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Davis-Borders Cemetery
On the Property of Bill & Kym Hitchcock. Route 581, Lawrence County, KY
Documented and submitted by: Kym Hitchcock

                                                    First Row
1.& 2. Estill Stepp 3-13-1920 to 9-2-1985
           Roma Stepp 5-10-1909 to 10-4-2000 (Roma was the d/o #11 & 12)
3. William R. Whittaker (s/o Burns & Roma Stepp Whittaker)
4.& 5. Robert Wallen died 2-1-1929
          Ann Wallen died 12-15-1933 (parents of # 6 & 11)
6.& 7. Lige Wallen 2-18-1898 to 1-12-1979 (s/o of # 4 & 5, brother to #11)
          Rosie Wallen 6-16-1895 to 6-12-1962 (Wife of Lige)
8. & 9. John Meeks 3-17-1888 to 5-29-1965
           Wrae Meeks 9-13-1897 to 8-19-1966 (d/o # 15 & 16)
10. Chester A. Meeks 9-27-939 to 8-18-1974 (s/o of # 8 & 9)
                                                    
                                                        2nd ROW
11. & 12. Ham Wallen 1886 to 1962 (s/o # 4 & 5, & husband of # 12)
               Miranda Olive Borders Wallen 1890-1964 (d/o # 15 & 16)
13. Roberta Wallen 1917-1920 (d/o # 11 & 12)
14. Leona B. Borders (Burgess) 5-9-1884 to 1942 (d/o # 15 & 16, & w/o Orville Burgess)
15. Mirza Borders 5-30-1859 to 1-3-1945 (d/o Henry Dixon & Jane Stafford) 
16. J. A. Borders (Joseph Anderson Borders) 2-28-1855 to 4-18-1918 (s/o Isabel Brown & John "Shouting" Borders, & husband of # 15)
17. Lewis Claude Borders 5-17-1895 to 2-12-1965 KY PVT. BTRY. D 18 FLD ARTY WWII (s/o # 15 & 16, &  husband of #18 & 2nd Mellie McClure)
18. Laura Borders 7-3-1905 to 8-15-0925 (w/o # 17)
19. Helen Borders 1923-1925 (daughter of 17 & 18)
(Laura & Helen were killed in a car wreck on Watermelon Hill in Law. Co.)
20. Paul R. Lemaster  7-29-1936 to 12-8-1975 (s/o # 22)
21. David Lemaster 3-6-1954 to 3-6-1954 (infant  s/o # 20)
22.Myrtle Mae Lemaster (Davis) 2-15-1912 to 10-3-1958
23. Homer C. Daniels 1908 to 1969 (Husband of Irene Meek Daniels (still living)
24. Unidentified-- (My Grandmother Roma alway's told me that Benny Borders was burried here-but he is  listed in the Border's cemetery owned by Francis Brackett & John David Preston. Benny was the son of Mirza & JA Borders)
25. Unidentified ??????
26. & 27. Joseph Davis 1886
               Elizabeth Borders Davis

Original owners of this land...
Elizabeth was the d/o John Borders & Catherine Elizabeth Sellards'
Joseph's stone reads: 84 Yrs. he served his generation well.

***( My Grandmother Roma also said that there is a 3rd row, of  which there is no evidence of. We believe that marker rocks were thrown off to mow by some one not knowing that these were graves)