West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Association: Old Antioch Cemetery, Putnam Co., WV

Cemetery Reading

Cemetery Name:	Old Antioch	Click on the images to enlarge
County:	Putnam
USGS Quad:	Bancroft
Coordinates:	38.5713ºN 81.8011ºW
Maintained by:	Unknown
Land owner:	Unknown
Date added to WVCPA register:	June 2004
Condition of cemetery**:	Good (October 2006)
Accessibility:	This cemetery is located south of Paradise in Putnam County. To get there, take Low Gap road (CR 28) from Rt. 34, turning left onto County road 28/1 just over a mile in from 34. You will crest the top of the hill, and the cemetery will be visible across the fields to the left on the opposite hillside. Once past the crest of the hill you will come to a gravel road (28/3) on your left that cuts sharply back towards the cemetery hill. Follow that road, opening (and closing behind you!) the livestock gate as appropriate. There is good space to park and turn around fairly close to the cemetery gate. The gently-sloping grounds are fairly even and well-maintained, but always use caution in case there are any unexpected dips or holes in the ground where you might stumble.
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:
[illegible]	Fannie E.			"Wife of E.A.___" "...where we shall meet to part no more"
Arthur	Ara M. Rogers	13 March 1905	2 April 1944	[Wife of Romie S. Arthur - died in childbirth - from her death certificate]
Arthur	Eudella B.	7 May 1922	4 November 1922	[Dau. of Romie Arthur]
Arthur	Eugene Lee.	4 January 1920	8 June 1926	[Son of George and Lucie Arthur - from his death certificate]
Arthur	George Lee	20 May 1869	7 October 1949	[Son of Wm. and Cynthia Arthur - form his death certificate]
Arthur	J.B.	abt 1840	11 December 1928	[Info from his death certificate]
Arthur	Katherine Jane	26 March 1953	29 March 1953	[Infant dau. of Wm. and Audrey Arthur - from her death certificate]
Arthur	Lucinda E.	13 April 1840	2 December 1928	[From her death certificate]
Arthur	Nancy C.	25 April 1882	14 May 1966
Arthur	Nettie Jane	7 April 1874	22 December 1943	[Wife of Benjamin Arthur - from her death certificate]
Arthur	Pauline	17 September 1917	4 July 1936	[Dau. of George and Lucy Arthur - form her death certificate]
Arthur	Rev. Romie S.	1901	1973
Arthur	Sue Ellen	1 April 1944	2 April 1944	[Infant dau. of Romie and Ara Arthur - from her death certificate]
Arthur	William H.	13 March 1840	6 December 1903
Arthur	William H.	9 September 1923	9 September 1923	[Infant son of G. & L. Arthur - from his death certificate]
Bailey	Claudetta May	14 November 1924	3 November 1957
Bailey	Myrtle	4 July 1885	3 August 1904
Benson	Myrtie Parkins	18 January 1871	16 December 1915
Benson	Wavy Vey	30 July 1904	28 May 1905
Benson	William B.	27 October 1865	6 February 1951
Blake	Ada B.	1880	1969
Blake	Ambrose D.	1877	1970
Blake	Andrew Hollis	10 July 1874	17 December 1963	[Son of J.F. and L.G. Blake]
Blake	Bradley	10 August 1907	30 May 1935
Blake	Dessie Macel	1910	1935
Blake	Dora Parkins	1862	1937
Blake	Elmer	1918	1920
Blake	Ernest	1869	1928
Blake	Gayla	4 May 1912	17 October 1936
Blake	Goldie	5 November 1909	3 April 1940
Blake	James F.			"CO B 4th REGT WEST VIRGINIA INF"
Blake	James Herbert	12 May 1911	4 July 1911	[Son of A.H. and W.B. Blake]
Blake	Lillie May	1884	1905
Blake	Lucinda Garton	1841	1911
Blake	Uriah	1866	1904
Blake	Walla Bell	1 February 1882	31 August 1976	[Wife of A.H. Blake]
Bush	Ella Kennedy	1862	1955	[Rest of inscription illegible in photo]
Cochran	Hebert Eugene		23 March 196__	"Son"
Cochran	John L.		1 May 2006	[51 years of age - from his obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail May 4, 2006]
Crago	David A., Jr.	15 December 1929	15 July 1931	"Son of D.A. & Clyda E. Crago" "Asleep in Jesus"
Crago	Emely J.	11 November 1835	20 January 1919	"Wife of W.H. Crago" [Rest of inscription illegible in photo]
Crago	George R.	8 August 1836	18 August 1925	"CO B 4th REG VA INF"
Crago	Infant			[Illegible]
Crago	Infant			[Illegible]
Crago	Mary L.	13 July 1840	2 May 1933
Crago	Millie	5 April 1872	9 May 1875	[Dau. of W.H. and E.J. Crago]
Crago	Phlishae	9 June 1855	20 July 1888	[Dau. of H. and E. Crago]
Crago	Scyntha E.		26 August 1878	[Age 19 yrs 4 mo 20 dys – dau. of J. and S.J. Crago]
Crago	Susan		28 August 1873	[Age 52 yrs 9 mo 5 dys – wife of James Crago]
Crago	W.H.	24 August 1832	30 December 1904	[Rest of inscription illegible in photo]
Craigo	Elizabeth J.	18 April 1863	23 February 1915	"A tender mother and a faithful friend"
Craigo	Elizabeth May Sayre	4 July 1890	25 December 1969	[Wife of Luther Craigo]
Craigo	George M.	16 November 1858	4 November 1918	[Rest of inscription illegible in photo]
Craigo	Luther Vance	29 August 1873	9 September 1945
Craigo	Mary Jane	14 March 1916	16 March 1916
Deweese	Nancy Jane	1956	1957
Farley	Cate Richard OHair	4 December 1919	9 November 1923
Farley	Charles E. "Ed"	1877	1955
Farley	Genevieve S.	24 December 1919	29 April 1920	[Dau. of I.B. and D.M. Farley]
Farley	Infant	15 December 1922	15 December 1922	[Child of Liza & Ed Farley]
Farley	Laura Mae	10 October 1928	30 January 1929
Farley	Mary Elizabeth	1880	1962
Frame	Joseph	23 April 1864	23 July 1940	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Frame	Menervia	16 May 1865	14 January 1930	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Garton	Lucy		1864
Garton	Zachariah		1864
Harrison	Charles		27 November 1937
Harrison	Frankie I.	26 July 1908	21 October 1918	"Dau of M.M. & I.F. Harrison"
Harrison	Freddy O.	16 October 1899	6 November 1904	"Son of M.M & F. Harrison"
Harrison	Marcus M.	28 February 1873	13 March 1958	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Harrison	Ida Florence	5 December 1871	22 November 1955	[Husband and wife - shared stone]
Harrison	Reuben	29 October 1841	29 June 1848	"Weep not, he is at rest" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Weep not, she is at rest"
Harrison	Perlina E.	4 June 1842	29 October 1916
Henson	Leon N.	1894	1978	"PFC WORLD WAR I"
Henson	Montford Sheldon	19 September 1902	5 August 1924
Higginbotham	Allen	22 October 1854	11 October 1882	[Rest of inscription illegible in photo]
Higginbotham	America Amanda	27 October 1836	13 September 1899
Higginbotham	James	11 March 1826	10 April 1904	"Father" [Rest of inscription illegible in photo - stone very worn]
Higginbotham	John H.	1823	1893
Higginbotham	John T. Lincoln	4 January 1861	1886
Higginbotham	Lucetta	16 January 1856	28 October 1882	[Rest of inscription illegible in photo - stone broken and very worn]
Higginbotham	Ocena A.	12 May 1860	28 April 1888	[Rest of inscription illegible - stone very worn]
Higginbotham	V.W.	30 May 1827	31 May 1912	"Mother" [Rest of inscription illegible in photo - stone very worn - wife of James]
Higginbotham	Virginia Belle Lander	1824	1896
Hutton	Ann	1845	1855	[Dau. of Joseph and Ann Hutton]
Hutton	Ann Parkins	22 January 1821	7 December 1852	[Wife of Joseph Hutton]
Keeney	Carrie L.	10 August 1897	2 January 1919	[Wife of Mote Keeney]
Keeney	W. Clifford	1818	1920
Kennedy	Elizabeth		8 February 1876	[Age 29 yrs? 1 mo 19 dys]
Kennedy	Elizabeth	16 July 1833	19 June 1908	[Rest of inscription illegible in photo]
Kennedy	Hugh	28 September 1834	24 April 1911
King	Agnes		29 December 1898?	"Wife of M.E. King" "Aged 46Y 7M 20D" [Rest of inscription illegible in photo]
King	Alexander	1874	7 May 1901
King	Sarah J.		13 June 1875	[Age 11 mo 13 dys – dau. of M.E. and A. King]
Landers Family	J. E.			[Family Monument No names or dates]
Lovejoy	Herston	1908	1946
Lovejoy	Lizzie A.	1908	1978
Lovejoy	Samuel	1880	1917	"Father" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Mother"
Lovejoy	Sophia	1879	1952	"Father" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Mother"
Lovejoy	Sherman T., Sr.	1904	1972	"In His will is our peace"
Lovejoy	William W.	1905?	1951
Lovejoy	William W.	1909?	1951
Mack	Abraham C.	29 April 1836	4 January 1879	[Husband and wife - shared stone] [Rest of inscription illegible in photo]
Mack	Naomi	24 November 1839	14 March 1903
Meadows	A.	10 November 1843	26 February 1916	[Husband and wife? - shared stone] "... mother ..."
Meadows	Rachel E.	30 May 1844	10 April 1923	[Husband and wife? - shared stone] "... mother ..."
Meadows	Alfred H.	1879	1936
Meadows	Alfred T.	26 May 1892
Meadows	Delbert	8 February 1916	11 June 1923
Meadows	George R.	6 April 1919	26 December 1920
Meadows	John S.	17 March 1868	26 January 1953
Meadows	Mary	1 October 1892	21 August 1958
Meadows	Naomi		1 December 1945	"Dau. of John & W. Meadows"
Meadows	Oscar B.	15 July 1898	26 September 1916	"Son of J.S. & Susan Meadows" [Rest of inscription illegible in photo]
Meadows	Susan [Sis]	29 March 1864	1 January 1941	"Mother"
Meadows	Wilma E.	14 March 1927	7 March 1955
Meadows	Winnie	19 December 1907
Milam
Milam	Charles A.	24 April 1876	20 June 1916
Milam	George A.	3 May 1880	19 January 1963	[Metal funeral home marker]
Milam	Grover Vernon	21 July 1909	22 March 1984	"Our Dad" "At the cross where I first saw the light"
Milam	Minnie	14 April 1884	29 April 1966	[Metal funeral home marker]
Milam	Robert	1915	19__	[Metal funeral home marker]
Milam	Stephen A.	23 December 1874	1875	[Stone is very worn - illegible in photo]
Milam	William T.		10 December 1881	"In the 33rd year of his age" [Rest of the inscription illegible in photo]
Moles	Cora	15 September 1884	9 July 1909
Older	Burl M.	12 December 1869	30 September 1895	[Rest of inscription illegible in photo]
Older	Edward	27 July 1831	27 May 1882	[Born Couach England?]
Older	Infant			[Illegible]
Older	Mary		14 November 1882	"Wife of J.E. Older" "Aged 25 Yrs 3 Dys" [Rest of inscription illegible in photo]
Older	Mary Higginbotham	31 October 1857	1 November 1882	[Dau. of J. and V.W. Higginbotham]
Older	Penn S.		8 December 1887	"Age 30Y. 9M. 24D."
Older	Susanah C.	8 May 1833	14 August 1902	"Wife of Edward Older" [Rest of inscription illegible in photo]
Parkins	Alice	1858	1945
Parkins	Margaret	18 February 1791	9 July 1865	[Married Nathan Parkins 1809 – dau. of Samuel & Deborah Carothers]
Reedy	Melvin Ray, Jr.		17 December 1996	[28 years of age - from his obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail Dec. 18, 1996]
Saunders	Anna May	1926	1926
Saunders	Clarence O.	1 October 1916	10 August 1991	"An inspiration to all who knew him"
Saunders	George C.	18 November 1927	9 October 1934	[Son of W.S. and Elizabeth Saunders]
Saunders	George W.	16 February 1852	6 July 1928	"Come Ye Blessed" "Beloved father, farewell"
Saunders	Grace D.	1886	1976	[Parsons Funeral Home marker]
Saunders	James R.	1885	1933	[Parsons Funeral Home marker]
Saunders	Jessie L.	29 September 1920	1 June 1922
Saunders	Lloyd D.	2 July 1932	14 July 2002	"Meet me in Heaven"
Saunders	Louisa	6 June 1853	16 January 1925	"A tender mother and a faithful friend"
Saunders	Ruth V.	26 September 1924	28 December 1991	"Gone Home"
Saunders	Wilbert S.	1888	1941	"Father" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Mother" "We will meet again"
Saunders	Emily E.	1895	1960
Shaffer	Emory Howard	24 March 1889	7 September 1945
Shaffer	James F.	6 April 1865	16 March 1933
Shaffer	Mattie Kelly	7 June 1894	15 March 1946	[Wife of Emory Howard Shaffer]
Shaffer	Millie E.	9 January 1894	21 February 1913
Shaffer	Sarah F.	2 November 1865	10 April 1953
Shaffer	Thaday R.	23 May 1901	27 February 1923
Sigman	Floyd E.	4 January 1866		"Father" [Husband and wife - shared stone] "Mother" "His Wife" "Belssed are the pure in heart for they shall see God"
Sigman	Irena F.	20 October 1865	2 August 1930
Simmons				[No first name - metal marker]
Simmons	Davie H.	13 July 1910	14 October 1911	[Son of Lewis and Florence Simmons]
Simmons	Florence E.	1 December 1870
Simmons	Lewis W.	4 October 1868	5 September 1943
Simmons	Thelma M.	1916	1919
Simmons	Willard L.	12 September 1912	21 July 1961	"WEST VIRGINIA PFC ARMY WORLD WAR II"
Siott	Samuel J.		31 March 1881	"Aged 27Ys 2Ms 29Ds" [Rest of inscription illegible in photo]
Smith	Luecinda	15 March 1859	18 February 1934	"Gone to be with Jesus"
Tucker	Albert E.	1 February 1883	28 January 1884	"Aged __Ms 27Ds" [Rest of inscription illegible in photo]
Tucker	Sarah Jane	10 February 1845	14 April 1897	"Aged 52Ys 2Ms __Ds" [Rest of inscription illegible in photo]
Tuell	Delcie Milam	1915	1981	[Stevens & Grass Funeral Home marker]
Whittington	Harrison			[No dates]
Whittington	Kie			[No dates]
Whittington	Magaline			[Baby - No dates]
Whittington	Ruth W.			[Baby - No dates]
Witt	Infant	9 February 1914	9 February 1914	[Son of S.F. and A.M. Witt]

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 cemetery is located at the site of the old, original Antioch Church. Though the church building is long gone, you will notice a grassy area towards the front/lower end of the cemetery where there are no burials. That was the location of the church building.

Updated: 07 September 2012