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Cooley Chapel Cemetery
Walker, Wood County, West Virginia

Lat: 39° 13' 29"N, Lon: 81° 21' 17"W

Contributed by Teresa Fordyce, Apr 06, 2003, last edited Jul 16, 2007 [s82c43@verizon.net]. Total records = 115.

Take Rt. 50 East out of Parkersburg for about 12 miles. Turn right onto Progress Ridge Road. Travel about 2 miles on Progress Ridge. A sign for the cemetery will be on the left. At the sign, take the gravel road up the hill.

The cemetery is owned by the Cooley Chapel United Methodist Church which was established in 1904. There is a committee that raises money to maintain the cemetery. The president of this committee is Riley Hewitt (304) 679-3314. The cemetery is still active and well maintained.

In addition to the transcription, there is 1 grave marked with a rock, 1 grave marked with a concrete marker with no information, and 1 funeral home marker with no information.

This is a complete reading of all existing headstones from when I walked and transcribed this cemetery on Jul 29, 2002.

- Teresa Fordyce

*MFHM == Metal Funeral Home Marker

Allen, Clarence A., b. Mar 18, 1911, d. Feb 4, 1980
Allen, H. Justine, b. Apr 1, 1918, d., w/o Clarence A. Allen
Allen, Robert Marshall, b. May 17, 1970, d. Aug 19, 1994
Allton, Caroline Virginia, b. Aug 4, 1904, d. Aug 18, 1918
Alton, Butler, b. 1874, d. 1957
Alton, Myrtle, b. 1880, d. 1966, w/o Butler Alton
Badgett, Lowell, b. 1926, d. 1926, s/o O. and S.E. Badgett
Badgett, Sarah E., b. 1890, d. 1933
Bonnett, , no dates, *MFHM
Boston, Daniel C., b. 1893, d. 1969
Boston, Florence E., b. 1902, d. 1990, w/o Daniel C. Boston
Boston, Mary E., b. 1929, d., w/o William B. Boston
Boston, William B., b. 1922, d.
Bush, Elless B., b. Feb 16, 1885, d. Apr 6, 1916
Bush, John W., b. 1848, d. 1926, Co. A. 7th W.Va. Vol. Inf. Civil War
Bush, Mary C., b. Jun 19, 1854, d. Aug 14, 1936, w/o John W. Bush
Bush, Seward Abbott, b. Oct 23, 1886, d. Feb 17, 1974, CPL US Army
Bush, Wilma J. Gearhart, b. Jun 6, 1906, d. Dec 31, 1991, w/o Seward A. Bush
Carr, Evelyn T. Reynolds Breitmeir, b. Oct 1, 1924, d. Apr 7, 1998
Chapman, Elizabeth A., b. 1872, d. 1921, w/o Frank R. Chapman
Chapman, Frank R., b. 1858, d. 1934
Chapman, Geo. B., b. 1899, d. 1915
Chapman, Harry G., b. 1902, d. 1960
Cox, Edna, b. Apr 14, 1907, d. Oct 23, 1926
Cox, Ella, b. 1877, d. 1943
Cox, Evelyn L., b. 1924, d. 1973
Cox, Infant, no dates, *MFHM
Cox, Mahala A., b. May 27, 1841, d. Apr 20, 1923
Day, John W., b. 1855, d. 1935
Day, Mary Jane, b. 1863, d. 1939, w/o John W. Day
Duerr, Arthur, b. 1886, d. 1967
Duerr, David, b. 1860, d. 1938
Duerr, Don, b. 1915, d. 1975
Duerr, Mary L., b. 1867, d. 1932, w/o David Duerr
Epler, Betty A., b. Mar 1, 1931, d., w/o Fred L. Epler
Epler, Carrie B., b. 1884, d. 1960, w/o Charles E. Epler
Epler, Charles E., b. 1879, d. 1962
Epler, Fred L., b. Feb 20, 1921, d. Mar 29, 1999, TEC 4 US Army WWII
Epler, John C., b. 1907, d. 1919, s/o Charles and Carrie Epler
Epler, Mark E., d. Jun 27, 1955
Ewing, Anna L., b. 1867, d. 1936
Farnsworth, Daniel N., b. 1877, d. 1925
Gearhart, John N., b. May 14, 1874, d. Oct 31, 1959, WV MECH 47th Co. Coast Artillery
Gearhart, Mary M., b. 1880, d. 1951, w/o John N. Gearhart
Hart, Dovie, b. 1877, d. 1929
Hart, Myron R., b. 1872, d. 1954
Hays, Cyrus, b. 1854, d. 1940
Hays, Mary, b. 1860, d. 1940
Hazelett, Tersea Lorene, b. Apr 5, 1970, d. Apr 5, 1970
Hewitt, A. S., b. Jul 26, 1890, d. Jan 10, 1924
Hewitt, Baby, no dates, *MFHM
Hewitt, Charles L., b. 1868, d. 1943
Hewitt, Ina, b. 1889, d. 1941, w/o Charles L. Hewitt
Hewitt, Mary Ellen, b. 1894, d. 1964, w/o Rufus G. Hewitt
Hewitt, Oliver V., b. 1861, d. 1930
Hewitt, Rosetta, b. May 4, 1868, d. Mar 11, 1927
Hewitt, Rufus G., b. 1888, d. 1975
Hitt, A. Deloris, b. 1930, d., w/o Ernest W. Hitt
Hitt, David Wayne, b. Apr 12, 1970, d. Apr 12, 1970
Hitt, Ernest W., b. 1925, d.
Hitt, Joshua John, b. Mar 20, 1976, d. Mar 20, 1976
Horner, Howard C., b. 1915, d. 1979
Horner, Mary Janet Gearhart, b. 1919, d., w/o Howard C. Horner
Hyde, Kathryn C., b. Aug 14, 1924, d., w/o William Henry Hyde
Hyde, Tricia Suzann, b. Mar 1, 1970, d. Mar 1, 1970
Hyde, William Henry, b. Feb 8, 1918, d. Jul 22, 1988, TEC 5 US Army WWII
Kerby, Barbara Ann, b. Mar 17, 1957, d. May 5, 1957
Kerby, Bonnie Lou, d. 1955
Kerby, Clara B., b. Jun 29, 1895, d. Dec 9, 1964, w/o Gay Kerby
Kerby, Doug, no dates, *MFHM
Kerby, Gay, b. Feb 9, 1884, d. May 11, 1966, WV CPL US Army WWI
Kerby, Harley E., b. 1937, d. 1965
Kerby, Mary A., b. Mar 25, 1937, d., w/o Virgil Harold Kerby
Kerby, Michael Dwayne, b. May 26, 1977, d. May 26, 1977
Kerby, Virgil Harold, b. Feb 18, 1933, d. Jul 9, 1982, CPL US Army Korea
Littleton, Daniel, no dates, *MFHM
Littleton, Eliza L., b. 1878, d. 1957, w/o Henry H. Littleton
Littleton, Henry H., b. 1877, d. 1961
Littleton, Infant, no dates, *MFHM
Littleton, Noel, no dates, *MFHM
Littleton, Orrell L., b. 1918, d. 1947
McLaughlin, Bertha, b. 1869, d. 1957, w/o Edward McLaughlin
McLaughlin, Edward, b. 1871, d. 1949
McLaughlin, Herman M., b. 1902, d. 1950
McLaughlin, Margaret Calvert, b. Apr 6, 1840, d. Sep 1, 1906, w/o Michael McLaughlin, Married Sep 24, 1856
McLaughlin, Marguerite, b. 1900, d. 1929
McLaughlin, Michael, b. Jan 2, 1830, d. Jun 24, 1915
McLaughlin, Patricia Ann, b. Jul 6, 1886, d. Jun 12, 1942
McLaughlin, Ruby E., b. May 9, 1896, d. Sep 14, 1898, d/o Edgar and S. E.
McLaughlin, Sarah Alban, b. Apr 3, 1865, d. Apr 3, 1905, w/o Edward McLaughlin
Mendenhall, Florence, b. 1886, d. 1957, *MFHM
Mendenhall, Isabelle, b. 1959, d. 1960, *MFHM
Mendenhall, Speck, b. 1889, d. 1975, *MFHM
Mendenhall, William C., b. 1886, d. 1962, *MFHM
Modesitt, Dewey R., b. Jun 23, 1903, d. Sep 20, 1977, PVT US Army WWII
Modesitt, Genevieve M., b. Sep 4, 1916, d., w/o Dewey R. Modesitt
Modesitt, Icyphine, b. 1912, d. 1978, w/o James M. Modesitt
Modesitt, Infant, b. 1934, d. 1934, d/o James and Icyphine Modesitt
Modesitt, James M., b. 1910, d. 1995
Modesitt, Shirley L., b. Mar 10, 1905, d. May 1, 1976
Mooney, Lena M. Duncan, b. 1886, d. 1928
Patterson, G. Basil, b. May 2, 1904, d. Apr 9, 1926
Patterson, Velma I., b. Oct 3, 1924, d. Dec 21, 1942
Reed, Donald, b. Nov 7, 1946, d. Apr 6, 1997
Reed, Janis, b. Aug 17, 1938, d., w/o Donald Reed
Riser, Marvin Keith, b. Dec 14, 1973, d. Dec 14, 1973
Shimpeno, D, Franklin, b. 1910, d. 1980
Shimpeno, David F., b. 1877, d. 1962
Stewart, Lavue, no dates, c/o R.H. and Ruth Stewart
Stewart, Ruth O. Duerr, b. Jun 3, 1892, d. Jul 23, 1923, w/o R.H. Stewart
Stull, Nellie B., b. Sep 9, 1898, d. Jun 25, 1994
Villers, Clyde D., b. 1904, d. 1978
Villers, Myma E., b. 1906, d. 1985, w/o Clyde D. Villers
Waters, Evelyn J., b. 1911, d., w/o Philip A. Waters, Married Dec 21, 1940
Waters, Philip A., b. 1900, d. 1969