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Cemetery Name:

Tucker Cemetery

 

Tucker Cemetery, Putnam Co., WV

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County: Putnam
USGS Quad: Scott Depot
Coordinates: 38.4738ºN  81.8868ºW
Maintained by: Pat Litton & her husband
Land owner: unknown
Date added to WVCPA register: 24 January 2004
Condition of cemetery**: Excellent (January 2004)
Accessibility: Located on the immediate left (West side) of Rocky Step Road, Sec. 29, 1½ miles from Teays Valley Road, State Rt. 33.  Easily accessible. 

** 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:
Hunt Robey Dana 1914 1985

[Husband & wife - shared stone]

 Click for photo of tombstone Source: Tucker Cemetery historian, Terry McCallister
Hunt Margaret Facemyer 1921 1965
Meddings Betty Lee   6 September 1939 [unmarked grave - buried here according to family]   Source: Tucker Cemetery historian, Terry McCallister
Meddings Cecil Eugene 1 December 1931 8 August 1932 [unmarked grave - buried here according to family]   Source: Tucker Cemetery historian, Terry McCallister
Meddings Hancil Paul 12 March 1921 5 March 1998 "AS US NAVY" Click for photo of tombstone Source: Tucker Cemetery historian, Terry McCallister
Meddings Norris Ard 6 October 1890 2 March 1982 "Age 95 yrs 4 mo 26 ds"

[Husband & wife - shared stone]

 Click for photo of tombstoneClick for photo of individual Source: Tucker Cemetery historian, Terry McCallister
Meddings Bessie Lee 24 November 1897 24 October 1973
Meddings Opal Irene 24 August 1915 25 August 1916 [unmarked grave - buried here according to family]   Source: Tucker Cemetery historian, Terry McCallister
Meddings Steven 15 November 1958 15 November 1958   Click for photo of tombstone Source: Tucker Cemetery historian, Terry McCallister
Meddings William T. 4 July 1917 18 February 1995 "SGT US ARMY WORLD WAR II"
[not actually buried here, but alongside his wife in a cemetery in Wisconsin - his children chose to place his veteran marker alongside William's parents' graves here as a memorial to him] 		Click for photo of tombstone Source: Tucker Cemetery historian, Terry McCallister
Rowsey John B. 1870 1919 "Father"
[Husband & wife - shared stone]
"Mother" ["Gertie"]		 Click for photo of tombstoneClick for photo of individual Source: Tucker Cemetery historian, Terry McCallister
Rowsey Gertrude O. 1873 1965
Rowsey  William L. 13 May 1897 4 October 1944 "WEST VIRGINIA PVT US ARMY"
[His wife Emma is buried in Winfield Cemetery]		 Click for photo of tombstoneClick for photo of individual Source: Tucker Cemetery historian, Terry McCallister
Rowsey  Myrvin 2 July 1901 25 May 1966 [Husband & wife - shared stone] Click for photo of tombstoneClick for photo of individual Source: Tucker Cemetery historian, Terry McCallister
Rowsey Mary K. 7 October 1914 9 December 1967
Russell Linda Lou 31 May 1944 30 August 1986   Click for photo of tombstone Source: Tucker Cemetery historian, Terry McCallister
Terry Infant Twins 17 December 1904 17 December 1904 "Infant Twins of John and Ida Terry" Click for photo of tombstone Source: Tucker Cemetery historian, Terry McCallister
Terry Infant Twins 7 March 1913 7 March 1913 "Infant Twins of John and Ida Terry" Click for photo of tombstone Source: Tucker Cemetery historian, Terry McCallister
Tucker William H. 1883 1923 "PVT CO A 22 VA INF CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY" Click for photo of tombstoneClick for photo of individual Source: Tucker Cemetery historian, Terry McCallister
Tucker Harriet Jenkins 9 October 1852 7 November 1928 [Wife of William H. Tucker] Click for photo of tombstoneClick for photo of individual Source: Tucker Cemetery historian, Terry McCallister
Tucker Pearl W.  8 August 1895 11 July 1974 "Loving Son of William and Harriet

Click for photo of tombstoneClick for photo of individual

 Source: Tucker Cemetery historian, Terry McCallister

 

Comments:

There are many unidentified/unmarked graves going back towards the creek. Family descendants have reported that there are slaves buried here.

Note from Terry:
"Great Grandpa was a Confederate Soldier and spent the last part of the war in Point Lookout, MD. I have looked up info on Point Lookout and it was not a nice place. I'm sure the slaves buried there was probably Great Grandpa's. I'm not proud of that fact or the fact he was a Confederate, but he fought for what he believed in."

The readings of this cemetery and additional comments from Tucker Cemetery historian, Terry McCallister, also is the contributor of the photos for this page.  He is a descendant of the Tuckers buried in this cemetery.  

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