William Littleberry Cemetery

Reverend William Littleberry Partin

I've been here only a couple of times, and both times it was swelteringly hot, but that's the way it usually is on Labor Day weekend, the traditional time for the annual family reunion. Traveling down the dirt road to the cemetery, the lack of signs of a former family community caused me to think of how quickly our mark on the world can be erased.  On top of a high hill the William L. Cemetery sits in isolation, proof that our family once lived in these hills. 

Silas Parden told me there were once wooden markers here, but when they rotted away they were replaced with large rocks, in recent years granite stones have been put in place.

Ray Parden

Sarrah W. Partin, wife of Wm. L. Partin

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Gipsy Lee and Junior (William) Parden

Jewel and Malissa Partin, daughters of Wm. L. and Sarrah.  Jewel died as a child, the date of Malissa's death is unknown.

Rhoda Partin Sellers and Bill Partin.  Rhoda was Wm. L. and Sarrah's oldest daughter, Bill was never married.

John Partin, another son of Wm. L. and Sarrah, never married.

Vaughn Duke Parden, the only recent grave, was the son of William L. Parden, grandson of Rev. Wm. L. Partin