JOHNSON BLACK CEMETERY


Sharkey, Rowan County, Kentucky



About the Cemetery:

The Johnson Black Cemetery was established in 1919 by Johnson and Alvira Margaret (Hall) Black as a private burying place for them and their descendants. This plot was part of a 200 acre parcel of land purchased from Solomon Ralston in 1919. Johnson Black is the son of John A. and Rebecca (Epperhart) Black of Tazewell Co., Virginia.

Directions:

From Morehead, Kentucky, Route 32 west about eight miles to Route 158. SW on Route 158 about five miles to Sharkey, Kentucky. From Sharkey, South on Rt. 801, 1.8 miles to Blue Bank Road. Right on Blue Bank Road 0.6 miles to Ramey Ridge Road. Right on Ramey Ridge Road 0.3 miles, right on Black Cemetery Road 50 yards.

Listing Definition Keys:

  1. Names, Dates, and notes in [Brackets] are additions or corrections
  2. Head Stones: SS = Single; DS = Double; PLQ = Plaque
  3. No date in the birth or death block indicates date is missing or still living

Laid to Rest here:

NAME BORN DIED STONE NOTES
Black, Asberry [4 Jun 1936] [4 Jun 1936] None [Infant son of John M. & Sarilda Black]
Black, Charles Lee 15 Jul 1976 3 Sep 1993 SS [Son of Charles D. & Barbara Black]
Black, Christopher Dale [8 Jun 1970] [Apr 1995] PLQ [Son of Gilbert & Lou Ann Black]
Black, Cledis Earl 14 Oct 1937 26 Jan 1938 SS [Son of Edmond & Eda (Knipp) Black]
Black, David A. [Arthur]
Black, Anna L. [Lane]
12 Nov 1901
18 May 1909
4 Nov 1976
15 Sep 1988
DS: H
DS: W
[Son of Johnson & Alvira (Hall) Black]
[2nd Wife of David A. Black]
Black, Eddie [Edmund] Lee
Black, Ada [Knipp]
28 Jun 1906
10 Feb 1910
25 Nov 1978
[Living]
DS: H
DS: W
[Son of Johnson & Alvira (Hall) Black]
[Wife of Eddie Lee Black]
Black, Elbert 30 May 1908 30 May 1940 SS [Son of Johnson & Alvira (Hall) Black]
Black, Elsberry [4 Jun 1936] [4 Jun 1936] None [Infant Son of John M. & Sarilda Black]
Black, Evva 24 Dec 1924 24 Dec 1924 SS [Daug. of David A. & Vada M. Black]
Black, Gilbert 29 Sep 1966 16 Dec 1996 PLQ [Son of Johnson & Alvira (Hall) Black]
Black, Hershel 21 Nov 1938 17 Nov 1996 PLQ [Son of Edmund & Ada (Knipp) Black]
Black, James E. 28 Mar 1929 13 Jan 1980 SS [Son of David A. & Ana Lane Black]
Black, Jeffery Lee 8 Jul 1966 1988 PLQ [Son of Gilbert & Lou Ann Black]
Black, Johnson
Black, Alvira [Margaret]
[14 May] 1866
24 Apr 1872
[8 Jun] 1929
3 May 1952
DS: H
DS: W
[Son of John A. & Rebecca Black]
[Daug. of Milligan & Mary Jane (Short) Hall]
Black, Lorena 3 Jul 1931 24 Dec 1933 SS [Son of Elbert & Beatrice Black]
Black, Mary Jane 24 Oct 1904 16 Jun 1963 SS [Daug. of Johnson & Alvira (Hall) Black]
Black, Ranze 13 Mar 1932 26 Jul 1997 PLQ [Son of Gilbert & Ida May Black]
Black, Shirley Mae 1 Mar 1936 28 Apr 1937 SS [Daug. of David A. & Ana Lane Black]
Black, Ted R. [Roy] [23 Apr] 1958 [23 Apr] 1958 SS [Son of John W. & Elsie Black]
Black, William Tilden 1899 12 Nov 1917 SS [Son of Johnson & Alvira (Hall) Black]
Bryant, Perl 20 May 1927 4 Jul 1973 SS [1st Husband of Gladys M. (Bryant) Black]
Stevens, Holly Nichol 24 Apr 1992 26 Apr 1992 PLQ  

Notes:



Source of information:

Cemetery Upkeep:

By voluntary work of relatives of the deceased.

Author:

This listing is authored by:
Dewie E. Black
P.O. Box 1134, LaBelle, FL 33975
Phone: 941-675-0205, EMAIL: dewie@olsusa.com

For additions or corrections please contact the author at the above location.

Date of this document: November 2, 1996

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