STAFFORD/WHITE CEMETERY, Gilbert, Mingo County, West Virginia ************************************************************* Recorded by Vanessa Stafford Allen, jvallen@rvi.net, September 2002 Submitted to the archives August 30, 2004 ************************************************************* Any corrections or additions will be appreciated. ARNOLD Howard D. Arnold (husband of Tharon Hatfield Arnold) Dec 17, 1921 Feb 8, 1972 Tharon H. Arnold (dau of William Ieager Hatfield and July 18, 1923 Dora Ann Mitchell Hatfield, wife (still living) of Howard Arnold, on double stone) BARGER Bill Barger Feb 13, 1878 Oct 28, 1951 Minnie Barger Apr 30, 1889 Mar 13, 1957 Double stone for Bill & Minnie - "In Memory" across bottom. Minnie Marie Barger Daughter of William and Minnie Barger May 12, 1920 June 27, 1922 "Our darling one hath gone before to meet us on the other shore" William J. "Billy" Barger Jr. June 2, 1925 (no date) Mae Lawson Barger May 12, 1921 July 21, 2000 Double stone for Billy & Mae - "Goodbye Til Morning Comes Again" James R. Barger Born and Died 1929 BROWNING Mamie White Browning (dau of John W. & Laura Cook White, July 7, 1904 wife of Marvin Browning) Dec 29, 1960 George Dewey Browning 1898 - 1967 CHRISTIAN Verla Christian Barned May 16, 1938 Died Feb ??, 1939 CLINE Alonzo L. Cline (son of Harrison & Martha Davis Cline, 1890 - 1960 husband of Iva Hatfield Cline) Iva Cline (dau of Evermont & Julittie Hatfield, 1893 - 1960 wife of Alonzo "Lonnie" Cline) COOK Josephine Barger Cook Feb 10, 1923 May 9, 1995 "Have Faith in God" Carl Edward Cook Born April 1926 Died Sept 1926 DAVIDSON Rebecca Davidson Died March 3, 1921 Age about 59 years "Resting in hope of a glorious resurrection" Lloyd Davidson April 29, 1888 Nov 8, 1975 ELKINS Rush Elkins (son of Uriah & Martha Stafford Elkins, 1874 - 1934 husband of Mary Ellen White Elkins) Mary Ellen Elkins (dau of B.H. & Nancy Stafford White, 1876 - 1956 wife of Rush Elkins, double stone) Ruth Elkins Jan 31, 1903 Mar 19, 1903 "Suffer little children to come unto Me and forbid them not, for such is the Kingdom of Heaven." Wilton Elkins Born Feb 16, 1911 Died Apr 20, 1911 "With Christ in Heaven" Belva Elkins Aug 11, 1912 Sept 9, 1912 "No pain, no grief, no anxious fear Will touch our loved one sleeping here. ELLIS Louzettie Frances Ellis Born July 27, 18(71?) Died July 28(?), 1888 FERRELL G. W. Ferrell Son of Benjamin & Chloe Ellis Ferrell, June 17, 1876 husband of Florence Buchanan Ferrell May 30, 1920 GRIFFITH Elmer H. Griffith 1877 - 1945 Anna Griffith Elmer & Anna on a double stone. 1888 - 1936 HACKNEY "Our Father" Grant Hackney May 9, 1880 Apr 7, 1945 "Gone to rest" "Our Mother" Sarinia Hackney June 7, 1884 Apr 1, 1951 "Gone to rest" HATFIELD James Hatfield (son of Aly & Ann Evans Hatfield, 1839 - 1909 also known as "Bullneck", husband Age 70 Yrs. of Flora Ann Stafford Hatfield) "Father" Flora Ann Hatfield (dau of John and Levisa Spratt Stafford, Nov 1, 1840 wife of James "Bullneck" Hatfield) Nov 22, 1916 "Mother" Double stone for James & Flora - "Gone But Not Forgotten" across bottom. Ed S. Hatfield (son of James & Flora Hatfield, 1864 - 1934 full name Edward Shannon Hatfield, husband of Laura Morgan Hatfield) Evermont Ward Hatfield (son of James & Flora, husband Jan 17, 1866 of Julittie Morgan Hatfield) March 10, 1950 Julittie Maria Hatfield (wife of Evermont Hatfield) Feb 6, 1867 June 20, 1940 Arthur Polar Hatfield (son of Evermont & Julittie) July 27, 1905 Jan 15, 1974 The next three on a triple stone, marked "HATFIELD" across the top: Allie Hatfield (Allie Breading Fletcher Hatfield, 1899 - (no date) wife of H. Howard Hatfield) Howard Hatfield (son of James & Flora Hatfield, 1874 - 1961 full name Hannabal Howard) Maude Hatfield (Maude Justice Hatfield, first 1885 - 1918 wife of H. Howard Hatfield) - Levisy Hatfield (dau of James & Flora Hatfield) May 10, 1878 May 2, 1899 William Bill Ieager Hatfield (son of James & Flora Hatfield, Apr 1884 husband of Dora Ann Oct 1958 Mitchell White Hatfield) Dora Ann Mitchell Hatfield (dau of Micajah "Cager" and July 18, 1886 Clara Mitchell, wife of July 1962 Bill Ieager Hatfield) Double stone for Bill & Dora - "In memory of children and grandchildren" Victoria Morgan Hatfield (wife of M. Bruce Hatfield, Jan 29, 1878 son of James & Flora Hatfield) Jan 11, 1965 Dane W. Hatfield (Daniel, son of Bruce & Victoria) Born Feb 15, 1905 Died Nov 5, 1918 "Died as he lived, without fear" M. Bruce Hatfield, Jr. (son of Bruce and Victoria) Born Oct 14, 1908 Died Oct 6, 1910 "God blesses in an early death and takes the infant unto Himself" Fred W. Hatfield WV PFC CO K 12TH INF Nov 25, 1901 July 6, 1962 Ronald Hatfield, Jr. Died 1978 "All Things With Love" Ottaway Hatfield Son of Ed S. and Laura, WEST VIRGINIA born October 1895. PVT 155 DEPOT BRIG (Didn't get all info September 9, 1929 from the stone?) LESTER Carol Lester Nov 29, 1945 Jan 20, 1967 "At Rest" MITCHELL Johnny Mitchell Born 1911 Died 1920 MORGAN Golda Augusta Morgan July 7, 1880 Aug 18, 1964 PHILLIPS Robert Eugene Phillips Mar 15, 1911 Nov 10, 1935 "Gone but not forgotten" ROSSI Antonio Rossi Born Nov 22, 1880 Died Oct 22, 1918 "This monument erected by his friends" RUNYON Millard Runyon Born May 6, 1809 Died May 13, 1899 James B. Runyon Born Oct 8, 1903 Died Feb 22, 1906 "Our darling one hath gone before to meet us on the other shore." Gracie Pearl Runyon Born Oct 22, 1900 Died Oct 14, 1915 "She was the sunshine of our home" SAMMONS Elsworth Sammons (husband of Helen White Sammons, 1918 - 1993 dau of John W. & Laura White) SPRATT Catherine Buchanan (dau of James and Mary "Mollie" Wife of Isaac Spratt Shannon Buchanan, mother of Died Feb 9, 1868 Levisa Spratt Stafford) Age about 75 years "Dying words Lord raise me higher" In the oldest section of the cemetery (near John Stafford and Catherine Buchanan Spratt), were nine unmarked or unreadable stones. Four were flat field stones planted on edge, and five were small upright headstones with no discernible marks. STAFFORD John Stafford (son of John & Nancy Runyon Stafford, Born Feb 10, 1810 husband of Levisa Spratt Stafford) Died Mar 12, 1862 "He lived as he died, trusting in the Lord" J. W. Stafford (John Wesley, son of John & Levisa) Born Oct 27, 1832 Died Nov 19, 1917 "Come unto Me all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give thee rest. Matthew XI-28" Isaac P. Stafford (son of John & Levisa Spratt Stafford) Born Feb 6, 1835 Died Oct 17, 1907 (verse unreadable) F. S. Stafford (Floyd Shannon, known as Doc Stafford, Dec 15, 1838 son of John and Levisa) Jul 20, 1908 (verse unreadable) 1898 One Son (monument to four infant children Twin Daughters of Alex and Loventia Stafford) Thomas R. by Mr. and Mrs. Alex Stafford Mary Stafford (dau of Eli & Mary "Polly" Ellis Trent, Born 1862 first wife of Alex Stafford, Died Aug 22, 1880 son of John and Levisa Stafford) (verse unreadable) SURBER Helen Hatfield Surber (dau of Frank & Margaret Vitez Hatfield, Dec 28, 1938 died from a penicillin shot) Dec 1, 1962 WHITE B. H. White (Benjamin Harrison White, Jan 20, 1837 husband of Nancy Stafford White) Apr 2, 1891 Nancy Stafford White (dau of John & Levisa Stafford, 1843 - 1929 wife of B.H. White) "Forever with the Lord" John Wesley White (son of B.H. & Nancy Stafford White, 1879 - 1950 husband of Laura Cook White) Laura Cook White (wife of John Wesley White) 1881 - 1964 J. M. White (Monroe, son of B.H. & Nancy White) Born May 24, 1883 first husband of Dora Mitchell Died Mar 25, 1917 White Hatfield) James Millard White (son of Monroe & Dora Mitchell White) Aug 31, 1907 Nov 4, 1978 Herbert E. "Dobie" White (son of Monroe & Dora Mitchell White, Dec 19, 1910 husband of Belva Walls White) Mar 11, 1994 Belva M. White (wife of Herbert "Dobie" White, Apr 11, 1919 she died on April 5, 2001) (no date) Double stone for Dobie and Belva - "Wed Dec. 24, 1938" in the center. Harry White (son of John W. & Laura Cook White) 1915 - 1976 Footstone: Harry White Capt US Army World War II May 15, 1915 - Oct 27, 1976 Opal White (wife of Harry, on same double stone, 1914 - 1990 parents of Tom, Dick, & Harry White) Natasha Ann White (granddau of Harry & Opal White, dau of August 12, 1971 Tom & Marica, killed in an auto accident, April 20, 1990 beautiful monument to their daughter) Daughter of Thomas Franklin and Marica Kennedy White "If Tears Could Build a Stairway, and Memories a Lane, I'd Walk Right Up to Heaven And Bring You Home Again" "She spoke as softly as the morning dew Her smile was as radiant as the morning sun A perfect rose from the day she was born She lived as roses do, the space of a morn." This is a very nicely maintained cemetery. It's maintained by the White family. The cemetery is in three sections. The original section has a fence around it and is in the middle, with a section directly below it and another section directly above it. It's in a very pretty location, with a view through the trees of the town of Gilbert below.