IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF WETZEL COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
HARRISON COUNTY COAL RESOURCES, INC.,
a Delaware corporation,
and,
KIMBERLY S. BRUMMAGE,
CAROL S. CECIL,
JOSHUA C. CECIL,
ROGER E. TENNANT, and
JOSEPH W. WHITE
Petitioners,
v. Civil Action No. 22-P-39
CECILLIA BOYLE, ET AL, AND
ALL KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS AND
NEXT OF KIN OF THOSE PERSONS BURIED
IN THE MORGAN CEMETERY.
Respondents.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
TO: The above-named Respondents, their heirs, spouses, and/or assigns; and to any owners, claimants, or lienors of the land herein referred to.
There is now pending in the Circuit Court of Wetzel County, West Virginia, the above-styles Civil Action in which Harrison County Coal Resources, Inc., a
Delaware corporation authorized to do business in West Virginia, and Kimberly S. Brummage, Carol S. Cecil, Joshua C. Cecil, Roger E. Tennant, and Joseph W. White are Petitioners, and the following parties are the Respondents:
Cecillia Boyle; Mary Louise Shuman; Thomas Randall Shuman; Louise Ann Stewart Simmons; Troy Blaine Fisher; Cecelia Wilson; Beth Wells; Debbie Oyler; Machelle Edmonson; Michael Edmonson; Adrienne
Edmonson; Doll Y. Dearner; Susan Anderson Crull; Nancy Anderson; Katie Anderson; Jeanne Share; Ruth Ann Barker; Clyde J. Barker; Shirley Stout; Carl Leroy Edgell; Roger Lee Edgell, Sr.; Sarah Fletcher; Myralene Adams; Jeffery Allen Edgell; Roger Lee Edgell, Jr.; Mary Margaret Stine; Sharol Stine; Holly Poach; Greg Stine; Jeff Stine; Mary Jo Childers; Karen Ruth Morr; Debra K. Ellifritt; Patricia A. Mccoy; David Michael Mccoy; Richard M. Mccoy; Janet Kennedy; Summer Sink; Paul Talkington; Herb Talkington; Gerrad
Talkington; Jay Ross Snodgrass; Leah Lucille Goff;
Allen Cozart; Joe Cozart; Joe Cozart; Susan Domzalski; Lillian Mixter; Jamie Bess Hobbs; Angela Williamson; Sharon Weyand; Barb Eberle; Richard Williamson; Lisa Denise Rebich; Darla M. Mraovich Mcnamara; Judson R. Anderson; Martha Desselle; Gerald Wallis; Anita I. Hyland Antel; Larry Glen Taylor; Shirley Burkeholder; Judy Voelz; Joyce Schumm; Curtis Baughman; Gretchien Baughman; David Lee Baker; Donald Baker; Lynne Wisard; Kenneth Roy Hayes; Michael William Hayes; Steven Wayne Hayes; Natalie Jo Spinkx;
Martha Mccoy; William D. Hayes; Russell W. Hayes; Roy E. Hayes, Jr.; Robin Burton, Jr.; Wyome Burton; Ashley Cokeley; Carolyn Wright; Violet Hall; Barbara J. Roger Valenti; Deborah K. Stukbauer; Harriet C.
Shelton; Lori Vanwhy; Kathy Wilson Reigelsperger; Ciara Britani Wilson Tataranowicz; Or Their Unknown Heirs; and
The Unknown Heirs of: Albert Leon Hayhurst; Alcinda Willey Haught; Alice Lillie Norris Stout; Allen Lightener Adkison; Allie Barker Norris; Alva Marvin Hayes; Angenora Copenhaver; Anna Jack Hays; Anthoney Ice; Arles J. Snodgrass; Asa O. Shoeman; Athilla Mariah Edgell Hayhurst; Ausburn Columbus Cain; Bertha Alice Barker Hayes; Bessie Taylor; Birdie P. Norris; Bonnie B. Walters; Bonnie Hayes; Carol Sue Norris; Cassius Cleveland Walters; Catherine J. Barker Stephens;
Catherine J. Morgan Satterfield; Catherine L. Timblin; Celia Belle Wade Shuman; Charles John Barker; Chloe Elizabeth Watson; Clara Alice Carmichael Bane; Cli On G. Hayes; Cli Ord Norris; Clovis Alfred Kocher; Clyde Jerome Shriver; Clyde Lawrence Shriver; Cora Mae Bragg Pratt; Corah B. Weed; Corp Mandon R. Cain; Daisy Mae Norris Adkison; Daisy Norris; David B.
Watkins; David Barker; David Earl Walters; David Samuel Norris; Delcie Vendetta Edgell; Dr Asa Howard Anderson; Dr Bryan L. Wade; Dr John Nicolas Devore; E. A. Norris; Eathel B. Edgell; Edmund Jackson Hayes; Edna M. Bywaters; Edward R. Kocher; Elanor Belle Snodgrass Norris; Eliza Ada Edgell Barker; Eliza Jane Estep Yoho; Elizabeth Davis; Elizabeth Mary Nay Copenhaver; Elizabeth Monroe Calvert; Elizabeth Smith Morgan; Elizabeth Sterling Edgell; Emma Barbara Bane Brown; Emma Leota Mae Burdine; Emma Mae Hayes Ice; Erick Ray Hinds; Esther C. Weigand; Etha Shuman; Ev Norris; Eva I. Johnson; Eve; Fair C. Ice; Fieldon
Socretes Snodgras; Florence Geraldine Snodgrass
Higgins; Flossie M. Musgrove; Fostaline Snodgrass Anderson; Frank Barker; Gamisee B. Norris; George Washington Adkison; George William Norris; Gilbert Hennen; Gilbert Neil Moore; Grace Ann Mckinley
Barker; Gypsy Jacqueline Snodgrass Scott; H. J. Milton; Harmon Mcknight; Harold L. Bane; Harold Miller; Harry Lee Brown; Hattie Jeannettie Dillaman Cunningham; Hattie Lee Nutter Snodgrass; Hazel A. Shuman; Henry Alfred Yost; Henry Harrison Shuman; Howard Leslie Hayes; Howard Sylvan Steele; Hubert D. Hays; Ida B. Barker; Ida Columbia Pierpoint Steele; Infant Conaway; Infant Nutter Snodgrass; Infant Shuman; Infant Wade; Irene Bane; Irene Conwell; J. M. Franks; J. P. Lynch; J. S. Barker; Jacob M. Morgan Sr.; Jacob Morgan Jr.; James
Alva Edgell; James Earl Barker; James Evert Barker; James G. Swiger; James H. Barker; James Henry Gump; James Jack; James Madison Kerns; James Paul Snodgrass; James Taylor Snodgrass; Jesse Adkison; John “Cracky” Barker; John Lindsay Carroll; John Melcher Cyphers; John S. Taylor; John Wesley Hayhurst; Jonah S. Stephens; Jonas Ulysses Grant “Liss” Miller; Joseph Max Brown; Joseph William “Joby” Norris; Joseph Wiseman Copenhaver; Kathleen May Anderson Zammarano; L. M. Satterfield; Leo Oral Pratt; Leonard B. Norris; Levi H. Haught; Levi Hays; Levi
Shuman; Lewis Spencer Walters; Lewis Travis Wilson; Lillie M. Satterfield; Lindsey Barker; Lorenza Andrew Steele; Lucinda V. Slider Wallace; Lula Carl Hammond; Lurmer Mateel; Luther Harold Barke; Magie Walters; Margaret Ann Barker Ensminger; Margaret Barker Price; Margaret J “Maggie” Norris; Margret Ann Wilson Willey; Martha A. Norris; Mary “Polly” Starkey Barke; Mary Baker Brookfield; Mary C. Franks; Mary E. Milton; Mary Ellen Toothman Hays; Mary F. Snodgrass; Mary Hall Barker; Mary Huldah Stephens Edgell; Mary J. Shuman; Mary Jane Cain Edgell; Mary M. Hayes; Max Lyma Flanigan; Mildred Moore; Millie Virginia Starkey Kocher; Minnie Arvilla Pierpoint Steele; Minnie
Catherine Snyder; Nancy A. Wilson Copenhaver
Morgan; Nancy Ann “Anna” Kerns Walters; Nancy Copenhaver Snyder; Nancy Ellen Williamson King;
Nancy Virginia Hays Wildman; Nathan Bane; Nina
Emily Price Wood; Nina Price; Norma Ruth Barker; Ola Agnes Fluharty Gump; Orpha May Campbell Snodgrass; Patrick A. Ice; Paula Rose Anderson;
Pauline Snodgrass; Pearley J. Ray; Perphenia Cain Starkey; Rachel Emeline Waldo Norris; Ralph Norris; Rebecca Ann Norris Lemasters; Rebecca Barker
Talkington; Regina Bernice Calvert Cook; Rev James C Edgell; Rev Samuel “Marrying Sam” Starkey Jr.; Richard Morgan; Robert B. Conaway; Roy Virgil “Red” Norris; Ruie Jane Kocher; Ruth Allene Milton; Ruth L. Barker; Salina E. Hays Kerns; Sam Keith James; Samuel Barker; Santford G. Barker; Sarah Ann Robbins Snodgrass; Sarah Catherine Barker Hayhurst; Sarah
Elizabeth “Sadie” Stump Pierpoint; Sarah Elizabeth Hearn Yost; Sarah Elizabeth Mccann Taylo; Sarah Ellen Talkington Gump; Sarah I. Fowler; Sarah Ola Haught Barker; Sardenia F. Snodgrass; Shirley Samuel Edgell; Silas Barker; Stanley Carroll; Susan Cordelia Bonnell Cyphers; Susan E. Foster Norris; T. T. Kerns; Tillie
Taylor; Ulysses Grant Edgell; Verda M. Brohard; Virgie M. King; Virginia B. “Jennie” Franks; Virginia Jane
“Jennie” Copenhaver Morgan; W. H. Weed; Walter Leroy Shuman; Walter Oland Dillaman; Walter
Raymond Scott; Walter Smith “Bill” Barker Jr.; Walter Smith Barker Sr.; Wilford Bruce Snodgrass; Wilford Raymond Scott; Willa Redmond; Willard Norman Kuhens; William Benton Taylor; William C. Barker;
William E. Timblin; William Ellsworth Norris; William H. Anderson; William Haught; William Henry Steele;
William Norris; William Riley Snodgrass; William Rose; Woodrow Wilson Wood; and
All Known and Unknown Heirs and Next of Kin of Those Persons Buried in the Morgan Cemetery, and All Other Unknown Respondents.
The object of the Civil Action, as is more particularly described in the Complaint filed herein, is to seek
appointment of substitute trustees charged with management of the certain burial ground identified as the Morgan Cemetery and approval of a proposed agreement between said trustees and Harrison County Coal Resources, Inc. (“HCCR”) waiving any and all
liability associated with the removal of the Pittsburgh coal underlying the Cemetery.
The subject property comprising the Morgan Cemetery consists of all the land identified as Surface Tax Map 29A, Parcel 2, in Grant District, Wetzel
County, West Virginia, containing 0.88 acres, more or less, as per the survey conducted by George D. Six, dated January 28, 2022, which was historically deed and conveyed in the Deed from I.D. Morgan and Minnie Morgan, his wife, to B.F. Copenhaver, W.B. Taylor, L.S. Walters, W.B. Snodgrass, and W.R. Snodgrass, Trustees of the Morgan Cemetery, dated July 8, 1905, recorded July 11, 1905, in Deed Book 92, page 509, conveying a tract of land containing 121 1/2 square poles, more or less, “to be used for burial purposes only.”
It appearing by Affidavit filed in this action that
Petitioners, by its counsel, have contemporaneously herewith attempted to obtain service upon the locatable Respondents via certified mail, return receipt requested and delivery restricted to the addresses, and have used due diligence, pursuant to Rule 4(e)(1)(C) of the West Virginia Rules of Civil Procedure, to ascertain the
addresses or whereabouts of the Respondents, it is therefore ORDERED that the Respondents named herein appear and serve upon W. Taylor Frankovitch, Bowles Rice LLP, counsel for Plaintiff, whose address is 125 Granville Square, Suite 400, Morgantown, West
Virginia 26501, a response or other defense to the
Petition heretofore filed in this action on or before February 15, 2023, or within 30 days after the date of first publication of this notice, whichever is later.
Otherwise, the Court may render a judgment of default against said Respondents at any time thereafter,
thereby granting the relief requested by Petitioners in this Action.
A copy of said Petition can be obtained from the
Office of the Clerk of the Wetzel County Circuit Court, Wetzel County Courthouse, 200 Main Street, New
Martinsville, West Virginia 26155.
By Order of the Circuit Court, this matter has been set down for a hearing on March 13, 2023 at the hour 10:00 am at the Wetzel County Courthouse, 200 Main Street, New Martinsville, West Virginia 26155, during which the Court shall consider the allegations set forth in the Petition filed in the above-styled Civil Action and the relief requested therein. All persons who may have an interest in the subject matter of the above-styled Civil Action are invited to appear on that date and protect their interests.
ENTERED by the Clerk of this Court on the 22nd day of December 2022.
Lori J. McCoy
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
WETZEL COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
BY: Jennifer R. Pugh
DEPUTY CLERK
PREPARED AND SUBMITTED BY:
W. Taylor Frankovitch (WVSB #11804)
Whitney R. Kerns (WVSB #11669)
Bowles Rice LLP
Counsel for Petitioners
125 Granville Square, Ste. 400
Morgantown, WV 26501
(304)285-250
WC 01/04, 01/11
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