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 | ||||
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Bledsoe | Joseph Nathaniel | Oct 29 1915 | Oct 28 1998 | |||
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Bledsoe | Lee Samuel | Jun 10 1943 | Aug 3 1991 | |||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 |
Alva Creek at the cemetery gate
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