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The Political Graveyard: Raleigh County, W.Va.

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Raleigh County
West Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Raleigh County

Index to Locations

Private or family graveyards

Beckley Unknown location

Beckley Sunset Memorial Park

Beckley Wildwood Cemetery

Clear Creek Dunbar Family Cemetery

Private or family graveyard
Raleigh County,

Unknown Location
Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia

Politicians buried here:

Roy Lee Harmon (1900-1981) — of Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va. Born in Boone County, W.Va., October 7, 1900. Democrat. Newspaper editor; radio commentator; writer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1947-48, 1951-54, 1957-61; resigned 1961. Baptist. Member, Moose. Poet Laureate of West Virginia. Died in April, 1981 (age 80 years, 0 days). Interment somewhere.

		Relatives: Son of Albert Sidney Harmon and Nettie May (Lucas) Harmon; married, August 11, 1934, to Dorothy M. Ball.
		Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1951

Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia
See also Findagrave page for this location.

Politicians buried here:

Joseph Luther Smith (1880-1962) — also known as Joe L. Smith — of Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va. Born in Marshes (now Glen Daniel), Raleigh County, W.Va., May 22, 1880. Democrat. Printing business; newspaper publisher; banker; mayor of Beckley, W.Va., 1904-09; member of West Virginia state senate 7th District, 1909-12; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1929-45; West Virginia Democratic state chair, 1944-47; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1952. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died of a heart and circulatory ailment, in Beckley Hospital, Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va., August 23, 1962 (age 82 years, 93 days). Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.

		Relatives: Son of Hulett A. Smith and Angeline (McMillion) Smith; married, September 9, 1914, to Christine Carlson; father of Hulett Carlson Smith.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

Erland Harold Hedrick (1894-1954) — also known as E. H. Hedrick — of Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va. Born in Mercer County, W.Va., August 9, 1894. Democrat. Physician; real estate business; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1945-53; candidate for Governor of West Virginia, 1952. Member, American Medical Association; American Legion; Moose. Died in Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va., September 20, 1954 (age 60 years, 42 days). Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.

		Relatives: Son of Clowney Spotts Hedrick and Sallie (Thompson) Hedrick; married, June 23, 1943, to Myrtle Adelle Wade.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

Robert Johnson Ashworth (1909-2008) — also known as Robert J. Ashworth — of Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va. Born in McDowell County, W.Va., May 8, 1909. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; chair of Raleigh County Republican Party, 1949-54; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1956; president and part owner, Richmond Cleaners and Laundry; circuit judge in West Virginia, 1988. Baptist. Member, Lions; Elks; Moose; Freemasons; Shriners; Phi Delta Theta. Died in Beaver, Raleigh County, W.Va., October 2, 2008 (age 99 years, 147 days). Interment at Sunset Memorial Park.

		Relatives: Son of Dr. Robert A. Ashworth and Darthula (Johnson) Ashworth; married to Virginia Isabel Hill and Blanche Woods.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

J. LeRoy Huffman (1878-1962) — also known as Roy Huffman — of Raleigh County, W.Va. Born in Washington College, Washington County, Tenn., August 30, 1878. Democrat. Lumber dealer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1939-42. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Kiwanis. Died in 1962 (age about 83 years). Entombed in mausoleum at Sunset Memorial Park.

		Relatives: Son of H. B. Huffman and Martha Ellen (Ball) Huffman; married, May 1, 1940, to Cleo M. McConnell.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Wildwood Cemetery
Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia
See also Findagrave page for this location.

Politicians buried here:

Clarence Watson Meadows (1904-1961) — also known as Clarence W. Meadows — of Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Fla.; Clifton Forge, Alleghany County, Va. Born in Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va., February 11, 1904. Democrat. Lawyer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1931-32; Raleigh County Prosecuting Attorney, 1933-36; West Virginia state attorney general, 1937-42; circuit judge in West Virginia, 1942-44; Governor of West Virginia, 1945-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1948, 1952; campaign manager for Claude Pepper, in 1958 U.S. Senate campaign. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Phi Alpha Delta; Alpha Kappa Psi; Pi Kappa Alpha; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Moose; Lions; Rotary. Died, following a heart attack in Chesapeake and Ohio Hospital, Clifton Forge, Alleghany County, Va., September 12, 1961 (age 57 years, 213 days). Interment at Wildwood Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Isadore Meadows and Ida (Williams) Meadows; brother of Howard Prince Meadows; married, April 27, 1935, to Nancy Ryals Massie.
		Epitaph: "The Lord is my Shepherd."
		See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail

Alfred Beckley (1802-1888) — of Raleigh, Raleigh County, W.Va. Born in Washington, D.C., May 26, 1802. Democrat. Physician; preacher; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1876. Died in Raleigh County, W.Va., May 26, 1888 (age 86 years, 0 days). Interment at Wildwood Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married to Emily Craig.
		Epitaph: "Thou shalt have sweetly rest / In the calmest repose / Undisturbed by life's cares / And unpierced by its woes."
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Howard Prince Meadows (1905-1993) — also known as H. P. Meadows; "Friday" — of Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va. Born in Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va., December 21, 1905. Democrat. Insurance business; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1951-52. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Moose; Elks. Died July 4, 1993 (age 87 years, 195 days). Interment at Wildwood Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Isadore Meadows and Ida (Williams) Meadows; brother of Clarence Watson Meadows; married, November 25, 1927, to Elizabeth Newcomb Woodroe.
		Epitaph: "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills."
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial
		Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1951

Dunbar Family Cemetery
Clear Creek, Raleigh County, West Virginia

Politicians buried here:
	William S. Dunbar — of Raleigh County, W.Va. Member of West Virginia state house of delegates 6th District, 1863; member of West Virginia state senate 9th District, 1864-65. Interment at Dunbar Family Cemetery.

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