West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Association: Anderson Cemetery, Jackson Co.

Cemetery Reading

Cemetery Name:	Anderson	Click images to enlarge
County:	Jackson
USGS Quad:	Kentuck
Coordinates:	38.7048ºN 81.6240ºW
Maintained by:	Drema & David Berry
Land owner:	Unknown
Date added to WVCPA register:	April 2004
Condition of cemetery**:	Excellent (April 2004)
Accessibility:	Relatively easily accessible in good weather. The gate to the cemetery drive at the bottom of the hill is generally kept locked, so without prior arrangement with Herman Anderson (who lives in the house across the creek from the cemetery at the bottom of the hill - the only house nearby), it is necessary to walk the fairly long and steep drive up to the cemetery (which is probably preferable to most but the stout-hearted driver with a Jeep, as it IS very steep and narrow, though there is a good amount of space to park and turn around in the grass alongside the cemetery fence at the top of the hill). Not suited for the physically- challenged.
Condition of cemetery as observed on the given date - may not be representative of care at other times of the year Scale: Excellent - Good - Fair - Poor - Abandoned**

Last Name:	First Name:	Born:	Died:	Inscription:	Photo:	Source:
Anderson	____	1901?	1976	[Metal funeral home marker - illegible]
Anderson	____		1924	[Metal funeral home marker - illegible]
Anderson	Alva M.	1903	1929
Anderson	Andrew J.	1851	1939	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Anderson	Melissa J.	1852	1919	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Anderson	Avrel Leo	1920	1982	"PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR II" [Husband & wife - shared stone] "Precious Memories"
Anderson	Gearldine	1927
Anderson	Brady S.	13 April 1918	16 March 1966	"WEST VIRGINIA SGT 908 AIR ENGR SQ AAF WORLD WAR II"
Anderson	Brian Jay	4 March 1967	9 February 1997	"Have Faith In God" "SP4 US ARMY DESERT STORM"
Anderson	Infant			[Illegible in photo - infant child of Gene and Linda Anderson]
Anderson	Rev. James M.	1878	1962	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Anderson	Virginia M.	1880	1937	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Anderson	Jerry A.	14 August 1943	24 February 1994	"Wed Mar. 20, 1965" [Husband & wife - shared stone]
Anderson	Dottie Lou	31 January 1949	29 September 1985	"Wed Mar. 20, 1965" [Husband & wife - shared stone]
Anderson	Lennox Clair	1912	1977	[Husband & wife - shared stone - Nellie's death date from her obituary in Charleston Daily Mail 9 Dec. 2004] "Precious Lord Take My Hand"
Anderson	Nellie Ozella	1913	7 December 2004
Anderson	Norma	1914	1917
Anderson	Oda A.	1915	1999	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Anderson	Freda	1921	1982	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Anderson	Okey J.	1892	1959	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Anderson	Bessie M.	1893	1981	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Anderson	Otmer C.	1907	1953	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Anderson	Polly M.	1911	1990	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Anderson	Oval	1912	1915
Anderson	Romie E.	1901	1970	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Anderson	Opal M.	1906	1974	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Anderson	Ronald O.	14 December 1924	7 March 2003	"CPL US ARMY WORLD WAR II" [Note that veteran marker gives March 8 as death day for Ronald, while their shared stone gives March 7 - since his obituary gives March 7 as well, it is presumed to be the correct date] [Husband & wife - shared stone]
Anderson	Eva W.	3 February 1935
Good	Clemon B.	16 September 1919	17 January 1969	"WEST VIRGINIA S1 US NAVY WORLD WAR II" [Husband & wife - shared stone]
Good	Audrey B.	1923	1994
Good	Jackie L.	12 September 1951	11 October 1996	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Good	Deloris J.	25 January 1954	25 December 1995	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Good	James W.	15 March 1946	19 April 1966
Good	Tammy Lynn	10 June 1975	23 May 1989
Parsons	Susie	1887	1960	"Mother" [Shared stone]
Parsons	Infant Children			"Mother" [Shared stone]
Randolph	Charles W.	1877	1935	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Randolph	Lizzie A.	1876	1908	[Husband & wife - shared stone]
Stout	Ronald Parker	19 January 2005	14 October 2006	"Son" ["Ronnie" - Infant son of Nanette Anderson Stout]

Comments:

Dates in Red are not inscribed on the tombstone and have either been calculated based on death date or are as a result of research on the individual.

This is a pretty little family cemetery, located on a knoll overlooking Plum Orchard just east of Grasslick Creek in Jackson County. It is in very well-maintained condition.

When driving to the cemetery, be sure to take the route in from the Belgrove side of the cemetery (CR 34-14) rather than the one that comes from the west (unless you'd like to drive through Grasslick Creek!). Even though published maps give the impression that you can get there from the I-71 frontage road, the Grasslick crosses that road not far west of the cemetery. When we were there in April 2004, the creek was running a good 2 feet deep where the roadbed was, and the west bank where the road went into the creek was pretty muddy. CR 34-14 is an 'unimproved' road, but was quite passable by car in April. We'd recommend taking CR 19-3 north from the east side of I-71 at the Kenna exit towards Belgrove, taking a left onto CR 34-14 when you get to it. Mind where you drive, as there are a few high rocks in the road and some corresponding ruts. Just past a little house that's situated on your left, (it's on the other side of the creek from the road), start watching for a gated drive that climbs steeply back up the hill on your right hand side. It is just a short distance past the house where Mr. Herman Anderson was living in April 2004 (his grand-niece Drema and her husband David are the caretakers of the cemetery). That gated drive leads up to the cemetery. It is not marked with any sign, and there is barely room for one small car to park right up to the gate off the road.

Updated: 07 September 2012