West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Association: Foster Chapel Cemetery, Jackson Co.

Cemetery Reading

Cemetery Name:	Foster Chapel	Click on photos above to enlarge
County:	Jackson
USGS Quad:	Cottageville
Coordinates:	38.7552ºN -81.7787ºW Map
Maintained by:	Trustees of the cemetery - contact is Genevieve Carney
Land owner:	Trustees of the cemetery
Date added to WVCPA register:	April 2007
Condition of cemetery**:	Excellent (February 2007)
Accessibility:	The cemetery is located on Foster Ridge, southwest of Ripley on County Road 32. While the Foster Ridge road is accessible from either the Rockcastle end or the Parchment Valley end of the ridge, the roadway is far more passable from the Parchment Valley end (closer to Ripley). Take the side road to the right (when traveling from Ripley through Parchment Valley) through the Sayre farm located directly below Mt. Moriah Chapel. Foster Ridge road goes up onto the ridge to the left shortly after you cross the bridge at the Sayre farm. The road condition right at that turn-off can look bad at times, particularly after a heavy rain, but there are a number of folks that live up on the ridge, and this end of the road is really in pretty good shape much of the year. At the cemetery itself, there is good room to park and turn around, and the cemetery itself is well-cared for and easy to walk through.
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:
Allen	Basil
Allen	Mary Ann	25 February 1936
Balch	Dock Vining	7 February 1879	21 September 1924	[Son of Samuel and Martha Hannah Vining Balch] "In Loving Memory"
Balch	Samuel	27 June 1841	19 July 1908	[Son of Cyrus Decator and Margaret Wakely Balch] "Sargt. Co. K 2nd O.Reg. Heavy Artillery" "Father" [Husband and wife - shared stone] [Dau. of Timothy and Sina Jones Vining] "Mother"
Balch	Martha Hannah Vining	3 June 1843	25 March 1911
Barnette	Lester H.	1912	1984	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Barnette	Goldie M.	1913	1981	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Barr	Hoyt R.	1914	1915	"Brother" [Brother and sister - shared stone] "Sister"
Barr	Iva Pearl	1921	1921	"Brother" [Brother and sister - shared stone] "Sister"
Barr	Richard Lee	1955	1955	"Son of W.R., Jr. & Helen Barr"
Barr	W.R., Jr.	1927	1965
Barr	William R.	1884	1933	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Barr	Flora A.	1891	1988	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Battrell	John A. "Al"	1862	1940	"Father" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Mother"
Battrell	Rosa M.	1866	1951	"Father" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Mother"
Battrell	W.E.	1893	1893	[Shared stone]
Battrell	J.D.	1895	1895
Battrell	Pearl	1898	1937
Braham	Charley O.	1896	1986
Braham	Bertha May	1901	1987
Casto	Elisha L.	1872	1949	[Husband and wife - shared stone] [Cora is the dau. of Samuel and Martha Balch, and their graves are next to Cora and Elisha's]
Casto	Cora Belle	27 September 1876	21 April 1941
Casto	Mary Parsons	8 August 1888	24 June 1913
Davis	Dennis Carol	19 November 1948
Davis	Karen Jean	24 January 1952
Davis	Luverna Kessel	10 July 1878	15 December 1955
Davis	William	7 November 1879
Davis	William Kessel, Jr.	23 April 1956
Davis	William Kessel	20 January 1914
Donahue	Dollie F.	1925	2001	[Note that the Casto Funeral Home marker reads "Dollie Donahue Shaffer"
Doyle	Terence	2 February 1820	13 February 1897	"Aged 77 Ys. 11 Ds." "Born in Ireland" [Shared stone]
Doyle	Rebecca L.	3 January 1833		"Aged 77 Ys. 11 Ds." "Born in Ireland" [Shared stone]
Doyle	Moses B.		___ March 18__?	"Aged _Ys. 1M. 2Ds."? [Barely legible inscription - Moses was the son of Terence and Rebecca Doyle, and was still living per the 1880 Federal Census taken on June 8, 1880 in this portion of Jackson County]
Duffield	Bertie G.		9 June 1897	[Dau. of Ernest and E. Duffield]
Frazier	Rex Henry	28 December 1949	27 November 1985	"In Loving Memory"
Gandee	Billy J.	1941	2001	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Gandee	Betty L.	1944		[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Garnes	B. Maywood	1927	2000	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Married Aug. 3, 1951"
Garnes	Imogene	1934		[Husband and wife - shared stone] "Married Aug. 3, 1951"
Garnes	Belva Rose	1931	15 May 2010	[Death date from her obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail May 17, 2010]
Garnes	Ernest Raymond	1936
Garnes	Iva Bell	11 June 1899	13 April 1956	"Gone But Not Forgotten"
Garnes	Joanna Marie	26 August 1973	26 August 1973	"Daughter"
Garnes	Leroy F.	1925		[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Garnes	Madaline V.	1925	1982	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Garnes	Orville Lee	1952	1976
Garnes	Orville Odell	1933	1934
Garnes	Robert M.	1901	1982
Hanmores	Kennie L.	1964	1964
Harpold	Roxie Ann Donnelly	6 August 1835	29 January 1906	"Wife of Major Lemuel Harpold" [Lemuel and Roxie donated the land on which this cemetery and church stand]
Hill	Sarah Ann Stewart	1854	1928
Hoschar	Alexander	June 1868		[Son of Andrew K. Hoschar]
Hoschar	Charles A.	15 March 1866		[Son of Andrew K. Hoschar]
Hoschar	Charles Andrew	1894	1977	"PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR I" "Let Our Father's Will Be Done"
Hoschar	Eliza	August 1869
Hoschar	Infant
Hoschar	Infant
Hoschar	James A.	1861		[Son of Andrew K. and Susan Hoschar]
Hoschar	John B.	24 May 1854		[Son of Andrew K. and Susan Hoschar]
Hoschar	Martha A. Rhodes	1868	1957	[Mother of Flora Barr, also buried in this cemetery]
Hoschar	Mary S.	13 March 1897
Hoschar	Susanna C.
Kay	Alice Stewart	1858	1912
Kay	Charles M.	1862	1936	"At Rest"
Kay	Charles McClellan		21 May 2007	[81 years of age - from his obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail May 23, 2007]
Kay	Clara	1893	1913
Kay	Clyde Eugene	17 July 1928	30 April 1985	"SGT US ARMY KOREA" "At Rest"
Kay	Della	1881	1889
Kay	Donald Eugene	17 April 1945	4 April 1969	"WEST VIRGINIA A1C 366 SVC SQ AF - AFCM" "At Rest"
Kay	Elizabeth J.	1856	1921	"Mother"
Kay	Halene	21 December 1920	11 October 1979	"At Rest" "Children Betty Rosalee Ray Donald"
Kay	Harold R.	10 January 1921	26 October 2008	[Son of John R. and Edna Louise Woodall Kay, husband of Halene Kay - from his obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail Oct. 30, 2008]
Kay	James H.	1853	1935	"Father" [additional photo of Kay Family headstone]
Kay	John R.	23 October 1893	3 July 1967
Kay	Phlorius (Dick)	1850	1932
Kay	Ray Richard	2 November 1943	14 September 1998	"In Loving Memory"
Kay	Rosa F.	10 September 1868	8 January 1924	"Wife of C.M. Kay" "Aged 55 Y. 3 M. 28 D."
Kay	William R.	22 June 1923	24 June 2005	"CPL US ARMY WORLD WAR II"
Lathey	Cora B.	1879	1956
Lathey	George W.	1878	1945
Lathey	Oris R.	1905	1989	"Father" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "In God We Trust" "Mother"
Lathey	Lucy H.	1904	1987
Parson	Kenneth G.	1875	1911
Parsons	A. Trotter	1859	1944	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Parsons	Nora F.	1864	1912	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Parsons	Annie Lou	15 January 1908	17 May 1995	"Precious Lord Take My Hand"
Parsons	Edith	16 January 1888	20 January 1911	"Wife of Everett Parsons"
Parsons	James N.	23 May 1890	16 September 1981	"Son"
Parsons	John N.	1 March 1831	13 February 1912	[Husband and wife - shared stone] "He Giveth His Beloved Sleep"
Parsons	Nancy A.	15 August 1841	5 November 1916
Parsons	Louis F.	1853	1935	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Parsons	Sarah F.	1852	1915	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Parsons	Perry G.	1904	1985	"PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR II"
Parsons	William H.	5 September 1854	10 July 1916	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Parsons	Leonora M.	26 March 1856	20 October 1912	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Robinson	Allen	1847	1903	"CO. I 4 W.VA. INF."
Sayre	Connie Ruth	28 September 1950
Sayre	Deloris Ruth	21 July 1931
Sayre	Ichabod (Bird)	2 June 1828	5 January 1913	[Shared stone] "Father" "Daughter" "Son"
Sayre	Agnes	18 January 1893	14 October 1900
Sayre	Marion	30 April 1891	15 May 1936
Sharp	Infant Son		10 March 1971	[Brothers - shared stone] "God Bless Our Baby Boys"
Sharp	Infant Son		23 May 1972	[Brothers - shared stone] "God Bless Our Baby Boys"
Smith	Joseph A.		11 June 1900	"Aged 2Y. 1M. 2_D."
Smith	Sarah A.		___ February 1890	"Aged ___ Ys. 8 Ms. 24 Ds." [Terribly worn inscription - very difficult to read]
Stewart	George B.	1863	1948	[Shared stone]
Stewart	Elizabeth	1887	1967	[Shared stone]
Stone	Catherine Doyle	17 May 1861	27 February 1955	"In a land where we never grow old"
Thornton	Alfred B.	26 September 1923	6 April 1998
Thornton	Callie	1877	1910	[Shared stone] Callie, Latha and Rosa
Thornton	Latha	1902	1938
Thornton	Rosa	1881	1946
Thornton	Henry Calvin	1864	1945	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Thornton	Ida Belle	1864	1944	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Thornton	Infant Son		8 August 1949	"Infant son of Alfred & Hazel Thornton"
Thornton	Jesse O.	1886	1964	"Father" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Mother"
Thornton	Mary R.	1889	1968	"Father" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Mother"
Thornton	Sina Leona	1896	1920	[Dau. of Henry and Ida Thornton]
Thornton	W. Woodrow	1913	1921	"Brothers" [Shared stone]
Thornton	Henry O.	1909	1954	"Brothers" [Shared stone]
Vandale	Jeremiah F.	5 November 1979	24 March 1980	"In Loving Memory"
Williams	Blanche	1881	1941	[Sisters - shared stone - daughters of James and Rachel Williams, sisters to Mrs. Mary Alice Robinson, wife of Allen Robinson, buried in this cemetery. Mary Alice Robinson is buried in Belpre, Ohio, per her obituary in the Jackson Herald on Sept. 6, 1940]
Williams	Bertha	1877	1947
Williams	Charles H.	1861	1925	"Father"
Williams	Elmer	26 March 1863	3 January 1930	"Brother" "Aged 66 Yrs. 10 Ms. 8 Ds."
Williams	Emma	1862	1943	"At Rest"
Williams	Flossie A.		24 February 1892	[Dau. of Charles H. and Emma Williams - located between Emma and Charles Williams' graves]
Williams	James A.	17 June 1829	5 November 1895	"Father" "Age 66 Yr. 4 Mo. 18 Da." "Co. I 130th Reg. Ind. Vol. Inf. U.S.A." [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Mother" "His Wife" "Age 77 Yr. 1 Mo. 9 Da."
Williams	Rachel Clark	30 December 1837	9 February 1914
Williams	James H.	1885	1961
Winters	Mrs. George (Madaline)	2 July 1910
*Unidentified Graves or Illegible Markers:*
ID_1133 + ID_1134				located next to the Kay family graves - diamond shaped marker, illegible in photo
ID_1138				located between Joanna Garnes' and Dollie Donahue's graves - illegible metal funeral home marker

Comments:

This cemetery is located adjacent to the now abandoned Foster Chapel. The cinderblock church building from the 1960's is still standing, northeast of the location of the original wood church building. In 1977 the church building and cemetery, being abandoned by the United Methodist Conference due to lack of attendance, were entrusted to three trustees; Oris Lathey, Adrien Parsons and Dorn Grady. We are uncertain as to exactly who is currently maintaining the cemetery in such good stand, though we suspect it is still these three gentlemen and/or their families.

Foster Chapel and Cemetery, Jackson Co., West Virginia

Updated: 16 May 2015