Mausoleum Area

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

Fannie Cobb Carter (1872-1973) earned a teaching degree from Storer College. She eventually became 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.

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 In 1922 it changed its name to Colonel Charles Young Post #57.

Bruce Peyton (1898 -1972) and his wife Mabel (1903-1995) ran the Oakwood Kennels in Sissonville from 1941-1961. 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 competition-winning dogs which attracted wealthy clients.

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.