The Caudill Cemetery, Uz, Letcher County, Kentucky

The Caudill Cemetery at Uz

TabTack Description: The Caudill Cemetery at Uz is a small family cemetery located on a hillside behind the old Wendell Caudill house on the south bank of the North Fork Kentucky River.

TabTack Location: Approximately 37° 07' 05" North Latitude and 82° 53' 10" West Longitude.

TabTack Directions: Take highway 15, just north of Whitesburg, to road 3401. Turn left on road 3401 and travel westward along Dry Fork for about 0.8 miles to highway 588. Turn right on highway 588 and head westward about 0.8 miles (past the Jim Brown Cemetery, aka the Uz Cemetery, on the left) to a narrow, steep side road on the left. Take the steep side road down the side of the mountain across the old railroad tracks (no longer used) and then across the narrow wooden bridge (over the North Fork Kentucky River). At the end of the drive (where it T's), turn right and the cemetery is up on the hill to the left (not normally visible from the drive because of trees and heavy foliage). Take the foot trail up the hillside to where the cemetery is located. The foot trail enters the cemetery from the right, near the front.

TabTack Misc. Notes: The cemetery is not laid out in exact rows, so the rows listed below are only approximate.

Index of Names Found in this Cemetery

Barilla (Jones) Caudill Etta B. (Dixon) Caudill Helen M. Caudill
Henry Caudill Jesse Caudill Jewel Caudill
Murial J. (Dixon) Caudill Shirley T. Caudill Wendell Caudill Twins
(Wendell James Caudill)
(Wilma Jean Caudill)
Wesley Caudill William M. Caudill Clyde Fields
Virgil Fields Sterlon Frazier Bernice Holcomb
Unmarked 1 Unmarked 2

FIRST ROW
(at right front of cemetery)

Bernice Holcomb

AUG. 14, 1934
JUNE 27, 1935

IN LOVING MEMORY

Back of stone says:

HOLCOMB
DAUGHTER OF
BILL AND NANCY



Sterlon Frazier

KENTUCKY
PFC 417 AIR SVC GP AAF
WORLD WAR II BSM - PH
MAY 26 1910 JAN 14, 1966

SECOND ROW
(at left front of cemetery, set back from First Row)

Helen M. Caudill

AUG. 23, 1935
SEPT. 9, 1935

Gone to be an angel

Note: Daughter of William M. and Etta B. (Dixon) Caudill.



CAUDILL

Henry Caudill

NOV 15, 1856
MAR 7, 1899

Note: Husband of Barilla Jones, father of William M. and Jesse Caudill, and son of Jesse B. and Mary "Polly" (Back) Caudill.



CAUDILL

Barilla Caudill

MAY 22,1877
JAN. 29, 1899

Note: Barilla's maiden name was Jones; second wife of Henry Caudill, and mother of William M. and Jesse Caudill.



Jesse Caudell

JULY 21, 1898
NOV. 25, 1935

Note: Husband of Artie Cornett, son of Henry and Barilla (Jones) Caudill, and brother to William M. Caudill. Jesse's last name is spelled wrong on his headstone (it should be Caudill). Jesse was killed by his wife with an ax.

THIRD ROW
(at left side of cemetery, behind Second Row)

William M. Caudill

KENTUCKY
PVT
US ARMY
WORLD WAR I
APRIL 27 1896
JULY 12 1966

Note: Husband of Etta B. Dixon, son of Henry and Barilla (Jones) Caudill, and brother to Jesse Caudill. William died of a heart attack.



Note: Etta's maiden name was Dixon; second wife of William M. Caudill, daughter of James C. and Eva (Back) Dixon. Etta died of Tuberculosis.

THIRD ROW
(at right side of cemetery)

Unmarked

There were two unmarked graves here which were covered with flowers.

FOURTH ROW
(near center of cemetery)

Jewel Caudill

MAR. 16, 1923
MAR. 17, 1923

How soon fades the
tender flower.

Note: Daughter of Wendell and Murial J. (Dixon) Caudill.



Wendell Caudill Twins

BORN & DIED
MAY 10 1924

Note: Their names were Wendell James Caudill and Wilma Jean Caudill, twins of Wendell and Murial J. (Dixon) Caudill.



Murial J. Caudill

DEC. 30 1900
JUNE 9 1937

AT REST IN HEAVEN

Note: Murial's maiden name was Dixon; first wife of Wendell Caudill, daughter of James C. and Eva (Back) Dixon, and sister to Etta B. (Dixon) Caudill. Murial died of Tuberculosis.

FIFTH ROW
(near center of cemetery, behind Jewel Caudill)

FAREWELL

Wesley Caudill

APR. 23, 1880
FEB. 2, 1928

My wife and
children all,
A father from you
Christ doth call

Note: Husband of Hailey "Hade" Ison, father of Wendell Caudill (and 8 other children), son of Lewis Jesse and Sarah (Banks) Caudill.

SIXTH ROW
(near right rear of cemetery)

Shirley T. Caudill

JUNE 1937
JULY 12, 1938

WHERE THE FLOWERS
BLOOM FOREVER

SEVENTH ROW
(at left rear of cemetery)

GONE TO A BETTER LAND

Virgil Fields

MAR. 7, 1919
AUG. 3, 1985

THERE IS REST IN HEAVEN



GONE TO A BETTER LAND

Clyde Fields

JUNE 6, 1933
SEPT. 29, 1984

OUR LOVED ONE

Note: Husband of Georgie Webb, daughter of Leslie and Mary (Cook) Webb, and son of Hissie and Allie (Perkins) Fields.