TOP STORY OF THE DAY - 95th annual Calcutta Cemetery Memorial Service

On Sunday, June 4th, The annual Calcutta Cemetery Memorial was held to remember those who have passed from June 1st, 2022, through May 31st, 2023. The gathering also served as an annual meeting for the Board of Directors.

The memorial began with a rendition of “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” and a pledge to our flag conducted by Jake Bennett. Mark Mullinix, of Harmony Mckinley Hill Church of Christ, delivered the invocation and benediction. The Brazil American Legion and VFW Color Guard & Honor Guard Squad also attended to salute our veterans.

Secretary John D. Mace explained the importance of honoring those who have passed and keeping their memories alive. He described how Chris Morris, owner of 1st Choice Lawn Care, comes to mow the cemetery twice each week, and there are always at least one or two people visiting the grave of a loved one. Thirty-four names of those who passed in the last year were read at the Memorial Service, four of which were veterans. Subsequently, Leesa Nesty explained that at least eighty veterans still do not have a military marker, “It is vitally important every veteran gets a flag,” she explained. She also stressed the significance of women veterans, explaining they “Don’t want to leave the women out.”

A local chapter of DAR has recently begun the No Veteran without a Flag project, a vital and beloved movement created by the Eliza Rizley Stacey chapter.

This lengthy endeavor aims to recognize every veteran in Clay County and honor their service. Since the start of this project, approximately 500 veterans have been named and identified in Calcutta Cemetery. Of the 500 veterans, 29 served during the Civil War, one served during the Spanish-American War, one served during the Mexican War, and two served in the Women’s Army Corp.

Calcutta Cemetery Association, INC provided the following names of veterans during the 95th Annual Calcutta Cemetery Memorial Service. If any names have been omitted or there is an error, please report them to Secretary John D. Mace.

Civil War

Ernest Beck

Benjamin Bell

Henry Bell

Jacob Bell

David Buchannan

William Burns

S. H. Derby

Abram Gaskill

Henry Gates

William Goshen

C. R. Hardesty

Marian Hayes

Joseph Hill

Wash Jackson

Stevenson Kitchen

J. N. Lidil

Hiram Mc Queen

George Moss

James W. Moss

James Moore

John F. Pell

J. P. Petty

J. N. Salts

Henry Sheran

George Taylor

Isaac Thomas

Richard Umpleby

Nelson White

Jarrett Woods

Spanish-American War

Bob Blankenship

Mexican War

Abel A. McQueen

World War I

Ona Black

W. H. Bradshaw

Oscar Brooks

Carl Brown

George T. Brown

Harvey Brown

Henry Brown

Oreal Brown

Otis Brown

Samuel Buchanan

John Daugherty

George Douglas

Walter A. Dugger

Richard E. French

Lester Grantham

Everett Hall

Roy Hardesty

David Haxton

Clarence Hayes

Robert Hillis

Frank Jeffries

William Keith

Oscar J. Kennedy

Jasper “Cap” Leslie

David Maurey

Max May

Earl McQueen

John H. McQueen

Robert E. Morlan

Guy Mullenix

Connie O’Hern, Sr.

Earl Parson

Mike Parsons

Clarence Pell

Marshall Pell

William Price, Sr.

William H. Pruner

Carl Shneffner

Joseph E. Smith

George Tanks

Earl Thomas

Floyd Thomas

Otis C. Thomas

Emanuel Thomas

Alfred Thompson

Harry Umpleby

Henry Wagner

M. S. Waskom

James Wien

Francis Wrenn

World War II

William Acree

Clark Raymond Adamson (US Marine)

Virgil E. Aker

Lloyd H. Allen

Virgil Ames

Jack Archer

Richard A. Archer

Thomas Archer

Thomas Edward Armstrong

Charles W. Barnett

Clarence Baysinger

Clem Bell, Jr.

Ivan Biggs

Harold Black

Oscar Black

Thomas Black

Edward F. Blair

Curtis Boetjer

James Russel Bowers

John Edward Braden, Sr.

William Bradshaw

Joseph C. Britton

Everett Brown

Philip W. Brown

James Thomas Brown (US Marine)

William F. Brown

James Brush

Norman Brush

Raymond Buck

George Bullock

Fred Burk

Robert Lett Burkett

Sherman Burton

James Cantwell

Jesse Carlin

Edmon J. Chaney

Samuel R. Chaney

Claude Clark

William Carson Clark

Orville W. Cliver

William Cooper

Forrest Corrie

James Cress

Alfred R. Cox

Robert Dellacca

Owen C. Douglas

Roland F. Douglas

Nelson Dowell

Frank Downing

Louis Emery

Walter Emery

William T. Escott

James Harold Evans (US Navy)

James Fielding

James W. Fisher

Louis Fisher

Leo “Shorty” Fortin

William Franks

William French

Felix K. Fullerton

Frederick L. Garrison

William Lee Gibbs

Ralph I. Girton

Wayne “Dick” Gable

Max William Gooch

Thomas Goshen

Claude Greenwall

Levi Grigsby

Doyne Groner

Herbert C. Hallett

William Harper

John “Jack” Harris

Wayne Harris

Alexander Haughee

Wilmer Hayes

Thomas F. Hill

Gordon Hogue

Elmo Hoke

Stephen Hopper

John Kemper Irwin (US Marine)

Wayne A. Jack

Ben James

Kenneth James

Robert D. Jarvis

Burt “Grady” Jeffries

Phillip A. Jeffries

Loyd Thomas Jenkins (US Navy)

Marvin Jenkins

John N. Jones

L Wayne Jones

Margaret Jones (nurse)

Roy Jones, Jr.

John T. Joyner

James Keen

Maurice J. Kennedy

Amos E. Kunkel

Frank J. Ladd

Glen Lancaster

Albert Landes

Donald Lanham

Charles Lark

Harold Lash

Virgil C. Layne

Donald Love

John S. Mace

John L. Marks

Mose E. Marks

Robert Marlow

Henry O. Marshall

James F. Martin

John Martin, Jr.

Richard E. Martin

William Martin

Robert Matherly

Jack Edward Mayrose (US Navy)

James McClelland

B. A. “Barney” McDonald

Paul McDonald

Charles McDonogh

Lester McGranahan

Andrew McMains

Orman McQueen

Robert E. McQueen, Sr.

Donald Gene Mercer

Elmer H. Michael

Clyde Miller

Edward Leo Miller

Herbert “Nick” Miller

Joe E. Miller

Harry E. Modisett

Joseph C. Mogan

John A. Morecraft

Earl Morlan

Hubert Morlan

Reed A. Morlan

Reeve F. Morlan

Charles “Zeb” Mullenix

Homer Edgar Mullenix

Arthur “Ross” Mullinix

Richard D. Murphy

Marshall F. Myers

Donald L. Naylor (US Air Corp)

Delbert Neese

Frederick “Ted” Nesty

John M. Newton

Connie A. O’Hern

Lawrence “Bud” Ooley

John Orme

Leslie Orme

Other A. Orme

Raymond Parson

Charles E. Payne

Kenneth Payne

Darrel Pell

Glen J. Pell

John R. Pell

Kenneth Pell

Walter Phillips

Wm Bill Raymond Phillips (US Marine)

Fredrick Arnold Price

William Price, Jr.

William H. Pruner

Harold Reeves

Leslie G. Reinoehl

Wilbur “Web” Reinoehl

Ira Wayne Reynolds

Ralph Richards

Harold Rodgers

Philip Joseph Salitros

Merrill Sawyer

Orville Sawyer

Carl Schlatter

Milton Gene Schlatter

Morris O. Schrader

Claude William Selby

Barney Shaner

Joseph H. Short

Philip Short

Robert Simonson

Dan Smith

Edward Smith

John W. Smith

Frances “Babe” Spencer

Harold Spencer

Max Standley, Jr.

Thomas Sterling

Fletcher D. Stitzle

Nelson Stockrahm

Clyde Stoner

William Strohl

Orville Summers

James Oscar Summer

James S. Targett

Richard Taylor

George Teter

Arthur Thomas

James M. Thomas

Oscar Leo Thomas

Tommy Thomas

Kenneth Thompson

Norman E. Thompson

Wendel Thompson

Roy E. Turner

Charles “Jack” VanNess

Clarence LaVeral Ward

Charles Byron Watt

Stella Ethel Watt

John Robert Weaver

Basil Wells

Charles Wells

Harry M. Wells

Alfred H. Wenz

Paul Wesley

Morris Wetnight

Sherman M. Wheeler

Chester R. Williams

Carlos Wayne Willison

Orval Wilson

Oscar F. Wilson

Wayne L. Wilson

Jess Yant

Cobie Lee York

Howard Zentko

James Zentko

Michael Paul Zentko

Vietnam War

Jerry Leon Archer

Glen Butler

Dennis Ray Creasey (US Marine)

Ray Davis

Ernest “Ernie” Erwin

Kenneth Wayne Gibbens

Stephen Goshen

Jack Krider

Virgil A. Lane

John A. Ray

Lewis A. Trusty

William S. Vansickle

Tom Wallace

Jon Mike Whitted

Armed Forces

Robert Aker

James Riley Allen

Ralph Altman

Paul L. Black, Jr.

Jack Deakins

Gilbert E. Dunigan

Bobbie Haskett

Orman F. Kettering

Ralph Ernest Knowles

William P. Langdon

James M. Lawson

Cleo Martin, Jr.

Ernie Martin

Tommy Parsons

William R. Sampson, Jr.

Kenneth D. Short

Norman Stearley

Donald R. Thomas

Robert Thomas

Charles M. Thompson

Robert Aker

James Riley Allen

Ralph Altman

Paul L. Black, Jr.

Jack Deakins

Gilbert E. Dunigan

Bobbie Haskett

Orman F. Kettering

Ralph Ernest Knowles

William P. Langdon

James M. Lawson

Cleo Martin, Jr.

Ernie Martin

Tommy Parsons

William R. Sampson, Jr.

Kenneth D. Short

Norman Stearley

Donald R. Thomas

Robert Thomas

Charles M. Thompson

Robert Aker

James Riley Allen

Ralph Altman

Paul L. Black, Jr.

Jack Deakins

Gilbert E. Dunigan

Bobbie Haskett

Orman F. Kettering

Ralph Ernest Knowles

William P. Langdon

James M. Lawson

Cleo Martin, Jr.

Ernie Martin

Tommy Parsons

William R. Sampson, Jr.

Kenneth D. Short

Norman Stearley

Donald R. Thomas

Robert Thomas

Charles M. Thompson

Barton Yocum

National Guard

James Ames

Clyde Halfhill

Larry S. Harrison

Ernest L. Jackson

Debbie Diane Mace

Joathan “John” E. Metz

Rick L. Mullinix

Mark Ooley

James J. Pell

Cecil Raab

J. Phillip Reinoehl

Mickey J. “Butch” Reinoehl

Hal Switz

Henry Lee Wells

Alonzo Williams

U.S. Navy

Richard A. Archer

John Henry Bell, Jr.

Joseph C. Britton

Frederick W. Garrison

William “Bill” Head (WWII)

Steven Jack

Norman McDonald

Robert E. McQueen, Jr.

Alfred Allen Miller

Hubert Morlan

Willliam E. Pell

John Robbins

Wendell E. Sheip

Joseph Allen Short

Forrest Stinson

John Michael Trusler

Charles “Jack” VanNess

Counter Intelligence

Jack Grantham

Air Force

Ersela “Buz” Burgess

John K. Clark

Ernest Franklin Egloff (Korea)

Michael Farris

Don L. Gray

Allen David Grover (Korea)

Charles G. Hapenny, Jr.

Glenn E. Harper

Robert Herbert

Anthony Tony P. Jeffries

David McFaddin

Harold Dean Reinoehl

Leslie G. Reinoehl

John L. Williams

Morris Dean Cherry

John E. Schraedley, Jr.

Virgil E. Thompson

U.S. Army

Fred H Burk, Jr.

James “Hoppy” M. Cassidy

Karl D. Clagg

Jacob Gibbens

Steve Draper

Mark D. Hayes

Kenneth O. Hood

Richard William Hood

Carl A. Hubble

James Willard Hutcheson

Virgil Bennett Keen

Glen L. Lawrence

James E. Lawrence

Jackie “Jack” Lee Michael

Thomas Guy Mullenix

Ishmael Phipps

Harry E. “Si” Pell

Glenn “Jay” Pell

Kenneth L. Phyne

David Allen Raines

Charles K. Reberger

Luther David Reinoehl

John Jack Reeves

Marion D. Robbins, Jr.

Roy T. Rogers

George “Bill” Slack

Jeffrey Eugene Snider

Edward Eugene Weis

Hershel M. White

Korean War

Jerry Wright

Charles B. Abrams

Jack B. Barnette, Sr.

Robert W. Bennett

Charles Benton

Jack Boetjer

Jerry Buchholz

William L. Butler

Lewis Chambers

Joseph Chaney

Arthur Cooper

Ralph Cox

James L. Dulgar

Richard Eaglin

Donald Eldridge

Robert H. Fields

Carl W. Fisher

William Glitz

Kenny Gulley

Donald L. Hadley

Carl Hoke

Clayton Hull

Jerry L. Johnson

Norman Lucas

Warren Luther Love

Chester Merrick

John “Jack” Metz, Jr.

Ted Mohr

James R. Morlan

Dale A. Payne

James E. Payne

Kenneth Payne

Robert Reinoehl

John Riddell

Herbert Robinson

John Schaffer

Jack Shanks

Forrest Short

James A. Siddons

John W. Smith

Woodward F. Targett

John Gerald Thomas

Billy Thompson

Robert D. Thompson

Lewis Trusty

James E. Vandivier (US Marine Corp)

Howard G. Walker

Robert “Bob” Webster

Chester Williams

Hershel O. Wilson

James E. Witty

U.S. Marines

Jack B. Barnette, Jr.

Ed Clark

Stan Alva Hughes

Edward E. Phegley

Gerald R. Pursell

U.S. Army Air Corp

Floyd Kenneth Bond

Women’s Army Corp

Mildred L. Coleman (med tech)

Stella Ethel Watt (US Navy Waves - WWII)

Veteran

Melvin Fagg

Robert Glenn Estes

Gilbert Gene Morlan

Donald R. Stevenson