Short Creek Cemetery Part Two
Generously compiled, photographed and transcribed by Nancy and Connie Bray, thank you both so very much!
We all owe Nancy, Connie, and Nancy's mother, Goldie Fornash, a great deal of gratitude for taking the time to make these valuable contributions! If you have found any of the cemetery records they have so generously provided useful to you, please take the time to sign the Guest Book and let them know how much all their hard work is appreciated. Thanks!
Please Note: Nancy and I have put information in parenthesis from our files to further help you. Bonnie
Directions:
Going south on U S. 27, after leaving Campbell County and entering Pendleton
County it is 9 miles to Rt. # 22, where you make a right hand turn. You
then travel 6 miles out until you come to the Short Creek Church.
Mallie E. Dana (?)
____________of
Jame & Milly Isabell
May 18, 188? - Feb. 2_, 1883 (?)
(Another one difficult to read)
Caspar Clackman
Sept. 25, 1823 - March 10, 1888
(Stone toppled over)
Fred Schneider
July 3, 1830 - April 3, 1912
Nettie - His Wife
Dec. 5, 1849 - Jan. 28, 1908 (?)
Peter Obel
Died - Nov. 19, 1800
Aged - 68 years
Infant - Dau. of
A. L. & Pear McNay
Nov. 6 (?) 1907
Our darling
Almira F. Justice
1853 - 1934
John W. Justice
1851 - 1908
James W. Justice
1884 - 1958
Maude N. Justice
1888 - 1965
Orville Sharp
1881 - 1901
Aged 20 years
Said
Father
James N.
1849 - 1930
Mother
Sallie A.
1848 - 1931
Together Forever
Sarah Wadsworth
1848 - 1936
Henry Wadsworth
1833 - 1914
Nellie Wadsworth
(no date)
Mary Wadsworth
(no date)
Myrtie Wadsworth
1880 - 1901
In Memory of Our
Father & Mother
Samuel Taylor
June 17, 1838 - Feb. 26, 1907
Anna Taylor
Jan. 27, 1837 - July 27, 1906
Bettie Almedia - Wife of
Elmer E. Ewing
July 6, 1867 - Mar. 23, 1908
Frankie T. - Son of
E. E. & Betty Ewing
Dec. 31, 1898 - Dec. 19, 1901
Robert Lee - Son of
E. E. & Bettie Ewing
Nov. 3, 1894 - Feb. 11. 1895
My Son
Logan Michael Ipock
July 15, 1997 - July 16, 1997
Simpson
Ada A.
1898 - 1961
Allie N.
1897 - 1967
Lloyd T. Buckley
1898 - 1969
Buckley
Alonzo
1873 - 1933
Josie M.
1877 - 1947
At Rest
Buckley
Harry M.
1911 - 1982
(Mason)
Erma Frances
1913 - 1970
(Harry son of Alonzo and Josie Buckley. nb)
(Erma dau. of Bertha V. Wolf & Henry F. Fornash nb)
Frank W. Conrad
1853 - 1940
Emma C. Conrad
1861 - 1922
Thomas Lee Conrad
1893 - 1910
Fannie Conrad
1893 - 1910
Frank G. Marquette
1885 - 1961
Margaret Conrad Marquette
1883 - 1930
Simpson
C. Donald
1915 - 1977 Eloise M.
1915 - 1986
Marilyn Louise Hess
Feb. 16, 1946
Feb. 22, 1946
Daughter
Hess
Father
Leslie
May23, 1909 - Sept. 16, 1993
Ruby H.
October 23, 1910 - Jan. 3, 1986
Ronnie Hess
July 29, 1940 - March 24, 1958
Age 17 yrs. 7 mos. 25 days
Asleep
Son
McNay
Anna Pearl
1880 - 1953
Alfred
1882 - 1934
McNay
Margaret L.
1916 - 1996
Kenneth C.
1917 - 1989
Baby
Charles K. McNay
1940 - 1940
Audrey Marquette Cummins
1911 -
Rachel T. Conrad
1903 - 1996
Leland W. Belew
1903 - 1986
Eleanor C. Belew
1901-1995
Rev. Paul G. Luttrell
1890 - 1928
Faithful Unto Death
Hattie Conrad Luttrell
1898 - 1995
Wilbur F. Conrad
1890 - 1957
Bessie E. Conrad
1894 - 1935
Woodrow F. Conrad
1918 - 1946
Winkle
Jesse
1894 -
Mary M.
1882 - 1960
David Morgan Fogle
1863 - 1927
Sister
Patsy Sue Rose
Nov. 2, 1937 - May 2, 1938
Metal Marker
Connie Ginger Clark
1950 - 1951
Rose
Effie Jane
1902 - 1967
Harry Lee
1904 - 1987
Florence Rose
1877 - 1954
Dougherty
Stanley M.
1915 - 1997
Mary L. 1915 - 1999
Walter Lee Childs
1875 - 1941
Russell McKee Childs
Lt. U. S. N. R.
Aug. 23, 1917
Missing in Action S. Pacific
March 12, 1944
Carrie Conrad Childs
1882 - 1968
N. H. Ellis
Oct. 25, 1867 - March 5, 1944
Mary B. Ellis
Aug. 22, 1886 - Jan. 5, 1974
Infant Daughter of
N. H. & Mary B.
Sept. 16, 1914
Infant Son of
N. H. & Mary B.
Mar. 10, 1911
Daughter
Willie Evelyn
1912 - 1913
McMillen
Rose
1884 - 1953
C. L.
1876 - 1960
Ruth G. Conrad - Wife of
Kenneth Bentle
1914 - 1938
McMillen
Homer A.
1918 - 1997
Elberta
1917 -
In Gods Care
Sampson
Ella M.
1900 - 1975
James H.
1903 - 1978
Anna Fern - Daughter of
George & Chloe Bentle
Feb. 22, 1915 - March 10, 1915
(Stone flaking pretty bad on front. nb)
Gulick
Elnora
1865 - 1913
Thomas
1864 - 1944
Carl C. Gulick
1914 - 1933
Mattie (L.) Groves
Sept. 22, 1891 - Mar. 17, 1914
At Rest
other side of same stone
M. Alice or Malice Groves
Jan. 22, 1866 - Nov. 7, 1915
Slater
Arley
1897-1961
Minnie
1897 - 1955
Andy Dennis
1884 - 1950
Thomas J. Polley
Kentucky
PVT. 71 Inf. 11 Div.
World War l
March 31, 1886 - Feb. 8, 1949
Wm. Godfrey Groves
Kentucky
PFC 1 BN
12 Field Arty
March 1, 1898 - Feb. 8, 1966
Daughter
Doris Fay Kemp
1929 -
Kemp
Lenora Gulick
1898 - 1980
Fay William
1894 - 1940
Nellie Fay - Wife of
E. E. Rosenstiel
Mar. 31. 1908 - May 16, 1928
E. A. Race
1878 - 1919
Pearl - His Wife
1880 - 1968
Grace Race
1906 - 1916
Lovelace
Carrie
1869 - 1935
Mary E.
1844 - 1914
Nicholas 1838 - 1884
Ida
1863 - 1947
At Rest in Old Family Cemetery
Walther Gunsaule
1886 - 1924
Stella - His Wife
1891 - 19__
Top is off of this stone and laying on its side.
Russell Cline Walthers
1930 - 1971
Walthers
Velma L.
1910 - 1980
Hazel S.
1909 - 1959
McGraw
Margaret
1845 - 1933
Lon
1872 - 19__
Joseph William Race
July 3, 1927 - May 20, 1944
May He Rest IN Peace
Doan
Mary M.
1929 -
Clyde W.
1913 - 1982
Clyde W. Doan
S Sgt US Army
World War ll
1913 - 1982
Cox
Clara
1871 - 1964
Warren
1868 - 1949
Taylor
Nan Cox
1894 - 1949
Samuel B.
1891 - 19__
Mother
Mae Smith
1898 - 1984
Traylor
Katie 1901 - 1952
James
1880 - 1957
(Sara Catherine b. Mar. 21, 1901 d. Aug. 6, 1952)
(Katie was the dau. of Samuel Filmore and Nancy Thomas Mire Fornash)
(James T. was the son of John Newton and Rachel A. Smith Traylor)
Father
Wesley J. Fornash
1900 - 1975
Samuel Wesley Fornash
PVT. US Army
World War 1900 - 1975
(This is the same person)
(Samuel Wesley "Wes" b. Mar. 3, 1900 d. Apr. 13, 1975)
(Wes is the son of Samuel Filmore & Nancy Thomas Mire Fornash. nb)
Jones
Father
William C.
July 1, 1924 - _____
Mother
Pauline N.
March 24, 1931 - Aug. 10, 1999
Wed: Dec. 24, 1947
Pop
Carlos F. Fornash Sr.
April 20, 1915 - Aug. 31, 1989
In Loving Memory
(Carlos Franklin Fornash Sr. is the son of Nancy Thomas Mire and Samuel Filmore
Fornash. nb)
(Carlos is the father of Nancy Bray. nb)
Daughter
Amber Lee McClane
Dec. 17, 1970
Fornash
Samuel F.
1860 - 1933
Nancy T.
1880 - 1950
(Samuel Filmore b. Jan. 19, 1860 d. July 21, 1933)
(Samuel is the son of Charles Thomas, and Eliza Jane McMillian Fornash. nb)
(Nancy Thomas b.Nov. 10, 1878 d. Jan. 4, 1950)
(Nancy is the daughter of John Curry & Nancy Virginia Dennis Mire. nb)
John Fornash
(John Howard b. April 3, 1906 d. Feb. 20, 1920. nb)
James Fornash
(James Randall b. Feb. 18, 1911 d. Feb. 24, 1920. nb)
Nick Fornash
(Nicholas Pershing b. April 17, 1919 d. March 6, 1920)
(The above 3 were the sons of Samuel & Nancy Mire Fornash. nb)
Rosie Florence Ross
Nee Fornash
1921 - 1939
(Daughter of Samuel & Nancy Fornash. nb)
Nicholas
Infant
(Child of Delbert and Virginia Fornash Nicholas. nb)
Our Baby
Danny Joe Yelton
1938 - 1939
(Danny Joe b. June 3, 1938 d. May 18, 1939)
(Danny Joe son of James and Nancy Dunn Yelton. nb)
Betty L. Dunn
June 10, 1928 - Dec. 3, 1928
(Daughter of Joseph and Cora Fornash Dunn. nb)
Ballinger
Leslie C.
1887 - 1941
Anna R.
1886 - 1969
Homer Ballinger
1911 - 1978
J. W. Ballinger
1860 - 1928
Nee Turner
Josephine Ballinger
1867 - 1945
Monroe
Minnie Mitts
1904 - 2001
James Lang
1898 - 1982
Monroe
Margaret E.
1859 - 1938
John W.
1836 - 1925
Fornash
James
Sept. 22, 1940 - Sept 13, 1990
(James son of Wesley & May Ross Fornash. nb)
James Arthur Sissell
1924 - 1991
Husband & Father
King
Father
George K
1899 - 1977
Mother
Thelma C.
1910 - 1981
Rest In Peace
Jeffrey Todd Mann
May 11 1973
Moore
Nora J.
1886 - 1967
William F.
1887 - 1939
Lawson
Goldie M.
1911 -
Henry W.
1907 - 1994
Wed: Feb. 18, 1929
Marquette
Rosa B.
1889 - 1970
Randall H.
1889 - 1974
Monroe
Norma Wolfe
1932 -
James E.
1930 - 1994
Wed: Aug. 12, 1950
( Norma must have passed away just recently-grave fairly new. nb)
Ammerman
Etta M.
1889 - 1956
Walter
1879 - 1919
Cecil Southard
1895 - 1919
Doan
Lilliam F.
1892 - 1982
William M.
1885 - 1963
Jacob
Shirley F.
1916 - 1993
Richard T.
1917 - 1987
Louie E. Downard Jr.
1921 - 1929
Louie Downard
Kentucky
PVT. 1st. CL
138 M. G. BN 38 Div.
January 20, 1931
Hensley
Kenneth W.
Aug. 25, 1946 - Jan. 27, 1997
Rosie M.
Aug. 16, 1949
Forever In Our Hearts
Euell Gulick
1889 - 1947
Stephens
Cora B.
1869 - 1952
William T.
1853 - 1936
Adah Ewing
1894 - 1922
Elmer Ewing
1892 - 1975
Lillian A. Ewing
1890 - 1978
Ellison
Father
Ovie Earl
Feb. 3, 1907
Mother
Emma
Lee
Sept. 29, 1910 - Oct. 1988
Cooper
Father
Robins C.
1883 - 1936
Mother
Lizzie M.
1885 - 1962
John W. Ballinger
S. Sgt. 895 Signal Opr. Co.
World War ll
April 13, 1917 - Jan. 2, 1963
George Woodford Ballinger
1875 - 1930
Minnie Ballinger Morris
1877 - 1961
J. Junior Ballinger
1907 - 1986
Lillian Cooper Ballinger
1906 - 1994
Decoursey
Wm. Bedford
1873 - 1966
(Mason)
Mary Elizabeth
Nee Carter
1876 - 1965
Julie - Wife of
(Would love to know who this one is. nb)
The stone on the left is how it actually appears; I made a mirror image of it
and the result is the stone on the right. Bonnie
Bryant
Anna Mae
1906 - 1977
Harmon L.
1898 - 1969
Melinda Chiles
1881- 1958
Ira Chiles
1878 - 1954
Frances Lucille Chiles
Sept. 26, 1907 - April 7, 1996
Reba Almeda Chiles
May 20, 1912 - Dec. 2, 1999
Ballinger
Gulick
1909 - 1974
Catherine
1911 - 1998
Ballinger
Robert Franklin
1854 - 1936
Nora Gulick
1866 - 1938
Howard Ballinger
1898 - 1920
Chiles
James A.
1916 - 1996
Ruth B.
1920 -
Ruby Chiles Moore
1922 - 1946
Infant Daughter of
James & Ruth Chiles
Jan. 6, 1940
Bryant
Anna Mae
1906 - 1977
Harmon L.
1898 - 1969
Lonaker
Thomas
1889 - 1967
Winnie
1898 - 1974
Lonaker
Edward J.
1940 - 1985
Ethel M.
1944 -
Ravenscraft
Thelma L.
1915 - 1976
(Thelma Lola Kirk, died October 25, 1976. bs)
Edward L.
1921 - 1979
Edward Lamont Ravenscraft, died April 4, 1979; son of son of Walter & Sallie
Ashcraft Ravenscraft. bs)
Ravenscraft
Walter R.
1883 - 1925 (Born July 23, 1883; died June 21, 1925. bs)
Sallie C.
1886 - 1930 (Born October 31, 1886; died October 4, 1930. bs)
(Walter Raymond Ravenscraft, son of Samuel "Baldy" Ravenscraft and
Marilda Justice Ravenscraft. bs)
(Sallie C. Ashcraft Ravenscraft, daughter of Jediah L. Ashcraft and Nancy Ann
Race Ashcraft. bs)
Metal Marker
H. J. Ravenscraft
1825 - 1825
Drake Funeral Home
(Born February 11, 1825; died November 16, 1925; son of Walter & Sallie
Ashcraft Ravenscraft. bs)
Metal Marker
Jewel F. Lovelace
1927 - 1929
Drake Funeral Home
(Born November 3, 1927; died July 17, 1929; daughter of Howard Randall Lovelace
& Anne Marie Ravenscraft. bs)
Carson
Jennifer Lynn
Born and Died
July 13, 1964
Dreama Lee
Feb. 20, 1967 - Feb. 21, 1967
Rosetta Gulick Ballinger
1869 - 1945
James Mitchell Ballinger
1862 - 1943
Monroe
Beulah B.
1892 - 1970
John E.
1889 - 1957
John E. Monroe
Kentucky
P.F.C. BTRY C. 325 Field Arty
World War l
Dec. 2, 1889 - Feb. 22, 1957
Chiles
James M.
1848 - 1934
Mary Draper
1851 - 1932
Fromeyer
Twins
Oct. 1951
Lovelace
Marie
1906 - 1988
(Born December 4, 1906, died May 2, 1988; daughter of Walter Raymond Ravenscraft
& Sallie C. Ashcraft Ravenscraft. bs)
Howard
1906 - 1964
(Howard Randall Lovelace, born January 1, 1906, died March 26, 1964; son of
Henry Nicholas Lovelace & Ida Florence Blasingame Lovelace. bs)
Loving Husband and Dad
Clyde Monroe Ballinger
Sept. 28, 1917 - Aug. 16, 1999
Gone Fishing
Clyde M. Ballinger
U. S. Army
Sept. 28, 1917 - Aug. 16, 1999
Ballinger
Father
Talmage
1895 - 1958
Mother
Ada
1894 - 1987
Elmore
John Norman
Mar. 1, 1954
Mary Rose
Jan. 31, 1957 - Dec. 27, 1991
Married: July 29, 1972
(Mary Rose daughter of Minnie Mae and Wm. Emmit Duncan. nb)
Robert E. Workman
1896 - 1975
Letha B.
1898 - 1971
Doan
Nora L.
1888 - 1969
John W.
1886 - 1958
Cooper
Hazel B.
1900 - 1969
Roy T. 1908 - 1978
Downard
Geo. W. Downard
1849 - 1938
(George Washington Downard, born Janurary 11, 1849, died June 5, 1938; son of
James Walter Downard & Mary Rose Downard. bs)
Ludia A. - His Wife
1858 - 1905
(Ludie Alice Fields Downard, born May 1858, died April 30, 1905; daughter of
Elijah & Catherine Field. bs)
Letta D. Yelton
Their Daughter
1884 - 1920
(Died April 28, 1920; wife of Martin A. Yelton. bs)
Roy Donald Cooper
July 5, 1932
James M. Downard
1853 - 1922
(James Monroe Downard, born March 29, 1853; son of James Walter Downard &
Mary Humphry Rose Downard. bs)
Browning
Mary C.
1885 - 1968
G. Parker
1877 - 1955
Mother
Lula B. Walthers
Highhouse
May 27, 1901 - July 23, 1981
Walthers
Daughter & Son
Erected by Herbert