Bright Star Cemetery

Bright Star Methodist Church Cemetery

Location:

3696 Bright Star Road (the old Bright Star Methodist Church).

Directions:

From I-20, travel south approximately 2/10 miles on GA Highway 5 (Bill Arp Road). Turn right (west) onto Douglas Boulevard. Travel approximately 9/10 miles. Turn left (south) onto Bright Star Road. Travel approximately 1.3 miles to the cemetery, on your left.

Sources:

None listed.

Comments:

Converted to web page by Chuck Jackson on September 12^th, 2022.
Sorted by Chuck Jackson on September 16^th, 2022.

Surveyed by:

B. Roger Smith for DCGS on June 9^th, 2005.

Submitted by:

Unknown.

Active Cemetery:

272 inscribed tombstones, approximately 26 unmarked stones, 4 markers from 1994 survey not found.

Additional Resources:

None listed.

Notes:

If or when the Directions paragraph (above) says "From downtown Douglasville...," it is referring to the intersection of Veterans Memorial Highway (U.S. 78) and Campbellton Street. There is nothing particularly significant about this intersection, it is merely an arbitrarily chosen point of departure, located near the center of the historic section of Douglasville.

You may see zeroes for some parts of dates. This is an indication that either the information was incomplete or illegible. If the entire date is missing, it indicates there was no date inscribed.

You may also encounter the abbreviations DCGS, standing for Douglas County Genealogical Society and DCCPC, standing for Douglas County Cemetery Preservation Commission.

Surname	First	Middle	Maiden	Born	Died	Data on Tombstone (or comment)
Abercrombie	Guy			05/14/1893	03/01/1946	Son (of James S. Abercrombie)
Abercrombie	James	S.		04/03/1869	07/24/1899
Abercrombie	Maggie	L.		07/14/1868	12/14/1954
Alford	Mae		Butler	09/25/1878	09/16/1967
Alford	Warren	Hamilton		03/12/1880	02/19/1932	Masonic Emblem
Atkinson	Roberta			01/07/1865	12/04/1940
Bagwell	Cathy	Sue		06/08/1955	06/08/1955	dau of Mr & Mrs Edward Bagwell
Bagwell	James	Ricky		04/29/1951	03/17/1952
Barnes	Ellie	J.		07/27/1910	11/04/1996
Bearden	Annie	C.		00/00/1880	00/00/1968
Bearden	(infant 1)	(twin)		03/05/1935	03/05/1935	son of H.H. &Edna Bearden(monument not found)
Bearden	(infant 2)	(twin)		03/05/1935	03/05/1935	son of H.H. &Edna Bearden(monument not found)
Bearden	Larkin	A.		00/00/1876	00/00/1909
Bearden	Polie	Harris		11/20/1898	02/14/1899	son of L.A. & Annie Bearden
Bearden	Raymond	E.		11/23/1939	01/17/1981
Beggs	Martha	V.		04/04/1849	10/24/1904
Boynton	Myrta			06/04/1881	03/25/1910	wife of W.S. Boynton
Brown	Ida	Belle		07/07/1884	12/17/1907
Burnette	Dewey	L.		08/19/1906	07/23/1972
Burnette	Oddessa	Mrs.		02/25/1868	03/25/1938
Busbin	Emma	J.		11/25/1863	09/04/1910	wife of J. C. Busbin
Busbin	Francis	P.		09/10/1857	11/21/1934
Busbin	James	M.		10/27/1854	05/20/1923
Busbin	Joseph	Charles		01/24/1860	01/29/1936
Busbin	Lille	Clyde		04/01/1885	01/10/1908
Busbin	Paul	E.		10/07/1893	01/20/1966
Butler	L.	C.	Mrs.	08/09/1840	10/27/1935	Eastern Star emblem
Butler	M.	G.		05/15/1838	08/25/1918	Pvt Co B 35 Ga Infantry CSA, Masonic emblem
Camp	Adella			10/26/1889	07/12/1957
Camp	Austin			00/00/1902	00/00/1913
Camp	Earnest			00/00/1899	00/00/1902
Camp	Elizabeth	J.		07/21/1920	06/19/1984
Camp	Huldie	E.		00/00/1867	00/00/1902
Camp	Infant			02/10/1904	02/10/1904	child of A.A. & M.L. Camp
Camp	J.	T.		00/00/1863	00/00/1918
Camp	Lone			09/16/1888	10/27/1967	Masonic Emblem
Coleman	Cindy	Delane		10/11/1959	11/24/1959
Coleman	Ruby	G.		05/13/1913	12/28/1998
Coleman	Verlon	E.		12/14/1912	04/27/1980
Cowan	Clara	J.		09/20/1904	02/19/1925
Cowan	James	B.		03/06/1862	06/26/1920
Cowan	Jesse	V.		09/17/1889	12/13/1910
Cowan	Lena	M.		05/16/1882	07/07/1915
Cowan	Mary	J.		11/30/1865	06/13/1928
Cowan	Mary	J.				(infant no dates)
Cowan	Ruthie			11/24/1894	11/20/1895
Cowan	Paul			07/19/1899	06/19/1900
Cowan	Roy	Virgil		08/25/1897	04/15/1985	Horseshoer US Army WW1
Cowan	Rubie	C.		11/24/1894	04/25/1912
Cunningham	Caroline		Hunt	04/21/1855	09/28/1923	"wife of J. R. Cunningham, born in Spalding County"
Cunningham	J.	R.		03/00/1852	02/03/1915
Cunningham	Maude		Smith	03/23/1890	07/22/1922	wife of J. T. Cunningham
Daffin	Emmie	Rivers		04/24/1905	02/22/1992
Daniel	Alvin	S.		05/22/1881	08/26/1934
Daniel	Bessie	H.		02/11/1891	12/22/1981
Daniel	Infant			05/07/1943	05/07/1943	son of J.A. & Elva Daniel
Daniel	Infant			03/23/1941	03/23/1941	dau of J.A. & Elva Daniel
Daniel	Infant			04/02/1940	04/02/1940	son of J.A. & Elva Daniel
Daniel	James	F.		04/12/1906	04/13/1906
Daniel	John	J.		04/23/1880	03/13/1968
Daniel	Margaret	E.		02/01/1911	02/05/1911
Daniel	Martha	K.		05/28/1922	06/15/1922
Davis, Sr.	John	William "Red"		12/30/1940	02/04/1986	married 9 August 1973, Masonic emblem
Dothard	Charles	B.		11/13/1928	01/07/1993
Duren	Demmer			00/00/1866	00/00/1940
Duren	James	Luther		00/00/1854	00/00/1940
Duren	Willie	Fae		04/29/1901	09/19/1911	dau of James and Demmer Duren
Ergle	John	Luther		03/17/1852	09/14/1920
Ergle	Mary	Elizabeth		04/07/1860	11/04/1917
Evans	Geraldine			11/01/1929	05/15/1945
Evans	Inez	W.		01/05/1909	10/11/1944
Evans	Luther			04/16/1933	07/20/1995	US Army
Evans	Robert	L.		01/09/1900	08/16/1962
Farr	Melvin	J.		01/08/1898	07/29/1969
Farr	Odessa	R.		10/04/1893	08/03/1960
Fox	Richard	"Dick"		10/19/1955	05/30/2003
Gibson	Dorothy	E.		11/14/1915	07/27/2000
Green	Earl	E.		03/11/1919	08/13/1934	son of Mr & Mrs C.A. Green
Grizzard	Gilbert	Wesley		03/11/1938	04/11/1938	son of Mr & Mrs J. H. Grizzard
Haggard	Harold	W.		12/25/1933	06/29/1966	Tn PFC 9600 Tech Svc+H184 Unit
Hamby	M.	F.		06/16/1858	07/29/1923
Hamby	Mary	Louella		02/08/1872	09/16/1902
Hamrick	Eunice	P.		09/13/1903	11/21/1969
Hamrick	Joy			01/05/1937	01/05/1937	dau of Lewis & Eunice Hamrick (monument not found)
Hamrick	Lewis	H.		12/25/1900	06/22/1958
Hamrick	Roy			01/05/1937	01/05/1937
Hartley	John	R.		03/07/1927	04/07/1987	Tec 4 US Army WWII
Hartley	Leota		Duke	00/00/1903	00/00/1980
Hartley	Lucy	Mae		00/00/1905	00/00/1976
Holland	Harold	Lee		11/29/1913	04/23/1978
Huddleston	Eugenia	June		10/08/1957	10/08/1957	dau of Mr & Mrs E. E. Huddleston
Hunt	Annie	C.		11/26/1873	12/06/1965
Hunt	J.	T.		03/02/1864	01/02/1914
Hunt	James	Cicero		00/00/1847	00/00/1910
Jeffery	Dennis	M.		09/13/1950	06/02/1993
Kite	Frank			05/04/1914	11/24/2001	married 2/07/1941
Landers	Geraldine	D.		08/27/1914	12/23/1997
Landers	Herman	F.		07/07/1910	07/30/1974
Landers	Karen	Ann		07/16/1971	07/16/1971	dauof Mr & Mrs Gerald Landers
Lowery	Ed			08/11/1861	03/20/1902
Lowery	Edward	Louis		02/27/1930	06/30/1932
Lowery	Edmund	Dee		06/17/1902	10/10/1976
Lowery	Margaret	M.		04/10/1866
Lowery	Mary		Daniel	02/20/1908	07/13/1980
Lowery	William	J.		11/28/1860	09/19/1925
Maffett	Ed	M.		00/00/1879	00/00/1963
Maffett	Henrietta			00/00/1869	00/00/1949
Martin	Bettie	Louise		03/30/1937	04/01/1988
Martin	Ernest	E.		12/29/1910	05/23/1998
Martin	Evelyn	Virginia		03/26/1940	10/26/1941
Martin	Lily		Pilgrim	12/09/1943	06/12/2003
McClure	Farley	F.		08/16/1932	09/04/1972	Ala Cpl 47 Om Co Korea (monument not found)
McClure	Sharon	Joy		06/27/1958	07/29/1959	(monument not found)
McElroy	Carl	Daniel "Bone"		02/02/1960	03/22/1986
McLeod	Newton	C. "Mac"		05/14/1915	10/21/1981
Milam	E.	Lucy		09/25/1875	12/20/1908	wife of J.W.A.Milam
Milam	Epsey	C.		09/13/1841	12/02/1929
Milam	Fred	C.		00/00/1894	00/00/1953
Milam	Hazel	M.		00/00/1899	00/00/1995
Milam	Herman	Arthur		09/06/1901	11/26/1911
Milam	J.	L. (Lem)		08/25/1874	11/12/1950
Milam	J. W.	Aurthur		09/23/1870	04/03/1953
Milam	James	W.		03/10/1841	01/05/1910	Corp Co. E 27 Ga Inf CSA, Masonic emblem
Milam	Maude			11/02/1892	02/10/1982
Milam	Mollie			06/13/1882	05/12/1962
Milam	Ozella	E (Betty)		04/26/1878	07/04/1963
Milam	Wiley			06/00/1898	06/00/1898	son of J.W. & E.L. Milam
Miller	Alice	Mrs.		01/00/1835	06/12/1922
Miller	James					Co C 30 Ga Inf CSA
Miller	Mary	Jane		00/00/1865	00/00/1940
Miller	N.	J.		02/02/1879	04/23/1946
Miller	Wm.	Robert		00/00/1874	00/00/1940
Mobley	Infant (1)			10/08/1965	10/08/1965	Twin son of Mr & Mrs Franklin M. Mobley
Mobley	Infant (2)			10/08/1965	10/08/1965	Twin son of Mr & Mrs Franklin M. Mobley
Morgan	Pauline			10/22/1907	11/06/1956
Morris	Irene	Mrs.		06/15/1907	06/27/1934
Morris	William	Maxwell		11/17/1911	11/17/1911	son of Mr & Mrs Ben F. Morris
Morrow	Emma	Ruth		05/13/1937	04/06/1992
Nation	Ida		Lowery	01/27/1869	10/01/1944	wife of Ed Lowery
Nations	Chester	A.		09/06/1911	03/14/1966
Nations	Ethel	C.		01/28/1916	01/27/1985
Nations	J.	D.		08/27/1859	06/11/1914
Nations	M.	V.		02/28/1854	11/29/1905	wife of J. D. Nations, Age 51yrs, 9mos, 1day
Pace	Donna	V.		00/00/1878	00/00/1949
Parker	J.	F.		03/20/1863	04/13/1932
Parker	Sara	J.		04/23/1864	03/02/1963
Pilgrim	Curtis			06/21/1906	04/22/1983	married 8/07/1926
Pilgrim	Claudia	C.		01/08/1910	06/09/2005
Pilgrim	Henry	L.		03/07/1886	05/21/1925
Pilgrim	Iva	Dee		12/17/1910	02/10/1975
Pilrgim	J.	P.		03/06/1925	07/12/1925
Pilgrim	Lill	M.		02/25/1882	05/21/1969
Pilgrim	Minnie		Rice	09/03/1899	01/20/1978
Pilgrim	Ottis			03/08/1902	04/18/1971
Pilgrim	Rube	Monroe		11/15/1898	11/10/1966
Pilgrim, Jr.	Rube			12/19/1925	12/31/1925
Pilgrim	William	J.		02/05/1879	12/05/1950
Pope	A.	E. (Byrd)		00/00/1880	00/00/1950
Pope	Alberta	V.		00/00/1880	00/00/1946
Pope	Carrie	C.		11/16/1874	01/12/1942
Pope	Ector	F.		09/20/1869	01/30/1946
Pope	Edith		Forest	09/22/1848	03/19/1916	wife of J. D. Pope
Pope	Etta	Florence		04/30/1883	12/17/1964
Pope	Ezra	Elderedge		10/11/1871	07/07/1939
Pope	Flora		Gray	02/12/1904	05/26/1930
Pope	Hubert	Bruce		11/01/1923	07/22/1962
Pope	J.	B.		10/03/1905	05/04/1959
Pope	Jay	Nulen		03/28/1875	05/25/1941
Pope	John	David		11/01/1837	03/10/1916	Serg Co C 44 Ga Infantry CSA, Masonic emblem
Pope	John	H.		06/23/1899	04/22/1977
Pope	Lilly	S.		00/00/1886	00/00/1960
Pope	M.	Eula		00/00/1887	00/00/1968
Pope	Margaret	Emmaline		05/10/1875	02/02/1953
Pope	Mary	Bell		10/21/1912	03/24/1913
Pope	Nora	Nelle		05/17/1930	05/26/1930
Pope	W.	Clyde		09/04/1916	01/28/1995
Price						(old monument, no other marks)
Price	John	T.	Mrs.	02/01/1874	05/08/1944
Rainwater	Genie			00/00/1892	00/00/1948
Rainwater	John	R.		00/00/1888
Rainwater	M.	Marion		06/06/1854	12/21/1929
Rainwater	Mary			12/18/1894	02/16/1960
Rainwater	Mary	Jane		07/04/1859	06/20/1954
Rainwater	Miss	Lela		10/11/1880	03/28/1962
Rainwater	Miss	Lilla		10/11/1887	04/17/1962
Rainwater	Miss	Sis		09/03/1899
Rainwaters	Marion			02/14/1889	12/02/1929
Ratliff	Rodney	E.		04/13/1995	02/11/2001
Reder	Keith	E.		03/27/1959	09/08/1999	Sp4 US Army
Rice	Berta	S.		05/22/1876	09/17/1899	wife of J. W. Rice
Rice	Effie	T.		06/27/1906	10/29/1990
Rice	Emma	S.		09/01/1891	06/29/1980
Rice	Grover	C.		12/27/1897	10/28/1973
Rice	J.	G.		07/16/1842	07/12/1906	Pvt Co K 41st Ga Infantry CSA
Rice	J.	T.		03/14/1868	06/18/1932
Rice	James	C		05/23/1924	05/23/1924
Rice	Jay	W.		03/30/1877	06/19/1948
Rice	M.	O. Mrs.		07/16/1869	07/12/1943
Rice	Margaret	L.		08/28/1865	03/17/1908
Rice	Mary	E.		03/08/1882	05/16/1965
Rice	Sallie	J.		12/18/1847	05/01/1935
Rice	Sallie	Mae		11/05/1896	09/08/1939
Rice	Thomas	J.		04/23/1892	05/11/1970
Rivers	Benjamin	F.		09/26/1873	06/28/1944
Rivers	Mattie	C.		04/05/1878	06/15/1962
Robinson	C.	J.		08/01/1835	05/16/1908
Robinson	Martin	E.		07/28/1922	12/29/2004	Sgt US Army WWII
Sanders	Kateland	Colleen		09/11/1992	09/11/1992
Shadix	Totsy	Jo		00/00/1931	00/00/1936
Sibley	Charles	"Mac"		12/06/1928	12/07/1970
Sibley	Dorothy	Mae		05/11/1926	12/13/1926
Sibley	Maria	Jean		03/20/1960	03/20/1960
Sibley	Robert	Luther		07/16/1883	06/21/1964
Sibley, Jr.	Robert	Luther		04/11/1921	04/13/1921	son of Mr & Mrs R. L. Sibley
Simpson	Elizia	S.		02/04/1913	02/04/1979
Simpson	Helen	J.		01/12/1923	04/02/1985	US Army
Simpson	Joseph	C.		11/25/1908	08/08/1985
Simpson	Raymond	Howell		02/07/1941	07/06/1960	Fn US Navy
Simpson	William	L.		11/24/1916	09/21/1978	Pfc US Army WWII
Smith	Eva	Ann		01/23/1928	07/08/2004
Smith	Walter	Malcolm		04/01/1929	03/13/2002
Syphers	Fannie	Lou	Woods	05/03/1899	01/28/1973
Syphers	Nathan	John		10/22/1884	02/21/1966
Thomas	Carrie	V.	Butler	09/03/1877	02/19/1904
Thompson	Dicy	Lou		02/24/1848	06/11/1930
Thompson	William	E.				Co F 1st Ga Reserves CSA
Thrift	William	M.		03/05/1922	10/12/2003	Tec 4 US Army WWII
Vansant	Daniel	T.		10/09/1873	01/07/1951
VanSant	Howard	J.		00/00/1908	00/00/1948
Vansant	J.	D.		01/13/1873	07/31/1901	aged 28yrs, 6mos, 18ds
Vansant	James	Roy		08/12/1899	02/19/1976
Vansant	John			03/18/1847	05/12/1932	Co A 56th Ga Infantry CSA, Masonic emblem
Vansant	John	W.		02/21/1878	03/02/1940
Vansant	Lou	Mrs.		06/27/1848	10/12/1928
VanSant	Mattie	T.		00/00/1870	00/00/1955
Vansant	Minnie	L.		04/16/1887	12/19/1966
Vansant	Raymath	C.		06/16/1898	12/31/1968
Vansant	Rosa	Bell		09/18/1875	05/18/1950
Vansant	Wayne	E.		03/11/1923	09/21/1960	Georgia PFC Co C 406 Infantry WWII BSM
VanSant	William	A.		00/00/1870	00/00/1948
Wilson	Christine		Wright	06/12/1914	05/29/1976
Wilson	Hoyt	Woodrow		12/05/1912	07/31/1962
Wilson	Larry			07/05/1948	07/06/1948
Woods	Carrie	Orella		09/16/1874	02/05/1953
Woods	Ed			05/19/1874	11/08/1963
Wright	Charley	Lester		05/15/1907	06/17/1908	son of H.T. & L.T. Wright
Wright	Henry	T.		00/00/1876	00/00/1949
Wright	Homer	P.		08/26/1879	02/13/1932
Wright	Infant			12/20/1900	12/20/1900	child of J.F & M.E. Wright
Wright	John	F.		11/25/1869	01/11/1948
Wright	John	R.		00/00/1909	00/00/1979	Pfc US Army WWII
Wright	Josephine				12/05/1919	Date of Birth Unknown, wife of W.F. Wright
Wright	Lucy	N.		00/00/1884	00/00/1957
Wright	Luther	P.		01/25/1913	07/21/1927
Wright	Mary	Elizabeth		07/03/1876	10/07/1920	wife of J. F. Wright
Wright	W.	A.		09/12/1871	10/10/1940
Wright	W.	A. Mrs.		05/22/1877	03/08/1962
Wright	W.	F.		03/07/1847	03/20/1918	Serg Capt Milledge's Co Ga Light Artillery CSA
Yancey	Claude	C.		10/31/1887	08/13/1959
Yancey	Francis	M.		00/00/1827	00/00/1912	Co A 21st Ga Infantry CSA
Yancey	Guy	H.		05/14/1894	11/18/1950
Yancey	Mary	J.		00/00/1834	00/00/1906	wife of F. M. Yancey
Yancey	Mary	C. "Mollie"		05/15/1861	02/04/1921
Yancey	Wade	H.		00/00/1875	00/00/1902
Yancey, Jr.	Francis	M. "Buddy"		06/16/1860	01/18/1924
York	Bessie			11/16/1889	05/21/1970
York	Cedecy	M.		01/01/1849	01/10/1918
York	Homer	L.		10/01/1885	04/01/1942
York	Joseph			03/17/1853	07/13/1931

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