Upshur County WV Archives Cemeteries.....Center Chapel Cemetery and Church, Founded 1899, French Creek, Upshur Co, WV - Complete Survey ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Tina McKie Lady_Hawk70@hotmail.com and Diana Roy wva_ladybug@hotmail.com December 3, 2007, 10:30 pm Abstracted By: Tina McKie and Diana Roy Directions: take Route 20 to Alexander Road, by Game farm, in French Creek. Make a left. Church and cemetery are not far after you pass Kanawha Run Road and is on the left hand side of Alexander Road. Turn left on gravel road and the cemetery is up beside the Church. The cemetery is well kept up and most stones are fairly new looking. Only a few were so old, you had to get on hands and knees to view them. Please take this as only a stepping stone to find your ancestors. I do my best but I'm not always right. We've put these stones in order by name, not by placement. Additional notes, in parenthesis, are mine. Sincerely, Tina McKie. Last Name First Name Middle Name Birth Death Comment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALKIRE Infant 5/28/1933 s/o HR & May ALKIRE Infant 1945 1945 i/o Opal ALKIRE Elizabeth Mae 1945 (2/28/1945) 1945 (3/27/1945) d/o Opal (Note: I believe it is the same child above.) BOONE Benton 1881 (10/24/1881) 1956 (8/14/1956) h/o Bertha (s/o William E & Nancy Cutlip Boone) BOONE Bertha (Meadows) 1886 (10/17/1886) 1957 (10/6/1957) w/o Benton (d/o John P and Sarah A Meadows) *BRADY Nola Riggleman 1886 (8/29/1886) 1951 (10/16/1951) w/o John Curtis (d/o Bruce M and Minnie Neely Riggleman) *BRADY John Curtis 1884 (3/13/1884) 1967 (6/1967) h/o Nola (Married 2/18/1911, Upshur. s/o Perry Simon and Olive Lucebia Brady) BRADY Kyle O 3/24/1917 8/7/1989 TEC5 US Army WWII *BRADY P(erry) S(imon) 1854 (12/22/1854) 1934 (12/25/1934) h/o Olive (Married 11/9/1878. s/o William and Frances Lemons Brady) *BRADY Olive L(uceba) Phillips 1859 (8/29/1859) 1944 (1/19/1944) w/o Perry (d/o Franklin and Fannie Shurtliff Phillips) BRAKE Mary E 3/25/1862 5/21/1921 w/o IW *BURNS Oscar M (4/1859) 10/5/1906 Age 47y 6m 4d (married on 9/24/1880 to Mary H Eckerly) *CARTER Barbara (Houser) 1854 (9/14/1854) 1946 (1/23/1946) w/o Issac (d/o Joseph and Elizabeth Keggy Houser) *CARTER Isaac 1833 (7/11/1833) 1920 (8/26/1920) (Married 11/2/1881. s/o Albert and Mary Thompson Carter) CARTER Mae Hyre 1895 1969 w/o LD CARTER L D 1884 1959 CARPENTER Hugh D 8/8/1917 ???? h/o Geraldine CARPENTER Geraldine M [nee Smith] 4/20/1919 9/23/2000 w/o Hugh CARPENTER Debra Sue 1965 1965 CARPENTER Beverly Ann (8/16/1956) 8/16/1956 d/o Doyle & Mildred (d/o Doyle and Mildred Conner Carpenter) CARPENTER Carl Glenn 10/26/1964 3/1/1969 *CARPENTER Ida L (Hunt) 6/3/1894 4/22/1988 w/o Roy (Married 9/27/1910. d/o Lloyd M and Ora B Cutright Hunt) *CARPENTER Roy M(elvin) 5/23/1889 3/13/1992 (s/o Daniel and Elizabeth Miller Carpenter) COMUZIE Eldridge 1929 (6/8/1929) ??? (10/18/2006) h/o Ruth COMUZIE Ruth L 1934 (8/12/1934) 2000 (4/17/2000) w/o Eldridge CURRY Celina (Eagle) 1863 (5/31/1863) 1933 (5/3/1933) w/o Albert (Married 11/10/1884 as Mrs. Celia Ross. d/o John Henry and Julia Childress Eagle) CURRY (James) Albert M 1859 (5/6/1859) 1931 (6/22/1931) h/o Celina (Married 11/10/1884. James and Sarah McAvoy Curry) CURRY William 1912 1956 COWGER Avis 1911 (9/7/1911) 1984 (6/1984) w/o Kyer COWGER Avis Carpenter 1911 1984 (more like a footstone) COWGER Kyer 1912 (7/10/1912) 1992 (5/22/1992) h/o Avis COWGER Emma S N/R (9/18/1876) N/R (8/1/1948) (d/o John and Susan Lough Ware) COX Jane P 7/17/1950 7/7/1999 w/o James E Married 2/18/1972 COX James E 2/18/1940 10/20/1993 h/o Jane COX James Edward 2/18/1940 10/20/1993 US Army CRAWFORD Arnold 5/20/1914 2/27/1986 1st SGT US Army WWII DAUGHTERY E Donald 1936 ???? h/o Mona DAUGHTERY Mona L 1938 1988 w/o E Donald *ECKERLEY William M(adison) 8/17/1868 10/5/1944 (s/o William M and Elizabeth Fisher Eckerly) ERVIN Harvey S 1890 (1/17/1890) 1977 (9/1977) h/o Gladys ERVIN Gladys M (Johnston) 1891 (7/25/1891) 1976 (11/1976) w/o Harvey (Married 9/17/1909. d/o Clarence) *ERVIN Brice (Hull) 1869 (12/23/1869) 1935 (4/26/1935) h/o Emma (s/o Washington and Serena Varner Ervin) *ERVIN Emma (Housel) 1872 (4/24/1872) 1938 (8/3/1938) (b. PA d/o Solomon and Sally Beal Housel) *ESKEW Lee L(afayette) 1879 1962 (Married 12/25/1902. s/o Ellis and Rebecca A Lorentz Eskew) *ESKEW Lillie (Lillian) M(ae) 1880 (5/9/1880) 1952 (3/9/1952) w/o Lee (d/o William B and Sarah E Boyles Smallridge) ESKEW Ralph R 1906 1966 *Fitzgerald Verna (Louverna) (C) 1878 1965 (Married 10/25/1896. w/o George W d/o William B and Sarah LE Boyles Smallridge) *FITZGERALD Hannah (Victoria) 1876 (4/1/1876) 1954 (2/22/1954) w/o Asa (d/o William B and Sarah E Boyles Smallridge) *FITZGERALD Asa W (Milton) 1871 (1/15/1871) 1943 (3/27/1943) h/o Hannah (Married 10/13/1895. s/o James Lawrence and Mary Collins Fitzgerald) FITZGERALD French 1901 1935 *FITZGERALD Francis L 1897 1960 h/o Vesta (Married 10/28/1921 GW and Louverna C Smallridge Fitzgerald) *FITZGERALD Vesta (Bessie?) E (Layman) 1903 (8/19/1903) 1997 (10/25/1997) w/o Francis (d/o ?? and Belle Layman) *FITZGERALD Francis L 3/15/1897 11/6/1960 PFC CO H4 INF WWI FORBES Courtney Renee 1998 1998 HALL Joshua 2/10/1983 2/10/1983 HAMNER Allene A 6/15/1936 ??? h/o Almeda HAMNER Almeda F 7/29/1957 ??? w/o Allene? HANLINE Katherine 2/1/1953 ??? w/o A Clay HANLINE A Clay 4/8/1931 ??? h/o Katherine HEFNER Emma L 4/20/1916 10/8/1997 *HEFNER Scott 1/26/1913 6/4/1937 (s/o CP and Lola Ervin Hefner) *HEFNER Lola E 1892 (7/22/1892) 1971 (6/1971) w/o Charley (Married 1/23/1910. d/o BH and Emma Ervin) *HEFNER Charley (Charles) P (Patterson) 1882 (10/7/1882) 1955 (3/26/1955) h/o Lola (s/o Jacob and Emma Snyder Hefner) HENDERSON John no dates no dates HOOVER Orphia 1836 1971 HOSAFLOOK Juineta (Juneta?) Connie Vannater 1956 1980 HYRE Thomas W 1/30/1941 11/20/1978 CPL US Marine Corps Vietnam HYRE Gerald W 1914 (6/7/1914) 1997 (11/11/1997) HYRE Wavelene Smallridge 1917 1973 *HYRE Truman D 1890 (8/5/1890) 1962 (10/1962) h/o Della (Married 11/5/1913. s/o Orville and Susan Weaver Hyre) *HYRE Della Neely 1894 1968 w/o Truman (d/o Ithiel and Elizabeth T Gawthrop) LANDIS Hester 1877 1916 *LONG Ollie B(elle) 1880 (4/18/1880) 1943 (11/6/1943) w/o Reuben (d/o John Randolph and Margaret Williams Russell) *LONG Reuben 1878 (1/28/1878) 1918 (6/26/1918) h/o Ollie (Married 1/15/1899. s/o Lafayette and Ann E Moore Long) McCLAIN William R 7/29/1943 ????? h/o Brenda Married 8/13/1979 McCLAIN Brenda S 5/11/1952 ??? w/o William MILES Robert F 1/9/1900 7/23/1913 s/o HJ & MF MOONEY Burla Loudin 2/4/1915 ???? w/o Thomas MOONEY Thomas Coy 12/7/1915 2/28/1959 h/o Burla MOONEY Burla Loudin footstone MOONEY Thomas Coy 12/7/1915 2/28/1959 Alabama TEC5 US Army WWII *PAGE Opal 9/21/1922 ????? w/o Cecil *PAGE Cecil 3/17/1922 8/4/2001 Married 8/16/1941 *PAGE Cecil Arden 3/17/1922 8/4/2001 QM2 US Navy WWII *PAGE Jewell Ann 12/13/1961 11/3/1986 PHILLIPS Noal B 1914 1915 s/o FM & E PHILLIPS Ora 5/10/1910 9/5/1910 s/o F & E PHIPPS Elizabeth M 11/4/1904 2/22/1999 PHIPPS, Sr S Lester 11/11/1904 3/30/1990 ROLLYSON Ursula (Boone/Boon) 1880 (6/27/1880) 1960 (6/3/1960) w/o Emory (d/o William and Nancy Cutlip Boone) ROLLYSON Emory (Peter) 1877 (2/1/1877) 1955 (6/30/1955) h/o Ursula (Married 5/28/1896 s/o James and Elizabeth Carr Rollyson) ROLLYSON James A 1905 (3/26/1905) 1954 (4/9/1954) (s/o Emory and Ursula Boone Rollyson) ROLLYSON Hartzel 1916 (4/7/1916) 1982 (8/1982) US Army WWII SATTERFIELD Ira S 9/20/1928 11/10/1992 LT COL US Army *CRITES Martha A 1852 (3/19/1852) 1936 (11/5/1936) 'Sisters' (w/o Gilbert N d/o Samuel G and Caroline Barnett Kerr) *HULL Nancy J(ane) 1854 (8/13/1854) 1929 (7/13/1930) 'Sisters' (w/oHarvey d/o Samuel G and Caroline Barnett Kerr) SLAUGHTER Arthur Eugene 11/20/1937 5/22/1999 A1C US Air Force Korea *SMALLRIDGE Eula M 1890 (8/18/1890) 1973 (2/1973) w/o Warren (d/o Gilbert and Louverna Howes Buchanan) *SMALLRIDGE Warren A(ndrew) 1887 (5/27/1887) 1953 (5/13/1953) h/o Eula (Married 8/28/1912 s/o William and Sarah LE Boyles Smallridge) *SMALLRIDGE W(illiam) B 1836 (5/15/1836) 1898 (10/29/1898) h/o Sarah (Married 5/15/1870, Upshur s/o William and Charlotte Shobes Smallridge) *SMALLRIDGE Sarah E 1851 (10/16/1851) 1938 (12/21/1938) w/o William (d/o Andrew and Catherine Woodring Boyles) *SMALLRIDGE W(illiam) B Co. E 3 W. VA. INF (Civil War) *SMALLRIDGE Charles H(arrison) 1890 (11/11/1890) 1921 (7/22/1921) s/o WD and SE 'IOOF' on stone (s/o William B and Sarah E Boyles Smallridge) *SMALLRIDGE Infant 1/21/1900 1/23/1900 s/o DS & Icie (Child of Doan and Icy D Phillips Smallridge) *SMALLRIDGE Oka G N/R N/R stone non-readable *SMALLRIDGE Camden S (actually W) 10/11/187? (1879) 11/1/1908 (s/o Samuel D and Barbara J Crites Smallridge) *SMALLRIDGE Samuel D 1839 (9/19/1840) 1912 (9/4/1912) h/o Barbara (Married 12/20/1866, Upshur s/o William of Charlotte Shobes Smallridge) *SMALLRIDGE Barbara 1841 1929 w/o Samuel (d/o Abram and Wealthy Pringle Crites) *SMALLRIDGE Martha 1872 1922 w/o Anderson (Married 4/12/1896) *SMALLRIDGE Anderson H 1867 (3/20/1868) 1956 (s/o Samuel D and Barbara J Crites Smallridge) *SMALLRIDGE Otsey J 12/2/1901 9/7/1902 d/o AH & MM (d/o Anderson H and Martha Zickefoose Smallridge) *SMALLRIDGE Fred W 1897 1915 (4/3/1915) s/o AH & MM (s/o Anderson H and Martha Zickefoose Smallridge) *SMALLRIDGE Edward James 10/25/1889 1/3/1968 (Married 9/7/1910 s/o Samuel D and Barbara J Crites Smallridge) *SMALLRIDGE Edith 3/27/1892 11/20/1979 w/o Edward (d/o John Randolph and Margaret Ellen Williams Russell) *SMALLRIDGE Ruby 8/21/1922 8/23/1922 d/o Mr. & Mrs. Frank SMITH Hale 1894 1978 SMITH Libbie M 8/30/1908 d/o GD & LW Age 24y 5m 11d STRADER Rupert 'Ted' 1919 1986 h/o Leonore STRADER Leonore T 1923 1974 w/o Rupert STRADER Rupert R 10/31/1919 6/10/1986 TEC3 US Army WWII STRADER Leonore T 9/22/1923 2/13/1974 WV 1st US Army WWII *TOMS Vertie M 12/2/1883 2/11/1942 (Married 6/13/1909 to William Henry d/o William B and Sarah LE Boyles Smallridge) WARNER Myrtle M 1888 1969 WHITE Linda A 1943 ???? WHITE Virginia A 1921 ??? WHITE Harold E 1917 1997 WHITE Harold F 2/17/1917 11/16/1997 TEC5 US Army WWII WHITE Charles G 1897 1970 WHITE Charles 1/24/1897 1/28/1970 OH CPL 41 CO 154 Depot Brig WWI WHITE Xenna M 1905 (3/22/1905) 1974 (7/1974) WILLIAMS Maxine 1/6/1929 ??? w/o Fred WILLIAMS Fred A 5/2/1927 ???? h/o Maxine *WILLIAMS Boyd M(organ) 1870 (5/21/1869) 1936 (5/5/1936) h/o Emma (Married 5/23/1920 s/o Peter B and Sarah Lemons Williams) *WILLIAMS Emma 1873 (2/6/1873) 1930 (12/28/1930) w/o Boyd (d/o Joseph and Polly Kesling Lawhorn) *WILLIAMS Mona (Minnie) G 1869 (3/9/1869) 1919 (8/22/1919) w/o BM (d/o Joseph A and Elsie Haddock Dotson) *WILLIAMS Unnamed no dates no dates d/o BM & MG WILLIAMS Earl 1894 1933 WILLIAMS George 1899 1935 *WILLIAMS Mary H(annah) 1/26/1863 9/12/1948 w/o BM (d/o William Madison and Elizabeth Ann Fisher Eckerly) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/upshur/cemeteries/centerch10gcm.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wvfiles/ File size: 18.1 Kb