Sunshine United Methodist Church Cemetery, Rutherford County, North Carolina USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Compiled by Bill Floyd (wdfloyd@rfci.net) Copyright, 1997 W.D. Floyd For name searches of this index, use the "Find" or "Search" feature of your browser. SUNSHINE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY SUM This is a very nice cemetery and it is well kept. To get to the cemetery, all you need to do is travel the Forest City to Golden Valley road and look for the sign. The turn off is about eight miles from either direction. It should not be a problem to find. The audit was done February 18, 1997 and I started in the northwest corner of the cemetery. THE SURNAMES BIGGERSTAFF, BLACK, BLANTON, BOGAN, CAMPBELL, CATO, CHAPMAN, CROW, DEPRIEST, DEVINEY, FORTUNE, GRAYSON, GURLEY, HASTINGS, HOLLIIELD, HUNT, LONG, LOVELACE, MCDANIEL, MELTON, ROBERTSON, ROLLINS, ROSS, SNIPES, WALKER, WHITE, WOOD, YELTON Walker, Hattie 1874 1930 Walker, Tommy 1873 1928 Walker, Annie T. March 27, 1871 May 31, 1955 Walker, William M. September 9, 1864 January 5, 1953 Walker, Sophia B. August 24, 1905 April 16, 1994 Walker, Kenneth J. November 27, 1896 July 3, 1993 Walker, Bessie L. November 3, 1898 July 6, 1961 Walker, Eulas Erastus August 8, 1902 July 26, 1961 Walker, Johnnie F. January 14, 1925 ------ Walker, Elsie L. February 1, 1904 May 16, 1991 Walker, Buren L. October 2, 1901 ------ Rollins, Evelyn G. January 4, 1917 December 14, 1994 Rollins, Ralph H. April 4, 1918 ------- White, H. Doyle December 10, 1912 ------ White, Ruth M. January 28, 1914 September 12, 1996 Hastings, Horace Lee October 18, 1918 August 8, 1995 Hastings, Bertie Upton July 26, 1921 ------ Hastings, Infant July 27, 1943 DePriest, J.B. June 29, 1922 Melton, Infant Melton, Vennie L. May 23, 1898 May 29, 1933 Melton, Edgar H. April 20, 1893 May 21, 1966 Fortune, Effie 1905 1975 Fortune, Eugene 1901 ----- Yelton, Irene July 6, 1901 September 12, 1986 Yelton, Gene March 29, 1899 February 15, 1989 McDaniel, Jewel Deviney January 5, 1921 April 11, 1984 McDaniel, William T. December 17, 1920 ----- Melton, Roscoe H. August 4, 1910 November 21, 1980 Melton, Darcus H. June 29, 1911 ----- Hollifield, Madge Sara June 9, 1918 December 4, 1985 Hollifield, Elijah Thomas December 24, 1874 February 8, 1951 Hollifield, Bertha Washburn August 10, 1886 December 15, 1941 Hollifield, Joseph D. June 10, 1921 July 4, 1944 Hollifield, Rex Thomas April 16, 1910 September 25, 1972 Hollifield, Clifford R. September 1, 1893 January 14, 1986 Hollifield, Zennie L. October 26, 1897 June 30, 1972 Hollifield, Ruby May 1, 1924 May 3, 1924 Long, Thomas Theron May 12, 1874 May 9, 1957 Long, Mildred Hollifield July 20, 1878 January 21, 1967 Long, James Hollifield July 24, 1912 July 18, 1913 Gurley, Wyman R. December 8, 1906 August 13, 1909 Gurley, Sallie J. March 28, 1870 March 6, 1949 Gurley, Charles B. September 4, 1873 November 2, 1944 Gurley, William B. February 25, 1904 May 10, 1982 Gurley, Vonnie M. March 19, 1906 October 24, 1994 Crow, Anna Daniel 1866 1928 Snipes, Infant August 9, 1927 Biggerstaff, Samuel B. August 21, 1861 April 22, 1929 Biggerstaff, Corrie B. December 1, 1866 May 3, 1940 Snipes, Kelton Norman May 19, 1892 April 4, 1932 Snipes, Nora Biggerstaff September 14, 1889 November 12, 1965 Biggerstaff, Fannie Robertson March 19, 1896 December 28, 1971 Biggerstaff, Robert Baxter August 23, 1891 March 16, 1956 Wood, Eatheron M. August 31, 1915 November 17, 1994 Wood, Dorothy T. December 8, 1930 ----- Hollifield, J. Kermit September 6, 1914 May 21, 1983 Hollifield, Lois (Pat) July 8, 1911 Jult 24, 1981 Hollifield, Jamie Lynn October 7, 1952 January 28, 1962 Bogan, Betty Hollifield November 5, 1862 February 2, 1938 Hollifield, Mattie Smawley October 4, 1893 January 3, 1986 Hollifield, George Fletcher April 16, 1890 March 31, 1977 Hollifield, Beuna Grayson April 15, 1894 March 5, 1929 Deviney, Dewey Arthur July 15, 1898 July 9, 1974 Deviney, Grace Grayson March 10, 1904 September 1, 1987 Deviney, Doris Helen October 7, 1922 March 23, 1924 Grayson, Carl E. May 20, 1897 March 22, 1918 Grayson, Chas. Guy September 25, 1899 October 23, 1917 Grayson, Alice E. February 22, 1876 October 13, 1945 Grayson, George W. October 13, 1875 January 21, 1917 Melton, Joseph Jackson April 29, 1884 September 9, 1952 Melton, Mamie Etta October 24, 1888 June 29, 1969 Melton, Elijah Gilbert July 29, 1918 July 18, 1920 Melton, Elijah A. June 15, 1853 November 5, 1939 Melton, Amanda C. November 13, 1852 May 15, 1940 Cato, Henrietta Threat October 12, 1863 November 10, 1942 Melton, Hannah Brandle August 24, 1877 January 21, 1968 Melton, Eli Reid May 31, 1879 November 26, 1949 Melton, Ethel G. July 3, 1911 ----- Melton, Thomas T. May 3, 1911 August 11, 1986 Melton, Georgia M. January 10, 1938 ------ Melton, Dwight T. December 24, 1935 February 18, 1992 Lovelace, Edwin Eli October 20, 1932 September 21, 1984 Campbell, Stallings October 23, 1981 Hollifield, Maxine M. September 9, 1909 ------ Hollifield, Kyle October 5, 1904 October 31, 1993 Walker, Margaret Ann May 22, 1927 August 15, 1927 Walker, Billy Alexander December 4, 1930 May 20, 1933 Walker, James Arnold May 26, 1938 August 29, 1940 Walker, Larry Dean Robertson, Maeo E. January 3, 1910 November 18, 1982 Robertson, James B. October 18, 1912 April 24, 1980 Hunt, Janet E. July 20, 1905 June 16, 1991 Hunt, Kirby Wakefield September 8, 1895 May 23, 1988 Hollifield, James Raymond October 24, 1930 May 6, 1979 Hollifield, Buena Gettys November 17, 1896 March 31, 1977 Hollifield, James Clyde February 13, 1892 November 1, 1978 Ross, Infant March 9, 1981 Blanton, Claude C. June 22, 1908 June 28, 1980 Blanton, Zennie M. October 11, 1913 January 23, 1991 Chapman, John S. January 29, 1930 August 6, 1986 Chapman, Catherine B. August 19, 1934 ----- Black, Carol B. October 25, 1904 July 8, 1993 Hollifield, Angela December 27, 1957 January 28, 1997 Tem