Cemeteries beginning with “H”

HOWARD - ASHER FAMILY CEMETERY on Thousandsticks Road.

1. **Pearl Carter Asher, (1925 - 2016) Army WW ll

HOSKINS CEMETERY - Hoskinston

1. **John Herbert Asher, Jr. (1924 - 2008) USAF WW ll

2. Robert Burns Asher

3. Robert Cordell Asher, (1948 - 2015) Navy Vietnam

4. Charles E. Maggard, (1882 - 1966) Spanish American War

HOSKINS FAMILY CEMETERY - Owls Nest

1. Eldon Hoskins, Navy WW ll

HENSLEY CEMETERY - Big Branch/ Coon Creek

1. **Willie Callahan, Army

2. **Clyde Vance, Navy

HONEY BRANCH CEMETERY - Saylor

Floyd Caldwell, WWI
Sam Caldwell, WWI
Olen Collins, Army WWI
**Stratton Helton, Army WWI
Pearl Baker, WWII
Will S. Brock, WWII
**Edward Caldwell, WWII
Arnold Caldwell, WWII
John Collins, WWII
William (Rush) Morgan, Army Vietnam
John R. Collett, Vietnam
**Richard Caldwell, Army Korea
Stanley Caldwell, Army Korea
**Wallace Brock, Army
Burley (Shorty) Hoskins, Korea
Willard Saylor, Korea
Richard Ray Caldwell, Army Korea.
Roy Lowe, Desert Storm
Walter Saylor, Peacetime
Rufus Short, Peacetime
Ronald Brock, Peacetime
Jeff Morris, Peacetime
Eugene Short, Peacetime
Hiram Brock, Jr., Army

FRANK and RUTHA HACKER CEMETERY - Knoblick

1. **Anna Lee Hoskins Hacker, (Memorial) Army, MP

2. **Jim Hacker, WW ll

3. **Theodore Hacker, (1920 - 2000) TEC 5 Army

4. James Edward Roberts, Army

5. Issac Eugene Muncy

6. Keen Hacker, (1910 - 1980)

HAMILTON CEMETERY - Head of Wooton

1. **Carl Hamilton, (1907 - 2011) Army WW ll

2. **Clifford O. Hamilton, 516 Airborne INF RETG 101st Airborne Div

3. **Daniel F. Hamilton, WW ll

4. **John R. Hamilton, Jr., (1925 2011) Army WW ll

5. **Robert Caudill, Spanish American War

6. Robert Hamilton, Army WW II

**Carl Hamilton, WW ll was a member of the Army Air Corps. He was a part of the 555 Bomb Squadron serving as a radio operator on board B26 Marauder bombing flights over Europe. Carl served from 1942-1945. Carl was a part of the following military campaigns. Normandy , Northern France, Rhineland, Air Offensive Europe,

Carl received these decorations: EAME TheaterRibnon with 4 Bronze Stars per WDGO

#33/45, and the Distinguished Unit Citation GO #252 Hg 9th AF/44.

**As WWll finally drew to a close, a fourth brother, Clifford O. Hamilton , entered the service. In February 1949, Clifford was assigned to the 516th Airborne Infantry Regiment of the 101st. Airborne Division where he began training as a paratrooper.

**Daniel F. Hamilton, WWll was a member of the Army during WW ll. He was inducted along with his brother Carl at Fort Thomas. Dan spent most of his service in Alaska where he served as a radio operator during the course of the war. While most radio operators were trained by the military, Dan had worked as a radio service repairman prior to the war. This experience allowed him to move right into active service as a radio operator.

**John R. Hamilton, Jr. Known at home as Bob WW ll

John R., Jr.served in the Army. He was part of the 310th Field Artillery Battalion. Bob served 1943-1946. He was a machine gunner and rifle marksman during the war. Bob was part of the D-Day invasion at Normandy and later fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Major campaigns and battles listed on his discharge papers include: Normandy, Northern Solomans, Rhineland, and Central Europe.

Bob received the EAME Theater Ribbon with 4 Bronze Stars, a Good Conduct Ribbon, World War ll Victory Medal and the Croix De Guerrero Distinguished Unit Badge from the French government.

** Harriet Hamilton McDaniel, (1922 - 2014) is buried in the Richmond Cemetery in Madison County, KY.

She was the sister of Carl, Clifford, Dan and John and she enlisted in the Navy and held the rank of Hospital Apprentice First Class (HAI). She was a nurse in her civilian life and worked at Pattie A. Clay Hospital in Richmond.

HOWARD-JOHNSON CEMETERY - Hurts Creek

1. **Claybern Howard, (1932 - 1988) Army Korea

HUFF CEMETERY - Grassy/ Chappell

1. Roy Huff, (1906 - 1969) Army MP WW ll

2. Willard Huff, (1914 - 2014) Air Force WW ll

HENSLEY CEMETERY on Leeco

1. **Manuel Melton, (1919 - 1990) Army

2. **Arthur Pennington, (1923 - 1997) WW ll

Manuel Melton (left) with an unknown soldier

HURRICANE CEMETERY - Hyden

1. **Denver Adams. (1922 - 1984) TEC4 Army WW ll

2. Carlo Britton Asher, (1926 - 1966) WW ll

3. **Curt Asher, (1926 - 1982) EM 3 Navy WW ll

4. **Emmons Asher, (1919 - 2009) TEC5 Army WW ll

5. **James L. Asher, (1926 - 2010) PVT Army WW ll Purple Heart

6. **Stanley Asher, (1922 - 1964)

7. Charlie Baker, (1911 - 1973) PFC Army WW ll

8. **John Bailey, (1883 - 1968) Army WW l

9. **John Beder, (1920 - 1998) Captain USAF, WWll, Korea, and Vietnam. Distinguished Flying Cross Air Medal

10. C.W. Begley, (1941 - 2008) Army & Air Force, Vietnam

11. Ira Begley, Spanish American War

12.Shovel Begley, (1910 - 1971) SGT Army WW ll

13. Stephen Begley, (1942 - 1996) SSG Army Vietnam

14.Joe Blanton, (1915 - 1980) TEC5 Army WW ll

15. **Edwin "Ed" Bowling, (1937 - 2012)

16. John C. Bowling, (1942 - 1995) SFC Army Vietnam

17. **Roy Bowling, (1894 - 1977) WW l

18..**Tester Ted Bowling, (1926 - 1989) MOMM Navy WW ll

19. **Elmer Brashear, (1910 - 1972) PFC Army WW ll

20. **William Fredrick Brashear, (1923 - 1986) Army

21. Jeff Caudill, WW l and WW ll

22. **Elvin Causey, (1936 - 1962) PFC Army Korea

23. J.R. Causey, (1925 - 1965) PVT Army

24. **Columbus Coots, (1942 - 2010) SP4 Army

25. **Seaton "Buck" Crisp, Jr. (1932 - 1995) Air Force

26. Edward DeHart, (1918 - 1983) Army WW ll

27. **Omar Dixon, (1918 - 1951) Army WW l

28. Curtis B. Duff, (1890 - 1952) Kentucky Depot Brigade PFC HQ Co 159 WW l

29. Hargis Eversole, (1922 - 1972) TEC5 Army WW ll

30. Edward N. Farmer, (1917 - 1994) Air Force WW ll

31. **Preston F. Fortney, Jr., (1947 - 1980) SGT, USAF Vietnam

32. Morgan Gross, (1924 - 2008) S2 Navy WW ll

33. Chrisley Gross, (1922 - 2014) WW ll

34. Henry Gross, (1927 - 1980) Korea

35. **Robert Ray "Bob" Horton, (1934 - 2003) Army Korea

36.John L. Kilburn, (1926 - 1992) WW ll

37. Richard D. Knuckles, (1923 - 2006) PVT USMC WW ll

38. **Joe H. Lewis, (1929 - 2010) HM2 Navy Korea

39. Theo Lewis M., WW ll

40. Guy Lewis, Jr., (1925 - ) PFC 274 INF RECT BSM & OLO WW ll

41. Allen Denver Mattingly, (1907 - 1979) MMI Navy WW ll South Pacific

42. **Dr. Steven M. Meader, (1926 - 2012) US Navy WW ll

43. **Bill Melton, WW ll

44. Mitchell Melton, (1892 - 1980)! PVT Army WW l

45. **Robert Carl (Bobby) Melton, (1941 - 1977)

46. **William Henry Melton, (1926 - 1999) PVT Army WW ll

47. Ronald Miniard, (1932 - 1950) PFC BTRY B 38 FLD ARTY BN Korea

48. Aden Morgan, (1906 - 1990) WW ll

49. Carl Morgan, (1919 - 2004) PVT Army WW ll Purple Heart

50. **Christopher Columbus Morgan, (1934 - 1992) CPL Army Air Corps Korea

51. **Gerald F. Morgan, (1935 - 1991)

52. **James Monroe Mosley, (1928 - 2001) Navy WW ll

53. Marcus Harry Muncy, (1909 - 1979) CPL USMC WW ll

54. **Robert C. Muncy, (1921 - 2009) T SGT Army Air Forces, Air Medal and 3 OLC, WW ll

55. Ray Pennington, (1925 - 1987) WW ll

56. Daniel Perry, (1897 - 1970) KY PVT 16 CO COAST ARTY WWI

57. Billy J. Phillips, (1934 - 2002) PVT USMC Korea

58. **Hiram Prater, (1894 - 1973) PVT Army WW l

59. **John H. Revis, (1915 - 1943) SSGT Air Force WW ll, KIA

60. Farris Rice, (1921 -2002) PVT Army Purple Heart WW ll

61. **Carroll Sizemore, (1933 - 2010) CPL Army Korea

62. **Jimmy Sizemore, (1938 - 1979) AB Air Force, Korea

63. **Remine E. Sizemore, (1917 - 1945) PFC, US Army, WW ll, KIA

64. Hobert G. Smith, (1929 - 2004) Army Korea

65. Franklin H. Stidham, (1944 - 1967)

66. Hence Stidham, (1894 - 1978) PVT Army WW ll

67. David W. Thomas, (1914 - 1982) PFC USMC WW ll

68. Lloyd L. "Double L" Turner, (1923 - 2010)

69. **Marcus Turner, (1917 - 2006) WW ll

70. **Bobby Gene Vanover, (1935 - 1985) PFC Army Korea

71. Dwayne Walker, (1921 - 1991) SGT Army Air Corps WW ll

72. **Charles Wells, (1926 - 1993) SGT Army Korea

73. Elvin Witt, (1911 - 1974) Navy WW ll

74. Burchell Wooton, (1896 - 1995) PVT BTRY C 69 FIELD ARTY

75. George Hartson, Jr. , (1929 - 2002) Army

76. **Charles Lewis Thornbury, (1920 - 1990) Army

77. William McKinley "Bill" Witt, (1939 - 2016) Army

78. Walter Bailey, (1923 - 2003)

79. Maxford Boone "Max" Worley, (1914 - 1999) Purple Heart WW II

80. Chester Arthur Bailey, (1886 - 1957)

81. **Gilford F. Muncy, (1914 - 1954) SSGT 84 Bombardment Squadron Army Air Corps WW II

82. Joseph Dixon, (1890 - 1971) WW I

83. Eugene Stewart, (1943 - 2022) Army

84. Charles Morgan, (1894 - 1984)

85. Ballard Stidham, (1931 - 2022) Army Korea

86. **John Paul Maggard Jr., (1921 - 1997) Navy

87. Perle Estridge, (1907 - 1993) Army WW II

88. Leonard F. Brashear, (1881 - 1954)

**James L. Asher, PVT, US Army, WW ll, Purple Heart. He served in WW ll and was wounded in action in 1945 in the German Campaign.

**John Beder, Captain USAF, WW ll, Korea, and Vietnam, Squadron 576 th, 392nd Bomb group, Distinguished Flying Cross Air Medal.

One Example of one mission:

Hometown: Hyden, KY

Squadron: 576th 392th Bomb Group

Target: Euskirchen

Mission Date: 31-Dec-44

Aircraft Model B-24

Lt. Beder's Crew

2nd Lt. John Beder Pilot

2nd Lt. J. A. Samsell Co Pilot

2nd Lt. J. Matishowski Navigator

2nd Lt. J. G. Murray Bombardier

SSgt. J. P. Morley Engineer

TSGT. R. S. Murgatroyd Radio Op.

SSgt. R. P. Carr Gunner

SSgt. C. H. Roever Gunner

SSgt. Robert H. Schodrof Gunner

2nd Lt. Chester H. Czyzewicz Navigator

2nd Lt. Henry F. Bernhards S-27

**Dr. Steven M. Meader, US Navy WW ll. Entered the Navy at the age of 17 in 1943. He served as a sonar operator on a submarine and represented his sub and ship as a boxer against other armed forces.

Robert R Horton with brothers Johnny, Bill and a friend

**Robert C. Muncy, TSGT. US Army Air Forces, WW ll, Air Medal and 3 OLC ( Served in England and France when he enlisted in the US Army. He served as a radio operator and ball turret gunner on a B 26 bomber in the US Army Air Corp from 1940 until 1945. He was a decorated serviceman at the time of his discharge.

**John H. Revis, SSGT US Army Air Force, 380 BM SQ H, 310 BM GP H, WW ll , KIA on September 29, 1943. Crew member of a B-25 shot down on a bombing run in Italy.

** Remine Sizemore, PFC, US Army, WW ll. During Operation Varsity on October 12, 1938 Remine parachuted from a C47 troop transport plane with a drop order near Wessel, Germany. While attempting to reach the assembly point an enemy machine gun opened fire and Remine was KIA. Remine was killed the day prior to the end of the war in Europe. His body was recovered and buried in the American Military Cemetery in Margraten, Holland. His remains were brought back home for burial here in Hurricane Cemetery with full military honors in September 1949 as pictured above. This is the veteran that started the laying of Wreaths Across America in Leslie County. He was a Medic and was awarded the Purple Heart, Bronze Service Star, WW ll Victory Medal, WW ll Honorable Service Lapel Button, Parachute Badge, Combat Infantryman Badge, and Presidential Distinguished Unit Emblem.

Camp Gun du Dale Hollow, TN where Leslie County boys stayed

Hiram Prater, his brother John, and Hiram’s sons Cova & Taylor

** William Fredrick Brashear's son Freddy said when his dad went into the service he bought his wife Mary the love seat pictured above and it is in Freddy's office today. When his father came out of the service, he bought her a rocking chair that is also pictured above and it also is in Freddy's office.

Brave Men Book by Ernie Pyle on Gilford F. Muncy

HARDY BOTTOM CEMETERY aka (Tug Point) - Stinnett

1. Bige Begley, (1931 - 2012) Army Korea

2 **Curtiss Estridge, (1948 - 1970) SP4 Infantryman. D CO, 2nd BN, 1st INFANTRY, 196th INFANTRY BDE, AMERICAL DIV. Army Vietnam

3. Monroe Estridge, (1897 - 1966) PFC Co B 21MGBN SS - PH WW I

4. Arnold Farmer, (1921 - 2007) CPL Army WW ll

5. Ruble Hoskins, (1919 - 2006) WW ll

6.**Arnold Morgan, WW l

7. Bastin Morgan, (1918 - 2015) Army Purple Heart WW ll

8. Denver Morgan, (1920 - 2010) WW ll

9. Fred B. Morgan, (1918 - 2002) SGT Army Purple Heart WW ll

10. **Frederick Blair Morgan, (1944 - 2014) PFC Army Vietnam

11. Gleason Carlo Morgan, (1915 - 1998) TEC5 Army WW ll

12. **James T. Morgan, (1930 - 2006)

13 **John L. Morgan, (1953 - 2018) Korea

14. Woodrow Morgan, (1916 - 1999) SGT Army WW ll

15. **Zachariah Morgan, (1775 - 1841) Knox Co 54th. Reg.

16. Clon Mosley, (1918 - 1988) PFC Army WW ll

17. Riley Pace, (1914 - 1990) Army WW ll

18. Michael R. Rowles, (1947 - 2015) Army

19. John A. Pennington, (1921 - 1988) Army WW ll

**Curtiss Estridge, KIA, Vietnam, Purple Heart, SP4 Infantryman, D CO., 2nd BN , 1st. Infantry ,196th. Infantry BDE , American Div. Killed while a passenger on a military aircraft on a military mission. Aircraft was fired upon by hostile ground force, crashed and burned. CH-47B hit while landing at Landing Zone Judy 24 km South-Southwest of Hiep Duc, Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam. Additional Details - His name appears on the Vietnam Wall Panel 107W, Line 009. Additional Details - On August 26, 1970 when his plane was hit by enemy fire and crashed into trees and burned an internal load of 105mm ammo began exploding. It resulted in the deaths of four crewmen and over 2 dozen passengers. Only the pilot survived. ★ Purple Heart

He was part of the Knox Co 54th. Reg. In 1812 he was an ensign and by 1816 promoted to Lieutenant

HENDRIX CEMETERY - Wooton

1. **Rudolph Bailey, (1923 - 1945) 194 Glider Infantry Regiment WW ll

2. **Tommy Baker, (1952 - 2012) SGT Army

3. **Noah Begley, (1896 - 1984) CPL Army WW l

4. **Frank Cornett, (1929 - 1993) SGT Army

5. Orie Cornett, (1894 - 1926) PVT 320 Inf. 180 Division

6. **Orie Cornett, (1917 - 1944) PFC 28 INF

8 INF DIV WW ll (Different sections of cemetery)

7. Willie Edwards,

8. Henry Engle, (1844 - 1923) Co C 13 KY CAV

9. Eugene J. English, (1929 - 2000) Army

10. **Gil Curtiss Frazier. (1982 - 2014) SGT USMC, Bronze Star, Purple Heart

11. William Hendrixson, (1841 - 1935) Co M 14 KY CAV

12. Clyde Hunt, Jr., (1926 - 2009) Army WW ll

13. **Bill Kilburn

14. Wesley Scott Merrill

15. **David Earle Shepherd, (1946 - 1982) Vietnam

16. Roy Lee Taylor, (1935 - 1982) A1C USAF Korea

17. James F. Thacker, (1922 - 1999) TSGT USAF WW ll

18. Eugene Turner, WW ll

19. William Hamilton, (1923 - 1958) OHIO PFC HQ HQ BTRY HD CAC WWII

** After the military Tommy Baker became a Kentucky State Police Officier. He was a retired lieutenant and detective after 28 years.

He has a bridge at Wooton named after him.

**Rudolph Bailey, 194 Glider Infantry Regiment, 17 ABN DIV, WW ll. PFC Bailey had a Purple Heart, WW ll Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, and the Good Conduct Medal. Private Bailey’s group was dropped from their glider to cover a company that was under fire. Unfortunately, they were dropped approximately 20 miles away from the intended drop and had to hike in. They were ambushed on the way in and some of them died. PVT Bailey saved many lives including his SGT.

HACKER CEMETERY - Muncy Creek

1. Shafter Eversole, SSGT Army, WW ll and Korea.

BAKER HENSLEY CEMETERY - Big Branch, Cindy

1. Clarence Maggard, USMC Vietnam

2. **Elvin “ Epp” Vanover, Navy WW ll

3. William “ Bill” Vanover, Spanish American War

DELMON HENSLEY CEMETERY - Hyden

1. Arthur Pennington, TEC 5, Army, WW ll (1923 - 1997) Defense Service Metal, Good Conduct Ribbon, EALE Theater Ribbon with 4 Bronze Stars.

2. Charles Elvin Vanover, Army

HACKER aka ROUNDHOLE CEMETERY - Greasy Creek Cemetery

1. William Henderson Baker, (4/5/1891 - 8/6/1947) Army

2. Glen Farmer, Vietnam

3. **Clem Farmer, USAF Korea

4. Hiram J. Farmer, Co. H. , Kentucky 49th INF

HENSLEY-GIBSON CEMETERY - Sizerock

1. Roberto Rameriz Garcia ll, (1954 - 2007) Army

2. Eugene Hensley, (1946 - 2015) Army Vietnam

3.**Oscar Hall, (1906 -2001) No info other than he served in military.

ALONZO and ORPHA HOWARD CEMETERY - Hospital Hill, Hyden

1. John William Cox, Sr. USAF (1940 - 2002)

2. **Nathan Andrew “NTG” Sullivan, (1996 - 2021) Navy

**Nathan was an engineer with U S Army and actively serving when passed.

WILL HOSKINS CEMETERY - Asher

1. Will Hoskins, KIA/ MIA, killed in France, WW l

2. Calloway “Cal” Hoskins, (1887-1960) WW l

HUFF FAMILY CEMETERY - Confluence

1. Donald N. Daniel, (1937 - 2020) National Guard

2. **SSGT Curt C. Huff (1919 - 1944), KIA, France, 39th INFANTRY Regiment, 9th Div.

3. PFC Joel B. Huff, (1921 - 1944). Army, Hostile KIA WW ll, 34th. INFANTRY Regiment, 24th Div.

4. **John Sheldon Huff, (1900 - 1920) Army KIA

5. SSGT Leslie Huff (1917 - 1945) KIA WW ll Germany, 357 Infantry Regiment , 90th Division

6. PFC Roy Huff, KY Quarter Master Corps, WW ll

7.**Elmer Huff, (1891 - 1945) Army, WWI

8. CPL Apperson "Epp" Sizemore, (1846 - 1901) 39th Regimen, KY INF Side Union Ran in Corporal

9. Edward E. Huff, (1922 - 1986)

10. Emery Johnson, (1913 - 1975), Army WW ll

11. Kermit Johnson (1910 - 1946), KY Seaman 2 CL, US NR, WW ll

12. Harry Lyons, (1927 - 1993) Navy WW II

HAMILTON CEMETERY - Big Creek Jacks Branch Road

1. CPL. Charles Hamilton, 1918-2004, Army WW ll

HIRAM SIZEMORE CEMETERY

(Go up Pebble Creek to the end of the blacktop and then on the dirt road. My understanding their is just one grave and no road to it.)

1. Hiram Sizemore, 1841-1881. PVT Co E, 3 KY. VOL INF

SHERMAN HUFF CEMETERY (aka John C. Huff Cemetery) - Confluence

1. Hubert Nicely, 1922-1948, PVT. KY 395 Infantry, 99 Infantry Div, WW ll

2. Quentin Eversole, 1919-1953, WW ll, TEC 5 140 Field ARTY

3. **John C. Huff, (1839 - 1919) Co. M, 14th KY Calvary

4. **John C. Huff, (Jr.), (1922 - 1944), 80 Infantry Division, WW ll

**John C. Huff, (1839 - 1919) was a Civil War Veteran, farmer, and father of nine children. His wife was Pauline Reynolds Huff, originally from Cow Creek in Owsley County. John was known throughout the area as a physician. Though he had no real medical training, he taught himself the fundamentals of caring for people the best he could. He was present for many births throughout the area surrounding Confluence, KY in the Wilder Branch, Trace Branch area.

**John C. Huff, (Jr.), (1922 - 1944), This is the son of Sherman and Lucy J Campbell Huff. While he is given the "Jr." this is really to distinguish him from his grandfather John C Huff for whom he was named and fought in the Civil Wat and who is buried nearby.

John was killed in action near Bastogne, Belgium. The Battle was part of the larger Battle of the Bulge. Outnumbered and surrounded for five days, a U.S. Army combined arms force of airborne infantry, armor, engineers, tank destroyers, and artillery conducted a successful defense of the Belgian crossroads town of Bastogne in late December 1944. Many men died, including John C. Huff, Jr.

January 17, 1945, John received a posthumous Bronze Star from President Roosevelt for bravery in a prior battle in France on December 8, 1944. He volunteered for a dangerous mission to locate a German position on the front line. He saved himself and the platoon leader from capture.

HOSKINS FAMILY CEMETERY - Asher

1. **Bruce Hoskins, (1916 - 1942) Navy

**Bruce Hoskins, age 25, a native of Leslie County, Kentucky, was shot and killed Sunday afternoon, January 25, 1942 at the "Idle Hour", a roadhouse near Hyden in Leslie County, KY, by Bascom Morgan, age 18, of Short Creek, in Leslie County, son of the late Chester Morgan.

Bruce was the son of Will Hoskins, who was killed in France during World War I, when Bruce was only 14 months old, and whose body was never found. Bruce was reared by his mother, Mrs. Bertha Pennington Hoskins and stepfather Cal Hoskins on Bad Creek of Middle Fork at Asher, KY. Since his marriage he had been living in California for five years, but had returned to Leslie County about two weeks before on a visit before enlisting in the Navy.

UPDATE: William Hoskins, Private, Company D, 165th Infantry 42nd Division, World War I, Bruce's father who died on 19 Aug 1918 (aged 22) Seringes-et-Nesles, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France remains were eventually recovered and buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Section EUR, Site 2346. He is pictured below.