TURKEYKNOBCEM
TURKEY KNOB
CEMETERY
Located on Depot Street off Route 1428, Paintsville KY. This section of town is know as Turkey
Knob. It consists of several cemeteries adjoining each other and running up the hill along side
Depot Street. We started copying at the bottom of the cemetery and went up the hill. Copied by
Donna Hall and Jeanie McKenzie, February 11, 2009.
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DOCUMENTED & SUBMITTED
BY: GRETTA "Jeanie" MCKENZIE & DONNA HALL FEB.15 2009
RED: Additions made to original listing
Nelson Cemetery – fenced in along stone wall
NELSON, John Wesley Oct 12,1874 Dec.06,1970 (OBIT)
NELSON, Malisia C Feb 22,1878 Aug.02,1853 ????
NELSON, B.B. [PIC-2] May 01,1910 Oct.04,1910
NELSON, Earl 62 Jun.22,1907 Aug.15,1969 (OBIT)
NELSON, Violet (Bradley) 64 Nov 24,1907 Oct.03,1972 (OBIT)
Unknown
VanHoose Cemetery – fenced with chain link fence adjoining Nelson Cemetery and up the hill
Row 1:
Unknown – grave sunken – no marker
Unknown – grave sunken – no marker
Unknown – marked by field stone
Unknown – marked by field stone
Unknown – marked by field stone
VANHOOSE, Valentine (new stone) Jan.24,1820 Aug.23,1875
VANHOOSE, Delsia [PIC-2] Jan.10 1826 Jul.18 1867
Unknown – marked by field stone
VANHOOSE, Roy Franklin Aug.18 1937 Nov.14 1970 (OBIT)
Row 2:
Unknown – marked by field stone
Unknown – marked by field stone
Unknown – marked by field stone
Unknown – marked by field stone
Unknown – marked by field stone
Unknown – marked by field stone
Unknown – marked by field stone
Unknown – marked by field stone
VANHOOSE, Martin Dec.15 1843 Oct.01 1885
Unknown – unmarked
Unknown – marked by field stone
VANHOOSE, Earl H Aug.06 1888 Oct.14 1945 (OBIT)
VANHOOSE, Phebe (Arnett) [PIC-2] 82 May 05 1900 Oct.24 1982 (OBIT) w/o-Earl H. VanHoose
Row 3:
VANHOOSE, Charles T. Jun.06 1933 Jul.01 1959 (OBIT)
BALDWIN, Everett R Jan.15 1928 Jan.02 1945 (OBIT) PVT 409 Inf, 103 Inf Div WWII
BALDWIN, Alka (Rice) 1889 1925 w/o-John Baldwin
RICE, Julia (VanHoose) 1864 Jan. 1937 (OBIT)
RICE, James Harvey 1851 1905 h/o-Alka (VanHoose) Rice
RICE, Warren Jul.18 1918 KY 1 Lieut. 28 Inf
VANHOOSE, Elizabeth (Daniel)[PIC-2] Sep.05 1863 Aug.01 1943 (OBIT)
VANHOOSE,, Lafayette “Lafe” [PIC-2] May 07 1855 Sep.09 1940 (OBIT)
VANHOOSE, Roberta Virginia Jul.10 1917 Jan.01 1918
VANHOOSE, A ----------- ----------- marked with stone – barely ledgible
Unknown – sunken
Unknown – sunken
Unknown – sunken
Unknown – sunken
Unknown – sunken
Spradlin – McKenzie Cemetery
MCKENZIE, Junior Mar.05 1926 Mar.05 1926
Unknown – marked with field stone
Unknown – with no stone
Unknown – with no stone
Unknown – with no stone
SPRADLIN, Wonnie (Lemaster) (FHM) 62 1906 Mar.05 1968 (OBIT)
SPRADLIN, James J Aug.23 1904 Jun.25 1965 (OBIT)
SPRADLIN, James Thomas “Bill Boy” 31 Jun.22 1937 Dec.14 1968 (OBIT)
SPRADLIN, Paul Jul.28 1931 Jan.13 1933 D.C. s/o-Junior & June (Blevins) Spradlin.
FIELDS, Mary 1878 1952
Unknown - unmarked
Unknown - unmarked
Unknown – unmarked
Unknown – marked with field stone – adorned with red marbles
Penley Cemetery - Partly fenced:
PENLEY, George Henry (FHM) 78 Aug.19 1904 Jun.10 1983 (OBIT)
Unknown – unmarked
Unknown – unmarked
Unknown – unmarked
Possibly more
Fields Section - Right of Path:
FIELDS, Mayhew (FHM) [PIC-2] Age 78, 9 mo, 23 da Nov.05 1946
Unknown – unmarked
Bland Cemetery – in bushes behind Fields section
WESTFALL, Patricia Ann [PIC-2] Dec.13 1936 May 20 1937
BLAND, Dorthy Frances May 20 1931 Jul.23 1932
BLAND, McKenley Avis Oct.10 1926 Nov.16 1930
BLAND, Morris Benjamin Jul.11 1897 Nov.24 1937 (OBIT)
Unknown – marked with field stone
Down over a small bank to the left of Penley cemetery:
Mary (FHM) Nov.04 1945
Unknown
Tackett, etc section – behind Bland Cemetery and marked by old fence posts:
Row 1:
TACKETT, Sallie (Combs) Feb.09 1875 Mar.09 1963 (OBIT)
Unknown – marked with field stone
Unknown – marked with field stone
Row 2:
Unknown – marked with field stone
Unknown – unmarked
COLLINS, Catherine [PIC-2] 1872 Sep.08 1946
Unknown – unmarked
MONTGOMERY, Newell C [PIC-2] 1870 Nov.10 1946
At the foot and to the left of Tackett, etc cemetery:
Unknown – marked with field stone & flowers
Unknown – marked with field stone & flowers
Dale Cemetery - Further up hill to the right of post:
Row 1:
BLANTON, Lena (Dale) Jan.09 1934 Jan.01 1997 (OBIT)
WARD, Alka (Dale) Aug.07 1913 Apr. 1990 (OBIT)
Unknown – Stone with “Mother” only
Unknown – unmarked
Unknown – unmarked
DALE, Missouri Feb.10 1890 Sep.24 1969 (OBIT)
DALE, Blake [PIC] Mar.14 1885 Oct.24 1965 (OBIT)
Unknown – sunken and unmarked
VANHOOSE, James M (FHM)[PIC-2] Apr.27 1923 Apr.27 1993 (OBIT)
Row 2:
Unknown – unmarked
Unknown – unmarked
Unknown – marked by field stone
Unknown – unmarked
Unknown – unmarked
VANHOOSE, Vencil (FHM) 63 Jan.23 1916 Feb.13 1979 (OBIT)
Far Right up Hill:
TACKETT, Johnie 1873 1963
HAMPTON, Willie “Bill” Jun.06 1904 Jan.11 1985 (OBIT)
HAMPTON, Leona (Dale) Dec.30 1918 Aug.19 1982 (OBIT)
DALE, Amanda “Mandy” May 14 1845 Oct.06 1955 (OBIT) (birth actually 1860 ????)
Unknown –small grave–with flowers–no marker
VANHOOSE, Virginia (Fairchild)[PIC-2] 61 Aug.13 1925 Oct.17 1986 (OBIT)
These are photos of the unknowns in this cemetery
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PHOTOGRAPHED, DOCUMENTED & SUBMITTED
BY: GRETTA "Jeanie" MCKENZIE & DONNA HALL FEB.15 2009