WILLS CEMETERY

Burial Plots

Located just off the Lancer-Water Gap road (rte. 302) at Bull Creek

There are approximately 25 graves with sandstone markers that are unreadable now.

I also suspect that there are some more gravesites further up the hill.

Bryan Griffith

Prestonsburg, KY

LILLIE L. SHELTON------------MARCH 21, 1913 MARCH 28, 1934

ROBERT LAFFERTY------------MAY 15, 1919 NOVEMBER 26, 1932

OLLIE MARSHALL-------------1902 1935

JOHN MARSHALL-------------1867 1951

BILL CALHOUN---------------1884 1932

MARY AGNES CALHOUN-------AUGUST 6, 1880 AUGUST 9, 1943

(NOTE: These are the parents of Dode and Wallace Calhoun)

WILLIE BRANHAM------------FEBRUARY 11, 1904 SEPTEMBER 2, 1923

(NOTE: I susptect this may be WILLIAM BRANHAM, the first husband of DARCUS WILLS, who later married JOHN MONK LAFFERTY...)

CHARLIE WILLS-------------AUGUST 23, 1883 OCTOBER 28, 1883

(NOTE: His headstone said that he was the son of WILLAM WILLS and SIS (HONAKER) WILLS)

WILLIAM WILLS------------MAY 1, 1858 JANUARY 24, 1925

(NOTE: Son of HIRAM WILLS and CATHERINE MASSEY)

JOHN JARRELL--------------FEBRUARY 11, 1887JUNE 14, 1950

JOSIE JARRELL-------------DECEMBER 4, 1871 UNREADABLE

(NOTE: This JOHN is "Cap" Jarrell. Josie is JOSEPHINE LAFFERTY, daughter of JAMES LAFFERTY and SARAH BINGHAM)

CATHERINE MASSEY WILLS-18321910

HIRAM WILLS 1822 1891

(NOTE: These are the parents of MARTHA JANE WILLS BAISDEN, who later married ANDREW JACKSON WRIGHT)

HI BAISDEN----------------MAY 10, 1882OCTOBER 31, 1958

LAURA BAISDEN------------JULY 6, 1886 OCTOBER 1, 1945

(NOTE: HI was the son of JOSEPH BAISDEN and ELIZA LAFFERTY. LAURA BAISDEN is LAURA WILLS, the daughter of WILLIAM WILLS and SIS HONAKER)

HIRAM WILLS--------------AUGUST 18, 1897NOVEMBER 12, 1962

(NOTE: this HIRAM was the son of HENRY J. WILLS and BERTIE PIGMAN, and the grandson of our HIRAM WILLS and CATHERINE MASSEY WILLS)

CLARA COBURN------------1924 1961

HARVEY JARRELL-----------JULY 27, 1890 JULY 23, 1959

(NOTE: This HARVEY JARRELL was a brother to JOHN "CAP" JARRELL, and a son to GEORGE P. JARRELL, and REBECCA LAFFERTY.)

INFANT DAUGHTER OF LEROY AND PEARLIE BAISDEN. APRIL 2, 1934

JOHN C. CALHOUN---------1859 1941

MINNIE H. CALHOUN-------1875 1963

ORVILLE R. PORTER-------JUNE 22, 1908 AUGUST 6, 1971

BRIAN KEITH TURNER------1966

HARRY N. COOLEY--------NOVEMBER 3, 1876MAY 24, 1955

NORA W. COOLEY--------MARCH 18, 1881DECEMBER 30, 1953

(NOTE: NORA is NORA WILLS, daughter of WILLIAM WILLS and SIS HONAKER. HARRY COOLEY is the son of JAMES COOLEY and JULIA AUXIER)

RALPH MARSHALL--------NOVEMBER 7, 1899 APRIL 15, 1977

EMMA MARSHALL--------JUNE 16, 1903JUNE 2, 1986

JOHN E. LAFERTY 1888 1963

DARCUS LAFERTY 1905 1984

AMANDA LAFERTY 1918 1988

(NOTE: This is JOHN "MONK" LAFERTY. DARCUS is DARCUS WILLS. AMANDA is JOHN "MONK"'S daughter by his first marriage to BETTY JANE CANTERBURY)

RICHARD WILLS----------APRIL 16, 1882 DECEMBER 28, 1973

MARY B. WILLS----------AUGUST 27, 1986JULY 5, 1949