Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Beckley Unknown location
Beckley Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley Wildwood Cemetery
Clear Creek Dunbar Family Cemetery
Private or family
graveyard
Raleigh County,
Unknown
Location
Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia
Politicians buried
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Roy Lee Harmon (1900-1981) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Boone
County, W.Va., October
7, 1900.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; radio
commentator; writer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1947-48,
1951-54, 1957-61; resigned 1961.
Baptist.
Member, Moose.
Poet Laureate of West Virginia.
Died in April, 1981
(age 80
years, 0 days).
Interment somewhere.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Sidney Harmon and Nettie May (Lucas) Harmon; married, August
11, 1934, to Dorothy M. Ball. |
|  | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Sunset Memorial
Park
Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Politicians buried
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Joseph Luther Smith (1880-1962) —
also known as Joe L. Smith —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Marshes (now Glen Daniel), Raleigh
County, W.Va., May 22,
1880.
Democrat. Printing
business; newspaper
publisher; banker; mayor
of Beckley, W.Va., 1904-09; member of West
Virginia state senate 7th District, 1909-12; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1929-45; West Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1944-47; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1952.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died of a heart and
circulatory ailment, in Beckley Hospital,
Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va., August
23, 1962 (age 82 years, 93
days).
Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.
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Erland Harold Hedrick (1894-1954) —
also known as E. H. Hedrick —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Mercer
County, W.Va., August
9, 1894.
Democrat. Physician;
real
estate business; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1945-53;
candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1952.
Member, American Medical
Association; American
Legion; Moose.
Died in Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va., September
20, 1954 (age 60 years, 42
days).
Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.
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Robert Johnson Ashworth (1909-2008) —
also known as Robert J. Ashworth —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in McDowell
County, W.Va., May 8,
1909.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; chair of
Raleigh County Republican Party, 1949-54; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1956;
president and part owner, Richmond Cleaners and
Laundry; circuit judge in West Virginia, 1988.
Baptist.
Member, Lions; Elks; Moose; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Beaver, Raleigh
County, W.Va., October
2, 2008 (age 99 years, 147
days).
Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Robert A. Ashworth and Darthula (Johnson) Ashworth; married to
Virginia Isabel Hill and Blanche Woods. |
|  | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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J. LeRoy Huffman (1878-1962) —
also known as Roy Huffman —
of Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Washington College, Washington
County, Tenn., August
30, 1878.
Democrat. Lumber
dealer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1939-42.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died in 1962
(age about
83 years).
Entombed in mausoleum at Sunset Memorial Park.
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Wildwood
Cemetery
Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Politicians buried
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Clarence Watson Meadows (1904-1961) —
also known as Clarence W. Meadows —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.; Clifton Forge, Alleghany
County, Va.
Born in Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va., February
11, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1931-32;
Raleigh
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1933-36; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1937-42; circuit judge in West
Virginia, 1942-44; Governor of
West Virginia, 1945-49; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from West Virginia, 1948,
1952;
campaign manager for Claude
Pepper, in 1958 U.S. Senate campaign.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Alpha Delta; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Lions; Rotary.
Died, following a heart
attack in Chesapeake and Ohio Hospital,
Clifton Forge, Alleghany
County, Va., September
12, 1961 (age 57 years, 213
days).
Interment at Wildwood Cemetery.
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Alfred Beckley (1802-1888) —
of Raleigh, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., May 26,
1802.
Democrat. Physician;
preacher;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1876.
Died in Raleigh
County, W.Va., May 26,
1888 (age 86 years, 0
days).
Interment at Wildwood Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Emily Craig. |
|  | Epitaph: "Thou shalt have sweetly
rest / In the calmest repose / Undisturbed by life's
cares / And unpierced by its woes." |
|  | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Howard Prince Meadows (1905-1993) —
also known as H. P. Meadows;
"Friday" —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va., December
21, 1905.
Democrat. Insurance
business; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1951-52.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Elks.
Died July 4,
1993 (age 87 years, 195
days).
Interment at Wildwood Cemetery.
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Dunbar Family
Cemetery
Clear Creek, Raleigh County, West Virginia
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