This
cemetery is located at the end of Sandhill Road off Sigman Fork near
Liberty, then up Lovejoy Cemetery Road. The road over the last stretch can be pretty muddy in wet
weather, though passable in good, dry weather. If at all hesitant
about driving all the way to the cemetery, park near the houses at the top
of the hill and walk (it's a ways, but not too steep until the last little
driveway up to the cemetery itself). Check with the neighbors if you wonder
about the road condition, as there are virtually no places to turn around
unless you get all the way out to the cemetery. Once there, the
cemetery lawn is fairly gentle and well-cared for - easy to get around on.
** 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:
Bailey
Inis E.
15
October 1908
"Aged
1Y. 9M. 14Ds"
Coleman
Cecil
11
February? 1912
15
February? 1913
"Son
of Myrtie & L.A. Coleman"
Coleman
Robert
ca.
1914
ca.
1920
[Died as a
young child - hit by train - his grave marker may be one of those below
that are no longer legible]
Coleman
Robert
1
November 1860
25
August 1912
[Husband
and wife - shared stone]
"His Wife"
Coleman
Frances
24
March 1854
Goff
Clara A.
20
May 1894
"Aged
1Y. 9M. 14Ds"
[See the process of identifying this tombstone with an aluminum foil
rubbing at the bottom of the page!]
Lovejoy
David M.
1889
1973
[Husband
and wife - shared stone]
"In God's Care"
Lovejoy
Darlena L.
1892
1953
Lovejoy
Delbert
16
April 1908
8
January 1924
Lovejoy
Jerry
27
August 1953
8
November 1989
Lovejoy
Lonnie E.
20
March 1948
"Aged
7 Ds"
Lovejoy
Mary A.
16
July 1943
21
August 1952
"Dau.
of Albert & Madeline Lovejoy"
"Asleep in Jesus"
Lovejoy
Melton A.
1845
1928
[Husband
and wife - shared stone]
"Gone But Not Forgotten"
Lovejoy
Jane A.
1851
1928
Lovejoy
Oscar H.
27
November 1878
16
March 1959
[Husband
and wife - shared stone]
Lovejoy
Mertie
12
May 1883
24
August 1936
Lovejoy
Owen
22
September 1962
22
September 1962
"Stillborn"
Lovejoy
Ruby P.
28
April 1920
30
January 1976
Lovejoy
Theodore E.
4
January 1919
20
January 1994
"Our
Dad"
Lovejoy
Willard Pat
19
March 1921
25
August 1993
"PVT
US ARMY WORLD WAR II"
"Father"
Williams
Carl Eugene
16
April 1939
1
July 1990
"Loving
Father"
Unidentified
Markers:
Image08
Image10
[Metal
funeral home marker - label gone]
Image11
[Not sure
if this is marking a grave, likely it is, but it is an interesting
fossil nonetheless]
Image12
Image13
Image14
Image17
Image18
Image25
Image26
Comments:
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enlarge
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 cemetery sits on a wooded knoll in the heart
of Union district, surrounded by lovely redbud trees and quiet woodlands. A
number of newer tombstones, but also a fair number of very old and worn stones
as well (remember to take along your aluminum foil and soft sponges to do
rubbings - please no shaving cream, chalk or wax crayons or the like!).
There are also a several fieldstones marking graves, the identities of those
buried in those graves is still unclear.
<<
WVCPA volunteer Elouise H. & Joel working on an
aluminum foil rubbing at the Cemetery
The tombstone before
applying the aluminum foil for the
"rubbing" with a soft sponge - see how worn it is?
>>
<< Elouise applying the aluminum foil, and trying to hold it in place in the breeze!
Lo and behold! The foil
reveals that this is
Clara Goff's tombstone! >>