EDWARDS/SANDLIN & EDWARDS CEMETERIES(OWSLEY CO, KY)
Submitted by Wallace Edwards
The following is a listing of the above cemeteries.
Directions to the cemeteries:
Take Hwy 11 S from Booneville , turn right on Hwy 577 (Sexton's Creek), then right on Anglin Branch Rd. (first gravel road on the right). Go 1.4 miles and take the dirt road to the right up a steep, rough hill 2/10 miles to the Edwards/Sandlin Cem. The Edwards Cemetery is 1.7 miles farther up Anglin Branch than the first cemetery and the approach is a gravel road turning right up a hill. Currently this road forks off a coal mine access road
EDWARDS/SANDLIN CEMETERY
W. P Clem b 9/21/1887 d 1/31/1920 "He said the Good Lord will take care of me".
(??Teacher at Anglin Branch School) s/o Lewis & Mary J. King Clem
Nannie Edwards b 12/6/1873 d 12/30/1943 "Meet me in Heaven". d/o Jasper
& Rhoda Morris Burch
John Wesley Edwards 1872 1955 s/o James & Mary Austin Edwards
Betty Thompson b 8/16/1885 d 11/17/1970 GBNF d/o Charles & Sarah M. Edwards Scott
Henry G. Thompson b 7/12/1880 d 8/13/1933 s/o James R & Mary Browning Thompson
James Riley Thompson b 7/15/1850 d 3/7/1927 s/o William & Jane Thompson
(b. VA. per 1870 Harlan Co. Census)
Mary Thompson b 12/14/185?2 d 7/8/1926 d/o Jim & Lucy Low Browning
James H. Browning b 4/20/1877 d 5/5/1898 s/o Robert & Martha Edwards Browning
J. Alice Sandlin b 7/24/1863 d 4/30/1896
Alia (Ally) Sandlin b 12/2/1872 d 1/27/1955 "Our loved one at rest". d/o Granville & Jane Kelley Bishop
J. H.(James Henry) Sandlin b 11/21/1869 d 6/15/1957 "Our loved one at rest". s/o Lewis & Ellen Edwards Sandlin md 9/29/1887 Clay Co.
Nellie (Ellen) Sandlin b 1843 d 1/15/1936 "Age 94 yrs Thy life was beauty truth goodness &love" d/o George W. & Margaret Allen Edwards
Sgt. Lewis Sandlin Co D 47 Ky Inf. s/o Ezekiel & Sarah Clark Sandlin
?Dudlia Evans b 6/20/1884 d 11/15/1884
Nancy Evans b 3/11/186?5 d 11/3/1884 ???/o James R. & Margaret Allen Evans possible
w/o Jobe A. Evans
W. H. Edwards b 7/12/1868 d 6/29/1927 "He is not dead, but sleepeth, He died as he
live, a christian". s/o James & Mary Austin Edwards
Edgar Edwards 1892 1893 Baby s/o John W. & Nanette Burch Edwards
Mary J. Edwards 1888 1889 "Darling"
James Edwards b 10/22/1834 d 5/14/189?6 s/o George W. & Margaret Allen Edwards
Mary "Polly" Austin Edwards b 3/1/1828 d 2/10/1908 btb d/o Robert Austin
Sarah Margaret Scott b 6/2/1860 d 1902 "She died as she lived, a christian". d/o James &
Mary Austin Edwards; 1st w/o Charley Scott & m/o Betty Scott Thompson
Charley Scott b 1/22/1863 d 8/13/1935 "He died as he lived a christian, A mason for over
fifty years
Bobby McDaniel Jr b 10/14/1969 d 9/13/1989 s/o Bobby & Shirley Marshall McDaniel
Bobby McDaniel
Jim McDaniel b 1920 d 7/3/2001
Charley John McDaniel b 9/24/1961 d 6/20/1986 s/o Jim & Jean Scott McDaniel
N M Edwards "Daughter of Robert Edwards" (& Martha Sizemore Edwards)
Mattie Edwards b 1/13/1901 d 3/3/1901 GBNF d/o Andy & Rhoda Bowman Edwards
Ruth King 1890-1923 w/o Henry C. King d/o Charely & Sarah M Edwards Scott
Goldia Burch B & D 2/20/1913 d/o Charlie & Sylvania Edwards Burch
Herbert Burch b 12/10/1901 d 10/?/1902 btb s/o Charlie & Sylvania Edwards Burch
S. M. Scott (Sarah Margaret Meade) b 5/25/1885 d 4/3/1947 "She was the sunshine of our home" 2nd w/o Charley Scott & m/o Henry Scott
Frank Thompson b 12/18/1909 d 5/15/1915 s/o Henry & Betty Scott Thompson drowned
Lola Thompson b 8/2/? d 9/?/? d/o Henry & Betty Scott Thompson
George W. & Margaret Allen Edwards are reportedly burried in this cemetery. Sadly, they have on field stones for markers. Margaret was the d/o Adoniram II & Lucinda Riddle Koon Allen.
EDWARDS CEMETERY
Brigit Perry 1995 d/o Thomas III & Carla Perry
Thomas G. Edwards b 2/13/1930 d 4/25/1993 s/o Leonard & Gracie Durham Edwards
Irene Neeley Edwards b 5/25/1928 d 6/9/1996 d/o Earl & Maude Pendergrass Neeley
Clarence Edwards b 6/25/1992 d 4/19/1967 s/o Leonard & Gracie Durham Edwards
Leonard Edwards b 9/11/1890 d 9/19/1977 s/o Robert & Martha Sizemore Edwards
Gracie Edwards b 9/28/1901 d 7/6/1984 d/o Thomas & Lizzie Chesnut Durham
Forest D. Edwards b 2/3/1928 d 3/19/1979 s/o Leonard & Gracie Durham Edwards
Elizabeth Meade b 7/18/1870 d 1/1/1941 m/oBurt Ledford
Carlo Davidson b 3/17/1878 d 10/22/1949 btb s/o Robert & Militia Helton Davidson
Martha B. Davidson b 1/23/187?3 d 1/19/1943 d/o ? Allen & Elizabeth Sizemore Allen
Howel Davidson b 7/9/1900 d 11/17/1937 s/o Carlo & Martha B. Allen Davidson
Myrtle Davidson b 8/26/1898 d 5/23/1978 d/o Wm. H. & Winnie Bishop Edwards
Judy Ann Davidson b 8/1949 d 9/1949 d/o Roy & Dathia Davidson
Rondall G. Davidson b 11/15/1937 d 4/27/1977 s/o Howell & Myrtle Edwards Davidson
Roy H. Davidson b 12/8/1922 d 1/13/1981 WW II Vet Mar 12/11/1948 s/o Howel & Myltle Edwards Davidson
Lucian Peters b 1/2/1908 d 2/27/1990 s/o John & Sophia Hunter Peters
Lizzie Peters b 4/23/1908 d 5/12/1991 d/o Charley & Sarah Margaret Meade Scott
Robert Edwards b 4/25/1855 d 8/26/1929 "Join Miss Baptist Ch 11/2nd Sat/1888"
s/o George W. & Margaret Allen Edwards
Martha Edwards b 3/1856 d 5/24/1929 "Join Baptist Ch 5/2nd Sat/1889 Dau of Smith Sizemore" d/o Smith & Matilda Hudson Sizemore
Laura Saylor b 5/18/1892 d 6/28/1979 d/o Robert & Martha Sizemore Edwards
Henry Saylor b 10/4/1885 d 7/11/1976 s/o Jesse & Emily Peters Saylor
Zella Saylor w/o Robert d 2/9/2002
TWINS J D & Wanda Lee Saylor b 6/12/1943 d 8/1943 c/o Jesse & Oma Sizemore
Saylor
Hugh Edwards b 8/21/3888 d 3/23/1962 s/o Robert & Martha Sizemore Edwards
Susie Edwards b 3/9/1889 d 12/20/1956 d/o Eli & Eva Byrd Singleton
Clellie Edwards Ky Pvt USMC b 7/28/1909 d10/11/1935 s/o Hugh & Sudie Singleton Edwards
Dallas Grubb b 4/30/1944 d 2/20/1945 s/o Hubert & Bessie Edwards Grubb
Wanda Lee Grubb b 11/25/1945 d 11/10/1947 d/o Hubert & Bessie Edwards Grubb
Larry Byrd d 6/18/2000 s/o Thomas & Georgia Byrd
Janice Byrd b 8/8/1952 d 6/29/1988 w/o Larry Byrd
Stephen Napier Byrd b 10/30/1979 d 6/30/1988 s/o Janice Napier adopted s/o Larry Byrd
Ray Barrett b 7/22/1923 d 12/28/1984 s/o Sherman & Lucinda Allen Barrett
Green Edwards b 1/12/1918 d 1/29/1975 s/o Hugh & Sudie Singleton Edwards
Paul Edwards b 2/4/1927 d 6/4/1995 "MIL PFC USA Korea" s/o Hugh & Sudie
Singleton Edwards
Leonard Edwards b 12/24/1911 d 4/6/1986 s/o Hugh & Sudie Singleton Edwards
Daisy Barrett Byrd b 12/19/1891 d 11/7/1975 d/o William & Nannie Gay Parker
Jimmy Wayne Byrd b 8/6/1953 d 8/18/1953 s/o Thomas & Georgia Peters Byrd
Delbert Harris b 8/26/1912 d 12/9/1994 s/o Albert & Rachel King Harris
Fern McDaniel b 8/23/1938 d 9/8/1988 Mar 11/17/1954 d/o Delbert &
Myrtle Million Harris
Timothy Orvis Hensley b 1/24/1970 d 3/15/1989 s/o Rondal & Pauline Metcalf Hensley
James Richard Hensley b 6/21/1965 d 3/15/1975 s/o Rondal & Pauline Metcalf Hensley
James Hensley b 12/24/1924 d 7/7/1972 s/o Bill & Nannie Scott Hensley
Audrey Hensley b 1/15/1928 d 4/23/1976 d/o J. H. & Bettie Money Ledford
Names in ( ) in Edwards Cemetery are surviving spouses on double stones. Any corrections or additional information would be greatly appreciated.