Cemeteries beginning with “S”

STEELE CEMETERY

1. **Estill Howard, (1912 - 1989) SSGT Army WW ll

2. **Abijah Jones, (1926 - 1978) Army WW ll

3. Jimmy Arthur Lawson, (1952 - 1994) SGT Army

4. Joe Carlos Lawson, (1945 - 2011) SGT Army Vietnam

5. George E. Shepherd, (1927 - 1964) Army WW ll

6. **Frank Sizemore, (1916 - 1982) Army WW ll

7. **Marcus Sizemore, (1926 - 2008) CPL USMC WW ll

SKEENS CEMETERY - on Flacky

1. **Ellis DeHart, Korea

2.**John Prater, WW l

3. Lee Skeens

4. Sam Skeens

5. Bruner Stidham, WW ll

SINGLETON CEMETERY - Camp Creek

1. **Dallas Adams, Vietnam

2. Charles Ray Collins. Vietnam

3. Culton Coots, Army PFC. Vietnam, Bronze Star

4. **John C. Cornett, WW ll

5. **Leonard Cornett, WW ll KIA Purple Heart

6. **Oscar C. Cornett, WW ll

7. Willie Cornett, WW ll

8. Rex Griffith, Vietnam

9. Jerry Ellison Young, U S Army

10. Phillip Anderson, (1933 - 1981) Army Korea

11. Clifford Morgan, Navy

12. Cellon Morgan, Army

13. James Griffith, Navy

14. Oscar Morgan, Army WW l 126 INF KY

15. **Bennie Farler, (1919 - 1952) Army PFC Co. F 126 INF

16. Danny Wendell Adams, (1948 - 2024) Army

Leonard Cornett new memorial marker as of 3/21/2023

NAVY BILL SIZEMORE CEMETERY - (aka Bowling - Couch Cemetery and Eli Couch Cemetery) - Dry Hill

1. Walter Cornett, (1919 - 1963). S SGT, KY, CoA. 49th B N Tank WW l (Moved to the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery Southeast)

2. William Couch, (1892 - 1951) GA SGT INF WW l

3. **Cale Gay, (1910 - 1983) Navy WW ll

4. Carlo Johnson, (1920 - 1999) Army

5. **George Douglas Morgan, (1926 - 1997)

6. ** Morris Morgan, Navy Vietnam

7. Bige Napier, Jr. (1918 - 1986) Army WW ll

8. Walter W. Napier, ((1926 - 1961) WW ll

9. George M. Sizemore, (1025 - 2004) Army WW ll

10. **James Maddison Wooton, (1920 - 1962)

11. **William "Navy Bill" Sizemore, Northern Army Civil War

13. Roy Turner, (1923 - 1976) Army WW ll

14. Carlyle Sizemore Lawrence ( - ) Army

Helen A. (Couch) Beshens granddaughter of Navy Bill

** Army CPL Helen A. (Couch) Beshens (1941 - 2020) was born in Leslie County to Bige and Mattie (Sizemore) Couch. She is the granddaughter of William Navy Bill Sizemore and she rest peacefully in Arlington Cemetery.

SANDLIN - WOOTEN CEMETERY - Mill Branch

1. Denver Gibson

2. Charles Sandlin, WW l KY PFC 47 INF, 4DIC

3. John Sandlin, (1892 - 1972) PFC Army WW I

4. John S. Gibson, (1916 - 1997) WW II Navy

SLICK ROCK HOLLOW CEMETERY - Asher

1. Samuel Mosley, (1826 - 1903) Army Civil War

2. **Henry J. Mosley, (1930 - 2002) PFC USMC

3. **Otis Mosley, (1922 - 1989)

SLUSHER FAMILY CEMETERY - Mozelle

1. **Russell Wayne Howard, Army Vietnam

2. Dwight Mosley, Army Vietnam

3. **Charles A. Slusher, Army Vietnam

4. Lee Slusher, Jr., Army WW II

SIZEMORE - GAY CEMETERY - Ulysses Creek Road

1. **Burchell Sizemore, Army WW l (1896 - 1958)

2. **Elbert Sizemore, Army WW ll (1921 - 1973)

3. **Elmer Sizemore, Army WW ll

4. John B. Sizemore, Army Vietnam

5. Michael W. Sizemore, USMC

**Burchell Sizemore enlisted August 29, 1918, in the military, serving during World War I. He was a stonemason, farmer and coal miner. He was very thought of by everyone. He was hurt in an automobile accident in the late 1950's and was an invalid the rest of his life.

**Elmer stated, "I was in charge of the Medical Aid men for the 3rd battalion in Africa for six months. I was acting as 1st Sergeant. I had a dispute with my Captain. He took my rank away and sent me to Company B as an Aid man. The man that replaced me was killed by our own plane behind the fighting lines in Italy. The Captain went crazy three weeks later and was sent back to the States."

Elmer was discharged July 17, 1945. He went back to high school at Hyden in Leslie County, Kentucky. Later he taught school at Bear Branch, Kentucky and taught his sister, Jewel. He also taught at Piney Grove in Leslie County, Kentucky. He then worked for a while in the mines and also worked at General Motors in Hamilton, Ohio. In later life he worked for the State of Kentucky as a State Mine Inspector, in the enforcement of the strip mines laws.

**Elbert Sizemore served in the United States Army from September 14, 1940, until April 24, 1945.

SIZEMORE - GIBSON CEMETERY - Dobber Hollow

1. **Eddie Carl Gibson, (1948 - 1967) KY Co 12, INF 4. Vietnam KIA

2. Charles E. Walters, (1953 - 2014)

3. Jake Evans Wagner

** Eddie Carl Gibson, KY CO B 12 INF Vietnam. His tour of duty began March 13, 1967. He was an Infantryman and assigned to BCo , st. BN , 12 th. Inf. Div, U.S. Army when he and 38 soldiers perished or missing in action during combat operation “ Francis Marion” in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam. His body was recovered. Medals include Bronze Star for Valor and Purple Heart

JIM SIZEMORE FAMILY CEMETERY - Bear Branch

1 . **Estill “ Nig” Sizemore, US Army Reserve

SIZEMORE FAMILY CEMETERY - Chandler

1. Ray Allen Sizemore, USAF

JIM SLICK - PENNINGTON CEMETERY - Cinda

1. Arch Griffith, (1892-1976), PVT Army, WW l

2. **Riley Causey, (1890-1917). U.S. Service, CST Army

3. Joe Colwell, (1896 - 1919) U. S. Service 2nd Infantry Kentucky Co. F

SIZEMORE - GILBERT CEMETERY - Flat Creek

This cemetery is close to the Leslie- Clay Counties line. It is on Hwy 66 near the mouth of Flat Creek. May not be able to get across the water to reach it.

1. George W. Gilbert , (1920 - 1991) Army WW ll

2. SGT Taylor Gilbert, (1922 - 1995) Army WW ll (remains are buried in the Memorial Gardens in Louisville)

3. PFC Curtis Hoskins, (1924 - 1948) 755 Field Artillery. BN WW ll

4. SGT William B. Scaff, Army

5. SGT Raliegh Sizemore, (1919 - 1945) Army

6. Oscar Estep (1927 - 1991) Army WW ll

7. James B. Gilbert, (1931 - 2002) USMC Korea

SPACE MOUNTAIN CEMETERY - Confluence

1. Frank Morris, Army

SHANKS FAMILY CEMETERY - Asher

1. Warren Fee, (1949 - 2011) Army

SIMPSON FAMILY CEMETERY - Helton

1. LCPL. Byron John Calleroro, (1947– 1999) USMC Vietnam

SHELL BURIAL GROUND - Chappell

1. Gordon Cornell, (1936 - 2012) AC 2, USAF, Korea

2. Elisha Hoskins, (1911 - 1947) West Virginia TEC 5. 740 SIG, ACTF, WNC. Co

3. CPL Ralph Junior Nantz, Jr. (1932 - 1953)

KY 17 Infantry REGT

SIZEMORE FAMILY CEMETERY - Roark

1. Bentley Sizemore , (1926 - 2003) S 2, Navy, WW ll

STUBBLEFIELD CEMETERY - Thousandsticks

1. Harman Stubblefield, (1933 - 1988) Army, Korea

HAROLD SKEENS CEMETERY - Wooton

1. Harold Skeens, (1943 - 2020) Army

SPICEWOOD CEMETERY - Warbranch

1. Darrell Dean Napier, (1968 -2021) Army

SLUSHER CEMETERY - Warbranch

1.** Donald Roark, (1937 - 2007) SSGT Army, Vietnam

2.** Dwight Hendrix, Army

SIM BARNES CEMETERY - Sizerock

1. Sim Barnes, (1922 - 1989)

HIRAM SIZEMORE CEMETERY

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

SMITH - JACKSON CEMETERY (aka Jackson -Smith Cemetery) - Hector on the Clay/Leslie line

1. Dewey Hobbs, (1949 - 1987) SGT USAF Vietnam

2. John Hobbs, (1894 - 1966) PVT Army WW I

3. Joe Jackson, (1926 - 1980) PVT Army WW II

4. Roy Jackson, (1924 - 1976) PVT Army WW II

5. Tester Jackson, (1927 - 1998) Army WW II

6. **Hobert Sizemore, (1924 - 1944) Army Ground Forces PFC 314 INF 79 INF DIV World War II

7. Blaine Smith Jr., (1931 - 2001)

8. Joe Smith, (1904 - 1963) PFC Army Co. L II INF

9. R.J. Smith, (1932 - 2003) Army

SIMPSON - NANTZ CEMETERY - Middlefork

1. Joe Simpson, WW II

STRONG FAMILY CEMETERY - Short Creek Road

1. **Hobert Strong, (1951 - 2023) Army

CECIL SIZEMORE CEMETERY - (near the Leslie/Perry line)

** Cecil Sizemore, (1923 - 2002) Army WWII

FLOYD SIZEMORE CEMETERY - Hyden

1. Cleve Edgar Bowling, (1953 - 2023) Army

2. Ira Eldridge, Army

SMITH CEMETERY - Essie

1. **Daniel Smith, (1910 - 1981) Army WW II

2. Stephen Morgan, (around 1843 - 1926) Co H 49th KY Inf

TAYLOR SIZEMORE - Upper Dill Branch Thousandsticks

1. Sam Sizemore, (1894 - 1943) KY PVT , Field Arty, WW l

2. Luther Sizemore (1842 - 1917) PFC Co L 14 KY Calvary

3. Dusty Wayne "Sherrell" Sizemore, (1954 - 2023) USMC

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103 Veterans

Cemeteries beginning with “S”

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