US Army WWII 7/13/1922 - 2/9/1998 Donald H Bailey 2/17/1931 - 1/1/1991 Rev H S Smith 1886 - 1973 Parthenia A Smith 1884 - 1960 (double stone) Alice J Smith 1861 - 1937 David H Smith 1860 - 1949 (double stone) Arthur Meridith Thornton 10/29/1917 - 6/18/1919 Sidney A Thornton 1852 - 1889 Cynthia J Thornton 1850 - 1926 (double stone) Meridith Thornton 1806 - 1865 H C Thornton Co B 30th VA SS CSA Footstone, E R Robert B Turner Co B 30th VA SS CSA John M Smith Co D 8th VA Cav CSA Smith Infants Dayton D Thornton 11/13/1899 - 11/4/1921 Footstone, DBT Derenzie Bee d/o W H & V Smith 3/3/1876 - 5/1/1908 James A Thornton Co B 30th VA CSA Footstone, LTS Louisa Thornton w/o T T Smith 8/24/1867 - 10/28/1921 Theodore T Smith 3/14/1868 - 3/19/1929 A J Thornton 10/18/1841 - 4/1/1906 Herbert O Thornton 40th Co 10 Trn Battin 155 DB 1895 - 1918 Evelyn M Martin 1/9/1913 - 1/10/1914 Roy M Smith 5/23/1906 - 5/15/1957 Violet L Smith 6/3/1909 - 10/18/1980 (double stone) Eugene Rice 4/11/1916 - 12/10/1918 Wavie Lorentine d/o A T & M V Rice 1905 - 1907 George E Smith & Infant Brother 1909 - 1910 Malinda J Rice 12/20/1833 - 1/1/1895 Lula C Thornton - Mother 2/6/1871 - 1/21/1943 A M Thornton 1856 - 1932 - Mason James R Thornton Pvt WV US Army WWII 8/29/1899 - 1/10/1970 John E Thornton 5/10/1908 - 8/10/1985 George V Thornton 3/6/1911 - 1/5/1974 Richard E Rice 12/9/1929 - Nellie Rice 11/29/1924 - 12/3/2003 (double stone) Robert G Rice Pvt WV 877 Ord Ham Co WWII 4/30/1904 - 11/6/1964 Charles H Rice 5/2/1875 - 11/25/1947 Cora M Rice 7/27/1878 - d ? (double stone) C M s/o W L G & H J McKenzie 9/16/1903 - 4/18/1905 Minnie D Smith 1889 - 1952 James Henry Smith 1849 - 1937 Victoria w/o J H Smith died 3/31/1912, age 65y7m15d Boyd V s/o W H & L M Smith b & d 5/6/1919 Anna Hedrick 3/24/1864 - 2/20/1943 Footstone, M M M M Hedrick 9/7/1903 - 10/30/1920 V J N Hedrick 6/11/1874 - 8/3/1911 Footstone, Hedrick Footstone, Hedrick Footstone, S V H Gilmer Mason Thomas 3/18/1935 - 12/4/1952 Earnest R Thomas 8/19/1893 - 4/14/1914 Charles A Thomas 8/11/1864 - 8/3/1941 Minnie L Thomas 10/30/1872 - 10/25/1953 (double stone) Robert B Thomas PFC US Army 5/27/1936 - 12/29/1991 Ted Odell Thomas Pvt US Army WWII 1927 - 1964 Ethel M Thomas 10/17/1905 - 9/4/1958 Rodrick A Thomas 4/12/1901 - 11/28/1955 (double stone) Rosco B Thomas 1/7/1892 - 1/8/1951 Pearl M Thomas 5/24/1896 - 5/16/1976 William C Thornton 1898 - 1935 Mason Enva T Thornton 1895 - 1982 (double stone) Billie Thornton Jr s/o Wm & Enva Thornton b & d 1919 Footstone, G B H quite a few unmarked and marked with rocks