.......HERNDON Cemetery,
Montcalm, Mercer County, West Virginia
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----Directions to this cemetery::
...From Bluefield, WV: Route 52 North, to Bluewell:
...From Princeton: Route 20 West, to Bluewell:
.......from this common intersection(routes #20 & #52),
first of two traffic lights,
in Bluewell,
continue on #52,
turn right at the next(second & last) traffic light,
Route #71, Lorton Lick Road,
to Montcalm;
.......in down-town Montcalm,
turn left across the Bluestone River bridge,
toward McComas;
.......immediately at the end of the bridge,
turn across the Crane Creek bridge to the left,
following along the flat area beside Bluestone River,
across the rail-road tracks to the right,
up the hill,
to the Riverside Methodist Church building,
on the right.
Park on the church black-top lot;
.......directly in front of the church building there is a drive entrance,
between a house on the left, and,
a mobile home on the right;
.......the cemetery is located behind the house on the left,
by walking down the auto stone drive-way.
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.......This cemetery, whose front faces the church building, is composed of
three distinct areas:
1) an open center and rear:
condition not too "bad",
having a lot of short under-growth;
2) a fenced "Lovern" family section:
on the right front corner-----
presently under control of Mother Nature,
and, earth beings,
that have used it as a dumping place
for brush and tree cuttings;
3) a fenced "Pigg" family section:
on the left front corner-----
this section, in 2001,
was cleaned "to the ground",
tombstones re-set and aligned,
graves filled(all have tombstones),
placement of flowers, and,
the total frontage area cleared about eight feet in width.
UPDATE: we cousins, listed below, cut our way into this location again,
this year, June 2003, and, sprayed a de-foliant chemical over the
entire grave site area, and, across the front entrance area.
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Family members participating in these "clean-up" projects are:
Woodrow and Norma Pigg Duncan, of Princeton, wv; 2001, 2003:
James Edward and Ruth Pigg Jones, of Princeton, wv; 2001;
Randolph Davidson, of Columbus, oh; 2001;
Arthur Davidson, of Columbus, oh; 2001, 2003; and,
Eve Wyesloiff Welch, of Lexington, nc; 2003.
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Updated Last: 10 November 2003
[Transcribed by Arthur L. Davidson, 07 July 2001].
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...............NOTE by Arthur L. Davidson-----the historical name, and, the
community "known-as" name, is HERNDON CEMETERY.
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...CHEER CEMETERY, MONTCALM, MERCER COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
......THIS INFORMATION WAS COLLECTED ON June 4, 2002
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by David Hambrick and Ken Bowen
and contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives.
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............From Route 52 in Bluewell take Route 71(Lorton Lick Road)
to Montcalm. In downtown Montcalm turn left toward McComas, then turn left
on the first road to the left after crossing the bridge. Go up to the
Methodist Church and turn left again. The cemetery is straight
across the road from he church.
.........This is a very rough cemetery with brush, briers, and poison oak........
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