West View Cemetery


West View Cemetery is five miles southwest of Apison. Land was given by Monroe Igou for both church and cemetery. There are approximately three hundred graves. It was established in 1830. Rev J W Ramsey and wife are buried here.
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Acuff, Mary Eva - July 19, 1878 - Oct 3, 1924
Boyd, D K - May 1, 1860 - Aug 31, 1886
Boyd, Infant son of H A and S A Boyd - Born and died Jan 28, 1877 - 'Rest little dove; thour art in the Shepherd's care.'
Boyd, Sarah A - Wife of H A Boyd - Sept 11, 1835 - Apr 30, 1896
Boyd, H A - Aug 24, 1831 - Aug 7, 1909 - 'Life's duty done as sinks the daylight from its load the spirit flies while Heaven and earth combine to say how blest the righteous when he dies.'
Donahoo, Jimmie - Son of E S and M A Donahoo - Feb 14, 1873 - Oct 2, 1878
Donahoo, Wenervia A - Wife of E S Donahoo - June 1, 1858 - Aug 14, 1878
Goins, William S - Son of M S and M L Goins - Born and died Apr 6, 1918
Hall, Sam L Taylor - Son of C W and M A Hall - Nov 9, 1856 - Feb 28, 1860
Boyd, Clifford - Son of J W and M L Boyd - May 23, 1899 - Nov 2, 1899
Mother - Holmes, Rhoda Reed - Oct 15, 1863 - Sept 28, 1926
Hoister, A C - Dec 15, 1925 - Aged 49 yrs.
Harrill, J L - Feb 3, 1842 - Sept 29, 1888
Harrill, E Mabel - Daughter of J L and E I Harrill - July 2, 1881 - Aged 5 yrs.
Holmes, Billie - 1889 -1892
Holmes, Mary - Nov 4, 1818 - Aug 5, 1898

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Bynum, Laura - July 1, 1933 - Aged 76 yrs.
Curley, John L - May 2, 1935 - Aged 74 yrs.
Curley, Liddie - Jan 1, 1861- Mar 5, 1924
Couch, T H - Nov 23, 1925 - Aged 49 yrs.
Childers, E M - May 14, 1904 - May 28, 1911
Childers, Annie D - Aug 11, 1892 - Apr 19, 1901
Holmes, William - Nov 5, 1849 - Aug 3, 1899
Holmes, Mary - 1860 - 1907
Holmes, Harley - 1898 - 1899
Liner, R M - Apr 22, 1852 - Jan 9, 1929 - 'He is not dead but sleepeth.'
Lowry, Forrest - Aug 13, 1915 - July 5, 1937
Lowry, Wilma Ruth - Apr 30, 1937 - June 18, 1938
Langston, George W - Jan 15, 1840 - Oct 24, 1929
Langston, ELiza J - Aug 23, 1831 - Aug 23, 1907
Leeper, Ellen Harrill - Nov 10, 1853 - Jan 23, 1931
Maxwell, Belle S - Aug 26, 1844 - June 5, 1907 - 'Blessed are the pure in ehart for they shall see God.'
Maxwell, Elias - May 11, 1844 - Dec 7, 1908 - 'Death cannot come to him untimely who is fit to die.'
McAmis, Alice Marion - Daughter of J D and J L McAmis - Mar 6, 1920 - Dec 21, 1922 - ''Tis the Lord who hath bereft us of the one we loved so well.'
McKinney, Sarah - Aug 19, 1828 - June 5, 1875
McKinney, Louis H - Aug 25, 1833 - Dec 14, 1871
Knight, Solomon Garfield - Died June 1, 1908
Father - McKinney, James Russell - May 7, 1859 - July 28, 1933
Mother - McKinney, Sarah Irene - Sept 10, 1861 - June 26, 1935

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Igou, Mary J - Nov 10, 1818 - Feb 14, 1897 -'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.'
My husband - Igou, Samuel T - June 26, 1811 - May 2, 1858
My daughter - Igou, Narcissa L - Aug 26, 1838 - Dec 12, 1856
My daughter - Igou, Sophronah L - June 3, 1848 - Aug 2, 1851
My daughter - Igou, Minerva - Mar 5, 1843 - July 15, 1851
My husband - Igou, James E - May 23, 1819 - June 18, 1859
Igou, J D - Nov 8, 1845 - Aug 15, 1889
Igou, E B - Nov 6, 1878 - Sept 20, 1910
Igou, S D - Feb 15, 1851 - Sept 14, 1887
Igou, J M - Sept 5, 1840 - Nov 29, 1918
Igou, Cleo Watkins - Wife of J M Igou - June 10, 1844 - June 20, 1889
Knauff, Nettie M - Wife of H A Knauff - 1864 - June 17, 1897 - 'Gone but not forgotten.'
Knauff, Hugo A - 1870 - 1938
Newton, Amanda - Mar 23, 1875 - Mar 27, 1922
Nichols, J M - Oct 18, 1844 - Mar 12, 1916
Poe, Rebecca
Poe, John
Father - Parker, Hugh W - 1876 - 1934
Pearson, J J - Feb 14, 1887 - July 1, 1918
Pearson, Alice Bell - Daughter of J J and L L Pearson- Sept 21, 1914 - Nov 2, 1916
Pearson, Mabel - May 23, 1883 - Apr 19, 1889
Pearson, Charles D - Dec 1, 1883 - Apr 19, 1910
Pearson, Roy Pearson - Son of Mr and Mrs Chas. D Pearson - Apr 17, 1908 - Aug 25, 1908

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Mother - Russell, Isabella H - Nov 20, 1813 - Nov 4, 1871
Russell, R W - Oct 15, 1853 - Oct 14, 1889
Russell, J B - Aug 4, 1810 - FEb 24, 1875
Ray, G W - Sept 6, 1883 - Nov 9, 1910 - 'A precious one from us has gone, a voice we loved is stilled; a place is vacant in our home which can never be filled.'
Ramsey, Rev J W - Aug 27, 1805 - July 21, 1870 - (Was a faithful C P Minister of the Gospel)
Ramsey, Mrs. Ann Eliza - Wife of Rev J W Ramsey - June 20, 1817 - Oct 2, 1883 - 'Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord.'
Rawlings, Sarah J - July 7, 1861 - Sept 21, 1862
Rawlings, Nancy H - Oct 6, 1864 - Apr 20, 1865
Rawlings, Martha A - July 3, 1850 - June 25, 1874
Father - Reed, Green - Jan 2, 1858 - Feb 20, 1938 - 'Our loved one.'
Mother - Reed, Mrs. Kittie - Feb 3, 1857 - May 8, 1938 - 'Our loved one.'
Reed, Rachel E - Wife of D C Reed - 1825 - 1899 - 'She died as she lived, a christian.'
Reed, D C - May 7, 1821 - Sept 30, 1917
Reed, C S - Oct 24, 1860 - Mar 19, 1894
Reed, Lena - Wife of Arthur Reed - 1894 - July 16, 1932
Reed, Addie - Aug 16, 1857 - Sept 2, 1912
Schmitt, Tennie - Apr 15, 1860 - Feb 22, 1916
Smith, Mrs. S J - Feb 8, 1935 - Apr 20, 1908 - 'Our mother asleep in Jesus. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.'
Swanson, Mrs. J C - Dec 8, 1932 - Aged 83 yrs.
Veoman, Laura C Knauff - Wife of S Veoman - Dec 2, 1873 - Mar 28, 1894 - 'I am gone home to rest.'

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Yarnell, Martha Ellen - Wife of Daniel Yarnell and daughter of G and M A Hall - Feb 4, 1837 - July 20, 1860 - 'Alas, she has left us, her spirit has fled, her body now slumbers along with the dead; her Savior hath called her to Him; She has gone. Be ye also ready to follow her soon.'
My mother - Yarnell, Mary - Died July 24, 1861 - Aged about 70 yrs.
Yarnell, James M - Son of D and M E Yarnell - Mar 25, 1850 - Sept, 1865
In memory of Yarnell, D - May 2, 1827 - Oct 1, 1871
Yarnell, Daniel A - Son of D and N Yarnell - Age 5 mos.


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