Wirt County
West Virginia
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Wirt County
West Virginia
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Wirt County
Index to Locations
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Ray R. Palmer (1896-1974) —
of Wirt
County, W.Va.
Born in New Dale, Wetzel
County, W.Va., March 28,
1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
teacher; farmer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wirt County, 1959-62.
Methodist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died February
6, 1974 (age 77 years, 315
days).
Interment at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery.
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French Robinson (d. 1987) —
of Elizabeth, Wirt
County, W.Va.
Democrat. Chair of
Wirt County Democratic Party, 1940.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1987.
Interment at Owl Hill Methodist Cemetery.
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Frank Munday, Jr. (1925-1993) —
of Elizabeth, Wirt
County, W.Va.
Born March 27,
1925.
Democrat. Chair of
Wirt County Democratic Party, 1969-70.
Died May 28,
1993 (age 68 years, 62
days).
Interment at Knights of Pythias Cemetery.
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Carroll E. Bumgarner (1937-1984) —
of Oak Hill, Fayette
County, W.Va.
Born in Wirt
County, W.Va., January
13, 1937.
Son of Joseph C. Bumgarner and Nina M. (Greer) Bumgarner.
Democrat. School
teacher; athletic
coach; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1973-78, 1981-82 (Fayette
County 1973-74, 21st District 1975-78, 1981-82).
Methodist.
Member, Lions.
Died, from heart
disease, in July, 1984
(age 47
years, 0 days).
Interment at Pisgah Cemetery.
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