Compiled by Teresa
Martin Klaiber 2023
During
the year I have highlighted some of the burials in Klaiber Cemetery in this
series. The cemetery has listings on
find-a-grave however the original submitter in charge of those memorial entries
is deceased and modification of his entries has been difficult. Klaiber cemetery has more than its share of
unmarked graves or simple field stones.
The use of various names of the cemetery during different time frames
has sometimes made it difficult to determine where a person was laid to rest. The Kentucky Historical Society, tried to
give cemeteries throughout Kentucky a definite name during a 1970’s
project. It fell on deaf ears for locals
who, when giving information for an obituary call a family cemetery by a name that
may or may not be correct.
When
I became a trustee of Klaiber Cemetery almost 30 years ago I was told that a
grandchild of Inez Workman was buried at her feet. The informant said they thought it was the
child of Inez’s son Bellvard. Extensive
research on her family shows that the grandson was in fact the son of William Robert
and Francis Holley Workman.
Inez
Lorenza Jordan was born 21 April 1900, the daughter of George Washington and
Mary Jane Perkins Jordan. Inez married
Lindsey Mansfield Workman 11 July 1918 in Boyd County, Kentucky when she was
seventeen. The family had three known
children: Bellvard Rothland Workman, William Robert Workman and Ethel Marie
Workman.
By
1930 the family had settled in Huntington, Cabell County, Kentucky where
Lindsey worked at the
Nickel Plant. Inez had a brain hemorrhage
and died 13 October 1933. The death
certificate was recorded in Boyd County, Kentucky with the informant her
husband giving his address as Gyandotte, West Virginia. Kilgore and Collier Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements and according to the death certificate burial was in
Sexton Cemetery. As stated before Sexton
Cemetery should not be confused with Sexton Cemetery on Pigeon Roost, this
county. Sexton was an aka for Klaiber
Cemetery located on Long Branch, Garner, Boyd County, Kentucky.
Inez’
son William Robert Workman (born 22 July 1921 in Boyd County, Kentucky) married
Francis Holley 24 December 1938 in Cabell County, West Virginia. On 4 Feb 1941 the couple had a son born in
Huntington prematurely. The infant was
brought back to Garner for burial. The West Virginia Department of Health Death
Certificate states “Sexton Cemetery.”
Once again the alias was used for what is now registered as Klaiber
Cemetery with the state of Kentucky.
Wishing
all my readers a blessed holiday season and during these trying times prayers
for peace.
