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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Mercer County, W.Va.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 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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Sanders (1866-1927) — of Bluefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WY-born.html">Wythe County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/08-26.html">August 26, 1866</a>. Republican. Circuit judge in West Virginia, 1896-1904; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/spjd.html">judge of West Virginia supreme court of appeals</a>, 1905-07; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/WV.html">1920</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/02-17.html">February 17, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 175 days</a>). Interment at Maple Park 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/19846286">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms09019">Athens Cemetery</a> Athens, Mercer County, West Virginia <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Coleman Alderson Hatfield (1889-1970) — also known as Coleman A. Hatfield; Cole Hatfield — of Logan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LO-lived.html">Logan County</a>, W.Va. Born in Thacker, Logan County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MI-born.html">Mingo County</a>), W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/02-25.html">February 25, 1889</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LO-parties.html">chair of Logan County Republican Party</a>, 1940-42. Died in Logan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LO-died.html">Logan County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/07-11.html">July 11, 1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 136 days</a>). Interment at Athens 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">Relatives: Son of William Anderson 'Cap' Hatfield and Nancy Elizabeth (Smith) Hatfield; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/05-12.html">May 12, 1907</a>, to Bertha Marie 'Mossie' Caldwell; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatfield.html#310.98.65">Greenway W. Hatfield</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatfield.html#391.57.29">Henry Drury Hatfield</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatfield.html#857.60.85">McGinnis Hatfield</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatfield.html#456.65.79">Willard Elias Hatfield</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatfield.html#893.99.61">Homer Shade Hatfield</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatfield.html#933.25.38">Joseph P. Hatfield</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanwagenen-vaudain.html#452.66.59">Thomas Osborn Irvin Varney</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaufmann-keast.html#439.78.53">Athleen H. Keadle</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatfield.html#357.81.72">William A. Hatfield</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blandford-blaz.html#897.66.20">William Ferrell Blankenship</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/21301.html">Hatfield family</a> of Williamson, West Virginia.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/52973867">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01465">Monte Vista Park Cemetery</a> Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Hugh Ike Shott (1866-1953) — of Bluefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va. Born in Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/index.html">1866</a>. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/bluefield.html#3">Bluefield, W.Va.</a>, 1903-05; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from West Virginia</a> 5th District, 1929-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from West Virginia</a>, 1942-43; defeated, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/WV.html">1944</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/index.html">1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">about 87 years</a>). Interment at Monte Vista Park 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">Relatives: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shorten-shuja.html#863.58.58">Hugh Ike Shott Jr.</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shorten-shuja.html#189.21.42">John C. Shott</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12678.html">Shott family</a> of Bluefield, West Virginia.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000381">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409875">Govtrack.us page</a></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> John Kee (1874-1951) — of Bluefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va. Born in Glenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/GI-born.html">Gilmer County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/08-22.html">August 22, 1874</a>. Democrat. <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> 7th District, 1923-26; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from West Virginia</a> 5th District, 1933-51; defeated, 1928; died in office 1951. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <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/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/05-08.html">May 8, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 259 days</a>). Interment at Monte Vista Park 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">Relatives: Son of Jasper Newton Kee and Louisa (Campbell) Kee; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/09-07.html">September 7, 1926</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keathley-keena.html#923.27.52">Maude Elizabeth Frazier</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keathley-keena.html#844.53.18">James Kee</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10582.html">Kee family</a> of Bluefield, West Virginia.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000039">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406209">Govtrack.us page</a></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> Maude Elizabeth Kee (1895-1975) — also known as Elizabeth Kee; Maude Etta Simpkins; Maude Elizabeth Frazier; Mrs. John Kee — of Bluefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ra-born.html">Radford</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/06-07.html">June 7, 1895</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from West Virginia</a> 5th District, 1951-65. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/dar.html">Daughters of the American Revolution</a>. Died in Bluefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-died.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/02-15.html">February 15, 1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 253 days</a>). Interment at Monte Vista Park 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">Relatives: Daughter of John Jesse Wade Simpkins and Cora French Hall Simpkins; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/09-07.html">September 7, 1926</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keathley-keena.html#715.28.86">John Kee</a>; married to Alan Frazier; mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keathley-keena.html#844.53.18">James Kee</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10582.html">Kee family</a> of Bluefield, West Virginia.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000040">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406210">Govtrack.us page</a></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> James Kee (1917-1989) — of Bluefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va. Born in Bluefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-born.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/04-15.html">April 15, 1917</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from West Virginia</a> 5th District, 1965-73; defeated in primary, 1972. <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/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/FA-died.html">Fayette County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1989/03-11.html">March 11, 1989</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 330 days</a>). Interment at Monte Vista Park 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keathley-keena.html#715.28.86">John Kee</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keathley-keena.html#923.27.52">Maude Elizabeth Kee</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/09-07.html">September 7, 1939</a>, to Helen Lee Chapman.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10582.html">Kee family</a> of Bluefield, West Virginia.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000038">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406208">Govtrack.us page</a></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> James French Strother (1868-1930) — of Welch, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MD-lived.html">McDowell County</a>, W.Va. Born near Pearisburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/GI-born.html">Giles County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/06-29.html">June 29, 1868</a>. Republican. State court judge in West Virginia, 1905; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from West Virginia</a> 5th District, 1925-29. Died in Welch, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MD-died.html">McDowell County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/04-10.html">April 10, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 285 days</a>). Interment at Monte Vista Park 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">Relatives: Grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stroock-stryker.html#306.18.64">James French Strother (1811-1860)</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11064.html">Strother family</a> of Virginia.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001024">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410482">Govtrack.us page</a></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> J. Donald Clark (d. 1973) — also known as Don Clark — of Bluefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from West Virginia</a> 5th District, 1968. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in Bluefield <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">Sanitarium</a>, Bluefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-died.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/04-18.html">April 18, 1973</a>. Interment at Monte Vista Park Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/7764013916/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/659/94.49.jpg" width=70 height=107 border=0 alt="Oscar H. Ballard"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Oscar Hampton Ballard (1886-1967) — also known as O. H. Ballard — of Princeton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va. Born in Ballard, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/09-13.html">September 13, 1886</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Mercer County, 1931-34, 1939-42, 1945-46, 1949-52; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/princeton.html">mayor of Princeton, W.Va.</a>, 1937-39; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 10th District, 1953-60; defeated in primary, 1934. <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/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/sa-died.html">Salem</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/10-13.html">October 13, 1967</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 30 days</a>). Interment at Monte Vista Park 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">Relatives: Son of Millard Fillmore Ballard and Lydia (Keatley) Ballard; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/10-21.html">October 21, 1921</a>, to Ruth Snead; third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#329.76.23">Christopher Gadsden</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#471.25.44">John Reginald Ballard</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patty-payn.html#132.46.95">Harry R. Pauley</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#895.73.40">Lewis Ballard</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#927.06.29">John Gadsden</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#097.51.71">James Gadsden</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#812.30.40">Silas Uriah Pinney</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#515.52.58">St. Clair Ballard</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#661.51.33">Sherman Hart Ballard</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#062.93.65">Philip Henry Gadsden</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#737.84.36">Wade Hampton Ballard III</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#449.26.42">Coleby Chew</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-3177.html">Ballard family</a> of Peterstown, West Virginia (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/100487010">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1951</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> Andrew Jackson Stewart (1872-1945) — of Bluefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va. Born near Louisa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LN-born.html">Lawrence County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/11-26.html">November 26, 1872</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Coal mine</a> superintendent; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/bluefield.html">mayor of Bluefield, W.Va.</a>, 1924-28. <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/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/asthma.html">asthma</a> and a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart condition</a>, in Bluefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-died.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/06-12.html">June 12, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 198 days</a>). Interment at Monte Vista Park 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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson1.html#174.79.95">Andrew Jackson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Leander Cox Stewart and Ellen Frances (Savage) Stewart; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/10-01.html">October 1, 1896</a>, to Lola Montry Boyd.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=a_gxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA508-IA3"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/800/91.55.jpg" width=70 height=114 border=0 alt="Russell S. Ritz"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Russell Sage Ritz (1886-1933) — also known as Russell S. Ritz — of Bluefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va. Born in Kellogg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WA-born.html">Wayne County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/02-21.html">February 21, 1886</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/WV.html">1932</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died in Bluefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-died.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/02-25.html">February 25, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">47 years, 4 days</a>). Interment at Monte Vista Park 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">Relatives: Son of Catherine (McCarthy) Ritz and James M. Ritz; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/riter-rivero.html#341.19.10">Harold Arthur Ritz</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/06-30.html">June 30, 1909</a>, to Cleon Clyde Boggers.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/109960964">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: West Virginia and Its People (1913)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms10131">Walnut Grove Cemetery</a> Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=80215&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Stephen Crabtree Bird (1939-2008) — also known as Stephen C. Bird — of Harrisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RI-lived.html">Ritchie County</a>, W.Va.; Parkersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WO-lived.html">Wood County</a>, W.Va.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WI-lived.html">Wirt County</a>, W.Va. Born in Bluefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-born.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/03-07.html">March 7, 1939</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dentist.html">dentist</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 3rd District, 1972, 1980; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> 8th District, 1975-78, 1983-84, 1987-90; defeated, 1968 (6th District), 1970 (6th District), 1984 (8th District), 1992 (8th District); delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1976/WV.html">1976</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grotto.html">Grotto</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/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/amvets.html">Amvets</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nra.html">National Rifle Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-dental-assoc.html">American Dental Association</a>. Died in Williamstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WO-died.html">Wood County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2008/05-09.html">May 9, 2008</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 63 days</a>). Interment at Walnut Grove 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">Relatives: Son of Stephen Ward Bird and Eliza Jane (Crabtree) Bird; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/07-10.html">July 10, 1977</a>, to Bernice Marie Royal.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/26804570">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=248550">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms07646">Woodlawn Memorial Park</a> Route 52 Bluewell, Mercer County, West Virginia See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=80344&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> McGinnis Hatfield (1886-1967) — of Northfork, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MD-lived.html">McDowell County</a>, W.Va.; Welch, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MD-lived.html">McDowell County</a>, W.Va. Born in Rose Siding, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/PI-born.html">Pike County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/12-08.html">December 8, 1886</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MD-parties.html">Chair of McDowell County Republican Party</a>, 1917; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from McDowell County, 1923-24; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 6th District, 1931-32; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/WV.html">1940</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/committees.html">Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/WV.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/WV.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/WV.html">1952</a>. Died in Welch, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MD-died.html">McDowell County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/05-18.html">May 18, 1967</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 161 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at Woodlawn Memorial Park. <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">Relatives: Son of Matthew Ellison Hatfield and Alice Emma (Davis) Hatfield; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatfield.html#310.98.65">Greenway W. Hatfield</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatfield.html#391.57.29">Henry Drury Hatfield</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatfield.html#067.71.71">Coleman Alderson Hatfield</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatfield.html#456.65.79">Willard Elias Hatfield</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatfield.html#893.99.61">Homer Shade Hatfield</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanwagenen-vaudain.html#452.66.59">Thomas Osborn Irvin Varney</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatfield.html#933.25.38">Joseph P. Hatfield</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaufmann-keast.html#439.78.53">Athleen H. Keadle</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatfield.html#357.81.72">William A. Hatfield</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blandford-blaz.html#897.66.20">William Ferrell Blankenship</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/21301.html">Hatfield family</a> of Williamson, West Virginia.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/38319985">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/7763995684/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/233/49.17.jpg" width=70 height=109 border=0 alt="W. L. Mills"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Willard Lawrence Mills (b. 1905) — also known as W. L. Mills — of Kimball, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MD-lived.html">McDowell County</a>, W.Va. Born in Camp Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-born.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/07-31.html">July 31, 1905</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Coal miner</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/restaurant.html">restauranteur</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">pool room operator</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">deputy sheriff</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from McDowell County, 1947-52, 1955-58. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>. Interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park. <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">Relatives: Son of Charles Wesley Mills and Mary Lieuvena (Foley) Mills; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/05-20.html">May 20, 1945</a>, to Opaline Gentry.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1951</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> Bernard Hill Woodyard (1911-1960) — also known as Bernard H. Woodyard — of Welch, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MD-lived.html">McDowell County</a>, W.Va. Born in Switchback, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MD-born.html">McDowell County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/09-17.html">September 17, 1911</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">accountant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from McDowell County; elected 1942, 1946, 1948; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/blue-key.html">Blue Key</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>. Died in Welch, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MD-died.html">McDowell County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/05-17.html">May 17, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">48 years, 243 days</a>). Interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park. <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">Relatives: Son of Frank C. Woodyard and Dixie Lulu (Pauley) Woodyard; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/09-05.html">September 5, 1936</a>, to Elizabeth Greene.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/54201832">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=54147306&PIpi=65586434"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/568/32.78.jpg" width=70 height=98 border=0 alt="T. V. Pennington"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Trealy Vinton Pennington (1898-1981) — also known as T. V. Pennington — of Powhatan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MD-lived.html">McDowell County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/AS-born.html">Ashe County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/04-22.html">April 22, 1898</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Coal miner</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">grocer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from McDowell County, 1948, 1956. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died, in Welch <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Welch, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MD-died.html">McDowell County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/02-22.html">February 22, 1981</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 306 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at Woodlawn Memorial Park. <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">Relatives: Son of James Abraham Pennington and Celia Jane (Haga) Pennington; married to Wilma Rachel Lowe and Odell Eastep.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/54147306">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Find-A-Grave</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms09132">Unknown Location</a> Coopers, Mercer County, West Virginia <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Cooper (1848-1898) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va. Born in Staffordshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/index.html">1848</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Coal mine operator</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; Republican Presidential Elector for West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/pr1896-meeting.html">1897</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckiernan-mckinne.html#894.85.64">William McKinley</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#245.34.32">Garret A. Hobart</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/index.html">1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">about 50 years</a>). Interment somewhere. <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">Relatives: Married to Maria Padbury; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cooper.html#698.08.79">Edward Cooper</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms09186">Roselawn Memorial Gardens</a> 450 Courthouse Road Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=79747&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Dual Lee Hill (1911-2007) — also known as Dual L. Hill — of Princeton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va. Born in Princeton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-born.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/05-11.html">May 11, 1911</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/princeton.html#2">Princeton, W.Va.</a>, 1964-72 (acting, 1964). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Princeton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-died.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2007/08-26.html">August 26, 2007</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/96.html">96 years, 107 days</a>). Interment at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. <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">Relatives: Son of Shannon Hill and Beulah (Walker) Hill; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/08-02.html">August 2, 1928</a>, to Odessa Laura Houchins.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/23012131">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. 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