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If you have access to any cemetery listings or tombstone photographs from Sunflower County, and you are willing to share them with your fellow researchers, please let me know. I would like to have listings and photos for all of the cemeteries in the county. The Fairview Methodist Church Cemetery is located on the east side of the Fairview-Heathman Road in the fairview community approximately five miles north of Highway 82 at Heathman.
A Methodist Church once stood beside the cemetery. The present owner of the land clips the grass, but cane obscures several stones at the back of the cemetery.(Inscriptions were copied in 1986 by Marion Glenn Johnson and Jayne Williams Johnson.)Index provided by Robbie Fulgham & Sharon Grissette unless otherwise noted.
| NAME | DOB | DOD | INSCRIPTIONS OR MISC INFO |
| A.J.H. | No Dates | footstone | |
| ADAMS, J. DEWRELL | 01/28/1881 | 10/10/1900 | |
| ADAMS, L. ETTIE | 09/09/1878 | 03/26/1893 | Dau of J. & N.S. ADAMS, Son of J. & N.S. ADAMS - Don Blasingame |
| ADAMS, NARCISSA SUSAN | No Dates | 10/13/18?? | BROKEN STONE, Dau of MARY VANCE LEACH, The two Adams children that are buried next to T.W VANCE. |
| ASHFORD, DAVID LEE | 03/03/1894 | 7/31/1916 | |
| ASHFORD, GEORGE B. | 09/05/1899 | 11/10/1922 | |
| ASHFORD, JOHN T. | 03/20/1896 | 9/29/1926 | |
| ASHFORD, SARAH K. | 11/17/1890 | 3/26/1901 | Dau of E.A. & W.T. ASHFORD |
| BAILEY, LON | 05/04/1894 | 6/11/1949 | |
| BAILEY, RUFUS E. | 12/16/1896 | 1/22/1919 | *Woodmen of the World |
| Bison?, Unknown broken stone) | Mar 24, 1816 | Dec 9, 1886 | |
| BOWLAND, MARY A. | 03/12/1832 | 5/13/1901 | Wife of J.R. BOWLAND |
| BROWN, BARNEY | 1903 | 1948 | |
| BURGESS, IRMA PHILLIPS | 09/30/1914 | 01/06/2001 | |
| BYRD, MAMIE L. | 11/29/1897 | 10/11/1906 | Dau of S.A. & M.E. BYRD |
| BYRD, SIDNEY A. | 10/04/1895 | 8/14/1900 | STONE DOWN AND RESTING ATOP TOLLISON STONE, Son of S.A. & M.E. BYRD |
| CARLTON, BANNER ELIZABETH | 9/19/1900 | 9/9/1900 | Dau of T.A. & R.E. CARLTON |
| CARLTON, JAMES LEROY | 06/14/1897 | 12/19/1900 | Son of T.A. & R.E. CARLTON |
| CARLTON, LORIE L. | 04/25/1892 | 05/23/1892 | Dau of T.A. & R.E. CARLTON |
| CARNEY, EARVIN P. | 02/14/1898 | 5/4/1912 | |
| CARNEY, LULIE | 11/27/1876 | 8/9/1907 | Wife of J.M. CARNEY |
| CARPENTER, LUTHER G. | 10/01/1886 | 10/05/1898 | Son of J.W. & IDA CARPENTER |
| CARPENTER, WILSON R. | 01/08/1889 | 09/23/1899 | |
| CARTLEDGE, BETTIE | 04/27/1884 | 5/29/1922 | |
| CHALK, BETTIE | 2/20/1905 | 4/16/1905 | |
| CHAULK, AUDELL | 1920 | 1933 | |
| CHAULK, BETTIE | 1878 | 1933 | |
| CLARK, J.T. | 06/10/1889 | 4/25/1920 | |
| CLARK, JOHN TRAVIS | DATES ILLEGIBLE | DATES ILLEGIBLE | |
| CLARK, SARAH | 07/15/1880 | DIED -- NO DATE | |
| CLAYTON, ALBERT J. | 02/25/1875 | 10/5/1940 | |
| CLAYTON, FRED | 12/09/1889 | 12/14/1939 | *MS PVT CO B 114 ENG WWI |
| CLAYTON, MARTHA LOUISE | 10/29/1915 | 8/25/1921 | Dau of J. & L.B. CLAYTON |
| CLAYTON, MISSOURI | 05/01/1855 | 6/6/1918 | |
| COCKRELL, BERTIE | 1922 | 1933 | |
| COCKRELL, CHARLES LAVERE | 9/29/1914 | 8/30/1916 | Son of MR. & MRS. N.T. COCKRELL |
| COCKRELL, CURTIS | 1911 | 1935 | |
| COCKRELL, J.C. | No Dates | ||
| COCKRELL, MRS. L.E. | No Dates | ||
| COOPER, EDNA EARL | No Dates | Dau of CORNELIUS AND BEULAH NARMOUR COOPER (abt. 15 months old) - | |
| DAVIS, BERTHA | 04/05/1898 | 10/2/1917 | Wife of H.A. DAVIS |
| DICKERSON, ALETHA | 7/23/1900 | 8/10/1918 | Wife of J.C. DICKERSON |
| ELLISON, ANNIE PEARL | 07/17/1885 | 10/19/1900 | Dau of W.T. & M.J. ELLISON |
| ELLISON, MARTHA J. | 07/24/1855 | 06/30/1897 | Wife of W.T. ELLISON |
| ELLISON, MARY ELIZABETH | 12/13/1876 | 4/8/1944 | |
| ELLISON, W.T. | 10/10/1855 | 6/1/1934 | |
| ELMORE, LULA BELL | 10/08/1897 | 06/26/1899 | Dau of G.S. & NANNIE ELMORE |
| EMBRY, BESSIE LORENA | 6/1/1913 | 8/10/1916 | BROKEN --Dau of Samuel B.Embry and N. I. Embry., Samuel is the brother of T. L. Embry - Patsey Embry Bowers |
| EMBRY, LOTTIE RUTH | 12/18/1922 | 10/6/1928 | |
| EMBRY, SARAH ESTELLE | 4/11/1912 | 9/25/1919 | Dau of T.L. & L.N. EMBRY |
| EMBRY, THOMAS EVERETTE | 7/30/1915 | 1/9/1918 | Son of T.L. & L.N. EMBRY |
| FIKE, HUIT | 09/28/1894 | 5/13/1913 | Son of N.M. FIKE |
| FIKE, NANCY M. | 02/20/1863 | 9/29/1946 | |
| FIKE, R.E. | 1882 | 1937 | |
| FOSTER, JEFFIE | 12/05/1886 | 08/17/1890 | Son of W.M. & S.R. FOSTER |
| FRAZIER, BARBARA A. | 04/05/1876 | 10/29/1908 | Wife of J.L. FRAZIER |
| FRAZIER, ETHELINE | 10/11/1915 | 11/2/1922 | |
| FRAZIER, HAROLD CAMPBELL | 9/22/1919 | 1/8/1938 | |
| FRAZIER, KATIE C. | 10/31/1878 | 11/28/1901 | Wife of W.M. FRAZIER |
| FRAZIER, ROBERTA STUARD | 08/01/1886 | 6/8/1937 | "Mother" |
| FULCHER, DALE | 04/13/1880 | 5/3/1945 | |
| FULCHER, LAURA T. | No Dates | ||
| GAMMILL, MATTIE | 07/23/1897 | 3/3/1914 | Wife of J.H. GAMMILL |
| GAMMILL, NANCY AMENDA REEVES | 07/05/1898 | 6/28/1926 | |
| GARRETT, W.T. | 1884 | 1936 | |
| GATLIN, JACK ESCO | 11/28/1931 | 11/27/1932 | died of influenza, Son of W.L. & A.C. GATLIN |
| GAWP, DESSIE M. | 1933 | 1939 | (OR SAWP) |
| GOZA, JULIA EFFIE | 09/19/1895 | 10/26/1895 | Dau of T.H. & J.E. GOZA |
| GRISSETT, C.A. | 02/24/1864 | 11/29/1905 | |
| GRISSETT, KATHERINE | 03/31/1829 | 11/6/1903 | Wife of WILLIAM GRISSETT, "Mother" of ANN MAHALA McCLELAN |
| HALES, GATHA EVELYN | No Dates | ||
| HALL, JOHN CRAWFORD | 02/11/1896 | 1/16/1936 | NO STONE, Died from complications of Pneumonia, Father of HENRY, JOE, CECIL, ELGY, GUTHERY (G.K.), TWINS: LERLENE "SIS" HALL CROSS & MARVIN EUGENE "GENE", ARNOLD AND WAYNE. MARRIED ELIZABETH "LIZZIE" GOSS APRIL 17, 1919. She died DEC 28, 1962 and is buried at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens in Greenville, MS |
| HAMILTON, EULA | 01/20/1889 | 7/4/1916 | Wife of A.S. HAMILTON |
| HAMILTON, MARY JANE (PHILLEY) | 10/03/1842 | 7/30/1915 | |
| HARRIS, WILLIAM F. | 09/07/1857 | 09/18/1898 | |
| HARRISON, FRANCIS C. | 05/29/1892 | 10/24/1893 | Son of J.M. & M.L. HARRISON, COULD BE HARBISON |
| HARRISON, SAMUEL C. | No Dates | Husband of ELIZA A. HARRISON , BROKEN STONE | |
| HIGH, CLIFTON P. | 04/19/1894 | BROKEN | Son of J.W. & M.E. HIGH |
| HIGH, MARTHA E. | 01/24/1866 | 10/9/1915 | Wife of J.W. HIGH |
| HODGES, INFANT DAUGHTER | 9/9/1932 | Dau of MR & MRS. WILLIAM HODGES | |
| HOOVER, ELLA B. | 03/09/1872 | 03/14/1894 | Wife of A.J. HOOVER |
| HOUSE, JAMES C. | 10/2/1902 | Son of J.S. & E.A. HOUSE | |
| JENKINS, BARONECE CRAFT | 3/18/1904 | 6/17/1983 | |
| JENKINS, CLINTON FLOYD | 10/01/1876 | 7/1/1931 | God gave .. He took..He will restore. He doeth all things well. |
| JENKINS, ELLIE L. | 09/09/1891 | 10/12/1895 | |
| JENKINS, EMMA NEELY | 11/22/1876 | 7/20/1905 | Wife of J.S. JENKINS |
| JENKINS, M.E. | 12/28/1863 | 7/20/1900 | |
| JENKINS, MRS MAGGIE M. | 08/25/1877 | 11/9/1924 | Wife of C.F. JENKINS |
| JENKINS, SAMUEL LEE | 1/21/1902 | 9/1/1905 | Son of J.S. & E.N.JENKINS |
| JOHNSON, EMILY OPHELIA | 09/03/1866 | 10/23/1926 | |
| JOHNSON, JAMES PRESTON | 06/08/1897 | 07/29/1897 | Son of J.N. & EMILY O. JOHNSON |
| JOHNSON, JOSEPH N. | 10/27/1864 | 10/23/1926 | |
| JOHNSON, OLLIE MAY | 12/19/1888 | 8/3/2001 | |
| JOHNSON, SAMUEL L. | 06/13/1898 | 10/12/1899 | |
| JOHNSON, SYDNEY ARLINA | 12/30/1891 | 08/01/1898 | Dau of J.N. & EMILY O. JOHNSON |
| JONES, CHARLES R. | 9/20/1905 | 6/27/1910 | Son of J.W. & U.Z. JONES |
| KEITH, JAMES DAVID | 04/07/1882 | 10/8/1940 | Husband of 1st Mattie Belle Cruise, 2nd Bertha Frazier - Glenda Mullins |
| LEACH, MARY | 02/13/1835 | 02/27/1901 | Wife of W. H Leach |
| LEACH, MARY NEAL VANCE photo #2 | abt 1832 | bef 1900 | MARY NEAL VANCE LEACH. The large marker inthe background was placed there shortly after her death and identified heronly as MARY LEACH. The small stone identifies her as MARY NEAL VANCE to recognize that her first husband was JAMES ALEXANDER VANCE III (who was killed in theCivil War) and was the father of all of her children. |
| Keith, Mattie Bell (Cruise) | May 1885 | Jan 15, 1929 | no headstone - old Part South East Corner, 1st Wife of James David Keith - Leon Keith |
| LEACH, unknown | 05/17/1898 | TWO SMALL PIECES AT LEACH STONE | |
| LEE, J.T. | 03/10/1861 | 5/25/1908 | |
| LEE, NANCY J. | 07/15/1857 | 11/5/1909 | Wife of J.T. LEE, UNDER LARGE BUSH AT FRONT OF CEMETERY NEAR ROAD |
| LEE, SAM | 01/08/1884 | 1/6/1930 | |
| LONG, JAMES MADISON | 01/15/1949 | 01/15/2949 | Son of James Benjamin "J.B." Long & Lexier Mae McKnight Long -- lived in community for about 15 years. Name may also be James Matison Long - Ruth Long Menhel |
| LOTT, INFANT DAUGHTER | 5/22/1926 | 5/30/1926 | Dau of MR. & MRS. D.W. LOTT |
| LOTT, WM.H. | 1851 | 1913 | |
| MANN, JOSEPH MONROE | 6/14/1912 | 4/4/1936 | *Woodmen of the World |
| MATHIS, WILLIAM B. | Age 28 YRS | ||
| McCLAIN, GEORGE W.T. | 11/18/1903 | 6/28/1907 | Son of G.W. & M.F. McCLAIN |
| McCLELAN, ANN MAHALA "HALEY" (GRISSETT) [ALLEN] [CARRITHERS] | 1847 | 1/19/1935 | NO STONE, "Mother" of ELLA ALLEN HALL, MARRIED F.B. McCLELAN OCT 10, 1882,IN CHOCTAW COUNTY, MS |
| McDERMOTT, HENRY C. | 02/28/1888 | 06/01/1889 | Son of C. C. & M.L. McDERMOTT |
| McGAUGH, MATTHEW | 07/06/1881 | 7/26/1935 | |
| McGREGOR, PAMELIA A. | BURIED STONE | ||
| McKAY, ERNEST | 1/26/1902 | 1/2/1924 | |
| McKAY, T.J. | Aug 31, 1876 | 19-May-17 | |
| McNEMAR, W.H. | 1841 | 3/11/1918 | |
| MITCHELL, EORA JAMES | 12/27/1883 | 5/11/1916 | Dau of R.C. & M.E. MITCHELL |
| NANCE, THOMAS N. | 02/10/1868 | 2/21/1947 | |
| NORRIS, ANNIE #2 | 2/3/1906 | 7/16/1925 | Wife of J.A. NORRIS |
| NORRIS, WILLIAM EDWARD | 7/6/1931 | 3/30/1933 | |
| PHILLIPS, ALMA PRITCHARD | 08/30/1888 | 10/14/1944 | |
| PHILLIPS, JOHN WILLIAM | 02/22/1879 | 02/15/1935 | |
| PHILLIPS, WILLIAM DUDLEY | 01/02/1918 | 03/05/1935 | |
| PRITCHARD, C.G. | 6/5/1903 | 6/20/1930 | Twin Brother of NOEL - John Pritchard |
| PRITCHARD, NOEL | 6/5/1903 | 10/9/1919 | Twin Brother of C.G. - John Pritchard |
| RAMPHREY, IMA | 1909 | 1916 | |
| RAMPHREY, NORA | 1880 | 1921 | |
| REEVES, BEN C. | 10/28/1911 | 12/7/1911 | |
| REEVES, INFANT | 2/17/1908 | 3/19/1908 | |
| REEVES, JAMES H. | 09/30/1841 | 3/1/1901 | |
| REEVES, JAMES R. | 04/23/1879 | 2/13/1918 | *Woodmen of the World |
| REEVES, JOSEPH ARTHUR | 10/8/1902 | 8/19/1904 | Son of J.R. & A.B. REEVES |
| REEVES, LABANAH P. | 06/05/1862 | 08/09/1899 | Wife of J.H. REEVES |
| REEVES, LADONIA W. | 09/03/1889 | 8/28/1905 | Dau of C.B. & L.A. REEVES |
| REEVES, SUE | 12/21/1853 | 1/8/1910 | Wife of J.W. REEVES |
| ROWE, R.N. | 08/30/1852 | 4/27/1909 | |
| RUTLEDGE, JAMES D. | 03/03/1883 | 6/13/1926 | |
| SAWP, DESSIE M. | 1933 | 1939 | |
| SCOTT, OLA - See Vance, Ola Scott | 11/28/1885 | 06/23/1890 | Dau of THOMAS W.and ADDIE MCLAIN VANCE |
| SHAFFER, unreadable | INFANT Son of ERMA NARMOUR SHAFFER | ||
| SKELTON, GEORGE ROBERT | 6/22/1915 | 10/22/1917 | Son of CLIDE & LAURA SKELTON |
| SKELTON, GEORGE TRACY | 8/19/1909 | 3/30/1916 | Son of GEORGE ROBERT AND LILLY FLORENCE WILSON SKELTON |
| SKELTON, MYRAL LAMAR | 2/8/1906 | 3/25/1916 | Son of GEORGE ROBERT AND LILLY FLORENCE WILSON SKELTON |
| SKELTON, TRACY | 19-Aug-1909 | 30-Mar-1916 | |
| SMITH, ELIZABETH ARLENE | 8/7/1942 | 8/7/1942 | Dau of ABNER & VINY SMITH |
| SMITH, EMMA LEE | 12/24/1909 | 8/1/1923 | |
| SMITH, GADEN A. | 09/13/1872 | 12/22/1910 | |
| SMITH, SALLIE F. | 12/31/1865 | 4/5/1961 | |
| SMITH, WILLIAM F. | 10/12/1863 | 2/17/1923 | |
| SMITH, Zora Bell, Smith, Clara Maude, Smith, Carroll, Smith, Rayford | FENCED LOT NO STONES VISIBLE | ||
| SPEARS, FLOYD A. | 06/07/1894 | 1/21/1919 | *Woodmen of the World |
| STUARD, MOLISSIE | 1/18/1918 | Wife of J.A. STUARD; Age 45 YRS | |
| STUARD, MOLLY J. | 1848 | 3/27/1921 | |
| SYKES, LORA D. | 07/16/1897 | 6/6/1925 | |
| TEDDER, SAMUEL P. | 05/06/1886 | 2/8/1907 | |
| TOLLISON, WESSLEY | 10/21/1880 | 3/6/1903 | Son of J.N. & ANNIE TOLLISON; AgeD 22 YRS, 3 MS, 12 DS |
| Vance, J.D.W. | footstone at T.W. Vance grave | ||
| VANCE, MARY ALMA | 5/20/1900 | 7/15/1900 | Dau of J.B. & J.R. VANCE , BROKEN STONE |
| VANCE, MARY NEAL see LEACH, MARY NEAL VANCE | abt 1832 | bef 1900 | Wife of James A. Vance who was killed in the Civil War- Robbie Fulgham |
| VANCE, J.P.[JERUSHA PARENTINE] photo #2 | 04/13/1868 | 6/25/1901 | This is the grave of J. P. (WOLFE) VANCE (the J. P. was for JERUSHA PARENTINE. She was the daughter of DAVID D. WOLFE and MARY NELSON WOLFE (they are both buried nearby) and the wife of JAMES B. VANCE. The WOLFE FAMILY were early settlers of that area and the family has been told that their old family home is still standing. The large marker was placed there shortly after her death. It had been toppled and damaged. The familiy had it repaired and reset. The smaller foot marker was placed there to assure that her resting place would be remembered for many years. |
| VANCE, OLA SCOTT | 11/28/1885 | 06/23/1890 | Dau of THOMAS W.and ADDIE MCLAIN VANCE - Don Blasingame |
| VANCE, THOMAS W photo #1 #2 | 07/01/1862 | 09/10/1891 | Husband of Addie Vance |
| WADDELL, PEARL C. | 8/13/1900 | 9/25/1935 | "Mother" |
| WAGES, D. W. | Nov 17 (?), 1908 | 6-Sep-10 | Son of W.M. & H. WAGES |
| WAGES, L.W. | 2/13/1902 | 9/8/1910 | Son of W.M. & H. WAGES |
| WASSON, BESSIE M. | 11/26/1899 | 11/18/1900 | Dau of J.A. & L.M. WASSON |
| WASSON, JOHN L. | 11/26/1899 | 1/5/1900 | Son of J.A. & L.M. WASSON |
| WASSON, KATIE LEE | 09/05/1897 | 1/9/1901 | Dau of J.A. & OMA WASSON |
| WASSON, MINNIE O. | 01/06/1878 | BROKEN | Dau of G.C. & M.A. WASSON |
| WASSON, OMA | 06/24/1873 | 02/03/1898 | Wife of J.A. WASSON |
| WATKINS, EFFIE MAIE BAILEY | 12/18/1891 | 11/22/1914 | Dau of J.D. & S.A. BAILEY |
| WEIGHTS, AMOS | 11/28/1925 | *MS WAGONER 156 FIELD HOSPITAL 39 DIV | |
| WELCH, HENRY A. | 03/16/1879 | 1/10/1919 | |
| WILLIAMS, JEFF D. | 06/12/1889 | 8/19/1907 | Son of W.E. & A.L. WILLIAMS |
| WILLIAMS, LIDDA MAE | 9/5/1903 | 7/5/1908 | Dau of N.G. & M.V. WILLIAMS |
| WILLIAMS, SAM | 6/9/1923 | *MS PVT US ARMY | |
| WILLIAMS, W.E. | 01/18/1850 | 1/9/1908 | |
| WILSON, J.M. | 1860 | 1934 | |
| WOLFE, DAVID D. | 01/24/1845 | 5/27/1924 | |
| WOLFE, MARY NELSON | 08/12/1842 | 7/20/1927 | |
| WOLFE, WILLIAM LOUIS | 12/28/1874 | 9/28/1905 | Son of D.D. & M.S. WOLFE |
| WOLFE, WM.G. JR. | 01/12/1886 | 5/2/1916 | |
| WOOD, S.H. | 08/01/1892 | 6/27/1905 | Son of G.H. & Z.L. WOOD |
| WRIGHT, FANNIE | 11/30/1922 | 6/1/1925 | Dau of J.W. & FANNIE WRIGHT |
| WRIGHT, HAZEL EDNA | 12/1/1909 | 8/7/1924 |
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