LAUREL POINT CEMETERY
CLAY CO. KY
Submitted transcribed and photos taken by
Marion and Martha Couch
Take Hwy 11 S out of Booneville. Two miles from the Clay/Owsley Co. line, turn left on Rocky Branch Road. Go about two miles and cross concrete bridge. After paved road ends, cemetery is @ 1 ½ miles on right.
Row 1
Melvin Money 19__ , 1929 (Dates redone in concrete on stone)
Rock
Row 2
Rock
4 unreadable stones
G B Nov 19, 19_1
O B June 20, 1923
H B May 22, 1934
B B Mar 18, 1930 (Was told these are Bakers)
Rock
Row 3
Sophia Sandlin Couch B Apr 1 1883 D May 19 1923
Steve Couch 9-15-1918 6-23-1919
Elisha Couch July 1 1878 July 23 1918
Joe Couch Died (unreadable)
Nancy Couch Died June 24 _ _ _ 8
Margaret S. Couch Wife of Joe Couch
Samuel Rice - Kentucky PVT. U.S. ARMY, September 2, 1939
Rock
Rock
Row 4
Jewel Frost – Baby – Died Sept. 9, 1923
Roy Ledford Dec 25, 1906 March 17, 1950 gone but not forgotten
Row 5
Adoniram Allen, Capt Continental Line Rev War 1734 1838
Bettie Ledford B Aug 10 1894 D Nov 19 1944
Martha Ledford B May 23, 18_ _ D July 2, 1913
Daniel Ledford Born May 11, 1894 Died Feb 27, 1914
Lilliey Ledford Was Born Sept 19(17?), 1908 Died Mar 11 19 _ _
Jane Ledford B 1840 D Feb 2 1929 (New stone reads B 1841)
Mary Gladys Ledford Aug 8, 1948 Sept. 25 1948
----Ledford (double stone) Wed Mar 5, 1938 In God’s Care
Lillie M. Ledford Feb 27, 1921 Dec 6, 1994
Pearl Ledford Oct 25, 1915 Nov 6, 1998
-----Ledford (double stone) Together Forever
Elbert Ledford Feb 4, 1931 July 1, 2001 PFC US Marine Corps Korea Purple Heart
Rose E Ledford Dec 31, 1949
Rosie Bishop Mar 10, 1916 Feb 12, 2000 Mother In Loving Memory
Golden Bishop Born May 14, 1906 Died Oct. 18, 1969 At Rest
Lauraine Bishop Born April 2, 1884 Died April 27, 1969 At Rest
Row 6
Haley Bishop D. May 1 1942
James F Bishop 1849 Aug 3, 1927
Eliza J. Colwell June 1 1886 Sept 6 19 _5 (7 or 1)
Arthur Colwell Born July 3, 1911 Died Feb 18, 1912
Rock ( at Holly tree)
Rock
Rock
Kathleen Allen May 19, 1931 Oct 16, 1933 Baby
E. C. (rock)
E. C. 4-25-40 1940
James Colwell May 4, 1882 July 4, 1949 (lamb on top)
Floyd Colwell July 31, 1905 June 1, 1960
Mae Colwell July 7, 1910 Oct 31, 1989
Row 7
Lucinda Wells Born Nov 15, 1887 Died Nov 20, 1911
Viola Wells July 10, 1910 April 20, 1913
Rock
James Marion Allen Oct 12, 1940 Oct 29, 1940 “Our Precious Loved One”
Row 8
D. B. (Rock)
3 Rocks
Jerry D. Smith Feb 28, 1908 Oct 28, 1909
Row 9
Rock
WM. Bishop Co I 14 KY Cal
9 Rocks
Row 10
5 Rocks
THE.O BISHOP WAS B_ _ _.1 JUNE. THE 18th. 1876 DIED MAY THE 10. 1890 (exact markings)
James Bishop Dec 16, 18 _ 3 (4?) Aug. 1. 1901.
Rhonda Robertson Born June. 26 / 1899 / Died Sept 20 At Rest
Monroe Bishop Born Mar 28, 1881 Died June 8, 1902 “Thy Will Be Done”
Rhonda Bishop Dec. 15, 1845 July 4, 190_ .
Herbert Webb Mar 28. 1909 Apr 27 1909
Cleo Webb Feb 23, 1911 Feb 23, 1911
Elijah Robertson April 14, 1865 April 15, 1936
Mary E Robertson Mar 28, 1871 Feb 3, 1946
Tanley Robertson March 6, 1941 March 6, 19_ _ .
--Double Stone – Robertson
Daniel B. Robertson July 28, 1892 March 24, 1967
Della A. Robertson Dec. 2, 1896 Oct. 20, 1980
Jesse Robertson Aug 18, 1907 Apr 5, 1977 At Rest
Dora Robertson July 30, 1911 May 2, 1993 Gone, But Not Forgotten
Elmo Robertson 24 Nov 1945 - 6 Sep. 2003 (wood marker)
Ruby R. Baker Feb. 4, 1917 Nov. 29, 1988 “In Loving Memory”
Moody Baker SGT US ARMY WORLD WAR11 1911 1993
--Double Stone – BAKER
Fannie Baker Dec 28, 1914 Jun 23, 1995
Woodrow Baker Mar 25, 1913 Oct 4, 1997
Row 11
Rock
Scott Bishop Died 6-2-25 (handmade stone)
Rock
Rock
Wm Bishop Born Aug 17, 1883 Died Apr. 3, 1909
Mary Bishop Born May 2, 1876 Died March 5 1905
James R. Hacker 1869 1936
J. B. (rock)
William M. Bishop 1872 – 1941 At Rest
Row 12
BISHOP (concrete block)
Squire Bishop Co. I. 14 KY CAV
Rock
--Double bronze markers set in stone--
Bonarges Riley PVT Co. C 47 KY MTD INF CIVIL WAR 1822 1886 POW
Deborah Bowling Riley Tennessee 1825 1907
Wilfred Bishop Dec. 22, 1915 Feb 15, 1919 Baby
Rock
Regina L. Robertson 1951 – 1978 Gone But Not Forgotten
Bon _ _ _ _ Lu Gilbert (concrete stone with letters glued on)
Row 13
Dewey Fox Dec 30, 1901 Nov 22, 1992
Bishop
Bishop
Carl Bishop B Dec 7 D Aug. 14 1914
ST. Bishop B Ap. 17 1857 D. Ap. 18 1927
Nelson Bishop Dec 7, 1911 May 8, 1948
Susan Bishop Mother Feb 2, 1875 Feb 21, 1953 At Rest
Eliziebeth. Riley (1st line is ELIZIEBE - 2nd line, TH. RILEY)
Grant. Bishop Was Bornd. Feb. 13. 1898 Dec Nov. 21, 1918 At Rest (“Dec” is deceased)
Easter Bishop Aug 1, 1849 Aug 22, 1920
Alex Bishop Co I 14 KY CAV
Martha Bishop Apr 2, 1875 Nov 30, 1926
Rod in ground as marker
Elizabeth Baker Apr 4, 1876 Feb 10, 1962
Alfred Baker Dec 18, 1875 Feb 19, 1948
Hugh Baker Jan 15, 1921 Dec 19, 1925
Walter Baker 1919 – 1919
Luster Baker 1922 - 1922
Willie Baker 1926 – 1926
--Double Stone – Mother Father
Catherine W. Baker Jan 23, 1900 July 2, 1969
Chester Baker Apr 5, 1897 July 1, 1974
Row 14
Debthora Riley ( rock marker with bush & tree on grave)
Rock
Carl Wayne Bishop Sept 29, 1947 Dec 23, 1996 “We Love You, Randy” In God’s Care
Noah Bishop June 10, 1903 May 11, 1981
Chester Bishop May 2, 1901 June 6, 1976
Amerle Riley
Ethel Riley
Walter Riley Borned. 19. Sep 1 _ 97 Died 3 Dec 1927 (homemade & born year 1997-mistake)
Winton Bishop Aug 5, 1938 Sept 27, 1988 We Love You
Tillmon Bishop Born 1923 And Died
--Double Stone – Bishop - In Love
Grant Bishop Mar 20, 1894 Apr 2, 1969
Bradie Bishop Jan 5, 1902 Jan 13, 1987
Martha Fox April 29, 1896 December 6, 1971 Our Loving Mother
Alfred Bishop June 18, 1942 Sept 13, 1990 We Love You
Grace Marie Allen Oct 11, 1931 Aug 7, 1985 Beloved Sister, Daughter, Aunt
--Double Stone – Allen - Wed June 26, 1918 – (Jeep & Mailbox drawing on back of stone)
Dora Allen Jan 22, 1900 May 12, 1990
Seif Allen Apr 14, 1900 Nov 28, 1970
Rock (unreadable)
Stone – homemade & unreadable (stone same as Bishop stones)
Jeniffier Frost 1955 – 1955 Baby
James H. Ledford Aug 6, 1875 Jan 11, 1951 (stone looks just like Roy Ledford’s stone/row 4)
Sheldon Frost Feb 6, 1940 March 17, 1942 Gone But Not Forgotten
Ronnie Bishop, Jr. June 2, 1974 Aug 16, 1976 Gone But Not Forgotten
Transcribed by Marion & Martha Couch on October 16, 2005
Marion Couch
3500 Margerum Annex
Cherokee, Alabama 35616