FIRST Known Burial in Sunny Point Cemetery - Cumby, TX
N 33° 05.906 W 095° 51.554
15S E 233153 N 3665836
A Texas Historical Marker at the gate to Sunny Point Cemetery indicates that Mary Brasher was the first known burial in the cemetery, back in 1882.
Waymark Code: WMPYM0
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/11/2015
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Mary's headstone is well-weathered and difficult to read, but it appears to say:
Mary W.
Wife of
E.H. Brasher
And Daughter of
S.H. & Martha Perkins
Born in Mo.
Oct. 3, 1846,
And Died
March 4, 1882.
The Texas Historical Marker provides some background:
In September 1881, A.J. Weathers (Withers) deeded this property for cemetery and school purposes. The first known burial at Sunny Point Cemetery is that of Mary W. Brasher, who died in 1882. Her husband, E.H. Brasher is also buried here. Several generations of prominent community families, including the Evans, Bryant, Callan, Roman and Wilson families, are interred here, as are veterans of American conflicts dating to the Civil War.
The Sunny Point School, which was west of the cemetery, played a vital role in the community for many years. It later consolidated into the Cumby Independent School District.
Residents and descendants of those buried here formed a cemetery association to manage the perpetual care burial ground. Members hold meetings each May, a decades-old tradition. Today, the cultural heritage found among the vertical stones, curbed plots and other features at Sunny Point Cemetery chronicles the families and individuals who once called Sunny Point home.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 03/07/1882
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