Index to Locations
Centerville Beechwood Cemetery
Centerville Fairview Church
Cemetery
Josephs Mills Spring Hill Cemetery
Middlebourne Middlebourne Cemetery
Shirley Cedar Grove Cemetery
Sistersville Greenwood Cemetery
Beechwood
Cemetery
Centerville, Tyler County, West Virginia
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Politicians buried
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![Charles S. Meredith](https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/690/64.74.jpg) |
Charles Steven Meredith (1868-1956) —
also known as Charles S. Meredith —
of Spencer, Roane
County, W.Va.
Born in Centerville, Tyler
County, W.Va., July 3,
1868.
Republican. School
teacher; contractor;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Roane County, 1929-30.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Mercer
County, W.Va., January
24, 1956 (age 87 years, 205
days).
Interment at Beechwood Cemetery.
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Carl Wilford Freeland (1914-1978) —
also known as Carl W. Freeland; Carl Wilford
Main —
of Middlebourne, Tyler
County, W.Va.
Born in West Virginia, 1914.
Democrat. Chair of
Tyler County Democratic Party, 1961-63.
Died in April, 1978
(age about
63 years).
Interment at Beechwood Cemetery.
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Cecil Lloyd Nichols (1909-1988) —
also known as Cecil L. Nichols —
of Alma, Tyler
County, W.Va.; Middlebourne, Tyler
County, W.Va.
Born in Meeker, Tyler
County, W.Va., January
9, 1909.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Tyler County, 1941-44.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va., November
27, 1988 (age 79 years, 323
days).
Interment at Beechwood Cemetery.
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Fairview Church
Cemetery
Centerville, Tyler County, West Virginia
Politicians buried
here: |
![Howard B. Lee](https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/182/27.02.jpg) |
Howard Burton Lee (1879-1985) —
also known as Howard B. Lee —
of Putnam
County, W.Va.; Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Sanoma, Wirt
County, W.Va., October
27, 1879.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Putnam County, 1909-10; Mercer
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1912-24; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1925-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in the Hobe Sound Geriatric Village nursing
home, Stuart, Martin
County, Fla., May 24,
1985 (age 105 years,
209 days).
Interment at Fairview Church Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen Sullivan Lee and Virginia (Quick) Lee; married, March 5,
1907, to Ida Lenore Hamilton. |
| ![](hand.gif) | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| ![](hand.gif) | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1929 |
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Spring Hill
Cemetery
Josephs Mills, Tyler County, West Virginia
Politicians who have
(or had) monuments here: |
![Cecil H. Underwood](https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/660/36.35.jpg) |
Cecil Harland Underwood (1922-2008) —
also known as Cecil H. Underwood —
of Sistersville, Tyler
County, W.Va.; Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.; Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Josephs Mills, Tyler
County, W.Va., November
5, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; minister;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Tyler County, 1945-56; Governor of
West Virginia, 1957-61, 1997-2001; defeated, 1964, 1976, 2000;
delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1960
(Temporary
Chair), 1972,
1984,
2000;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1960; candidate for Presidential
Elector for West Virginia.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Junior
Order; Kiwanis;
Pi
Kappa Delta; Farm
Bureau.
He was both the youngest (in 1957) and the oldest (in 2001) governor
in West Virginia history.
Died, following a series of strokes,
in Memorial Hospital
of the Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., November
24, 2008 (age 86 years, 19
days). His body was
donated to the School of Medicine at Marshall University.
Cenotaph at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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Middlebourne
Cemetery
Middlebourne, Tyler County, West Virginia
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Politicians buried
here: |
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William Inghram Boreman (1816-1892) —
also known as William I. Boreman —
of Tyler
County, W.Va.
Born in Waynesburg, Greene
County, Pa., June 18,
1816.
Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Tyler County, 1867; member
of West
Virginia state senate 4th District, 1868-71.
Died in Tyler
County, W.Va., January
15, 1892 (age 75 years, 211
days).
Interment at Middlebourne Cemetery.
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Cedar Grove
Cemetery
Shirley, Tyler County, West Virginia
Greenwood
Cemetery
Sistersville, Tyler County, West Virginia
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Politicians buried
here: |
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A. Emerson Doak (1876-1960) —
of Sistersville, Tyler
County, W.Va.
Born in Deep Valley, Tyler
County, W.Va., February
21, 1876.
Republican. Farmer; school
teacher; newspaper
editor; member of West
Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1941-44.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1960
(age about
84 years).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Doak and Ingabe I. (Bee) Doak; married to Callie
Fuchs. |
| ![](hand.gif) | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Forrest M. Buck (1909-1996) —
of Sistersville, Tyler
County, W.Va.
Born in Aliquippa, Beaver
County, Pa., March 8,
1909.
Republican. Automobile
dealer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1963-72 (Tyler County 1963-64,
5th District 1965-72).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Sigma
Chi.
Died February
13, 1996 (age 86 years, 342
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Russell U. Adams (1888-1957) —
also known as Russ U. Adams —
of Sistersville, Tyler
County, W.Va.
Born in 1888.
Democrat. Candidate for West
Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1946; chair of
Tyler County Democratic Party, 1949-55.
Died in 1957
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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