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The Price Lucas Family Cemetery, which I visited on 3 September 2015, is located on Sand Creek ridge in Lincoln County, WV. Today, this cemetery is popularly known as the Lucas Cemetery or Lucas-Farley Cemetery. To reach the cemetery, drive 3.5 miles up the Big Fork or Laurel Fork of Saw Mill Hollow of Sand Creek. A four-wheel drive vehicle is required. I last visited this cemetery on 12 September 2002.
Row 1
unmarked rock headstone — Homer Maynard
Roger Lee Maynard (03 November 1965-13 December 1992)
Row 2
Johnny A. Farley (05 May 1956-30 May 1958)
Rachel Farley (04 July 1945-04 July 1945); d/o Melvin Clay and Causby Elvira (Lucas) Farley
Causby Elvira Farley (04 December 1917-13 July 1983); d/o David Price and Nancy (Neace) Lucas; m. Melvin Clay Farley
Melvin Clay Farley (19 November 1905-13 October 1989); s/o Matthew Clay and Rachel (Lucas) Farley
Howard Adkins, Jr. (27 July 1935-12 September 1998); s/o Causby Elvira Lucas
Dencil Ray Johnson (30 July 1940-24 November 2006)
Pearl Johnson (1939-still alive); d/o Melvin Clay and Causby Elvira (Lucas) Farley; m. Dencil Ray Johnson
Michael Johnson (1975-2014)
Clayton D. Johnson (1965-2009); s/o Dencil Ray and Pearl (Farley) Johnson
Debra Johnson (1965-still alive); m. Clayton D. Johnson
Row 3
NOTE: In 2002, I noted a tin marker reading “Lettie Farley” here
Ralph Farley (1886-1967); s/o R. Lee and Elvira (Lucas) Farley
rock headstone and footstone — Ralph’s second wife
rock headstone and footstone — c/o Vergie Thompson
“B.R.P.” carved on rock headstone with footstone
“R.F.” carved on rock headstone with footstone
(little gap)
NOTE: IN 2002, I noted two unmarked graves here.
Jane (1883-1920); d/o Ralph and Emmazetta (Nelson) Lucas; m. David Robinson Farley
Joe Farley (1919-1920); s/o David R. and Jane (Lucas) Farley
rock headstone and footstone
D.L. (died March 28, 1939)
NOTE: In 2002, I noted a rock here reading “C.R.” or “O.R.”
Row 4
Lilburn L. Farley (05 November 1931-23 January 2011); s/o Ralph “Rafe” and Nancy V. (Neace) Farley
Violet I. Farley (04 September 1937-02 November 1997); m. Lilburn L. Farley
Jocko and Jean Farley Baby (d. May 1957)
rock headstone with tiny footstone
rock headstone and footstone — child
rock headstone and footstone
(slightly out of row)
rock headstone and footstone
rock headstone and footstone
(gap)
hickory tree
large round rock headstone with rock footstone
“F.B.R.” carved on rock
rock headstone and small rock footstone
rock headstone and footstone
Susan Rakes (1858-1925); s/o John Clay and Rebecca (Elkins) Farley; m. Levi C. Rakes
Levi Rakes (1835-1929); s/o Levi and Ola Rakes
round rock headstone and tiny rock footstone; c/o Levi and Susan (Lucas) Rakes
rock headstone; c/o Levi and Susan (Lucas) Rakes
Row 5
rock headstone nearly buried
rock headstone laying on ground and footstone
tiny rock headstone and footstone
“F.L.” carved on rock
“D.P.L.” carved on rock; d. Nov 17, 1917; David Price Lucas; s/o John and Mary (Fry) Lucas
hickory tree
Row 6
rock headstone with hickory tree at footstone
rock headstone pile with tiny rock footstone
rock footstone
Edar M. Vance (1922-1998); d/o Tolbert and Nancy L. Adkins; m. Maxcil Vance
Charley Vance, Jr. (1942-2013)
Row 7
Margaret Ann Lucas (1876-1951); d/o Ralph and Emmazetta (Nelson) Lucas; m1. Owen O. Vance; m2. Allen Green Lucas
rock headstone
Florie Vance (27 February 1925-14 November 1927); born 28 October 1927; d/o Charles and Hazel (Nelson) Vance
Nellie Vance (09 June 1930-25 September 1931); d/o Charles and Hazel (Nelson) Vance
cement square headstone and rock footstone
cement square headstone and rock footstone
rock headstone and footstone
E. Vance — difficult to read — “June 14” — likely Elbert Vance, born c.1929, s/o Charley and Hazel (Nelson) Vance
rock headstone and footstone
Charley Vance (17 August 1898-11 July 1950); s/o Owen O. and Margaret (Lucas) Vance
Hazel Vance (1901-1966); born 1898; d/o Allen and Sibby (Lovejoy) Nelson; m. Charley Vance
cement square headstone
cinderblock headstone
Larry Owen Vance (22 January 1945-03 November 1986)
Maxcil Vance (16 February 1923-02 December 1988); s/o Charley and Hazel (Nelson) Vance
Mauna Rogers (1947-1994); d/o Charley and Hazel (Nelson) Vance
Row 8
Annie Lambert (10 April 1915-22 June 2001); d/o Ralph “Rafe” and Nancy V. (Neace) Farley; m. Albert A. Lambert
Albert A. Lambert (20 February 1921-30 January 1976); s/o Henderson and Lilly Mae (Lucas) Lambert; PVT US ARMY WWII; m. Anna D. Farley
Allen Green Lucas (1876-1960); s/o John W. and Sarah (Clark) Lucas
(gap)
hickory tree
rock laying on ground at hickory tree
rock headstone laying on ground
rock headstone and footstone
rock headstone and footstone
NOTE: Among the four unmarked graves listed above, three reportedly belong to “colored” people.
Row 9
“H.A.” carved on rock
(gap)
hickory tree
Robert L. Lucas (1906-1974); s/o Allen Green and Margaret A. (Lucas) Lucas
Lula Belle Lucas (17 November 1923-08 May 1950); d/o Bird and Lizzie (Tipton) Nelson; m. Robert Lucas
Roger Dale Lucas (23 December 1949-18 September 1950); s/o Robert and Lula Belle (Nelson) Lucas
Row 10
rock headstone and footstone (child)
(gap)
rock headstone and footstone
rock headstone and hickory tree as footstone; tin marker is faded
Row 11
Robert Brumfield (03 May 1935- still alive); s/o Paris and Julia A. (Lucas) Brumfield
Paris Brumfield (22 August 1888-11 January 1939); s/o John H. and Susan Ellen (Lucas) Brumfield
rock headstone and footstone
Jhonnie Hicks; s/o Bill and Chessie (Brumfield) Hicks
(large gap)
three trees
Thomas Clayton Church (01 December 1933-29 December 1999)
Sylvia Sibby C. Church (10 December 1935-17 December 2003); d/o Charley and Hazel (Nelson) Church; m. Thomas C. Church
Row 12
Ellen Louise Collins (15 May 1954-20 March 2011)
Row 13
Henry Luke Shelton (20 January 2007-20 January 2007); s/o Clifford and Pauline Shelton
George E. Lambert (03 June 1939-still alive); s/o Henderson and Lilly Mae (Lucas) Lambert
Fannie Lambert (20 April 1929-21 September 2011); m. George E. Lambert
Brandon Ray Kirk 
Greetings. I’m distantly related to the Neace’s via Margaret LaForce Neace. I’ve found death certificates for 3 so far & they all state buried @ the Lucas Cemetery. But there are 14 Lucas Cemeteries in West Virginia. Do you know which one Lilburn, John & Nancy Neace Farley might be buried in? Thanks for any help. 🙂
I believe they are buried in the Price Lucas (aka Lucas-Farley) Cemetery located on the ridge at Sand Creek, Lincoln County, WV. I’m certain that Rafe and Nancy Virginia (Neace) Farley are buried there. If you’re consulting Find-A-Grave for these Lucas cemeteries, be careful! Non-natives to my area have made many inaccurate entries at the site.
I didn’t add any new cemeteries. I used ones added by others.
I added several but Lilburn & Causby’s last 2 kids before realizing at least a couple of them were duplicates.
One of the dups was Nancy so I deleted my dup. They do indeed have her & her husband already added to the proper cemetery. Mary Susan, another dup which I’ve deleted, was already added to the Sias-Lambert cemetery. Somebody else also added Ira Dillard & Albert to the William R. Lucas cemetery & they’ve got a pic posted on Ira’s memorial so I’m assuming they’re correct.
So Lilburn, Causby, John & Leatha could be in Lucas-Farley or William R. Lucas either one. Could you find out for sure?
And do you know whatever happened to their youngest 2 – Joseph & Winfield? I couldn’t find DC’s for them so I didn’t add them.
Here’s a link to Lilburn & his family I either added or linked to: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188171609/lilburn-henderson-neace
Thanks for replying. 🙂
Just a word of caution: If you are non-local and using grave entries made by others at FAG, be careful — people have made a ton of inaccurate entries for cemeteries located in my area. It’s actually so bad that if you visit a cemetery looking for some of the graves as shown at FAG you won’t find them. The person may be buried across the ridge, down the hollow, or in another county! The Sias-Lambert Cemetery, for instance, is a complete mess Some years ago, someone who doesn’t live here placed Sias family members who are buried in THREE separate cemeteries into one giant FAG entry. As a Sias descendant and the caretaker of one of the Sias cemeteries, I have mostly corrected the error but I have not yet taken the time to correct the horribly inaccurate Sias-Lambert cemetery, which I first visited nearly thirty years ago. (Mary Susan Neace Headley IS buried there. I descend from the Headleys; her husband is a nephew to my ancestor.) Just a note: My step-grandfather was part-Neace; a lot of what I know about them comes from his family. Lilburn Neace will be buried in one of those two Lucas cemeteries: William R. -Lucas (lately called the Lucas-Adkins cemetery) on Fourteen Mile Creek or Price Lucas at Sand Creek. It likely wouldn’t be too difficult to know since he died somewhat late in 1949. Some of his close family will remember or know. My gut instinct is that he is buried at Sand Creek with his daughter Nancy Virginia (Neace) Farley. I attended school with a lot of their descendants and not only did they hand down the name of Lilburn but they also had his photo. Having said this, Lilburn Neace COULD be buried at the William R. cemetery (lots of unmarked graves there) because at least two of his children are buried in that cemetery: Ira Dillard and Albert. Note: Billy Lucas, the namesake for the cemetery, is my direct ancestor. Knowing the location of Lilburn’s burial would have been so easy not long ago as I interviewed many old-timers who remembered him well, people born prior to 1910. I may have noted some of the stories I heard about him; I’ll check my old interview notes and recordings. You also asked about Joseph Neace — he’s buried at Frye Ridge near his in-laws. I visited his grave a few years ago. It’s located in a remote area of the ridge. Winfield Neace was still alive in the 1990s.
I’ve been @ this a while now. I know all too well the mistakes made @ Find A Grave which is why I barely use the site anymore. Family Search isn’t a lot better. In fact someone added a tree & has Lilburn listed as a child of Jacob & Margaret something – not LaForce. His parents were actually John & Margaret LaForce Neace. His death certificate even says so.
I need name of cemetery for Joseph. And who was his wife? And acc’d to SSDI Winfield died 1993. Don’t know if he married/his wife’s name either.
I also found death info for Frank Neace who was another son of John & Margaret LaForce Neace. It says buried @ Neace cemetery in WV but don’t say county. I found 2 Neace cemeteries @ Find A Grave – one in Lincoln County & one in Cabell County. Do you know which one it is?
How many years have you been working on genealogy? FAG is okay but only as good as the person who contributes the information. Myself, I won’t make a FAG entry unless I have visited the cemetery and mapped it, etc. A lot of non-local folks use online death records to contribute FAG data and make numerous errors. Familysearch is good for quick access to original b-m-d records, especially if you don’t live here and can’t visit the courthouses and see records firsthand. I never use any of its trees. Are you local or are you using online research only to put this together? I’ve visited the graves of most of John Neace’s children. If FAG doesn’t have entries for those cemeteries, I’ll post them soon. I’ve collected over 500 cemeteries, mostly for my own research; adding them to FAG takes plenty of time.
I’ve been at this since my mom died so 14 years. But before that I was a site designer/online software installer so I know what I’m doing as far as websites go. And as far as genealogy goes I’m a stickler for the details (as you can see considering how many times I’ve contacted you now). Nobody’s perfect but I’m pretty close & on the rare occasions I do screw things up I can/do fix it.
I’ve never been to WV. I do a combo of adding people via online research & visiting cemeteries.
John Clarence & Margaret LaForce Neace are both unknown burials. If you could help me fix that it’d be awesome. But as far as their 13 kids go 8 have been found @ find a grave (so far). We’re missing Louisa/Lucy, Nevada/Vada, Winnie/Minnie, Eutace & Ida.
Thanks for talking w/ me. I do appreciate it.
I finally figured out where Margaret’s buried & added her to the proper cemetery. And Eustace Oliver was in the same cemetery. Now we’re just missing the 4 girls. Do you know if they grew to adulthood & married?