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Wirt County
West Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Wirt County

Index to Locations Mt. Pisgah Cemetery Owl Hill Methodist Cemetery Elizabeth Knights of Pythias Cemetery Palestine Pisgah Cemetery Mt. Pisgah Cemetery Wirt County, West Virginia Politicians buried here:   Ray R. Palmer (1896-1974) — of Wirt County, W.Va. Born in New Dale, Wetzel County, W.Va., March 28, 1896. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school teacher; farmer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Wirt County, 1959-62. Methodist. Member, Farm Bureau; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion. Died February 6, 1974 (age 77 years, 315 days). Interment at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Owl Hill Methodist Cemetery Wirt County, West Virginia Politicians buried here:   French Robinson (d. 1987) — of Elizabeth, Wirt County, W.Va. Democrat. Chair of Wirt County Democratic Party, 1940. Member, Freemasons. Died in 1987. Interment at Owl Hill Methodist Cemetery. Knights of Pythias Cemetery Elizabeth, Wirt County, West Virginia See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here: Henry Evan Pomroy (1892-1961) — also known as H. E. Pomroy — of Akron, Summit County, Ohio; Elizabeth, Wirt County, W.Va. Born in Kiowa, Barber County, Kan., February 14, 1892. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; police officer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Wirt County, 1949-52; defeated, 1952, 1956. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Lions; Farm Bureau; American Legion. Died in Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va., January 10, 1961 (age 68 years, 331 days). Interment at Knights of Pythias Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Allison Pomroy and Emma Neher (Ballard) Pomroy; married, November 4, 1924, to Vivian Ruth Roberts.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1951   Robert Franklin Hickman (1906-1987) — also known as Robert F. Hickman — of Elizabeth, Wirt County, W.Va. Born in Elizabeth, Wirt County, W.Va., August 24, 1906. Republican. School teacher; newspaper publisher; candidate for West Virginia state senate 3rd District, 1936; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Wirt County, 1939-42. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Alpha Tau Omega. Died in 1987 (age about 80 years). Interment at Knights of Pythias Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Robert Franklin Hickman and Embersenia (Ferrell) Hickman; married, September 9, 1933, to Jean Crile.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Frank Munday Jr. (1925-1993) — of Elizabeth, Wirt County, W.Va. Born March 27, 1925. Democrat. Chair of Wirt County Democratic Party, 1969-70. Died May 28, 1993 (age 68 years, 62 days). Interment at Knights of Pythias Cemetery. Pisgah Cemetery Palestine, Wirt County, West Virginia Politicians buried here:   Carroll E. Bumgarner (1937-1984) — of Oak Hill, Fayette County, W.Va. Born in Wirt County, W.Va., January 13, 1937. Democrat. School teacher; athletic coach; member of West Virginia state house of delegates, 1973-78, 1981-82 (Fayette County 1973-74, 21st District 1975-78, 1981-82). Methodist. Member, Lions. Died, from heart disease, in July, 1984 (age 47 years, 0 days). Interment at Pisgah Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Joseph C. Bumgarner and Nina M. (Greer) Bumgarner; married, February 19, 1960, to Sandra J. Lowe.

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