Whittaker Cemetery

Transcribed and submitted by Kym Hitchcock.

ROUTE 581, RIVER, KY

1ST ROW (STARTING AT THE BACK, R-LEFT)

1. (COMBINED STONE) ELIZABETH WILEY, AUG. 17,1863-JAN. 19,1952 &
2. WILLIAM ELZIE WILEY, MARCH 8,1853-SEPT. 19,1944
(I think these are the parents of Frank Wiley that is in this cemetery)
3. JOHN B. WILEY 1885-1946 VICIA 1887
4. HEBERT WILEY BORN 1902 DIED 1946
5. (COMBINED STONE) SUSIE WILEY, FEB. 14,1912-JULY 23,1974, D/O HENRY & GARDIA WHITTAKER  &
6.FRANK WILEY, FEB. 19,1907-JULY 28,1982

                                                    2ND. ROW

7. SAMUEL E. BLEVINS, PVT CO A 18 US INF 1879-1924
8. A CHILDS SIZE GRAVE WITH STONES AT TOP & BOTTOM, NOTHING ON IT
9. SAMUEL E. BLEVINS SR., 1910-1970

                                                 3RD. ROW

10. LUTHER PRESTON 1883-1938
11. ORA PRESTON 1900-1947
12. JOHN PRESTON 1855-1921
(the Preston's are Gardia's Family & this John Preston I think maybe her dad)
13. MARY E. WHITTAKER, FEB. 7,1916-AUG. 15,1916-(Child of Henry C. & Gardia Whittaker)

14. (COMBINED STONE) MORGAN C. WHITTAKER 1832-1918 &
15. SUSAN HALE WHITTAKER 1833-1929(Parents of Henry C. Whittaker)
16. VENCIL WEDDINGTON 1903-1914
17. JULIA LITTLE 1884-1944
18. ROBERT WEDDINGTON 1903-1914 (NOTICE 16&18 HAS SAME DATES)

                                                    4TH. ROW

19. ROBERT L. WHITTAKER JULY 25,1929-MAY 26,1989 (S/O Henry & Gardia Whittaker)
20. BURNS WHITTAKER MARCH 26,1908-OCT. 13,1940  (S/O Henry & Gardia Whittaker)
      (COMBINED STONE)
21. HENRY C. WHITTAKER, MAY 18,1887-APRIL 2,1930 (S/O Morgan & Susan Hale Whittaker) &
22.GARDIA WHITTAKER JAN. 8,1889-NOV. 2,1958 (She was a Preston her mothers maiden name was a Castle/Cassell)
23. HOBERT WHITTAKER 1922-1971 (S/O GARDIA & HENRY WHITTAKER)
24. HOWARD H. WHITTAKER JUNE 20,1917-AUG. 4,1979 (S/O Gardia & Henry Whittaker)
25. HENRY HANSFORD WHITTAKER FEB. 6,1935- AUG. 8,1978 (S/O Burns & Roma Wallen Whittaker/ GRANDSON of Gardia & Henry Whittaker)

                                                       5TH ROW

26.  SYLVIA PRICE DUTTON 1889-1969
27. (COMBINED STONE) BALLARD PRICE 1877-1959 &
28. JULA CASSELL PRICE 1877-1945
29. BUENA DUTTON  (29-35 I WAS TOLD WERE ALL CHILDREN)
30. HOBERT W. DUTTON no dates on any of them
31. FLORETTA DUTTON
32. SAMUEL DUTTON
33. BALLARD DUTTON
34. DONALD DUTTON
35. DONNA S. DUTTON
36. (COMBINED STONE) ELIAS DUTTON 1896-1966 &
37. GALDA PRICE DUTTON 1900-1984

                                                    6TH. ROW

38. DAUGHTER MARY ANN WALLEN PRESTON 1921-1958 (D/O Isom (BUGER) Wallen, Ham Wallen's brother)
39. EVERETT WALLEN PVT. US ARMY WORLD WAR II JULY 3,1919-OCT. 30,1987 (S/O Isom Wallen)

*There is also another cemetery off from this one many graves, but all unreadable.
One has had a new stone put down within the last few yrs. The old stones of from this one is laying flat on the ground. The new stone reads:

Farewell Dear Friends STAFFORDS
JOHN STAFFORD FEB. 17,1779- MAY 22,1865                                                    ELECTED BY HIS CHILDREN AGED FATHER WELL DONE REST FROM THY LOVED EMPLOY. THE BATTLE FOUGHT THE VICTORY WON.
ENTER THY MASTERS JOY MARK THE PERFECT MAN AND BEHOLD THE UPRIGHT FOR THE END OF THAT MAN IS PEACE.
MARY WIFE OF JOHN STAFFORD DIED AUG. 25, 1877 AGE 89 YRS.
AS A WIFE DEVOTED AS A MOTHER AFFECTIONATE, AS A FRIEND EVER KIND AND TRUE, IN LIFE SHE EMBODIED ALL THE GRACES OF A CHRISTIAN IN DEATH HER REDEEMED SPIRIT RETURNED TO GOD WHO GAVE IT.