U.S. Data Repository -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read U.S. Data Respository Copyright Statement on this page: McClure Family Cemetery (in the sequence the stone markers were recorded) October 2004 by Lisa L. Luther (charleywest@hotmail.com) Transcriber’s Note: The inscriptions listed here are as true as possible to the actual text on the headstones. All military markers will be noted with † beside the name. There were many graves with unmarked stones. Directions: From the Sod Post Office take Garretts Bend Road to the top of the first hill with the very bright green house on the left. Take the road on the right (across the road from the green house). This road goes up a very steep hill and eventually leads to a crossroads. At the crossroads take the ‘middle’ road, which is the driveway to a white house. You must ask the owners of the white house for directions and permission to go to the McClure Cemetery since you need to cross their property to get there. Definitely take a walking stick and a camera. The scenery is beautiful and peaceful. The best time to go is mid to late fall to avoid mosquitoes and other things that bite. =============================================================================================== ENGRAVED NAME ENGRAVED DATES =============================================================================================== 1. R.L.M. * 09/21/29 – 05/09/30 2. Myrtle McClure 1917 – 1918 3. Mattie McClure * 1870’s 4. Benjamin F. McClure 1875 – 1895 “Bennie” (footstone inscription) 5. †Virgle McClure * Born 01/17/1896 – Died 10/17/1918 (Civil War) “17th Infantry” “Gone But Not Forgotten” 6. J. M. McClure * 02/28/1850 – 08/21/1927 “Farewell my wife and children all, From you a father Christ doth call.” 7. Mary E. Eggleston McClure 01/20/1854 – 05/29/1928 “Mother” “Wife of James McClure” “Gone But Not Forgotten” 8. Ezra Lee McClure 1885 – 1941 “Ezra” (footstone inscription) 9. Nancy A. McClure Died 04/? /1906 10. Helen McClure Miller 07/16/1876 – 11/28/1946 “Memory” “Our Mother” 11. Dryden Miller 10/10/1871 – 12/28/1920 “Memory” “Our Father” 12. Thomas R. McClure Born 1853 – Died 1922 13. Carrie McClure Dunlap Born 1918 – Died 1918 14. Rita V. McCallister Born 1918 – Died 1918 15. Helen McCallister Born 1918 – Died 1919 16. Marie McCallister Born 1918 – Died 1919 =============================================================================================== McClure Family Cemetery Notes: =============================================================================================== 1. Not sure if the years are in the 1800’s or 1900’s. 3. This is the oldest legible headstone in the McClure Cemetery. 5. This marker is a tall obelisk with a beautiful rose carved into the top of each side. 6. This marker is a tall obelisk with palm leaves engraved at the top of each side. ===============================================================================================