Note: There are two versions to this cemetery, see below.
Note: Items in brackets ( ) have been added by the compiler.
ROW ONE: Beginning at the top of the cemetery
Sam Rector (Brother in law of Muphus Barnhart Jessee)
Born: 4/15/1874 - Died 3/8/1940
Dr. Snowden
No Information
William Henry Haire (Architect)
Born: 2/18/1863 - Died: 2/17/1927
Cumi Jessee Haire (Artist)
Born: 1/1/1885 - Died: 12/6/1926
Luther Davis
Born: 3/3/1897 - Died 3/7/1919
Mary Florence Davis
Born: 10/8/1917 - Died : 3/7/1919
Clayton Henry Davis
Born: 5/3/1891 - Died: 12/10/1926
Dora Ellen Tatum
Born: 12/10/1893 - Died: 7/1/69
ROW 2:
J.J. Snowden Jessee
Born: 6/27/1921 - Died: 12/16/1931
John Deward Jessee
Born: 4/25/1841 - Died: 4/3/1895
Sarah Williams Jessee
Born: 5/24/1842 - Died: 9/9/1931
Thomas J. Davis
Born: 4/20/1862 - Died: 8/20/1919
Mary Preston Jessee Davis
Born: 4/27/1873 - Died: 6/18/1917
ROW 3
Rita Mary Jessee
Born: 1/25/1919 - Died: 1/25/1919
William P. Jessee
Born: 5/2/1888 - Died: 9/23/1918
Elna Tiller Jessee
Born: 2/5/1891 - Died: 2/20/1919
John Snowden Ratcliffe Jessee
Born: 7/29/1917 - Died: 4/26/1981
Thomas C. Ratcliffe
Born: 7/19/1852 - Died: 1/1/1911
Rita V. Jessee
Born: 12/21/1918 - Died: 5/17/195_
Mr. & Mrs. Saunders
No Marker
C. Saunders
No Marker
Arnold Deward Jessee, Sr.
Born: 7/16/1901 - Died: 12/14/1975
Muphus Barnhart Jessee
Born: 3/24/1904 - Died: 11/5/1981
ROW 4:
Electa Jessee Howard (Teacher)
Born: 5/13/1916 - Died: 12/13/1985
George Washington Jessee
Born: 8/16/1869 - Died: 7/20/1949
Lilly Ball Jessee
Born: 10/22/1880 - Died: 11/20/1953
Norman Wyatt Goodman
Born: 4/22/1897 - Died: 4/13/1977
Furniture Maker
Ethel Jessee Goodman
Born: 11/20/1911 - Died: 8/21/2000
Cecil Janford Jessee
Born: 12/27/1934 - Died: 11/6/1941
Ceily Jessee Wallace
Born: 3/6/1840 - Died: 3/6/1906
(Wife of Major Wallace who is burried
Beside Mount Zion Church on Big A Mt
On Route 80)
Paul McCloud
Born: 6/22/1902 - Died: 8/17/1923
Gaynell McCloud
Born: 5/15/1904 - Died: 7/27/1925
Charlie McCloud
Born: 5/16/1890 - Died: 2/28/1906
Sadie McCloud
Born: 10/19/1898 - Died: 3/6/1906
ROW 5:
Memorial Marker:
Gabriel Jessee
Born: 2/24/1804 - Died: 5/8/1880
Nancy Wallis Jessee
Born: 8/12/1812 - Died: 4/8/1889
(Their remains rest in a cemetery off New Garden Finney Road)
William Henry Jessee
Infant Son of Leona Jessee
Edna McCloud Troust
Born: 7/17/1906 - Died: 2/10/1990
Charles McCloud
Born: 3/22/1866 - Died: 4/6/1936
Mary McCloud
Born: 2/2/1867 - Died: 11/27/1941
Mary C. (Madie) McCloud
Born: 3/1/1894 - Died: 9/19/1971
Grace McCloud
Born: 10/6/1898 - Died: 12/21/1966
Leona L. Jessee
Born: 3/19/1910 - Died: 9/10/1977
Ruby Marie Jessee Dutton
Born: 1/6/1904 - Died: 9/27/1977
ROW 6:
Unknown:
T.M. Miller
Born: 1907 - Died: 1943
C.M.
Born: 1905 - Died: 1941
Kyle Gregory*
Born: 1907 - Died: 1980
Aster Avery Perkins
Born: 2/28/1920 - Died: 2/16/1975
Rita Lavona Wallace Perkins
Born: 5/19/1918
James A. Perkins*
Born: 1/12/1940
Lucinda Jessee*
Born: 1869 - Died: 1948
John Miller*
Born: 6/1/1866 - Died: 6/11/1948
Sylvester Price*
Born: 5/31/1896 - Died: 4/8/1944
*NOT A JESSEE FAMILY MEMBER
Note: Items in brackets ( ) have been added by the compiler.
Lucinda Lowe
1869 - 1948
James A. Perkins
SP4 US Army
January 12, 1940 - December 12, 1980
Aster Avery Perkins Double stone with Rita Lavona Perkins February 28, 1920 “Perkins” in center May 19, 1918 February 16, 1975 ____________ Kyle H. Gregory Double stone with Dollie V. Gregory 1904 - 1989 “Gregory” in center 1907 - 1980 T. M. (One Stone) C. M. M. 1907 - 1943 1925 - 1941Sylvester Price
Arnold D. Jessee (One Stone) Murphus B. Jessee July 16, 1901 March 24, 1904 December 14, 1975 November 05, 1981Ruby Marie Dutton
Leona Lee Jessee
March 19, 1910 - September 10, 1977
Grace McCloud Hurt
October 06, 1898 - December 21, 1966
Mary C. Madie McCloud
March 01, 1894 - September 19, 1971
Mary C. McCloud
February 02, 1867 - November 27, 1941
Charles McCloud
March 22, 1866 - April 06, 1936
Edna H. McCloud
Trost
July 17,
1906
(The info on Edna’s rock looks similar to what I have written here).
Infant son of Leona Jessee
Cecil Janford Jessee
December 27, 1934 - November 06, 1941
(One stone)
Gabriel Jessee
February 24, 1804 - May 08, 1886
Nancy Lee Jessee
August 12, 1812 - April 08, 1889
Jonas Cole Rasnake
January 03, 1875 - April 19, 1958
Mary Presley (wife of Jonas Cole Rasnake)
September 12, 1876 - March 11, 1957
(One stone)
Mary Elizabeth Wallace
August 19, 1913
Carl Henry Wallace
March 12, 1922 - August 12, 1989
PFC US Army WWW II
(One stone)
Samuel F. Compton
November 10, 1874 - April 01, 1962
Maggie J. Compton
August 06, 1881 - July 12, 1964
Married Wed August 10, 1905
Elder George Wallace
April 15, 1843 - October 04, 1919
Sarah Wife of Elder George Wallace
July 16, 1848 - February 27, 1919
Samuel W. Smith (One stone) Rosa Bell Smith 1877 - 1935 1873 - 19581 grave marked no writing (metal marker)
Ella M. Richardson
1880 - 1951
Leck G. Richardson
1919 - 1960
1 marked no writing- (metal marker)
Sarah E. Richardson
1903 - 1975
1 marked no writing
Paul W. Smith
WVA Tec 5 US Army WWII
April 29, 1906 - May 26, 1958
William Henry Smith
WVA PFC US Army WWII
March 19, 1898 - November 16, 1961
Beulah G. Smith
1901 - 1984
Billie E. Compton
VA PFC 317 Infantry WWII BSM
May 01, 1924 - October 28, 1950
Lake E. Compton
VA CPL US Army WWI
August 17, 1895 - May 27, 1972
Thomas Boyd Compton
PFC US Army
April 22, 1936 - November 15, 1986
S. J. Rector
April 15, 1874 - March 08, 1940
Electa Jessee Howard
May 13, 1916 - December 13, 1985
(written under the dates on this stone is the name Millie)
George W. Jessee (On one stone) Lillie Ball Jessee August 16, 1869 October 02, 1880 July 20, 1949 October 20, 1953 Norman Wyatt Goodman (One stone) Ethel Gumi Jessee April 22, 1897 November 20, 1911 April 13, 1977 ______________ Married January 19, 1952 Sweethearts through EternityCecil Janford Jessee
? Wallace
March 1840 - March 06, 1906
(This stone was difficult to read)
Paul McCloud
June 22, 1902 - August 17, 1925
Gaynelle McCloud
May 15, 1904 - July 27, 1905
Charlie McCloud
May 16, 1890 - February 28, 1906
Sadie McCloud
October 09, 1896 - March 06, 1906
Clayton Henry Davis (one stone) Dora Ellen Davis May 03, 1891 December 10, 1893 December 10, 1926 July 01, 1969Mary Florence Davis
Luther P. Davis
March 03, 1897 - September 24, 1918
Died in service of country
Thomas J. Davis
April 20, 1862 - August 20, 1949
Mary P. Davis
April 27, 1873 - June 18, 1917
William Henry Haire (one stone) Gumi Jessee Haire February 13, 1863 January 01, 1885 February 07, 1927 December 06, 1926Sarah F. Jessee
John O. Jessee
April 25, 1841 - April 03, 1895
J.J. Snowden
June 21, 1881 - ___ 16, 1891
Age 10
(stone was hard to read)
Thomas C. Ratcliffe
July 19, 1852 - January 01, 1911
Ritta V. Ratcliffe
December 21, 1868 - May 17, 1953
John S. Ratcliffe
S Sgt. US Air Force WWII
July 29, 1917 - April 26, 1981
Edna Jessee
February 05, 1891 - February 10, 1913
Died 25 yrs. 15 da’s
(This doesn’t calculate! May have misread)
Wm. P. Jessee
May 02, 1888 - September 23, 1918
Age 31 yrs. 1 mo & 21 da’s
Ritty Mary Jessee
June 25, 1919 - June 25, 1919