Ward Cemetery
Official Site
Kelleys Creek Road Near Cedar Grove
Kanawha County, West Virginia
LOCATION ADDRESS
Kanawha County EMS Assigned Address:
2041 Kelley's Creek Rd, Cedar Grove, WV
GPS Coordinates: 38.233181, -81.417323
The mailing address for this cemetery was once Ward, WV. The Ward post office closed in 1969.
MAILING ADDRESS
Ward Cemetery
c/o Sherry Smith
3012 Dorsey Drive
Belle, WV 25015
FOR DONATIONS, PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO
WARD CEMETERY
AND MAIL TO SHERRY SMITH AT
THE ABOVE MAILING ADDRESS
YOU CAN ALSO DONATE ONLINE WITH PAYPAL
CEMETERY INFO/GENERAL INFO
or phone Sherry Smith at
(304) 595-2919
M-F 9am-5pm
for cemetery information and donation information.
If there is no answer, please leave a message and we will return your call as soon as possible.
BURIAL LOCATIONS/PLOT LOOKUPS
or phone Jan Richardson at
(304) 981-1116
for plot lookups and help locating a grave.
If there is no answer, please leave a detailed message and provide the name of the deceased so that we may check our records and have the information ready for you when we return your call.
YOU MAY ALSO USE THE CONTACT FORM ON THIS WEBSITE.
WELCOME TO WARD CEMETERY
Ward Cemetery is located near the former coal miningtown of Ward, West Virginia. The cemetery is located on Kelly's Creek Road in an unincorporated area of eastern Kanawha County approximately one mile northeast of the of the town limits of Cedar Grove, West Virginia. The cemetery is around ten acres in size and is situated on a hillside. Ward Cemetery is a very old community cemetery and the terrain in some areas of the cemetery can be very rugged and steep. Ward Cemetery is not a perpetual care cemetery, is not operated for profit, and there are no deeded plots. Ward Cemetery is still an active burial ground and the final resting place of many former Kelley's Creek Collieries/Valley Camp Coal Company employees, their families, and their descendants.
Visitor Information
Ward Cemetery visiting hours are daily from dawn until dusk. Ward Cemetery has no paid staff and NO OFFICE on site. The smaller cemetery gates are always unlocked for visitors. However, due to past problems with theft, vandalism, and damage caused by off-road vehicles, the larger double gates will remain locked for the protection of the cemetery.
If you need to locate a grave or need additional information or assistance, please contact us BEFORE your visit. Ward Cemetery is cared for by volunteers who may not be immediately available to assist you at the time of your visit. There is no office on the cemetery grounds. You may email info@wardcemetery.com or phone (304) 981-1116 M-F 9am-5pm for burial location information BEFORE your visit to the cemetery. Please leave a detailed message and we will call you back as soon as possible.
If you need access through the locked drive-in gates, please contact us IN ADVANCE OF YOUR VISIT to make arrangements for one of our volunteers to meet you to unlock the gates. You may email us at info@wardcemetery.com or phone (304) 595-2919 M-F 9am-5pm or use our CONTACT FORM. Only Advisory Committee members and maintenance personnel will be issued a key. Please see our POLICY page for more information regarding cemetery policy.
PLEASE NOTE: The cemetery has no trash pickup, so please take any old flowers and trash with you when leaving the cemetery. Burning trash is not legal and has not been allowed for a long time and the trash bin has been removed. Please do not throw garbage on top or beside of our storage bin. It is not a trash bin.
Caretaker and Committee Information
Loving care for Ward Cemetery is coordinated by the Ward Cemetery Advisory Committee and paid for using donated funds. Mowing is dependent upon the availability of funds and workers. Please contact us if interested in grass cutting or in volunteering or donating towards the care of Ward Cemetery.
After many years of loving care and dedication by caretakers such as Charles and Patsy Tucker and Lee Roy and Helen Smith and others, Ward Cemetery still continues to be maintained thanks to the work of caretaker Sherry Smith assisted by the volunteer members of the Ward Cemetery Advisory Committee.
Ward Cemetery Advisory Committee, Inc. is an IRS registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation and is licensed to conduct business in the state of West Virginia. The all-volunteer committee was established to assist with the care of Ward Cemetery. The committee oversees fundraising, the collection and handling of donations and other funds, purchasing and maintaining items such as tools and equipment, and the hiring of maintenance crews to mow the grass and complete other projects in the cemetery. The advisory committee depends upon donations from the local community to accomplish their mission. If you have questions or need information about the Ward Cemetery Advisory Committee, please email us at info@wardcemetery.com or use our CONTACT FORM.
All donations/fundraising money/cemetery fees collected are used to finance the care, beautification, and preservation of Ward Cemetery. These funds are managed by the Ward Cemetery Advisory Committee and used to pay for items such as, but not limited to, weed eaters, weed eater string, purchase/replacement of mowing equipment, equipment repair/maintenance, gasoline, maintenance tools, tree and brush removal, fence repair, hiring a grass cutting crew, and major projects/repairs such as flood damage repair.
Ward Cemetery is NOT connected in any way to the website "Find A Grave" or that website's owner, Ancestry.com. The Ward Cemetery burial information found on the website "Find A Grave" is NOT an official listing of burials in Ward Cemetery and does not accurately reflect the burial records of Ward Cemetery. The information on "Find A Grave" is user-submitted by many different contributors and may not be accurate.