May 25, 2025 @ 1:30 P.M.
Opening Prayer
Pastor Craig Hammond, Executive Director, Bluefield Union Mission
Progress Report on Poor Farm Cemetery
Bill Archer, President, Mercer County Commission
Hymn
"In the Garden" ... All those gathered
Keynote Message
Pastor Craig Hammond
General Logan's Memorial Day Order
Bill Archer
Placing of Memorial Wreath
Hymn
"Amazing Grace" ... All those gathered
Taps / Closing Prayer
Bill Archer
Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me...
I once was lost but now am found
Was blind, but now I see.
T'was Grace that taught...
My heart to fear
And Grace, my fears relieved.
How precious did that grace appear...
The hour I first believed.
Through many dangers, toils and snares...
We have already come.
T'was Grace that brought us safe thus far...
And Grace will lead us home.
When we've been there a thousand years...
Bright shining as the sun.
We've no less days to sing God's praise...
Than when we've first begun.
In the Garden
I come to the garden alone
While the dew is still on the roses
And the voice I hear falling on my ear
The Son of God discloses
And He walks with me
And He talks with me
And He tells me I am His own
And the joy we share as we tarry there
None other has ever known
He speaks and the sound of His voice
Is so sweet the birds hush their singing
And the melody that He gave to me
Within my heart is ringing
And He walks with me
And He talks with me
And He tells me I am His own
And the joy we share as we tarry there
None other has ever known
BURIALS IDENTIFIED
According to the Mercer County Commission, about 300 or more graves are located at the Poor Farm Cemetery. The following list is a portion of those individuals identified so far.
Arlena Wills
Age: 81
Died: January 8, 1929 at 11am
Cause: No cause listed
J.W. Perkins
Age: 74
Died: August 26, 1930 at 6pm
Cause: No cause listed
Jesse Thomas
Age: 76
Died: May 5, 1929 at 5pm
Cause: No cause listed
Suze Rinehart
Age: 75
Died: May 5, 1929 at 5pm
Cause: No cause listed
Walter Reese
Age: 51
Died: November 14, 1928
Cause: No time or cause listed
M.J. Clark
Age: 67
Died: November 25, 1928 at 8am
Cause: No cause listed
Junior Harlow
Age: Unknown
Died: Admitted 12/21/28 died 12/25/28 at 8am
Cause: No cause listed
A.H. Cox
Age: 51
Died: September 21, 1933 at 5am
Cause: No cause listed
Tom Tolliver
Age: 68
Died: September 21, 1933
Cause: No time or cause listed
Louise Park
Age: Unknown
Died: September 8, 1933 at 5am
Cause: No cause listed
Hattie Saunders
Age: 36
Died: September 22, 1929 at 2pm
Cause: No cause listed
Billie Caruthers
Age: Three days old
Died: April 18, 1929 at 8pm
Cause: No cause listed
Oliver Wilbur
Age: 55
Died: July 28, 1929 at 9am
Cause: No cause listed
John Kish
Age: Age unknown
Died: July 20, 1929 at 11:30am
Cause: No cause listed
D.K. French
Age: 74
Died: February 17, 1930 at 5:30pm
Cause: No cause listed
Hyram Pennington
Age: 53
Died: January 16, 1934 at 6am
Cause: No cause listed
Mankin Gravely
Age: 44
Died: December 3, 1936
Cause: No cause or time of death listed
Bettie Kale
Age: 83
Died: April 26, 1934 at 1 pm
Cause: No cause of death listed
Lnifie Parks
Age: 91
Died: August 31, 1934 at 6am
Cause: No cause of death listed
George Pennington
Age: 54
Died: September 15, 1934, at 4pm
Cause: No cause listed
Winton Carr
Age: 70
Died: December 26, 1931
Cause: No time of death or cause listed
Sarah E, Nicewander
Age: 83
Died: March 19, 1932 at 9:30pm
Cause: No cause listed
William Asbury Taylor
Age: One day old
Died: February 14, 1932
Cause: No cause listed
Austin Evans
Age: 62
Died: June 9, 1932 at 6:30pm
Cause: No cause listed
Eliza Hobbs
Age: 83
Died: June 9, 1932 at 6:32pm
Cause: No cause listed
J.W. Boothe
Age: 65
Died: July 4, 1932 at 12pm
Cause: No cause listed
Joe Sisteristie
Age: 42
Died: October 28, 1932
Cause: No time of death or cause listed
Stephen Farmer
Age: 65
Died: May 14, 1934 at 4am
Cause: No cause given
Willard B. Mathena
Age: Two days old
Died: October 14, 1931 at 7pm
Cause: No cause listed
T.A. Byba
Age: 60
Died: March 30, 1932 at 4:30pm
Cause: No cause listed
Henry Porter
Age: 47
Died: August 15, 1933
Cause: No cause listed
Mary Kidd
Age: 40
Died: October 19, 1933 at 6pm
Cause: No cause Given
Thomas Smith
Age: 65
Died: October 12, 1934
Cause: No cause listed
John Galbreath
Age: 54
Died: August 12, 1934
Cause: No cause given
Annie Fletcher
Age: 84
Died: November 15, 1935
Cause: No cause given
Ed Bethel
Age: 36
Died: October 2, 1935
Cause: No cause given
James Goode
Age: 50
Died: March 5, 1936
Cause: No cause given
Jack Hatcher
Age: Unknown
Died: July 21, 1935
Cause: No cause listed
Ester Swatts
Age: 49
Died: November 12, 1935
Cause: No time of death or cause listed
J.W. Darnell
Age: 75
Died: April 10, 1936
Cause: No cause listed
Jackie Lee Hubbard
Age: Unknown
Died: June 7, 1936
Cause: No cause listed
Gwen Gillooly
Age: 69
Died: January 24, 1937
Cause: No time of death or cause listed
Anthony Adverse Griffey
Age: Five days old
Died: July 11, 1937
Cause: No time of death or cause listed
Della Dale Akers
Age: 45
Died: February 23, 1941
Cause: Auto accident
Roxie Bailey
Age: 67
Died: December 17, 1945
Cause: Tuberculosis
Albert W. Blankenship
Age: 70
Died: February 11, 1945
Cause: Heart and Renal failure
Edward Samuel Blankenship
Age: 22
Died: September 3, 1948
Cause: Cancer
Margia Marshall Clendenon
Age: 99
Died: January 5, 1922
Cause: Old age
Luticia Daniel
Age: 22
Died: October 9, 1925
Cause: Homicide, gunshot wound
Victoria Harris
Age: 54
Died: April 1, 1957
Cause: Heart failure
George Lilly
Age: 65
Died: December 7, 1953
Cause: Heart, renal failure
Toler Martin
Age: 74
Died: December 23, 1944
Cause: Heart renal failure
Willie Adam Neal
Age: 68
Died: January 4, 1945
Cause: Pneumonia
George J Pennington
Age: 60
Died: September 15, 1934
Cause: Cancer
Charlie "Gypsy" Puckett
Age: 59
Died: February 17, 1951
Cause: Died in fire
Freeman Howard Roope
Age: 44
Died: January 24, 1934
Cause: Pneumonia
Lafayette Williams
Age: 77
Died: March 9, 1947
Cause: Old age
Samuel Rexwood Woodyard
Age: 58
Died: July 29, 1938
Cause: Syphilis
Mary Yost
Age: 29
Died: March 6, 1936
Cause: Syphilis
Rebecca Kinzer
Age: two months
Died: December 15, 1944
Cause: Pneumonia
Nannie A Kidd
Age: 56
Died: October 19, 1933
Cause: Syphilis
William Pegram
Age: 83
Died: October 19, 1952
Cause: Cerebral hemorrhage
Charles C. Bailey
Age: 66
Died: November 9, 1939
Cause: Uremia
W.G. Harris
Age: Unknown, birthdate unknown
Died: about February 22, 1923
Cause: Homicide by clubbing
Dominick Mosalinski
Age: Unknown
Died: March 2, 1947
Cause: Respiratory failure
Joe Popp
Age: 56
Died: October 1, 1944
Cause: Apoplexy stroke
H.J. Russell
Age: 78
Died: June 23, 1922
Cause: Gastrointestinal disease
Allie Ruth Weatherford
Age: 24
Died: April 6, 1928
Cause: Tuberculosis