Harsh Cemetery Fund
The Harsh Cemetery Preservation Fund, established in 2014 with an initial $2,000 donation from Leeorr Rosier, provides annual grants for the maintenance, upkeep, and beautification of Harsh Cemetery on Clover Run Road.
TYPE OF FUND: Cemetery Preservation Sub-Fund / Field of Interest
DATE APPROVED: January 27, 2016
PURPOSE: Funds are to be used for the maintenance, upkeep, and beautification of the Harsh Cemetery, located four miles past the Union Chapel Church on Clover Run Road.
DISTRIBUTION: An annual grant will be awarded for the maintenance, upkeep, and beautification of Harsh Cemetery in accordance with the TCF Cemetery Preservation Fund Specifications.
VARIANCE POWER: If, in the judgment of the TCF Board of Directors, the restrictions and conditions of the fund become unnecessary, incapable of fulfillment, or inconsistent with the charitable needs of the community, the TCF Board of Directors maintains the right to modify the terms of this fund.
FUNDING: The fund was initiated in 2014 with a $2,000 donation from Leeorr Rosier.
BACKGROUND: Leeorr Marie Rosier lived in Clover Run, where she and her husband, Stearl, owned and operated Rosier's Polled Hereford Farm for many years. She passed away at the age of 89 on June 11, 2015, and was interred at Harsh Cemetery alongside other family members.
Born on August 21, 1925, in Elkins, WV, she was the daughter of Arlie Earl Rosier and Dove Virginia Fawley Rosier Dugger. On February 21, 1942, she married Stearl Rosier, Sr., with whom she shared 64 years of marriage before his passing.
Leeorr attended schools in Baltimore, MD, and later worked as a homemaker and employee of the City of Parsons. She was a devoted member of the Parsons Church of God. Her family remembers her as a strong and resilient woman who endured the hardships of the Great Depression in Baltimore, learning to make do with what little she had. While her husband served in World War II, she managed their family on her own. She was deeply knowledgeable about farming and worked alongside her husband on their farm.
Leeorr had a talent for making the most out of simple ingredients, preparing meals for her family with whatever was on hand. Before losing her sight to macular degeneration, she loved embroidery and reading gossip magazines. Though she was known for being complex and strong-willed, she was also loving and nurturing to her family.
She is survived by her daughter Shirley Ann Carr (Hoye) of Parsons; sons Robert Lee "Bud" Rosier (Beverly) of Clover Run and Rodney Dale "Sug" Rosier (Donna Kay) of Pifer Mountain; daughter-in-law Flora Jean Rosier Custer; half-sisters Charlotte Mullenax, Nancy Carver, and Patricia Gainer; eleven grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
