Shaffertown Cemetery Fund

The Shaffertown Cemetery Fund, established in 2025, provides maintenance and upkeep of the Shaffertown Cemetery, located in Shaffertown, Tucker County, WV.

Type of Fund: Cemetery

Established: July 2025

Purpose: The purpose of this fund is to create perpetual funding to provide maintenance and upkeep of the Shaffertown Cemetery, located in Shaffertown, Tucker County, WV.

Distribution: The Fund shall be used and distributed, at the discretion of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for the sole purpose of supporting the maintenance and upkeep of the Shaffer Cemetery. The Foundation shall make a distribution on an annual basis as outlined in the Foundation’s general policies to the current Fund Advisor at the time, or at the direction of the Fund Advisor directly to a Third Party for the purposes outlined herein, with the exception, that upon recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Shaffertown Cemetery, the distribution may be reinvested with the Fund.

Background: The Shaffertown Cemetery was established on May 13, 1921 with land purchased by the Methodist Protestant Church for $100 from P.J. Evans and his wife Annie S. Evans. At that time Shaffertown was a lumber town filled with the hustle and bustle of everyday life.

In 1976, the cemetery was enlarged with land given for the price of $10 by Theodore and Lavera Kelley. Today, the cemetery grounds are maintained by their son, Lee Kelley and Mary Jane Smith as financial caretaker.

The Shaffertown Cemetery is located in the community of Shaffertown in Tucker County, West Virginia. The families wish to ensure that there is funding available every year so that the cemetery can continue to be maintained. If there is a year where they don’t need the yearly allotment to maintain the cemetery that money can be left in the fund to help draw more of a return for that year.