Yarber Family Cemetery

Location: Allen Rd Island City ½ mi. from Jackson County line N 37o 22.116’ W 83o 48.087’ Transcribed by: Wallace Edwards Date: 1/25/2006

NAME

BIRTH

DEATH

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

ROW 1

Herman Biggs

2/28/1964

3/1/1964

S/O Lawrence & Sarilda Biggs

Larry Lee Biggs

3/15/1946

9/3/1947

S/O Earl & Virgie Yarber Biggs

Marie Biggs

2/2/1937

7/4/1938

S/O Earl & Virgie Yarber Biggs

Douglas Biggs

1/25/1936

1/12/1942

S/O Earl & Virgie Yarber Biggs

Layton Biggs

12/27/1940

4/18/1978

S/O Earl & Virgie Yarber Biggs, H/O Dorothy Lainhart

ROW 2

Field Stone

Field Stone

Field Stone

ROW 3

Field Stone

Earl Biggs

5/27/1915

3/12/1992

S/O Willie & Sarilda Gibson Biggs, H/O Virgie Yarber

Virgie Y. Biggs

10/31/1920

5/2/2005

D/O Green & Drewie Rowland Yarber, W/O Earl

ROW 4

Field Stone

Paul Ray Yarber

1952

1966

S/O Earl & Mable Biggs Yarber – Killed in motorcycle accident w/Junior

Junior Edd Yarber

1949

1966

S/O Earl & Mable Biggs Yarber – Killed in motorcycle accident w/Paul

Vernon Yarber

1941

1945

S/O Earl & Mable Biggs Yarber

Earl Yarber

1916

1994

S1 USN WW II, S/O Green & Drewie Rowland Yarber, H/O Mable Biggs

Mable B. Yarber

9/27/1918

7/16/2001

D/O Willie & Sarilda Biggs, W/O Earl

Beverly Lynn Yarber

4/2/1997

6/14/2003

D/O Mike & Vickie Yarber – Drowned

Robert W. Callahan

2/22/1976

7/25/2004

S/O Donnie Yarber & Fredia Callahan

ROW 5

Green Yarber

1890

1946

S/O Samuel & Margaret Peters Yarber, H/O Drewie

Drewie Yarber

5/3/1897

3/10/1986

D/O Nelson & Rachel Banks Rowland, W/O Green

Ethel Biggs

12/26/1930

3/30/1959

D/O Green & Drewie Rowland Yarber, W/O Ernest Biggs

Hugh Yarber

4/1/1918

2/13/2001

S/O Green & Drewie Rowland Yarber, H/O Hettie Lainhart

ROW 6

Robert Pierson

1871

1951

S/O James & Catherine Bowman Pierson, H/O Eliza Shepherd

Eliza Pierson

1877

1956

D/O Samuel Cecil & Elizabeth Peters Shepherd, W/O Robert

Another bit of information

Duluth Pierson Gross had 3 siblings that are buried at Yarber Cemetery. On the Owsley County website they are listed as unknown field stones. I am not sure the order in which they are buried but here is the info I have:

Harlie Pierson, 01/20/1920 - Unknown date before 1930, S/O Herbert & Sarah Rowland Pierson

Lawrence Pierson, 04/08/1928 - unknown date before 1930, S/O Herbert & Sarah Rowland Pierson.

Eva “Evie” Pierson, 02/20/1925 - around 6 yrs of age, D/O Herbert & Sarah Rowland Pierson.

Submitted by Amy Cole