Mausoleum Area

Theodore Creighton Nash (1903–1933) was the first Principal of Boyd Junior High in 1929. He also was the director of the choir at First Baptist Church and a distinguished piano player. 

Fannie Cobb Carter (1872–1973) was the child of former slaves. After her mother died, she was brought up by her grandmother. She received an education alongside the children of Charles Lewis for whom her grandmother worked as a domestic. She earned a teaching degree from Storer College and taught in schools eventually becoming Superintendent of the State Industrial Home for Colored Girls in Huntington, taking the position only after bars were removed from windows. She was the first Black woman to work in newspapers in the state and was seen as a leader in the fight against illiteracy. For 17 years she was the Dean of the National Trade and Professional School for Women and Girls in Washington, DC.  She returned to Charleston in 1962 and lived to see her 100th birthday. Governors Holt and Rockefeller attended that celebration.

Major Joseph T. Jackson (1879–1968) was a veteran of both the Spanish American and  First World Wars.  He founded with Captain G.E Ferguson the American Legion Lincoln Post #20 in 1920. It later changed its name in 1922 to Colonel Charles Young Post #57.

Bruce Peyton (1898–1972) and his wife Mabel (1903-1995) ran from 1941-1963 the Oakwood Kennels in Sissonville. Peyton was a World War I veteran and started training dogs in 1933 while employed as a bell hop at the Holley Hotel. He excelled in training dogs for bird hunting, taking them as far as Saskatchewan, Canada. He produced many winning competition dogs which attracted wealthy clients. Sometimes the kennels took care of as many as 132 dogs.

Eric Moss (1974–2019) was the brother of NFL footballer Randy Moss. He also played professional football and was on the rosters of the Minnesota Vikings, Scottish Claymores, Oakland Raiders and Jacksonville Jaguars.