Whittaker Cemetery
ROUTE 581, RIVER, KY Documented and submitted by Kym Hitchcock 1. (COMBINED STONE) ELIZABETH WILEY, AUG. 17,1863-JAN. 19,1952 & 2. WILLIAM ELZIE WILEY, MARCH 8,1853-SEPT. 19,1944 (I think these are the parents of Frank Wiley that is in this cemetery) 3. JOHN B. WILEY 1885-1946 VICIA 1887 4. HEBERT WILEY BORN 1902 DIED 1946 5. (COMBINED STONE) SUSIE WILEY, FEB. 14,1912-JULY 23,1974, D/O HENRY & GARDIA WHITTAKER & 6.FRANK WILEY, FEB. 19,1907-JULY 28,1982 2ND. ROW 7. SAMUEL E. BLEVINS, PVT CO A 18 US INF 1879-1924 8. A CHILDS SIZE GRAVE WITH STONES AT TOP & BOTTOM, NOTHING ON IT 9. SAMUEL E. BLEVINS SR., 1910-1970 3RD. ROW 10. LUTHER PRESTON 1883-1938 11. ORA PRESTON 1900-1947 12. JOHN PRESTON 1855-1921 (the Preston's are Gardia's Family & this John Preston I think maybe her dad) 13. MARY E. WHITTAKER, FEB. 7,1916-AUG. 15,1916-(Child of Henry C. & Gardia Whittaker) 14. (COMBINED STONE) MORGAN C. WHITTAKER 1832-1918 & 15. SUSAN HALE WHITTAKER 1833-1929(Parents of Henry C. Whittaker) 16. VENCIL WEDDINGTON 1903-1914 17. JULIA LITTLE 1884-1944 18. ROBERT WEDDINGTON 1903-1914 (NOTICE 16&18 HAS SAME DATES) 4TH. ROW 19. ROBERT L. WHITTAKER JULY 25,1929-MAY 26,1989 (S/O Henry & Gardia Whittaker) 20. BURNS WHITTAKER MARCH 26,1908-OCT. 13,1940 (S/O Henry & Gardia Whittaker) (COMBINED STONE) 21. HENRY C. WHITTAKER, MAY 18,1887-APRIL 2,1930 (S/O Morgan & Susan Hale Whittaker) & 22.GARDIA WHITTAKER JAN. 8,1889-NOV. 2,1958 (She was a Preston her mothers maiden name was a Castle/Cassell) 23. HOBERT WHITTAKER 1922-1971 (S/O GARDIA & HENRY WHITTAKER) 24. HOWARD H. WHITTAKER JUNE 20,1917-AUG. 4,1979 (S/O Gardia & Henry Whittaker) 25. HENRY HANSFORD WHITTAKER FEB. 6,1935- AUG. 8,1978 (S/O Burns & Roma Wallen Whittaker/ GRANDSON of Gardia & Henry Whittaker) 5TH ROW 26. SYLVIA PRICE DUTTON 1889-1969 27. (COMBINED STONE) BALLARD PRICE 1877-1959 & 28. JULA CASSELL PRICE 1877-1945 29. BUENA DUTTON (29-35 I WAS TOLD WERE ALL CHILDREN) 30. HOBERT W. DUTTON no dates on any of them 31. FLORETTA DUTTON 32. SAMUEL DUTTON 33. BALLARD DUTTON 34. DONALD DUTTON 35. DONNA S. DUTTON 36. (COMBINED STONE) ELIAS DUTTON 1896-1966 & 37. GALDA PRICE DUTTON 1900-1984 6TH. ROW 38. DAUGHTER MARY ANN WALLEN PRESTON 1921-1958 (D/O Isom (BUGER) Wallen, Ham Wallen's brother) 39. EVERETT WALLEN PVT. US ARMY WORLD WAR II JULY 3,1919-OCT. 30,1987 (S/O Isom Wallen) *There is also another cemetery off from this one many graves, but all unreadable. One has had a new stone put down within the last few yrs. The old stones of from this one is laying flat on the ground. The new stone reads: Farewell Dear Friends STAFFORDS JOHN STAFFORD FEB. 17,1779- MAY 22,1865 ELECTED BY HIS CHILDREN AGED FATHER WELL DONE REST FROM THY LOVED EMPLOY. THE BATTLE FOUGHT THE VICTORY WON. ENTER THY MASTERS JOY MARK THE PERFECT MAN AND BEHOLD THE UPRIGHT FOR THE END OF THAT MAN IS PEACE. MARY WIFE OF JOHN STAFFORD DIED AUG. 25, 1877 AGE 89 YRS. AS A WIFE DEVOTED AS A MOTHER AFFECTIONATE, AS A FRIEND EVER KIND AND TRUE, IN LIFE SHE EMBODIED ALL THE GRACES OF A CHRISTIAN IN DEATH HER REDEEMED SPIRIT RETURNED TO GOD WHO GAVE IT.
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