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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Lewis County, W.Va.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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McWhorter</b> — of Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, W.Va. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/01-25.html">January 25, 1891</a>. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/weston.html#2">Weston, W.Va.</a>, 1954-61 (acting, 1954). Died in July, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/index.html">1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at Friendship Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Sabinus Bruce McWhorter and Emeline May (Lawson) McWhorter; married to Eunice Bernetta Mann.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/74546790">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms07847">Broad Run Baptist Church Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Lightburn, Lewis County, West Virginia <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>George E. Arnold (1914-2007)</b> — of Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/UP-born.html">Upshur County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/03-25.html">March 25, 1914</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autodealer.html">automobile dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> 24th District, 1975-80. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2007/01-29.html">January 29, 2007</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 310 days</a>). Interment at Broad Run Baptist Church Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of A. D. Arnold and Vida (Queen) Arnold; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/06-26.html">June 26, 1942</a>, to Eileen Ballard.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/27709844">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02494">Macpelah Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Weston, Lewis County, West Virginia <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955)</b> — also known as <b>Rush D. Holt</b> — of Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, W.Va. Born in Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LE-born.html">Lewis County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/06-19.html">June 19, 1905</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coach.html">athletic coach</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Lewis County, 1931-35, 1942-50, 1955; defeated (Democratic), 1928; died in office 1955; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from West Virginia</a>, 1935-41; defeated in Democratic primary, 1940; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/gov.html">Governor of West Virginia</a>, 1944, 1952. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>. Died in Bethesda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/02-08.html">February 8, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 234 days</a>). Interment at Macpelah Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Dr. Matthew S. Holt and Lela (Dew) Holt; married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holt.html#078.31.62">Helen Holt</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holt.html#994.12.95">Rush D. Holt</a>; distant cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holt.html#165.04.10">Homer Adams Holt</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12313.html">Holt family</a> of Weston, West Virginia.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000749">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405600">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Andrew Edmiston (1892-1966)</b> — of Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, W.Va. Born in Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LE-born.html">Lewis County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/11-13.html">November 13, 1892</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; director, Weston National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; mayor of Weston, W.Va., 1924-26; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/WV.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/WV.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/WV.html">1956</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/WV.html">West Virginia Democratic state chair</a>, 1928-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from West Virginia</a> 3rd District, 1933-43; defeated, 1942; candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-tau-delta.html">Delta Tau Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>. Died in Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LE-died.html">Lewis County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/08-28.html">August 28, 1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 288 days</a>). Interment at Macpelah Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Matthew Edmiston and Ella B. (Jackson) Edmiston; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/04-21.html">April 21, 1920</a>, to Merle Williams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/01-31.html">January 31, 1953</a>, to Beth Gage.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000051">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403746">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew Edmiston%2C Jr.">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms06227">Masonic Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Near Weston, Lewis County, West Virginia <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>George Conaway Cole (1856-1940)</b> — also known as <b>George C. Cole</b> — of Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, W.Va. Born in Cassville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-born.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/02-05.html">February 5, 1856</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a>, 1897-1900, 1903-06 (10th District 1897-1900, 12th District 1903-06); U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AR-consuls.html ">Buenos Aires</a>, 1905-06; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/YK-consuls.html ">Dawson</a>, 1906-14. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/01-11.html">January 11, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 340 days</a>). Interment at Masonic Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Kenneth S. Kurtz (1903-1939)</b> — of Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, W.Va. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/10-16.html">October 16, 1903</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Lewis County, 1937-39; died in office 1939. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/theta-chi.html">Theta Chi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/07-10.html">July 10, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/35.html">35 years, 267 days</a>). Interment at Masonic Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Harry W. Kurtz and Blanche (Swan) Kurtz; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/08-17.html">August 17, 1928</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kurtz.html#593.08.77">Virginia Dent Reay</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kurtz.html#278.02.77">Kenneth Reay Kurtz</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13544.html">Kurtz-Dent family</a> of West Virginia.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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