Cemeteries beginning with “R”

UPPER SAMUEL ROBERTS CEMETERY - Short Creek

1. Harvey Hacker, Army WW ll

2. William Hacker, KY. 149 INF 38 DIV WW l

3. Charley O. Hensley, Army WW ll Purple Heart

4. Harry James Roberts, Army 82 Airborne

5. Robert Roberts, KY TRP L1 REGT CAV

SAMUEL ROBERTS CEMETERY - Short Creek

1. George A. Begley, Co M, 4 KY INF, Spanish American War

2. John Dixon, Co H. 49. KY INF

3. Price Roberts, Army WW ll

JOE and DAISY ROBERTS CEMETERY - Dry Hill

1.** Bige Asher, CO F 60 INF 5 DIV, WW l

2. Norman Asher, Army

3. Robert R. Begley, Navy WW ll

4. Bige Eversole, Army WW ll

5. Elbert Lewis, Army / Air Force. (1924 - 1943)

6. Joseph Tinsley Lewis. Navy WW ll

7. Robert Jess Lewis, Army WW ll

8. Delmer Witt, Army WW ll

9. **Taylor Morgan, Army

10. Pearl Asher,

RYE COVE CEMETERY - Warbranch

1. Fred Asher, (1932 - 1996) Army WW ll, Korea

2. Whitt Brock, (1943 - 2005) Vietnam

3. Dillon A. Collett, (1913 - 1997) WW ll

4. Caleb Holland, (1924 - 1958) Army WW ll

5. Sheldon Shepherd, (1916 - 2003) WW ll

6. Bradley Fee,

7. ** Elihue Brock, (1889 - 1911)

**Elihue Brock - Recruit, 11th Recruit Company, Columbus Barracks, Ohio, died less than 2 months after enlistment.

WILLIAM ROBERTS CEMETERY - Owls Nest

1. **Edgar Matt Baker

2. **Johnnie Lewis, WW ll

ROBERTS CEMETERY - on Owls Nest

There are more than one Roberts Cemetery on Owls Nest.

1. Tom Roberts, WW l

ROBERTS CEMETERY - on Owls Nest

1. Abijah “Bige” Eversole, (1924 - 1982) WW ll, Tank Division in Europe.

FARMER ROBERTS FAMILY CEMETERY - Cold Spring Road, Ulysses Creek

1. Carlo Baker, (1924 - 1973)

2. Jackson Roberts, Captain in Civil War, Co B, 47th KY Inf

3. Palis Bowling Jr., P FC , KY 99 Division Artillery, WW ll

4. Raymond Gibson, WW ll (1921 - 1992)

5. Beech Roberts, Army WW ll

6. Edwin Roberts, Army WW ll

7. **Roscoe "Big Shot" Roberts, (1915 - 1991) TEC 5, Army WW ll

8. Ralph Bowling Jr., (1921 - 1950) 99 Div ART WW ll

9. **SSGT William Lee Crawford, (7/11/1923 - 11/8/1942) 6 INF 1 ARMD Division, Bronze Star

Buried in North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial, Carthage, Tunisia

10. ** SSGT Russell Crawford, Air Force WW II KIA

11. James Farmer Roberts , (1842 - 1930) Confederate Soldier.

William Crawford (R) Dennis Crawford (L)

Letter of recommendation from LCHS Principal

17 days later, notification from Command of being MIA

Letter from Adjutant General of MIA status

Follow up letter from Adjutant General on MIA status

** SSGT Russell Crawford served as a Staff Sergeant. Having actually gone "Missing" on or about October 18, 1944, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until March 7, 1946.

Russell served as a Staff Sergeant & Gunner on B-24J #44-40540, 424th Bomber Squadron, 307th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. He resided in Leslie County, Kentucky prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army on August 6, 1943 in Huntington, West Virginia. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the fabrication of metal products and also as Single, without dependents.

B-24J #44-40540 took off, with a crew of 10, from Morotai, North Maluku Province, Indonesia on a bombing mission over Balikpapan island in Borneo. They were seen going into a heavy weather front that was causing heavy icing on the other B-24's on this mission. After coming out of the front they were seen going down toward the sea. It is believed that the icing may have caused them to crash.

Russell was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.

He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.

Airmen who perished on B-24J #44-40540:

Blackwell, Robert A ~ FO, Navigator, CA

Crawford, Russell ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, KY

Cunningham, Charles L ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, IA

Doell, Frank C ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, OH

Erlandson, Lloyd W, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, MO

Gums, John ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, MT

Horne, Irving W ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, FL

McGinnis, Joseph F ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, KY

Seldomridge, Robert E ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, PA

Tatalovich, Brocho J ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, WI

Farmer Family (aka) Farmer Roberts Cemetery

BURL ROBERTS CEMETERY - Stinnett

1. Jerry Kyle Roberts Jr., Army

ROBERTS FAMILY CEMETERY - Stinnett (Muncy Creek)

1. Hoy Roberts, (1918 - 2013) Navy WW ll

2. **Robert Roberts, (1920 - 2011) Army ll

3. Billy Ray Collins, USMC Japan

4. Roy Collins, Army Korea & Vietnam

5. Roy Bruce Collins, USMC Vietnam

6. John Michael Couch, Army Korea

7. **James Roberts, Navy WW ll

8. Rush Morgan, Army

ROARK FAMILY CEMETERY - Upper Jacks Creek

1. Buford Hoskins, (1907 - 1953) 4187 Base Unit. AAF WW ll

2. SGT. Darius S. Roark, (1917 - 1987) Army WW ll

3. Elman E. Roark, (1920 - 2011) Army WW ll

4. Frank B. Slusher, (1920 - 1988) Army Air Corp, WW ll

5. Bentley Sizemore, (1925 - 2003) Navy WW II

ROCKHOUSE CEMETERY - Bear Hollow aka known as Woodson Branch

1. Owen Wooton, (1922 - 1948) KY 233. AAF Base Unit, WW ll

2. William Wooton, Co 1 , 8 U S Infantry, Spanish American War.

3. William “ Rockhouse Bill” Sizemore, (1818 - 1886) C&L 14 KY Calvary

RICE FAMILY CEMETERY - Confluence

1. **Sammy Deaton, (1956 - 2013) Navy

2. Albert Rice, Army WW II

ROARK FAMILY CEMETERY - Mozelle. (Mouth of Stone Coal Branch)

1. PFC. Oscar Wilson, (1909 - 1978) Army, WW ll

ROUNDHOLE CEMETERY - Hoskinston

1. William Henderson Baker, (1932 - 2009) Retired USAF , Korea

2. **Clen Farmer, (1932 - 2009) USAF, Korea 3. **CPL Hiram J. Farmer, (1841 - 1925) Co H 49th KY INF.

JASPER ROBERTS CEMETERY - Upper Dill

1. **Jasper Roberts, (1896 - 1976) Army WW II

JIM ROBERTS CEMETERY - Polls Creek

1. **Johnny Roberts, SGT Army

2. Jim Conley, Army WW ll

FLOYD ROBERTS CEMETERY - Stinnett Hill Road

1. **Joey Roberts, (1948 - 2020) SPEC 4 Army Vietnam

ROCKHOUSE CEMETERY - Big Laurel

1. Oscar Farley, (1933 - 2012) Army

2. Stanley Leroy Morgan, (1950 - 2019) Vietnam

3. David Turner, Army Korea

19 Cemeteries

68 Vetetans

Cemeteries beginning with “R”

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