Sovine Cemetery

SOVINE CEMETERY
(Culloden Community)
Cabell County, West Virginia


Latitude: N 38° 27.953
Longitude: W 082° 03.348
Elevation: 980 feet
Accuracy: 19 feet


From Culloden, WV, turn northeast onto Virginia Avenue at JJJ's Market from US 60. Go about 1/10 mile and turn left onto Benedict Road. Stay on this road for about 4.0 miles and you will come to a sign on the right side of the road that reads Culloden Community Cemetery. There is a locked gate across the road and you must park and walk past the gate to the cemetery, which is about 100 yards from the gate. The cemetery is very well maintained.

Submitted by Candie Freeman & Barry Huffstutler
Read: 5 November 2004
Revised:  17 June 2007


MATTIE  ADKINS
1895 1972

Footstone: Blank


HALEY NICOLE
SOWARDS  ARTHUR
*  APRIL  1,  2000 

JONATHAN  MATTHEW
SOWARDS  ARTHUR
*  MAR.  5,  2001  †

MORGAN RENAE
ARTHUR
DEC. 6, 2004   DEC. 6, 2004

NAOMI  MARIE
SOWARDS  ARTHUR
*  MARCH  8,  2003  †

ROBERT ANTHONY
SOWARDS  ARTHUR
*  MARCH  6,  2006  †

JAUNITA TOOTSIE
CAVENDER
SEPT. 25, 1937
JULY 13, 1999

CAVENTER
FATHER MOTHER
CLAUDE  A. BERTHA  M.
OCT. 15, 1910 — SEPT. 6, 1968 APRIL 2, 1916 — MAY 30, 1985
LOVED  BY  ALL

MARY  K.  CHAPMAN
"MOLLY"
1898 —— 1985

ADA  S.   JOHN  W.
DUDLEY   DUDLEY
DEC.  16,  1889   AUG.  20,  1884
AUG.  23,  1964   OCT.  27,  1933

BONNIE  G.
DUDLEY
*  OCT.  7,  1944  †

DONNA  K.
DUDLEY
*  OCT.  7,  1944  †

GARNETT  M. ROY  E.
NOV.  14,  1916 JUNE  28,  1910
OCT.  12,  1999 FEB.  15,  1996
 
PRECIOUS LORD TAKE MY HAND
 
DUDLEY
MARRIED   DEC.  15,  1934

GLONDA  L.  DUDLEY
NOV.  15,  
1952  

WILLARD  C.
DUDLEY
*  MAR.  21,  1938  †

WILLIS  R.
DUDLEY
*  MAR.  10,  1942  †

MONARCH
 
"THEY LIVED LIFE TOGETHER,  THEY LOVED
TOGETHER AND THEY DIED TOGETHER"
 
JEREMY  MATTHEW  EDWARDS
JAN.  25,  1980 — JAN.  30,  2000
 
JEREMY'S QUOTATION
"KNOW WHAT'S WEIRD?  DAY BY DAY NOTHING SEEMS TO
CHANGE BUT PRETTY SOON EVERYTHING'S DIFFERENT

"A MESSAGE TO HEAVEN"
 

DEAREST JEREMY,

 

       FROM ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST, TO NOW ONE OF HEAVEN'S GREATEST.  FOR AS MANY

YESTERDAYS AS THERE HAVE BEEN, WE HAVE LOVED YOU.  FOR AS MANY TOMORROWS AS

THERE WILL BE, WE WILL LOVE YOU EVEN MORE.  WE ARE GOING TO MISS YOU SO VERY MUCH.

WE WANT TO THANK GOD FOR THE TWENTY YEARS HE ALLOWED US TO HAVE YOU IN OUR LIVES.

YOU WERE TRULY A GIFT FROM HEAVEN!  YOU WERE EVERY PARENT'S DREAM COME TRUE:  THE

BEST BROTHER EVER,  AND A TRUE FRIEND TO EVERYONE YOU MEET,  FROM THE YOU WERE

BORN, YOU GAVE TO US NOTHING BUT PURE LOVE, JOY AND HAPPINESS.  YOUR PERSONALITY

AND SMILE, COULD LIGHT UP THE DARKEST OF DARK ROOMS.  YOUR INTELLIGENCE WAS

UNEQUAL TO NO OTHER.  THE AURA OF LIGHT THAT SHONE IN YOUR PRESENCE WAS

SUPER-HUMAN.  YOU WALKED THIS EARTH AS THE ANGEL THAT YOU WERE, NOW YOU WALK

THE HEAVENS AS THE ANGEL THAT YOU ARE,  YOU WILL LIVE ON IN OUR HEARTS, OUR MINDS

AND OUR SOULS FOREVER.

WE LOVE YOU JEREMY                   

LOVE, DAD, MOM, BILLY (BUBBA).

FAMILY AND FRIENDS                   

[ Picture ]  [ Obituary ]


EDWARDS
 
REBECCA  P. OUR CHILDREN CLINTON  G.
MAY  14,  1935 MICHAEL,  MATTHEW, JUNE  21,  1933
  JACQUELINE,  ELIZABETH APRIL  4,  1992
  EATHEL,  EARL  
MARRIED   SEPT.  24,  1954

DREAMA  SUE
SOWARDS  GREGORY
DEC.  30,  1949
JULY  31,  1996

DENNIS  LEE
GRIGGS
1971 1971

    This grave is marked only with a metal marker and a iron pipe.
STEVENS & GRASS Funeral Home (Maiden, WV)


MARK  TRAVIS
HAMLIN
AUG.  3,  1963
JULY  23,  1994

ORA  VIRGINIA
SOWARDS  HAMLIN
MAY  14,  1939
OCT.  23,  1994

ROGER  W  HOFFMAN
PVT  US  ARMY
SEP  18  1943 NOV  21  1996

ANNA  KHAN
1890  -  1991

KING
 
FANNIE  TAYLOR JOHN  A.
1882 — 1941 1869 — 1953

WILLIAM  R
KLOMP
1952 1999

This grave is marked only with a metal marker and a iron pipe.
FERRELL  MORTUARY,  INC.


LEUENBERGER
 
ROBERTA  L. FRITZ
JAN.  15,  1936 JUNE  4,  1922
DEC.  5,  1989  

Fritz (Fred) has a metal marker that gives his dates as:  (1922 - 2000).
FERRELL MORTUARY, INC.

Roberta has a metal marker also from:
HECK FUNERAL HOME

[ Obituary ]


SAVANAH  RENEA
LOVEJOY
Born   Jan.  19,  2000
Died   Jan.  19,  2000

ORPHIE
 
1907 - 1981

MARY EDA
PERSINGER
1913 - 1953

MOTHER
MARY  ETTA
PERSINGER
1912 —— 1957

LINDA  RUBY
PROUSE
FEB.  5,  1938
JUNE  5,  1997
 
A PART OF YOU STILL LIVES IN US

HAROLD  G
ROBERTS   SR
1943 2003

HAROLD  GENE  ROBERTS  SR.
BORN   11/20/1943   DIED   5/21/2003
AGE  59

Note:  Both markers are metal markers from:
HECK FUNERAL HOME


BILLY  JOE
RUBY
 
MAR.  3, MAR.  3,
1962 1962

VINSON  RAY  RUBY
WEST  VIRGINIA
CPL  CO D   223 INF  REGT
KOREA
APRIL  6  1933 MAY  5  1967

JUANITA  M.  SMITH
BORN   SEPT.  25,  1937   DIED   JULY  13,  1999
AGE   61
 
BARTLETT CHAPMAN FUNERAL HOME
ST. ALBANS,  WEST VIRGINIA

Note:  This grave is marked only with a metal marker.


MOLLY LYNN SMITH
 
AUG. 24 OCT. 9
2005 2005
DAUGHTER OF CURTIS AND SMITH

SOVINE
 
ALFRED  A. ALTA  A.
APRIL  17,  1912 NOV.  25,  1918
JULY  8,  1978 JAN.  27,  1996

Both graves also have a metal marker from:
ALLEN FUNERAL HOME

Footstone: DAD


SOVINE
 
ALMA  L.   ANDREW  M.
JAN.  5,  1920   MAY  27,  1898
JULY  10,  1992 LOVING PARENTS MAR.  11,  1956

Footstones: MOTHER and FATHER


ARNOLD  SOVINE
APRIL  10,  1892
MARCH  29,  1982

DELMAR  LEON  SOVINE
US  MARINE  CORPS
SMSGT   US  AIR   FORCE
KOREA
JUL  12  1930 JUL  25  2003

Note: Also known as "Del". s/o Gainer & Mamie Sovine.

Also has a metal marker from:
CHAPMAN FUNERAL HOME
Hurricane, WV

[ Obituary ]


DENNIS  SOVINE
DEC.  1922
FEB.  1923

DENZIL  C.  SOVINE
JAN.  4,  1927
MAR.  27,  2000

Also has a metal marker that gives his middle name as "Cleo".
CHAPMAN FUNERAL HOME


GLENNA  SOVINE
JUNE  10,  1900
FEB.  20,  1941

OUR  BABY
JAMES  ELVA
SOVINE
MARCH  6,  1967
NOV.  10,  1970

JOHN  A  SOVINE
JR
1983 1984

This grave is marked only with a metal marker and a iron pipe.
HECK FUNERAL HOME


SOVINE
 
LAWRENCE  E.   ANNA  ERWIN
MAY  2,  1902   JULY  14,  1907
NOV.  25,  1949 TOGETHER  FOREVER JUNE  28,  1995

LORENZA  SOVINE SAMANTHA  SOVINE
 
1867 1954 1867 1938

Both graves are marked with metal markers from:
HECK FUNERAL HOME


MAMIE  M SYLVESTER  G
SOVINE SOVINE
1900 1971 1881 1955

Both graves are marked with metal markers.


SOVINE
 
ROY  ALLEN CLARA  MAE
AUG.  14,  1930 AUG.  12,  1933
JUNE  27,  1979 NOV.  20,  2003

[ Obituary ]

This grave also has a metal marker from:
HECK FUNERAL HOME


SIERRA  LYNN
SOVINE
MARCH  15  2003

This grave is marked with a metal marker


SILAS  D.
MAY  21,  1954
APRIL  29,  2004
 

PATRICIA  G.     

MAY  8,  1954    

 

TOGETHER  FOREVER

        SOVINE

 
 

MARRIED MAY 8, 2000

DANNY AND PAT    


Danny,  
Inside my heart Our  Children
there is a place that Timothy
only you can reach. Travis
Then, Now, and Forever, Jason
I love you through eternity. Jessica
Love always  
Pat  

Footstones: DANNY and PAT

[ Picture ]  [ Obituary ]


ALVIN  RAY  SOWARDS
OCT.  12,  1940
DEC.  18,  1940

CHARLES  LEWIS
SOWARDS
1896 —— 1938

FRANCIS  N.  SOWARDS
1925 1968

    This grave is marked only with a metal marker and a iron pipe.
ALLEN FUNERAL HOME


FRED  PAUL  SOWARDS
NOV.  22,  1924
DEC.  3,  1962

SON
JESSIE  J.  SOWARDS
JAN.  3,  1947
MAR.  15,  1969

LEONARD
SOWARDS
1931 —— 1950

WILLIAM  A
SOWARDS
WEST  VIRGINIA
PVT  CO  D
112  INFANTRY
WORLD  WAR  II
OCTOBER  28  1917
JUNE  20 1966

DEBRA  PAULINE
STOCKDALE
SEPT.  6,  1959
SEPT.  15,  1959

ON  EAGLES
WINGS
MICHAEL
W
TAYLOR
JUNE  9  1961
AUG  7  2004

Note: This is a homemade marker. Also a metal marker from:
HECK FUNERAL HOME

[ Picture


 
ALVIE
CURTIS
THOMAS
SP 4
US  ARMY
VIETNAM
FEB  21  1949
APR  23  1995

THOMAS
CALVIN
CURTIS
NOV.  5,  1924
DEC.  5,  1978

Note: This is a homemade marker.


THOMAS
ESTA
K.
APR.  29,  1927
SEPT.  6,  1966

Note: This is a homemade marker.
Esta Katherine Sowards Thomas, d. 6 Sep 1967, Huntington, WV.


VICKERS
 
LAWRENCE  E. LEONA  J.
DEC.  1,  1932 MAY  6,  1936
MAY  1,  1973  
MARRIED   OCT.  2,  1954

LAWRENCE  E  VICKERS
WEST VIRGINIA
FN  US  NAVY
KOREA
DEC  1  1932 MAY  1  1973

WRIGHT
 
C.  DAVID M.  DARRELL
MARCH  6,  1957 DEC.  4,  1959
JAN.  19,  1986 AUG.  11,  1979

Footstones: BROTHER and BROTHER


VOLA WRIGHT
1936 2006

    This grave is marked only with a metal marker from:
HECK FUNERAL HOME
Note: d/o Gainer & Mamie Sovine


Notes: 

One homemade marker without any name or dates, and the footstone reads "SISTER".
Located between the graves for Sylvester & Mamie Sovine and Debra Pauline Stockdale.

Two homemade markers, similiar to ones for the Sovine's, but they have no name or dates.

There are several graves marked only with iron poles in the ground.

One grave marked only with a footstone that reads "R. C. S."

UNMARKED GRAVES:

Haywood, Orpha,  17 Aug 1917 - 01 Apr 1984, Source: Cabell Cemeteries by Carrie Eldridge & Allen Funeral Home

 

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© Copyright 2004-2007 by  Candace Freeman

Revised:  Jun. 17,  2007

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