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Elvin Charles Riggleman

Birth	:	5 Jun 1918
Death	:	17 Dec 1964
Burial	:	Newhouse Cemetery, Rig, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.0412500, -79.0388000
Description	:	The Morgantown Post, Morgantown, WV: Friday, December 18, 1964; pg 1 BELIEVED CRASHED --- CAP SEEKING LOST PLANE The Morgantown Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol joined this morning in an intensive search for plane carrying two Moorefield men missing in Central West Virginia since last night. The single-engine plane was believed to be enroute from Clarksburg to Moorefield when it vanished. Morgantown CAP Squadron Commander Louis A. D'Amico said that he was notified that the aircraft was missing at 1 a.m. today. He said that squadron's plane was dispatched at mid-morning to check a report of a possible downed airplane on the... Read More	The Morgantown Post, Morgantown, WV: Friday, December 18, 1964; pg 1 BELIEVED CRASHED --- CAP SEEKING LOST PLANE The Morgantown Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol joined this morning in an intensive search for plane carrying two Moorefield men missing in Central West Virginia since last night. The single-engine plane was believed to be enroute from Clarksburg to Moorefield when it vanished. Morgantown CAP Squadron Commander Louis A. D'Amico said that he was notified that the aircraft was missing at 1 a.m. today. He said that squadron's plane was dispatched at mid-morning to check a report of a possible downed airplane on the Grafton Road. Commander D'Amico said that Marshall Air pledged an airplane to assist in the search. He noted that Marshall also wheeled the CAP plane into the firm's hanger and used its engine heater to get it stated. COLD MORNING "The engine was stiff as a board and the oil was like black-strap molasses." Commander D'Amico noted. The temperature was 10 degrees at the time. The Morgantown squadron will search the area north and west of Elkins. There are no flights into Elkins because of poor weather there, Commander D'Amico said. He added that the other reports on the downed aircraft have been received from New Martinsville and Davis-Thomas area. All are being checked out, he said. WELL KNOWN PILOT The plane, a single engine Cessna, carried the pilot and a passenger. The pilot was identified as E. C. Riggleman, a prominent Moorefield contractor. The passenger was Carl Barnhardt, also of Moorefield. Authorities were alerted Thursday evening when the plane failed to arrive at Moorefield. At first it was believed the turbulent weather conditions forced a change in course, but a check of regional landing fields revealed the plane had not landed. The Civil Air Patrol was asked to participate in the search about midnight, on the assumption it had crashed. The Morgantown Post, Morgantown, WV: Wednesday, December 23, 1964 BODIES OF PLANE VICTIMS FOUND PHILIPPI, W. Va. (UPI) -- A five day search involving hundreds of volunteers and more than 20 planes ended near here Tuesday evening when two frozen and badly broken bodies were recovered from the wreckage of a small plane. The victims were identified as E. C. Riggleman, 46, a prominent contractor, and Carl Barnhardt, 54, both of Moorefield. The wreckage was found in a remote section of Barbour County near the community of Shiloh by an unidentified man who telephoned police late Tuesday. The plane -- a single-engine Cessna -- apparently crashed during a rainstorm into a hillside and was partially covered by snow. The plane was described as "completely demolished." One body was pinned in the wreckage. The other partially freed. The search for the plane stated Friday morning, shortly after the men failed to arrive at Moorefield on a routine flight from Clarksburg. The Air Force sent four rescue planes to the scene to assist the Civil Air Patrol and private aircraft in the search. Ground volunteers included CAP members and State Policemen. The wreckage of a plane which crashed about two years ago was found by volunteers who were searching for the Riggleman plane Tuesday. Ralph Fisher, editor of the Moorefield Examiner, said he and three other men were scouring the area in a plane owned by the Island Creek Coal Co. when they sighted the wreckage about 15 miles southwest of Moorefield. The plane, privately owned, crashed during the Oak Wilt marking program two years ago. Nobody was injured in the crash but the plane was never recovered. The plane took part in the campaign, authorized by the state, to mark trees that were suffering from Oak Wilk so that foresters could locate them from the ground for treatment. Cumberland Evening Times, Cumberland, MD: Thursday, December 24, 1964 RIGGLEMAN - BARNHART SERVICES Services for Elvin Charles Riggleman, 46, and Carl S. Barnhart, 54, both of Moorefield, W. Va., who died December 17 in a plane crash near Nestorville, W. Va., will be conducted Saturday at the Thrush Funeral Home in Moorefield. Services for Mr. Riggleman will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. by Rev. Harold Elliott and burial will be in Newhouse Cemetery at Rig, W. Va. Services for Mr. Barnhart will be conducted Saturday at 11:30 a.m. by Rev. R. B. Woodworth. Burial also will be in Newhouse Cemetery. Mr. Riggleman, a prominent contractor, was born at Rig, a son of Mort G. and Lena (Crites) Riggleman. He was a member of Moorefield Masonic Lodge 29, and was a 32nd degree Mason and Shriner. Also surviving are his widow, Blanche (Evans) Riggleman; a son, Steven C. Riggleman, at home, and two sisters, Mrs. Harold Barr and Mrs. Lawrence Hartman, both of Rig. Mr. Barnhart was a native of Parkersburg, W. Va., and was a son of Charles W. Barnhart, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and the late Sarah (Stewart) Barnhart. A veteran of World War II, Mr. Barnhart was an employed as an engineer by Mr. Riggleman. he was a member of Berkeley Springs Masonic Lodge 88, and was a 32nd degree Mason. He also was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose at Berkeley Springs. Mr. Barnhart is survived by his widow, Elizabeth (Fruner) Barnhart; a daughter, Mrs. Owen Thomas, Scott Air Force Base, Ill.; two sisters, Mrs. I. G. Hetzler and Mrs. Rader Jewett, both of Fort Lauderdale; two brothers, Walter C. Barnhart, Fort Lauderdale, and C. Ray Barnhart, Lexington, Ky., and a grandchild. The bodies of the men were found in the plane's wreckage Tuesday following an intensive air and ground search since last Friday.

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Latitude: 39.0412500
Longitude: -79.0388000

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Parent

Mortimore Guy Riggleman

(1898 - 1971)

Lena M. Crites Riggleman

(1897 - 1987)

Spouse

Blanche Evans Riggleman

(1920 - 2001)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Newhouse Cemetery
Rig, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0412500, -79.0388000

2. Snodgrass Graveyard
Rig, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0410000, -79.0374000

3. Richard Cain Cemetery
Rig, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0403090, -79.0603600

4. Fisher Cemetery
Fisher, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0320000, -79.0171400

5. Baker Cemetery
Fisher, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0605100, -79.0242300

6. Critestown Cemetery
Rig, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0163300, -79.0613200

7. Crites-Eye Cemetery
Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0125420, -79.0624170

8. Bean-Cunningham Cemetery
Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0078100, -79.0301700

9. Kessel Cemetery
Kessel, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0777500, -79.0345600

10. Fultz Cemetery
Kessel, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0777700, -79.0345400

11. Redman Family Cemetery
Fisher, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0612200, -78.9966300

12. Redman Cemetery
Moorefield, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0377550, -78.9862700

13. Benjamin Wilson Gravesite
Moorefield, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0363400, -78.9859200

14. Crites Cemetery
Rig, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0747800, -79.0046700

15. Cunningham Cemetery
Durgon, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 38.9990600, -79.0576700

16. Brown Cemetery
Kessel, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0778000, -78.9994200

17. Cook Cold Spring Cemetery
Moorefield, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0271200, -78.9799600

18. Epiphany-Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery
Kessel, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0896300, -79.0277200

19. Jenkins Cemetery
Moorefield, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0310620, -78.9752250

20. Woerner Cemetery
Fisher, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0849300, -79.0058700

21. Scott Cemetery
Durgon, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 38.9902900, -79.0414100

22. Inskeep Cemetery
Fisher, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0732700, -78.9836600

23. Baker Cemetery
Moorefield, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 38.9855700, -79.0287700

24. Olivet Cemetery
Moorefield, Hardy County, USA
Coordinate: 39.0614300, -78.9622300