Mt Moriah Church Cemetery, Roane County

Mt Moriah Church Cemetery

Transcribed June 12 – 14, 2001 by Cathy Cown and Brandy Myers

Name	Dates	Inscriptions/Footstones
Name	Dates	Inscriptions/Footstones

(joint marker)
Darrell Taylor	1903 – 1989
Hazel R. Taylor	1908 – 1941

Donald E. Taylor	8/11/1949 – 9/25/1949	son

Harley D. Taylor	01/11/47	our darling

Carolyn Jeanette Taylor	4/17/1959 – 10/4/1959

Coy Patrick & Infant Daughter	4/10/1922 – 4/25/1990
*no dates for Infant Daughter

Bradie Hargus	10/23/1908 – 1/27/1925

Dovie Mary Sharp	1893 – 1948

Elmira Clarkson	1847 – 1928	Wife of Emanuel Jones Christ is My Hope

Emanuel Jones	11/21/1846 – 5/18/1929	Pvt Co D, 2 WV Vol Cav
*s/o William Jones and Anna Priscilla Taylor

Harry O. Jones	1/27/1916 – 1/17/1938
*s/o Phillip Sheridan Jones and Mary Virginia Jones

Forrest W. Jones	1910 – 1945

Margaret Ann Jones	1941 – 1954

(joint marker)
Phillip Sheridan Jones	1887 – 1963
*s/o Emanuel Jones and Elmira Clarkson
Mary Virginia Jones	1887 – 1970

Rev. Lincoln H. Jones	1921 – 1978	(Military footstone) 1/22/1921 – 11/20/1978 Cpl US Army WWII

Maymie Jones Bennett	5/14/1912 – 11/20/1996

(joint marker)
Donald Patrick	1887 – 1937	Father
Eva Patrick	1885 – 1967	Mother

(joint marker)
Nancy J. Patrick	1866 – 1939	Mother
John Patrick	3/6/1860 – 5/2/1926	Father

Ivan Patrick	3/5/1923 – 2/5/1981	TEC 5 US Army WWII

(joint marker)
Howard Patrick	1885 – 1948	(Military Footstone) 6/20/1885-8/8/1948 WV Pvt US Marine Corp
Lona M. Patrick	1893 – 1971

Alfred M. Hively	11/6/1900 – 2/13/1922

Grant Whitney	7/23/1907 – 9/30/1907	Son of G. E. and M. L. Whitney

Erma Dean Summers	Born & Died 6/23/1930	Daughter of J. B. and Opal Summers

Gerald Moss Jones	1/28/1916 – 12/10/1967	AOM 2 US Navy WWII

(joint marker)
Etta Jones	1877 – 1865
Norvill Jones	1874 – 1957
*s/o Emanuel Jones and Elmira Clarkson

(joint marker) Jarvis-Jones
Everett Jarvis	1902 – 1980
Sybil Jones Jarvis	1912 – 1990
Delbert Jones	1906 – 1935

(joint marker)
Earl Raines	1912 – 1974	Our Children: Jack, Bill,
Jocie M. Raines	1918 – 1995	Virginia, Doris, J. Rex

Emory G. Taylor	6/27/1936 – 3/17/1968

Johnnie E. Taylor	10/19/1915 – 11/11/1960	An Inspiration To All Who Knew Him. Loved by his five children

Nancy Ann Fields	1936 – 1990
*Funeral Home Marker

Clark Emory Fields III	9/1/1991 – 3/1/1992
Marsha Suzanne Fields	7/10/1969 – 3/1/1992
*both names on same funeral home marker

(joint marker)
L. S. Taylor	1883 – 1948
Martha Taylor	1884 – 1970

Jacob Riley Moore	1/7/1949 – 7/22/1949	Son of Riley & Opal Taylor Moore

Elbert Moore	7/30/1953 – 10/9/1953	Son of Riley & Opal Taylor Moore

(joint marker)
Riley Moore	3/29/1922 – 3/22/1990
Opal Taylor Moore	8/26/1923 – 1/17/1996

Roy R. Moffatt	4/29/1905 – 9/23/1988	Lord Is My Shepard

(joint marker)
Giles F. Moffatt	1898 – 1963
Leona J. Moffatt	1909 – 1985

Dewey P. Ferrell	11/23/1944 – 9/1/1988

Jack Ferrell	1901 – 1963	Father

James W. Ferrell	1921 – 2001

Roy L. Ferrell	10/28/1946 – 5/8/1997

Loney Allen Ferrell	7/4/1948 – 10/29/1997

Floyd Okey Craft	1938 – 1996
*funeral home marker

(joint marker)
Lula E. Edwards	1/26/1892 – 10/26/1985
Rome Edwards	12/18/1889 – 12/28/1964

Dewey K. Taylor	1929 – 1985	Military Footstone: A2C US Air Force Korea

(joint marker)
Willie C. Marks	1/16/1912 – 5/1/1982	Footstone: Lt US Navy
Audra V. Marks	2/19/1914 – 8/13/1988

(joint marker)
“Pete” Hubert O. Lowe	4/4/1908 – 3/26/1971
Nellie Lowe	2/5/1906 – 12/31/1991

(joint marker)
Virgil T. Lowe	1911 – 1960
Goldie Mangus	1911 – 1995

Mae Mitchell Weir	9/1891 – 11/1977	At Rest

(joint marker)
Erma Hay	2/9/1910 – 1/12/1986
Silas Hay	8/21/1905 – 10/26/1992

Howard E. Elmore	6/12/1928 – 9/1/1996

(joint marker)
Orville Harper	12/10/1921 – 9/24/1925
Josie V. Harper	9/24/1925 – 5/10/1996

(joint marker)
M. Deane Harper	1/27/1916 – 3/20/1998	Married 4/30/1938
Marie F. Allison Harper	1/22/1920 – 6/24/1987	Our Children: Loretta, Phyllis, Jayne, Brian

(joint marker)
A. Clive Harper	7/13/1914 – 1/12/1989	Married 4/14/1934
Nola G. Taylor Harper	9/30/1917 –	Our Children: Janet, Richard, Karen, Clyde, Thomas

(joint marker)
H. Lakin Harper	8/13/1909 – 12/23/1995	Married 12/7/1939
Metta R. Harper	12/29/1910 – 12/28/1985

Okey J. Hargus	3/5/1902 – 9/25/1978

(joint marker)
Esten R. Hunt	9/22/1908 – 2/23/1991	Married 5/24/1930
Gertrude Hunt	10/14/1906 – 11/9/1998

David Curtis Harper	9/20/1952 – 12/2/1989

(joint marker)
Goldie Taylor	1915 – 1998
Oral R. Taylor	1898 – 1970	Military Footstone: West Virginia Cpl Army Service Corp WWI 5/30/1898 – 9/21/1970

(joint marker)
Shelva Hunt	1902 – 1976
Lona Hunt	1905 – 1971

Earl E. Jones	1931 – 1979

Otto Hunt	9/9/1911 – 4/4/1978

(joint marker)
Dona G. Harper	1892 – 1977
L. Ernest	1885 – 1969

Hallie C. Taylor	1909 – 1994

(joint marker)
Brooks Hunt	1914 – 1994
Bessie Hunt	1915 – no date

(joint marker)
John C Hunt	11/5/1872 – 2/4/1949
Cordelia E. Hunt	5/20/1875 – 5/8/1961

Marcus H. Hunt	2/11/1898 – 11/17/1952

Ovie C. Taylor	7/6/1921 – 6/21/1962

Bessie L Taylor Bullard	1/31/1928 – 11/28/1996

(joint marker)
Harry C Hunt	6/17/1903 – 8/5/1984	Married 11/29/1926
Bessie Mae Hunt	9/21/1909 – 6/6/1993

(joint marker)
Roy Taylor	1890 – 1962	Military Footstone: Wva Pvt 95 Depot Svc Co ASC WWI 12/2/1890 – 12/1/1962
Myrtle Taylor	1896 – 1972

James (Tom) Taylor	1914 -1974

James Allen Taylor	7/22/1978 – 7/16/1997	Son of Arnold & Hermie Taylor

(joint marker)
Howard G Phillips	1892 – 1973	Father
Edith G Phillips	1896 – 1976	Mother

H. Dean Jones	6/17/1932 – 9/1/1993

Clayton A. Walker	9/28/1924 – 3/7/1994	Military footstone: PVC US Army WWII Purple Heart

(joint marker)
Rev. Joe Seabolt	1906 – 1993
Macie J. Seabolt	1899 – 1986

(joint marker)
Faris Lee Nida	1934 – 1983	Military Footstone: BT 3 US Navy Korea 8/24/1934-4/24/1983
Barbara J. Nida	1938 -1974

Rev Henry H. Holbert Sr	1919 – 1971	(Military Footstone) Wva Cpl Co F 7 Inf WWII 8/18/1919-5/30/1971

Rev. Gregory D. Holbert	11/2/1952 – 1/8/2000
*son of Rev. Henry Holbert

Lula Hunt	1887 – 1920

Wanda Lee Taylor	1930 – 1931

Orpha Taylor	1898 – 1925

Armetha Patrick	4/11/1920 – 12/2/1937

Violet May Patrick	2/27/1924 – 11/22/44

(joint marker)
Mayford Patrick	1891 – 1966
Lucy R. Patrick	1896 – 1956

Robert Hunt	1920 -1977	US Marine Corp VFW 9857 M. O. C. Pt 17 & Aux Ohio

(joint marker)
Otis O. Hunt	1900 – no date
Ruth A. Hunt	1902 -1975

(joint marker)
Edward L. Hunt	1886 – 1974
Mary L Hunt	1891 – 1973

(joint marker)
Robert H. Hunt	1851 – 1904
Celia J. Hunt	1856 – 1942

(joint marker)
Everett E. Hunt	1878 – 1964
Sarah J. Hunt	1876 – 1959

(joint marker)
A. Coy Fisher	1906 – 1978
Okley Fisher	1909 – 1980

(joint marker)
Earl E. Jackson	10/6/1913 – 9/29/1976	(Military Footstone) Cpl Army Air Forces WWII
Ada H. Jackson	5/31/1918 – 3/27/1984

Ralph Jackson	2/24/1918 – 3/11/1960

(joint marker)
Willie E. Jackson	1890 – 1966
Icie Jackson	1889 – 1968

(joint marker)
Bessie T. Harper	1896 – 1987	Married 10/5/1913
Okey J. Harper	1895 – 1980

(joint marker)
Ivy Taylor Summers	1985 – 1988	Married 11/16/1913
James F. Summers	1891 – 1975

(joint marker)
Elizabeth K. Reed	7/29/1903 – 5/15/1933	Dearest Loved One, we have laid thee in the peaceful graves embrace. But thy memory shall be cherished till we see thy heavenly face.
Raleigh N. Reed	5/18/1901 – no date
*There is a picture of this couple on the headstone

(joint marker)
Stephen Taylor	8/2/1873 – 8/24/1929
*son of William Preston Taylor and Nancie E. Taylor
Hettie Taylor	5/10/1877 – 1/17/1959

William P Taylor	12/30/1836 – 9/30/1922
*son of John Oscar Taylor and Anna Hunt
Nancie E. Taylor	6/23/1837 – 9/3/1904
*daughter of Stephen Taylor and Amelia Patrick

(joint marker)
Virginia Shafer	1866 – 1914
Henry J. Shafer	1865 – 1950

Tami Burgess	12/16/1961 – 5/23/2001

(joint marker)
Peter Perry Jarvis	4/10/1896 – 10/5/1965	(Military Footstone) Pvt 162 Depot Brigade WWI
Luella M. Jarvis	4/16/1885 – 2/15/1974

Sophenia E. Hunt	1868 -1951

Rachel Parsons	3/2/1844 – 3/5/1929
William M. Hunt	7/26/1847 – 4/8/1926	13th Wva Inf

Cyrus D. Hunt	1/14/1878 – 4/26/1921

Zena Hunt	4/18/1917 – 8/14/1919

(joint marker)
Ilene Hunt	1937 – 1992	Mother
Buddy E. Hunt	1962 – 1963	Son

Ole F. Hunt	1883 – 1956

Eva Hackney	1892 – 1963

Oscar Hackney	1902 – 1979

(joint marker)
Erna E. Larch	1912 – 1965
Minnie G. Larch	1911 – 1998

Harold Devon Hunt Jr.	1968 – 1971

Thurston H. Larch	12/9/1913 – 11/23/1982

Minnie B. Hunt	9/17/1917 – 6/26/1988	Mom

Ronald Gary Seabolt	5/11/1963 – 5/12/1963	Infant son of R. D. & D. K. Seabolt

Oral Johnson	1914 – 1958

Hobert Johnson	1918 – 1957

(joint marker)
Ivy S. Johnson	1893 – 1961
Lessie Johnson	1892 – 1976

Emory E. Taylor	1929 -1993	Forever In Our Hearts

H. Fred Elmore	9/13/1910 – 7/29/1981

Kermit O. Paxton	1915 – 1979	(Military footstone) SSGT US Army WWII 1/15/1915 – 6/11/1979

(joint marker)
Ezra Taylor	1878 – 1955
Nora E. Taylor	1886 – 1973

(joint marker)
George Moffatt	1906 – 1989	Married 9/24/1927
Gertrude Taylor Moffatt	1908 – 2000

Dewey Shafer	1902 – 1933

Asa L. Shafer	9/4/1871 – 7/20/1955

Verna Taylor Shafer	12/8/1876 – 12/20/1931	Wife of Asa L. Shafer

Margaret Hunt	1851 – 1934	Wife of R. A. Hunt

Effa Painter	3/6/1910 – 3/4/1994	Mother of Carol, Jack, Bill, J. D., David, Bunny, Judy Jo An

Bennie A. Hunt	9/12/1912 – 12/2/1985

Richard A. Hunt	1944 – 1970

(joint marker)
Martha E. Hunt	1880 -1956
Wilson F. Hunt	1867 – 1956

(joint marker)
Eliza A. Hunt	1877 – 1944
Robert P. Hunt	1867 – 1940

Fannie Hunt Taylor	1899 – 1963	Mother

Don E. Taylor	2/16/1899 – 12/29/1979

Leslie D. Hunt	1901 – 1878

(joint marker)
Gordon Hunt	1903 – 1993	Married 6/2/1925
Glada Hunt	1904 – 1996

(joint marker)
Sherman Hunt	3/27/1890 – 1/16/1984	Married 1/1/1908
Osha Hunt	8/28/1890 – 6/29/1974

Farris B. Hunt	1913 – 1943

Hunt Infant	6/17/1940

Curtis W. Hunt	6/13/1913 – 6/30/1970

(joint marker)
Bunis A. Hunt	7/24/1881 – 8/18/1946	Married 7/15/1900
Anzy M. Hunt	6/25/1883 – 5/5/1975

C. Gene Miller	1930 – 1961

Sheila A. Miller Sigmon	12/3/1958 – 10/29/1986

Douglas Ray Miller	5/15/1964 – 5/16/1964

(joint marker)
Kermit R. Miller	3/1/1920 – 11/4/1976	(Military footstone) Pvt US Army
Vivian Hunt Miller	1/4/1923 – 6/3/1992

(joint marker)
D. Smith Ryan	2/13/1898 – 2/7/1969
Mabel M. Ryan	5/17/1888 – 8/4/1981

John Edward Ryan	7/13/1930 – 5/9/1964

William J. Shock	8/15/1921 – 7/14/1999	(Military footstone) TEC 3 US Army WWII

Dale C. Hunt	7/13/1888 – 2/7/1956	WVa Pvt 241 Ambulance Co WWI

Vadis Hunt	10/17/1911 – 10/31/1996

(joint marker)
Floyd E. Hunt	1878 – 1957
Vina Hunt	1879 – 1962

Sidney Hunt	6/21/1915 – 11/20/1993	PFC US Army WWII

Rex Hunt	7/17/1917 – 6/12/1976	Love Lives Forever. Wife Leoma, Son Larry, Daughter Andrea, Grandson Nicholas. (Military footstone) PFC US Army WWII

Andrea Hunt	1957 – 1958

(joint marker)
Edward Hunt	1885 -1952
Mattie Hunt	1890 – 1983

(joint marker)
Glae Harper	1906 – 1960
Annie Harper	1902 – 1987

Phyllis Catherine Harper	7/16/1932

(joint marker)
Nelson E. Harper	1912 – 1995
Ollie Harper	1916 – ?

(joint marker)
Sherman H. Harper	1917 – 1990
Goolie V. Harper	1919 – 1986

(joint marker)
Minnie B. Harper	1888 – 1963
Nelson “Dick” Harper	1887 – 1970

Samantha J. Hunt	5/17/1872 – 5/29/1960	Mother

(joint marker)
W. R. Harper	1889 -1978
Ora Harper	1890 – 1974

Clair L. Harper	1919 – 1969

Dolores Jean Moffatt “Dolly”	1934 – 1992

Irene Trowbridge Moffatt	1914 – 1987	Wife of Okey W. Moffatt

Okey W. Moffatt	no dates listed at all	A Friend To All

Rev. Henry N. Chapman	1903 – 1971

Herbert R. Grose	11/3/1907 – 7/28/1981	Cpl US Army WWII

Eliza Hodges Grose	2/28/1906 – 8/13/1985

Paul James Hill	8/30/1928 – 4/18/1997	Cpl US Army Korea

(joint marker)
Dennis C. Hill	11/22/1902 – 2/5/1992
Gotha J. Hill	2/16/1909 – 7/8/1992

Janet Sue “Pups” Good	1943 – 1998

Bernard L. “Dale” Haynes	12/15/1952 – 3/5/2001

Smith Jones	2/14/1911 – 4/16/1993

*There are approximately 15 graves marked only with fieldstones

Memorial on top of hill:
In Memory of
Robert Z. Hunt
VFW MOC Ohio

*notes made by transcriber