Alva Memorial Gardens Cemetery (Black Star Cemetery)

Photos Submitted by Blair Wheeler

Contributed by Trent Hall, Dec 22, 2000 [bubbyt@yahoo.com]

This is an old coal mining camp cemetery. The mining camp is completely torn down. The Cemetery is still beautifully taken care of. A lot of people who had family from this area will appreciate this. This contains every legible stone in the Cemetery. I completed this in Oct of 2000. -- Trent Hall
 

 Pic Surname Given Name  Born Death Comments
  Allen L. G., Jr. Nov 15 1937 Nov 15 1937  
  Barton Infant Jan 4 1927 Jan 4 1927 Inf. son of Paris & Lillie Barton
  Berry Margaret May 22 1912 Oct 6 1983  
  Berry Samuel Jan 25 1900 Mar 31 1972 Pvt. Co. C 54 Inf WWI
  Billing Rebecca Feb 4 1937 May 14 1987  
Bledsoe Joseph Nathaniel Oct 29 1915 Oct 28 1998  
Bledsoe Lee Samuel Jun 10 1943 Aug 3 1991  
Bledsoe Rose Catherine Sep 25 1924 Mar 12 2000  
  Bradley Frank Mar 21 1890 Oct 13 1940  
  Brown Guy, Sr. Jul 13 1903 Jun 28 1974  
  Burnette Infant Jan 20 1956 Jan 20 1956 Inf. son of Norman & Freeda Burnette
  Burnette Lemuel D. Aug 15 1923 Jul 31 1992 Pvt US Army WWII
  Carroll Carl Daniel Jan 28 1925 Oct 22 1996 US Navy WWII
  Carroll Grace May 29 1907 Dec 30 1967  
  Carroll Ruth C. Oct 9 1920 Jun 19 1979  
  Church Edna Irene Jun 1922 no date  
  Clark Lizzie Jul 1870 Jun 1 1927 Wife of A M Clark
  Cox Mossie Scott Oct 7 1909 Jan 9 2000  
  Cress Etta Belle Jun 5 1899 Feb 28 1974  
  Cress Hebert L. Mar 25 1936 no date  
  Cress Sandra G. Oct 28 1944 Sep 14 1990  
  Cress Thomas Mar 9 1892 Jul 11 1967  
  Dash Betty Lou Apr 21 1936 Dec 16 1936  
  Dash Geneva Rose Aug 29 1941 Sep 1 1941  
  Dash Lewis Henry Jul 17 1885 Aug 31 1950  
  Dash Maude Harris Sep 8 1884 Jun 16 1933  
  Dash Selma Jean Sep 11 1937 Feb 26 1938  
  Duncan Cara Bell Aug 10 1907 Aug 1 1999  
  Duncan John May 15 1900 Aug 28 1997  
  Duncan Shelby J. 1939 1981  
  Duncan William R. 1937 no date  
  Durham Clara Joan Jul 2 1933 Dec 10 1933  
  Durham Peggy Ann Jun 16 1935 Nov 11 1935  
  Ellwood Sam Dec 18 1948 Dec 18 1948 Son of Mr. & Mrs. Jennings Ellwood
  Fore Archie 1895 1947  
  Fore Clifford Arvil Mar 26 1918 Oct 3 1942  
  Fore Joan Elaine Nov 6 1940 Nov 23 1940  
  Fore Mary Frances 1897 1983  
  Gentry Cleo Apr 6 1938 Jun 20 1990  
  Gentry Samuel F., Jr. Aug 23 1955 May 5 1970 Son of Sam & Cleo Gentry
  Gentry Samuel F., Sr. Jul 15 1929 Jun 17 1983  
  Green Tursie Lee Sep 11 1914 Oct 19 1986  
  Green Virgil Mar 11 1894 May 19 1964  
  Green William C. Dec 1 1898 Apr 22 1979  
  Griffin Johnnie Ray Sep 1 1971 no date  
  Griffin Rebecca Sexton Dec 31 1968 Apr 19 1991  
  Hail Clarence Reed, Sr. May 26 1909 Jan 28 1983  
  Hail Nanny Ethel Jul 14 1911 Aug 7 1983  
  Hamilton Robert Lee 1879 1933  
  Hammons Howard D. Nov 10 1896 May 10 1965  
  Hammons Joseph Jan 8 1918 May 4 1984  
  Hammons Lucy E. Nov 15 1903 no date  
  Hammons Morine Apr 19 1925 Jun 17 1927  
  Hammons Onedia Feb 16 1919 no date  
  Hill Albert Sep 19 1925 Oct 3 1932  
  Hill Durel Sep 28 1911 Jun 29 1985  
  Hill Ida M. Feb 16 1885 Aug 2 1959  
  Hill James M. Sep 28 1882 Apr 10 1937  
  Hill James S. Jul 9 1934 Jul 10 1934  
  Hill Jo Ann Jan 10 1941 Mar 15 1941 Dau. of Mr. & Mrs. Artis Hill
  Hill Lola Mar 20 1913 no date  
  Hill William Ester Apr 28 1908 Sep 12 1929  
  Hood Hattie Nov 20 1894 Sep 6 1967  
  Hoskins Audrey Tipton Nov 25 1922 Sep 6 1943 Dau. of Minerva Lee & Cecil Tipton
  Hounschell Mitchell Jan 20 1897 Feb 22 1959  
  Hounschell Virgil Oct 1 1902 Feb 4 1933  
  Howard Bradley Aug 6 1975 Aug 17 1991  
  Howard Dale Sep 24 1974 Jan 1 1992  
  Howard Maggie Inez May 30 1914 Sep 19 1983  
  Howard Nellie Dash Aug 15 1907 Sep 23 1929  
  Huff Alice Oct 22 1907 Jun 5 1988  
  Huff Finley Oct 20 1898 Feb 21 1986  
  Hughes Charles Francis Jan 26 1941 no date Pvt US Army
  Jackson Albert 1912 1973  
  Jackson Edna Marcum 1916 1973  
  Johnson Ernest Jul 10 1906 Jun 6 1929  
  Johnson James F. Apr 8 1899 Apr 29 1966  
  Johnson Madge E. May 20 1909 Aug 27 1991  
  Johnson Max C. Jul 21 1929 Apr 14 1949  
  King Bertha Elizabeth Apr 9 1922 Oct 19 1979  
  King John Garfield Aug 27 1921 Jun 24 1981  
  Lane Janet Denise Mar 7 1967 Nov 11 1967  
  Lane James David, II Jul 19 1964 Oct 10 1964  
  Lankford Reba 1932 1996  
  Lee Alma May Mar 9 1941 Mar 10 1941  
  Lee George W. Feb 14 1942 Feb 14 1942  
  Lee Levi L. Aug 22 1902 Feb 25 1989  
  Lee Levi T. Feb 7 1906 Feb 3 1945  
  Lee Louisa Sep 13 1867 Mar 14 1904  
  Lee Lude Dash May 11 1910 no date  
  Lee Misee Sep 7 1890 Nov 21 1898 Dau. of J. G. & Jeney Lee
  Lee Opal Feb 8 1908 Dec 27 1928 Wife of G. W. Lee
  Lee Rosa W. Apr 27 1903 Nov 17 1996  
  LeMar Loretta M. Peace Sep 3 1939 Feb 15 1998  
  LeMar Mendel D. "Dave", Sr. Feb 14 1932 Apr 26 1991  
  Lowrimore Idella May 19 1880 Jul 21 1950  
  Martin Arie Nov 26 1890 Mar 8 1927  
  Mays Andy Mar 19 1910 May 24 1991  
  Mays Flossie Dec 28 1915 Jun 29 1993  
  Miracle Garrett, Jr. Aug 9 1929 Oct 29 1994  
  Miracle Marion Alice Jun 3 1936 Jun 28 1993  
  Moore John Press Dec 11 1880 Jul 10 1963  
  Morse Ernest M. Sep 23 1883 Aug 17 1927  
  Nelson Berle R. Oct 2 1918 Jul 3 1996  
  Nelson James F. Apr 9 1912 Nov 23 1971  
  Nelson James Trent May 21 1951 Jun 17 1951  
  Nelson Trudy Kathleen May 21 1951 Jun 7 1951  
  Nichols Sharron Louise Jun 26 1949 Jul 19 1949 Inf. dau. of Clyde & Mossie Nichols
  Norris Grady Feb 11 1930 Aug 22 1946  
  Oplinger Jerry L. May 2 1946 Aug 3 1989  
  Oplinger Lomas Aug 2 1905 May 28 1952  
  Oplinger Shirley May 19 1914 Mar 10 1987  
  Perry Carl Dee Oct 14 1871 Apr 16 1936  
  Perry Charles M. 1898 1943  
  Perry Mary A. Jan 31 1893 Aug 22, 1975  
  Perry W. T. Mar 31 1894 Nov 8 1958  
  Phelps Minnie Sue Stepp Jan 25 1957 May 27 1999  
  Polly Sam Mar 26 1913 Dec 14 1973  
  Rice Charley Sep 25 1881 Oct 10 1948  
  Rice Doyle J. Mar 18 1924 Jul 19 1998  
  Rice J. T. Jan 9 1928 Nov 9 1928  
  Rice Kathleen Dec 17 1926 no date  
  Rice Mary K. 1902 1994  
  Rice Mossie L. Mar 28 1933 no date  
  Rice Wendell A. Sep 28 1967 Oct 10 1967 Son of Dayle & Kathleen Rice
  Rice William F. 1883 1970  
  Rose Archie E. Mar 4 1916 Oct 21 1949  
  Rose Barbara Mae Jun 12 1940 Jun 16 1945  
  Rose Ival Lee Mar 9 1938 Oct 21 1949  
  Russell Robert G. Sep 5 1909 Dec 27 1974  
  Russell Virginia 1888 1966  
  Scott Aretha 1917 no date  
  Scott Margaret 1877 1957  
  Sexton Bessie Mar 13 1917 Jan 13 1994  
  Sexton Jennie Faye Apr 12 1948 Aug 1 1997  
  Sexton Orville "Butch" Jun 11 1945 no date  
  Sexton Orville E. Apr 8 1915 no date  
  Smith Hiram S. Apr 7 1894 Oct 29 1924  
  Smith Jewell Apr 23 1921 Aug 6 1930  
  Smith Mary Jane 1901 no date  
  Smith Pansy Mae Oct 22 1900 Feb 15 1971  
  Smith Sam Sep 11 1896 May 26 1944  
  Smith William Arnell Feb 10 1924 Nov 16 1951  
  Smith Willis S. 1918 1976  
  Stanaford Helen M. 1909 1997  
  Stanaford Otis F. 1907 1971  
  Stepp Carson Mar 20 1924 Nov 27 1975  
  Stepp David E. Sep 26 1922 Mar 21 1998  
  Stepp Helen H. May 9 1927 Jan 10 1989  
  Stepp Helen H. Dec 19 1928 no date  
  Stepp Lealon Edward Jun 24 1926 Apr 26 1927 Son of Mr. & Mrs. D. E. Stepp
  Stepp Louis Edward May 13 1949 May 15 1949  
  Stewart Bernice May 7 1926 Feb 26 1998  
  Stewart Gary W. Feb 6 1956 Mar 5 1956  
  Stewart Ina Apr 29 1939 Jun 25 1987  
  Stewart James H. 1909 1973  
  Stewart Lydia Jun 2 1911 Aug 20 1997  
  Stewart Mamie 1915 no date  
  Stewart Marvin Dec 1 1935 no date  
  Stewart Maxine L. Jul 17 1937 Apr 23 1969  
  Stewart Michael Ray Sep 22 1955 Oct 20 1982  
  Stewart Sanfoed P. "Saint" Apr 6 1917 Jul 9 1987  
  Stewart Shirley A. Jun 11 1913 no date  
  Stewart William David Dec 18 1943 Dec 19 1943  
  Surgerner Fred Virginia Feb 16 1925 Apr 18 1938  
  Sutton Dora Lee 1901 1974  
  Sutton Walter 1896 1978  
  Taylor Birtha 1895 no date  
  Taylor Enoch Nov 11 1928 Oct 14 1987 PFC US Marine Corps
  Taylor Harvey 1929 1988  
  Taylor Lee Roy 1932 1991 PFC US Army - Korea
  Taylor Lily Dec 9 1877 May 29 1950  
  Taylor Tilmon Aug 17 1873 Aug 21 1964  
  Taylor Wilburn B. 1895 1961  
  Templeton Bill Mar 1 1905 Jun 15 1974  
  Templeton Mae Belle Aug 27 1917 Dec 7 1995  
  Thomas Charles E. Oct 21 1922 Oct 15 1982 Pvt US Army WWII
  Thomas Ledford Sep 6 1895 Oct 23 1992  
  Thomas Mildred R. Aug 4 1926 no date  
  Tipton Cecil Jul 18 1898 Aug 27 1946 Hus. of Minerva Tipton
  Tipton Cecil Jul 1 1910 no date  
  Tipton E. L. Dec 31 1900 May 15 1975  
  Tipton Earl Mar 4 1923 Mar 8 1975  
  Tipton Elisha Jan 7 1919 Feb 10 1972  
  Tipton Elizabeth S. Jan 11 1905 Jul 9 1972  
  Tipton Fred May 18 1912 Dec 2 1998  
  Tipton Fred, Jr. Sep 20 1945 No date  

Tipton Glenn Jan 5 1928 May 22 1980  
  Tipton Granville Jul 25 1906 Jul 18 1978  
  Tipton Homer S. Jan 13 1930 Oct 25 1951  
  Tipton Jonathan Troy Sep 8 1972 Mar 18 1974  
  Tipton Lola May 4 1919 Jan 17 2000  
  Tipton Mary B. 1881 1964  
  Tipton Minerva Lee 1900 1929 Wife of Cecil Tipton
  Tipton Pauline Dec 6 1945 no date  
  Tipton Robert Apr 13 1928 Mar 12 1956  
  Tipton Ruby Feb 15 1930 no date  
Tipton Ruth M. Oct 15 1928 Dec 11 1995  
  Tipton Steve 1867 1930  
  Tipton Wade A. 1962 1981  
  Turner Marty R. May 12 1961 Mar 21 1995  
  Vanover Lee Astor 1937 2000  
  Walters Buford Wayne Jan 7 1945 Sep 15 1968  
  Ward Emma Jean Aug 17 1933 Aug 24 1934 Dau. of Grant & Ester Ward, Sr.
  Wells Ed C. Feb 24 1911 May 9 1974  
  Wells Eva Jul 2 1907 no date  
  Westfelt Fred 1943 1998  
  Westfelt Mark Anthony Dec 29 1966 Sep 22 1993  
  Westfelt Mattie E. Mar 17 1910 Jun 1 1980  
  Westfelt Otis L. Oct 16 1905 Jan 3 1991  
  Westfelt Ramon R. May 16 1930 Dec 2 1938  
  Williams Herbert Nov 13 1928 Sep 26 1929  
  Wilson Albert D. Jun 16 1904 Jan 10 1972  
  Wilson Evelyn Nov 17 1907 Dec 2 1993  
  Wolfe David 1860 1936  
  Wolfe John H. Nov 30 1881 Mar 28 1950  
  Wolfe Johnie R. Feb 20 1938 May 25 1991  
  Wolfe King David Dec 15 1860 Nov 22 1936  
  Wolfe Lora Feb 13 1884 Jan 7 1971  
  Wolfe Manerva Nov 14 1912 no date  
  Wolfe Mary 1863 1943  
  Wolfe Mary Frances Barrons Oct 2 1863 Oct 21 1943  
  Wolfe Rex Mar 2 1907 Jan 20 1972  
  Woods Donald 1936 1974  
  Woods Linda 1949 no date  

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Alva Memorial Gardens By Laws

 

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Land for this cemetery was donated by Gilbert  Lee in 1904

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Alva Creek at the cemetery gate

 


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Alva Cemetery