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Appalachia, Cecil M. Adkins, cemeteries, Cooper Hollow, Cora E. Adkins, Cornis A. Isaacs, genealogy, Harts, history, John Fitzgerald Dingess, Lincoln County, Ruby Adkins, Shirley Jean Adkins, U.S. South, West Virginia, William Aaron Adkins, William Aaron Adkins Family Cemetery
The William Aaron Adkins Family Cemetery, which I visited on 15 February 1998, is located at Cooper Hollow 1.3 miles up Guyan River Road on the right from Harts, Lincoln County.
William A. Adkins (1872-1970); s/o Burrell and Malissa Jane (Adkins) Adkins
Cora E. Adkins (1881-19XX); d/o Gordon and Martella (Workman) Lilly; m. William Aaron Adkins; died 1974
Ruby Adkins (1923-1976); d/o Fletcher and Rachel (Messer) Workman
Cecil M. Adkins (12 May 1909-12 Dec 1953); s/o W. Aaron and Cora E. (Lilly) Adkins
unmarked grave
Cornis A. Isaacs (1934-1935); s/o Ed and Hazel (Ramey) Isaacs
Shirley Jean Adkins; died at age of about one year; d/o Cecil and Ruby (Workman) Adkins
John Fitzgerald Dingess (1970-1970); s/o Gene and Rachel (Adkins) Dingess
Brandon Ray Kirk 
William aaron adkins was my great grandfather. his daughter iva maude was my grandmother. she married lewis Walton chapman. they lived in Chapmanville until about 1942 or 43 when they moved to harts. the chapman memorial church is on property hat my grandfather gave for the church to be built. my aunt corine was married to custer McCann whos mother I believe was a kirk? roger McCann and greg McCann are my first cousins. johnny golden adkins is my second cousin. gary chapman is my uncle.
Hi, Larry. It’s so good to hear from you again. Your post brought up the names of some of the most important persons who have ever lived in my community. Many of the names also represent my family or old family friends to my more immediate relatives. As a local historian, your Adkins line has always interested me due to the large and important role played by Burl Adkins and others in Harts Creek affairs. (I actually research your Adkins line more than my own Adkins line.) I could not provide enough complimentary words for any of your relatives. My community certainly misses those who have left us.
i have many fond memories of our summer visits to Harts. My mother moved to Delaware in 1944 to work and met my dad there. We visited Harts every summer for several weeks and always stayed at lease one night with great grandad and granny adkins where we children always slept on a big feather down mattress on the floor. johnny golden and i are about the same age as is uncle gary chapman. the chapmans helped to settle chapmansville. lots of great history in our families, including the kirk family. i was always fond of my uncle custer mccann and his family. Larry