Yancey County, NC - Grover Hunter Cemetery - Burnsville YANCEY COUNTY GROVER HUNTER CEMETERY - BURNSVILLE LOCATION: From E. Main Street turn left up Indian Trail. After a block turn diagonally right into Boone Ridge Road. The cemetery is just ahead on the right. ACCESSIBILITY: Easy. CONDITION: Very good. OLDEST DATED GRAVE: # 21, 1963. SURNAMES: BIGGERSTAFF, DOVER, FOX, GUINN, HUGHES, HUNTER, JOHNSON, McALLISTER, McDOWELL, METCALF, MILLER, PAYNE, SHEPHERD, SILVER, SILVERS, TIPTON, WESLEY, WHEELER, WYATT, YOUNG. 1. Charles C. Hunter 9 April 1918 24 Sept 1994 "WWII". S/o 21 & 22. 2. Emma Lou Hunter 10 Aug 1920 27 Aug 1997 Wife of # 1. D/o William & Mary Buchanan Robinson. 3. Jack Edgar Biggerstaff 25 April 1928 6 June 2002 S/o Benjamin F. & Clara Josephine Rose Biggerstaff, Jr. 4. (Living) 5. Jonathan Hayes Biggerstaff 1955 1971 S/o 3 & 4. 6. Paul Davis Biggerstaff 8 Oct 1924 22 Oct 2002 S/o Benjamin F. & Clara Josephine Rose Biggerstaff, Jr. 7. Christine Glass Biggerstaff 5 Feb 1926 23 Feb 2006 Wife of # 6. D/o Hobert & Lockie Ethel Buchanan Glass. 8. Paul David Biggerstaff 1950 1951 S/o 6 & 7. 9. Morris Lee Wyatt 20 Jan 1947 1 March 1999 S/o Albert & Edith Carroll Wyatt. 10. (Living) 11. Ray H. Fox 28 Feb 1916 4 May 1973 "WWII". S/o John Elijah & Loretta Hunter Fox. 12. Nancy L. Fox 7 March 1914 2 Nov 1989 Wife of # 11. D/o Charles & Cordelia Laws. 13. Bill B. Fox 3 Sept 1918 Oct 1983 S/o John Elijah & Loretta Hunter Fox. 14. Olive H. Fox 1915 1992 (Olive Hilemon). Wife of # 13. 15. R.C. Fox, Sr. 10 April 1905 26 May 1987 S/o John Elijah & Loretta Hunter Fox. 16. Georgia R. Fox 2 Oct 1906 16 Nov 1998 Wife of # 15. D/o Jackson & Maggie Randolph Renfro. 17. Robert A. Wesley 29 Sept 1924 17 Oct 1990 18. Marie Wesley 24 Nov 1924 27 April 1993 Wife of # 17. 19. Byrd Metcalf 14 Feb 1918 16 April 2007 S/o George & Laura Anglin Metcalf. 20. Myrtle H. Metcalf 14 Dec 1919 28 May 1988 Wife of # 19. D/o 21 & 22. 21. Grover C. Hunter 14 April 1888 Aug 1963 S/o Milton & Martha Howell Hunter. 22. Lina Miller 16 Oct 1888 22 Jan 1979 Wife of # 21. D/o Solomon & Esther Sparks Miller. 23. Cleter Payne 4 Feb 1910 12 Dec 1994 S/o 24 & 25. 24. Thomas Payne 1880 1974 25. Oma L. Payne 1878 1965 Wife of # 24. 26. Clayton Wheeler 1892 1968 27. Mamie D. Wheeler 1883 1969 Wife of # 26. 28. Danny Miller 1952 1974 29. Darrell Luther Miller 16 Nov 1947 1 June 1982 S/o 36 & 37. 30. Gaston W. Shepherd 19 Jan 1918 2 April 1975 S/o Handy W. & Silla Shepherd. 31. Nola A. Shepherd 30 Oct 1916 8 Nov 2002 Wife of # 30. D/o Rev L.A. & Lena Ray Atkins. 32. Isie D. Cannon 29 May 1928 11 March 1995 S/o 34 & 35. 33. Eldridge Cannon 22 Jan 1931 27 Feb 1991 S/o 34 & 35. 34. Burles Cannon 21 June 1904 27 Oct 1986 S/o John & Nellie Miller Cannon. 35. Rettie Cannon 1896 1970 (Rettie Miller). Wife of # 34. 36. Clate Miller 3 Sept 1909 11 Feb 1988 37. Nola Byrd Miller 24 Dec 1916 1 Aug 2007 Wife of # 36. D/o Will & Ida Phillips Byrd. 38. June Irene Guinn 12 June 1923 24 April 1979 39. Bill Silver 30 Sept 1927 28 June 1987 "WWII". S/o John Benjamin & Myrtle Riddle Silver. 40. C. Neal Dover 1911 10 Dec 1983 S/o Charles & Alice Bartlett Dover. 41. Nina V. Dover 10 July 1913 21 Aug 2003 Wife of # 40. D/o Willard Gordon & Lula Mae Hall Vance. 42. Randall A. Dover 1955 1966 S/o 40 & 41. 43. Arthur N. Dover 23 Dec 1932 22 March 2005 S/o 40 & 41. 44. (Living) 45. Cling Hughes 3 Oct 1893 4 July 1966 "WWI". S/o Goodson Alexander & Lucretia McMahan Hughes. 46. Estell Hughes 17 Feb 1903 5 June 1991 Wife of # 45. D/o Doctor A. & Phinetta Peterson Letterman. 47. Reatha M. Johnson 4 Nov 1909 19 June 2004 D/o John Burgin & Laura Ann Martin McIntosh. 48. Finley Johnson 11 March 1907 19 Dec 1987 Husband of # 47. S/o # 49 & Quincy F. Johnson. 49. Christena M. Johnson 14 April 1873 14 Feb 1968 Wife of Quincy F. Johnson. D/o Solomon & Esther Sparks Miller. 50. Erskine Miller 15 Feb 1891 15 Sept 1967 S/o # 49. 51. Princey Miller 20 June 1896 6 April 1990 Wife of # 50. D/o 34 & 35. 52. Arnold Miller 23 Oct 1920 21 Aug 1973 S/o 50 & 51. 53. Magdalene Miller 6 June 1937 3 Jan 2007 Wife of # 52. D/o Solomon & Carrie Johnson Fox. 54. Gladys V. McAllister 4 June 1917 15 April 2001 D/o James Alberto & Belle McPeters McDowell, Jr. 55. Sleet T. McAllister 15 Nov 1903 5 May 1998 Husband of # 54. S/o John Wesley & Hattie Edwards McAlister. 56. Jay F. McDowell 11 June 1912 12 June 1976 S/o James Alberto & Belle McPeters McDowell, Jr. 57. Leta E. McDowell 1 July 1912 23 June 1992 Wife of # 56. D/o Sidney McDonald & Aletha Cordelia Holcombe Hughes. 58. Elzie Fox 5 Aug 1907 21 March 1995 S/o John Elijah & Loretta Hunter Fox. 59. Pansy Fox 19 June 1890 3 Aug 1995 Wife of # 58. D/o James & Belle McPeters McDowell. 60. Marshall R. Young 28 March 1917 11 Dec 1999 S/o Stokes Zephaniah & Matilda Tolley Young. 61. Joe Clingman Tipton 12 June 1881 22 April 1964 62. Lillie Bailey Tipton 9 March 1890 17 Dec 1992 Wife of # 61. 63. Thomas Tipton 28 July 1912 10 Nov 2002 S/o 61 & 62. 64. Martha L. Tipton 30 June 1925 6 May 2001 Wife of # 63. D/o Andrew & Birdie Edwards Fender. 65. Mary Evelyn Tipton 19 July 1945 1 July 1999 (Probably) d/o 63 & 64. 66. Ruby F. Silvers 15 Jan 1917 21 June 2001 D/o Andrew & Birdie Edwards Fender. ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mark Lawson - rmlawson67@hotmail.com ______________________________________________________________________