U.S. Data Repository -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright statement on this page: Watts Cemetery September 2004 by Lisa L. Luther (charleywest@hotmail.com) Sign on main gate reads: “Watts Cemetery 1879” Transcriber’s Note: The inscriptions listed here are abbreviated versions of the actual text on the headstones. All military markers will be noted with ( beside the name. Directions: From the Sod Post Office take Timberwolf Trail. Follow this road as far as possible up the mountain until there is a house with a deck to your right, and a gray house to your left. Just after the gray house you will see a gated rocky dirt road entrance to a trail. The entrance has a very low gate across it with a “Posted” sign to the left. To get to Watts Cemetery just step over the gate and walk the trail. The trail is usually not overgrown and is very well kept. The walk is not as far as it seems, and the cemetery is easy to spot. It is on a beautiful grassy mound. The residents of the gray house just before the gated entrance own the property so be sure to check with them before crossing the gate. =================================================================================================================================== ENGRAVED NAME ENGRAVED DATES =================================================================================================================================== 1. George L. Graley 02/1910 – 05/1973 2. John O. Owen 04/12/1880 – 05/21/193? 3. Lillie Tudor 1880 – 1975 “Mama” 4. Betty Jean Watts Campbell 05/19/1917 – 01/03/2002 5. Daisy Paul Watts 01/16/1912 – 06/04/2002 6. William T. Watts 08/13/1908 – 01/31/1992 “Bill” 7a. Isaac Edward Watts 1871 – 1930 “At Rest” 7b. Mima Florentine Watts 1876 – 1923 “At Rest” 8a. Albert S. Hilbert 1859 – 1944 8b. Amazon L. Hilbert 1859 – 1934 9. F. Rosa D. Watts Hilbert 03/28/1859 – 01/08/1937 “Mother and Grandmother” 10. Emma Hill Watts 11/15/1884 – 10/01/1972 11. Mary T. Watts 06/17/1911 – 08/15/1959 12. Ohmer L. Watts, Jr. 05/07/1927 – 02/26/1928 13. Ohmer L. Watts, Sr. 05/08/1879 – 08/23/1942 14. Eugene Wright 04/16/1957 – 04/16/1957 15. Laura I. Hill 04/12/1858 – 08/01/1935 “Mother” 16. John H. Hill Born 08/08/1857 – Died 07/13/1923 17a. Jon Mullins 1884 – 1974 17b. Mayme Mullins 1880 – 1991 18. Helen Wright 03/09/1960 – 03/09/1960 19. Buelah Watts 1882 20. Amy Marybelle Watts 1859 – 1896 21. Baby Watts 1896 22. J. Stafford Watts 1854 – 1902 23. Baby Vickers 1912 24. Violet Watts 1918 25. Doris Watts McClure * 11/18/1925 – 06/29/1951 “A Loved One” 26. Carol Rena McClure * 1946 – 1946 27. Emily Holston Watts 1866 – 1900 28. B.E. Neal Born 03/03/1886 – Died 12/09/1915 “B.E.N.” (Foot stone inscription) 29. Amber E. Neal Mobley 1890 – 1939 30. John M. Mobley 1875 – 1944 31. Roy D. Neal 10/25/1931 – 01/08/2003 “Our Loved One” 32. †Harold E. Neal 10/26/1928 – 03/28/1996 “Our Loved One” HAROLD E. NEAL PFC US ARMY KOREA 10/26/1928 – 03/28/1996 33. Rosie E. Neal 04/02/1904 – 02/13/1955 “Dear Mother, In God’s Care” “Wife of A. A. Neal” 34. Ruth Neal Goode 03/08/1930 – 11/22/1951 “Our Loved One” 35. †Alonzo A. Neal 07/11/1892 – 11/07/1967 “Father” “At Rest” ALONZO A. NEAL WEST VIRGINIA PFC MEDICAL DEPARTMENT WORLD WAR I 07/11/1892 – 11/07/1967 36. Cynthia C. Neal 05/15/1849 – 05/28/1949 37a. Annie G. Woodrum 02/10/1889 – 07/01/1973 37b. Richard B. Woodrum 08/24/1884 – 08/05/1966 38. Carl Anthony Neal 06/19/1967 39. H.J. Neal 1865 – 1941 “Asleep In Jesus” 40. Carl W. Neal 09/14/1940 – 07/03/1992 “Our Loved One” 41. Wanda Jean Neal 03/26/1946 – 07/22/2000 “Jeannie” 42. Elizabeth J. Neal Born 02/07/1858 – Died 06/25/1927 “Wife of H. J. Neal” “Gone But Not Forgotten 43. Arnold Woodrum 08/27/ 1920 – 10/14/1940 “Gone But Not Forgotten” 44. Lawrence Neal 11/18/1886 – 06/071949 “Passed But Not Forgotten” 45. Carl Woodrum Born 07/12/1915 – Died 02/27/1919 “Suffer The Little Ones Unto Me” 46a. James Harden Nunn 1854 – 1957 46b. Nannie Franklin Nunn 1863 – 1938 47. Zena Nunn 1930 48. Irene Carpenter Estep 1869 – 1900 49. †Thomas L. Nunn * PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II 1914 – 1980 50a. Stone W. Nunn 04/18/1891 – 04/16/1994 50b. Bertha May Nunn 04/20/1893 – 12/11/1966 51. Rev. William Watts * 02/12/1823 – 03/18/1879 “Farewell, my wife and children all, From you a father Christ doth call, Mourn not for me it is vain; To call me to your sight again.” 52. Harold R. Burgess 06/11/1882 – 01/20/1911 “Our Harold Is Gone But Not Forgotten” 53. Minnie Ruby Watts Died 07/10/1899 “Mother” 54. Billy Joe Nunn 10/25/1935 – 10/11/1985 55. Billy Ray Nunn 1980 – 2001 “In Memory Of Our Beloved Son” 56a. Wirt C. Holstein 02/09/1860 – 04/15/1937 56b. Millie Ann Holstein 05/07/1860 – 02/15/1929 57. Nancy Jane Purdy 03/18/1902 – 08/18/1902 58. Cora Ann Purdy 02/05/1898 – 02/05/1898 =================================================================================================================================== Watts Cemetery Notes: =================================================================================================================================== 25. Wife of Forrest McClure (12/08/1919 – 06/27/1996) buried in Midkiff Cemetery Sumerco, WV. 26. Daughter of Forrest and Doris (Watts) McClure. 49. Husband of Eldean Grace (Clark) Nunn (04/18/1939 – 11/15/2002) buried in Lively Cemetery Sod, WV. 51. This is the oldest legible headstone in the Watts Cemetery. It is a tall obelisk with a Masonic emblem.