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Foley Cemetery 
Melville, Logan County, West Virginia


Cemetery: Foley Cemetery
Other: Sunbeam
Sign: No
Street:
City:
Township: Melville
County: Logan
State: West Virginia
Nation: United States
Zip:
Status: Abandoned
Size: Medium
Directions: Ethel - left hand side.  turn left into creek bed.  Must walk a good distance
Type: Road-public
Location: Suburban-undeveloped
Terrain: Hillside
Watersource: Yes
Features: cemetary is severely overgrown and is very heavy wooded growth
Land Type:
Access: Open
Enclosure:
Gate:
Established:
Gravestones:
Oldest:
Newest:
Removed: Unknown
Relocated: Unsure
Repairs: No
Methods:
Restoration: Unsure
Association: Unsure
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Unsure
Records location:
Landscaping: No
Paths: Yes
Trees: Unsure
Crypts: No
Fencing: Yes
Walkways: No
Brickwork: No
Ironwork: Yes
Sculpture: No
Fountains: No
Roads: No
Buildings: No
Cement: Yes
Granite:
Marble: Yes
Native Stone:
Slate:
Other Stone: Yes
Wood: Yes
Materials: Yes
Architectural: Unsure
Angels: Yes
Draperies: Unsure
Fraternal: Unsure
Hands: Unsure
Lambs: Yes
Monograms: Unsure
Plants: Unsure
Photos: No
Religious: Yes
Scrollwork: Unsure
Urns: Unsure
Other Carvings: Unsure
Condition: Cemetery neglected
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried: Yes
Weather problems: No
Pollution problems: No
Vandalized: Yes
Police report: No
VA: Gravestones-Broken
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Disturbing
Vegetation: Trees
Vegetation: Ground-Cover
Vegetation: Moss
Vegetation: Vines
Drainage: Good
Owner: Cemetery
Use:
Bordering: Commercial
Change: Same
Reason:
Visited: Rarely
Archeology: Unknown
Habitat: Unknown
Contacted:

Needs

four wheelers are riding over graves, some of which are military. Headstones are broken. Can not distinguish where graves are because of overgrowth. Trees have fallen down on graves.

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Submitted by:

name: Helen Johnson
Email: wjatwoodrow@msn.com
Date: 9/26/2001

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