Ray County, Missouri Cemeteries - Sunny Slope Cemetery, Richmond, Missouri SUNNY SLOPE CEMETERY Sunny Slope Cemetery was founded in 1911. The cemetery is located on West Main Street in Richmond, Missouri. Sunny Slope lies west of Richmond Cemetery. There is one joint entrance and exit road for Sunny Slope. The plot map divides the cemetery into five sections. There is a northwest section, two "island" sections, a section that encompasses the central north and west, south to West Main Street, and a southwest section. There is a large plot map in the Genealogical Library at the Ray County Museum, 901 W. Royle Street, in Richmond, which may be used to locate burial lots. This listing used the survey of tombstones completed by Pauline Brown and Colleen Crowley in 1986. Marsha Young completed an independent survey by sections and lot numbers in 1989. The second survey included only the year of death and did not provide a birth date or the full date of death if on the stone. However, the listing of the lot numbers was quite valuable to this survey. These two databases were combined. Then Thurman Funeral Home records were used to verify death dates and to add the date of death when there was only a year of death or no death on a stone. The letter "T" after the date of death identifies records that use the Thurman date of death. The entire cemetery was walked to verify the old records and to add new stones for more recent burials. Lot numbers were checked against the previous survey. Some stones have names of people who are still living. No attempt was made to determine whether people with no death date were living or not. The complete listing, including lot numbers, is available at the Ray County Museum Genealogical Library. There are records where no stone could be found. Some of these are from the two previous surveys and some are Thurman records for Sunny Slope. The names were maintained in these records, but a notation is made that no stone found. This database has been completed using a word processing system and it can be easily updated. Please provide corrections to the Ray County Genealogical Library. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ YATES Helen Allene Smith Dec 20, 1883 Mar 31, 1967 YATES James T. Nov 15, 1851 Mar 22, 1912 YATES Janie R. Sep 10, 1854 Jun 12, 1939 YATES Will Barron Nov 27, 1871 Apr 3, 1951 Mother YATES William F. Aug 21, 1877 Feb 17, 1979 YOAKUM Altie M. no dates, his (Altie M. YOAKUM's) wife YOAKUM Cordie Lee 1984 (stone not found) YOAKUM Lillian Naomi 1926 1964 YOAKUM Ray Earl Jun 14, 1955 T (stone not found) YOAKUM William H. 1846 1920 YOUNG Arthur Harrison Mar 2, 1885 Oct 29, 1964 Masonic symbol YOUNG Charles Foushee Feb 21, 1879 Oct 29, 1961 YOUNG Cora C. 1878 1966 his (Thad. YOUNG's) wife YOUNG Elvira Hughes Jun 10, 1965 T (stone not found) YOUNG Fred Williams Broken stone, burial location uncertain, no dates YOUNG Iona Jane Feb 18, 1913 Apr 29, 1992 YOUNG Lucy Belle Jun 18, 1895 Dec 6, 1982 YOUNG Maude Ann Oct 1, 1887 Dec 15, 1980 YOUNG Thad 1881 1916 YOUNGBLOOD Daisy 1890 1966 YOUNGBLOOD Dan 1881 1968 YOUNGBLOOD J. B. Dec 6, 1879 Sep 21, 1947 YUILLE K. Virginia Sifers Jul 26, 1917 Jan 16, 1972 Beloved Mother ------------------------------------------------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or their legal representative, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------