Barren Fork
Cemetery
Partial Transcription on Sept. 13, 2005
Submitted by: Barbara Nicholas
Notes in parenthesis by: Della Goodin
Updated by: Della Goodin March 30, 2007
Directions to Cemetery: HWY 27 to Rangers Station at
Marshes Siding. Road beside
Ranger Station. Travel until
the fork in the road. Take
the left fork it leads to the cemetery and around it.
Note: This cemetery is still being used and is
maintained though not mowed often enough.
| NAME |
BIRTH |
DEATH |
NOTES |
| Allen, Mary
Francis |
May 21, 1965 |
Living |
Ossw Ricky
(2nd wife of Ricky) |
| Allen, Ricky |
April 21, 1958 |
May 15, 2004 |
Ossw Mary (S/O Virgil and
Wilma. Born on April
21, 1958. Father of Ricky Ray, Kristy, Lane, and Travis. 1st
husband of Della Goodin) |
| Allen, Virgil G. |
June 17, 1938 |
Jan. 26, 2003 |
Ossw Wilma his wife (Father of Ricky, Robert,
Katheryn) |
| Allen, Wilma J. |
Dec. 29, 1941 |
2007 |
Ossw Virgil G. (J stands for
Jean) |
| Ball, Wilhemia |
Aug. 11, 1926 |
Mar. 22, 1995 |
|
| Blevins, Annes |
Sept. 7, 1928 |
No Date |
Ossw Odie |
| Blevins, Odie |
Feb. 10, 1925 |
Apr. 18, 2002 |
Ossw Annes Photo on stone
|
| Branscum, Goldie |
Feb. 19, 1915 |
Nov. 27, 1998 |
Ossw Hubert |
| Branscum, Hubert |
May 17, 1912 |
Jan. 18, 1996 |
Ossw Goldie |
| Breeden, Yvonne
�Ballou� |
Aug. 18, 1950 |
Nov. 1, 2002 |
|
| Brooks, Joe Bill |
Aug. 22, 1939 |
Dec. 18, 1995 |
Pvt. US Army |
| Bryant, David E. |
1948 |
2005 |
Funeral Home
Marker |
| Bryant, Henry |
1938 |
1998 |
Funeral Home
Marker |
| Chestnut, Carl |
1940 |
2005 |
Funeral Home
Marker |
| Clark, Morton R. |
Sept. 3, 1921 |
Jan. 11, 2004 |
Pvt. US Army WW
2 |
| Clark, Onieda |
Nov. 26, 1923 |
Mar. 27, 1991 |
|
| Coffey, Betty |
Mar. 3, 1933 |
June 3, 1933 |
|
| Coffey,
Charmaine |
1962 |
2005 |
Funeral Home
Marker |
| Coffey, Fordie |
Mar. 28, 1921 |
Dec. 26, 1982 |
Ossw Betty
Coalminer |
| Collins, Alice |
Apr. 10, 1910 |
Oct. 8, 1990 |
|
| Collins, Clinton
A. |
Apr. 5, 1939 |
July 20, 2001 |
|
| Cooper, Laura |
Apr. 14, 1907 |
May 21, 2000 |
|
| Cox, Roger Dale
�Bo� |
Dec. 15, 1959 |
Jan. 2, 2002 |
SP 4 US Army |
| Crabtree,
Trinnie |
1965 |
2002 |
Funeral Home
Marker |
| Creekmore, Berlie
G. |
Oct. 10, 1930 |
Jan. 24, 2001 |
Ossw David
Allen |
| Creekmore, David
Allen |
Mar. 20, 1962 |
Dec. 18, 1977 |
Ossw Berlie |
| Daughtery, Floyd
Lee |
Jan. 25, 1935 |
June 20, 1979 |
(Husband of Mary Watson Daughtery,
father of Sharon, Mike, Steve, and Shonda) |
| Davis, Janis |
Nov. 8, 1940
|
July 7, 1997 |
Funeral Home
Marker |
| Dick, Billy N. |
May 11, 1937 |
No Date |
Ossw Inez |
| Dick, Inez |
Nov. 3, 1929 |
July 27, 1996 |
Ossw Billy N. |
| Ellis, Herbert
Michael |
Aug. 10, 1951 |
Feb. 22, 2005 |
ASC2 US Navy |
| Garland, Charles
Andrew |
Apr. 14, 1923 |
July 19, 1986 |
Ossw Mildred
Helen |
| Garland, Mildred
Helen |
Mar. 7, 1925 |
Mar. 25, 1992 |
Ossw Herbert
Michael |
| Garland, Shanna
Jade |
June 28, 1997 |
Mar. 16, 2004 |
�Dwelling in a Quiet resting
place� |
| Hansford, Arnold |
June 2, 1930 |
Sept. 4, 1999 |
Ossw Lela (his wife) (Arnold and Lela owned and
operated Hansford�s Grocery for many years located in Marshes
Siding.) |
| Hansford, Lela |
Mar. 31, 1929 |
June 23, 2003 |
Ossw Arnold (her husband)
|
| Hansford, Madison
Lynn |
Oct. 10, 2001 |
Jan. 1, 2003 |
D/O Shane and
Misty |
| Hatfield, Anna
L. |
July 12, 1914 |
Nov. 3, 1986 |
Ossw Lelsie
M. |
| Hatfield, Leslie M.
|
Mar. 15, 1906 |
June 23, 2003 |
Ossw Anna L. |
| Heath, Starlin
E. |
Jan. 12, 1921 |
June 7, 1989 |
|
| Henson, Clinton
Darrell |
Aug. 10, 1947 |
Nov. 19, 1969 |
KY PVT US Army Vietnam (S/O
William and Rosa.
Killed in a fight with his brother by accident.)
|
| Henson, Jimmie |
Apr. 3, 1936 |
Aug. 21, 1973 |
PFC US Air Force (S/O William and
Rosa. Shot and killed
at his home.) |
| Henson, Rosa |
Apr. 11, 1919 |
Dec. 21, 1982 |
(W/O William. D/O Henry and Jane
Watson) |
| Henson, William |
Nov. 4, 1913 |
July 12, 1985 |
US Navy WW 2 (Husband of Rosie (Watson)
Henson) |
| Henson, William
�Bill� |
Nov. 4, 1913 |
June 12, 1985 |
(H/O Rosa) SM 2 US Navy WW
2 |
| Herald, Zona |
July 12, 1937 |
Dec. 2, 1997 |
|
| Hickman, Carl H.
|
Mar. 29, 1919 |
July 29, 1991 |
PFC US Army WW
2 |
| Higginbotham, Dana
Ann |
1996 |
1997 |
Funeral home
marker |
| Hill, Clarence
C. |
Aug. 26, 1933 |
May 26, 1993 |
Ossw Matteline
E. |
| Hill, Matteline
E. |
Nov. 28, 1939 |
No Date |
Ossw Clarence |
| Holloway, Alvie |
1919 |
2005 |
Funeral home
marker |
| Holloway, Gloria
A. |
1930 |
1996 |
Ossw Mary E. |
| Holloway, Mary E.
|
1957 |
1976 |
Ossw Gloria
A. |
| Hopper, Ora |
Mar. 22, 1907 |
Oct. 22, 1987 |
|
| Howard, Kathryn
Bryant |
May 31, 1941 |
June 14, 1996 |
Ossw Rev.
David |
| Howard, Rev.
David |
Feb. 27, 1936 |
May 16, 1986 |
Ossw Kathryn
Bryant |
| Humphrey,
Foistene |
Nov. 7, 1933 |
No Date |
�Mother� |
| Humphrey, Ronnie |
July 29, 1963 |
Jan. 8, 2003 |
�Son� Photo on
stone |
| Jennings, Dessie
Taylor |
Mar. 24, 1923 |
July 10, 1995 |
(Dessie had one son that I know of
and his name is Jeff) (D/O Abe and Rosetta
Taylor) |
| Jones Dorothy M. |
Aug. 7, 1932 |
No Date |
Ossw Daniel
E. |
| Jones, Bobby Joe |
1964 |
1991 |
Funeral home
marker |
| Jones, Daniel E. |
July 11, 1926 |
Oct. 13, 1991 |
Ossw Dorothy M. US Army
|
| Jones, Desda M. |
1908 |
1993 |
Ossw Rev.
Francis |
| Jones, Linda Sue |
July 29, 1946 |
Apr. 22, 1995 |
Ossw Ronald |
| Jones, Rev.
Francis |
1908 |
1992 |
Ossw Desda M. |
| Jones, Ronald |
July 18, 1944 |
No Date |
Ossw Linda
Sue |
| Keith, Donald L. |
1945 |
1989 |
Ossw Virginia
V. |
| Keith, James E. |
Aug. 7, 1941 |
Mar. 5, 2003 |
|
| Keith, Russell
L. |
Jan. 15, 1912 |
Jan. 15, 2001 |
|
| Keith, Virginia
V. |
1949 |
No Date |
Ossw Donald
L. |
| Kennedy, Robert
Denver |
Mar. 31, 1947 |
June 25, 1999 |
|
| Kidd, Johnny
Green |
Dec. 19, 1922 |
Jan. 10, 1968 |
PFC US Army WW
2 |
| King, John C. |
Nov. 8, 1969 |
Mar. 9, 2000 |
�Son� |
| King, Lula Belle |
June 15, 1910 |
Dec. 2, 1989 |
|
| King, Nova |
Mar. 14, 1932 |
Aug. 12, 2004 |
�Father� |
| Lovell, Rebecca |
Dec. 29, 1943 |
Jan. 24, 2000 |
Photo on
stone |
| Loyd J. Watson
�Don� |
Sept. 26, 1946 |
Jan. 9, 2006 |
(S/O Elbert and Nannie) On stone:
�Uncle Don�
|
| Lynch, C.
Haskell |
Apr. 16, 1917 |
May 16, 1999 |
Ossw Flora B. |
| Lynch, Clara M. |
Sept. 10, 1917 |
Feb. 25, 1985 |
|
| Lynch, Danny
Paul |
June 8, 1956 |
June 28, 1994 |
|
| Lynch, Flora B. |
June 7, 1920 |
Aug. 7, 1997 |
Ossw C.
Haskell |
| Lynch, Kathleen |
Jan. 28, 1928 |
Aug. 10, 2000 |
Ossw Lincoln |
| Lynch, Lincoln |
Aug. 28, 1923 |
Apr. 6, 2002 |
Ossw Kathleen |
| Lynch, Matthew |
Nov. 2, 1981 |
July 4, 2004 |
(Only child of Eddie and Shonda
Watson Lynch. Died in a
dirt bike wreck) |
| Lynch, Matthew
Ray |
Nov. 2, 1981 |
July 4, 2004 |
(S/O Eddie and Shonda Watson
Lynch. He was killed in
a dirt bike wreck) |
| Malone, Nora |
Jan. 27, 1903 |
Feb. 8, 1984 |
|
| Manning, James
Floyd |
Dec. 27, 1931 |
Oct. 16, 1995 |
|
| Marler, Clarence
E. |
Sept. 28, 1905 |
Oct. 6, 1989 |
Ossw Rosa Lee |
| Marler, Rosa Lee |
Apr. 1, 1905 |
Aug. 9, 1997 |
Ossw Clarence
E. |
| Mason, Margie
Susan |
July 25, 1957 |
Sept. 18, 1986 |
|
| Maynard, Roger
D. |
Jan. 20, 1960 |
Oct. 14, 1989 |
(H/O Sharon Daughtery
Maynard) |
| Meeks, Thelma
Boyatt |
1921 |
1987 |
Funeral Home
Marker |
| Michaels, Donnie |
Feb. 23, 1944 |
Apr. 4, 2003 |
|
| Murphy, Adeline |
Apr. 2, 1930 |
July 24, 1984 |
Ossw Harvey |
| Murphy, Harvey |
May 20, 1927 |
Feb. 27, 1986 |
Ossw Adeline Married July 9,
1952 |
| Murphy, Lizzie
M. |
Aug. 20, 1918 |
No Date |
Ossw William
E. |
| Murphy, William
E. |
Feb. 1, 1912 |
No Date |
Ossw Lizzie
M. |
| Myers, Hallie |
Jan 7, 1927 |
Sept. 12, 2001 |
|
| New, Ethel M. |
July 20, 1912 |
Oct. 20, 1999 |
Ossw Hurstle |
| New, Hurstle |
Apr. 26, 1911 |
Mar. 24, 2000 |
Ossw Ethel |
| New, Janie A. |
June 17, 1956 |
July 22, 1977 |
Ossw Ottis L. |
| New, Ottis L. |
Jan. 7, 1946 |
No Date |
Married April 3,
1976 |
| Otten, Evelyn |
May 2, 1934 |
Sept. 6, 1973 |
(D/O Elbert and Nannie
Watson. Mother of
Steve, Anthony, and Angel Watson who were adopted by her brother
Loyd) |
| Patton, Victoria
Lynn |
Aug. 28, 1993 |
Feb. 01, 1998 |
(Granddaughter of Virleen Patton)
|
| Patton, Virleen |
1940 |
2002 |
(D/O William and Rosa (Watson)
Henson) |
| Perry, Alma R. |
Aug. 17, 1935 |
One Date |
Ossw Jimmy |
| Perry, Donald
Wade |
Oct. 18, 1977 |
Mar. 22, 1999 |
|
| Perry, Elmer |
Feb. 13, 1912 |
July 27, 1999 |
Ossw Gladys |
| Perry, Gladys B. |
July 21, 1915 |
May 29, 1993 |
Ossw Elmer |
| Perry, Jimmy |
Apr. 3, 1933 |
May 5, 1989 |
Ossw Alma R. |
| Perry, Jimmy |
1933 |
1989 |
Funeral Home
Marker |
| Perry, Mackenzie
May |
June 21, 2002 |
July 4, 2002 |
�Precious
Daughter� |
| Phillips, Connie
L. |
May 2, 1948 |
Dec. 27, 2001 |
Ossw Garvil |
| Phillips, Garvil |
June 8, 1922 |
July 13, 1988 |
Ossw Connie L. PFC US Army WW 2
�Together Forever� |
| Powell, Chester
M. |
June 23, 1910 |
Dec. 2, 1987 |
|
| Powell, Mary |
Aug. 29, 1919 |
One Date |
Ossw Chester |
| Rosetta L.
Taylor |
Dec. 21, 1900 |
Mar. 8, 1980 |
Ossw Abraham Married June 7,
1920 |
| Shadoan, Robert A.
|
Oct. 8, 1930 |
Jan. 9, 1996 |
Ossw Scott
Allen |
| Shadoan, Scott
Allen |
1958 |
2004 |
Ossw Robert
A. |
| Sheperd, Elmer
J. |
1920 |
1999 |
Ossw Ruby L.
Coalminer |
| Sheperd, Milie
Ann |
Mar. 10, 1911 |
June 29, 1992 |
|
| Sheperd, Robert
E. |
May 14, 1933 |
June 15, 2004 |
US Marine
Corps |
| Sheperd, Roger |
1938 |
1986 |
PVT US Marine
Corps |
| Sheperd, Ruby I. |
1923 |
One Date |
|
| Simon, Arthur |
Dec. 10, 1905 |
May 9, 1996 |
Ossw Nannie |
| Simon, Nannie M. |
Jan. 16, 1921 |
May 20, 1989 |
Ossw Arthur |
| Singer, Toni
Renee |
Nov. 6, 1998 |
Apr. 14, 1999 |
|
| Slaven, Leonard
Wesley |
May 17, 1925 |
Sept. 24, 1986 |
|
| Staffey, Edward |
Dec. 12, 1933 |
Oct. 5, 1995 |
Ossw Nina E. |
| Staffey, Nina E. |
July 24, 1936 |
Apr. 14, 1995 |
Ossw Edward |
| Stephens, Lola
Ann |
Jan. 19, 1944 |
One Date |
Ossw Wiley Von Jr. and
Sr. |
| Stephens, Rosie
Lee |
Apr. 2, 1902 |
Dec. 26, 1989 |
|
| Stephens, Wiley Von Jr.
|
May 30, 1974 |
July 2, 1988 |
Ossw Wiley Von Sr. and Lola
Ann |
| Stephens, Wiley Von
Sr. |
Mar. 5, 1941 |
July 2, 1988 |
Ossw Wiley Von Jr. and Lola
Ann |
| Strunk, Bobbie
Jean |
Sept. 20, 1932 |
Jan. 30, 2003 |
|
| Strunk, Elisha
W. |
1931 |
1996 |
Funeral Home
Marker |
| Strunk, Hannah
Nicole |
Dec. 12, 2001 |
Dec. 12, 2001 |
�Walk softly and angel
sleeps� |
| Strunk, Madlyn
Flynn |
Sept. 10, 1896 |
Apr. 13, 1983 |
|
| Strunk, Velma |
May 9, 1920 |
Mar. 30, 2000 |
|
| Taylor, Abraham
L. |
Aug. 15, 1898 |
May 20, 1978 |
Ossw Rosetta L. (his
wife) |
| Taylor, Edith B. |
Dec. 9, 1931 |
Mar. 10, 1996 |
Ossw William |
| Taylor, Jada
(Lynch) |
Feb. 27, 1958 |
Mar. 5, 2005 |
Funeral Home Marker (She was the Widow of Donnie Lynch, but
remarried, mother of Roy, Donald, Donna, Amanda, Jamie, John,
Manika) |
| Taylor, William
L. |
Jan. 12, 1931 |
Jan. 12, 2002 |
Ossw Edith |
| Tharp, Mary |
Apr. 30, 1917 |
Mar. 7, 1953 |
(D/O Henry and Jane Watson. Mother of Gene
Upchurch) |
| Thompson, Joe E. |
Feb. 7, 1919 |
Oct. 16, 1990 |
Ossw Mable (his
wife) |
| Thompson, Mable
E. |
Mar. 18, 1922 |
Mar. 6, 2001 |
Ossw Joe (her
husband) |
| Thompson, Melissa
S. |
1966 |
1991 |
|
| Vanover, Barbara Watson
|
Jan. 7, 1954 |
Sept. 26, 2006 |
(D/O Elbert and Nannie
Watson. Mother of Mark
and Jaime Davis by her 1st husband Doyle
Davis) |
| Wallace, Harold
Lincoln |
|
|
PFC US Air Force
Vietnam |
| Wallone, Joseph
D. |
Oct. 29, 1915 |
Feb. 11, 1995 |
|
| Watson, Becky |
1959 |
2006 |
|
| Watson, Delena |
May 13, 1951 |
Living |
Ossw Roger |
| Watson, Delmer
�Pete� |
June 2, 1936 |
Sept. 30, 2001 |
H/O Clarice Barnett Watson. Father of Joyce, Gary,
Shonda, Sandra, Janet, and Teresa S/O Elbert and Nannie)
|
| Watson, Elbert |
Apr. 4, 1913 |
Feb. 22, 1970 |
(H/O Nannie, S/O Henry and
Jane. Died from Black
Lung a coalminer.) |
| Watson, Eva |
Mar. 3, 1910 |
Jan. 19, 1989 |
Ossw Gorman (his
wife) |
| Watson, Gary |
Mar. 14, 1958 |
Sept. 27, 2004 |
(Gary Lee Watson married to
Teresa Tracy Sizemore Watson. Father of Delmer Lee, Nola Marie,
Joseph Gary, and Tracy Renee.
Gary was my brother-in-law. Survived Cancer to have a
major heart attack three months later. S/O Delmer �Pete�and
Clarice) |
| Watson, Glenna |
Jan. 10, 1957 |
Living |
Ossw Sherman |
| Watson, Gorman |
Dec. 15, 1904 |
Sept. 24, 1998 |
Ossw Eva (S/O Henry and
Jane) |
| Watson, Harold |
Feb. 1, 1957 |
Apr. 17, 1992 |
Ossw Margie PVT US Marine
Corps (Hit by a train one night walking on the
tracks but there is some suspicion about this) (Husband of Margie, Father
of Daniel, Willie, and Kathy.
Adopted son of Loyd Watson) |
| Watson, Henry J.
|
Jan. 11, 1883 |
Nov. 5, 1957 |
Ossw Jane (His wife) On Stone:
�Children: Hattie, Hazel, Mary, Rosie, Loretta, Dolly, Gorman,
Elbert, Virgil, Elmer, and Charlie.� |
| Watson, Jane |
Mar. 2, 1883 |
July 9, 1945 |
Ossw Henry (Maiden name is
Lynch) |
| Watson, Margie A.
|
June 23, 1953 |
Living |
�Widow of
Harold� |
| Watson, Nadine
Opal |
Sept. 15, 1911 |
Apr. 8, 1997 |
(Hit by a train walking on the
tracks) |
| Watson, Nancy |
Oct. 16, 1964 |
Mar. 24, 1999 |
(Never married Had one child
Dustin. D/O of Elbert
and Nannie) |
| Watson, Nannie |
Mar. 31, 1919 |
Oct. 12, 1990 |
W/O Elbert (Nannie was a Worley
adopted by the Loudermilks.
She had 16 children or more) |
| Watson, Norman
H. |
July 12, 1945 |
Apr. 19, 1969 |
(H. is for Henry that�s what he
went by. S/O Elbert and
Nannie) |
| Watson, Roger |
Sept. 29, 1948 |
Living |
Ossw Delena (S/O Elbert and
Nannie) |
| Watson, Sherman |
Apr. 3, 1953 |
Living |
Ossw Glenna |
| Watson, Tommy
Wayne |
Aug. 6, 1967 |
Oct. 12, 1990 |
(Sadly, this young man took his
own life with a gun.
Only son of Norman) |
| Watson, Willie |
1981 |
2006 |
Funeral Home Marker (S/O Harold
and Margie Watson.
Murdered by the Cordell brothers. |
| Watters, Betty
Jo |
July 7, 1941 |
Oct. 12, 1989 |
|
| West, Delbert C. |
Oct. 16, 1912 |
Nov. 29, 1990 |
|
| West, John R. |
Apr. 25, 1917 |
Feb. 28, 2001 |
PFC US Marine Corps WW 2
|
| West, Kathryn B. |
Feb. 7, 1957 |
June 8, 1991 |
|
| Williamson, Kyle
Franklin |
Apr. 23, 1999 |
Apr. 23, 1999 |
(S/O Frank and Kristy (Allen)
Williamson. Grandson of
Della Goodin. Brother
of Christopher, Bryan, Jeremy, Austin, and
Patience) |
| Worley, Clell J. |
May 25, 1928 |
Dec. 6, 2001 |
Ossw Thelma |
| Worley, Darrel
C. |
1941 |
One Date |
Ossw Thresa |
| Worley, Thelma
L. |
May 16, 1936 |
Dec. 30, 2001 |
Ossw Clell |
| Worley, Thresa |
1942 |
1997 |
Ossw Darrel married Jan. 7,
1961 |
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