Bright Star Methodist Cemetery

Location: This cemetery is located at 3696 Bright Star Road, behind what used to be Bright Star Methodist Church.

Surname First Middle Maiden Born Died Comments
Abercrombie James S. 4/3/1869 7/24/1899
Abercrombie Maggie L. 7/14/1868 12/14/1954
Abercrombie Guy 5/14/1893 3/1/1946 Son (of James S. Abercrombie)
Alford Mae Butler 9/25/1878 9/16/1967
Alford Warren Hamilton 3/12/1880 2/19/1932 Masonic Emblem
Atkinson Roberta 1/7/1865 12/4/1940
Bagwell James Ricky 4/29/1951 3/17/1952
Bagwell Cathy Sue 6/8/1955 6/8/1955 dau of Mr & Mrs Edward Bagwell
Barnes Ellie J. 7/27/1910 11/4/1996
Bearden Larkin A. 1876 1909
Bearden Annie C. 1880 1968
Bearden Polie Harris 11/20/1898 2/14/1899 son of L.A. & Annie Bearden
Bearden (infant 1) (twin) 3/5/1935 3/5/1935 son of H.H. & Edna Bearden
(monument not found)
Bearden (infant 2) (twin) 3/5/1935 3/5/1935 son of H.H. & Edna Bearden
(monument not found)
Bearden Raymond E. 11/23/1939 1/17/1981
Beggs Martha V. 4/4/1849 10/24/1904
Boynton Myrta 6/4/1881 3/25/1910 wife of W.S. Boynton
Brown Ida Belle 7/7/1884 12/17/1907
Burnette Oddessa Mrs. 2/25/1868 3/25/1938
Burnette Dewey L. 8/19/1906 7/23/1972
Busbin Paul E. 10/7/1893 1/20/1966
Busbin Francis P. 9/10/1857 11/21/1934
Busbin James M. 10/27/1854 5/20/1923
Busbin Joseph Charles 1/24/1860 1/29/1936
Busbin Emma J. 11/25/1863 9/4/1910 wife of J. C. Busbin
Busbin Lille Clyde 4/1/1885 1/10/1908
Butler M. G. 5/15/1838 8/25/1918 Pvt Co B 35 Ga Infantry CSA,
Masonic emblem
Butler L. C. Mrs. 8/9/1840 10/27/1935 Eastern Star emblem
Camp Lone 9/16/1888 10/27/1967 Masonic Emblem
Camp Adella 10/26/1889 7/12/1957
Camp J. T. 1863 1918
Camp Huldie E. 1867 1902
Camp Earnest 1899 1902
Camp Austin 1902 1913
Camp Elizabeth J. 7/21/1920 6/19/1984
Camp Infant 2/10/1904 2/10/1904 child of A.A. & M.L. Camp
Coleman Cindy Delane 10/11/1959 11/24/1959
Coleman Verlon E. 12/14/1912 4/27/1980
Coleman Ruby G. 5/13/1913 12/28/1998
Cowan Ruthie 11/24/1894 11/20/1895
Cowan Paul 7/19/1899 6/19/1900
Cowan James B. 3/6/1862 6/26/1920
Cowan Mary J. 11/30/1865 6/13/1928
Cowan Roy Virgil 8/25/1897 4/15/1985 Horseshoer US Army WW1
Cowan Clara J. 9/20/1904 2/19/1925
Cowan Lena M. 5/16/1882 7/7/1915
Cowan Rubie C. 11/24/1894 4/25/1912
Cowan Jesse V. 9/17/1889 12/13/1910
Cowan Mary J. (infant no dates)
Cunningham J. R. 3/00/1852 2/3/1915
Cunningham Maude Smith 3/23/1890 7/22/1922 wife of J. T. Cunningham
Cunningham Caroline Hunt 4/21/1855 9/28/1923 wife of J. R. Cunningham,
born in Spalding County
Daffin Emmie Rivers 4/24/1905 2/22/1992
Daniel Bessie H. 2/11/1891 12/22/1981
Daniel John J. 4/23/1880 3/13/1968
Daniel Alvin S. 5/22/1881 8/26/1934
Daniel Martha K. 5/28/1922 6/15/1922
Daniel Margaret E. 2/1/1911 2/5/1911
Daniel James F. 4/12/1906 4/13/1906
Daniel Infant 5/7/1943 5/7/1943 son of J.A. & Elva Daniel
Daniel Infant 3/23/1941 3/23/1941 dau of J.A. & Elva Daniel
Daniel Infant 4/2/1940 4/2/1940 son of J.A. & Elva Daniel
Davis, Sr. John William "Red" 12/30/1940 2/4/1986 married 9 August 1973,
Masonic emblem
Dothard Charles B. ` 11/13/1928 1/7/1993
Duren James Luther 1854 1940
Duren Demmer 1866 1940
Duren Willie Fae 4/29/1901 9/19/1911 dau of James and Demmer Duren
Ergle John Luther 3/17/1852 9/14/1920
Ergle Mary Elizabeth 4/7/1860 11/4/1917
Evans Robert L. 1/9/1900 8/16/1962
Evans Inez W. 1/5/1909 10/11/1944
Evans Geraldine 11/1/1929 5/15/1945
Evans Luther 4/16/1933 7/20/1995 US Army
Farr Odessa R. 10/4/1893 8/3/1960
Farr Melvin J. 1/8/1898 7/29/1969
Fox Richard "Dick" 10/19/1955 5/30/2003
Gibson Dorothy E. 11/14/1915 7/27/2000
Green Earl E. 3/11/1919 8/13/1934 son of Mr & Mrs C.A. Green
Grizzard Gilbert Wesley 3/11/1938 4/11/1938 son of Mr & Mrs J. H. Grizzard
Haggard Harold W. 12/25/1933 6/29/1966 Tn PFC 9600 Tech Svc+H184 Unit
Hamby M. F. 6/16/1858 7/29/1923
Hamby Mary Louella 2/8/1872 9/16/1902
Hamrick Lewis H. 12/25/1900 6/22/1958
Hamrick Eunice P. 9/13/1903 11/21/1969
Hamrick Roy 1/5/1937 1/5/1937
Hamrick Joy 1/5/1937 1/5/1937 dau of Lewis & Eunice Hamrick (monument not found)
Hartley John R. 3/7/1927 4/7/1987 Tec 4 US Army WWII
Hartley Lucy Mae 1905 1976
Hartley Leota Duke 1903 1980
Holland Harold Lee 11/29/1913 4/23/1978
Huddleston Eugenia June 10/8/1957 10/8/1957 dau of Mr & Mrs E. E. Huddleston
Hunt J. T. 3/2/1864 1/2/1914
Hunt Annie C. 11/26/1873 12/6/1965
Hunt James Cicero 1847 1910
Jeffery Dennis M. 9/13/1950 6/2/1993
Kite Frank 5/4/1914 11/24/2001 married 2/7/1941
Landers Karen Ann 7/16/1971 7/16/1971 dau of Mr & Mrs Gerald Landers
Landers Herman F. 7/7/1910 7/30/1974
Landers Geraldine D. 8/27/1914 12/23/1997
Lowery Edmund Dee 6/17/1902 10/10/1976
Lowery Mary Daniel 2/20/1908 7/13/1980
Lowery Edward Louis 2/27/1930 6/30/1932
Lowery Ed 8/11/1861 3/20/1902
Lowery William J. 11/28/1860 9/19/1925
Lowery Margaret M. 4/10/1866
Maffett Ed M. 1879 1963
Maffett Henrietta 1869 1949
Martin Bettie Louise 3/30/1937 4/1/1988
Martin Evelyn Virginia 3/26/1940 10/26/1941
Martin Lily Pilgrim 12/9/1943 6/12/2003
Martin Ernest E. 12/29/1910 5/23/1998
McClure Sharon Joy 6/27/1958 7/29/1959 (monument not found)
McClure Farley F. 8/16/1932 9/4/1972 Ala Cpl 47 Om Co Korea
(monument not found)
McElroy Carl Daniel "Bone" 2/2/1960 3/22/1986
McLeod Newton C. "Mac" 5/14/1915 10/21/1981
Milam Herman Arthur 9/6/1901 11/26/1911
Milam E. Lucy 9/25/1875 12/20/1908 wife of J.W.A.Milam
Milam J. W. Aurthur 9/23/1870 4/3/1953
Milam Maude 11/2/1892 2/10/1982
Milam Ozella E (Betty) 4/26/1878 7/4/1963
Milam Mollie 6/13/1882 5/12/1962
Milam J. L. (Lem) 8/25/1874 11/12/1950
Milam Epsey C. 9/13/1841 12/2/1929
Milam James W. 3/10/1841 1/5/1910 Corp Co. E 27 Ga Inf CSA,
Masonic emblem
Milam Fred C. 1894 1953
Milam Hazel M. 1899 1995
Milam Wiley 6/00/1898 6/00/1898 son of J.W. & E.L. Milam
Miller N. J. 2/2/1879 4/23/1946
Miller Alice Mrs. 1/00/1835 6/12/1922
Miller James Co C 30 Ga Inf CSA
Miller Wm. Robert 1874 1940
Miller Mary Jane 1865 1940
Mobley Infant (1) 10/8/1965 10/8/1965 Twin son of Mr & Mrs Franklin M. Mobley
Mobley Infant (2) 10/8/1965 10/8/1965 Twin son of Mr & Mrs Franklin M. Mobley
Morgan Pauline 10/22/1907 11/6/1956
Morris William Maxwell 11/17/1911 11/17/1911 son of Mr & Mrs Ben F. Morris
Morris Irene Mrs. 6/15/1907 6/27/1934
Morrow Emma Ruth 5/13/1937 4/6/1992
Nation Ida Lowery 1/27/1869 10/1/1944 wife of Ed Lowery
Nations Chester A. 9/6/1911 3/14/1966
Nations Ethel C. 1/28/1916 1/27/1985
Nations J. D. 8/27/1859 6/11/1914
Nations M. V. 2/28/1854 11/29/1905 wife of J. D. Nations, Age 51yrs, 9mos, 1day
Pace Donna V. 1878 1949
Parker J. F. 3/20/1863 4/13/1932
Parker Sara J. 4/23/1864 3/2/1963
Pilgrim Ottis 3/8/1902 4/18/1971
Pilgrim Iva Dee 12/17/1910 2/10/1975
Pilgrim Curtis 6/21/1906 4/22/1983 married 8/7/1926
Pilgrim Claudia C. 1/8/1910 6/9/2005
Pilgrim Rube Monroe 11/15/1898 11/10/1966
Pilgrim Minnie Rice 9/3/1899 1/20/1978
Pilgrim Henry L. 3/7/1886 5/21/1925
Pilgrim, Jr. Rube 12/19/1925 12/31/1925
Pilrgim William J. 2/5/1879 12/5/1950
Pilrgim Lill M. 2/25/1882 5/21/1969
Pilrgim J. P. 3/6/1925 7/12/1925
Pope Jay Nulen 3/28/1875 5/25/1941
Pope Etta Florence 4/30/1883 12/17/1964
Pope Ezra Elderedge 10/11/1871 7/7/1939
Pope Margaret Emmaline 5/10/1875 2/2/1953
Pope Lilly S. 1886 1960
Pope Alberta V. 1880 1946
Pope John David 11/1/1837 3/10/1916 Sarg Co C 44 Ga Infantry CSA, Masonic emblem
Pope Edith Forest 9/22/1848 3/19/1916 wife of J. D. Pope
Pope A. E. (Byrd) 1880 1950
Pope W. Clyde 9/4/1916 1/28/1995
Pope M. Eula 1887 1968
Pope J. B. 10/3/1905 5/4/1959
Pope Ector F. 9/20/1869 1/30/1946
Pope Carrie C. 11/16/1874 1/12/1942
Pope Mary Bell 10/21/1912 3/24/1913
Pope John H. 6/23/1899 4/22/1977
Pope Flora Gray 2/12/1904 5/26/1930
Pope Nora Nelle 5/17/1930 5/26/1930
Pope Hubert Bruce 11/1/1923 7/22/1962
Price John T. Mrs. 2/1/1874 5/8/1944
Price (old monument, no other marks)
Rainwater John R. 1888
Rainwater Genie 1892 1948
Rainwater Miss Sis 9/03/1899
Rainwater Miss Lilla 10/11/1887 4/17/1962
Rainwater Miss Lela 10/11/1880 3/28/1962
Rainwater Mary 12/18/1894 2/16/1960
Rainwater M. Marion 6/6/1854 12/21/1929
Rainwater Mary Jane 7/04/1859 6/20/1954
Rainwaters Marion 2/14/1889 12/2/1929
Ratliff Rodney E. 4/13/1995 2/11/2001
Reder Keith E. 3/27/1959 9/8/1999 Sp4 US Army
Rice J. G. 7/16/1842 7/12/1906 Pvt Co K 41st Ga Infantry CSA
Rice Sallie J. 12/18/1847 5/1/1935
Rice Jay W. 3/30/1877 6/19/1948
Rice Mary E. 3/8/1882 5/16/1965
Rice Berta S. 5/22/1876 9/17/1899 wife of J. W. Rice
Rice J. T. 3/14/1868 6/18/1932
Rice Margaret L. 8/28/1865 3/17/1908
Rice Thomas J. 4/23/1892 5/11/1970
Rice Emma S. 9/1/1891 6/29/1980
Rice Sallie Mae 11/5/1896 9/8/1939
Rice Grover C. 12/27/1897 10/28/1973
Rice Effie T. 6/27/1906 10/29/1990
Rice James C 5/23/1924 5/23/1924
Rice M. O. Mrs. 7/16/1869 7/12/1943
Rivers Benjamin F. 9/26/1873 6/28/1944
Rivers Mattie C. 4/5/1878 6/15/1962
Robinson C. J. 8/1/1835 5/16/1908
Robinson Martin E. 7/28/1922 12/29/2004 Sgt US Army WWII
Sanders Kateland Colleen 9/11/1992 9/11/1992
Shadix Totsy Jo 01931 01936
Sibley Dorothy Mae 5/11/1926 12/13/1926
Sibley Maria Jean 3/20/1960 3/20/1960
Sibley Charles "Mac" 12/6/1928 12/7/1970
Sibley Robert Luther 7/16/1883 6/21/1964
Sibley, Jr. Robert Luther 4/11/1921 4/13/1921 son of Mr & Mrs R. L. Sibley
Simpson William L. 11/24/1916 9/21/1978 Pfc US Army WWII
Simpson Helen J. 1/12/1923 4/2/1985 US Army
Simpson Joseph C. 11/25/1908 8/8/1985
Simpson Elizia S. 2/4/1913 2/4/1979
Simpson Raymond Howell 2/7/1941 7/6/1960 Fn US Navy
Smith Walter Malcolm 4/1/1929 3/13/2002
Smith Eva Ann 1/23/1928 7/8/2004
Syphers Nathan John 10/22/1884 2/21/1966
Syphers Fannie Lou Woods 5/3/1899 1/28/1973
Thomas Carrie V. Butler 9/3/1877 2/19/1904
Thompson William E. Co F 1st Ga Reserves CSA
Thompson Dicy Lou 2/24/1848 6/11/1930
Thrift William M. 3/5/1922 10/12/2003 Tec 4 US Army WWII
VanSant Howard J. 1908 1948
VanSant William A. 1870 1948
VanSant Mattie T. 1870 1955
Vansant J. D. 1/13/1873 7/31/1901 aged 28yrs, 6mos, 18ds
Vansant John 3/18/1847 5/12/1932 Co A 56th Ga Infantry CSA,
Masonic emblem
Vansant Lou Mrs. 6/27/1848 10/12/1928
Vansant Raymath C. 6/16/1898 12/31/1968
Vansant James Roy 8/12/1899 2/19/1976
Vansant Daniel T. 10/9/1873 1/7/1951
Vansant Rosa Bell 9/18/1875 5/18/1950
Vansant Wayne E. 3/11/1923 9/21/1960 Georgia PFC Co C 406 Infantry WWII BSM
Vansant John W. 2/21/1878 3/2/1940
Vansant Minnie L. 4/16/1887 12/19/1966
Wilson Hoyt Woodrow 12/5/1912 7/31/1962
Wilson Christine Wright 6/12/1914 5/29/1976
Wilson Larry 7/5/1948 7/6/1948
Woods Ed 5/19/1874 11/8/1963
Woods Carrie Orella 9/16/1874 2/5/1953
Wright John F. 11/25/1869 1/11/1948
Wright Mary Elizabeth 7/3/1876 10/7/1920 wife of J. F. Wright
Wright W. F. 3/7/1847 3/20/1918 Serg Capt Milledge's Co Ga Light Artillery CSA
Wright Josephine 12/5/1919 Date of Birth Unknown, wife of W.F. Wright
Wright W. A. 9/12/1871 10/10/1940
Wright W. A. Mrs. 5/22/1877 3/8/1962
Wright John R. 1909 1979 Pfc US Army WWII
Wright Henry T. 1876 1949
Wright Lucy N. 1884 1957
Wright Luther P. 1/25/1913 7/21/1927
Wright Charley Lester 5/15/1907 6/17/1908 son of H.T. & L.T. Wright
Wright Homer P. 8/26/1879 2/13/1932
Wright Infant 12/20/1900 12/20/1900 child of J.F & M.E. Wright
Yancey Guy H. 5/14/1894 11/18/1950
Yancey Claude C. 10/31/1887 8/13/1959
Yancey Francis M. 1827 1912 Co A 21st Ga Infantry CSA
Yancey Mary J. 1834 1906 wife of F. M. Yancey
Yancey Wade H. 1875 1902
Yancey Mary C. "Mollie" 5/15/1861 2/4/1921
Yancey, Jr. Francis M."Buddy" 6/16/1860 1/18/1924
Yancy Guy H. 5/14/1894 11/18/1950
Yancy Claude C. 10/31/1887 8/13/1959
York Joseph 3/17/1853 7/13/1931
York Cedecy M. 1/1/1849 1/10/1918
York Homer L. 10/1/1885 4/1/1942
York Bessie 11/16/1889 5/21/1970

Surveyed 2005 by B. Roger Smith. Confederate research was done by Sandy Whittington.